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Operational Impact of QuikSCAT Winds at the NOAA Ocean Prediction Center
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The NASA Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) has revolutionized the analysis and short-term forecasting of winds over the oceans at the NOAA Ocean Prediction Center (OPC). The success of QuikSCAT in OPC operations is due to the ...
On the Use of QuikSCAT Scatterometer Measurements of Surface Winds for Marine Weather Prediction
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The value of Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) measurements of 10-m ocean vector winds for marine weather prediction is investigated from two Northern Hemisphere case studies. The first of these focuses on an intense cyclone ...