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| Reul, Nicolas; Chapron, Bertrand; Zabolotskikh, E.; Donlon, C.; Mouche, Alexis; Tenerelli, Joseph; Collard, F.; Piolle, Jean-francois; Fore, A.; Yueh, S.; Cotton, J.; Francis, P.; Quilfen, Yves; Kudryavtsev, V.. |
| Combined microwave brightness temperature measurements from recent L- and dual C-band satellite radiometers provide new estimates of surface wind speed structure in Tropical Cyclones which enhances temporal sampling capability for gale (34-knots), damaging (50-knots) and destructive (64-knots) wind radii. Wind radii estimates in Tropical Cyclones (TC) are crucial to help determine the TC wind structure for the production of effective warnings and to constrain initial conditions for a number of applications. In that context, we report on the capabilities of a new generation of satellite microwave radiometers operating at L-band frequency (~1.4 GHz) and dual C-band (~6.9 and 7.3 GHz). These radiometers provide wide swath (> 1000 km) coverage at a spatial... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00376/48758/49151.pdf |
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| Reul, Nicolas; Chapron, Bertrand; Zabolotskikh, E.; Donlon, C.; Quilfen, Yves; Guimbard, Sebastien; Piolle, Jean-francois. |
| Five years of SMOS L-band brightness temperature data intercepting a large number of tropical cyclones (TCs) are analyzed. The storm-induced half-power radio-brightness contrast (ΔI) is defined as the difference between the brightness observed at a specific wind force and that for a smooth water surface with the same physical parameters. ΔI can be related to surface wind speed and has been estimated for ~ 300 TCs that intercept with SMOS measurements. ΔI, expressed in a common storm-centric coordinate system, shows that mean brightness contrast monotonically increases with increased storm intensity ranging from ~ 5 K for strong storms to ~ 24 K for the most intense Category 5 TCs. A remarkable feature of the 2D mean ΔI fields and their variability is that... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00324/43542/43178.pdf |
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