4 Discoveries About Tropical Cyclones Provided by Microwave Remote Sensing
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Liu WT, Tang W, Xie X, Navalgund RR, Xu K (2008) Power density of ocean surface wind from
international scatterometer tandem missions. Int J Remote Sens 29:6109–6116
Lonfat M, Marks FD, Chen SS (2004) Precipitation distribution in tropical cyclones using
the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) microwave imager: a global perspective.
Monthly Wea Rev 132:1645–1660
Petty GW (1994) Physical retrievals of over-ocean rain rate from multichannel microwave imagery.
Part I: Theoretical characteristics of normalized polarization and scattering indices. Meteorol
Atmos Phys 54:79–100
Robinson IS (2004) Measuring the Oceans from Space: Theoretical Principles and Methods of
Satellite Oceanography. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, p. 646
Sharp RJ, Bourassa MA, O’Brien JJ (2002) Early detection of tropical cyclones using Seawinds
vorticity. Bull Amer Meteorol Soc 83:879–889
Shay LK, Goni GJ, Black PG (2000) Effects of a warm oceanic feature on Hurricane Opal Mon
Weather Rev 128:1369–1383
Simpson J, Adler RF, North GR (1988) Proposed tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM)
satellite. Bull Amer Meteor Soc 69:278–295
Stephens GL, Kummerow CD (2007) The remote sensing of clouds and precipitation from space:
a review. J Atmos Sci 64:3742–3765
Vachon PW, Katsaros KB (1999) Atmospheric cyclones from spaceborne SAR. Backscatter
10(4):14–19
Willoughby HE, Clos JA, Shoribah MG (1982) Concentric eyewalls, secondary wind maxima, and
the evolution of the hurricane vortex. J Atmos Sci 39:395–411
Wilson S, Parisot F, Escudier P, Fellous J, Benveniste J, Bonekamp H, Drinkwater M, Fu L, Jacobs
G, Lin M, Lindstrom E, Miller L, Sharma R, Thouvenot E (2009) Ocean surface topography
constellation: the Next 15 years in satellite altimetry. White Paper of OceanObs’ Conference,
Venice, Italy, 21–24 September, 2009. See also http://www.oceanobs09.net/
Zhang JA, Katsaros KB, Black PG, Lehner S, French JR, Drennan WM (2008) Effects of
roll vortices on turbulent fluxes in the hurricane boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol
128:173–189
Zhao H (1994) Analysis of Tropical Cyclones Using Microwave Data from the Special Sensor
Microwave/Imager, Master’s Thesis, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of
Washington, p. 82. Available on request from katsaros@whidbey.net
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Liu WT, Tang W, Xie X, Navalgund RR, Xu K (2008) Power density of ocean surface wind from
international scatterometer tandem missions. Int J Remote Sens 29:6109–6116
Lonfat M, Marks FD, Chen SS (2004) Precipitation distribution in tropical cyclones using
the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) microwave imager: a global perspective.
Monthly Wea Rev 132:1645–1660
Petty GW (1994) Physical retrievals of over-ocean rain rate from multichannel microwave imagery.
Part I: Theoretical characteristics of normalized polarization and scattering indices. Meteorol
Atmos Phys 54:79–100
Robinson IS (2004) Measuring the Oceans from Space: Theoretical Principles and Methods of
Satellite Oceanography. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, p. 646
Sharp RJ, Bourassa MA, O’Brien JJ (2002) Early detection of tropical cyclones using Seawinds
vorticity. Bull Amer Meteorol Soc 83:879–889
Shay LK, Goni GJ, Black PG (2000) Effects of a warm oceanic feature on Hurricane Opal Mon
Weather Rev 128:1369–1383
Simpson J, Adler RF, North GR (1988) Proposed tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM)
satellite. Bull Amer Meteor Soc 69:278–295
Stephens GL, Kummerow CD (2007) The remote sensing of clouds and precipitation from space:
a review. J Atmos Sci 64:3742–3765
Vachon PW, Katsaros KB (1999) Atmospheric cyclones from spaceborne SAR. Backscatter
10(4):14–19
Willoughby HE, Clos JA, Shoribah MG (1982) Concentric eyewalls, secondary wind maxima, and
the evolution of the hurricane vortex. J Atmos Sci 39:395–411
Wilson S, Parisot F, Escudier P, Fellous J, Benveniste J, Bonekamp H, Drinkwater M, Fu L, Jacobs
G, Lin M, Lindstrom E, Miller L, Sharma R, Thouvenot E (2009) Ocean surface topography
constellation: the Next 15 years in satellite altimetry. White Paper of OceanObs’ Conference,
Venice, Italy, 21–24 September, 2009. See also http://www.oceanobs09.net/
Zhang JA, Katsaros KB, Black PG, Lehner S, French JR, Drennan WM (2008) Effects of
roll vortices on turbulent fluxes in the hurricane boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol
128:173–189
Zhao H (1994) Analysis of Tropical Cyclones Using Microwave Data from the Special Sensor
Microwave/Imager, Master’s Thesis, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of
Washington, p. 82. Available on request from katsaros@whidbey.net