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DiNapoli, S
Title
Determining the Error Characteristics of H*WIND
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2010
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Hurricane, Tropical Cyclones, Wind Analysis, Uncertainty
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The HRD Real-time Hurricane Wind Analysis System (H*Wind) is a software application used by NOAA's Hurricane Research Division to create a gridded tropical cyclone wind analysis based on a wide range of observations. One application of H*Wind fields is calibration of scatterometers for high wind speed environments. Unfortunately, the accuracy of the H*Wind product has not been studied extensively, and therefore the accuracy of scatterometer calibrations in these environments is also unknown. This investigation seeks to determine the uncertainty in the H*Wind product and estimate the contributions of several potential error sources. These error sources include random observation errors, relative bias between different data types, temporal drift resulting from combining non-simultaneous measurements, and smoothing and interpolation errors in the H*Wind software. The effects of relative bias between different data types and random observation errors are determined by performing statistical calculations on the observed wind speeds. We show that in the absence of large biases, the total contribution of all error sources results in an uncertainty of approximately 7% near the storm center, which increases to nearly 15% near the tropical storm force wind radius. The H*Wind analysis algorithm is found to introduce a positive bias to the wind speeds near the storm center, where the analyzed wind speeds are enhanced to match the highest observations. In addition, spectral analyses are performed to ensure that the filter wavelength of the final analysis product matches user specifications. With increased knowledge of these error sources and their effects, researchers will have a better understanding of the uncertainty in the H*Wind product, and can then judge the suitability of H*Wind for various research applications
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Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
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$loc['Master's thesis']
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Florida State University
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Tallahassee, FL
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574
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Bentamy, A. ; Piollé, J.F. ; Grouazel, A. ; Danielson, R. ; Gulev, S. ; Paul, F. ; Azelmat, H. ; Mathieu, P.P. ; von Schuckmann, K. ; Sathyendranath, S. ; Evers-King, H. ; Esau, I. ; Johannessen, J.A. ; Clayson, C.A. ; Pinker, R.T. ; Grodsky, S.A. ; Bourassa, M. ; Smith, S.R. ; Haines, K. ; Valdivieso, M. ; Merchant, C.J. ; Chapron, B. ; Anderson, A. ; Hollmann, R. ; Josey, S.A.
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Review and assessment of latent and sensible heat flux accuracy over the global oceans
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$loc['typeJournal Article']
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2017
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Remote Sensing of Environment
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Remote Sensing of Environment
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201
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196-218
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Ocean Heat Flux ; Latent heat flux ; Sensible heat flux ; Ocean heat content ; Scatterometer ; Surface wind ; Specfic air humidity ; OceanSites ; Remotely sensed data
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0034-4257
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COAPS @ mfield @
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232
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Kara, A.B. ; Rochford, P.A. ; Hurlburt, H.E.
Title
Air-Sea Flux Estimates And The 1997-1998 Enso Event
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$loc['typeJournal Article']
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2002
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Boundary-Layer Meteorology
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Boundary-Layer Meteorology
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103
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3
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439-458
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bulk formulae ; El Nino ; La Nina ; latent and sensible heat flux ; ocean mixed-layer depth ; wind stress
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0006-8314
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$loc['no']
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COAPS @ mfield @
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495
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Zheng, Y. ; Zhang, R. ; Bourassa, M.A.
Title
Impact of East Asian Winter and Australian Summer Monsoons on the Enhanced Surface Westerlies over the Western Tropical Pacific Ocean Preceding the El Niño Onset
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$loc['typeJournal Article']
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2014
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Journal of Climate
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J. Climate
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27
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5
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1928-1944
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Atmospheric circulation ; Forcing ; Dynamics ; Monsoons ; Wind
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0894-8755
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COAPS @ mfield @
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155
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Zheng, Y. ; Bourassa, M.A. ; Hughes, P.
Title
Influences of Sea Surface Temperature Gradients and Surface Roughness Changes on the Motion of Surface Oil: A Simple Idealized Study
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$loc['typeJournal Article']
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2013
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Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
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J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.
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52
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7
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1561-1575
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Air-sea interaction ; Boundary conditions ; Diagnostics ; Local effects ; Societal impacts ; Wind effects
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1558-8424
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GoMRI, OVWST
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COAPS @ mfield @
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229
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Nof, D. ; Jia, Y. ; Chassignet, E. ; Bozec, A.
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Fast Wind-Induced Migration of Leddies in the South China Sea
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$loc['typeJournal Article']
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2011
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Journal of Physical Oceanography
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J. Phys. Oceanogr.
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41
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9
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1683-1693
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Eddies ; Seas ; gulfs ; bays ; Wind stress ; Numerical analysis/modeling ; Monsoons
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0022-3670
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COAPS @ mfield @
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324
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Author
Bourassa, M.A. ; McBeth Ford, K.
Title
Uncertainty in Scatterometer-Derived Vorticity
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$loc['typeJournal Article']
Year
2010
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Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
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J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.
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27
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3
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594-603
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Satellite observations ; Wind ; Instrumentation/sensors
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0739-0572
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OVWST
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$loc['no']
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COAPS @ mfield @
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365
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Holbach, H.M. ; Uhlhorn, E.W. ; Bourassa, M.A.
Title
Off-Nadir SFMR Brightness Temperature Measurements in High-Wind Conditions
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$loc['typeJournal Article']
Year
2018
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Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
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J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.
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35
Issue
9
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1865-1879
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Tropical cyclones ; Wind ; Air-sea interaction ; Microwave observations ; Remote sensing ; Surface observations
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Wind and wave-breaking directions are investigated as potential sources of an asymmetry identified in off-nadir remotely sensed measurements of ocean surface brightness temperatures obtained by the Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer (SFMR) in high-wind conditions, including in tropical cyclones. Surface wind speed, which dynamically couples the atmosphere and ocean, can be inferred from SFMR ocean surface brightness temperature measurements using a radiative transfer model and an inversion algorithm. The accuracy of the ocean surface brightness temperature to wind speed calibration relies on accurate knowledge of the surface variables that are influencing the ocean surface brightness temperature. Previous studies have identified wind direction signals in horizontally polarized radiometer measurements in low to moderate (0�20 m s−1) wind conditions over a wide range of incidence angles. This study finds that the azimuthal asymmetry in the off-nadir SFMR brightness temperature measurements is also likely a function of wind direction and extends the results of these previous studies to high-wind conditions. The off-nadir measurements from the SFMR provide critical data for improving the understanding of the relationships between brightness temperature, surface wave�breaking direction, and surface wind vectors at various incidence angles, which is extremely useful for the development of geophysical model functions for instruments like the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD).
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COAPS @ rl18 @
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980
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Hoffman, R.N. ; Privé, N. ; Bourassa, M.
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Comments on “Reanalyses and Observations: What's the Difference?”
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$loc['typeJournal Article']
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2017
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
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Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.
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98
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11
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2455-2459
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GEOPHYSICAL DATA ; marine surface winds ; energy and water cycles
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Are there important differences between reanalysis data and familiar observations and measurements? If so, what are they? This essay evaluates four possible answers that relate to: the role of inference, reliance on forecasts, the need to solve an ill-posed inverse problem, and understanding of errors and uncertainties. The last of these is argued to be most significant. The importance of characterizing uncertainties associated with results—whether those results are observations or measurements, analyses or reanalyses, or forecasts—is emphasized.
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0003-0007
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COAPS @ rl18 @
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990
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Dukhovskoy, D ; Bourassa, M
Title
Comparison of ocean surface wind products in the perspective of ocean modeling of the Nordic Seas
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$loc['typeConference Article']
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2011
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OCEANS 2011
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scatterometer winds ; Arctic Ocean ; ocean modeling
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MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference
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COAPS @ mfield @
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315
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