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Author DiNapoli, S url  openurl
  Title Determining the Error Characteristics of H*WIND Type $loc['typeManuscript']
  Year 2010 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages  
  Keywords Hurricane, Tropical Cyclones, Wind Analysis, Uncertainty  
  Abstract 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  
  Address Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science  
  Corporate Author Thesis $loc['Master's thesis']  
  Publisher Florida State University Place of Publication Tallahassee, FL Editor  
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  Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 574  
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Author 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. url  doi
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  Title Review and assessment of latent and sensible heat flux accuracy over the global oceans Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
  Year 2017 Publication Remote Sensing of Environment Abbreviated Journal Remote Sensing of Environment  
  Volume 201 Issue Pages 196-218  
  Keywords 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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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0034-4257 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 232  
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Author Kara, A.B.; Rochford, P.A.; Hurlburt, H.E. url  doi
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  Title Air-Sea Flux Estimates And The 1997-1998 Enso Event Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
  Year 2002 Publication Boundary-Layer Meteorology Abbreviated Journal Boundary-Layer Meteorology  
  Volume 103 Issue 3 Pages 439-458  
  Keywords bulk formulae; El Nino; La Nina; latent and sensible heat flux; ocean mixed-layer depth; wind stress  
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  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0006-8314 ISBN Medium  
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  Funding Approved $loc['no']  
  Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 495  
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Author Zheng, Y.; Zhang, R.; Bourassa, M.A. url  doi
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  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 Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
  Year 2014 Publication Journal of Climate Abbreviated Journal J. Climate  
  Volume 27 Issue 5 Pages 1928-1944  
  Keywords Atmospheric circulation; Forcing; Dynamics; Monsoons; Wind  
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  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0894-8755 ISBN Medium  
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  Funding Approved $loc['no']  
  Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 155  
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Author Zheng, Y.; Bourassa, M.A.; Hughes, P. url  doi
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  Title Influences of Sea Surface Temperature Gradients and Surface Roughness Changes on the Motion of Surface Oil: A Simple Idealized Study Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
  Year 2013 Publication Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Abbreviated Journal J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol.  
  Volume 52 Issue 7 Pages 1561-1575  
  Keywords Air-sea interaction; Boundary conditions; Diagnostics; Local effects; Societal impacts; Wind effects  
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  ISSN 1558-8424 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Funding GoMRI, OVWST Approved $loc['no']  
  Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 229  
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Author Nof, D.; Jia, Y.; Chassignet, E.; Bozec, A. url  doi
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  Title Fast Wind-Induced Migration of Leddies in the South China Sea Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
  Year 2011 Publication Journal of Physical Oceanography Abbreviated Journal J. Phys. Oceanogr.  
  Volume 41 Issue 9 Pages 1683-1693  
  Keywords Eddies; Seas; gulfs; bays; Wind stress; Numerical analysis/modeling; Monsoons  
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  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0022-3670 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 324  
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Author Bourassa, M.A.; McBeth Ford, K. url  doi
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  Title Uncertainty in Scatterometer-Derived Vorticity Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
  Year 2010 Publication Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Abbreviated Journal J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.  
  Volume 27 Issue 3 Pages 594-603  
  Keywords Satellite observations; Wind; Instrumentation/sensors  
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  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0739-0572 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Funding OVWST Approved $loc['no']  
  Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 365  
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Author Holbach, H.M.; Uhlhorn, E.W.; Bourassa, M.A. url  doi
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  Title Off-Nadir SFMR Brightness Temperature Measurements in High-Wind Conditions Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
  Year 2018 Publication Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Abbreviated Journal J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.  
  Volume 35 Issue 9 Pages 1865-1879  
  Keywords Tropical cyclones; Wind; Air-sea interaction; Microwave observations; Remote sensing; Surface observations  
  Abstract 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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  ISSN 0739-0572 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number COAPS @ rl18 @ Serial 980  
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Author Hoffman, R.N.; Privé, N.; Bourassa, M. url  doi
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  Title Comments on “Reanalyses and Observations: What's the Difference?” Type $loc['typeJournal Article']
  Year 2017 Publication Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Abbreviated Journal Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.  
  Volume 98 Issue 11 Pages 2455-2459  
  Keywords GEOPHYSICAL DATA; marine surface winds; energy and water cycles  
  Abstract 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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  ISSN 0003-0007 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number COAPS @ rl18 @ Serial 990  
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Author Dukhovskoy, D; Bourassa, M url  openurl
  Title Comparison of ocean surface wind products in the perspective of ocean modeling of the Nordic Seas Type $loc['typeConference Article']
  Year 2011 Publication OCEANS 2011 Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords scatterometer winds; Arctic Ocean; ocean modeling  
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  Area Expedition Conference MTS/IEEE OCEANS Conference  
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  Call Number COAPS @ mfield @ Serial 315  
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