Through TROPEX the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
The proposed 2-year effort will focus on the collection and processing of the RS
Christopher Velden - University of Wisconsin-CIMSS
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (UW-SSEC)
proposes to build on advances achieved through previous research and development
supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL).
The overarching objective is to obtain special data sets of Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES) rapid-scan (RS) Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMV) to
assimilate and test for improvements in the Navy global numerical model (NOGAPS)
tropical cyclone (TC) forecasts during the 2005 and 2006 North Atlantic seasons,
and to conduct predictability, targeting, and data assimilation research.
datasets by CIMSS during two, 3-month focused periods of Atlantic tropical cyclone
activity in 2005 and 2006. The RS datasets are not routine; i.e. they are not produced
operationally. Therefore, these experimental datasets will be used 1) to demonstrate
targeting concepts, 2) for data assimilation trials, and 3) to test for predictability
impacts on NOGAPS forecasts of TC tracks and intensity. The data assimilation and model
impact studies will be conducted by collaborators at NRL-MRY.