CBLAST Hurricane Science Meeting, Miami, April 2005

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CBLAST Hurricane Science Meeting, Miami, April
2005
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Sea Surface
SST Pa
Schematic of Minimet Drifter
10 m
WOTAN
Sensor Accuracy Barometer /- 1
mb Thermistor /- 0.1C Wind Direction
/- 10 Wind Speed /- 1 m/s
(0-20m/s) Sampling every
15min Averaging 2.5, 15, 2.5,
1min Transmissions 11 per day Battery Life
5 months
15 m
drogue
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Deployment Tests by 53rd Hurricane Hunter
Squadron of Air National Guard
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Ultra-high resolution QSCAT, Hurricane Jeanne,
9/20/2004
(High-res processing by David Long, BYU)
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CBLAST deployment September 2003, Fabian (and
Isabel)
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CBLAST deployment September 2004, Frances (and
Jeanne)
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CBLAST deployment September 2004, Frances (and
Jeanne)
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CBLAST deployment September 2004, Frances (and
Jeanne)
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Minimet wind direction measurements, during
Fabian, 2003
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Minimet SST measurements, Fabian, 2003
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2-day averaged SST from Minimet, in the wake of
Fabian
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Minimet SST and Pa observations, during Frances
and Jeanne, 2004
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Metocean wind speed and direction, during
Frances and Jeanne, 2004
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Minimet wind speed, hourly average, best-quality
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Drifter measured atmospheric Pressure relative to
hurricane center
Frances
Jeanne
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Minimet atmospheric pressure during Fabian
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Gradient Wind Approximation VV/r fV 1/rho
dPa/dr Drifter measured atmospheric pressure
yields surface wind speed
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ADOS wind speed from ambient sound (WOTAN)
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Metocean wind speed and direction, during Frances
and Jeanne, 2004
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