Operational Use and Impact of Satellite Remotely Sensed Ocean Surface Vector Winds in the Marine Warning and Forecasting Environment

In 2002, a National Oceanographic Partnership Program project was initiated with the ambitious objective of maximizing the use of currently and soon-to-be-available satellite ocean surface vector wind (OSVW) data, such as NASA's QuikSCAT scatterometer, in the operational weather forecasting and...

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Main Authors: Paul S. Chang, Zorana Jelenak, Joseph M. Sienkiewicz, Richard Knabb, Michael J. Brennan, David G. Long, Mark Freeberg
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Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2009-06-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/22-2_chang.pdf
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author Paul S. Chang
Zorana Jelenak
Joseph M. Sienkiewicz
Richard Knabb
Michael J. Brennan
David G. Long
Mark Freeberg
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description In 2002, a National Oceanographic Partnership Program project was initiated with the ambitious objective of maximizing the use of currently and soon-to-be-available satellite ocean surface vector wind (OSVW) data, such as NASA's QuikSCAT scatterometer, in the operational weather forecasting and warning environment. This effort brought together people from the operational forecasting and satellite remote-sensing communities, academia, and the private sector. This diverse gathering of skill and experience yielded documentation of the impacts of these data in the operational short-term warning and forecasting environment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Weather Service, improvement in the use of these data in the public and private sectors, and the transition of promising research results into the operational environment. This project helped create momentum that has continued to grow long after the formal effort ended; today, NOAA uses QuikSCAT operationally and is investigating how to best establish a sustained satellite OSVW observing capability.
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spelling doaj.art-174b41b2526c4d0289c29480ec7c19852022-12-21T20:09:25ZengThe Oceanography SocietyOceanography1042-82752009-06-01222194207Operational Use and Impact of Satellite Remotely Sensed Ocean Surface Vector Winds in the Marine Warning and Forecasting EnvironmentPaul S. ChangZorana JelenakJoseph M. SienkiewiczRichard KnabbMichael J. BrennanDavid G. LongMark FreebergIn 2002, a National Oceanographic Partnership Program project was initiated with the ambitious objective of maximizing the use of currently and soon-to-be-available satellite ocean surface vector wind (OSVW) data, such as NASA's QuikSCAT scatterometer, in the operational weather forecasting and warning environment. This effort brought together people from the operational forecasting and satellite remote-sensing communities, academia, and the private sector. This diverse gathering of skill and experience yielded documentation of the impacts of these data in the operational short-term warning and forecasting environment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Weather Service, improvement in the use of these data in the public and private sectors, and the transition of promising research results into the operational environment. This project helped create momentum that has continued to grow long after the formal effort ended; today, NOAA uses QuikSCAT operationally and is investigating how to best establish a sustained satellite OSVW observing capability.http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/22-2_chang.pdfNOPPsatellite ocean surface vector windoperational weather forecastingsatellite remote sensing
spellingShingle Paul S. Chang
Zorana Jelenak
Joseph M. Sienkiewicz
Richard Knabb
Michael J. Brennan
David G. Long
Mark Freeberg
Operational Use and Impact of Satellite Remotely Sensed Ocean Surface Vector Winds in the Marine Warning and Forecasting Environment
Oceanography
NOPP
satellite ocean surface vector wind
operational weather forecasting
satellite remote sensing
title Operational Use and Impact of Satellite Remotely Sensed Ocean Surface Vector Winds in the Marine Warning and Forecasting Environment
title_full Operational Use and Impact of Satellite Remotely Sensed Ocean Surface Vector Winds in the Marine Warning and Forecasting Environment
title_fullStr Operational Use and Impact of Satellite Remotely Sensed Ocean Surface Vector Winds in the Marine Warning and Forecasting Environment
title_full_unstemmed Operational Use and Impact of Satellite Remotely Sensed Ocean Surface Vector Winds in the Marine Warning and Forecasting Environment
title_short Operational Use and Impact of Satellite Remotely Sensed Ocean Surface Vector Winds in the Marine Warning and Forecasting Environment
title_sort operational use and impact of satellite remotely sensed ocean surface vector winds in the marine warning and forecasting environment
topic NOPP
satellite ocean surface vector wind
operational weather forecasting
satellite remote sensing
url http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/22-2_chang.pdf
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