Publication

Tropical cyclone intensity analysis and forecasting from satellite imagery


Publication Date : 1975-05-01
Author : Dvorak, V.F.
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Disaster Management Theme :
Disaster Type : Tropical Cyclone
Document Type : Research Paper
Languange : en
Link : http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/1520-0493%281975%29103%3C0420%3ATCIAAF%3E2.0.CO%3B2

Abstact :

A technique for using satellite pictures to analyse and forecast tropical cyclone intensifies is described. The cloud features used to estimate the cyclone's intensity and its future change of intensity are described. Procedures for interpreting cloud characteristics and their day-by-day changes within the guidance and constraints of an empirical model of tropical cyclone changes are outlined.