Trends & Variability of Liquid Water Clouds from Eighteen Years of Microwave Satellite Data: Initial Results 6 July 2006 Chris O’Dell & Ralf Bennartz University.
Bulk Parameterizations for Wind Stress and Heat Fluxes (Chou 1993; Chou et al. 2003) Outlines: Eddy correlation (covariance) method Eddy correlation (covariance)
Circulation in the atmosphere Circulation in the Atmosphere.
Fusion of SeaWIFS and TOMS Satellite Data with Surface Observations and Topographic Data During Extreme Aerosol Events Stefan Falke and Rudolf Husar Center.
Investigating Properties of the West African Monsoon Using the QuikSCAT and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Satellites April 23, 2008 Taylor.
Measuring Wind A confusion of units! –Beaufort Forces –Knots (Nautical Miles per hour) –Miles per hour –Kilometres per hour –Metres per second.
National Weather Association Annual Conference Monday, October 17 th, 2011 Nancy Prater Alabama Power Company.
Verification of USDA-MARC Heat Stress Forecasts. USDA-MARC Heat Stress Overview Contributions by the National Weather Service Verification of USDA-MARC.
1 Impact study of AMSR-E radiances in NCEP Global Data Assimilation System Masahiro Kazumori (1) Q. Liu (2), R. Treadon (1), J. C. Derber (1), F. Weng.
Tropical cyclone intensification Roger Smith Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich Collaborators: Michael Montgomery, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,
Earth Observations to Benefit Societies A Briefing on the Activities of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Timothy Stryker U.S. Geological.
Tropical cyclone intensification
