Brief description
The CIMSS Tropical Cyclone webpage helps achieve these goals by providing near real-time imagery, derived atmospheric analysis products, and TC intensity estimates from a variety of different satellite platforms for global analysis of TCs and their surrounding environments. Many of the products from CIMSS are developed specifically for use by TC forecasters worldwide to provide unique information in support of their specific TC forecasting missions.Lineage
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CreditUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison: Space Science and Engineering Center
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA )
National Enviromental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)
Naval Research Laboratory - Montery, California
United States Office of Naval Research (ONR)
The main questions facing tropical cyclone (TC) forecasters are accurately determining the current intensity of the storm, the future intensity of the storm, and where the storm will be in the future. Data obtained from satellites are ideal for helping to provide answers to these questions due to their ability to provide nearly constant and total coverage of the tropics in space and time.
Created: 03 12 2008
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