Tropical cyclone boundary layer rolls derived from SAR

Astrid Werkmeister; Hans Graber; Ralph Foster; Roland Romeiser

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326325

Tropical cyclone boundary layer rolls derived from SAR

Astrid Werkmeister, Hans Graber, Ralph Foster, Roland Romeiser

Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

In this work we present a proposed procedure for retrieving large aspect ratio roll vortices in tropical cyclone wind fields over the ocean from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. Preliminary results are shown for one RADARSAT-2 image of super typhoon Megi. We use surface-layer pressure-corrected high-resolution surface wind vector fields as input to a boundary layer model in order to retrieve estimates of the vertical wind distribution in the lowest 1-2 km of the tropical cyclone. Preliminary results show evidence of large aspect ratio rolls, whose wavelengths correspond to results shown in previous works. Further analysis of these profiles will help to improve the understanding of air-sea interaction under these extreme conditions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	2526-2528
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479979295
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326325
Publication status	Published - 12 Nov 2015
Event	IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Sympium (IGARSS 2015) - Convention Center, Milan, Italy Duration: 26 Jul 2015 → 31 Jul 2015

Conference

Conference	IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Sympium (IGARSS 2015)
Abbreviated title	IGARSS 2015
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Milan
Period	26/07/15 → 31/07/15

Keywords

atmosphere
sea surface
synthetic aperture radar
tropical cyclones

Access to Document

10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326325

Cite this

@inproceedings{e52f08b58dee4ea3b8cdfbfba9a120c0,

title = "Tropical cyclone boundary layer rolls derived from SAR",

abstract = "In this work we present a proposed procedure for retrieving large aspect ratio roll vortices in tropical cyclone wind fields over the ocean from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. Preliminary results are shown for one RADARSAT-2 image of super typhoon Megi. We use surface-layer pressure-corrected high-resolution surface wind vector fields as input to a boundary layer model in order to retrieve estimates of the vertical wind distribution in the lowest 1-2 km of the tropical cyclone. Preliminary results show evidence of large aspect ratio rolls, whose wavelengths correspond to results shown in previous works. Further analysis of these profiles will help to improve the understanding of air-sea interaction under these extreme conditions.",

keywords = "atmosphere, sea surface, synthetic aperture radar, tropical cyclones",

author = "Astrid Werkmeister and Hans Graber and Ralph Foster and Roland Romeiser",

year = "2015",

month = nov,

day = "12",

doi = "10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326325",

language = "English",

pages = "2526--2528",

booktitle = "2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)",

publisher = "IEEE",

note = "IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Sympium (IGARSS 2015), IGARSS 2015 ; Conference date: 26-07-2015 Through 31-07-2015",

}

Werkmeister, A, Graber, H, Foster, R & Romeiser, R 2015, Tropical cyclone boundary layer rolls derived from SAR. in 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)., 7326325, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 2526-2528, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Sympium (IGARSS 2015), Milan, Italy, 26/07/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326325

TY - GEN

T1 - Tropical cyclone boundary layer rolls derived from SAR

AU - Werkmeister, Astrid

AU - Graber, Hans

AU - Foster, Ralph

AU - Romeiser, Roland

PY - 2015/11/12

Y1 - 2015/11/12

N2 - In this work we present a proposed procedure for retrieving large aspect ratio roll vortices in tropical cyclone wind fields over the ocean from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. Preliminary results are shown for one RADARSAT-2 image of super typhoon Megi. We use surface-layer pressure-corrected high-resolution surface wind vector fields as input to a boundary layer model in order to retrieve estimates of the vertical wind distribution in the lowest 1-2 km of the tropical cyclone. Preliminary results show evidence of large aspect ratio rolls, whose wavelengths correspond to results shown in previous works. Further analysis of these profiles will help to improve the understanding of air-sea interaction under these extreme conditions.

AB - In this work we present a proposed procedure for retrieving large aspect ratio roll vortices in tropical cyclone wind fields over the ocean from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. Preliminary results are shown for one RADARSAT-2 image of super typhoon Megi. We use surface-layer pressure-corrected high-resolution surface wind vector fields as input to a boundary layer model in order to retrieve estimates of the vertical wind distribution in the lowest 1-2 km of the tropical cyclone. Preliminary results show evidence of large aspect ratio rolls, whose wavelengths correspond to results shown in previous works. Further analysis of these profiles will help to improve the understanding of air-sea interaction under these extreme conditions.

KW - atmosphere

KW - sea surface

KW - synthetic aperture radar

KW - tropical cyclones

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84962498880&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326325

DO - 10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326325

M3 - Conference contribution book

AN - SCOPUS:84962498880

SP - 2526

EP - 2528

BT - 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

PB - IEEE

CY - Piscataway, NJ

T2 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Sympium (IGARSS 2015)

Y2 - 26 July 2015 through 31 July 2015

ER -

Tropical cyclone boundary layer rolls derived from SAR

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Small satellite operations planning for agile disaster response using graph theoretical techniques

Cite this