Session 6C Tropical Cyclone Remote Sensing I

Tuesday, 17 April 2012: 10:30 AM-12:15 PM
Champions AB (Sawgrass Marriott)
Sponsor: 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

**Indicates paper is being considered for the Max Eaton Student Prize**

Chair:
Jeffrey Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA
Papers:
  10:30 AM
NRL tropical cyclone satellite meteorological demonstration products
Jeffrey Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and K. Richardson, M. Surratt, T. F. Lee, C. R. Sampson, J. E. Solbrig, S. Yang, A. P. Kuciauskas, and J. Kent

  10:45 AM
Estimating Tropical Cyclone Intensity at Low Wind Speeds
Kelly E. Ryan, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. A. Ritchie

  11:00 AM
Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation and Formation Detection using the Deviation Angle Variance Technique
Miguel F. Pineros, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. A. Ritchie, J. S. Tyo, K. M. Wood, G. Valliere-Kelley, I. A. Hernandez, W. Black, and O. Rodriguez-Herrera

  11:15 AM
New Insights into Tropical Cyclone Dynamics from the MISR Instrument on NASA's Terra Satellite
Michael Garay, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and K. Mueller and D. Wu

 
6C.5
More Tropical Cyclone Analysis using Microwave Imagery and Data

  11:45 AM
The Megha-Tropiques Mission: Overview
Nicolas Viltard, CNRS-UVSQ, Guyancourt, France

  12:00 PM
Using COSMIC to Infer Moist and Dry Environments Around Tropical Cyclones
Patrick J. Fitzpatrick, Geosystems Research Institute, Stennis Space Center, MS; and C. M. Hill and Y. Lau