Background

General background

Related initiatives

Recent and Ongoing initiatives

  • C3S Operational Windstorm Service
  • CHEFS
  • SMOS+STORM
  • CYMS
  • GIS-BreTel
  • Dragon
  • Sentinel-1 MPC 
  • COWS
  • ALERTNESS (2018-2022)
  • SERUS (2020-2023)
  • OceanSODA
  • BICEP
  • EUMETSAT OSI-SAF
  • CMEMS Wind TAC
  • CGMS Ocean Surface Wind Task Group

References

References

Requirements baseline

Requirements baseline

Sensor Overview

Space-borne Sensor overview

  • L-band radiometer
  • Higher frequency radiometers
  • Scatterometers
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • GPS Reflectometry
  • Altimeter winds

In-situ and other sensors

  • Stepped-Frequency Microwave Radiometer
  • Dropsondes
  • IWRAP
  • Buoys
  • Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) data

Cyclone characterisations

Cyclone characterizations:

1.      Tropical cyclone (TC)

2.      Extra-tropical cyclones (ETC)

3.      Polar lows. (PL)

Acronyms

Acronyms