Operational Wind Observations and Forecasts Andrew Stern, NOAA/NWS Local Forecast and Warnings Program Manager Silver Spring, MD [email protected]AMS Summer Community Meeting August 2009, Norman, Oklahoma The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the National Weather Service.
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Operational Wind Observationsand Forecasts
Andrew Stern, NOAA/NWSLocal Forecast and Warnings Program
• MDCRS (Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System)• TAMDAR (Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting)
AMS Community Meeting, Norman, OKAugust 2009
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Operational Wind Observing Capabilities
• GPS Radiosondes• 1 second resolution• 65/92 sites upgraded
• Marine Buoys & C-MAN• Profiler Network
Modernization• RASS provides Temp• 6 & 60 min
Resolution National Profiler Network (35 Units)
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Remote Sensing of Winds
ASCAT – Advanced ScatterometerQuikSCAT – Quick ScatterometerPossible QuikSCAT follow-on activity: Dual-Frequency Scatterometer (DFS) system to be launched aboard the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s GCOM-W2