1. The NRL Tropical Cyclone Web Resource Jeff Hawkins, Kim Richardson, Tom Lee, Buck Sampson, Arunas Kuciauskas 1, Joe Turk 2, Steve Miller 3, and John Kent 4 Organizations: 1 Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA 93943 2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 3 Cooperative Institute for Research of the Atmosphere, Ft. Collins, CO 4 Science Applications International Inc, Monterey, CA 93940 Sponsors: Office of Naval Research (ONR) SPAWAR PEO C4I&Space/PMW-180 METSAT Conference April 28, 2009

2. Automated Tropical Cyclone Forecasting (ATCF) System warning graphic Latest 1-km Visible/IR imagery (GEO/LEO) 30 minute MTSAT refresh with AVHRR/OLS as available Vis/IR imagery suite Scatterometer & CloudSat Storm Basins & Names Microwave imager/sounder product suite NRL Satellite Page NRL TC Web Resource

3. Wind Vector Processing-Display Upgrades Problem: - Additional R&D QuikSCAT data sets available, - Old processing/display code unsupportable, lacks functionality - Wind vector overlay time matchups poor Solution (Mindy Surratt): - Acquire 12.5 km NESDIS QuikSCAT “test” data sets, - Revamp processing and display code with enhanced time matchups NRL TC Web Resource

4. FNMOC 25-km IR OverlayNESDIS 12.5-km IR Overlay Scatterometer Product Suite

5. Ambiguities: NESDIS 12.5 km GEO Vis Underlay Ambiguity speeds color coded Increasing vector length can assist in streamline analysis Scatterometer Product Suite

6. QuikSCAT Vectors: NESDIS 12.5 km No Background ATCF compatible MetocTIFF Ambiguity speeds color coded Scatterometer Product Suite

7. New wind speed color table Scatterometer Product Suite

8. Night Time Visible Nighttime IR cirrus outflow Nighttime Visible – DMSP OLS DMSP SSMIS 85 GHz Color Product

9. TC Web: Google Earth Initial GE display for 01B

10. TC Web: Google Earth Product selection Pop-Up Menu

11. Change Background to TPW Enhanced Visualization Tools TC Web: Google Earth

12. Google Earth Demo Turk TC Web: Google Earth

13. Background – Vis Middle – Scat winds Top – TRMM radar Turk Google Earth Demo TC Web: Google Earth

14. WMO TC Center (RSMC) – La Reunion Island: Meteo France Use Google Earth kml files on internal workstation Provides quantitative center fix (lat/lon) extraction TC Web: Google Earth

15. Pass Mosaic Function Addition Select Any Storm Pass Mosaic lists the past 24 hours of microwave products Note “Previous” link NRL TC Web Resource

16. Pass Mosaic Function Addition Each click displays the next 24-hours of 85 GHz H-pol products (from all sensors) available. Color coded by time, most recent on the top. Best % coverage gets higher priority (listed 1 st ) NRL TC Web Resource

17. Elmendorf Lajes Sembach Hickam Valley Forge Andersen Kadena Manas Diego Garcia Singapore Misawa Al Udeid Soto Cano WSSCs AN/TMQ-54 - Portable sites: Mark-IVB/FMQ-17: Reduced Data Latency AN/UMQ-13 [ ]/FMQ-17 [ ] - Fixed sites: Currently Deployed Planned Installations – Near Future Access F-14 SSM/I data since tape recorders not working, nixing global data set

18. Reduced Data Latency – DoD Direct Site Reception Norfolk- NLMOC EUMETSAT C-band broadcast: -Meteosat-7 real-time data feed [XRIT-TDF] - Full disk, 3MB, several minute data latency -Meteosat-9 real-time data feed [XRIT-TDF] - Full disk, 300MB, 90 minute data latency - Same latency as NOAA/AFWA/FNMOC NRL TC Web Resource

19. Upcoming Satellites/Sensors and Capabilities NOAA-N’ (N-19) AMSU/AVHRRMay 2009 DMSP F-18SSMIS, OLSFall 2009 MetOpASCAT, AMSU, AVHRR2010 Mega TropiquesMADRAS2011 NPPVIIRS, ATMS2011-2012 FY-3AMWRI2011 ? DMSP F-19SSMIS, OLS2012 GCOMAMSR22012 GPMGMI, PR2013 DMSP F-20SSMIS, OLS2014 NRL TC Web Resource

20. NRL-MRY TC Web Stats (2008) Public Page 1.6M 1.3M 2.5M 2.6M 5.4M 8.8M17.2M 5.6M 3.3M 2.5M Number of Web Hits/Month NRL TC Web Resource