226. Wimmers, Anthony and Velden, Christopher. Integration of an objective, automated TC center-fixing algorithm based on multispectral satellite imagery into NHC/TAFB operations. Year 3 mid-year progress report on NA13OAR4590189 for the period 1 September 2015-29 February 2016. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, 2016. Call Number: UW SSEC Publication No.16.02.W1.
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| 227. Blackwell, William J.; Braun, S. A.; Bennartz, R.; Velden, C. S.; DeMaria, M.; Atlas, R.; Dunion, J. P.; Marks, F. D. Jr. and Rogers, R. The TROPICS smallsat tropical cyclone mission: High temporal resolution microwave imagery as part of NASA's third Earth Venture Instrument (EVI-3) program. Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology, 21st, Madison, WI, 15-19 August 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 6.5. |
228. Creasey, Robert; Elsberry, Russell L.; Velden, Chris; Cecil, Daniel J.; Bell, Michael and Hendricks, Eric A. Analysis of high temporal and spatial observations of Hurricane Joaquin during TCI-15. Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 32nd, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 17-22 April 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, PowerPoint presentation.
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229. Wimmers, Anthony J. and Velden, Christopher S. Advancements in objective multisatellite tropical cyclone center fixing. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Volume 55, Issue 1, 2016, 197–212. Reprint # 7537.
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230. Bresky, Wayne; Daniels, Jaime; Bailey, Andrew; Allegrino, Americo; Wanzong, Steve and Velden, Chris. Using data for the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) as a proxy to assess the performance of the GOES-R derived motion winds algorithm. International Winds Workshop, 13th, Monterey, CA, 27 June-1 July 2016. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Madison, WI, 2016, poster presentation. 1p,
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| 231. Griffin, Sarah M.; Bedka, K. M. and Velden, C. S. A method for calculating the height of overshooting convective cloud tops using satellite-based IR imager and CloudSat cloud profiling radar observations. Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology, 21st, Madison, WI, 15-19 August 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 84. |
| 232. Herndon, Derrick and Velden, C. S. Estimation of tropical cyclone intensity using the CIMSS ATMS tropical cyclone intensity algorithm. Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology, 21st, Madison, WI, 15-19 August 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 5.5. |
| 233. Black, Peter, G.; Dunion, J.; Braun, S. A. and Velden, C. S. Hurricane outflow jet features documented by Global Hawk dropsondes and satellite AMVs during HS3 as targets for future SHOUT operations. Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 32nd, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 17-22 April 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 2C.5. |
| 234. Dunion, Jason; Thorncroft, C.; Velden, C. S. and Nolan, D. Further evidence of the tropical cyclone diurnal cycle. Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 32nd, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 17-22 April 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 12A.3. |
| 235. Elsberry, Russell L.; Velden, C. S.; Cecil, D. J.; Bell, M. M. and Hendricks, E. A. Analysis of high temporal and spatial observations of Hurricane Joaquin during TCI-15. Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 32nd, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 17-22 April 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 7D.6. |
| 236. Evans, Clark; Olander, T. L.; Velden, C. S. and Hart, R. E. A proposed adjustment for the Advanced Dvorak Technique during extratropical transition. Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 32nd, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 17-22 April 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 17C.3. |
| 237. Griffin, Sarah M.; Velden, C. S.; Dunion, J. P. and Schumacher, A. B. Examining trends in satellite-detected overshooting tops as a potential predictor of tropical cyclone genesis. Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 32nd, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 17-22 April 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 165. |
238. Blackwell, William J.; Braun, Scott; Atlas, R.; Bennartz, R.; DeMaria, M.; Dunion, J.; Marks, F.; Rogers, R. and Velden, C. The TROPICS mission: Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats. International Precipitation Working Group, 8th, and International Workshop on Space-bases Snowfall Measurements, 5th, Bologna, 3-7 October 2016. World Meteorological Organization (WMO), International Precipitation Working Group, [Geneva], 2016, PowerPoint presentation. 23 slides,
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| 239. Hawkins, Jeffrey; Herndon, D. C. and Velden, C. S. SSMIS tropical cyclone monitoring opportunities. Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 32nd, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 17-22 April 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 10C.2. |
| 240. Henricks, Eric A.; Bell, M. M.; Elsberry, R. L.; Velden, C. S. and Cecil, D. J. A novel tropical cyclone dynamic initialization technique using high temporal and spatial density atmospheric motion vectors and airborne field campaign data. Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 32nd, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 17-22 April 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 15D.6. |
241. Wimmers, Anthony and Velden, Christopher. Integration of an objective, automated TC center-fixing algorithm based on multispectral satellite imagery into NHC/TAFB operations. Year 1 progress report for the period 1 August 2014-28 February 2015 [on NA13OAR4590189]. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, 2015. Call Number: UW SSEC Publication No.15.02.W1.
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242. Wimmers, Anthony and Velden, Christopher. Integration of an objective, automated TC center-fixing algorithm based on multispectral satellite imagery into NHC/TAFB operations. Year 2 progress report on NA13OAR4590189 for the period 1 August 2014-31 July 2015. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, 2015. Call Number: UW SSEC Publication No.15.07.W1.
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| 243. Griffin, Sarah M.; Bedka, Kristopher M. and Velden, Christopher S. GOES-R risk reduction research on satellite-derived overshooting tops. 2015 NOAA Satellite Science Week, Boulder, CO, 23-27 February 2015. US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2015, poster presentation. |
244. Saunders, R.; Crewell, S.; Gelaro, R.; Minnett, P. J.; Peuch, H.-H.; Schmetz, J.; Turner, D. and Velden, C. Observations for global to convective scale models. Seamless prediction of the earth system: From minutes to months. World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva, Switzerland, 2015. Reprint # 7420.
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| 245. Velden, Christopher; Daniels, Jaime; Bresky, Wayne; Wanzong, Steve and Stettner, David. High-resolution Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs) for application in high-impact weather events in the GOES-R era. 2015 NOAA Satellite Science Week, Boulder, CO, 23-27 February 2015. US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2015, poster presentation. |
246. Wu, Ting-Chi; Velden, Christopher S.; Majumdar, Sharanya J.; Liu, Hui and Anderson, Jeffrey L. Understanding the influence of assimilating subsets of enhanced atmospheric motion vectors on numerical analyses and forecasts of tropical cyclone track and intensity with an ensemble Kalman filter. Monthly Weather Review, Volume 143, Issue 7, 2015, 2506–2531. Reprint # 7421.
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| 247. Velden, Christopher; Herndon, Derrick and Olander, Timothy. Estimating tropical cyclone intensity in the GOES-R/JPSS era. 2015 NOAA Satellite Science Week, Boulder, CO, 23-27 February 2015. US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2015, poster presentation. |
| 248. Ardanuy, Philip Edward; Gail, William; Hooke, William; Macauley, Molly; Marley, Stephen; Purschell, Jeffrey; Schmetz, Johannes and Velden, Chris. Optimizing requirements of the next generation satellite observing systems. 2015 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Toulouse, France, 21-25 September 2015. European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany, 2015, unpaged. Reprint # 7662. |
249. Kaplan, John; Rozoff, Christopher M.; DeMaria, Mark; Sampson, Charles R.; Kossin, James P.; Velden, Christopher S.; Cione, Joseph J.; Dunion, Jason P.; Knaff, John A.; Zhang, Jun A.; Dostalek, John F.; Hawkins, Jeffrey D.; Lee, Thomas F. and Solbrig, Jeremy E. Evaluating environmental impacts on tropical cyclone rapid intensification predictability utilizing statistical models. Weather and Forecasting, Volume 30, Issue 5, 2015, 1374–1396. Reprint # 7497.
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| 250. Black, Peter G.; Hendricks, E. A.; Doyle, J. D.; Moskaitis, J. R. and Velden, C. S. Hurricane outflow jet structure and evolution derived from dropsondes and satellite high-level Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs). Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), 19th, Phoenix, AZ, 4-8 January 2015. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2015, Abstract 10.4. |