Tropical Cyclones: Observation and Prediction
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Meteorology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2021) | Viewed by 25172
Special Issue Editor
2. NOAA Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Interests: tropical cyclones; microphysics; planetary boundary layer; radars; operational modeling; ensembles; model evaluation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
From 1990 to 2019, tropical cyclones caused an average of 13,000 fatalities and $35 billion in damages (in 2020 US dollars) on an annual global basis. Because of their substantial impact on life and property, improving tropical cyclone forecasts is a critical priority for many governments and operational weather prediction centers. Observations of tropical cyclones are essential for achieving these improvements. Conventional and satellite observations of tropical cyclones are routinely quality controlled and assimilated into operational numerical weather prediction (NWP) systems, ensuring that an accurate initial condition is supplied to the forecast model. Case studies and statistical analyses that leverage data collected from observing networks and field campaigns have greatly enhanced our scientific understanding of the lifecycle, structure, and governing processes of tropical cyclones. Observations are also frequently used to assess tropical cyclone NWP model performance and to improve their physical parameterization schemes, ultimately leading to more accurate and reliable forecasts.
In this Special Issue, we invite original and review articles that use atmospheric and/or oceanic observations of tropical cyclones from a wide range of in situ and remote sensing platforms, including aircraft, autonomous vehicles, bathythermographs, buoys, disdrometers, dropsondes, lightning detection networks, ocean drifters and floats, radars, satellites, ships, surface weather stations, and underwater gliders. These contributions may describe novel instrument platforms; new or improved techniques for collecting tropical cyclone observations; case studies of tropical cyclones that utilize observations; assimilation of new types of tropical cyclone observations into NWP models; and/or the use of observations to evaluate tropical cyclone NWP models or to develop new physical parameterizations appropriate for tropical cyclone environments. In general, contributions should highlight the unique and essential roles that observations play in furthering our understanding of tropical cyclones and driving improvements in their forecasting.
Dr. Evan A. Kalina
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- tropical cyclone case studies
- tropical cyclone forecasting
- data assimilation for tropical cyclones
- tropical cyclone observations
- tropical cyclone model evaluation
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