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Applications of Satellite-Derived Ocean Measurements to Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasting

By Gustavo Goni , Mark DeMaria, John Knaff , Charles Sampson, Isaac Ginis , Francis Bringas, Alberto Mavume, Chris Lauer , I.-I. Lin, M.M. Ali , Paul Sandery, Silvana Ramos-Buarque, KiRyong Kang , Avichal Mehra , Eric Chassignet , and George Halliwell  
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Sudden tropical cyclone (TC) intensification has been linked with high values of upper ocean heat content contained in mesoscale features, particularly warm ocean eddies, provided that atmospheric conditions are also favorable. Although understanding of air-sea interaction for TCs is evolving, this manuscript summarizes some of the current work being carried out to investigate the role that the upper ocean plays in TC intensification and the use of ocean parameters in forecasting TC intensity.

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Goni, G., M. DeMaria, J. Knaff, C. Sampson, I. Ginis, F. Bringas, A. Mavume, C. Lauer, I.-I. Lin, M.M. Ali, P. Sandery, S. Ramos-Buarque, K. Kang, A. Mehra, E. Chassignet, and G. Halliwell. 2009. Applications of satellite-derived ocean measurements to tropical cyclone intensity forecasting. Oceanography 22(3):190–197, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2009.78.

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