WindSat Storm Page

The storm centered imagery presented on this page are generated based on storm center files provided by NRL(Naval Research Laboratory at Monterey). These files are updated whenever new information about active storms become available, and the imagery is updated shortly after reciept of these files.

WindSat, the first space borne polarimetric microwave radiometer, was developed by the Naval Research Laboratory under sponsorship of the U.S. Navy and NPOESS. For additional information on WindSat, please visit IPO WindSat web site. The ocean vector wind retrievals shown here were retrieved from polarimetric brightness temperature measurements (Stokes parameters) using the WindSat-1 model function, which was developed by the Ocean Surface Winds Team at the NESDIS Office of Research and Applications. The latest and previous links display the current and past wind vector images for the selected storm. The ambiguity link plots all the ambiguities resulting from the wind retrieval process, with 4 being the maximum number of ambiguities.

Please Note: These wind data are derived from a preliminary wind vector retrieval algorithm, developed at NOAA/NESDIS, that has not yet been fully validated. The current "rainflag" does not flag all rain contaminated retrievals; more comprehensive rainflags are being pursued. Also, this web site is not maintained with 24x7 support.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Current Storms (Nov 7 2009 )

  Atlantic Ocean
    Storm 11 (IDA)  latest wind vector  previous wind vector  latest ambiguity  previous ambiguity
                      latest 10GHz brightness temperature images  previous 10GHz brightness temperature images
                      latest 18GHz brightness temperature images  previou 18GHz brightness temperature images
                      latest 37GHz brightness temperature images  previous 37GHz brightness temperature images


  Eastern Pacific
    Storm 96 (INVEST)  latest wind vector  previous wind vector  latest ambiguity  previous ambiguity
                       latest 10GHz brightness temperature images  previou 10GHz brightness temperature images
                       latest 18GHz brightness temperature images  previous 18GHz brightness temperature images
                       latest 37GHz brightness temperature images  previous 37GHz brightness temperature images


  Western Pacific
    Storm 98 (INVEST)  latest wind vector  previous wind vector  latest ambiguity  previous ambiguity
                         latest 10GHz brightness temperature images  previous 10GHz brightness temperature images
                         latest 18GHz brightness temperature images  previous 18GHz brightness temperature images
                         latest 37GHz brightness temperature images  previous 37GHz brightness temperature images

    Storm 25 (TWENTYFIVE)  latest wind vector  previous wind vector  latest ambiguity  previous ambiguity
                         latest 10GHz brightness temperature images  previous 10GHz brightness temperature images
                         latest 18GHz brightness temperature images  previous 18GHz brightness temperature images
                         latest 37GHz brightness temperature images  previous 37GHz brightness temperature images


  Central Pacific
   No active storms at this time. 

  Northern Pacific
   No active storms at this time. 

  Indian Ocean
    Storm 92 (INVEST)  latest wind vector  previous wind vector  latest ambiguity  previous ambiguity
                         latest 10GHz brightness temperature images  previous 10GHz brightness temperature images
                         latest 18GHz brightness temperature images  previou 18GHz brightness temperature images
                         latest 37GHz brightness temperature images  previous 37GHz brightness temperature images


  Southern Hemisphere
    Storm 91 (INVEST)  latest wind vector  previous wind vector  latest ambiguity  previous ambiguity
                        latest 10GHz brightness temperature images  previous 10GHz brightness temperature images
                        latest 18GHz brightness temperature images  previou 18GHz brightness temperature images
                        latest 37GHz brightness temperature images  previous 37GHz brightness temperature images


 Available archive images: 
Year:  2006 
Year:  2007
Year:  2008
Year:  2009

  

PAUL CHANG
NOAA/NESDIS/ORA
Email: paul.s.chang@.noaa.gov

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