Satellite Derived Motion Fields: Current and New/Planned Applications
Mid-latitude Oceanic Analyses
- NWS offices have access to high density wind products
via internet; AWIPS access to follow
Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and Data Assimilation
- What’s happening at NCEP/EMC ?
- ECMWF is utilizing GOES high density wind products
Tropical Cyclone Analysis and Forecasting
- Tropical Prediction Center (TPC) has access to the GOES multi-spectral wind data sets
- GFDL & NRL are performing model impact studies using the GOES multi-spectral winds to improve tropical storm track forecasts
- CIMSS routinely generating water vapor and visible winds from GMS-5