Aviation and Marine Applications

4/29/99

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Aviation and Marine Applications

Aviation/Marine Outline

Is it fog or Sc/Ac?

Resolution vs Fog Detection

Meteorological Factors Conducive to Icing

GOES Channels Useful in Icing Detection

GOES Icing Risk Product

Turbulence-Generating Mechanisms

Detection of Turbulence Using Satellite Imagery

Extreme Turbulence Scenario

Pilot Reports - 4 Feb 99/15-18Z

Microburst/Downburst Detection with GOES

Hazards of Volcanic Ash

Smoke as an Aviation Hazard

Marine Applications

Cloud Streets/ Open Cell Convection

Gulf Stream Convection

Strong Wind Zones in Oceanic Cyclones

“Ring Cloud” Thermal Structure

Ocean Surface Winds from Satellite Data

ERS-2 Scatterometer Swaths

Author: Gary Ellrod

Email: gellrod@orbit1i.nesdis.noaa.gov

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