Over the ocean, in situ observations in a hurricane are extremely sparse, and conventional satellite data provide only cloud imagery at the top of the storm.

Global, real-time observations of the speed and direction of winds over the oceans ocean surface vector winds [OSVW]) are high priority measurements for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) weather ...

The feasibility of Quikscat for the measurements of tropical cyclone wind fields has been investigated with the data from seven hurricanes.

The use of QuikSCAT data for wind retrievals of tropical cyclones is described.

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