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- Title
An Eye on the Storm: Integrating a Wealth of Data for Quickly Advancing the Physical Understanding and Forecasting of Tropical Cyclones.
- Authors
Hristova-Veleva, Svetla M.; Peggy Li, P.; Knosp, Brian; Quoc Vu; Turk, F. Joseph; Poulsen, William L.; Haddad, Ziad; Lambrigtsen, Bjorn; Stiles, Bryan W.; Tsae-Pyng Shen; Niamsuwan, Noppasin; Tanelli, Simone; Sy, Ousmane; Eun-Kyoung Seo; Hui Su; Vane, Deborah G.; Yi Chao; Callahan, Philip S.; Dunbar, R. Scott; Montgomery, Michael
- Abstract
Tropical cyclones (TCs) are among the most destructive natural phenomena with huge societal and economic impact. They form and evolve as the result of complex multiscale processes and nonlinear interactions. Even today the understanding and modeling of these processes is still lacking. A major goal of NASA is to bring the wealth of satellite and airborne observations to bear on addressing the unresolved scientific questions and improving our forecast models. Despite their significant amount, these observations are still underutilized in hurricane research and operations due to the complexity associated with finding and bringing together semicoincident and semi-contemporaneous multiparameter data that are needed to describe the multiscale TC processes. Such data are traditionally archived in different formats, with different spatiotemporal resolution, across multiple databases, and hosted by various agencies. To address this shortcoming, NASA supported the development of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Tropical Cyclone Information System (TCIS)--a data analytic framework that integrates model forecasts with multiparameter satellite and airborne observations, providing interactive visualization and online analysis tools. TCIS supports interrogation of a large number of atmospheric and ocean variables, allowing for quick investigation of the structure of the tropical storms and their environments. This paper provides an overview of the TCIS's components and features. It also summarizes recent pilot studies, providing examples of how the TCIS has inspired new research, helping to increase our understanding of TCs. The goal is to encourage more users to take full advantage of the novel capabilities. TCIS allows atmospheric scientists to focus on new ideas and concepts rather than painstakingly gathering data scattered over several agencies.
- Subjects
UNITED States. National Aeronautics &; Space Administration; CYCLONE forecasting; TROPICAL storms; TROPICAL cyclones; OPERATIONS research; WEALTH; INFORMATION storage &; retrieval systems; MULTISCALE modeling
- Publication
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2020, Vol 101, Issue 10, pE1718
- ISSN
0003-0007
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0020.1