@article{,
title= {noaa-ncei-hurricane-satellite-hursat-avhrr-b1-mw},
journal= {},
author= {Kenneth R. Knapp and James P. Kossin},
year= {},
url= {https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/hurricane-satellite-data},
abstract= {The HURSAT project provides Tropical Cyclone-centric satellite data in gridded netCDF format to create a database of small, portable, and easy to work with storm data. The project began with HURSAT-B1, but has expanded to include data from other satellite sources with different temporal and spatial resolution.

Includes three separate HURSAT datasets.


AVHRR Data:

HURSAT-AVHRR is derived from NOAA's Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer and balances the weaknesses of the HURSAT-B1 data. It has higher (4km) spatial resolution, and its observations originate from one instrument instead of a variety of instruments in the B1 record. However, the temporal resolution is limited to two to eight observations per day, depending on the satellite configuration.


B1 Data:

HURSAT-B1 data are derived from International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) B1 data. The HURSAT-B1 v06 data spans 1978-2015 and provides coverage of global tropical cyclones at 8-km and 3-hourly resolution.


Microwave:

Passive microwave observations provide significant information content because most clouds are transparent at microwave wavelengths. The HURSAT-Microwave (MW) dataset is constructed using a very similar process to HURSAT-B1. Each time a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite passes over a tropical cyclone, Special Sensing Microwave Imager (SSMI) data are mapped to an equal angle grid (fixed latitude/longitude) centered on the temporally interpolated storm location. HURSAT-MW provides brightness temperatures for all seven SSMI channels. No product retrievals (e.g., rain rate, total column water vapor, etc.) are provided in the data but are possible (e.g., viewing the imagery derived from the data).},
keywords= {NOAA, NCEI, HURSAT, tropical cyclone, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer, ISCCP, DMSP, SSMI},
terms= {},
license= {},
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}