MIMIC TPW anomaly 3D 12/19/2016
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Published 2016-12-20
In MIMIC-TPW, a data-blending technique combines disparate swaths of microwave observations from polar orbiting satellites in order to create near-seamless animations of advecting radiance features. It builds off of the methods used in MIMIC-TC, which depicts microwave imagery of tropical cyclones in regular time (Wimmers and Velden, 2007). MIMIC-TPW was originally developed as an experimental, near real time visualization tool utilizing microwave-derived moisture fields to follow the development and progression of cyclone-spawning easterly waves and the cyclone-impeding Saharan Air Layer in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has since been expanded to operate globally, with finer-resolution displays.
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