Estimating the Intensity of Tropical Cyclones from Spiral Signatures Acquired by Spaceborne SAR

Author:

Yurchak Boris S.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Abstract

Accurate estimates of tropical cyclone (TC) intensity are important for improving forecasts as well as studying ocean dynamics during such extreme events. Since most cyclone life occurs over the open ocean, remote sensing techniques play an important role in obtaining the necessary data. The possibility of using the configuration of spiral signatures of mature tropical cyclones (TCs) observed in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images to estimate the maximum wind speed of a TC is considered. This study assessed the intensity of 14 TCs in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans using radar images obtained by the Radarsat Hurricane Application Project. TC intensity was estimated using the hyperbolic-logarithmic approximation of TC spiral signatures (HLS approximation). Additionally, the edges of the spiral signatures were partially fitted using a logarithmic spiral to improve the reliability of the HLS approximation. For the first time, a physical model of changing the crossing angle of the logarithmic portion of the edges was proposed and tested on SAR images of the TC. HLS maximum wind speed estimates were compared with Best Track estimates. The results showed the closeness of both estimates with a correlation of 0.95 and a standard deviation of 2.9 m s−1. The results indicate the possibility of using the HLS approximation to estimate the intensity of mature TCs from SAR data.

Publisher

MDPI AG

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