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Tropical Cyclone Eye Morphology and Extratropical-Cyclone-Forced Mountain Lee Waves on SAR Imagery

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This chapter introduces an objective method for determining the center of the tropical cyclone (TC) from spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data based on the structures of the well-defined TC eyes in the SAR images. A series of Radarsat-1 SAR images are used, which capture the TCs over the world ocean basins during the years from 2001 to 2007. Also, a case study of the atmospheric gravity waves over the Kuril Islands observed in a Sentinel-1A SAR image during the passage of an extratropical cyclone will be presented together with the use of the state-of-the-art atmospheric numerical model. The objective is to obtain a more complete understanding of the generation mechanism and the dynamics governing the gravity waves.

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  1. College of Oceanography, Hohai University, Nanjing, China

    Qing Xu

  2. GST, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/NESDIS, College Park, MD, USA

    Xiaofeng Li

  3. School of Coastal and Marine Systems Science, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, USA

    Shaowu Bao

  4. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada

    Guosheng Zhang

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Xu, Q., Li, X., Bao, S., Zhang, G. (2017). Tropical Cyclone Eye Morphology and Extratropical-Cyclone-Forced Mountain Lee Waves on SAR Imagery. In: Li, X. (eds) Hurricane Monitoring With Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar. Springer Natural Hazards. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2893-9_16

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