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Satellite Derived Winds
Publications and Conference Proceedings


Publications

Velden, C. S., J. Daniels, D. Stettner, D. Santek, J. Key, J. Dunion, K. Holmlund, G. Dengel, W. Bresky, and P. Menzel, 2005: Recent Innovations in Deriving Tropospheric Winds from Meteorological Satellites. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86, 205-223.

Bedka, K. M., and J. Mecikalski, 2005: Application of Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors for Estimating Mesoscale Flows. J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 1761-1772.

Zapotocny, T., W. Menzel, J. Jung, and J. Nelson, 2005: A Four-Season Impact Study of Rawinsonde, GOES and POES Data in the Eta Data Assimilation System. Part I: Contribution of the Components. Wea. Forecasting 20, 178-198.

Rabin, R., S. Corfidi, J. Brunner, and C. Hane, 2004: Detecting Winds Aloft from Water Vapour Satellite Imagery in the Vicinity of Storms. Weather, 59, 251-257.

Le Marshall, J., R. Seecamp, J. Daniels, C. Velden, K. Puri, R. Bowen, et al., 2004: Shorter contribution: The Contribution of GOES-9 to Operational NWP Forecast Skill in the Australian Region. Aust. Meteor. Mag., 53, 279-283.

Key, J., D. Santek, C. Velden, N. Bormann, J.-N. Thepaut, L. Riishojgaard, Y. Zhu, and W. Menzel, 2003: Cloud-Drift and Water Vapor Winds in the Polar Regions from MODIS. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 41, 482-492

Rao, A., C. Velden, and S. Braun, 2002: The Vertical Error Characteristics of GOES-Derived Winds: Description and Experiments with NWP. J. Appl. Meteor., 41, 253-271.

Dunion, J. P., and C. Velden, 2002: Application of Surface Adjusted GOES Low-Level Cloud-Drift Winds in the Environment of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones. Part I: Methodology and Validation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 1333-1346.

Dunion, J. P., S. Houston, C. Velden, and M. Powell, 2002: Application of Surface Adjusted GOES Low-Level Cloud-Drift Winds in the Environment of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones. Part II: Integration into Surface Wind Analyses. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 1347-1355.

Xiao, Q., X. Zou, M. Pondeca, M. Shapiro, and C. Velden, 2002: Impact of GMS-5 and GOES-9 Satellite Derived Winds on the Prediction of a NORPEX Extratropical Cyclone. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 507-528.

Soden, B. J., C. Velden, and R. Tuleya, 2001: The Impact of Satellite Winds on Experimental GFDL Hurricane Model Forecasts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 835-852.

Holmlund, K., C. Velden, and M. Rohn, 2001: Enhanced Automated Quality Control Applied to High-Density Satellite-Derived Winds. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 517-529.

Menzel, W. P., 2001: Cloud Tracking with Satellite Imagery: From the Pioneering Work of Ted Fujita to the Present. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82, 33-47.

Langland, R., and Coauthors, 1999: NORPEX-98: Targeted Observations for Improved North American Weather Forecasts. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80, 1363-1384.

Velden, C. S., T. Olander, and S. Wanzong, 1998: The Impact of Multispectral GOES-8 Wind Information on Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasts in 1995. Part 1: Dataset Methodology, Description and Case Analysis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 1202-1218.

Goerss, J., C. Velden, and J. Hawkins, 1998: The Impact of Multispectral GOES-8 Wind Information on Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasts in 1995. Part 2: NOGAPS Forecasts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 1219-1227.

Holmlund, K, 1998: The Utilization of Statistical Properties of Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors to Derive Quality Indicators. Wea. Forecasting, 13, 1093-1104.

Nieman, S., W. Menzel, C. Hayden, D. Gray, S. Wanzong, C. Velden, and J. Daniels, 1997: Fully Automated Cloud-Drift Winds in NESDIS Operations. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 1121-1133.

Velden, C. S., C. Hayden, S. Nieman, W. Menzel, S. Wanzong, and J. Goerss, 1997: Upper-Tropospheric Winds Derived from Geostationary Satellite Water Vapor Observations. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 173-195.

Velden, C. S., 1996: Winds Derived from Geostationary Satellite Moisture Channel Observations: Applications and Impact on Numerical Weather Prediction. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 60, 37-46.

Schmetz, J., W. Menzel, C. Velden, X. Wu, L. van de Berg, S. Nieman, C. Hayden, K. Holmlund, and C. Geijo, 1995: Monthly-Mean Large-Scale Analyses of Upper-Tropospheric Humidity and Wind Field Divergence Derived from Three Geostationary Satellites. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 1578-1584.

Hayden, C. M., and R. Purser, 1995: Recursive Filter Objective Analysis of Meteorological Fields: Applications to NESDIS Operational Processing. J. Appl. Meteor., 34, 3-15.

Hayden, C. M., W. Menzel, S. Nieman, T. Schmit, and C. Velden, 1994: Recent Progress in Methods for Deriving Winds from Satellite Data at NESDIS/CIMSS. Adv. Space Res., 14, 99-110.

Nieman, S., J. Schmetz, and P. Menzel, 1993: A Comparison of Several Techniques to Assign Heights to Cloud Tracers. J. Appl. Meteor., 32, 1559-1568.

Velden, C. S., C. Hayden, W. Menzel, J. Franklin, and J. Lynch, 1992: The Impact of Satellite-Derived Winds on Numerical Hurricane Track Forecasting. Wea. and Forecasting, 7, 107-118.

Menzel, W. P., W. Smith, and T. Stewart, 1983: Improved Cloud Motion Wind Vector and Altitude Height Assignment Using VAS. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 22, 377-384.


Conference Proceedings

Santek, D. A., J. Jung, T. Zapotocny, J. Key, and C. Velden, 2006: Mechanisms that Propagate Polar Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vector Information into Lower Latitudes. Preprints, 14th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Velden, C. S., 2006: Recent Innovations in Deriving Tropospheric Winds from Meteorological Satellites. Preprints, 14th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Bedka, K. M., W. Feltz, J. Mecikalski, R. Petersen, and C. Velden, 2006: Statistical Comparison between Satellite-Derived Mesoscale Atmospheric Motion Vectors and NOAA Wind Profiler Network Observations. Preprints, 14th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Key, J. R., D. Santek, C. Velden, J. Daniels, W. Bresky, and W. Menzel, 2005: Polar Winds from Satellite Imagers for Numerical Weather Prediction and Climate Applications. Preprints, 8th Conf. on Polar Meteor. and Ocean., San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Santek, D. A., C. Velden, and J. Key, 2005: Error Characteristics of Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors. 9th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Velden, C., G. Dengel, R. Dengel, A. Huang, D. Stettner, H. Revercomb, and R. Knuteson, 2004: Determination of Wind Vectors by Tracking Features on Sequential Moisture Analyses Derived from Hyperspectral IR Satellite Soundings. Preprints, 20th Int. Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteor., Ocean., and Hydrology, Seattle, WA. Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Velden C., G. Dengel, R. Dengel, A. Huang, D. Stettner, H. Revercomb, R. Knudsen, and W. Smith, Sr., 2004: Determination of Wind Vectors by Tracking Features on Sequential Moisture Analyses Derived from Hyperspectral IR Satellite Soundings. Preprints, 13th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Norfolk, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Key J., D. Santek, C. Velden, J. Daniels, W. Bresky, and P. Menzel, 2004: Polar Winds from Current and Future Satellite Imagers and Sounders. Preprints, 13th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Norfolk, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Berger H. I., M. Forsythe, J. Eyre, and S. Healy, 2004: A Superobbing Scheme for Atmospheric Motion Vectors. Preprints, 13th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Norfolk, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Daniels J. M., C. Velden, W. Bresky, and A. Irving, 2004: Status of the NOAA/NESDIS Operational Satellite Wind Product System: Recent Improvements, New Products, Product Quality, and Future Plans. Preprints, 13th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Norfolk, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Santek, D. A., C. Velden, J. Key, J. Daniels, and W. Bresky, 2004: Polar Winds from MODIS: Algorithm and Processing Improvements. Preprints, 13th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Norfolk, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Daniels, J., C. Velden, W. Bresky, and A. Irving, 2004: Status of the NOAA/NESDIS Operational Satellite Wind Product System: Recent Improvements, New Products, Product Quality, and Future Plans. Proc. of the 7th Int. Winds Workshop, Helsinki, Finland, 31-44. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Berger, H., M. Forsythe, J. Eyre, and S. Healy, 2004: A Superobbing Scheme for Atmospheric Motion Vectors. Proc. of the 7th Int. Winds Workshop, Helsinki, Finland, 119-126. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Santek, D. A., C. Velden, and J. Key, 2004: Polar Winds from MODIS: Project Status. Proc. of the 7th Int. Winds Workshop, Helsinki, Finland, 235-240. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Key, J. R., D. Santek, and C. Velden, 2004: Atmospheric Motion Vector Height Assignment in the Polar Regions: Issues and Recommendations. Proc. of the 7th Int. Winds Workshop, Helsinki, Finland, 241-248. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Velden, C. S., G. Dengel, R. Dengel, and D. Stettner, 2004: Determination of Wind Vectors by Tracking Features on Sequential Moisture Analyses Derived from Hyperspectral IR Satellite SoundingsProc. of the 7th Int. Winds Workshop, Helsinki, Finland, 299-304. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Su, X., J. Derber, S. Lord, C. Velden, and J. Daniels, 2003: Toward Improved Use of GOES Satellite-Derived Winds at NCEP. NCEP Note 440, NCEP, 4700 Silver Hill Rd., Wash. DC 20233, 22pp.

Santek, D., J. Key, C. Velden, 2003: Real-Time Derivation of Cloud Drift and Water Vapor Winds in the Polar Regions from MODIS Data. Preprints, 12th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Daniels, J. M., C. Velden, G. Dengel, D. Stettner, and W. Bresky, 2003: Status and Development of GOES Wind Products at NOAA/NESDIS. Preprints, 12th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Skupniewicz, C. E., C. Velden, G. Dengel, C. Schuett, and R. Pauley, 2003: Operational Satellite-Derived Tropospheric Winds for DoD Models and Applications. Preprints, 12th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

La Casse, K. M., and M. Morgan, 2003: Use of Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors in Simulations of Cyclones During PACJET. Preprints, 12th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Velden, C. S., 2003: UW-CIMSS Satellite Products: Recent Research and Developments. Preprints, 12th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Daniels, J., C. Velden, W. Bresky, A. Irving, and K. Turner, 2002: Status and Development of GOES Wind Products at NOAA/NESDIS. Proc. of the 6th Int. Winds Workshop, Madison, WI, 71-80. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Dengel, G., and C. Velden, 2002: Update on UW-CIMSS Atmospheric Motion Vector Research and Development. Proc. of the 6th Int. Winds Workshop, Madison, WI, 81-88. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Holmlund, K., C. Velden, M. Tokuno, J. Le Marshall, R. Sarrazin, and J. Fernandez Serdan, 2002: Automatic Quality Control with the CIMSS RFF and the EUMETSAT QI Schemes. Proc. of the 6th Int. Winds Workshop, Madison, WI, 121-128. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Berger, H., 2002: Assimilation of GOES Rapid-Scan Winds into an Experimantal Eta Model during Atlantic Hurricanes. Proc. of the 6th Int. Winds Workshop, Madison, WI, 187-192. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Santek, D., J. Key, C. Velden, N. Bormann, J-N. Thepaut, and P. Menzel, 2002: Deriving Winds from Polar-Orbiting Satellite Data. Proc. of the 6th Int. Winds Workshop, Madison, WI, 251-262. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Dunion, J. P., and C. Velden, 2002: Using the GOES 3.9 Micron Shortwave Channel to Track Low-Level Cloud-Drift Winds. Proc. of the 6th Int. Winds Workshop, Madison, WI, 277-282. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Bormann, N., J-N. Thepaut, J. Key, D. Santek, and C. Velden, 2002: Impact of Polar Cloud Track Winds from MODIS on ECMWF Analyses and Forecasts. Proc. of the 15th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Knaff, J. A., and C. Velden, 2002: Examining the Eight-Day Evolution of Upper Level Winds in Hurricane Floyd. Preprints, 25th AMS Conf. on Hurr. and Trop. Meteor., San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 37-38.

Mecikalski, J. R., and C. Velden, 2002: Diagnosing Tropical Cyclones and Deep Convection Using Upper Tropospheric Inertial Stability and Cloud-Motion Wind Vectors. Preprints, 25th AMS Conf. on Hurr. and Trop. Meteor., San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 65-66.

Berger, H. I., 2002: Assimilation of GOES Rapid-Scan Winds into an Experimental Eta Model During Atlantic Hurricanes. Preprints, 25th AMS Conf. on Hurr. and Trop. Meteor., San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 410-411.

Dunion, J. P., and M. Powell, 2002: Improvements to the NOAA Hurricane Research Division's Surface Reduction Algorithm for Inner Core Aircraft Flight-Level Winds. Preprints, 25th AMS Conf. on Hurr. and Trop. Meteor., San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 581-582.

Dengel, G. A., C. Velden, T. Olander, D. Santek, and D. Stettner, 2001: UW-CIMSS Satellite Winds Algorithm. Preprints, 11th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Madison, WI, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 241-243.

Velden, C., D. Stettner, J. Daniels, and W. Bresky, 2001: GWINDEX: Applications for West Coast Forecasting. Preprints, 11th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Madison, WI, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 244-247.

Berger, H. I., and C. Velden, 2001: Assimilation of GOES Rapid-Scan Winds into an Experimental Eta Model during Hurricane Keith. Preprints, 11th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Madison, WI, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 260-261.

Morgan, M. C., K. La Casse, D. Kleist, H. Kim, J. McLay, D. Posselt, J. Mecikalski, C. Velden, and D. Stettner, 2001: Evaluating the Potential Impact of the Assimilation of Satellite Derived Products on a Mesoscale Forecast of PACific landfalling JETs experiment (PACJET) IOP 10. Preprints, 11th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Madison, WI, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 256-259.

Mecikalski, J. R., and C. Velden, 2001: The Realtime Value of Combined Upper Tropospheric Inertial Stability Measurements and Satellite-Derived Winds on Tropical Cyclone and Convection Forecasting. Preprints, 11th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Madison, WI, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 312-313.

Key, J. R., D. Santek, C. Velden, and W. Menzel, 2001: Cloud-Drift and Water Vapor Winds in the Polar Regions from MODIS. Preprints, 11th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Madison, WI, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 320-323.

Tobin, D., C. Velden, N. Pougatchev, and W. Smith, 2001: Measurement Concept Validation Plans for GIFTS. Preprints, 11th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Madison, WI, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 559-562.

Mecikalski, J. R., C. Velden, M. Morgan, D. Kleist, D. Stettner, K. Goodstein, H. Kim, and B. Baum, 2001: Assimilating Satellite Wind, Moisture, and Temperature for Numerical Forecast Improvements during the PACific landfalling JETs (PACJET) Experiment. Preprints, 18th Conf. on Wea. Anal. and Forecasting/14th Conf. on Num Wea. Pred., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 253-256.

Berger, H. I., and C. Velden, 2001: Assimilation of GOES Rapid-Scan Winds into an Experimental Eta Model during Hurricane Keith. Preprints, 18th Conf. on Wea. Anal. and Forecasting/14th Conf. on Num Wea. Pred., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 257-258.

Velden, C. S., and D. Stettner, 2001: GWINDEX - GOES Rapid-Scan WINDs EXperiment: Applications for West Coast Forecasting. Preprints, 18th Conf. on Wea. Anal. and Forecasting/14th Conf. on Num Wea. Pred., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 259-262.

Weygandt, S., S. Benjamin, and C. Velden, 2001: Assimilation of Rapid-Scan Satellite Cloud-Motion Vectors into the RUC Model in Support of the PACJET Experiment. Preprints, 18th Conf. on Wea. Anal. and Forecasting/14th Conf. on Num Wea. Pred., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 263-267.

Dunion, J. P., S. Houston, M. Powell, C. Velden, and P. Black, 2000: Use Surface Adjusted GOES Low-Level Cloud-Drift Winds to Improve the Estimation of Tropical Cyclone Outer Wind Radii. Preprints, 24th AMS Conf. on Hurr. and Trop. Meteor, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 488-489.

Knaff, J., and C. Velden, 2000: Relationships between the Multi-Layered Wind Field and the Intensity of Hurricane Floyd. Preprints, 24th AMS Conf. Hurr. and Trop. Meteor., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 492-493.

Daniels, J., C. Velden, W. Bresky, and A. Irving, 2000: Status and Development of Operational GOES Wind Products. Proc. of the 5th Int. Winds Workshop, Lorne Australia, 27-36. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Holmlund, K., C. Velden, and M. Rohn, 2000: Improved Quality Estimates of Atmospheric Motion Vectors Utilising the EUMETSAT Quality Indicators and the UW/CIMSS Auto-Editor. Proc. of the 5th Int. Winds Workshop, Lorne Australia, 73-80. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Soden, B., and C. Velden, 2000: The Impact of Satellite Derived Winds on GFDL Hurricane Model Forecasts. Proc. of the 5th Int. Winds Workshop, Lorne Australia, 129-134. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Velden, C., 2000: Exploratory Satellite Derived Winds Research at CIMSS. Proc. of the 5th Int. Winds Workshop, Lorne Australia, 187-194. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Olander, T., C. Velden, and C. Spinoso, 2000: Creation of a Platform-Independent Version of the UW-CIMSS Geostationary, High-Density Wind Derivation Algorithm. Proc. of the 5th Int. Winds Workshop, Lorne Australia, 195-200. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Smith, W., F. Harrison, D. Hinton, V. Parsons, A. Larar, H. Revercomb, H. Huang, C. Velden, W. Menzel, R. Petersen, G. Bingham, and R. Huppi, 2000: GIFTS- A System for Wind Profiling from Geostationary Satellites. Proc. of the 5th Int. Winds Workshop, Lorne Australia, 253-258. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Velden, C., D. Stettner, and J. Daniels, 2000: Wind Vector Fields Derived from GOES Rapid Scan Imagery. Preprints, 10th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 20-23.

Daniels, J., W. Bresky, C. Velden, and A. Irving, 2000: Recent Advances to the Operational GOES Wind Processing System at NOAA/NESDIS. Preprints, 10th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Velden, C. S, 1997: Update on High-Density Satellite-Derived Multispectral Winds Produced by UW-CIMSS over the Tropics. Preprints, 22nd AMS Conf. Hurr. and Trop. Meteor., Ft. Collins, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Velden, C. S., 1997:Update on High Density Satellite-Derived Winds and Operational Applications. 51st Interdepartmental Hurr. Conf., Miami, FL.

Velden, C. S., 1997: Satellite-Based TC Reconnaissance: Generation of Wind Fields Derived from Multi-Channel Geostationary Imagery. 1997 USCINCPAC Tropical Cyclone Conf., Tokyo, Japan.

Velden, C. S., 1996: Applications of Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Data to Hurricane and Typhoon Forecasting. 1996 Met. Sat. Data Users Conf., Vienna, Austria.

Soden, B., R. Tuleya, and C. Velden, 1996: Improving Hurricane Forecasts Through the Assimilation of Satellite Winds. Preprints, 15th AMS Conf. Wea. Analysis and Forecasting, Norfolk, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Goerss, J., J. Hawkins, and C. Velden, 1996: The Impact of UW-CIMSS Experimental High-Density GOES-8 Multi-Spectral Winds on NOGAPS Forecasts of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones. Preprints, 11th AMS Conf. on Num. Wea. Prediction, Norfolk, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Velden, C. S., T. Olander, and S. Wanzong, 1996: Applications of the New GOES Data to Hurricane Analysis and Forecasting. Preprints, Preprints, 15th Wea. Analysis and Forecasting Conf., Norfolk, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Nieman, S. J., W. Menzel, and C. Velden, 1996: Automated Satellite-Motion Winds from GOES-8/9. Opt. Eng. and Instr. Symp., Denver, CO.

Velden, C. S., 1996: Positive Impact of Satellite-Derived Winds during the 1995 Hurricane Season: Example of Optimizing Data Application and Processing Strategies.(invited presentation) Proc. 3rd Int. Winds Workshop, Ascona Switzerland, 81-89. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Menzel, W. P., C. Hayden, S. Nieman, S. Wanzong, and C. Velden, 1996: Improvements in the Quality Assessment of Automated Satellite-Motion Winds. Proc. 3rd Int. Winds Workshop, Ascona, Switzerland, 197-208. [Available from EUMETSAT, Am Kavalleriesand 31, D-64295, Darmstadt, Germany.]

Velden, C. S., J. Hawkins, and J. Goerss, 1996: Optimizing Geostationary Satellite-Derived Wind Information for Tropical Cyclone Analysis. 1996 USCINCPAC Tropical Cyclone Conf., Tokyo, Japan.

Goerss J. S., J. Hawkins, and C. Velden, 1996: The Impact of GMS-5 Multi-Spectral Winds on NOGAPS Forecasts for Super Typhoons. 1996 USCINCPAC Tropical Cyclone Conf., Tokyo, Japan.

Velden, C. S., 1996: Application of GOES-8/9 Observations to the Analysis of Tropical Cyclones. Preprints, 8th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor., Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Velden, C. S., and S. Wanzong, 1996: Application of Multi-Spectral Data from GMS-5 to the Analysis of Western North Pacific Typhoons. Preprints, 8th AMS Conf. on Satellite Meteor., Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Wu, X., P. Menzel, S. Nieman, C. Velden, and C. Hayden, 1996: Annual Variation of Upper Tropospheric Humidity and Wind Divergence from Meteosat-3 Geostationary Satellite. Preprints, 8th AMS Conf.. on Satellite Meteor., Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Nieman, S., W. Menzel, C. Hayden, S. Wanzong, and C. Velden, 1996: Upgrades to the NOAA/NESDIS Automated Satellite-Motion Winds System. Preprints, 8th Conf. on Satellite Meteor., Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Velden, C. S., and T. Olander, 1996: Experimental, High-Density Wind Sets Derived from GOES-8 Observations during 1995 Atlantic Tropical Cyclones. 50th Interdept. Hurricane Conf., Miami, FL.

Goerss, J., J. Hawkins, and C. Velden: The Impact of UW-CIMSS Experimental High-Density GOES-8 Multi-Spectral Winds on NOGAPS Forecasts for Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Chantal. 50th Interdept. Hurricane Conf., Miami, FL.

Young, J. A., M. Lazzara, and C. Velden, 1995: Assessment of Divergent Winds and Convection over the Warm Pool: A GCM and Satellite Study during TOGA COARE. Preprints, 21st Conf. Hurr. and Trop. Meteor., Miami, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Young, J. A., M. Lazzara, and C. Velden, 1995: Assessment of Divergent Winds and Convection over the Warm Pool: A GCM and Satellite Study. TOGA International Science Conf., Melbourne, Australia.

Velden, C. S., 1995: Physical Retrieval of Tropical Cylone Structure and Intensity from Polar Orbiting Microwave Observations. 8th International TOVS Study Conf, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Velden, C. S., 1995: Impact of Geostationary Satellite Water Vapor Channel Data on Weather Analysis and Forecasting. Preprints, 14th Conf. Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Menzel, W. P., S. Wangzong, S. Nieman, F. Wu, C. Velden, and J. Schmetz, 1995: Comparison of GOES and Meteosat Calibration and Products. Proc. 10th Meteosat Scientisfic Users Conf., Portugal. [Available from EUMETSAT.]

Velden, C. S., and S. Nieman, 1994: Investigation of Water Vapor Motion Winds from Geostationary Satellites. Preprints, 7th Conf. Satellite Meteor. and Ocean., Monterey, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Velden, C. S., S. Nieman, S. Aberson, and J. Franklin, 1993: Tracking Motions from Satellite Water Vapor Imagery: Quantitative Applications to Hurricane Track Forecasting. Preprints, 20th Conf. Hurr. and Trop. Meteor., San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Hayden, C. M., R. Aune, and C. Velden, 1991: Quality Control and Assimilation Experiments with Satellite-Derived Wind Estimates. Preprints, 9th Conf. Num. Wea. Pred., Boulder, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Chang Song, Jung-Sing Jwo, S. Lakshmivarahan, S. Dhall, J. Lewis, and C. Velden, 1991: Wind Field Decomposition Algorithms for Use in a Computationally Demanding Forecast/Assimilation Setting. Preprints, 9th Conf. Num. Wea. Pred., Boulder, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Lynch, J. S., G. Rutledge, and C. Velden, 1991: Applications of Satellite-Derived Winds in the Analysis of the Tropical and Sub-Tropical Synoptic Environment. Preprints, 19th Conf. Hurr. and Trop. Meteor., Miami, Fl, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Velden, C. S., 1990: The Impact of Satellite-Derived Winds on Hurricane and Track Forecasting. Preprints, 5th Conf. Sat. Meteor. and Ocean., London, England, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 215-219.

Merrill, R. T., C. Velden, C. Hayden, and W. Menzel, 1990: Recent Demonstrations of Improved Cloud Motion Winds. XXVIIIth meeting of COSPAR, The Hague, Netherlands.

Velden, C. S., and D. Clark, 1990: A New Analysis System for the Integration of High-Density Satellite Winds into the Deep Layer Mean Wind Field: Experiments with 1989 Hurricanes Gabrielle and Hugo. 44th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conf., Homestead AFB, Miami, Fl.

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