Tropical Depression 11P

Passive Microwave (PMW) Intensity Information
Advanced Dvorak Technique
Version 9.1


       --Overpass--              --ARCHER--   Ring  Ring            Eye              BT   -Forecast-  
       Date    Time      Sat     Lat    Lon   Diam   Pct  TbDiff   Score  Meaning   Vmax  Lat    Lon                 
     20240206 223637       GMI  -14.0 -169.0   146   17%    2.56   -2.56      N/A   30.0 -13.6 -169.4 Analysis Plot     
     20240207 005648     AMSR2  -14.7 -168.2   135   51%    7.40   -7.40      N/A   35.0 -14.6 -168.3 Analysis Plot     
     20240207 032905  SSMISF18  -15.2 -167.2   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   35.0 -14.8 -168.1 Analysis Plot     
     20240207 055116  SSMISF17  -15.7 -166.7    57   72%    4.15   -4.15      N/A   35.0 -15.2 -167.7 Analysis Plot     
     20240207 144026  SSMISF18  -17.6 -164.9   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   45.0 -17.2 -165.2 Analysis Plot     
     20240207 170240  SSMISF17  -18.0 -164.5    12   42%    0.37   -0.37      N/A   45.0 -17.4 -164.9 Analysis Plot     
     20240207 215427       GMI  -18.6 -163.3   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   50.0 -18.2 -164.3 Analysis Plot     
     20240208 031445  SSMISF18  -19.1 -164.1     5   N/A    0.58   -0.58      N/A   45.0 -17.8 -164.7 Analysis Plot     
     20240208 053632  SSMISF17  -19.5 -163.7     5   N/A    0.24   -0.24      N/A   45.0 -18.0 -164.7 Analysis Plot     
     20240208 142456  SSMISF18  -17.4 -163.4   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0 -18.3 -163.3 Analysis Plot     
     20240208 164913  SSMISF17  -18.0 -163.1   N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A      N/A   30.0 -18.4 -163.2 Analysis Plot     
     20240208 211240       GMI  -18.5 -163.1   112   N/A    0.32   -0.32      N/A   30.0 -18.5 -163.1 Analysis Plot

Legend

  - Overpass Date/Time are determined from satellite overpass of targeted TC (position determined from Best Track Lat/Lon position). Date is YYYYMMDD and time in HHMMSS (UTC).

  - Forecast (Best Track) and ARCHER positions (deg) of the TC center at overpass day/time. Positive/Negative: Latitude = North/South Hemisphere; Longitude = Eastern/Western Hemisphere.

  - BT Vmax is the concurrent ATCF Best Track (BT) wind speed intensity estimate (Vmax) value from either NOAA/National Hurricane Center (NHC) (North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific), NOAA/Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) (North-central Pacific) or Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) (Northwest Pacific, Indian Ocean, or Southwest Pacific).

  - Sat is the satellite descriptor providing the overpass. Currently the satellites used are the DMSP/SSMIS-16/17/18, GPM/GMI, and GCOM/AMSR2.

  - Ring Diam (km) indicates the estimated surface eyewall diameter if one is analyzed in the PMW imagery. The value listed is the average PMW-estimated inner eyewall edge diameter minus 10 km for eyewall slope. N/A indicates no appreciable eyewall is analyzed.

  - Ring Pct is the percentage of the analyzed "ring" (eyewall inner boundary) that is 1) colder than the eye Tb (the "hot spot" -- warmest eye pixel) by at least 20K, or 2) that is colder than 232K and colder than the eye Tb by 10K, whichever is greater. Values are red if Ring % ≤65,yellow/brown if Ring % ≤85 and green if Ring % >85. N/A indicates no appreciable eyewall is analyzed. A value over 85% is used in the intensity score by adding 15 points to it.

  - TbDiff is the difference between the warmest eye pixel and the warmest pixel on the eyewall. This value is used in the Intensity Score. N/A indicates no appreciable eyewall is analyzed.

  - Eye Score values are based on the strength and organization of the convective/eyewall signatures in the PMW imagery, and based on the ARCHER center location. They normally range from 0 to 100 with empirically-determined thresholds related to intensity (Vmax) in the "Meaning" column (≥20 suggests ≥65kts; ≥60 suggests ≥85kts). Scores are listed as negative, and not used by the ADT, when the NHC, CPHC, or JTWC Best Track Vmax is <55 kts in order to filter out occasional "false eye" cases. A value of -920 is used when the warmest eye pixel is <200K to prevent false positives; -930 means edge of overpass and <85% of eyewall is captured and therefore can't fully be analyzed.