Search Results - "Knapp, Kenneth R."

Global increase in major tropical cyclone exceedance probability over the past four decades by Kossin, James P., Knapp, Kenneth R., Olander, Timothy L., Velden, Christopher S.

“…Theoretical understanding of the thermodynamic controls on tropical cyclone (TC) wind intensity, as well as numerical simulations, implies a positive trend in…”
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PERSIANN-CDR: Daily Precipitation Climate Data Record from Multisatellite Observations for Hydrological and Climate Studies by Ashouri, Hamed, Hsu, Kuo-Lin, Sorooshian, Soroosh, Braithwaite, Dan K., Knapp, Kenneth R., Cecil, L. Dewayne, Nelson, Brian R., Prat, Olivier P.

“…A new retrospective satellite-based precipitation dataset is constructed as a climate data record for hydrological and climate studies. Precipitation…”
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The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project H-Series climate data record product by Young, Alisa H, Knapp, Kenneth R, Inamdar, Anand, Hankins, William, Rossow, William B

“…This paper describes the new global long-term International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) H-series climate data record (CDR). The H-series data…”
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THE INTERNATIONAL BEST TRACK ARCHIVE FOR CLIMATE STEWARDSHIP (IBTrACS) by Knapp, Kenneth R, Kruk, Michael C, Levinson, David H, Diamond, Howard J, Neumann, Charles J

“…[...] studies are inherently dependent on the completeness of a global tropical cyclone best-track dataset. [...] NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC),…”
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Surface Pressure a More Skillful Predictor of Normalized Hurricane Damage than Maximum Sustained Wind by Klotzbach, Philip J., Bell, Michael M., Bowen, Steven G., Gibney, Ethan J., Knapp, Kenneth R., Schreck, Carl J.

“…Atlantic hurricane seasons have a long history of causing significant financial impacts, with Harvey, Irma, Maria, Florence, and Michael combining to incur…”
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Using GOES-R ABI Full-Disk Reflectance as a Calibration Source for the GOES Imager Visible Channels by Heidinger, Andrew K., Foster, Michael J., Knapp, Kenneth R., Schmit, Timothy J.

“…The availability of onboard calibration for solar reflectance channels on recently launched advanced geostationary imagers provides an opportunity to revisit…”
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HIRS Outgoing Longwave Radiation—Daily Climate Data Record: Application toward Identifying Tropical Subseasonal Variability by Schreck, Carl, Lee, Hai-Tien, Knapp, Kenneth

“…This study describes the development of a new globally gridded climate data record (CDR) for daily outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) using the High-Resolution…”
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GLOBALLY GRIDDED SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS FOR CLIMATE STUDIES by Knapp, Kenneth R., Ansari, Steve, Bain, Caroline L., Bourassa, Mark A., Dickinson, Michael J., Funk, Chris, Helms, Chip N., Hennon, Christopher C., Holmes, Christopher D., Huffman, George J., Kossin, James P., Lee, Hai-Tien, Loew, Alexander, Magnusdottir, Gudrun

“…Geostationary satellites have provided routine, high temporal resolution Earth observations since the 1970s. Despite the long period of record, use of these…”
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GOES Aerosol/Smoke Product (GASP) over North America: Comparisons to AERONET and MODIS observations by Prados, Ana I., Kondragunta, Shobha, Ciren, Pubu, Knapp, Kenneth R.

“…The GOES Aerosol/Smoke Product (GASP) is a retrieval of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) using visible imagery. The product currently runs operationally at…”
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Gridded Satellite (GridSat) GOES and CONUS data by Knapp, Kenneth R, Wilkins, Scott L

“…The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) series is operated by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While…”
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The International Surface Pressure Databank version 2 by Cram, Thomas A., Compo, Gilbert P., Yin, Xungang, Allan, Robert J., McColl, Chesley, Vose, Russell S., Whitaker, Jeffrey S., Matsui, Nobuki, Ashcroft, Linden, Auchmann, Renate, Bessemoulin, Pierre, Brandsma, Theo, Brohan, Philip, Brunet, Manola, Comeaux, Joseph, Crouthamel, Richard, Gleason, Byron E., Groisman, Pavel Y., Hersbach, Hans, Jones, Philip D., Jónsson, Trausti, Jourdain, Sylvie, Kelly, Gail, Knapp, Kenneth R., Kruger, Andries, Kubota, Hisayuki, Lentini, Gianluca, Lorrey, Andrew, Lott, Neal, Lubker, Sandra J., Luterbacher, Jürg, Marshall, Gareth J., Maugeri, Maurizio, Mock, Cary J., Mok, Hing Y., Nordli, Øyvind, Rodwell, Mark J., Ross, Thomas F., Schuster, Douglas, Srnec, Lidija, Valente, Maria Antónia, Vizi, Zsuzsanna, Wang, Xiaolan L., Westcott, Nancy, Woollen, John S., Worley, Steven J.

“…The International Surface Pressure Databank (ISPD) is the world's largest collection of global surface and sea‐level pressure observations. It was developed by…”
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Trend Analysis with a New Global Record of Tropical Cyclone Intensity by Kossin, James P., Olander, Timothy L., Knapp, Kenneth R.

“…The historical global “best track” records of tropical cyclones extend back to the mid-nineteenth century in some regions, but formal analysis of these records…”
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A High-Resolution 1983–2016 Tmax Climate Data Record Based on Infrared Temperatures and Stations by the Climate Hazard Center by Funk, Chris, Peterson, Pete, Peterson, Seth, Shukla, Shraddhanand, Davenport, Frank, Michaelsen, Joel, Knapp, Kenneth R., Landsfeld, Martin, Husak, Gregory, Harrison, Laura, Rowland, James, Budde, Michael, Meiburg, Alex, Dinku, Tufa, Pedreros, Diego, Mata, Nicholas

“…Abstract Understanding the dynamics and physics of climate extremes will be a critical challenge for twenty-first-century climate science. Increasing…”
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THE INTERNATIONAL BEST TRACK ARCHIVE FOR CLIMATE STEWARDSHIP (IBTrACS): Unifying Tropical Cyclone Data by Knapp, Kenneth R., Kruk, Michael C., Levinson, David H., Diamond, Howard J., Neumann, Charles J.

“…The goal of the International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) project is to collect the historical tropical cyclone best-track data from…”
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Quantification of aerosol signal in GOES 8 visible imagery over the United States by Knapp, Kenneth R.

“…Changes in the top‐of‐the‐atmosphere reflectance due to variations in the aerosol optical depth (τ) make retrieving τ from satellite possible. This aerosol…”
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Earlier Seasonal Onset of Intense Mesoscale Convective Systems in the Congo Basin Since 1999 by Taylor, Christopher M., Fink, Andreas H., Klein, Cornelia, Parker, Douglas J., Guichard, Françoise, Harris, Philip P., Knapp, Kenneth R.

“…Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) produce some of the most intense rainfall on the planet, and their response to climate variability and change is rather…”
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Thunderstorms Increase Mercury Wet Deposition by Holmes, Christopher D, Krishnamurthy, Nishanth P, Caffrey, Jane M, Landing, William M, Edgerton, Eric S, Knapp, Kenneth R, Nair, Udaysankar S

“…Mercury (Hg) wet deposition, transfer from the atmosphere to Earth’s surface by precipitation, in the United States is highest in locations and seasons with…”
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Satellite Climate Data Records: Development, Applications, and Societal Benefits by Yang, Wenze, John, Viju, Zhao, Xuepeng, Lu, Hui, Knapp, Kenneth

“…This review paper discusses how to develop, produce, sustain, and serve satellite climate data records (CDRs) in the context of transitioning research to…”
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CYCLONE CENTER: Can Citizen Scientists Improve Tropical Cyclone Intensity Records? by Hennon, Christopher C., Knapp, Kenneth R., Schreck, Carl J., Stevens, Scott E., Kossin, James P., Thorne, Peter W., Hennon, Paula A., Kruk, Michael C., Rennie, Jared, Gadéa, Jean-Maurice, Striegl, Maximilian, Carley, Ian

“…The global tropical cyclone (TC) intensity record, even in modern times, is uncertain because the vast majority of storms are only observed remotely…”
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ON THE DESIRABILITY AND FEASIBILITY OF A GLOBAL REANALYSIS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES by Emanuel, Kerry, Caroff, Philippe, Delgado, Sandy, Guard, Charles “Chip”, Guishard, Mark, Hennon, Christopher, Knaff, John, Knapp, Kenneth R., Kossin, James, Schreck, Carl, Velden, Christopher, Vigh, Jonathan

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