Critical Design Review for MTCSWA
The Critical Design Review to discuss upgrades to the Multi-platform Tropical Cyclone Surface Wind Analysis (MTCSWA) was successfully completed. The upgrades include handling data from the imaging instruments aboard GOES-T(18), Himawari-9, and Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) geostationary satellite, as well as the transition to the NESDIS Common Cloud Framework (NCCF). J. Dostalek gave an overview of the MTCSWA, which combines output from several satellite-based wind retrieval methods to create a single surface wind analysis around tropical cyclones. The timeline is to have the GOES-T, Himawari-9, and NCCF upgrades operational by June of 2023, and the upgrade for MTG operational by September of 2024. CIMSS’ Advanced Dvorak Technique algorithm was also considered during this CDR. (POC: J. Dostalek, CIRA, jack.dostalek@colostate.edu and J. Knaff, STAR, john.knaff@noaa.gov ) Funding: DACS
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