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ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2018, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 236-248

Comparative analysis of the North Atlantic and North Pacific extratropical cyclone characteristics retrieved from ERA-Interim reanalysis and AMSR-E data

P.V. Vasilyeva 1 , E.V. Zabolotskikh 1 , B. Chapron 2, 1 
1 Russian State Hydrometeorological University, St. Petersburg, Russia
2 Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer, Plouzané, France
Accepted: 11.04.2018
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2018-15-4-236-248
The study is aimed at the investigation of the extratropical cyclone (ETC) characteristics over the northern parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for a time period of two years (from June 2002 to May 2004), based on ERA-Interim re-analysis data and geophysical parameter fields retrieved from satellite passive microwave radiometer AMSR-E (Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer ― Earth Observing System) on the AQUA satellite. The ETCs were identified from ERA-Interim sea surface wind speed (SWS) and sea level pressure data. Maximum SWS values were determined for each ETC from AMSR-E retrieved SWS fields and compared with the maximum SWS from the reanalysis data. The SWS was obtained from the AMSR-E data by means of the application of the algorithm, extensively validated for high winds (SWS > 15 m/s). Special analysis is fulfilled for the hurricane force ETCs (SWS > 32.7 m/s). The results are compared with the results of the previous studies, based on satellite scatterometer data. The main features of the spatial and seasonal distribution of ETC characteristics over the North Atlantic and North Pacific for two time periods are determined. It is established that the ERA-Interim re-analysis data underestimates the maximum wind speeds in most hurricane-force ETCs as compared to the AMSR-E SWS data.
Keywords: Extratropical cyclones, sea surface wind speed, hurricane force cyclones, ERA-Interim, satellite passive microwave radiometer, AMSR-E
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