Satellite Data in Tropical Cyclone Analysis

Introduction to the Dvorak Technique

• Dvorak training-NESDISS (2009, 90min recording)
• Dvorak 1984" Tropical Cyclone Intensity Analysis Using Satellite Data by Vernon F Dvorak, September 1984, NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 11 (39 Mb)
• The Dvorak Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation Technique - A Satellite-based Method that has Endured for over 30 Years (2006). Velden et al. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87, p1195
• Tropical Cyclone intensity analysis (2012, Australian Bureau of Meteorology video recording)

Resources

• Notes on the application of the Dvorak Technique A. Burton 2005
• Dvorak Visible Diagram
• Dvorak Enhanced Infra-Red Diagram
• Dvorak CI to wind (10min) Australia

Accuracy of the Dvorak Technique

• Knaff, J.A., D.P. Brown, J.Courtney, G.M. Gallina, J.L. Beven II, 2010:   An Evaluation of Dvorak Technique-Based Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimates.  Wea. Forecasting, 25:5, 1362-1379