1.8 CF Standard Names: Tropical Cyclone Eye Brightness Temperature (tropical_cyclone_eye_brightness_temperature)

Record Label : tropical_cyclone_eye_brightness_temperature

Record Title : Tropical Cyclone Eye Brightness Temperature

CF Standard Name : tropical_cyclone_eye_brightness_temperature

Record Description : The quantity with standard name tropical_cyclone_eye_brightness_temperature is the warmest brightness temperature value in the eye region of a tropical cyclone (0 - 24 km from the storm center) derived using the Advanced Dvorak Technique, based on satellite observations. Reference: Olander, T. L., & Velden, C. S., The Advanced Dvorak Technique: Continued Development of an Objective Scheme to Estimate Tropical Cyclone Intensity Using Geostationary Infrared Satellite Imagery (2007). American Meteorological Society Weather and Forecasting, 22, 287-298. The brightness temperature of a body is the temperature of a black body which radiates the same power per unit solid angle per unit area.

Canonical Units : K