More Accurate Real-Time Descriptions and Forecasts of Winds in Landfalling Hurricanes.

Principal Investigators: Mark D. Powell, Sam Houston, John Kaplan (Hurricane Research Division/AOML/ERL/NOAA), and Mark DeMaria (NHC/TPC/NWS/NOAA) .

Objectives: To develop a real-time hurricane surface wind analysis system for forecast, damage assessment and recovery planning support and to improve overland wind forecasts with an empirical inland wind decay model (IWDM).