NOAA NESDIS/STAR Ocean Winds Team — Products & Personnel

The Ocean Winds Team (OWT) develops, validates, and operationally transitions near-real-time (NRT) satellite and airborne ocean surface wind and related geophysical products derived from microwave radiometers, scatterometers, and GNSS-R instruments. The portfolio spans more than 100 individual products across current NRT operations, archived past missions, and instruments currently in pre-operational development. Products support the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Ocean Prediction Center (OPC), Alaska Weather Forecast Offices, and allied agencies. The tables below document each product group with links and the team members responsible for management, scientific architecture, development, and operational support.

100+ Total Products
NRT · Archived · In Development
70+ Current NRT Products
from active missions
35+ Archived NRT Products
from past missions
4 Missions in Pre-Operational
Development (2026)

NRT Product Portfolio — Current Missions

Product / Mission Manager Science Architect Developer Support
ASCAT Scatterometer — Standard Products (ASCAT-A/B/C)
ASCAT Ocean Surface Vector Winds
  • 25 km and 12.5 km OSVW
  • 25 km and 12.5 km directional ambiguity products
  • ASCAT–GFS NRT bias product
  • Specialized TC low-resolution product
  • ASCAT-derived surface pressure products
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss J. Sapp F. Said Q. Zhu
ASCAT Animated Ice Sigma-0 Imagery
  • Alaska, Antarctic, Arctic, Ross Ice Shelf, Weddell Sea
  • Developed for ASCAT-A/B/C
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss J. Sapp F. Said Q. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:
  1. Soisuvarn, S., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P. S., Alsweiss, S. O., & Zhu, Q. (2013). CMOD5.H — A High Wind Geophysical Model Function for C-Band Vertically Polarized Satellite Scatterometer Measurements. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2012.2219871
ASCAT Ultra-High Resolution (UHR) — Coastal Products
ASCAT UHR Coastal Wind Vectors
  • 8 US regions: West, East, South, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes, Alaska, Pacific Islands, Puerto Rico & USVI
  • ASCAT-B and ASCAT-C; 6–10 km resolution winds within 1–5 km of coast
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss J. Sapp F. Said C. Shoup M. McKinney Q. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:
  1. Soisuvarn, S., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P. S., Zhu, Q., & Shoup, C. G. (2023). High-Resolution Coastal Winds from the NOAA Near Real-Time ASCAT Processor. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2023.3279764
  2. Soisuvarn, S., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P. S., & Zhu, Q. (2022). Coastal Winds and Sea Ice Detection from the NOAA Near Real-Time Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) Processor. IGARSS 2022. doi:10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9883768
ASCAT Ultra-High Resolution (UHR) — Tropical Cyclone Products
ASCAT UHR TC Products
  • Sigma-0 imagery, UHR wind vectors
  • 12.5 km storm directional ambiguities
  • AI-enhanced UHR TC wind product
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss J. Sapp F. Said C. Shoup M. McKinney Q. Zhu
AI Enhanced TC Center Fix
  • AI-enhanced tropical cyclone center position fixing
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak M. McKinney S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss J. Sapp F. Said C. Shoup Q. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:
  1. Soisuvarn, S., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P. S., Zhu, Q., & Shoup, C. G. (2023). High-Resolution Coastal Winds from the NOAA Near Real-Time ASCAT Processor. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2023.3279764
  2. Soisuvarn, S., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P. S., Alsweiss, S. O., & Zhu, Q. (2013). CMOD5.H — A High Wind Geophysical Model Function for C-Band Vertically Polarized Satellite Scatterometer Measurements. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2012.2219871
ASCAT Ultra-High Resolution (UHR) — Alaska Region Products
ASCAT Alaska UHR Combined Wind & Ice
  • UHR ocean surface vector winds
  • UHR sigma-0, UHR sigma-0 objective, UHR sigma-0 variance
  • First operational scatterometer-based combined wind and ice edge product
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss J. Sapp F. Said C. Shoup M. McKinney Q. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:
  1. Soisuvarn, S., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P. S., & Zhu, Q. (2023). Toward a Machine Learning Approach for Sea Ice Detection from High Resolution ASCAT Measurements. IGARSS 2023. doi:10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10281590
  2. Soisuvarn, S., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P. S., & Zhu, Q. (2022). Coastal Winds and Sea Ice Detection from the NOAA Near Real-Time Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) Processor. IGARSS 2022. doi:10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9883768
OSCAT-3 — Rotating Ku-Band Scatterometer
OSCAT-3 Ocean Winds & Rain
  • 12.5 km OSVW and directional ambiguities
  • NRT OSCAT-3–GFS model bias product
  • OSCAT-3 rain rate (ML-based)
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Soisuvarn S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss J. Sapp C. Shoup M. McKinney Q. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:
  1. ATBD: ATBD Download
  2. Soisuvarn, S., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P. S., & Zhu, Q. (2025). Calibration and Validation of NOAA OceanSat-3 Scatterometer Wind Data Products. IGARSS 2025. doi:10.1109/IGARSS55030.2025.11314028
  3. Soisuvarn, S., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P. S., & Zhu, Q. (2024). A Machine Learning-Based Rain Rate Estimation from the OceanSat-3 Scatterometer Measurements. IGARSS 2024. doi:10.1109/IGARSS53475.2024.10641001
GNSS-R — CYGNSS
NOAA CYGNSS Wind Speed
  • 25 km NOAA CYGNSS ocean surface wind speed product
  • Daily monitoring per GNSS block; daily monitoring per CYGNSS FM
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak F. Said S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss J. Sapp Q. Zhu
📄 Related Publications: Full list of CYGNSS-related papers are available at the NOAA CYGNSS product page.
  1. ATBD: ATBD Download
AMSR-2 — Passive Microwave Radiometer (GCOM-W1)
AMSR-2 Brightness Temperature & Ocean EDR Suite
  • Brightness temperature imagery — all bands & polarizations: 6.9, 7.3, 10.7, 18.7, 23.8, 36.5, 89 GHz (A) V/H
  • Ocean surface wind speed, SST, SST anomaly
  • Rain rate, cloud liquid water (CLW), total precipitable water (TPW), TPW percent of normal
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Alsweiss S. Soisuvarn J. Sapp F. Said C. Shoup M. McKinney Q. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:
  1. Retrievals ATBD: ATBD Download
  2. SDR Calibration ATBD: ATBD Download
  3. Alsweiss, S., Jelenak, Z., & Chang, P. (2025). A New Approach for All-Weather Sea Surface Temperature Using AMSR2. IGARSS 2025. doi:10.1109/IGARSS55030.2025.11314068
  4. Alsweiss, S., Jelenak, Z., & Chang, P. (2023). Extending the Usability of Radiometer Ocean Surface Wind Measurements to All-Weather Conditions for NOAA Operations: Application to AMSR2. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2023.3266772
  5. Alsweiss, S., Jelenak, Z., & Chang, P.S. (2022). All-Weather Geophysical Model Function for Wind Speed Retrievals from AMSR2. IGARSS 2022. doi:10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9884002
  6. Alsweiss, S., Sapp, J., Jelenak, Z., & Chang, P. (2021). An Operational All-Weather Wind Speed from AMSR2. IGARSS 2021. doi:10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553710
  7. Alsweiss, S., Jelenak, Z., Sapp, J., & Chang, P. (2021). Land Contamination Correction for AMSR2. IGARSS 2021. doi:10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554437
  8. Jelenak, Z., Sapp, J., Alsweiss, S., & Chang, P. (2020). AMSR-2 OBSERVATIONS OF HURRICANE DORIAN. IGARSS 2020. doi:10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323524
  9. Chang, P., Jelenak, Z., Alsweiss, S., Sapp, J., Meyers, P., & Ferraro, R. (2019). An Overview of NOAA's GCOM-W1/AMSR-2 Product Processing and Utilization. IGARSS 2019.doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8899051
  10. Alsweiss, S., Sapp, J., Jelenak, Z., & Chang, P. (2018). Validation of AMSR2 Oceanic Environmental Data Records Using Tropical Cyclone Composite Fields. IGARSS 2018 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517426
  11. Alsweiss, S., Jelenak, Z., & Chang, P. (2017). Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperature Using AMSR-2 Measurements. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2737470
  12. Alsweiss, S., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P., Park, J., & Meyers, P. (2014). Inter-calibration Results of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-2 Over Ocean. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2330980
SMAP — Passive Microwave Radiometer
SMAP Ocean Wind Speed
  • NASA/JPL SMAP L-band ocean surface wind product — NOAA-evaluated and transitioned to NRT operations
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak F. Said S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss J. Sapp Q. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:[Add citations — SMAP product evaluation and operational transition papers]
Satellite Prediction Tracks
NRT Satellite Prediction Tracks
  • Altimeters, AMSR-2, AMSR-3, ASCAT-B/C, OSCAT-3, WSF-M
  • Regions: Tropical Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, North Atlantic, Australia, Japan
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak C. Shoup S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss J. Sapp F. Said M. McKinney Q. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:[Add citations — e.g., Zhu et al. on MANATI satellite prediction tools]
Tropical Cyclone Monitoring
NRT Tropical Cyclone Monitor
  • Model, Satellite, Aircraft, in-situ observations
  • Regions: Tropical Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
  • Sub-Products: Interactive map, Aircraft Data, ASCAT UHR (see above), Cumulative Storm Plots, NRT Validation, Satellite Prediction (see above)
P. Chang Z. Jelenak C. Shoup S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss J. Sapp F. Said M. McKinney Q. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:[Add citations — e.g., Shoup et al. on MANATI cyclone monitoring]

Airborne Products — NOAA P-3 Aircraft (IWRAP & KaIA)

IWRAP & KaIA Scientific Products
  • C/Ku-band ocean surface vector winds (scatterometry)
  • 3D horizontal, radial, tangential & vertical wind speed and reflectivity (5-panel plots)
  • NRT validation: IWRAP scatterometry vs. SFMR, flight level, and sondes
  • TDR–IWRAP profile comparisons; KaIA significant wave height products
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak J. Sapp S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss F. Said C. Shoup M. McKinney Q. Zhu
NRT Aircraft Web Portal & Display
  • Interactive sonde plot; interactive 3D winds and sondes; interactive wind profiles
  • NRT visualization platform for IWRAP, SFMR, dropsondes, and OSVW
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak C. Shoup S. Soisuvarn S. Alsweiss J. Sapp F. Said M. McKinney Q. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:
  1. IWRAP Retrieval ATBD: ATBD Download
  2. NRT Aircraft Web Portal & Display ATBD: ATBD Download
  3. KaIA ATBD: ATBD Download
  4. Sapp, J. W., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P. S., Guimond, S. R., & Carswell, J. R. (2025). Near-Real-Time IWRAP 3D Wind Retrievals. IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems, 3, 832–842. doi:10.1109/TRS.2025.3563787
  5. Bjorland, C. M., Jelenak, Z., Sapp, J. W., Shoup, C. G., Isom, B. M., Chang, P. S., & Carswell, J. R. (2025). Ocean Surface Retracking in Tropical Cyclones with the KaIA Airborne Radar Altimeter. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 18, 6480–6491. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3542635
  6. Sapp, J., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P., Carswell, J., Pollard, B., & Theg, A. (2021). Near-Real-Time Significant Wave Heights in Hurricanes from a New Airborne Ka-Band Interferometric Altimeter. IGARSS 2021. doi:10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554385

Products in Pre-Operational Development — 2026

The following products are currently under development by the Ocean Winds Team and are not yet publicly available through this portal. Availability timelines and access conditions are noted for each.

Product / Mission Manager Science Architect Developer Support
AMSR-3 — Next-Generation Passive Microwave Radiometer
AMSR-3 Ocean EDR & Brightness Temperature Suite
  • Same product suite as AMSR-2: full brightness temperature imagery, wind speed, SST, SST anomaly, rain rate, CLW, TPW, TPW percent of normal
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Alsweiss S. SoisuvarnJ. SappF. SaidC. ShoupM. McKinneyQ. Zhu
📄 Related Publications: Products will be based on the AMSR-2 methodology. See AMSR-2 publications above. Additional AMSR-3-specific publications pending.
⏱ Pre-operational availability: September 2026
WSF-M — Weather System Follow-On Microwave
WSF-M Ocean Surface Vector Winds
  • OSVW product — first NOAA polarimetric radiometer operational wind vector product
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Alsweiss S. SoisuvarnJ. SappF. SaidC. ShoupM. McKinneyQ. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:[Publications pending — WSF-M product development in progress]
⏱ Pre-operational availability: November 2026
Spire GNSS-R — Commercial Ocean Winds
Spire GNSS-R Ocean Surface Wind Products
  • NOAA Spire Level-2 wind product
  • NRT monitoring and validation tools
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak F. Said S. SoisuvarnS. AlsweissJ. SappC. ShoupM. McKinneyQ. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:[Publications pending — Spire product development in progress. See CYGNSS product page for related GNSS-R methodology.]
🔒 Currently available internally. Public access pending NOAA–Spire purchase agreement.
Muon/Triton (Taiwan) GNSS-R — Commercial Ocean Winds
Muon GNSS-R Ocean Surface Wind Products
  • NOAA Muon Level-2 wind product
  • NRT monitoring and validation tools
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak F. Said S. SoisuvarnS. AlsweissJ. SappC. ShoupM. McKinneyQ. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:[Publications pending — Muon/Triton evaluation in progress]
🔒 Currently available internally. Public access pending NOAA–Muon purchase agreement.
ROARS — Rain, Ocean, Atmosphere, Radar Systems
ROARS Product Suite
  • 3D wind and reflectivity
  • Scatterometry OSVW
  • Altimetry significant wave height (SWH)
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak P. Chang J. Sapp S. SoisuvarnS. AlsweissF. SaidC. ShoupM. McKinneyQ. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:[Publications pending]
🔒 Pre-operational development.

Archived NRT Product Portfolio — Past Missions

The following products were delivered in near-real-time during satellite operations. Archives remain accessible through this portal.

Product / Mission Manager Science Architect Developer Support
SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave Imager
SSM/I Ocean EDR Products
  • Ocean surface wind speed, rain rate, cloud liquid water (CLW), total precipitable water (TPW)
 P. Chang P. Chang P. Chang
📄 Related Publications:
  1. Chang, P.S., Li. L. (1998). Ocean surface wind speed and direction retrievals from the SSM/I. IEEE Transactions on Geosciene and Remote Sensing, 6, 1866–1871. doi:10.1109/36.729357
NSCAT — NASA Scatterometer
NSCAT Ocean Surface Vector Winds
  • Ocean surface vector winds and directional ambiguity products
 P. Chang P. Chang P. Chang
📄 Related Publications:[Add citations — e.g., Chang et al. on NSCAT OSVW product development]
QuikSCAT
QuikSCAT OSVW & Ice Products
  • 25 km and 12.5 km OSVW; 12.5 km global directional ambiguities
  • TC-centric 12.5 km OSVW, ambiguities, and UHR sigma-0
  • Ice sigma-0: Alaska, Antarctic, Arctic, Ross Ice Shelf, North Pacific, Weddell Sea
 P. Chang P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Soisuvarn
📄 Related Publications:[Add citations — e.g., Jelenak et al. on NOAA QuikSCAT operational winds; Soisuvarn et al. on QuikSCAT wind retrieval algorithms]
WindSat
WindSat OSVW & EDR Products
  • 25 km OSVW; global directional ambiguities
  • Rain rate, cloud liquid water (CLW), total precipitable water (TPW), SST
 P. Chang P. Chang Z. Jelenak Q. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:[Add citations — e.g., Jelenak et al. on NOAA WindSat OSVW product; Alsweiss et al. on WindSat ocean EDR retrieval]
ERS-2
ERS-2 25 km OSVW P. Chang P. Chang P. Chang
📄 Related Publications:[Add citations — e.g., Chang et al. on ERS-2 OSVW product development]
OSCAT-1
OSCAT-1 OSVW, Ice & TC Products
  • 25 km and 12.5 km OSVW; global directional ambiguities
  • Animated daily ice sigma-0: Alaska, Antarctic, Arctic, Ross Ice Shelf, North Pacific, Weddell Sea
  • TC UHR OSVW, sigma-0, directional ambiguities; sea level pressure product
  • TB monitoring; U/V wind component monitoring
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Soisuvarn S. AlsweissJ. SappF. SaidQ. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:[Add citations — e.g., Soisuvarn et al. on OSCAT-1 wind retrieval and validation]
Rapidscat (ISS)
Rapidscat OSVW & Monitoring Products
  • 12.5 km OSVW and ambiguities (10×15 km resolution); 12.5 km OSVW and ambiguities (20×30 km)
  • 25 km OSVW and ambiguities; storm-relative OSVW, UHR sigma-0 and ambiguities
  • Monitoring: Tb, wind speed/direction (12.5 km, 25 km), spacecraft attitude, rain flag
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Soisuvarn S. AlsweissJ. SappF. SaidQ. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:[Add citations — e.g., Soisuvarn et al. on Rapidscat OSVW products from ISS]
SCATSAT-1
SCATSAT-1 25 km OSVW P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Soisuvarn S. AlsweissJ. SappF. SaidQ. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:
  1. Soisuvarn, S., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P., Park, J., Zhu, Q., Sapp, J., & Said, F. (2020). Scatsat-1 High Winds Geophysical Model Function and its Winds Application in Operational Marine Forecasting and Warning. IGARSS 2020. doi:10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9324328
ASCAT-A (Historical — same suite as ASCAT-B/C)
ASCAT-A OSVW, Ice, UHR & TC Products
  • Full product suite as described under current ASCAT-B/C entries above
 P. Chang Z. Jelenak S. Soisuvarn S. AlsweissJ. SappF. SaidQ. Zhu
📄 Related Publications:
  1. Soisuvarn, S., Jelenak, Z., Chang, P. S., Alsweiss, S. O., & Zhu, Q. (2013). CMOD5.H — A High Wind Geophysical Model Function for C-Band Vertically Polarized Satellite Scatterometer Measurements. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2012.2219871

Team Members

Paul S. Chang, PhD

Team Lead

NOAA NESDIS/STAR

Ocean Winds Team manager with oversight responsibility for all OWT satellite and airborne product development, operational transitions, and observing system strategy. Developer of NOAA's original SSM/I ocean EDR, NSCAT, and ERS-2 OSVW products — the foundational work on which the current OWT portfolio was built.

Zorana Jelenak, PhD

Science Lead

NOAA NESDIS/STAR · UCAR/CPAESS

Science lead and product architect for all OWT products. Conceived and directed development of the full NRT satellite and airborne portfolio; lead design of product calibration and validation. Science leader for annual NOAA P-3 hurricane and winter extratropical cyclone campaigns, designing science objectives, flight patterns, and instrument configurations. Lead developer for QuikSCAT and WindSat products. Works with NOAA partners and the commercial data sector on integration of their data into government operations. Team member since 2001.

Seubson Soisuvarn, PhD

Lead Developer

NOAA NESDIS/STAR · UCAR/CPAESS

Responsible for development and NRT delivery of all scatterometer OSVW products: ASCAT-A/B/C, OSCAT-3, OSCAT-1, Rapidscat, QuikSCAT, and SCATSAT-1. Covers standard-resolution and UHR products, directional ambiguity fields, ice imagery, and model-bias monitoring.

Joseph Sapp, PhD

Lead Developer

NOAA NESDIS/STAR · Global Science & Technology LLC

Science architect and developer of all airborne remote sensing products from the IWRAP and KaIA instruments on the NOAA P-3 aircraft. Develops NRT retrieval algorithms, 3D wind and reflectivity products, calibration/validation algorithms and tools, and the interactive processing software used during operational hurricane flights.

Suleiman Alsweiss, PhD

Lead Developer

NOAA NESDIS/STAR · Global Science & Technology Inc.

Responsible for development and NRT delivery of passive microwave radiometer products: AMSR-2 full brightness temperature imagery suite and ocean EDR products (wind speed, SST, rain rate, CLW, TPW), WindSat ocean EDR products, and the forthcoming AMSR-3 and WSF-M suites.

Faozi Said, PhD

Lead Developer

NOAA NESDIS/STAR · Global Science & Technology Inc.

Responsible for GNSS-R ocean surface wind product development: CYGNSS Level-2 wind product, NOAA Spire Level-2 winds, and Muon evaluation products. Develops retrieval algorithms, geophysical model functions, and NRT monitoring and validation tools.

Qi Zhu, MSc

Web & Operations Master

NOAA NESDIS/STAR · Global Science & Technology Inc.

Overall MANATI web portal architect and maintainer (co-Webpage Master with Casey Shoup, MSc). Responsible for operational code transition and NRT delivery infrastructure for all Ocean Winds Team satellite and aircraft products.

Casey Shoup, MSc

Lead Developer & Web Master

NOAA NESDIS/STAR · Global Science & Technology Inc.

Co-Webpage Master (with Qi Zhu, MSc) for all aircraft-related NRT displays. Primary lead developer for the NRT aircraft web portal and display. Provides operational and scientific support for all IWRAP-derived products during active hurricane and winter storm campaigns. Tropical cyclone aircraft operations specialist.

Matthew McKinney, MSc

AI Lead Developer

NOAA NESDIS/STAR · Global Science & Technology Inc.

Lead AI/machine-learning developer for ASCAT UHR tropical cyclone products, specifically TC center fixing. Develops AI-enhanced wind analysis tools and provides general operations support across the team's product suite.

How to Acknowledge and Cite Ocean Winds Team Products Products developed and distributed by the NOAA NESDIS/STAR Ocean Winds Team should be acknowledged in publications and professional records as follows:

Chang, P.S., Jelenak, Z., [co-developer surname(s)], and the NOAA NESDIS/STAR Ocean Winds Team ([year]). [Product name]. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR. Available: https://manati.star.nesdis.noaa.gov

For product-specific citations or data access inquiries, contact the team at NOAA NESDIS/STAR. Team members may reference their individual products in CVs and professional profiles using the product names, URLs, and developer attributions listed in the tables above.
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