The deviation-angle variance technique (DAV-T), whichwas introduced in theNorthAtlantic basin for tropical cyclone (TC) intensity estimation, is adapted for use in the North Pacific Ocean using the ‘‘best-track center’’ application of the DAV. The adaptations include changes in preprocessing for different data sources [Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-East (GOES-E) in the Atlan...

The advantages of geostationary observations of sediment plumes and phytoplankton blooms have been reported for coastal waters in the southern North Sea and west Pacific. So far, similar observations have not been possible for the Gulf of Mexico where blooms of Trichodesmium erythraeum often occur. Here, using data collected by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Imager...

There is a trend for mobile satellite system architectures aimed at the deployment of multi-satellite constellations in Non-Geostationary Earth Orbits (NGEOs). This allows the user terminals to be small size, low cost and having low power demand. In present and next generation satellite systems, CDMA has been proposed as the multiple access technique for a number of mobile satellite communicati...

Abstract. We develop a new way of retrieving the cloud index from large variety satellite instruments sensitive to reflected solar radiation, embedded on geostationary and non-geostationary platforms. The is widely used proxy for effective transmissivity, also called “clear-sky index”. This study in framework development Heliosat-V method estimating downwelling irradiance at surface Earth (DSSI...

We propose two approaches based on feedforward control and model-predictive control, respectively, to solve the station-keeping problem of an electric-propulsion geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite, whose thrusters are mounted robotic arms its anti-nadir face. This novel configuration enables a wider range thrust direction, making it possible regard direction as variables. To this problem...