Talk:Tropical cyclone observation

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[edit] Typhoon that led to JTWC formation

What was the unheralded typhoon in WWII that upset sea battle plans? It should get a passing mention in the opening. --Wetman 22:57, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Good question. They code named it Cobra, and a short report is located here. It appears to have led to the formation of the JTWC, but so far I can't find any references to the JTWC forming before 1958. Thegreatdr 23:29, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Organization of tropical cyclone observation techniques

I would like to see the observation techniques organized more logically into larger groups like:

1. Remote sensing techniques: satellite, radar, lightning detection, (GPS meteorology)
2. Upper air/ In situ measurements, like aircraft observations, radio sounding, drop soundings, drifters, rocket sounding
3. Surface observations: a) fixed stations/platforms: weather / coastal/ island observation stations, tidal stations (water level), buoys, drilling etc. platforms; b) moving platforms: ships, drifting buoys
4. Sub-surface observations: some operational marine observation methods which are useful and used in detecting regions favorable for hurricane generation/ dissipation
5. Historical/Geological evidence: this could include the non-real time methods written already

What do you think, should we proceed and reorganize this article and add a few new techniques now missing?

--Paju (talk) 23:21, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't really agree with the order (I think it should be surface -> upper air -> remote -> sub-surface -> historical) but I agree with the overall premise. Titoxd(?!? - cool stuff) 00:06, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

-- Thanks for your response. I agree: Starting with surface observations - which everybody can feel and verify themselves on the ground in case of tropical cyclone is occurring - might be the most (?) logical starting point. Historical documents like log books etc (e.g. original of Beaufort scale including the definition of "hurricane force" wind was originally written on a log book - of which I have a copy from the Royal Society; similar stuff is available by many other great historical figures of meteorology as well) could be another starting point. Third option is the remote sensed data (of tropical disturbance) which is nowadays quite often the real starting point for forecasts of tropical cyclone development. But let us see what I can make up... :c) --Paju (talk) 20:24, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Voting for a reorganization of the structure of this article

  • I see not much came of the conversations of November, which I was unaware of until today. I did arrange the headers into clusters of larger topics as suggested. Originally, which is still the article's structure, I envisioned the article arranging the various techniques chronologically by a storm's detection by that method...with tree rings/coral/lake beds detecting the oldest tropical cyclones, then newspapers, ships, and the modern ways tropical cyclones are tracked. If you arrange the methods from oldest to newest, the order would be newspapers, surface observations, remote sensing, geologic methods, but the storms these methods are trying to detect are jumbled out of order. If you include a historical section, newspapers become grouped with ship logs and surface observations. Since there are several different ways of rearranging the article, I suggest a vote concerning the arrangement, instead of being bold, since it's already achieved GA.

Cast your votes for:

  • 1) The current structure which arranges the topics by order of storm age (oldest to youngest) - Geologic methods/newspapers/surface observations/upper air observations/remote sensing
  • 2) Paju's structure - Remote sensing/in situ/surface observations/subsurface observations (which would need to be added)/geologic methods
  • 3) Tito's structure - Surface observations/upper air/remote sensing/subsurface observations (which would need to be added)/historical methods
  • 4) Oldest to newest methods of detecting storms - Newspapers/surface observations/upper air observations/remote sensing/geologic methods

I propose holding the voting open for at least 10 responses. Thegreatdr (talk) 16:18, 9 May 2008 (UTC)