An Intercomparison of GPS RO Retrievals with Colocated Analysis and In Situ Observations within Tropical Cyclones

Figure 1

GPS RO profiles located within a 600 km radius and ±180 temporal windows of the HBTRA TC positions for each Saffir-Simpson intensity classification. 741 observations are collected during the 1995–2006 era within the North-Atlantic, Eastern Pacific, Western Pacific, Southern Indian, and Southern Pacific ocean basins while the respective GPS RO missions are active.