Satellite Analysis Branch Tropical Team Products and Ser

This is a voluntary survey
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Expires 12/31/2011

ORGANIZATION: _______________________________________________________
1. Do you currently receive the Tropical Bulletin?
Yes, proceed to Question #2

No, proceed to Question #7

2. How often do you use the information in the bulletin to support your operations,
where 1 = Never  5 = Routinely?
SAB Bulletins Webpage
1

2

3

4

5

3. Please rank the following bulletin items by how beneficial they are to your operations
(e.g. are the following used as decision making tools in the overall process):
Where 1 = Not Important  5 = Very Important
Position Estimate:
1
2
Intensity Estimate:
1
2
Microwave (MW) Positions:
1
2
Remarks:
1
2

3

4

5

3

4

5

3

4

5

3

4

5

4. What is your level of satisfaction with the bulletin, where 1 = Not at all satisfied  5
= Extremely satisfied?
1

2

3

4

5

5. Are the classification times, 0230Z, 0830Z, 1430Z, 2030Z, with issuance deadlines of
0400Z, 1000Z, 1600Z, 2200Z, respectively, sufficient to meet your operational
requirements?
Yes

No

If not, please specify what classification times would be more conducive to your
requirements for our consideration: __________________________________________

6. What would be the impact to your operations if the text bulletins were discontinued in
favor of the ADT position and intensity estimates, where 1 = Severe impact  5 = No
impact at all?
1

2

3

4

5

7. How beneficial are the following products in your daily operations,
where 1 = Not at all beneficial  5 = Extremely beneficial? Click on the link to be
connected to the products operational web page.
e-TRaP (Ensemble Tropical Rainfall Potential)
1
2
3
4
5

Unaware of product

Multiplatform Tropical Cyclone Surface Winds
1
2
3
4
5

Unaware of product

ADT (Advanced Dvorak Technique)
1
2
3
4

5

Unaware of product

Tropical Cyclone Formation Probability
1
2
3
4
5

Unaware of product

Tropical Cyclone Formation Probability expanded to include Southern Hemisphere
1
2
3
4
5
Unaware of product
Comments_______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
8. Which of the following ways to present gridded eTRaP forecasts of heavy rain would
be more beneficial to the operational forecaster?
Give the probability of exceeding a certain rainfall accumulation for each specific 8km grid box. This approach would be more precise as far as the location of the highest
probability of heavy rainfall, but the probability values will never be all that high because
it's so difficult to predict the exact location of heavy rainfall.
Give the probability of exceeding a certain rainfall accumulation somewhere within,
say, 40 km of the grid box of interest. This approach would be less precise as far as
location, but would give a better picture of the overall risk of heavy rainfall in a general
area.
9. I have the following additional comments: __________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

Please send your responses to the following electronic email or fax:
Email: Michael.Turk@noaa.gov
Fax: +301-763-8333

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Expires 12/31/2011

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