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@ARTICLE{Miller:858006,
author = {Miller, Steven D. and Straka, William C. and Yue, Jia and
Seaman, Curtis J. and Xu, Shuang and Elvidge, Christopher D.
and Hoffmann, Lars and Azeem, Irfan},
title = {{T}he {D}ark {S}ide of {H}urricane {M}atthew: {U}nique
{P}erspectives from the {VIIRS} {D}ay/{N}ight {B}and},
journal = {Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society},
volume = {99},
number = {12},
issn = {1520-0477},
address = {Boston, Mass.},
publisher = {ASM},
reportid = {FZJ-2018-06950},
pages = {2561–2574},
year = {2018},
abstract = {Hurricane Matthew (28 Sep - 9 October 2016) was perhaps the
most infamous storm of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season,
claiming over 600 lives and causing over $15 billion USD in
damages across the central Caribbean and southeastern U.S.
seaboard. Research surrounding Matthew and its many
noteworthy meteorological characteristics (e.g., rapid
intensification into the southernmost Category 5 hurricane
in the Atlantic basin on record, strong lightning and sprite
production, and unusual cloud morphology) is ongoing.
Satellite remote sensing typically plays an important role
in the forecasting and study of hurricanes, providing a
top-down perspective on storms developing over the remote
and inherently data sparse tropical oceans. In this regard,
a relative newcomer among the suite of satellite
observations useful for tropical cyclone monitoring and
research is the Visible/Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
(VIIRS) Day/Night Band (DNB), a sensor flying onboard the
NOAA/NASA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP)
satellite. Unlike conventional instruments, the DNB's
sensitivity to extremely low levels of visible/near-infrared
light offers new insight on storm properties and impacts.
Here, we chronicle Matthew’s path of destruction and peer
through the DNB’s looking glass of low-light visible
observations, including lightning connected to sprite
formation, modulation of the atmospheric nightglow by
storm-generated gravity waves, and widespread power outages.
Collected without moonlight, these examples showcase the
wealth of unique information present in DNB nocturnal
low-light observations without moonlight, and their
potential to complement traditional satellite measurements
of tropical storms worldwide.},
cin = {JSC},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {511 - Computational Science and Mathematical Methods
(POF3-511)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-511},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000455003300010},
doi = {10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0097.1},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/858006},
}