1. Passive Microwave Forward Modeling and Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation within a Regional-Scale Tropical Cyclone Model Open Access Author: Sieron, Scott Buku Title: Passive Microwave Forward Modeling and Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation within a Regional-Scale Tropical Cyclone Model Graduate Program: Meteorology Keywords: Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM)Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)hurricanestropical cyclonesdata assimilationmicrowaveinfraredsatellite File: Download Sieron_PhDThesis_Revised2.pdf Committee Members: Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorEugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Chair/Co-ChairMatthew Robert Kumjian, Committee MemberXingchao Chen, Committee MemberJia Li, Outside MemberDavid Jonathan Stensrud, Program Head/Chair