Shirley T. Murillo Deputy Director of Hurricane Research Division Hurricane Research Division phone: 305-361-4509 fax: 305-361-4402 shirley.murillo@noaa.gov
NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
Professional InterestsShirley Murillo is a research meteorologist for NOAA's Hurricane Research Division in Miami, FL. Her scientific interests are in tropical cyclone wind field structure, radar observations, hurricane field program planning and overseeing the transition of scientific research into the hurricane forecasting operational enviroment.
Ms. Murillo is the on-site lead for the Hurricane Wind analysis (H*Wind) science team. This group, comprised of meteorologists and computer software engineers, conduct real time wind analyses products that are available to the scienctific community. Shirley is also the science liaison for NOAA's Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT). The JHT serves to bridge and transfer new technology and research results into operations. Shirley plays critical role in ensuring the transition of research happens smoothly. Murillo also participates in numerous research flights into tropical cyclones aboard NOAA's WP-3D aircraft over the Atlantic Basin and Gulf of Mexico. On these flights she has operated and monitored various instruments onboard the aircraft. Ms. Murillo served as the Hurricane Field Program Director (2011 and 2012) where she was responsible for organizing, planning and overseeing all research and operational flights into tropical cyclones.
Current Research Projects
Manuscripts in Review- Lathem, T. L., A. Nenes, D. Rosenfeld, Y. Deng, H. Zhang, B. E. Anderson,S. Crumeyrolle, A. J. Beyersdorf, L. D. Ziemba, K. L. Thornhill, E. L. Winstead, R. A. Black, and S. T. Murillo, 2013: Blowing salt into the eye infuriates hurricanes. Submitted to Science.
Recently Published Peer-Reviewed Papers- Zawislak, J., R.F. Rogers, S.D. Aberson, G.J. Alaka, G. Alvey, A. Aksoy, L. Bucci, J. Cione, N. Dorst, J. Dunion, M. Fischer, J. Gamache, S. Gopalakrishnan, A. Hazelton, H.M. Holbach, J. Kaplan, H. Leighton, F. Marks, S.T. Murillo, P. Reasor, K. Ryan, K. Sellwood, J.A. Sippel, and J.A. Zhang. Accomplishments of NOAA’S airborne hurricane field program and a broader future approach to forecast improvement. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(2):E311-E338, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0174.1 2022
- Zawislak, J., R.F. Rogers, S.D. Aberson, G.J. Alaka, G. Alvey, A. Aksoy, L. Bucci, J. Cione, N. Dorst, J. Dunion, M. Fischer, J. Gamache, S. Gopalakrishnan, A. Hazelton, H.M. Holbach, J. Kaplan, H. Leighton, F. Marks, S.T. Murillo, P. Reasor, K. Ryan, K. Sellwood, J.A. Sippel, and J.A. Zhang. Accomplishments of NOAA’S airborne hurricane field program and a broader future approach to forecast improvement. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(2):E311-E338, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0174.1 2022
- Ryan, K., L. Bucci, R. Atlas, J. Delgado, and S. Murillo. Impact of Gulfstream-IV dropsondes on tropical cyclone prediction in a regional OSSE system. Monthly Weather Review, 147(8):2961-2977, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0157.1 2019
- Atlas, R., L. Bucci, B. Annane, R. Hoffman, and S. Murillo. Observing System Simulation Experiments to assess the potential impact of new observing systems on hurricane forecasting. Marine Technology Society Journal, 49(6):140-148, https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.49.6.3 2015
- Atlas, R., R.N. Hoffman, Z. Ma, G.D. Emmitt, S.A. Wood, S. Greco, S. Tucker, L. Bucci, B. Annane, R.M. Hardesty, and S. Murillo. Observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) to evaluate the potential impact of an optical autocovariance wind lidar (OAWL) on numerical weather prediction. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 32(9):1593-1613, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0038.1 2015
- Ralph, F.M., J. Intrieri, D. Andra, R. Atlas, S. Boukabara, D. Bright, P. Davidson, B. Entwistle, J. Gaynor, S. Goodman, J.-G. Jiing, A. Harless, J. Huang, G. Jedlovec, J. Kain, S. Koch, B. Kuo, J. Levit, S. Murillo, L.P. Riishojgaard, T. Schneider, R. Schneider, T. Smith, and S. Weiss. The emergence of weather-related testbeds linking research and forecasting operations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94(8):1187-1211, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00080 2013
- Rogers, R.F., S.D. Aberson, A. Aksoy, B. Annane, M. Black, J.J. Cione, N. Dorst, J. Dunion, J.F. Gamache, S.B. Goldenberg, S.G. Gopalakrishnan, J. Kaplan, B.W. Klotz, S. Lorsolo, F.D. Marks, S.T. Murillo, M.D. Powell, P.D. Reasor, K.J. Sellwood, E.W. Uhlhorn, T. Vukicevic, J.A. Zhang, and X. Zhang. NOAA’s Hurricane Intensity Forecasting Experiment (IFEX): A progress report. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94(6):859-882, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00089 2013
- Rappaport, E.N., J.-G. Jiing, C.W. Landsea, S.T. Murillo, and J.L. Franklin. The Joint Hurricane Testbed: Its first decade of tropical cyclone research-to-operations activities reviewed. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 93(3):371-380, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00037.1 2012
- Murillo, S.T., W.-C. Lee, M.M. Bell, G.M. Barnes, F.D. Marks, and P.P. Dodge. Intercomparison of ground-based velocity track display (GBVTD)-retrieved circulation centers and structures of Hurricane Danny (1997) from two coastal WSR-88Ds. Monthly Weather Review, 139(1):153-174, https://doi.org/10.1175/2010MWR3036.1 2011
- Pandya, R., D. Smith, S.A. Ackerman, P.P. Brahma, D.J. Charlevoix, S.Q. Foster, V.K. Gaertner, T.F. Lee, M.J. Hayes, A. Mostek, S.T. Murillo, K.A. Murphy, L. Olsen, D.M. Stanitski, and T. Whittaker. A summary of the 18th Symposium on Education. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92(1):61-64, https://doi.org/10.1175/2010BAMS2933.1 2011
- Powell, M.D., S.T. Murillo, P.P. Dodge, E.W. Uhlhorn, J.F. Gamache, V. Cardone, A. Cox, S. Otero, N. Carrasco, B. Annane, and R. St. Fleur. Reconstruction of Hurricane Katrina's wind fields for storm surge and wave hindcasting. Ocean Engineering, 37(1):26-36, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2009.08.014 2010
- Pandya, R.E., D.R. Smith, D.J. Charlevoix, S.Q. Foster, R. Hart, M.J. Hayes, M. McGuirk, S.T. Murillo, K.A. Murphy, D.M. Stanitski, and T.M. Whittaker. A summary of the 17th AMS Education Symposium. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90(10):1545-1548, https://doi.org/10.1175/2009BAMS2862.1 2009
- Pandya, R.E., D.R. Smith, D.J. Charlevoix, W. Hart, M.J. Hayes, S.T. Murillo, K.A. Murphy, D.M. Stanitski, and T.M. Whittaker. A summary of the 16th Symposium on Education. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90(6):861-865, https://doi.org/10.1175/2009BAMS2510.1 2009
- Murillo, S.T. Determination of the circulation center and inner core evolution of Hurricane Danny (1997) using the GBVTD-simplex algorithm. M.S. thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 57 pp., 2008
- Murillo, S.T., R.E. Pandya, R.Y. Chu, J.A. Winkler, R. Czujko, and E.M.C. Cutrim. AMS membership survey results: An overview and longitudinal analysis of the demographics of the American Meteorological Society. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89(5):727-733, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-89-5-727 2008
- Murillo, S.T., W.-C. Lee, G.M. Barnes, M.M. Bell, and F.D. Marks. Determination of the circulation center and inner core evolution of Hurricane Danny (1997) using the GBVTD-simplex algorithm. Extended Abstracts, 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Orlando, FL, April 28-May 2, 2008. American Meteorological Society, 5 pp., 2008
- Pandya, R.E., D.R. Smith, D.J. Charlevoix, G.M. Fisher, S.T. Murillo, K.A. Murphy, D.M. Stanitski, and T.M. Whittaker. The 15th AMS Education Symposium. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88(1):83-85, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-88-1-83 2007
- Harasti, P.R., C.J. McAdie, P.P. Dodge, W.-C. Lee, J. Tuttle, S.T. Murillo, and F.D. Marks. Real-time implementation of single-Doppler radar analysis methods for tropical cyclones: Algorithm improvements and use with WSR-88D display data. Weather and Forecasting, 19(2):219-239, doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0219:RIOSRA>2.0.CO; 2004
- Murillo, S.T., P.P. Dodge, W.-C. Lee, and G.M. Barnes. Implementing a single-Doppler radar technique for tropical cyclones and integrating radar-derived wind fields into H*Wind surface analyses. Preprints, 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, May 3-7, 2004. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 606-607, 2004
- Powell, M.D., D. Bowman, D. Gilhousen, S.T. Murillo, N. Carrasco, and R. St. Fleur. Tropical cyclone winds at landfall: The ASOS-C-MAN Wind Exposure Documentation Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 85(6):845-851, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-85-6-845 2004
- Harasti, P.R., W.-C. Lee, J.D. Tuttle, C.J. McAdie, P.P. Dodge, S.T. Murillo, and F.D. Marks. Operational implementation of single-Doppler radar algorithms for tropical cyclones. Preprints, 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, CA, April 29-May 3, 2002. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 487-488, 2002
- Murillo, S.T., W.-C. Lee, F.D. Marks, and P.P. Dodge. Examining structural changes and circulation center of Hurricane Danny (1997) using a single-Doppler radar wind retrieval technique. Preprints, 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, CA, April 29-May 3, 2002. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 485-486, 2002
- Walsh, E.J., C.W. Wright, D. Vandemark, W.B. Krabill, A.W. Garcia, S.H. Houston, S.T. Murillo, M.D. Powell, P.G. Black, and F.D. Marks. Hurricane directional wave spectrum spatial variation at landfall. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32(6):1667-1684, 2002
- McAdie, C.J., P.R. Harasti, P.P. Dodge, W.-C. Lee, S.T. Murillo, and F.D. Marks. Real-time implementation of tropical cyclone-specific radar data processing algorithms. Preprints, 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Munich, Germany, July 19-24, 2001. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 466-468, 2001
- Murillo, S.T., W.-C. Lee, F.D. Marks, and P.P. Dodge. Using a single-Doppler radar wind retrieval technique to examine structural changes in Hurricane Danny (1997). Preprints, 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Munich, Germany, July 19-24, 2001. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 148-149, 2001
- Murillo, S.T., W.-C. Lee, and F.D. Marks. Evaluating the GBVTD-tropical center finding simplex algorithm. Preprints, 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 29-June 2, 2000. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 312-313, 2000
- Murillo, S.T., and J.J. O'Brien. The influence of ENSO on eastern Pacific tropical cyclones. Preprints, 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Dallas, TX, January 10-15, 1999. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 437-438, 1999
- Murillo, S.T., P.P. Dodge, W.-C. Lee, and F.D. Marks. Using the GBVTD technique in nowcasting hurricane windfields using the WSR-88D. Preprints, 29th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 12-16, 1999. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 276-277, 1999
- Murillo, S.T., W.-C. Lee, K. Hondl, P.P. Dodge, C. McAdie, and F.D. Marks. Implementation of the GBVTD technique in nowcasting hurricane wind fields using the WSR-88D. Preprints, 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Dallas, TX, January 10-15, 1999. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 311-312, 1999
- Houston, S.H., M. Lawrence, S. Spisak, and S.T. Murillo. A verification of National Hurricane Center forecasts of surface wind speed radii in hurricanes. Preprints, Symposium on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change, Phoenix, AZ, January 11-16, 1998. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 139-140, 1998
- Murillo, S.T., S.H. Houston, and M.D. Powell. Composites of surface marine observations for hurricanes during 1975-1996. Preprints, 22nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ft. Collins, CO, May 19-23, 1997. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 78-79, 1997
Awards and Honors | | | | | | | 2013 | | Winner, South Florida Federal Employee of the Year – Management Category | | South Florida Federal Executive Board
| | | 2012 | | Dr. Charles Anderson Award | | AMS
| | | 2011 | | NASA GRIP Group Achievement Award | | NASA
| | | 2008 | | Department of Commerce Bronze Medal (Hurricane Katrina wind fields) | | US Department of Commerce
| | | 2007 | | Department of Commerce Bronze Medal (Hurricane Katrina flights) | | US Department of Commerce
| | | 2007 | | Employee of the Month | | NOAA
| | | 2007 | | Finalist, South Florida Federal Employee of the Year – Professional/Scientific Category | | South Florida Federal Executive Board
| | | 2007 | | FInalist, William A. Jump Memorial Foundation Award | | US Office of Personnel Management
| | | 2006 | | NASA TCSP Group Achievement Award | | NASA
| | | 2003 | | Young Scientist/Rising Star Award | | Career Communications Group
| | | 2001 | | Best Technology Transfer to Operations Award, NOAATech 2001 Conference (H*Wind team) | | NOAA
| | | 2000 | | Best JAVA implementation Award, NOAATech 2000 Conference (H*Wind team) | | NOAA
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