December’s science meeting consisted of 6 presentations: Paul Reasor (HRD): “Real-time, storm-scale diagnostics derived from Tail Doppler Radar”, Jun Zhang (HRD): “Recent improvement in physical parameterization of horizontal turbulent mixing in HWRF “, Rob Rogers (HRD): “Re-writing the Tropical Record Books: The Extraordinary Intensification of Hurricane Patricia (2015)”, Hui Christophersen (HRD): ‘Composite Analysis of Global […]
Dr. Aberson presented a seminar titled “Dropsondes in Hurricanes (1949 to the present)” Abstract: The history of the use of dropsondes in hurricanes will be presented with special emphasis on the achievements since the development and implementation of the NCAR GPS dropwindsonde 20 years ago. The GPS dropwindsonde revolutionized the science of hurricanes. Though originally developed […]
Today marks the last day of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, and it was a busy one for us. AOML’s Hurricane Research Division (HRD) participated in 57 missions into six different tropical cyclones: Colin, Earl, Javier (East Pacific), Hermine, Karl, and Matthew. From early June to the start of October, HRD personnel either flew on-board […]
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Kelly Ryan presented a seminar titled “OSSE Evaluation of the Impact of Aircraft Observations on Hurricane Analyses and Forecasts” at the University of Arizona. A copy of the presentation is available on the anonymous ftp site: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/blog/seminars/2017/Ryan_UA_seminar_Oct2016.pdf
The purpose of the observation team meetings is to bring together the people who use observations in their research on a regular basis to discuss issues they’re having, provide updates on observations they’re analyzing or collecting, and any other information that may be of interest to the broader group. These meetings are also an excellent […]
November’s science meeting consisted of 7 presentations: Shun-Nan Wu (RSMAS), “The signal of future TC intensification in the CloudSat measurements” Jon Zawislak (FIU/CIMAS/HRD), “The Relationship Between Precipitation and Environmental Forcing during Tropical Cyclone Formation” Leon Nguyen (HRD), “Thermodynamic and kinematic influences on precipitation symmetry in sheared tropical cyclones: Bertha and Cristobal (2014)” Brad Klotz (CIMAS/HRD): […]
Read the paper at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0026.1.
Summary: Hurricane Edouard (2014) is examined using radar onboard NOAA P-3 aircraft that flew the storm. Two periods are shown, one when the storm was intensifying to a major hurricane and the other when the storm was weakening. The location of strong thunderstorms, and how they changed over time, is examined to see if there […]
Dr. Hazelton presented a seminar on “Convective Burst Development and Evolution in Two Simulated Atlantic TCs”. Abstract Understanding the structure and evolution of the tropical cyclone (TC) inner core remains an elusive challenge in tropical meteorology, especially transient asymmetric features such as localized strong updrafts known as convective bursts (CBs). This study investigates the formation […]
