OPERATIONS Monday, September 29, 2014 None Tuesday, September 30, 2014 G-IV: Is scheduled to fly a GPS dropsonde evaluation mission in coordination with the NASA’s UAS Global Hawk. Take off for the G-IV is set for 10:15 AM Eastern for an 1 hr and 50 min flight to and from MacDill Air Force Base. The coordinated […]
Jian-Wen presented a seminar on “Microphysics Parameterization Evaluation: An NWP Model Critic’s Perspective”. Abstract Despite the fact that microphysics parameterization schemes used in numerical weather prediction (NWP) models can be as complex as being capable of resolving the evolution of hydrometeor size spectra, operational centers still cannot computationally afford to run any NWP models with […]
Watch the interview at http://www.businessinsider.com/drone-flies-inside-a-hurricane-2014-9.
Bob presented a seminar on “Basic Hurricane Microphysics (or, why I don’t like model output ice concentrations and distributions)”. Abstract We have flown hurricanes for decades, and above the melting level from 1978 – 1992. What have we learned, and how can we use that knowledge to improve the numerical models? If Hurricanes have an […]
On the night of Sept. 25, 2004, Hurricane Jeanne made landfall at Sewall’s Point, FL, just three weeks after Hurricane Frances came ashore near the same location. It was the last of four hurricanes to affect Florida that year, being preceded by Charley, Frances, and Ivan. Jeanne began as a tropical wave which organized into […]
On Sept. 26, 1959, a powerful Super Typhoon struck Japan and became the deadliest and most intense tropical cyclone to make landfall in that nation’s history. The storm was given the name Vera from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center’s list, but in Japan it became infamous for the damage it did to Ise Bay (Isewan […]
September’s Science meeting had 5 presentations: Jie Tang (CMA/STI): The Transition of Turbulent Cascade in the Near-surface Layer of Landfalling Typhoons Brad Klotz: Expanding the MSI metric to scatterometer surface winds Shirley Murillo: Science Research Opportunities Robert Rogers: Convective and vortex-scale interactions during the rapid intensification of Hurricane Earl (2010) Sandy Delgado: Reanalysis of the 1954-1963 […]
The full article is available at http://www.news-press.com/story/life/outdoors/2014/09/18/noaa-uses-drone-study-hurricane/15860511/.
The article can be accessed at http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20140918/NEWS/140919671.
OPERATIONS Saturday, September 20, 2014 NOAA43: Will ferry back to MacDill Air Force Base from St. Croix. Take off time is scheduled for noon. ……………………………………………………………………. For the latest information about tropical cyclones and other weather systems, please visit the NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center web site at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov To access updates on IFEX and other HRD activities via […]
