Jason Dunion in a video interview about the Hurricane Field Program with the Wall Street Journal Live
Watch the interview here.
Joe Cione discusses the Coyote with the Wall Street Journal
The article can be accessed at http://online.wsj.com/articles/hurricane-researchers-eye-low-level-flights-to-gauge-strength-1402339614.
Joe Cione talks about the Coyote and this year’s field program with New Hampshire Public Radio
You can listen in at http://nhpr.org/post/60314-psychology-killers-weathermen-get-serious-and-product-placement.
Joe Cione and Jason Dunion talk about the use of new uncrewed aerial vehicles (Coyotes) in this year’s field program in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
The full article can be found at http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-noaa-drones-fly-into-canes-20140608,0,3682757.story.
80th Anniversary of Central American hurricane
On june 5, 1934, a weak tropical storm made landfall in British Honduras (now Belize). There was not much wind nor storm surge associated with the storm, but it looped over Central America over the next three days causing tremendous flooding from its torrential rainfall. An estimated 1000 to 3000 people perished, mostly in Honduras. […]
2014 Hurricane Field Program Plan now available
Every year AOML’s Hurricane Research Division develops a plan for its annual Hurricane Field Program (HFP). This plan details the experiments and modules that might be flown in the coming hurricane season, what researchers hope to learn from these experiments, and what resources are to be used. This year the plan details flight tracks for […]
HRD/NHC CHART Seminar – Dr. Tomislava Vukicevic, AOML/HRD – 13 May 2014
Dr. Vukicevic presented a seminar on “What is Parameterization Uncertainty and How to Evaluate It for Ensemble Prediction? ” which is available on the NHC science presentation web site or at: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/Powerpoints/TomislaviaVukicevic/What%20is%20parameterization%20uncertainty%20and%20how%20to%20evaluate%20it%20for%20ensemble%20prediction%20-20140513%201858-1.wmv
Hurricane Research Division scientists meet the public and Feel the Force
Rob Rogers explains a “Figure 4” pattern to a future flight meteorologist. On May 31st, HRD scientists Rob Rogers and Neal Dorst, along with AOML science communicators Erica Rule and Shannon Jones, spoke with members of the public at the Patricia and Philip Frost Miami Science Museum’s Feel the Force outreach event. Scheduled for the […]
Paper on the drop-size distribution in boundary layers with strong winds published in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
The full text can be accessed at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAS-D-12-0201.1.
HRD teams with the Department of Energy to study hurricane impacts in proposed wind farm regions
As part of a memorandum of understanding, HRD is working with the Energy Department to collect data that could lead to improved offshore wind turbine designs. As hurricanes approach the United States, HRD will gather data from research aircraft as part of its regular Hurricane Field Program. The data will provide critical insights that could […]
