AOML staff and NDBC visitors at AOML’s entrance.. AOML Director John Cortinas and AOML Deputy Director Molly Baringer hosted a team of National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) experts led by Director Bill Burnett last week. They toured AOML facilities and met with scientists to exchange ideas and further develop collaborations. AOML’s Physical Oceanography Division Director […]
Hurricane Research Division scientists participated in the NOAA 2022 Postseason Aircraft Operations Hotwash at the Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, FL, on January 18. Hurricane researchers met with staff from the NOAA’s National Hurricane Center, the Environmental Modeling Center, and the Aircraft Operations Center, as well as from the Air Force, to examine both the […]
Better prediction of radiative heating in hurricane forecast models leads to better forecasts of tropical cyclone (TC) intensity. This is the first study to evaluate the importance of this radiation effect on TC forecast guidance; we found that better radiation forecasts improve prediction of hurricane intensification and genesis. Tropical cyclones (TCs) behave like heat engines, […]
Introducing a new social media series from NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML): 12 Days of Instruments!
This series highlights 12 of the many instruments used by our researchers at AOML! Each of these instruments are vital to conducting our groundbreaking research.
The American Geophysical Union held their annual Fall Meeting 12-16 December in Chicago, and also online. Every year, the Fall Meeting unites >25,000 attendees from 100+ countries in the Earth and space sciences community to discuss findings, connect scientists from around the world, advance the profession and connect over passion for the impact of science. […]
The study significantly reduced the estimated errors and uncertainties of the rain rate by combining observed raindrop size and radar reflectivity using machine learning. Flooding from rainfall is one of the most damaging and deadly hazards associated with tropical cyclones, so estimating rainfall amounts is important to keep people and property safe. Forecasters use weather […]
NOAA affiliated scientists led a water quality and biodiversity workshop in São Paulo, Brazil, meeting with local leadership to discuss new plans for the sustainable management of an increasingly vulnerable coastal area.
This study examined how changes to the planetary boundary layer (PBL) scheme based on information from large-eddy simulations affected hurricane model forecast performance during the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. The modified PBL scheme produced more realistic storm structures, on average, when compared to best-track information and observations from Hurricane Hunter Aircraft. The modified PBL physics […]
NOAA Research held its annual awards ceremony on 7 December virtually, and many HRD employees were recognized. Sim Aberson earned the EEO/Diversity Award for Exemplary Service as part of the OAR Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee, for the group’s diligent efforts to expand Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility activities and awareness by establishing five working […]
