Congratulations to Sarah Ditchek of Yale University, a 2012 NOAA Hollings Undergraduate Scholar, who presented her work, “Eyewall Mesovortices in Hurricane Fabian (2003) using the HWRF Ensemble Data Assimilation System (HEDAS)”, at the 2013 NOAA Science and Education Symposium. Sarah spent 8 weeks at HRD during the summer. Sarah also gave an oral presentation of […]
Heather presented a seminar on “The Effects of Gap-Wind-Induced Vorticity, the Monsoon Trough, and the ITCZ on Tropical Cyclogenesis”. ABSTRACT: Tropical cyclogenesis in the eastern North Pacific (EPAC) basin is related to gap-wind-inducedvorticity, the monsoon trough, and the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ). There are several gaps in the Central American Mountains, on the eastern edge of the EPAC basin, […]
Dr. Halliwell presented a seminar on “Ocean model strategies for improving hurricane forecasting”. A copy of the presentation is available on the anonymous ftp site: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/blog/seminars/2013/Halliwell_AOML_seminar_20130730.ppt
You can read the full article at http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-first-hurricane-flight-20130725,0,7436751.story.
Andrew presented a seminar on “Tropical Cyclone Eyewall Slope as Determined by Airborne Radar Reflectivity Data: Composites and Case Studies”. ABSTRACT: Understanding and predicting the evolution of the tropical cyclone (TC) inner core structure and intensity continues to be a major research focus in tropical meteorology. Eyewall slope and its relationship to intensity and intensity change is […]
July 27th marks the 70th anniversary of (then) U.S. Army Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Duckworth’s first deliberate flight into the eye of a hurricane. This historic event inaugurated the era of aircraft reconnaissance into tropical cyclones which greatly enhanced our understanding and forecasting of these storms. Duckworth was an Eastern Air Lines pilot prior to World War II […]
The paper can be accessed at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jame.20031/abstract
Dr. Mark Powell made a presentation to the Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Powering America Webinar titled “Hurricanes and Offshore Wind Farms”. Link to a recording of the presentation is available here. A copy of the presentation is available on the ftp site at: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/blog/seminars/2013/Powell_WPA_7_17_2013-2.pdf
Intensity Forecast Experiment (IFEX) Field Program Director Paul Reasor and HRD Director Frank Marks briefed the Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) personnel on HFIP progress and IFEX plans for 2013. The presentations are available in a .zip archive on the anonymous ftp site at: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/blog/seminars/2013/HFP_AOC_brief_20130717.zip
The paper can be accessed at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAS-D-12-0347.1.
