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Heather Holbach

Research Highlights October 3, 2020Hurricane Experts Anticipate Operations into Tropical Storm GammaSeptember 18, 2020AOML Scientists use Hurricane Hunter Data to Analyze Gaps in Hurricane Rain CoverageSeptember 17, 2020AOML Shifts its Reconnaissance and Research Efforts to Hurricane Teddy, Reviews Hurricane Sally Data Research Interests Tropical Meteorology. Remote Sensing.  Air-Sea Interaction. Data Assimilation. Heather Holbach, Ph.D. Assistant [...]

Sarah Ditchek

Research Interests Tropical cyclone structure. Tropical cyclone intensity change. Tropical cyclone diurnal processes. Data impact studies. Sarah Ditchek, Ph.D. Associate Scientist (University of Miami/CIMAS), Hurricane Research Division  516.544.0056  Sarah.D.Ditchek@noaa.gov 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149 AboutCurrent Work & CVEducationPublicationsAwardsAbout Dr. Sarah Ditchek's research focuses on quantifying the impact of tropical cyclone (TC) reconnaissance data on [...]

Ghassan Alaka

Research Highlights May 3, 2022Hurricane Model that Follows Multiple Storms Improves Intensity ForecastsOctober 30, 2020A New Study Connects Greater Amounts of Cloud Ice in Tropical Cyclones to IntensificationJuly 1, 2020NOAA Hurricane Model Performance is Evaluated for the First Time in Predicting Rainfall from 2017 Hurricane Harvey Research Interests Tropical cyclones.  Tropical meteorology. Numerical modeling. Atmospheric [...]

Andrew Hazelton

Research Highlights October 5, 2022Analyzing Hurricane Dorian Track Forecast Uncertainties Research Interests Tropical cyclone intensity change. Tropical cyclone forecasting. Numerical modeling. Model/observation comparisons. Andrew Hazelton, Ph.D. Associate Scientist (University of Miami/CIMAS), Hurricane Research Division 305.361.4317 Andrew.Hazelton@noaa.gov Andrew_Hazelton 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149 "I enjoy meteorology because weather affects everyone, and there’s always so much [...]

Andres Vidal

Research Interests Parallel/multicore/multi-threaded programming. Supercomputing. Code optimization. Numerical computing. Andres Vidal, Ph.D. Senior Software Engineer, Hurricane Research Division 305.361.4300 Andres.Vidal@noaa.gov Andres_Vidal 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149 "Computer programming has always been my passion. For me, it's very natural and intuitive." AboutCurrent Work & CVEducationAbout Andres Vidal is the head of the Consolidated Observing Systems [...]

Altug Aksoy

Research Interests Ensemble-based data assimilation.  Hurricane data assimilation and modeling.  Radar data assimilation.  Simultaneous state and parameter estimation. Ensemble forecasting and model development. Hurricanes and tropical meteorology. Convective- and vortex-scale analysis and forecasting. Altug Aksoy, Ph.D. Scientist (University of Miami/CIMAS), Hurricane Research Division 305.361.4419 Altug.Aksoy@noaa.gov Altug_Aksoy 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149 "The more you [...]

John Gamache

Research Highlights November 17, 2022Congratulations to the Winners of 2022 Department of Commerce and NOAA Awards! Research Interests Airborne Doppler observations of tropical cyclones and convective phenomena. Assimilation of the Doppler observations in simulations of tropical cyclones. Methods to improve automated quality control of airborne Doppler observations, including the structure of first-guess fields used to [...]

John Kaplan

Research Highlights January 1, 2022Research Explores Impact of Wind Shear Direction on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Research Interests Real-time statistical tropical cyclone intensity prediction model development. Tropical cyclone rapid intensification prediction. Tropical cyclone genesis prediction. Post-landfall tropical cyclone decay and wind gust prediction. Tropical cyclone vortex and environmental interaction. Tropical cyclone wind gust analysis and prediction. [...]