Articles include information on the testing of the Altius-600 uncrewed aircraft in hurricanes, an overview of different boundary-layer techniques in hurricane models, new hurricane model systems, Nancy Griffin’s retirement after 40 years of government service, and a tribute to Bob Kohler.
You can find Jun’s talk at ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/blog/seminars/2021/HurricaneBoudaryLayer_2ndBLworkshop_JunZhang.pdf.
Scientists from AOML and other agencies participating in NOAA’s 2021 Hurricane Field Program’s Advancing the Prediction of Hurricanes Experiment (APHEX) met on 26 May to kick off the season. APHEX was developed in partnership with NOAA’s Environmental Modeling Center, National Hurricane Center, Aircraft Operations Center, and AOML’s Physical Oceanography Division. It is intended to improve […]
34th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology Virtual Meeting The 34th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology was held virtually 10-14 May after being postponed from 2020. This is the premiere meeting for operational and research scientists who work on understanding and forecasting tropical cyclones and other tropical weather around the world. HRD scientist […]
Ocean observations showed very warm water at the surface and below, and computer simulations show that these ocean conditions supported intensification despite unfavorable atmospheric conditions. For more information on this study, contact aoml.communications@noaa.gov. Read the whole study at https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2020JC016969.
This paper is an overview of what we currently know about processes important in tropical cyclone intensity change and the research that has been done during the past 15 years using aircraft data. The paper describes the eye and eyewall and how they change in time, the region close to the ocean surface where the […]
Rob Rogers presented a seminar on the history and future of NOAA’s Hurricane Field Program at the University of Maryland College Park Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science. You can download the slides at ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/pub/hrd/blog/seminars/2021/UMd-Seminar_Rogers2021.pptx, or listen to a recording of the seminar at https://umd.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=657380bf-6519-4bcc-890e-ad19015f4b7b.
April’s science meeting consisted of four presentations: Xiaomin Chen: “Boundary Layer Recovery and Precipitation Symmetrization Preceding Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones under Shear” Andy Hazelton: “HAFS Ensemble of Hurricane Dorian (2019): Early Intensity and Long-Term Track” Jon Zawislak: “Accomplishments of NOAA’s Airborne Hurricane Field Program and a Broader Future Approach to Forecast Improvement” Kathryn Sellwood: […]
