NOAA/AOML/
Hurricane Research Division

The AMS 1998 Annual Meeting's Special Sessions on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change summaries are here.
For answers to hurricane questions :
Frequently Asked Questions on
Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones

HRD STORM ATLAS

(It includes storm summaries from the National Hurricane Center, mission summaries from our research flights, wind analyses of several hurricanes, and many other products)

Other Available Information:

Objective Hurricane Field Program
Personnel Current Research (1997)
Other Research Opportunities WWW Links
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Objective

The Hurricane Research Division (HRD) is a part of the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States Department of Commerce. HRD is NOAA's primary focus for studies of tropical cyclones and convective systems, with a mission to:

Improve forecasting through physical understanding of the structure and dynamics of tropical cyclones.
Conduct annual Hurricane Field Program using the two NOAA AOC WP-3D research aircraft and the new Gulfstream IV-SP operational aircraft.
Interact with the OAR (NHC), the National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) in research of numerical modeling of tropical cyclones.
Participate in international tropical meteorological field programs and National research programs.

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Hurricane Field Program Activities

1993 Hurricane Field Program

1994 Hurricane Field Program

1995 Hurricane Field Program

1996 Hurricane Field Program

1997 Hurricane Field Program

Check out our 1997 Hurricane Field Program Plan
(It describes each of the experiments that we may fly during the next hurricane season)

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Other Research Opportunities

International Field Programs

TOGA COARE (Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment)
CEPEX (Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment)

National Programs

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Links to other WWW pages of interest:

[ National Weather Service (NWS) | EXPLORES Hurricane Information (FSU) | WXP Hurricane/Tropical Data (Purdue) | WeatherNet: Tropical Weather Products | Atlantic Tropical Weather Center | Hurricanes and Tropical Storms | Guide to hurricane information | Hotlist: Weather Science ]

An extensive list of links exists within our Frequently Asked Questions section.

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