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John Kaplan
Meteorologist
Hurricane Research Division
phone: 305-361-4506
fax: 305-361-4402
john.kaplan@noaa.gov

NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149

Professional Interests

Real-time statistical tropical cyclone intensity prediction model development

Tropical cyclone rapid intensification

Tropical cyclone genesis

Post-landfall tropical cyclone decay

Tropical cyclone vortex and enviromental interaction

Current Research Projects

        Recently Published Peer-Reviewed Papers

        1. Chen, X., C.M. Rozoff, R.F. Rogers, K.L. Corbosiero, D. Tao, J.-F. Gu, F. Judt, E.A. Hendricks, Y. Wang, M.M. Bell, D.P. Stern, K.D. Musgrave, J.A. Knaff, and J. Kaplan. Research advances on internal processes affecting tropical cyclone intensity change from 2018–2022. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 12(1):10-29, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcrr.2023.05.001 2023
        2. Wang, W., Z. Zhang, J.P. Cangialosi, M. Brennan, L. Cowan, P. Clegg, T. Hosomi, I. Masaaki, A. Kumar Das, M. Mohapatra, M. Sharma, J. Knaff, J. Kaplan, T. Birchard, J. Doyle, J. Heming, J. Moskaitis, W. Komaromi, S. Ma, C. Sampson, L. Wu, and E. Blake. A review of recent advances (2018-2021) on tropical cyclone intensity change from operational perspectives, Part 2: Forecasts by operational centers. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 12(1):50-63, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcrr.2023.05.003 2023
        3. Zhang, Z., W. Wang, J. Doyle, J. Moskaitis, W. Komaromi, J. Heming, L. Magnusson, J.P. Cangialosi, L. Cowan, M. Brennan, S. Ma, A. Kumar Dos, T. Hosomi, P. Clegg, T. Birchard, J. Knaff, J. Kaplan, M. Mohapatra, M. Sharma, I. Masaaki, and E. Blake. A review of recent advances (2018-2021) on tropical cyclone intensity change from operational perspectives, Part 1: Dynamical model guidance. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 12(1):30-49, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcrr.2023.05.004 2023

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