Dr. Sim D. Aberson
Meteorologist
Hurricane Research Division
phone: 305-361-4334
fax: 305-361-4402
sim.aberson@noaa.gov
NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
Professional Interestshurricanes, track, dropwindsondes, observing system experiments
Current Research Projects
Manuscripts in Review- Aberson, S. D., A. Aksoy, K. Sellwood, T. Vukicevic, and X. Zhang, 2013: Assimilation of high-resolution tropical cyclone observations with an ensemble Kalman Filter using HEDAS: Evaluation of 2008-2011 HWRF forecasts. Mon. Wea. Rev., accepted with revisions.
Recently Published Peer-Reviewed Papers- Zawislak, J., R.F. Rogers, S.D. Aberson, G.J. Alaka, G. Alvey, A. Aksoy, L. Bucci, J. Cione, N. Dorst, J. Dunion, M. Fischer, J. Gamache, S. Gopalakrishnan, A. Hazelton, H.M. Holbach, J. Kaplan, H. Leighton, F. Marks, S.T. Murillo, P. Reasor, K. Ryan, K. Sellwood, J.A. Sippel, and J.A. Zhang. Accomplishments of NOAA’S airborne hurricane field program and a broader future approach to forecast improvement. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(2):E311-E338, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0174.1 2022
- Aberson, S.D., and J. Kaplan. The relationship between the Madden-Julian Oscillation and tropical cyclone rapid intensification. Weather and Forecasting, 35(10):1865-1870, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-19-0209.1 2020
- Zawislak, J., R.F. Rogers, S.D. Aberson, G.J. Alaka, G. Alvey, A. Aksoy, L. Bucci, J. Cione, N. Dorst, J. Dunion, M. Fischer, J. Gamache, S. Gopalakrishnan, A. Hazelton, H.M. Holbach, J. Kaplan, H. Leighton, F. Marks, S.T. Murillo, P. Reasor, K. Ryan, K. Sellwood, J.A. Sippel, and J.A. Zhang. Accomplishments of NOAA’S airborne hurricane field program and a broader future approach to forecast improvement. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(2):E311-E338, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0174.1 2022
- Aberson, S.D. Serial correlation of tropical cyclone track and intensity forecasts. NOAA Technical Memorandum, OAR-AOML-107, 6 pp., https://doi.org/10.25923/m0ah-bh98 2021
- Aberson, S.D., and J. Kaplan. The relationship between the Madden-Julian Oscillation and tropical cyclone rapid intensification. Weather and Forecasting, 35(10):1865-1870, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-19-0209.1 2020
- Christophersen, H., A. Aksoy, J. Dunion, and S. Aberson. Composite impact of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft dropwindsondes on tropical cyclone analyses and forecasts. Monthly Weather Review, 146(7):2297-2314, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-17-0304.1 2018
- Tang, J., J.A. Zhang, S.D. Aberson, F.D. Marks, and X. Lei. Multilevel tower observations of vertical eddy diffusivity and mixing length in the tropical cyclone boundary layer during landfalls. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75(9):3159-3168, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0353.1 2018
- Aberson, S.D., J.A. Zhang, and K. Nunez-Ocasio. An extreme event in the eyewall of Hurricane Felix on 2 September 2007. Monthly Weather Review, 145(6):2083-2092, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-16-0364.1 2017
- Aberson, S.D., K.J. Sellwood, and P.A. Leighton. Calculating dropwindsonde location and time from TEMP-DROP messages for accurate assimilation and analysis. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34(8):1673-1678, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0023.1 2017
- Evans, C., K.M. Wood, S.D. Aberson, H.M. Archambault, S.M. Milrad, L.F. Bosart, K.L. Corbosiero, C.A. Davis, J.R. Dias Pinto, J. Doyle, C. Fogarty, T.J. Galarneau, C.M. Grams, K.S. Griffin, J. Gyakum, R.E. Hart, N. Kitabatake, H.S. Lentink, R. McTaggart-Cowan, W. Perrie, J.F.D. Quinting, C.A. Reynolds, M. Riemer, E.A. Ritchie, Y. Sun, and F. Zhang. The extratropical transition of tropical cyclones, Part 1: Cyclone evolution and direct impacts. Monthly Weather Review, 145(11):4317-4344, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-17-0027.1 2017
- Rogers, R.F., S. Aberson, M.M. Bell, D.J. Cecil, J.D. Doyle, T.B. Kimberlain, J. Morgerman, L.K. Shay, and C. Velden. Rewriting the tropical record books: The extraordinary intensification of Hurricane Patricia (2015). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98(10):2019-2112, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0039.1 2017
- Stern, D.P., G.H. Bryan, and S.D. Aberson. Extreme low-level updrafts and wind speeds measured by dropsondes in tropical cyclones. Monthly Weather Review, 144(6):2177-2204 , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0313.1 2016
- Aberson, S.D., A. Aksoy, K.J. Sellwood, T. Vukicevic, and X. Zhang. Assimilation of high-resolution tropical cyclone observations with an ensemble Kalman filter using HEDAS: Evaluation of 2008-2011 HWRF forecasts. Monthly Weather Review, 143(2):511-523, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-14-00138.1 2015
- Aberson, S.D. A climatological baseline for assessing the skill of tropical cyclone phase forecasts. Weather and Forecasting, 29(1):122-129, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-12-00130.1 2014
- Gall, R., F. Toepfer, F. Marks, E.N. Rappaport, A. Aksoy, S. Aberson, J.W. Bao, M. Bender, S. Benjamin, L. Bernardet, M. Biswas, B. Brown, J. Cangialosi, C. Davis, M. DeMaria, J. Doyle, M. Fiorino, J. Franklin, I. Ginis, S. Gopalakrishnan, T. Hamill, R. Hodur, H.S. Kim, J. Knaff, T. Krishnamurti, P. Kucera, Y. Kwon, W. Lapenta, N. Lett, S. Lord, T. Marchok, E. Mifflin, M. Morin, K. Musgrave, L. Nance, C. Reynolds, V. Tallapragada, H. Tolman, R. Torn, G. Vandenberghe, T. Vukicevic, X. Wang, Y. Weng, J. Whittaker, R. Yablonsky, D.-L. Zhang, F. Zhang, J. Zhang, X. Zhang, and D.A. Delinsky. Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project: 2013 HFIP R&D activities summary—Recent results and operational implementation. HFIP Technical Report, HFIP2014-2, 50 pp., 2014
- Aksoy, A., S.D. Aberson, T. Vukicevic, K.J. Sellwood, S. Lorsolo, and X. Zhang. Assimilation of high-resolution tropical cyclone observations with an ensemble Kalman filter using NOAA/AOML/HRD’s HEDAS: Evaluation of the 2008-2011 vortex-scale analyses. Monthly Weather Review, 141(6):1842-1865, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-12-00194.1 2013
- Rogers, R.F., S.D. Aberson, A. Aksoy, B. Annane, M. Black, J.J. Cione, N. Dorst, J. Dunion, J.F. Gamache, S.B. Goldenberg, S.G. Gopalakrishnan, J. Kaplan, B.W. Klotz, S. Lorsolo, F.D. Marks, S.T. Murillo, M.D. Powell, P.D. Reasor, K.J. Sellwood, E.W. Uhlhorn, T. Vukicevic, J.A. Zhang, and X. Zhang. NOAA’s Hurricane Intensity Forecasting Experiment (IFEX): A progress report. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94(6):859-882, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00089 2013
- Vukicevic, T., A. Aksoy, P. Reasor, S. Aberson, K. Sellwood, and F. Marks. Joint impact of forecast tendency and state error biases in Ensemble Kalman Filter data assimilation of inner-core tropical cyclone observations. Monthly Weather Review, 141(9):2992-3006, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-12-00211.1 2013
- Aksoy, A., S. Lorsolo, T. Vukicevic, K.J. Sellwood, S.D. Aberson, and F. Zhang. The HWRF Hurricane Ensemble Data Assimilation System (HEDAS) for high-resolution data: The impact of airborne Doppler radar observations in an OSSE. Monthly Weather Review, 140(6):1843-1862, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00212.1 2012
- Wu, C.-C., S.-G. Chen, C.-C. Yang, P.-H. Lin, and S.D. Aberson. Potential vorticity diagnosis of the factors affecting the track of Typhoon Sinlaku (2008) and the impact from dropwindsonde data during T-PaRC. Monthly Weather Review, 140(8):2670-2688, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00229.1 2012
- Yeh, K.-S., X. Zhang, S.G. Gopalakrishnan, S. Aberson, R. Rogers, F.D. Marks, and R. Atlas. Performance of the experimental HWRF in the 2008 hurricane season. Natural Hazards, 63(3):1439-1449, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-011-9787-7 2012
- Aberson, S.D. The impact of dropwindsonde data from the THORPEX-Pacific Area Regional Campaign and the NOAA Hurricane Field Program on tropical cyclone forecasts in the Global Forecast System. Monthly Weather Review, 139(9):2689-2703, https://doi.org/10.1175/2011MWR3634.1 2011
- Aberson, S.D., S.J. Majumdar, C.A. Reynolds, and B.J. Etherton. An observing system experiment for tropical cyclone targeting techniques using the Global Forecast System. Monthly Weather Review, 139(3):895-907, https://doi.org/10.1175/2010MWR33979.1 2011
- Chou, K.-S., C.-C. Wu, P.-H. Lin, S.D. Aberson, M. Weissmann, F. Harnisch, and T. Nakazawa. The impact of dropwindsonde observations on typhoon track forecasts in DOTSTAR and T-PaRC. Monthly Weather Review, 139(6):1728-1743, https://doi.org/10.1175/2010MWR3582.1 2011
- Weissmann, M., F. Harnisch, C.-C. Wu, P.-H. Lin, Y. Ohta, K. Yamashita, Y.-H. Kim, E-H. Jeon, T. Nakazawa, and S.D. Aberson. The influence of assimilating dropsonde data on typhoon track and mid-latitude forecasts. Monthly Weather Review, 139(3):908-920, https://doi.org/10.1175/2010MWR3377.1 2011
- Zhang, X., T. Quirino, K.-S. Yeh, S. Gopalakrishnan, F. Marks, S. Goldenberg, and S. Aberson. HWRFx: Improving hurricane forecasts with high-resolution modeling. Computing in Science and Engineering, 13(1):13-21, https://doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2010.121 2011
- Aberson, S.D. Ten years of hurricane synoptic surveillance (1997-2006). Monthly Weather Review, 138(5):1536-1549, https://doi.org/10.1175/2009MWR3090.1 2010
- Aberson, S.D., J. Cione, C.-C. Wu, M.M. Bell, J. Halverson, C. Fogarty, and M. Weissmann. Aircraft observations of tropical cyclones. In Global Perspectives on Tropical Cyclones: From Science to Mitigation, J.C.L. Chan and J.D. Kepert (eds.). World Scientific Publishing Company, 2nd edition, 227-240, 2010
- Goni, G., M. DeMaria, J. Knaff, C. Sampson, J. Price, A. Mehra, I. Ginis, I.-I. Lin, P. Sandery, S. Ramos-Buarque, M.M. Ali, F. Bringas, S. Aberson, R. Lumpkin, G. Halliwell, C. Lauer, E. Chassignet, A. Mavume, and K. Kang. The ocean observing system for tropical cyclone intensification forecasts and studies. In Proceedings, OceanObs09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Volume 2), Venice, Italy, September 21-25, 2009, J. Hall, D.E. Harrison, and D. Stammer (eds.). ESA Publication, WPP-306, 13 pp., https://doi.org/10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.36 2010
- Aberson, S.D. Regimes or cycles in tropical cyclone activity in the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90(1):39-43, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008BAMS2549.1 2009
- Wu, C.-C., J.-H. Chen, S.J. Majumdar, M.S. Peng, C.A. Reynolds, S.D. Aberson, R. Buizza, M. Yamaguchi, S.-G. Chen, T. Nakazawa, and K.-H. Chou. Intercomparison of targeted observation guidance for tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific. Monthly Weather Review, 137(8):2471-2492, https://doi.org/10.1175/2009MWR2762.1 2009
- Aberson, S.D. An alternative tropical cyclone intensity forecast verification technique. Weather and Forecasting, 23(6):1304-1310, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008WAF2222123.1 2008
- Aberson, S.D. Large forecast degradations due to synoptic surveillance during the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons. Monthly Weather Review, 136(8):3138-3150, https://doi.org/10.1175/2007MWR2192.1 2008
- Pu, Z., X. Li, C.S. Velden, S.D. Aberson, and W.T. Liu. The impact of aircraft dropsonde and satellite wind data on numerical simulations of two landfalling tropical storms during Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes Experiment. Weather and Forecasting, 23(1):62-79, https://doi.org/10.1175/2007WAF2007006.1 2008
- Stern, D.P., D.S. Nolan, and S.D. Aberson. Simulations and observations of extreme low-level updrafts in Hurricane Isabel. Extended Abstracts, 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Orlando, FL, April 28-May 2, 2008. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 6 pp., 2008
- Reynolds, C.A., M.S. Peng, S.J. Majumdar, S.D. Aberson, C.H. Bishop, and R. Buizza. Interpretation of adaptive observing guidance for Atlantic tropical cyclones. Monthly Weather Review, 135(12):4006-4029, https://doi.org/10.1175/2007MWR2027.1 2007
- Wu, C.-C., K.-H. Chou, P.-H. Lin, S.D. Aberson, M.S. Peng, and T. Nakazawa. The impact of dropsonde data on typhoon track forecasting in DOTSTAR. Weather and Forecasting, 22(6):1157-1176, https://doi.org/10.1175/2007WAF2006062.1 2007
- Aberson, S.D., and B.J. Etherton. Targeting and data assimilation studies during Hurricane Humberto (2001). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 63(1):175-186, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS3594.1 2006
- Aberson, S.D., and D.P. Stern. Extreme horizontal winds measured by dropwindsondes in hurricanes. Preprints, 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Monterey, CA, April 24-28, 2006. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 4 pp. (CD-ROM), 2006
- Aberson, S.D., and J.B. Halverson. Kelvin-Helmholtz billows in the eyewall of Hurricane Erin. Monthly Weather Review, 134(3):1036-1038, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR3094.1 2006
- Aberson, S.D., J.P. Dunion, and F.D. Marks. A photograph of a wavenumber-2 asymmetry in the eye of Hurricane Erin. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 63(1):387-391, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS3593.1 2006
- Aberson, S.D., M.L. Black, R.A. Black, R.W. Burpee, J.J. Cione, C.W. Landsea, and F.D. Marks. Thirty years of tropical cyclone research with the NOAA P-3 aircraft. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87(8):1039-1055, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-87-8-1039 2006
- Aberson, S.D., M.T. Montgomery, M.M. Bell, and M.L. Black. Hurricane Isabel (2003): New insights into the physics of intense storms, Part II: Extreme localized wind. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87(10):1349-1354, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-87-10-1335 2006
- Chou, K.-H., C.-C. Wu, P.-H. Lin, S.D. Aberson, M. Peng, and T. Nakazawa. The impact of dropsonde data from DOTSTAR on tropical cyclone track forecasting. Preprints, 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Monterey, CA, April 24-28, 2006. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 12 pp. (CD-ROM), 2006
- Etherton, B.J., C.-C. Wu, S.J. Majumdar, and S.D. Aberson. A comparison of targeting techniques for 2005 Atlantic tropical cyclones. Preprints, 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Monterey, CA, April 24-28, 2006. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 4 pp. (CD-ROM), 2006
- Majumdar, S.J., S.D. Aberson, C.H. Bishop, R. Buizza, M.S. Peng, and C.A. Reynolds. A comparison of adaptive observing guidance for Atlantic tropical cyclones. Monthly Weather Review, 134(9):2354-2372, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR3193.1 2006
- Montgomery, M.T., M.M. Bell, S.D. Aberson, and M.L. Black. Hurricane Isabel (2003): New insights into the physics of intense storms, Part I: Mean vortex structure and maximum intensity estimates. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87(10):1335-1347, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-87-10-1335 2006
- Reynolds, C.A., M.S. Peng, S.J. Majumdar, S.D. Aberson, C.H. Bishop, and R. Buizza. Interpretation of tropical cyclone targeting guidance. Preprints, 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Monterey, CA, April 24-28, 2006. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 10 pp. (CD-ROM), 2006
- Rogers, R.F., S.D. Aberson, M.L. Black, P.G. Black, J.J. Cione, P.P. Dodge, J.P. Dunion, J.F. Gamache, J. Kaplan, M.D. Powell, L.N. Shay, N. Surgi, and E.W. Uhlhorn. The Intensity Forecasting Experiment: A NOAA multi-year field program for improving tropical cyclone intensity forecasts. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87(11):1523-1537, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-87-11-1523 2006
- Stern, D., and S.D. Aberson. Extreme vertical winds measured by dropsondes in hurricanes. Preprints, 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Monterey, CA, April 24-28, 2006. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 5 pp. (CD-ROM), 2006
- Etherton, B.J., and S.D. Aberson. Ensemble based data assimilation of observations of Hurricane Humberto. Preprints, 9th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, San Diego, CA, January 9-13, 2005. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 5 pp., 2005
- Majumdar, S.J., S.D. Aberson, C.H. Bishop, R. Buizza, M.S. Peng, and C.A. Reynolds. A comparison of adaptive observing guidance for Atlantic tropical cyclones. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Technical Memorandum No. 482, 24 pp., 2005
- Wu, C.-C., P.-H. Lin, and S.D. Aberson. Typhoon surveillance in northwestern Pacific. Vaisala News, 167:24-25, 2005
- Wu, C.-C., P.-H. Lin, S.D. Aberson, T.-C. Yeh, W.-P. Huang, K.-H. Chou, J.-S. Hong, G.-C. Lu, C.-T. Fong, K.-C. Hsu, I.-I. Lin, P.-L. Lin, and C.-H. Liu. Dropsonde observations for typhoon surveillance near the Taiwan region (DOTSTAR): An overview. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86(6):787-790, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-86-6-787 2005
- Aberson, S.D. The G-IV surveillance era, targeting, and ensemble forecasts (1997-present). Preprints, 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, May 3-7, 2004. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 236-237, 2004
- Aberson, S.D., M.L. Black, M.T. Montgomery, and M. Bell. A record wind measurement in Hurricane Isabel: Direct evidence of an eyewall mesocyclone? Preprints, 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, May 3-7, 2004. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 168-169, 2004
- Bell, M.M., M.T. Montgomery, M.L. Black, and S.D. Aberson. Observed vortex and thermodynamic structure of Hurricane Isabel at maximum intensity. Preprints, 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, May 3-7, 2004. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 196-197, 2004
- Black, M.L., J.P. Dunion, J.P. Kossin, W.H. Schubert, C.S. Velden, P.G. Black, R. Zehr, and S.D. Aberson. Mesovortices in Hurricane Isabel (2003): A comparison of satellite, radar, and photographic observations. Preprints, 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, May 3-7, 2004. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 128-129, 2004
- Huang, W.-P., C.-C. Wu, P.-H. Lin, S.D. Aberson, and K.-C. Hsu. The preliminary analysis of the dropsonde data from DOTSTAR and their impact on the typhoon track forecasts. Preprints, 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, May 3-7, 2004. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 188-189, 2004
- Jones, S.C., C.S. Velden, S.D. Aberson, J. Abraham, and P.A. Harr. Extratropical transition and THORPEX. Preprints, 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, May 3-7, 2004. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 643-644, 2004
- Kossin, J.P., W.H. Schubert, C.S. Velden, M.L. Black, P.G. Black, R.M. Zehr, S.D. Aberson, and J.P. Dunion. Mesovortices in Hurricane Isabel (2003). Preprints, 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, May 3-7, 2004. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 447-448, 2004
- Majumdar, S.J., S.D. Aberson, B.J. Etherton, L.D. Holland, Z. Toth, and C.H. Bishop. Targeting strategies to improve hurricane track forecasts. Preprints, 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, May 3-7, 2004. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 190-191, 2004
- Wu, C.-C., P.-H. Lin, T.-C. Yeh, and S.D. Aberson. Dropsonde observations for typhoon surveillance near the Taiwan region (DOTSTAR): An overview. Preprints, 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, May 3-7, 2004. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 186-187, 2004
- Aberson, S.D. Targeted observations to improve operational tropical cyclone track forecast guidance. Monthly Weather Review, 131(8):1613-1628, https://doi.org/10.1175//2550.1 2003
- Aberson, S.D., and C.R. Sampson. On the predictability of tropical cyclone tracks in the northwest Pacific basin. Monthly Weather Review, 131(7):1491-1497, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<1491:OTPOTC>2.0.CO; 2003
- Aberson, S.D. Operational targeting of hurricane tracks in the Atlantic: Processes and procedures. Proceedings, Second Workshop on Landfalling Typhoons in the Taiwan Area, Taipei, Taiwan, April 25-26, 2002. National Science Council, 53-67, 2002
- Aberson, S.D. Tropical cyclone track predictability limits. Preprints, 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, CA, April 29-May 3, 2002. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 220-221, 2002
- Aberson, S.D. Two years of operational hurricane synoptic surveillance. Weather and Forecasting, 17(5):1101-1110, doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2002)017<1101:TYOOHS>2.0.CO; 2002
- Etherton, B.J., and S.D. Aberson. Assimilation of GPS dropwindsonde data using a VICBAR ensemble. Preprints, 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, CA, April 29-May 3, 2002. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 218-219, 2002
- Powell, M.D., and S.D. Aberson. Accuracy of United States tropical cyclone landfall forecasts in the Atlantic basin, 1976-2001. Preprints, 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, CA, April 29-May 3, 2002. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 301-302, 2002
- Rogers, R.F., S.D. Aberson, J. Kaplan, and S.B. Goldenberg. A pronounced upper-tropospheric warm anomaly encountered by the NOAA Gulfstream-IV aircraft in the vicinity of deep convection. Monthly Weather Review, 130(1):180-187, 2002
- Aberson, S.D. The ensemble of tropical cyclone track forecasting models in the North Atlantic Basin (1976-2000). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82(9):1895-1904, doi:10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0000:TEOTCT> 2001
- Aberson, S.D., S.J. Majumdar, and C.H. Bishop. A real-time ensemble for the prediction of hurricane tracks in the Atlantic basin. Preprints, 18th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and 14th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Fort Lauderdale, FL, July 30-August 2, 2001. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 456-457, 2001
- Michaels, M., M. Shepard, S.D. Aberson, H.A. Friedman, and K. Murphy. Survey results of Society membership: The face of our profession at the threshold of the new millennium. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82(7):1331-1352, 2001
- Powell, M.D., and S.D. Aberson. Accuracy of United States tropical cyclone landfall forecasts in the Atlantic Basin (1976-2000). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82(12):2749-2768, 2001
- Aberson, S.D. The first three years of operational targeting with the NOAA Gulfstream-IV. Preprints, 4th Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, Long Beach, CA, January 9-14, 2000. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 198-199, 2000
- Aberson, S.D. Three years of tropical cyclone synoptic surveillance in the Atlantic basin. Preprints, 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 29-June 2, 2000. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 108-109, 2000
- Aberson, S.D. Woman and minorities in meteorology since 1950. 80th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, January 9-14, 2000. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 70-71, 2000
- Aberson, S.D. Women's trends: The changing status of women in the profession/society. Preprints, 9th Symposium on Education, Long Beach, CA, January 9-14, 2000. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 70-71, 2000
- Aberson, S.D., and K. Bedka. The operational ensemble of tropical cyclone track guidance at the National Hurricane Center (1976-1998). Preprints, 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 29-June 2, 2000. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 177-178, 2000
- Aberson, S.D. Ensemble-based products to improve tropical cyclone forecasting. Preprints, 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Dallas, TX, January 10-15, 1999. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 843-844, 1999
- Aberson, S.D. Targeting and sampling strategies to improve hurricane forecasts. Preprints, 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Dallas, TX, January 10-15, 1999. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 105-107, 1999
- Aberson, S.D., and J.L. Franklin. Impact on hurricane track and intensity forecasts of GPS dropwindsonde observations from the first-season flights of the NOAA Gulfstream-IV jet aircraft. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 80(3):421-428, doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<0421:IOHTAI>2.0.CO; 1999
- Bishop, C.H., S. Majumdar, I. Szunyogh, Z. Toth, and S.D. Aberson. Using ensembles to simulate the impact of targeted observations. Preprints, 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Dallas, TX, January 10-15, 1999. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 117-118, 1999
- Majumdar, S.J., S.D. Aberson, C.H. Bishop, and Z. Toth. Real time hurricane track targeting using a VICBAR ensemble. Preprints, 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Dallas, TX, January 10-15, 1999. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 755-756, 1999
- Aberson, S.D. Five-day tropical cyclone track forecasts in the North Atlantic basin. Weather and Forecasting, 13(4):1005-1015, doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<1005:FDTCTF>2.0.CO; 1998
- Aberson, S.D., M.A. Bender, and R.E. Tuleya. Ensemble forecasting of tropical cyclone intensity. Preprints, Symposium on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change, Phoenix, AZ, January 11-16, 1998. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 150-153, 1998
- Aberson, S.D., M.A. Bender, and R.E. Tuleya. Ensemble forecasting of tropical cyclone tracks. Preprints, 12th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Phoenix, AZ, January 11-16, 1998. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 290-292, 1998
- Powell, M.D., and S.D. Aberson. How well do we forecast the position and time of hurricane landfall? Preprints, 16th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and Symposium on the Research Foci of the U.S. Weather Research Program, Phoenix, AZ, January 11-16, 1998. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 9-12, 1998
- Aberson, S.D. Adaptive observations in a hurricane environment. Preprints, 22nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ft. Collins, CO, May 19-23, 1997. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 308-309, 1997
- Aberson, S.D. The prediction of the performance of a nested barotropic hurricane track forecast model. Weather and Forecasting, 12(1):24-30, doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1997)012<0024:TPOTPO>2.0.CO; 1997
- Burpee, R.W., J.L. Franklin, S.J. Lord, R.E. Tuleya, and S.D. Aberson. The impact of Omega dropwindsondes on operational hurricane track forecast models. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77(5):925-933, doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1996)0772.0.CO;2 1996
- Franklin, J.L., S.E. Feuer, J. Kaplan, and S.D. Aberson. Tropical cyclone motion and surrounding flow relationships: Searching for beta gyres in Omega dropwindsonde datasets. Monthly Weather Review, 124(1):64-84, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0064:TCMASF>2.0.CO; 1996
- Aberson, S.D., S.J. Lord, M. DeMaria, and M.S. Tracton. Short-range ensemble forecasting of hurricane tracks. Preprints, 21st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, April 24-28, 1995. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 494-496, 1995
- Aberson, S.D., and M. DeMaria. Verification of a nested barotropic hurricane track forecast model (VICBAR). Monthly Weather Review, 122(12):2804-2815, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1994)122<2804:VOANBH>2.0.CO; 1994
- Burpee, R.W., S.D. Aberson, P.G. Black, M. DeMaria, J.L. Franklin, J.S. Griffin, S.H. Houston, J. Kaplan, S.J. Lord, F.D. Marks, M.D. Powell, and H.E. Willoughby. Real-time guidance provided by NOAA's Hurricane Research Division to forecasters during Emily of 1993. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 75(10):1765-1783, doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1994)075<1765:RTGPBN>2.0.CO; 1994
- DeMaria, M., and S. Aberson. Development of a nested spectral hurricane model. In Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, G.J. Boer (ed.). CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, Report No. 19, WMO/TD-No. 592, 5.36, 1994
- Aberson, S.D., M. DeMaria, and R.E. Kohler. A four year (1989-1992) sample of a nested barotropic hurricane track forecast model (VICBAR). Preprints, 20th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Antonio, TX, May 10-14, 1993. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 292-295, 1993
- Velden, C., S. Nieman, S.D. Aberson, and J.L. Franklin. Tracking motions from satellite water vapor imagery: Quantitative applications to hurricane track forecasting. Preprints, 20th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Antonio, TX, May 10-14, 1993. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 193-196, 1993
- DeMaria, M., S.D. Aberson, K.V. Ooyama, and S.J. Lord. A nested spectral model for hurricane track forecasting. Monthly Weather Review, 120(8):1628-1643, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1992)120<1628:ANSMFH>2.0.CO; 1992
- Aberson, S.D., and M. DeMaria. A nested barotropic hurricane track forecast model (VICBAR). Preprints, 19th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, May 6-10, 1991. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 81-86, 1991
- Goldenberg, S.B., S.D. Aberson, and R.E. Kohler. An updated, fine-grid version of the operational barotropic hurricane-track prediction model. Preprints, 17th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Miami, FL, April 7-10, 1987. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 86-89, 1987
- Goldenberg, S.B., S.D. Aberson, and R.E. Kohler. Incorporation of Omega dropwindsonde data into SANBAR: An operational barotropic hurricane-track forecast model. Proceedings, 16th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Houston, TX, May 14-17, 1985. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 44-45, 1985
- Lewis, J.M., C.M. Hayden, C.S. Velden, T.R. Stewart, S.J. Lord, S.B. Goldenberg, and S.D. Aberson. The use of VAS winds and temperatures as input to barotropic hurricane-track forecasting. Proceedings, 16th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Houston, TX, May 14-17, 1985. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 40-41, 1985
Awards and Honors | | | | | | | 2012 | | NASA Group Achievement Award | | NASA
| | | | 2007 | | National Academy of Science Kavli Frontier Fellow | | National Academy of Science
| | | | 2005 | | GLBT Scientist of the Year Award | | National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals
| | | | 2003 | | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers | | White House
| | | | 2003 | | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Research Employee of the Year | | NOAA
| | | | 1999 | | Outstanding Scientific Paper Award | | NOAA/Environmental Research Laboratories
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