Research Highlights
Research Interests
Tropical cyclone structure and intensity change.
Air-sea interactions.
Boundary layers.
Joshua Wadler, Ph. D.
Postdoctoral Associate (University of Miami/CIMAS), Hurricane Research Division
718-313-2980
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 33149
“I have wanted to study hurricanes since visiting south Florida as a child with my grandparents. Seemingly, every year that I would visit, a hurricane would have direct impacts on the area, closing the pool and amenities that I enjoyed. As upsetting as this was for a child, I wanted to understand what caused my vacations to be ruined. That curiosity has not wavered to this day.”
Dr. Wadler’s research has focused on understanding how tropical cyclone structure is related to intensity change using both observational and modeling datasets. His main research interests are understanding how air-sea interactions, the transfer of energy from the ocean to the atmosphere, and boundary layer thermodynamics influence a storm. At AOML, he is on the “New Observations and CONOPS for TCs” team, working with innovative small drones to develop new sampling techniques and evaluate their transition to standard hurricane field program operations.
Current Work
Postdoctoral Associate, AOML/ HRD
Working with Dr. Joseph Cione to study factors controlling the distribution of tropical cyclone boundary layer thermodynamics, and on the use emerging technology, such as uncrewed aircraft, to better sample tropical cyclone structure.
2020, Ph. D. Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
2016, B.S. Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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Wadler, J.B., J.J. Cione, J.A. Zhang, E.A. Kalina, and J. Kaplan. The effects of environmental wind shear direction on tropical cyclone boundary layer thermodynamics and intensity change from multiple observational datasets. Monthly Weather Review, 150(1):115-134, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0022.1 2022
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Jaimes de la Cruz, B., L.K. Skay, J.B. Wadler, and J.E. Rudzin. On the hyperbolicity of the bulk air-sea heat flux functions: Insights into the efficiency of air-sea moisture disequilibrium for tropical cyclone intensification. Monthly Weather Review, 149(5):1517-1534, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0324.1 2021
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Wadler, J.B., D.S. Nolan, J.A. Zhang, and L.K. Shay. Thermodynamic characteristics of downdrafts in tropical cyclones as seen in idealized simulations of different intensities. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 78(11):3503-3524, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0006.1 2021
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