Hyun-sook Kim - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/hyun-sook-kim/ Preparing the nation for change by studying the ocean, earth & atmosphere Mon, 23 Aug 2021 19:58:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NOAA_logo_512x512-150x150.png Hyun-sook Kim - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/hyun-sook-kim/ 32 32 Ocean Conditions Played a Major Role in the Intensification of Hurricane Michael (2018) /ocean-conditions-in-the-intensification-of-hurricane-michael-2018-2/ Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:33:22 +0000 /?p=22752 In a recent study published in AGU’s Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, scientists at AOML identified key ocean features that supported the rapid intensification of Hurricane Michael (2018), despite unfavorable atmospheric conditions for development. The study demonstrates the importance of using realistic ocean conditions for coupled (ocean-atmosphere) hurricane models in order to achieve the most accurate hurricane intensity forecasts.

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]]> Underwater Glider Data Improved Intensity Forecasts of Hurricane Gonzalo /glider-data-gonzalo/ Fri, 07 Jul 2017 12:30:19 +0000 /?p=12564 In a recent study published in Weather and Forecasting,* AOML researchers and their colleagues used NOAA’s HWRFHYCOM operational hurricane forecast model to quantify the impact of assimilating underwater glider data and other ocean observations into the intensity forecasts of Hurricane Gonzalo (2014). Gonzalo formed in the tropical North Atlantic east of the Lesser Antilles on October […]

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]]> Underwater gliders observations reveal the importance of salinity effects during passage of Hurricane Gonzalo (2014) /gliders-salinity-effects-gonzalo/ Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:56:32 +0000 /?p=12627 Hurricanes are known to drive the cooling of surface waters as they travel over the ocean, leaving a cooling swath where they pass. The sea surface cooling is mostly caused by mixing forced by the strong winds of the hurricane, which occurs as the mixture of warm surface waters with colder waters that can be as deep as 100 m below the surface.

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