vertical shear - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/vertical-shear/ Preparing the nation for change by studying the ocean, earth & atmosphere Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:33:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NOAA_logo_512x512-150x150.png vertical shear - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory /tag/vertical-shear/ 32 32 To align or not align: decades of Hurricane Hunter radar data yield insights on rapid intensification /decades-of-hurricane-hunter-radar-data-yield-insights-on-rapid-intensification/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:34:29 +0000 /?p=105024 Leveraging 27 years of radar scans from Hurricane Hunter aircraft, NOAA and partners reveal new insights into one of the most elusive phases of the tropical cyclone lifecycle – vertical alignment of the vortex, a critical precursor to rapid intensification. This study is the first to use decades of radar observations to identify the storm […]

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