The Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) performs research in air-sea interaction, ocean and coupled air-sea modeling, climate prediction, and statistics in order to increase our understanding of the physical, social, and economic consequences of coupled ocean-atmospheric variations. COAPS scientists and students come from a wide variety of disciplines, including meteorology, mathematics, computer science, and physical oceanography.
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Impacts of Tropical Cyclones on U.S. Forest Tree Mortality and Carbon Flux from 1851 to 2000
May 2009: A recent study coauthored by Mark Powell, a scientist from NOAA's Hurricane Research Division stationed at COAPS, examined the historical effects of tropical cyclones on U.S. forests and the carbon cycle. Results demonstrated an average of 97 million trees affected each year over the entire country, and serve as an important baseline for evaluating how potential future changes in hurricane frequency and intensity will impact forest tree mortality and carbon balance.
Image (left): Forests damaged by Hurricane Katrina in the Pearl River Basin along the Louisiana-Mississippi border were photographed from the air in late 2005. Resistant cypress and tupelo trees surround downed and dead hardwood forest trees such as oak, sweetgum and maple. Credit: Louisiana State University Hurricane Katrina & Rita Cooperative Clearinghouse.
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