Tag Archives: Xuejin Zhang

Paper on a new way to run forecast models with multiple hurricanes at the same time published in Weather and Forecasting

Posted on December 15, 2016 by

Summary: HWRF is NOAA’s primary model for tropical cyclone (tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes) forecast. The distance between places where forecasts are made in the model (the grid resolution) must be small to make accurate forecasts. However, the amount … Continue reading →

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HRD Monthly Science Meeting of August 2016

Posted on August 15, 2016 by

August’s science meeting consisted of 7 presentations: Xuejin Zhang – “The 2016 Basin-Scale HWRF (HB16)” Alan Brammer (University of Albany/SUNY) – “Exploitation of Ensemble Prediction System Information in Support of Atlantic Tropical Cyclogenesis Prediction” Erin Dougherty (University of Albany/SUNY)- “Hurricane … Continue reading →

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HRD Seminar – Mu-Chieh ‘Laura’ Ko, UM/Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science – 27 July 2016

Posted on July 26, 2016 by

Ms. Ko presented a seminar on “An Investigation of the Cyclogenesis Forecast  Ability of the HWRF Model by Invoking   the  GFDL Vortex Tracker”. ABSTRACT:  The purpose of this project is to validate the capability of the HWRF basin-scale model to … Continue reading →

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AOML and HRD researchers at 32nd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Juan, Puerto Rico – 10-14 April 2016

Posted on May 13, 2016 by

Twenty-three AOML and HRD scientists participated in the recent 32nd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology in San Juan, PR, as authors or co-authors on 36 presentations and 11 posters. Roughly 650 presentations (452 oral presentations in 70 sessions and … Continue reading →

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Safety First – 2016 Aviation Water Safety Training

Posted on March 23, 2016 by

Several HRDers and collaborators participated in Aviation Water Safety Training in order to fly on NOAA aircraft. This hands-on training is required every 5 years in order to participate in NOAA aircraft missions such as those during the Hurricane Field … Continue reading →

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HRD & AOML researchers at 96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA – 11-14 January 2016

Posted on March 2, 2016 by

Abstracts and recordings of  the 19 presentations and 5 posters AOML & HRD researchers presented (or were co-authors) at the 96th AMS Annual Meeting are available online from the AMS website: Presentations: A First Look at the Impact of Coyote … Continue reading →

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HRD observation team monthly meeting – February 2016

Posted on March 1, 2016 by

The purpose of the observation team meetings is to bring together the people who use observations in their research on a regular basis to discuss issues they’re having, provide updates on observations they’re analyzing or collecting, and any other information … Continue reading →

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Paper on the eyewall replacement cycle in model forecasts published in Geophysical Research Letters

Posted on January 22, 2016 by

The paper can be accessed at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL066436/full.

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HRD Monthly Science Meeting of January 2016

Posted on January 20, 2016 by

January’s science meeting consisted of 5 presentations: Brad Klotz – Using a Scatterometer-based, Low-wavenumber Analysis Tool to Evaluate Surface Wind Asymmetries in Tropical Cyclones Sim Aberson – A Strong Updraft in the Eye of Hurricane Emily Steve Diaz – Update … Continue reading →

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HRD employees honored at awards ceremony

Posted on December 23, 2015 by

A number of HRD employees were honored at an awards ceremony at AOML earlier in December.  Among the honorees: Jun Zhang earned a CIMAS Gold Medal for efforts to improve the surface layer and vertical-diffusion parameterization within the HWRF model to … Continue reading →

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