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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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Altug Aksoy in the Wall Street Journal

Posted on August 15, 2016 by

Altug Aksoy is quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about Monte Carlo simulations and the forecasts of Hurricane Sandy.

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Joe Cione talks to Outside magazine about using drones for research

Posted on December 16, 2015 by

The article can be found at http://www.outsideonline.com/2041421/five-government-drone-projects-waging-research-not-war.

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HRD seminar – Michael Kozar, Risk Management Solutions – 8 December 2015

Posted on December 15, 2015 by

Michael presented a seminar “Evaluation of Hurricane Wind Field Forecasts from Global Models Within the TIGGE Archive“. Abstract: Short- and mid-range forecasts of select North Atlantic hurricanes over the past few seasons—including Sandy (AL182012), Gonzalo (AL082014), Irene (AL092011), and Isaac … Continue reading →

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HRD seminar – Erin Munsell, PSU – 16 November 2015

Posted on November 20, 2015 by

Ms. Munsell presented a seminar “Dynamics and predictability of tropical cyclones evaluated through convection-permitting ensemble analysis and forecasts with airborne radar and sounding observations“. Abstract: Dynamics and predictability of tropical cyclones evaluated through convection-permitting ensemble analysis and forecasts with airborne radar … Continue reading →

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HRD seminar – S. J. Lin and Lucas Harris (NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)) – 10 June 2015

Posted on June 13, 2015 by

Drs. Lin and Harris provided an overview of GFDL’s unified weather-climate modeling system with two-way regional-global nesting capability. Abstract: We are taking a “seamless” approach in the development of the next generation weather-climate model at GFDL. All the requirements for … Continue reading →

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Frank Marks and Jason Dunion discuss how good hurricane forecasts are and plans for the upcoming hurricane season with the New Orleans Times-Picayune

Posted on June 2, 2015 by

Joe Cione and Paul Reasor also appear in this article, which can be found at http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2015/05/major_improvements_in_hurrican.html.

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Joe Cione discusses the COYOTE drone with the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

Posted on April 28, 2015 by

The full article can be found at http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-hurricane-coyotes-20150427-story.html.

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HRD Monthly Science Meeting of January 2015

Posted on January 16, 2015 by

January’s Science meeting consisted of 7 of the 9 presentations made by AOML/HRD researchers at the 95th AMS Annual Meeting held in Phoenix, AZ from 4-8 January 2015: Bachir Annane (from a poster):  Impact of CYGNSS Data on Hurricane Analyses … Continue reading →

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HRD scientist provides NOAA hurricane modeling research overview to the India Meteorological Society, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India – 18 December 2014

Posted on December 24, 2014 by

Dr. Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan visited the India Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar (IIT-B) to discuss collaborations under the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum network proposal between HRD and IIT-B. While there, Dr. Gopalakrishnan presented a seminar to the Bhubaneswar Chapter of the India … Continue reading →

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