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Paper on how the region near the ocean surface impacts hurricane forecasts released online in Monthly Weather Review

 Summary: Forecasters and researchers use the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model to forecast where a hurricane will go, how strong it will be, how large it will be, and where the strongest winds are. This paper looks … Continue reading

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HRD Monthly Science Meeting of December 2016

December’s science meeting consisted of 6 presentations: Paul Reasor (HRD):  “Real-time, storm-scale diagnostics derived from Tail Doppler Radar”, Jun Zhang (HRD):  “Recent improvement in physical parameterization of horizontal turbulent mixing in HWRF “, Rob Rogers (HRD):  “Re-writing the Tropical Record … Continue reading

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HRD Seminar – Dr. Sim Aberson, AOML/HRD – 5 December 2016

Dr. Aberson presented a seminar titled  “Dropsondes in Hurricanes (1949 to the present)” Abstract: The history of the use of dropsondes in hurricanes will be presented with special emphasis on the achievements since the development and implementation of the NCAR GPS … Continue reading

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Paper on a simple way to simulate winds closest to the surface in tropical cyclones released online in Boundary-Layer Meteorology

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HRD Monthly Science Meeting of November 2016

November’s science meeting consisted of 7 presentations: Shun-Nan Wu (RSMAS), “The signal of future TC intensification in the CloudSat measurements” Jon Zawislak (FIU/CIMAS/HRD), “The Relationship Between Precipitation and Environmental Forcing during Tropical Cyclone Formation” Leon Nguyen (HRD), “Thermodynamic and kinematic … Continue reading

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Two-part paper on the intensification of Hurricane Edouard published in Monthly Weather Review

 Summary: Hurricane Edouard (2014) is examined using radar onboard NOAA P-3 aircraft that flew the storm. Two periods are shown, one when the storm was intensifying to a major hurricane and the other when the storm was weakening. The location … Continue reading

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Paper on the formation of the secondary eyewall of Hurricane Edouard published in Monthly Weather Review

You can read the article at http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0421.1.

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Paper on the intensification of Hurricane Earl (2010) in the HWRF model released online in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

You can access the paper at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qj.2922/full.

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Paper on the Coyote unmanned aircraft system in Hurricane Edouard published in Earth and Space Science

This was the first successful launch of an unmanned aircraft system into a mature hurricane from a Hurricane Hunter aircraft. This so-called Coyote is a 13-pound drone with a 5-foot wingspan that measures pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind speed and … Continue reading

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HRD scientist provides NOAA hurricane modeling research overview to the India Meteorological Society, New Delhi, India – 5 July 2016

Dr. Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan presented a seminar to the Delhi Chapter of the India Meteorological Society entitled “Advances and Challenges in Tropical Cyclone Track, Structure and Intensity Predictions”. Dr. Gopalakrishnan was in New Delhi visiting the India Meteorological Department, India Ministry … Continue reading

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