HRD Monthly Science Meeting of February 2019

February’s science meeting consisted of four presentations: Paul Reasor - "Estimating Wind Radii from Tail Doppler Radar" John Kaplan - "Gust Factor Distributions in Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, a Preliminary Analysis Michael Fischer - "Characteristics of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Events in Environments of Upper-Tropospheric Troughs" Xiaomin Chen - "Structural Changes Leading to Rapid Intensification …

HRD Seminar – Dr. Anthony Didlake, Pennsylvania State University – 11 February 2019

Prof. Didlake presented a seminar titled “Asymmetric aspects of secondary eyewall formation in tropical cyclones”. A recording of the presentation is available on the anonymous ftp site: ftp://ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/pub/blog/seminars/2019/Didlake_HRD_Seminar_20190211.mp4

Paper on changes to HWRF intensity and structure forecasts with changes to the way the air and sea interact in the model published in Tropical Cyclone Research and Review

Read about it at http://tcrr.typhoon.gov.cn/EN/10.6057/2018TCRR04.01#.

Paper on the assimilation of GPS radio occultation data into Brazil’s global weather forecast model published in Remote Sensing

You can access the article at https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/3/256

HRD Monthly Science Meeting of December 2018

December’s science meeting consisted of seven presentations:Dave Raymond: "The Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection (OTREC) Field Campaign"Xuejin Zhang: "Development of Hurricane Analysis and Forecasting System"Rob Rogers: "Summary of the 2018 HFP-IFEX"Dr. Chris Barnett: "Overview of JPSS Atlantic/SAL Field Campaign Activities"Gus Alaka: "Verification of the 2018 Basin-Scale HWRF"Michael Fischer: "On the RI of Hurricane Irma"Chris …

HRD Seminar – Dr. Dave Raymond, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology – 12 December 2018

Prof. Raymond presented a seminar titled “Control of Convection in High-Resolution Simulations of Tropical Cyclogenesis”. ABSTRACT: Three idealized high-resolution simulations of tropical storm formation from a weak vortex are analyzed. The three simulations include a case using warm rain microphysics, a case in which surface friction is omitted, and a case in which ice microphysics …

Greater Miami AMS Chapter/HRD Seminar – Brian McNoldy, University of Miami/RSMAS – 10 December 2018

The Greater Miami Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) held their meeting Monday, December 10, 2018 at the AOML Laboratory.  The featured speaker was Brian McNoldy, University of Miami /RSMAS Senior Research Associate and Capital Weather Gang Tropical Meteorologist. Brian presented a seminar on “The 2018 Hurricane Season in Review”. A copy of the …

AOML Keynotes highlights this past year’s Hurricane Field Program, outreach to local students, and more.

Read the latest issue at http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/keynotes/PDF-Files/Sept-Oct2018.pdf

Paper on the tropical cyclone diurnal cycle as seen in a forecast model released online in Monthly Weather Review

Summary: As tropical cyclones (TCs) move across the oceans, they begin to expand each day around sunset, with clouds reaching hundreds of miles from the center by the following afternoon. This daily “exhale” of the clouds is a feature of what we call the TC diurnal cycle. This study looks at the this cycle in …

Paper on possible improvements to forecasts from additional radio-occultation satellite data published in Monthly Weather Review

Summary: The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) are a set of satellites that were launched in 2006 and orbit the earth about 500 miles above ground. They use radio signals from Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites in a process called “radio occultation” to measure temperature and moisture with high accuracy every 100 …