Summary: Objects on land and the land itself cause wind to be weaker at the surface than above due to friction. In hurricanes, the strongest wind occurs where friction is no longer important, near the top of a region we call the boundary layer. Some people live close to the surface, but others live in … Continue reading Paper on how the regions closest to the surface changed during the landfall of Hurricane Irene in 2011 released online in The Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
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Article about flying the Coyote drone in hurricanes on the cover of the February 2020 issue of BAMS
You can read more about this study and access the research article at https://noaahrd.wordpress.com/2019/11/25/braving-the-eye-of-the-storm-research-from-drone-penetration-of-hurricane-eyewall-published/.
HRD Monthly Science Meeting of April 2020
April's science meeting consisted of four presentations: Xiaomin Chen - "Evaluation of PBL schemes using a simple method of large-eddy simulations" Nicholas Foukal (WHOI) - "Air-sea fluxes in the North Atlantic during extreme wind conditions" Andrew Hazelton - "Exploration of the Early Track and Intensity Uncertainty in Hurricane Dorian Using a HAFS Ensemble" Frank Marks - "Pioneering … Continue reading HRD Monthly Science Meeting of April 2020
Paper on turbulence near the ocean surface when there are swell waves released online in the Journal of Physical Oceanography
Read the study at https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0136.1.
HRD Seminar – Dr. Altug Aksoy (CIMAS/HRD) – 3 March 2020
Dr. Aksoy presented a seminar titled “Assimilation of Coyote UAS Observations in Hurricane Maria (2017): Optimization of Data Impact”. ABSTRACT The Coyote is a low-altitude small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) that is air-launched from the NOAA WP-3D (P-3) hurricane hunter aircraft through its existing standard A-size sonobuoy launch capability. Its meteorological sensors directly measure temperature, … Continue reading HRD Seminar – Dr. Altug Aksoy (CIMAS/HRD) – 3 March 2020
Paper on the boundary layer of tropical cyclones and how it impacts intensity published in Atmosphere
Read the paper at https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/2/158
HRD Debrief for missions into 2019 Sheared Storms – 18 February 2020
HRD researchers discussed the results from the 14 P-3 and 8 G-IV missions into sheared Hurricanes Barry, AL02 (10–12 July 2019), Humberto, AL09 (13–16 September 2019 ), Jerry, AL10 (18–22 September 2019), and Lorenzo, AL13 (26 – 29 September 2019). The format of the debrief was different than in the past. A brief overview is … Continue reading HRD Debrief for missions into 2019 Sheared Storms – 18 February 2020
Paper on estimating wind direction in tropical cyclones from synthetic aperture radar published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Read the paper at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8884668
HRD Monthly Science Meeting of February 2020
February’s science meeting consisted of seven presentations: Kyle Ahern: Simulated Boundary Layer Structure in Hurricane Earl (2010) After Peak Intensity Udai Shimada: Self-Introduction and Research Plans at HRD Levi Cowan: Comparison of Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Interactions with Upper Tropospheric Jets During Intensification and Weakening Sim Aberson: Multiple vortices as seen in Tropical Cyclone Rina on … Continue reading HRD Monthly Science Meeting of February 2020
HRD Debrief for missions into Hurricane Dorian – 30 January 2020
HRD researchers discussed the results from the 15 P-3 and 10 G-IV missions into Hurricane Dorian, AL05 (26 August - 5 September 2019). The format of the debrief was different than in the past. A brief overview is provided of the storm and missions, followed by a series of 8 short presentations discussing planned and … Continue reading HRD Debrief for missions into Hurricane Dorian – 30 January 2020
