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Rapid intensity changes in hurricanes have been the focus of many publications. Understanding how and why these storms intensify has been the goal of many meteorologists over the last few years. This study explores the energetics of Psi...
This study explores sensitivity of the Atlantic subtropical anticyclone and the tracks of tropical cyclones traveling around the subtropical anticyclone to radiative transfer. The data sets for these experiments are derived from 120...
The warm seclusion or mature stage of the extratropical cyclone lifecycle often has structural characteristics reminiscent of major tropical cyclones including eye-like moats of calm air at the barotropic warm-core center surrounded by...
Lightning data provide a valuable tool for examining interactions between multi-scale weather phenomena. Weather events are determined by complex atmospheric interactions at various spatial and temporal scales. Long-term climatologies...
In the western North Pacific basin, several agencies archive "best track" data of tropical cyclones. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) in Hawaii is responsible for the issuance of tropical cyclone warnings for United States...
This study focuses on the effects of two different cumulus parameterizations and two different radiation schemes on tropical cyclone frequency and structure in a coupled global climate model, the Florida State University Coupled Global...
Tropical cyclone (TC) forecasts rely heavily on output from numerical models. Each model in the suite of models used by forecasters has its own strengths and weaknesses. Some research has investigated the skill of the various models with...
Wildfires have a great impact throughout the atmosphere, particularly in the surface and boundary layers. The magnitude of heat flux and turbulence generated by the spread of these fires is relatively large and has scarcely been...
A hurricane's destructive nature must be evaluated on as small a scale as possible to reveal the various types of mesoscale circulations that are embedded within the storm's overall wind field. This research develops a technique to...
Improved knowledge of thunderstorm behavior near the end of its lifecycle is essential to improving the prediction of lightning cessation. This study documents the characteristics of decaying storms near the end of their lightning...
This study evaluates the characteristics and forecast accuracy of the Arctic Oscillation (AO) Index on an intraseasonal time scale. The Arctic Oscillation is a natural pattern of time varying sea-level pressure anomalies that is one of...
The Development of a High-Resolution Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Model and Applications Toward Understanding the Limiting Factors for Tropical Cyclone Intensity Prediction
The prediction of tropical cyclone (TC) motion has improved greatly in recent decades. However, similar trends remain absent with respect to TC intensity prediction. Several hypotheses have been proposed attempting to explain why...
This study looks to examine trends in the annual cycle of Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) activity over Equatorial Africa and the Sahelian region to the north. Convective precipitation features such as these are a vital source of...
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