Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 1994 · 25 citations · 22 references
Natural SciencesAerospace EngineeringMeteorologyMesoscale MeteorologyTropical MeteorologyWeather ForecastingMesoscale ForecastingRadar InstrumentationTropical Cyclone ForecastingTropical Cyclone MonitoringTropical CyclonesTropical Weather PredictionCyclone Motion AnalysisHurricane Wind FieldsIntensity Change MechanismsOperational Decision SupportRadar-based ForecastingReal-time GuidanceTropical Cyclone Motion PredictionTropical Cyclone Remote Sensing
The Hurricane Research Division (HRD) is NOAA's primary component for research on tropical cyclones. In accomplishing research goals, many staff members have developed analysis procedures and forecast models that not only help improve the understanding of hurricane structure, motion, and intensity change, but also provide operational support for forecasters at the National Hurricane Center (NHC). During the 1993 hurricane season, HRD demonstrated three important real-time capabilities for the first time. These achievements included the successful transmission of a series of color radar reflectivity images from the NOAA research aircraft to NHC, the operational availability of objective mesoscale streamline and isotach analyses of a hurricane surface wind field, and the transition of the experimental dropwindsonde program on the periphery of hurricanes to a technology capable of supporting operational requirements. Examples of these and other real-time capabilities are presented for Hurricane Emily.
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