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Diagrams showing the model fields used in the study.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Landfalling Hurricanes Intensify Due to Coastal Downwelling

by Suzana Camargo 26 July 202221 July 2022

Hurricane winds can lead to coast downwelling, which brings warmer surface water near the coast and can contribute to the intensification of the landfalling hurricane.

A strong wind blows on the coastal city of Maputo, Mozambique.
Posted inNews

Severe Storms Expose Ill-Equipped Weather Stations in Southeast Africa

by Munyaradzi Makoni 16 June 202216 June 2022

The lack of infrastructure is preventing scientists from robustly reporting meteorological information as well as communicating warnings about hazard-prone areas.

Satellite image of Hurricane Ida overnight on the Gulf Coast
Posted inNews

Active Hurricane Season Expected in the Atlantic Ocean

by Jenessa Duncombe 24 May 202224 May 2022

La Niña conditions and warm ocean temperatures have set the stage for another busy tropical storm year.

Muon detectors in a tunnel under Tokyo Bay
Posted inNews

Muography Array Under Tokyo Bay Spots Meteotsunami Waves

by Tim Hornyak 20 May 2022

A new study shows how muons can be used to study tide and wave phenomena, helping secure coastal communities.

Three red saildrones with built-in solar panels float in a line in the water beside a dock.
Posted inFeatures

An Unprecedented View Inside a Hurricane

by Gregory R. Foltz, Chidong Zhang, Christian Meinig, Jun A. Zhang and Dongxiao Zhang 6 May 202223 June 2022

To improve future tropical cyclone forecasts, researchers sent a remotely operated saildrone into the extreme winds and towering waves around the eye of a category 4 hurricane.

Mangrove forest
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After a Hurricane, Coastal Systems Draw a Line in the Sand

by J. Besl 13 April 202213 April 2022

A new study finds nature can’t have it both ways: On the basis of thousands of case studies from dozens of hurricanes, there’s always a trade-off between resistance and resilience.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

飓风“种子”的存活影响飓风季节强度

by Joshua Learn 11 January 202211 January 2022

了解种子风暴如何演变成全面的飓风和台风,有助于预测气候变化下的飓风季节强度。

Four plots showing overshooting top density within six times of the radius of maximum wind as a function of normalized radius for different typhoons going through rapid intensification by day and night separated in groups based on typhoon intensity.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Clouds Overshooting Tops and Typhoon Intensity

by Suzana Camargo 17 December 202113 April 2022

An examination of the relationship between the diurnal variation of cloud overshooting tops density and typhoon intensity in 45 typhoons, using the Himawari-8 Satellite.

Map showing 36-hour track forecast for Typhoon Maria and chart showing track errors for different experiments.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Impact of Geostationary Sounder on Typhoon Forecasts

by Suzana Camargo 24 November 202126 April 2022

An analysis of the impact of targeted observations from the Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder at high-temporal resolution on forecasts for Typhoon Maria in 2018.

An image of a hurricane making landfall in southern Brazil
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Cyclone “Seed” Survival Affects Hurricane Season Intensity

by Joshua Learn 15 November 202111 January 2022

Understanding how seed storms grow into full-blown hurricanes and typhoons could help predict hurricane season intensity in a changing climate.

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