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Article
2024
Trends in US Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Damage, 1900-2022
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
. 63:1499-1510.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/JAMC-D-24-0047.1
Web of Science:
001374892900001
2021
Synthesis of Vortex Rossby Waves. Part III: Rossby Waveguides, Vortex Motion, and the Analogy with Midlatitude Cyclones
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 78:2627-2641.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/JAS-D-20-0197.1
Web of Science:
000685980700018
2020
Going Downriver: Patterns and Cues in Hurricane-Driven Movements of Common Snook in a Subtropical Coastal River
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ESTUARIES AND COASTS
. 43:1158-1173.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s12237-019-00617-y
Web of Science:
000537511500018
2020
Hurricanes, Storm Surge, and Pine Forest Decline on a Low Limestone Island
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ESTUARIES AND COASTS
. 43:1045-1057.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s12237-019-00624-z
Web of Science:
000537511500010
2018
Reanalysis of the 1954-63 Atlantic Hurricane Seasons
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JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
. 31:4177-4192.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0537.1
Web of Science:
000432380400001
2017
Balanced Response of an Axisymmetric Tropical Cyclone to Periodic Diurnal Heating
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 74:3325-3337.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/JAS-D-16-0279.1
Web of Science:
000417993900001
2015
Synthesis of Vortex Rossby Waves. Part I: Episodically Forced Waves in the Inner Waveguide
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 72:3940-3957.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/JAS-D-15-0004.1
Web of Science:
000362637500012
2015
Synthesis of Vortex Rossby Waves. Part II: Vortex Motion and Waves in the Outer Waveguide
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 72:3958-3974.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/JAS-D-15-0005.1
Web of Science:
000362637500013
2013
A New Parametric Tropical Cyclone Tangential Wind Profile Model
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 141:1884-1909.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/MWR-D-12-00115.1
Web of Science:
000319864300008
2012
Distributions and Trends of Death and Destruction from Hurricanes in the United States, 1900-2008
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NATURAL HAZARDS REVIEW
. 13:57-64.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000046
Web of Science:
000301501800006
2011
The Golden Radius in Balanced Atmospheric Flows
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 139:1164-1168.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/2010MWR3579.1
Web of Science:
000289597200007
2009
Alignment of Hurricane-like Vortices on f and beta Planes
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 66:1779-1792.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/2008JAS2850.1
Web of Science:
000267263300018
2009
Diabatically Induced Secondary Flows in Tropical Cyclones. Part I: Quasi-Steady Forcing
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 137:805-821.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/2008MWR2657.1
Web of Science:
000265366800001
2009
Diabatically Induced Secondary Flows in Tropical Cyclones. Part II: Periodic Forcing
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 137:822-835.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/2008MWR2658.1
Web of Science:
000265366800002
2009
Social Science Research Needs for the Hurricane Forecast and Warning System
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BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
. 90:25-29.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/2008BAMS2606.1
Web of Science:
000263596600006
2008
Seasonal and spatial variation in the stable isotopic composition (δ
18
O and δD) of precipitation in south Florida
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JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
. 358:193-205.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.06.003
Web of Science:
000259127000004
2007
Hurricane forecasting: The state of the art
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NATURAL HAZARDS REVIEW
. 8:45-49.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2007)8:3(45)
2007
Social science research needs for the hurricane forecast and warning system
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NATURAL HAZARDS REVIEW
. 8:87-95.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2007)8:3(87)
2006
Parametric representation of the primary hurricane vortex. Part II: A new family of sectionally continuous profiles
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 134:1102-1120.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/MWR3106.1
Web of Science:
000237022800004
2005
Ozone measurements from eyewall transects of two Atlantic tropical cyclones
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 133:166-174.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/MWR-2844.1
Web of Science:
000226838700010
2004
Parametric representation of the primary hurricane vortex. Part I: Observations and evaluation of the Holland (1980) model
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 132:3033-3048.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/MWR2831.1
Web of Science:
000225807000020
2003
A numerical study of the impact of vertical shear on the distribution of rainfall in Hurricane Bonnie (1998)
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 131:1577-1599.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175//2546.1
Web of Science:
000184346800006
2003
Probing hurricanes with stable isotopes of rain and water vapor
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 131:1112-1127.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<1112:PHWSIO>2.0.CO;2
2002
Eastern Pacific Hurricanes Jimena of 1991 and Olivia of 1994: The effect of vertical shear on structure and intensity
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 130:2291-2312.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<2291:EPHJOA>2.0.CO;2
Web of Science:
000177113500009
2001
Nonlinear motion of a barotropic Vortex in still air and in an environmental zonal flow
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 58:1907-1923.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<1907:NMOABV>2.0.CO;2
1998
Potential vorticity analysis of tropical cyclone intensification
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 55:2632-2644.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2632:PVAOTC>2.0.CO;2
1998
Tropical cyclone eye thermodynamics
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 126:3053-3067.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<3053:TCET>2.0.CO;2
1996
Hurricane Andrew in Florida: Dynamics of a disaster
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BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
. 77:543-549.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0543:HAIFDO>2.0.CO;2
1995
Normal-mode initialization of barotropic vortex motion models
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 52:4501-4514.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1995)052<4501:NMIOBV>2.0.CO;2
1994
Real-Time Guidance Provided by NOAA's Hurricane Research Division to Forecasters during Emily of 1993
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BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
. 75:1765-1783.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0477(1994)075<1765:rtgpbn>2.0.co;2
1994
Nonlinear motion of a shallow water barotropic vortex
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 51:3722-3744.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1994)051<3722:NMOASW>2.0.CO;2
1992
Linear motion of a shallow-water bartropic vortex as an initial- value problem
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 49:2015-2031.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1992)049<2015:LMOASW>2.0.CO;2
1992
The concentric eyewall cycle of Hurricane Gilbert
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 120:947-957.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0493(1992)120<0947:TCECOH>2.0.CO;2
1990
TEMPORAL CHANGES OF THE PRIMARY CIRCULATION IN TROPICAL CYCLONES
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 47:242-264.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1990)047<0242:TCOTPC>2.0.CO;2
Web of Science:
A1990CN48000006
1990
Gradient balance in tropical cyclones
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 47:265-274.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1990)047<0265:GBITC>2.0.CO;2
1990
Linear normal modes of a moving, shallow-water barotropic vortex
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 47:2141-2148.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1990)047<2141:LNMOAM>2.0.CO;2
1988
Linear motion of a shallow-water, barotropic vortex
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 45:1906-1928.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1988)045<1906:LMOASW>2.0.CO;2
1988
The dynamics of the tropical cyclone core
1985
Project STORMFURY: a scientific chronicle 1962-1983.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0477(1985)066<0505:PSASC>2.0.CO;2
1984
Hurricane structure and evolution as simulated by an axisymmetric, nonhydrostatic numerical model.
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 41:1169-1186.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1984)041<1169:HSAEAS>2.0.CO;2
1984
Role of a parameterized ice-phase microphysics in an axisymmetric, nonhydrostatic tropical cyclone model.
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 41:2836-2848.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1984)041<2836:ROAPIP>2.0.CO;2
1984
Stationary and moving convective bands in hurricanes.
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 41:3189-3211.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1984)041<3189:SAMCBI>2.0.CO;2
1982
CONCENTRIC EYE WALLS, SECONDARY WIND MAXIMA, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE HURRICANE VORTEX
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 39:395-411.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1982)039<0395:CEWSWM>2.0.CO;2
Web of Science:
A1982NL11900013
1982
OBJECTIVE DETERMINATION OF HURRICANE TRACKS FROM AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 110:1298-1305.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0493(1982)110<1298:ODOHTF>2.0.CO;2
Web of Science:
A1982PK91100011
1982
THE RESPONSE OF BALANCED HURRICANES TO LOCAL-SOURCES OF HEAT AND MOMENTUM
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 39:378-394.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1982)039<0378:TROBHT>2.0.CO;2
Web of Science:
A1982NL11900012
1979
Excitation of spiral bands in hurricanes by interaction between the symmetric mean vortex and a shearing environmental steering current.
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 36:1226-1235.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1979)036<1226:eosbih>2.0.co;2
1979
Forced secondary circulations in hurricanes.
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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
. 84:3173-3183.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1029/JC084iC06p03173
1977
Inertia-buoyancy waves in hurricanes.
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JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
. 34:1028-1039.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0469(1977)034<1028:ibwih>2.0.co;2
1974
THE NON-LINEAR GROWTH OF HURRICANES THROUGH CISK.
Book Chapter
2013
Century of Progressin Tracking and Warning: Improvements in Observations, Models, and Forecasts
. 205-216.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1029/SP055p0205
Conference
2008
Transparent grid enablement of weather research and forecasting
Full Text via DOI:
10.1145/1341811.1341854
2006
Tropical cyclone response to time dependant, axially symmetric heating
2005
Early 21st century hurricane threats: Maximum potential intensity, the atlantic multidecadal oscillation, global warming, and chance
2004
The P-3 era of airborne Hurricane Research
. 234-235.
2004
The climatology of hurricane wind profiles
. 264-265.
2004
The mean structure of vertical velocities and radar reflectivities in the hurricane eyewall as they relate to environmental wind shear
. 94-95.
2004
Vortex alignment on the f and beta plane
. 625-626.
2002
Realistic hurricane profile
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BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
. 360-361.
1997
Airborne radar observations of shear-induced asymmetries in the convective structure of Hurricane Olivia (1994)
. 577-578.
1983
NONHYDROSTATIC, AXISYMMETRIC MODEL OF HURRICANE DYNAMICS WITH EXPLICIT CONVECTION AND ICE MICROPHYSICS.
. 275-281.
Letter
2025
Do Not Use the ICAT Hurricane Loss "Dataset": An Opportunity for Course Correction in Climate Science Reply
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
. 409-411.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/JAMC-D-24-0236.1
Web of Science:
001472871800003
Note
1989
A RECORD MINIMUM SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE OBSERVED IN HURRICANE GILBERT
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MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
. 2824-2828.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1175/1520-0493(1989)117<2824:ARMSLP>2.0.CO;2
Web of Science:
A1989CF05400014
Other Scholarly Work
2007
Forecasting hurricane intensity and impacts
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SCIENCE
. 1232-1233.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1126/science.1140041
Web of Science:
000244564700037
1999
Hurricane heat engines
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NATURE
. 649-650.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1038/44287
Web of Science:
000083207400032
Research
principal investigator on
Mechanisms for Hurricane Motion and Intensity Change
awarded by
National Science Foundation
2017 - 2025
Synthesis of Vortex Rossby Wave Dynamics
awarded by
National Science Foundation
2012 - 2016
Re-analysis of the Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclone Database in the Modern Era
awarded by
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin
2012 - 2014
Tropical Cyclone Response to Time-Dependent Heating and Theory of Tropical Cyclone Motion
awarded by
National Science Foundation
2007 - 2011
co-principal investigator on
Grant
The Florida Hurricane Alliance Research Program - Round 1.
awarded by
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin
2004 - 2010
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