UCAR

Hurricane prediction forecasts have gotten drastically better over the last decade, but there is still room to improve.

Researchers in the UCAR community provide a look at future directions for research, technology, and operations.

— June 2015

Katrina to Sandy and Beyond: Next-Generation Hurricane Prediction

Panel members

Shuyi Chen, Professor of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

Forecasting the impacts

 

Sytske Kimball, Professor of Meteorology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama

Landfall impacts

 

Christopher Davis, Director of the Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Forecasting track and intensity



Use of the briefing room was sponsored by Senator Bill Nelson of Florida.