A conversation with the lead modeler of NOAA’s new hurricane forecast model – Hurricane Research Division

A conversation with Sundararaman “Gopal” Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D., the senior meteorologist and leader of the modeling team that developed NOAA’s newest hurricane forecast model – the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System – that is expected to go into full operation at NOAA’s National Weather Service in late June. Gopalakrishnan leads the Hurricane Modeling and Prediction Program at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory, (AOML) Hurricane Research Division. He is also the development manager for NOAA’s Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (HFIP). Go to https://research.noaa.gov/article/ArtMID/587/ArticleID/2996/NOAA’s-new-hurricane-forecast-model-A-conversation-with-the-lead-modeler to read the interview.

For more information, please contact Monica Allen, director of public affairs for NOAA Research, at monica.allen@noaa.gov or 202-379-6693.