Paper exploring the region closest to the Earth’s surface when a tropical cyclone makes landfall released online in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres – Hurricane Research Division

Improved understanding of small-scale processes near the surface is important for advancement of TC intensity prediction. Observational data collected by multilevel towers are analyzed to study the turbulent mixing process and structure in the atmospheric surface layer of two landfalling TCs.  Newly derived coefficients may lead to improved forecasts when used in numerical models. 

Read the article at https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2022JD037768. For more information, contact aoml.communications@noaa.gov. Jun Zhang acknowledges supports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Grants NA21OAR4590370, NA22OAR4590178, and NA22OAR4050669D, and NA19OAR4590239, National Science Foundation (NSF) Awards 2228299 and 2211308, and the U.S. Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-20-1-2071.