Tropical Cyclone Research Group Publications

The publications listed below include all refereed journal articles, conference papers, and posters that have been written or presented by our research group. Group member names are in bold.

Refereed Journal Articles:

• Laupattarakasem, P., W.L. Jones, C.C. Hennon, I.S. Adams, J.W. Johnson, P.G. Black, J.R. Allard, and A.R. Harless, 2009: Improved Hurricane Wind Speed Retrievals using SeaWinds, Accepted pending revision, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

• Brennan, M.J., C.C. Hennon, and R.D. Knabb, 2009: The operational use of QuikSCAT ocean surface vector winds at the National Hurricane Center.Weather and Forecasting, 24, 621-645.

• Adams, I.S., C.C. Hennon, W.L. Jones, and K. Ahmad, 2006: Evaluation of Hurricane Ocean Vector Winds from WindSat. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44, No. 3, 656-667.

• Hennon, C.C., C. Marzban, and J.S. Hobgood, 2005: Improving Tropical Cyclogenesis Statistical Model Forecasts through the Application of a Neural Network Classifier. Weather and Forecasting, 20, 1073-1083.

• Hennon, C.C., and J.S. Hobgood, 2003: Forecasting Tropical Cyclogenesis over the Atlantic Basin Using Large-Scale Data. Monthly Weather Review, 131, 2927-2940.

• Ross, L., 2009: Developing 'First-Guess' Wind Fields For Tropical Cyclone Analyses In H*Wind. Preprints, 23rd National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of Wisconsin La-Crosse, La-Crosse, Wisoncsin.

• Helms, C., C.C. Hennon, and K.R. Knapp, 2008: An Objective Algorithm for the Identification of Convective Tropical Cloud Clusters in Geostationary Infrared Imagery.28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, (Orlando FL), American Meteorological Society.

• Laupattarakasem, P., W.L. Jones, C.C. Hennon, J.R. Allard, A.R. Harless, and P.G. Black, 2008: Q-Winds satellite hurricane wind speed retrievals and H*Wind comparisons.28th Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (Orlando FL), American Meteorological Society.

• Ruf, C.S., A.M. Mims, and C.C. Hennon, 2008: The dependence of the microwave emissivity of the ocean on hurricane force wind speed. 28th Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (Orlando FL), American Meteorological Society.

• Hood, R.E., R. Atlas, P. Black, S.S. Chen, C.C. Hennon, J.W. Johnson, L. Jones, T.L. Miller, C.S. Ruf, and E.W. Uhlhorn, 2008: An overview of the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD). 28th Conf.on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (Orlando FL), American Meteorological Society.

• Miller, T.L., R. Atlas, P. Black, S.S. Chen, C.C. Hennon, R. Hood, J.W. Johnson, L. Jones, C.S. Ruf, and E.W. Uhlhorn, 2008: Simulation of the impact of new ocean surface wind measurements on H*Wind analyses.. 28th Conf.on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (Orlando FL), American Meteorological Society.

• Jones, W.L., P.G. Black, S.S. Chen, R.E. Hood, J.W. Johnson, C.S. Ruf, A. Mims, and C.C. Hennon, 2008: Next Generation Airborne Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRad) - Improved Forecast Skill with Wide Field Imagery. Proceedings, Tropical Meteorology Special Symposium, 88th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA.

• Erb, M.P., 2006: A Case Study of Hurricane Katrina: Rapid Intensification in the Gulf of Mexico. Preprints,20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville NC.

• Harless, A.R., 2006: Tropical Cyclone Hyperactivity in the Eastern and Central Caribbean Sea During the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Preprints,20th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville NC.

• Adams, I., C.C. Hennon, W.L. Jones, and K. Ahmad, 2005: Hurricane wind vector measurements from WindSat polarimetric radiometer. IGARRS 2005, IEEE, New York, Vol. 6, pp. 4014-4017.

• Jones, W.L., I.S. Adams, and C.C. Hennon, 2005: Hurricane wind vector measurements from WindSat polarimetric radiometer. Proceedings, 59th Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, Jacksonville FL.

• Hennon, C.C., 2004: A statistical model for forecasting tropical cyclogenesis over the Atlantic Basin. 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, pp. 76-77.

• Helms, C., C.C. Hennon, and K. Knapp, 2009: Augmenting Global Best Track Databases with Tropical Cloud Clusters. IBTrACS Workshop, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville NC.

• Helms, C., C.C. Hennon, and K. Knapp, 2008: An Objective Algorithm for the Identification of Convective Tropical Cloud Clusters in Geostationary Infrared Imagery.28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, (Orlando FL), American Meteorological Society.

• Allard, J.R., 2007: Using H*Wind to Improve Satellite-Based Wind Measurements in Tropical Cyclones, UNCA Spring Research Symposium, Asheville, NC.

• Hennon, C.C., J.R. Allard, and A.R. Harless, 2007: Using Objective Analyses (H*Wind) in Tropical Cyclone Wind Vector Verfication. Ocean Vector Winds Science Team Meeting,15th AMS Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography Conference/EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

• Mims,A., C. Ruf, and C.C. Hennon, 2007: WindSat Emissivity Sensitivity to Near Surface Wind Field in a Tropical Cyclone. Michigan Space Grant Regional Conference, Purdue University.

• Hennon, C.C., D. Long, and F. Wentz, 2006: Validation of QuikSCAT Wind Retrievals in Tropical Cyclone Environments. 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA.