GROUP NEWS
Welcome the new group member!
2023-05-18
Congrats to Zebulon Leffler for joining the UAH TCBL research group from Fall 2023!
"I recently graduated with my Bachelor's degree in Atmospheric and Earth Science from UAH. Over my undergraduate career, I have been heavily involved with tornado and quasi-linear convective system research and field operations across the Southeastern U.S. I am very excited to be pursuing my Master's degree at UAH and studying boundary layer processes leading to tornadogenesis in landfalling hurricanes under Dr. Chen."
—Zeb Leffler
Zeb Leffler Presented at UAH's Graduate Poster Session
2024-04-01
Zeb Leffler (left) presented his boundary layer observational study of Hurricanes Issac (2012) and Ida (2021) at UAH's Graduate Poster Session.
Zeb Leffler @ the Frontline of Rocket City Weather Fest
2024-02-10
Zeb Leffler provided tours of the Mobile Alabama X-Band (MAX) radar truck to attendees of the Rocket City Weather Fest on February 10th, 2024. He also assisted with a demonstration of a weather balloon launch at the event which was recorded by a local news station (left).
Zeb Leffler presented his first TCBL research at the 104th AMS Annual Meeting
2024-01-28
Zeb proudly presented his research on the boundary layer structural evolution near the TC tornadoes in the outer rainbands of Hurricane Issac (2012) at the 104th AMS annual meeting. He had a great discussion with the audience and received encouraging feedback. Way to go, Zeb!
Xiaomin Chen presented at the 2nd UIFCW Workshop
2023-07-24 –2023-07-28
NOAA's Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) and the Unified Forecast System (UFS) delivered a five-day Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop (UIFCW) at Boulder, CO. During the workshop, Xiaomin Chen presented his recently developed modeling framework and its usage in developing boundary layer parameterizations for NOAA's next-generation hurricane forecast model, HAFS,
Xiaomin Chen served as a co-rapporteur of the WMO IWTC-10 report
2022-12-06
Dr. Xiaomin Chen served as a co-rapporteur of the subtopic "Internal Influences of TC Intensity Changes" in the WMO's 10th International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones (IWTC-10) report. The IWTC, organized every 4 years, is a unique gathering that brings together tropical cyclone researchers and operational specialists including social scientists from all regions affected by TCs. [Report] [Presentation][Recording]
Xiaomin Chen received the 2022 Northern Gulf Institute Research Award
2022-06-13
Dr. Xiaomin Chen is the 2022 recipient of the MSU Northern Gulf Institute Research Award, an honor instituted in 2020 to recognize outstanding research accomplishments by NGI staff. The award is presented every two years. NGI is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cooperative institute which conducts research on interconnections among Gulf of Mexico ecosystems and then provides decision makers with scientific findings. [Link]