JHT 2011-2013 Projects

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Project Title	Principal Investigator(s)	NHC Point of Contact	Goals	Costs	Years	2012 Mid-year Report	IHC 2012 Pres.	First-year Report	IHC 2013 Pres.	2013 Mid-year Report	2013 Final Report	Status
The assimilation of non-NOAA and non-AF GPS dropwindsonde data into NOAA numerical models	Sim Aberson (NOAA/AOML)	Brennan, Franklin, Landsea, Tallapragada (EMC)	X	y1: $52,665	1	X	X	X	-	-	-	Accept
Improvements in Statistical Tropical Cyclone Forecast Models	Renate Brummer (CSU/CIRA), John Knaff (NOAA/NESDIS), Mark DeMaria (NOAA/NESDIS)	Avila, Berg, Landsea, Blake	X	y1: $45,000 y2:$45,000	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	Accept
Development of a Real-Time Automated Tropical Cyclone Surface Wind Analysis	Renate Brummer (CSU/CIRA), Mark DeMaria (NOAA/NESDIS), John Knaff (NOAA/NESDIS)	Hogsett, Schauer, Berg, Brennan, Landsea	X	y1: $35,000 y2: $35,000	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	Accept
Development of a Probabilistic Tropical Cyclone Genesis Prediction Scheme	Jason Dunion (Univ. of Miami/CIMAS, AOML), John Kaplan (NOAA/AOML), Andrea Schumacher (CSU/CIRA) and Joshua Cossuth (FSU/COAPS)	Cangialosi, Hogsett, Brown, Berg, Landsea	X	y1: $89,007 y2: $100,387	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	Accept
Improving the operational TC models at NOAA/NCEP and Navy/FNMOC	Isaac Ginis (Univ. of Rhode Island), and Morris Bender (NOAA/GFDL)	Roberts, Hogsett, Brennan, Pasch, Landsea, Tallapragada (EMC)	X	y1: $135,000 y2: $169,559	2	X	X	X	X X	X	X	Accept
Enhancement of SHIPS-RI index using satellite 37 GHz microwave ring pattern	Haiyan Jiang (Florida Intl Univ.)	Stewart, Kimberlain, Mundell, Landsea	X	y1: $69,517 y2: $70,210	2	X	X	X	X	X	-	Defer
Improvement to the SHIPS Rapid Intensification Index	John Kaplan (NOAA/AOML), Charles Sampson (DOD/Naval Research Lab.), Chris Rozoff (Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS), Jim Kossin, (NOAA/NCDC) and Chris Velden (Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS)	Stewart, Blake, Landsea	X	y1: $98,776 y2: $100,915	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	Accept
Updating the secondary eyewall formation probabilistic model, completing new climatologies of intensity and structure changes associated with eyewall replacement cycles, and construction of new forecast guidance tools based on the new climatologies	Jim Kossin (NOAA/NCDC)	Blake, Kimberlain, Landsea	X	y1: $58,074 y2: $56,781	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	Accept
Introducing diagnostic variables towards extending the SHIPS algorithm for hurricane intensity forecasts	T.N. Krishnamurti, (Florida State Univ.)	Avila, Beven, Landsea	X	y1: $85,588 y2: $85,286	2	X	X	X	X	X	-	Not Accept
Improved automation and performance of VORTRAC intensity guidance	Wen-Chau Lee (NCAR/EOL), Paul Harasti (DOD/Naval Research Lab.) and Michael Bell (Naval Postgraduate School)	Hogsett, Stewart, Landsea	X	y1: $109,996 y2: $118,887	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	Not Accept
Improved SFMR surface wind measurements in intense rain conditions	Eric Uhlhorn (NOAA/AOML)	Brown, Christensen, Blake, Landsea	X	y1: $76,072 y2: $80,417	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	Accept
Validation of HWRF forecasts with satellite observations and potential use in vortex initialization	Tomislava Vukicevic (NOAA/AOML) and Tom Greenwald (Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS)	Cangialosi, Pasch, Landsea, Tallapragada (EMC)	X	y1: $89,470 y2: $92,239	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	Not Accept