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TTUHRT Director Dr. John Schroeder and scientists Dr. Ian Giammanco, Dr. Brian Hirth, and Dr. Tanya Brown attended the 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering. Dr. Hirth presented his doctoral research which was an examination of the coastal transition zone of Hurricane Frances (2004). His work focused on documenting changes in the boundary layer structure across the ocean/land interface using a dual-Doppler analysis collected by the SMART-Radars (C-band Doppler systems). Dr. Tanya Brown presented work from the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety's full-scale test facility. She is a full-time research engineer at the laboratory and a Faculty Associate within Texas Tech's Wind Science and Engineering Research Center.
Tropical Storm Arlene quickly developed in the Bay of Campeche from a westward moving tropical wave. Arlene reached maximum intensity shortly before landfall with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. The system made landfall on the morning of June 30 near Cabo Rojo along the central Gulf Coast of Mexico.
TTUHRT Director Dr. John Schroeder and scientists Dr. Ian Giammanco and Brian Hirth attended the 2nd American Association for Wind Engineering Workshop in Marco Island, Florida. Brian Hirth presented on his current doctoral research regarding the coastal transition zone observed during Hurricane Frances (2004) which employs a dual-Doppler wind field analysis using data collected by the SMART-Radars. His work is vital in evaluating how the wind field changes due to the change from an underlying ocean to land surface. Dr. Ian Giammanco presented a segment of his doctoral research work focusing on the use of WSR-88D radar data to derive vertical wind profiles of hurricanes at landfall.
TTUHRT Director Dr. John Schroeder recently recieved a research grant from the Advanced Research Program through the State of Texas to implement real-time data communications on several StickNet probes. Implementation of the communications hardware as well as software updates will begin following the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. Real-time data will likely be available beginning with the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season. StickNet probes will also be overhauled with new data acquisition enclosures and new instrument connectors to make the platform even more ruggedized.
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