Forecasting Weather at SOEST – Dr. Michael Bell and Owen Shieh
In Oct-Nov of this year, Michael Bell successfully brought the Doppler on Wheels research vehicle to Hawaii for its first ever tour of the state.
Students and scientists at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa have an opportunity to use the latest generation of weather technology and explore the skies around O’ahu this week thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Hawaiian Educational Radar Opportunity (HERO) project started on October 21, 2013 with the arrival of an advanced weather radar called the Doppler on Wheels (DOW). This high-tech mobile radar is mounted on a truck that can travel around the island of O’ahu to study clouds and rain in the Hawaiian Islands. HERO is the first time a mobile weather radar has visited Hawai’i, and it provides a unique, hands-on opportunity for students to study the weather in the tropics.
Owen Shieh just gave a TEDxHonolulu talk about community resilience in the face of extreme weather. At UH Mānoa, Shieh is investigating the factors that drive rapid intensification of tropical storms and typhoons in the western North Pacific, with an emphasis on upper-tropospheric influences. The research includes collaboration with U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Pearl Harbor. Shieh is working full-time as the Weather and Climate Program Coordinator at the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC), which is part of UH Mānoa’s College of Social Sciences.
The host for this episode was Jay Fidell.
The host for this episode was Jay Fidell.
The host for this episode was Jay Fidell.
The host for this episode was Jay Fidell.
