Our Research

WeatherTiger has an active Research and Development division, contributing to the scientific community as well as developing proprietary technologies.  A selection of peer-reviewed publications, refereed conference presentations, and research pieces by members of the team are included below.

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• Truchelut, R.E., Klotzbach, P.J., Staehling, E.S., Wood, K. M., Halperin, D.J., Schreck, C.J., & Blake, E. S. (2022, August). Earlier onset of North Atlantic hurricane season with warming oceans, Nature Communications, 21 (3).

• Klotzbach, P. J., Wood, K. M., Bell, M. M., Blake, E. S., Bowen, S. G., Caron, L., Collins, J. M., Gibney, E. J., Schreck, C. J., III, & Truchelut, R. E. (2022, January). A Hyperactive End to the Atlantic Hurricane Season October–November 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103 (1).

• Wood, K. M., Klotzbach, P. J., Collins, J. M., Caron, L.-P., Truchelut, R. E., & Schreck, C. J. (2020, July), Factors affecting the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season and the role of the Indian Ocean Dipole, Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (13).

• Truchelut, R. E., & Staehling, E.M., (2018, November), With increasing storms, Atlantic hurricane season needs to expand and begin on May 15, The Washington Post.

• Truchelut, R.E., (2018, April), Energetic Perspectives on U.S. Tropical Cyclone Activity, presented at American Meteorological Society 33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (click to watch presentation).

• Truchelut, R. E., & Staehling, E.M. (2017, November), An Energetic Perspective on United States Tropical Cyclone Landfall Droughts, Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (23), 10.1002/2017GL076071.

• Staehling, E. M., & Truchelut, R. E. (2016, September), Quantifying tropical cyclone risk using Poisson modeling, Presented at National Center for Atmospheric Research 6^th International Workshop on Climate Informatics, Boulder, CO (poster, talk, and extended abstract).

• Staehling, E. M., & Truchelut, R. E. (2016, August: co-first authors), Diagnosing United States hurricane landfall risk: An alternative to count-based methodologies, Geophysical Research Letters, 43 (16), doi:10.1002/2016GL070117. (PDF)

• Truchelut, R. E., & Staehling, E. M. (2016, April). Diagnosing Tropical Cyclone Risk through the Development of a Landfall Index for the North Atlantic Basin. Presented at American Meteorological Society 32^nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Juan, Puerto Rico (click to watch presentation).

• Staehling, E. M. (2015, December). Clearing the Air: Using probeware and online simulations to understand the greenhouse effect. The Science Teacher, 82 (9), 50-56.

• Truchelut, R. E. (2015, July). Diagnosing Tropical Cyclone Risk Through the Development of a Landfall Diagnostic Index for the North Atlantic Basin. Doctoral Dissertation, Florida State University, 179 pp.

• Staehling, E. M. (2015, January). The Influence of African Easterly Waves on Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity. Doctoral Dissertation, Princeton University, 193 pp.

• Truchelut, R. (2014, March). Predicting tropical cyclone landfall risk through genesis and steering climatology. Presented at American Meteorological Society 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Diego, CA (talk).

• Truchelut, R., & Hart, R. E. (2013, December). Evaluating tropical cyclone landfall risk through genesis and steering climatology. Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (poster).

• Truchelut, R., Hart, R., & Luthman, B. (2013, October). Global identification of previously undetected pre-satellite era tropical cyclone candidates in NOAA/CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis data. Journal of Applied Meteorology & Climatology, 52 (10), 2243-2259.

• Truchelut, R., & Hart, R. E. (2013, January). Global identification of tropical cyclone candidate events in NOAA CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis data. Presented at American Meteorological Society 93^rd Annual Meeting, Austin, TX (talk).

• Truchelut, R. (2012, October). Global identification of previously undetected tropical cyclone candidate events in reanalysis model data. Presented at the Risk Prediction Initiative Research Update Workshop, Hamilton, Bermuda (talk).

• Truchelut, R. (2012, May). Global identification of previously undetected tropical cyclone candidates in NOAA/CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis data. Presented at the 4th World Climate Research Program International Conference on Reanalyses, Silver Spring, MD (poster).

• Truchelut, R., & Hart, R. E. (2012, April). Global identification of previously undetected tropical cyclone candidates in NOAA/CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis data. Presented at American Meteorological Society 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (talk).

• Truchelut, R., & Hart, R. E. (2011, December). Identifying undocumented Atlantic warm-core cyclones in NOAA/CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis data. Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (talk).

• Truchelut, R., & Hart, R. E. (2011, June). Quantifying the possible existence of undocumented Atlantic warm-core cyclones in NOAA/CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis data. Presented at the 3rd International Summit on Hurricanes and Climate Change, Rhodes, Greece (talk).

• Truchelut, R. E., & Hart, R. E. (2011, April). Quantifying the possible existence of undocumented Atlantic warm-core cyclones in NOAA/CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis data. Geophysical Research Letters, 38 (10), L08811.

• Truchelut, R., & Hart, R. E. (2011, January). Quantifying the existence of undocumented Atlantic warm-core cyclones in 20th Century Reanalysis data. Presented at American Meteorological Society 91st Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (poster).

• Truchelut, R. (2010, May). Reassessing pre-satellite era Atlantic tropical cyclone climatology using 20th Century Reanalysis data. Presented at American Meteorological Society 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Tucson, AZ (talk).

• Staehling, E. M., Held, I. M., & Vallis, G. K. (2009, June). Sensitivity to the vertical and meridional structure of the meridional temperature gradient in a three-level quasigeostrophic turbulence model. Presented at American Meteorological Society 17^th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, Stowe, VT (poster and talk).

• Staehling, E. M., & Cho, J. Y-K. (2007, April). MHD Turbulence in the Atmosphere of Hot Extrasolar Giant Planets. Presented at European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria (talk).

• Staehling, E. M., & Cho, J. Y-K. (2006, December). MHD Turbulence in the Upper Atmosphere of Hot Extrasolar Giant Planets. Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (poster).

• Staehling, E. M., & Cho, J. Y-K. (2005, December). MHD Shallow-Water Turbulence on the Sphere. Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (poster).

• Staehling, E. M., & Cho, J. Y-K. (2005, November). MHD Shallow-Water Turbulence on the Sphere. Presented at American Physical Society 58^th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, IL (talk).