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Kyle K. Ahern

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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Kyle's current research concerns the two-way interactivity between Arctic cyclones (ACs) and sea ice. For instance, the research focuses on the impact of ACs on sea ice distribution, as well as how sea ice affects AC structure and intensity. In alignment with recent field work during the Office of Naval Research's THINICE campaign, his work includes examinations of ACs over sea ice in the boreal summer of 2022. This work is conducted with Dr. Lance Bosart and Dr. Daniel Keyser at the University at Albany.


Kyle's prior research topics include deep convective transport of biomass burning emissions in Southeast Asia, air-sea surface turbulent flux representation in mesoscale polar lows, and tropical cyclone boundary layer structure and its relation to vortex-scale structure and intensity. He earned his doctoral degree from Florida State University in 2019 for his dissertation, "Hurricane Boundary Layer Structure during Intensity Change: An Observational and Numerical Analysis." After graduating, he worked with the Cooperative Institute For Marine And Atmospheric Studies at the University of Miami, in collaboration with NOAA/AOML/HRD, to help develop the new Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS).


In his work, Kyle has leveraged various datasets and tools, including hurricane reconnaissance data, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, the NOAA HYSPLIT model, the Unified Forecast System (UFS), and Cloud Model 1 (CM1). He commits to data visualization using GrADS, albeit stubbornly at times. He enjoys teaching, graphic design, writing, and game development with C++ and SDL. He never has time for a haircut.





Kyle Ahern

Postdoctoral Research Associate

kkahern@albany.edu


State University of New York, University at Albany

ETEC Building, Room 424D

1220 Washington Ave.

Albany, NY 12226