Research Foci

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Tropical Cyclones (Hurricanes)

→ How do clusters of thunderstorms in the tropics become tropical cyclones?

→ How does environmental vertical wind shear, where the winds change with height, affect tropical cyclones?

→ What factors determine when and if a tropical cyclone rapidly intensifies?

→ How do midlatitude troughs, low-pressure areas at upper levels of the troposphere, interact with tropical cyclones?

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Severe Thunderstorms and Hazards

→ What role does terrain play in interacting with severe thunderstorms over the Northeast?

→ What controls biases in convection-allowing numerical weather models in areas of complex terrain?

→ How can we assess meteorological influences on the changing risk of severe weather events, including large hail and heavy rainfall?

Publications

Submitted

Johnson, N., B. Tang, K. Corbosiero, and J. Moskaitis, 2024: Observed downdrafts and ventilation during the rapid weakening of Hurricane Delta (2020). , , submitted.

Published

Tang, B., 2024: Tropical Cyclones (Hurricanes). Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (Third Edition), , J. Martin, Eds., Academic Press, accepted.

Rios-Berrios, R., B. Tang, C. Davis, and J. Martinez, 2024: Modulation of tropical cyclogenesis by convectively coupled Kelvin waves. Mon. Wea. Rev., 152, 2309-2322.

Tang, B., R. Rios-Berrios, and J. Zhang, 2024: Diagnosing radial ventilation in dropsonde observations of Hurricane Sam (2021). Mon. Wea. Rev., 152, 1725-1739.

Yu, C.-L., B. Tang, and R. Fovell, 2024: Tropical cyclone boundary-layer asymmetries in a tilt-following perspective. J. Atmos. Sci., 81, 1543-1563.

Yu, C.-L., B. Tang, and R. Fovell, 2023: Diverging behaviors of simulated tropical cyclones in moderate vertical wind shear. J. Atmos. Sci., 80, 2837-2860.

Li, Q., J. Wadler, J. Rudzin, B. de la Cruz, J. Chen, M. Fischer, G. Chen, N. Qin, and B. Tang, 2023: A review of recent research progress on the effect of external influences on tropical cyclone intensity change. Trop. Cyclone Res. Rev., 12, 200-215.

Rivera-Torres, N., K. Corbosiero, and B. Tang, 2023: Factors associated with downshear reformation of tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 151, 2717-2737.

Fischer, M., P. Reasor, B. Tang, K. Corbosiero, R. Torn, and X. Chen, 2023: A tale of two vortex evolutions: Using a high-resolution ensemble to assess the impacts of ventilation on a tropical cyclone rapid intensification event. Mon. Wea. Rev., 151, 297-320.

Yu, C.-L., B. Tang, and R. Fovell, 2023: Tropical cyclone tilt and precession in moderate shear: Precession hiatus in a critical shear regime. J. Atmos. Sci., 80, 909-932.

Richardson, J., R. Torn, and B. Tang, 2022: An analog comparison between rapidly and slowly intensifying tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 150, 2139-2156.

LeBel, L., B. Tang, and R. Lazear, 2021: Examining terrain effects on an Upstate New York tornado event utilizing a high-resolution model simulation. Wea. Forecasting, 36, 2001-2020.

Alland, J., B. Tang, K. Corbosiero, and G. Bryan, 2021a: Combined effects of midlevel dry air and vertical wind shear on tropical cyclone development. Part I: Downdraft ventilation. J. Atmos. Sci., 78, 763-782.

Alland, J., B. Tang, K. Corbosiero, and G. Bryan, 2021b: Combined effects of midlevel dry air and vertical wind shear on tropical cyclone development. Part II: Radial ventilation. J. Atmos. Sci., 78, 783-796.

Tang, B., J. Fang, A. Bentley, G. Kilroy, M. Nakano, M. Park, V. P. M. Rajasree, Z. Wang, A. Wing, and L. Wu, 2020: Recent advances in research on tropical cyclogenesis. Trop. Cyclone Res. Rev., 9, 87-105.

Tang, B., V. Gensini, and C. Homeyer, 2019: Trends in United States large hail environments and observations. npj Climate Atmos. Sci., 2, 1-7.

Fischer, M., B. Tang, and K. Corbosiero, 2019: A climatological analysis of tropical cyclone rapid intensification in environments of upper-tropospheric troughs. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 3693-3719.

Fischer, M., B. Tang, K. Corbosiero, and C. Rozoff, 2018: Normalized convective characteristics of tropical cyclone rapid intensification events in the North Atlantic and eastern North Pacific. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 1133-1155.

Tang, B., and N. Bassill, 2018: Point downscaling of surface wind speed for forecast applications. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 57, 659-674.

Vaughan, M., B. Tang, and L. Bosart, 2017: Climatology and analysis of high-impact, low predictive skill severe weather events in the northeast United States. Wea. Forecasting, 32, 1903-1919.

Tang, B., 2017b: Coupled dynamic-thermodynamic forcings during tropical cyclogenesis: Part II. Axisymmetric experiments. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 2279-2291.

Tang, B., 2017a: Coupled dynamic-thermodynamic forcings during tropical cyclogenesis: Part I. Diagnostic framework. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 2269-2278.

Alland, J., B. Tang, and K. Corbosiero, 2017: Effects of mid-level dry air on development of the axisymmetric tropical cyclone secondary circulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 1455-1470.
Fischer, M., B. Tang, and K. Corbosiero, 2017: Assessing the influence of upper-tropospheric troughs on tropical cyclone intensification rates after genesis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 1295-1313.

Tang, B., R. Rios-Berrios, J. Alland, J. Berman, and K. Corbosiero, 2016: Sensitivity of axisymmetric tropical cyclone spin-up time to dry air aloft. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 4269-4287.

Peirano. C., K. Corbosiero, and B. Tang, 2016: Revisiting trough interactions and tropical cyclone intensity change. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069040.

Tang, B., M. Vaughan, R. Lazear, K. Corbosiero, L. Bosart, T. Wasula, I. Lee, and K. Lipton, 2016: Topographic and boundary influences on the 22 May 2014 Duanesburg, New York, tornadic supercell. Wea. Forecasting, 31, 107-127.

Tang, B., and S. Camargo, 2014: Environmental control of tropical cyclones in CMIP5: A ventilation perspective. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., doi: 10.1002/2013MS000294.

Rios-Berrios, R., T. Vukicevic, and B. Tang, 2014: Adopting model uncertainties for tropical cyclone intensity prediction. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142 , 72-78.

Tang, B., and K. Emanuel, 2012: A ventilation index for tropical cyclones. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 1901-1912. (Supplement)

Tang, B., and K. Emanuel, 2012: Sensitivity of tropical cyclone intensity to ventilation in an axisymmetric model. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 2394-2413.

Evans, C, H. Archambault, J. Cordeira, C. Fritz, T. Galarneau Jr., S. Gjorgjievska, K. Griffin, A. Johnson, W. Komaromi, S. Monette, P. Muradyan, B. Murphy, M. Riemer, J. Sears, D. Stern, B. Tang, and S. Thompson, 2012: The PRE-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) field campaign: Perspectives of early career scientists. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 173-187.

Tang, B., and K. Emanuel, 2010: Midlevel ventilation's constraint on tropical cyclone intensity. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 1817-1830.

Tang, B., and J. D. Neelin, 2004: ENSO influence on Atlantic hurricanes via tropospheric warming. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L24204, doi:10.1029/2004GL021072.