Knaff and Team Recognized for Navy Typhoon Warning Support
 30 April 2014 - CoRP/RAMMB scientist John Knaff
and his colleagues were recently recognized by the U.S. Navy for their
invaluable support to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) during
the 2013 tropical cyclone season and for his commitment to developing
and delivering the scientific research necessary to improve tropical
cyclone analysis, modeling and forecasting. The U.S. Navy and the JTWC
uses their Multiplatform Satellite Surface Wind Analysis (MSSWA) on a
daily basis to help assess the low-level wind structure of tropical
cyclones across the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Their work ensures that
JTWC remains well positioned as a premier tropical cyclone
reconnaissance and forecasting center supporting the United States
Pacific Command and military operations throughout the Pacific and
Indian Oceans.
Colleagues at CIRA who contribute to this work include Andrea Schumacher, Kate Musgrave,
and Galina Chirokova; they all work exclusively on tropical storm problems.
Particular credit for the success of these efforts also goes to
Mark DeMaria, whose past leadership in this area was very valuable.
John Knaff joined NOAA in 2006 as a meteorologist in the NESDIS Regional and Mesoscale
Meteorology Branch located in Fort Collins, Colo. His research has been
primarily on observational aspects of hurricane structure and intensity
variations and prediction. Much of this work has led to the development of
forecast applications that have been transferred to operations at the
NESDIS/Satellite Analysis Branch, the National Hurricane Center and the JTWC.
Currently, his research utilizes satellite and other observations to improve
scientific understanding, diagnosis and forecasting capabilities of tropical
cyclone genesis and structure change, the development and documentation of
operational tropical cyclone forecasting techniques, and the transfer of such
techniques to the operational setting.
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