Schubert Research Group - Research

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Schubert Research Group

RESEARCH

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Some topics being investigated by the Schubert Research Group:

Tropical Cyclones
- mesovortices
- concentric eyewalls
- rapid filamentation zones
- distribution of eye subsidence
- elastic interaction and merger
- ensemble track forecasts
- spiral bands

Moist Dynamics
- effects of shear on convection
- PV
- available potential energy (APE)
- frontogenesis

Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
- instability and breakdown
- PV dynamics
- frontogenesis in the ITCZ

Large-scale Tropical Processes
- moving heat sources and the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)
- Caribbean Jet
- Panama Bight convection & rainfall
- monsoons
- subtropical Highs and continental precipitation

Our research is supported by NSF, NASA, and DOE.