Tracking rain patterns will improve hurricane forecasting, UF researcher finds
Photo courtesy of Corene Matyas, Ph.D.
Studying the precipitation patterns in hurricanes may be key to predicting future storm patterns and their potential strength, a University of Florida researcher has found.
Supported by a four-year, $212,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (opens in new tab), Professor of Geography Corene Matyas, Ph.D. (opens in new tab) has identified the patterns of rain rates within storms and studied the moisture surrounding these storms.
“We are hoping that, if we have a better prediction of moisture availability, that might help us forecast rain events with greater accuracy,” Matyas said. “The more we know about how storms develop, the more we can predict their path and magnitude.”
