Areas of interest include: cyclone genesis and development (tropical and extratropical), hybrid cyclone structure, cyclone structural transition (including tropical and extratropical transition) and predictability, synoptic meteorology and weather forecasting, statistical and numerical weather prediction, weekly to seasonal forecasting using statistical and analog methods, ensemble forecasting and visualization techniques.
Selected Publications
Evans, C. and R.E. Hart, 2008: Analysis of the wind field evolution associated with the extratropical transition of Bonnie (1998).Mon. Wea. Rev., Accepted September 2007, in press.
Hart, R., R. Maue, and M. Watson, 2007: Estimating the atmospheric and SST memory of tropical cyclones through MPI anomaly evolution. Mon. Wea. Rev., accepted April 2007, in press.
Maue, R. and R. Hart, 2007: Comment on: "Low frequency variability in globally integrated tropical cyclone power dissipation." Geo. Res. Letters, 34, L11703, doi:1029/2006GL028283
Manning, D. and R. E. Hart, 2007: Evolution of North Atlantic ERA40 Tropical Cyclone Representation. Geo. Res. Letters, 34, L05705. doi:10.1029/2006GL028266
Guishard, M.P., E. A. Nelson, J. L. Evans, R. E. Hart, and D. G. O'Connell, 2007: Bermuda subtropical storms. Meteor. and Atmos. Phys.. doi:10.1007/s00703-006-0255-y
Hart, R., 2006: "Hurricanes: A Primer on Formation, Structure, Intensity Change, and Frequency." Ed: Jeff Kueter. Marshall Institute. 20pp.
Evans, J.E. and R. E. Hart, 2006: "Extratropical Transition of tropical cyclones". Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction. Wessex Institute of Technology. Ed: William Perrie.
Hart, R., J. L. Evans, and C. Evans, 2006: Synoptic composites of the extratropical transition lifecycle of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones: Factors Determining Post-Transition Evolution. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 553-578.
Jones, S.C., P.A. Harr, J. Abraham, L.F. Bosart, P.J. Bowyer, J.L. Evans, D. E. Hanley, B. N. Hanstrum, R.E. Hart, F. Lalaurette, M.R. Sinclair, R.K. Smith, and C. Thorncroft, 2003: The extratropical transition of tropical cyclones: Forecast challenges, current understanding, and future directions. Wea. Forecasting, 18, 1052-1092.
Evans, J.L. and R. Hart, 2003: Objective indicators of the extratropical transition lifecycle of Atlantic tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 909-925.
Hart, R.,2003: A cyclone phase space derived from thermal wind and thermal asymmetry. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 585-616.
Grumm, R. H. and R. Hart, 2001: Standardized Anomalies Applied to Significant Cold Season Weather Events: Preliminary Findings Wea. Forecasting, 16, 736-754.
Hart, R. and R.H. Grumm, 2001: Using normalized climatological anomalies to objectively rank extreme synoptic-scale events. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 2426-2442.
Hart, R. and J.L. Evans, 2001: A climatology of the extratropical transition of Atlantic tropical cyclones. J. Climate, 14, 546-564.
Hart, R., and J.L. Evans, 1999: Simulations of dual-vortex interaction within Environmental Shear. J. Atm. Science., 56, 3605-3621.
