Comparing Reflectivity from Space-Based and Ground-Based Radars During Detection of Rainbands in Two Tropical Cyclones

Posted on March 10, 2025

With varying tangential winds and combinations of stratiform and convective clouds, tropical cyclones (TCs) can be difficult to accurately portray when mosaicking data from ground-based radars. This study utilizes the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) from the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM) satellite to evaluate reflectivity obtained using four sampling methods of Weather Surveillance Radar 1988-Doppler […]

Hurricane Milton Updates

Posted on October 9, 2024

Last update: 10/18/2024 Climate change almost certainly made Hurricane Milton deluge worse explains Dr. David Keellings in this interview with the Miami Herald. Professor Corene Matyas was interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s News Breakfast and by ABC Radio News in Australia about Hurricane Milton on 10/8/2024. Dr. Matyas was on the CBC Radio […]

Classification of tropical cyclone rain patterns using convolutional autoencoder

Posted on August 21, 2024

Kim, D., & Matyas, C. J. (2024). Classification of tropical cyclone rain patterns using convolutional autoencoder. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 791. ABSTRACT: Heavy rainfall produced by tropical cyclones (TCs) frequently causes wide-spread damage. TCs have different patterns of rain depending on their development stage, geographical location, and surrounding environmental conditions. However, an objective system for classifying […]

B.S. in Meteorology Starting in Fall 2024

Posted on November 2, 2023

The Department of Geography is excited to announce the Bachelor of Science program in Meteorology has been fully approved, and will officially begin in Fall 2024. Our program provides broader geographic training and aims to build skills that crosscut from meteorology to applied climate science, geospatial analysis, hydrology, business, economics, communications, and Al as required […]

Dr. Matyas Discussing Hurricane Idalia in the Media

Posted on August 31, 2023

Dr. Corene Matyas was all over the airwaves this week talking about Hurricane Idalia as it approached and impacted Florida. Hear her interview with CBC Vancouver here. Dr. Matyas was interviewed live with Jake Tapper on CNN. Hear Dr. Matyas’ interview with ABC News radio in Australia here. Dr. Matyas was quoted […]

Evaluation of Experimental High-Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using Object-Based Metrics

Posted on August 15, 2023

MATYAS – Evaluation of Experimental High-Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using Object-Based Metrics Shakira D. Stackhouse, Stephanie E. Zick, Corene J. Matyas, Kimberly M. Wood, Andrew T. Hazelton, and Ghassan J. Alaka Jr. Article first published online: 1 October 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-22-0223.1 ABSTRACT: Tropical cyclone (TC) precipitation poses serious hazards including freshwater flooding. […]

Fall Course: MET4532 MET6530 Hurricanes

Posted on April 13, 2023

MET4532 MET6530 Hurricanes Instructor: Dr. Corene Matyas matyas@ufl.edu Learn about Hurricane Andrew and 20 other famous tropical cyclones! Prerequisites: GEO3250 or MET3503 (email me if you are graduating and I’ll consider an over-ride) Turlington 3006 MW Per. 4-5, W Per. 4 Participate In: Forecasting Labs Maps Discussions Presentation on Famous Storm Data Analysis Project for […]

Spatial Variations in Tropical Cyclone Rainfall over the Western North Pacific According to ENSO Phase

Posted on February 22, 2023

KIM, MATYAS – Spatial Variations in Tropical Cyclone Rainfall over the Western North Pacific According to ENSO Phase Dasol Kim, Doo-Sun Park, Corene Matyas Article first published online: 16 February 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0231.1 ABSTRACT: This study investigated spatial variations in rainfall accompanying tropical cyclones (TCs) over the western North Pacific (WNP) from June to October […]

Geography Colloquium: Reflectivity as Detected by Space- and Ground-Based Radars Detecting Tropical Cyclones

Posted on January 20, 2023

Speaker: Dr. Corene Matyas Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, January 26, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: The different scanning strategies and atmospheric profiles through which energy beams pass from space-based as compared to ground-based radars can produce different reflectivity values in […]

Segmenting Tourists’ Information Behavior in the Event of a Crisis

Posted on October 4, 2022

MATYAS –Segmenting Tourists’ Information Behavior in the Event of a Crisis Ignatius Cahyanto, Lori Pennington-Gray, Brijesh Thapa, Jorge Villegas, Corene Matyas Article first published online: 3 October 2022 Link: ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst ABSTRACT: The study examined tourists’ information behavior in the event of a crisis using the Consumer Information Acquisition and Processing Model as a guideline. The data […]

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