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Dr. Matyas named UF Research Foundation Professor
April 17, 2025
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Comparing Reflectivity from Space-Based and Ground-Based Radars During Detection of Rainbands in Two Tropical Cyclones
March 10, 2025
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Hurricane Milton Updates
October 9, 2024
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Classification of tropical cyclone rain patterns using convolutional autoencoder
August 21, 2024
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B.S. in Meteorology Starting in Fall 2024
November 2, 2023
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Dr. Matyas Discussing Hurricane Idalia in the Media
August 31, 2023
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Evaluation of Experimental High-Resolution Model Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Using Object-Based Metrics
August 15, 2023
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Fall Course: MET4532 MET6530 Hurricanes
April 13, 2023
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Spatial Variations in Tropical Cyclone Rainfall over the Western North Pacific According to ENSO Phase
February 22, 2023
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Geography Colloquium: Reflectivity as Detected by Space- and Ground-Based Radars Detecting Tropical Cyclones
January 20, 2023
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Segmenting Tourists’ Information Behavior in the Event of a Crisis
October 4, 2022
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Tropical cyclones in the northern Mozambique Channel: composite intra-seasonal forcing and 2019 event
August 16, 2022
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Illustration of an Object-Based Approach to Identify Structural Differences in Tropical Cyclone Wind Fields
July 7, 2022
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Geography Colloquium: Mentoring Diverse 2-Year College Students in Geoscience Research During GEOPATHS
August 31, 2021
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Celebrating Women Geographers for Women’s History Month
March 1, 2021
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February 11, 2021
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GEO3250/GEO6255 Climatology
November 19, 2020
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MET4750 MET6752 Spatial Analysis Atmospheric Data GIS
July 3, 2020
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MET4532-MET6530 Hurricanes
July 1, 2020
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GeoGator Class of 2020 Commencement
May 4, 2020
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Dr. Matyas Receives Teaching Award from SEDAAG
April 28, 2020
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Dr. Matyas recognized at AMS annual meeting
April 26, 2020
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Dr. Corene Matyas’ #RedditAMA on #hurricanes
September 23, 2019
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Video – Science on Tap: Is Florida Trying to Kill Me? Hurricanes with Dr. Corene Matyas
September 12, 2019
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GeoGators give two public talks today!
September 11, 2019
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Hurricane Dorian Continues on Its Path
September 4, 2019
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Hurricane Dorian Heads Toward Florida
August 30, 2019
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Don’t Nuke a Hurricane
August 28, 2019
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Dr. Corene Matyas’ Why Science? story about how she studies Tropical Hurricanes
August 16, 2019
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Dr. Matyas Talks Hurricanes and Superstorms With the Streaming Science Podcast
July 4, 2019
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Dr. Matyas utilizes SEC Faculty Award to mentor women in STEM
May 1, 2019
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“This is a much stronger storm than they’ve had in recorded history.” – Dr. Matyas speaks with the BBC about Tropical Cyclone Idai and Tropical Cyclone Kenneth
April 29, 2019
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Cyclone Idai: ‘My family needs to eat, I don’t know how we will survive’
April 29, 2019
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Dr. Corene Matyas named Undergraduate Teacher of the Year!
April 25, 2019
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April 25, 2019
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Sarah VanSchoick becomes a McNair Scholar
April 23, 2019
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Met4532 – Met6530 Hurricanes Fall 2019
March 29, 2019
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Why Cyclone Idai was so destructive
March 27, 2019
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Tropical Cyclone Idai Aims at Mozambique
March 21, 2019
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Dr. Matyas receives CLAS Teaching Award
January 30, 2019
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GeoGators at 2018 AMS Hurricanes Conference
July 19, 2018
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Dr. Matyas gives insight on how to stay safe this 2018 hurricane season
July 19, 2018
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A Nowcasting Model for Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Regions Based on the TREC Motion Vector Retrieval with a Semi-Lagrangian Scheme for Doppler Weather Radar
May 21, 2018
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Using an Object-Based Approach to Quantify the Spatial Structure of Reflectivity Regions in Hurricane Isabel (2003). Part I: Comparisons between Radar Observations and Model Simulations
April 25, 2018
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UFGeog at AAG 2018
March 16, 2018
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Dr. Matyas and Dr. Mossa on Hurricane Irma
September 20, 2017
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Extreme floods and their relationship with tropical cyclones in Puerto Rico
September 12, 2017
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Fall Course: MET4560 MET6565 Atmospheric Teleconnections
March 31, 2017
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March 31, 2017
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Spring Course: MET4560/MET6565 Atmospheric Teleconnections
November 4, 2016
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Spring Course: GEO3250/6255 Climatology
November 4, 2016
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Geography Colloquium: Tropical Cyclone Structure and Rainfall
October 20, 2016
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Hurricane Matthew’s Near Miss of Florida May Result in More Widespread Damage Than Direct Hit
October 8, 2016
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Congratulations to Dr. Hernández Ayala, Dr. Morris, and Dr. Zick!
May 3, 2016
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Using shape metrics to compare observed and simulated reflectivity during the landfall of Hurricane Isabel (2003)
April 15, 2016
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32nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology at San Juan Puerto Rico
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Fast Playback Framework for Analysis of Ground-Based Doppler Radar Observations Using MapReduce Technology
March 29, 2016
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Comparing the spatial extent of Atlantic basin tropical cyclone wind and rain fields prior to land interaction
February 16, 2016
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A Spatial Analysis of Hurricane Katrina’s Outer Rainbands prior to Landfall in Louisiana
January 12, 2016
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96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
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Louisiana
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Evolving Geometries in the Moisture Budgets and Precipitation Structures of US Gulf Coast Landfalling Hurricanes
January 12, 2016
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96th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting
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Women in STEM is strong in Geography!
December 17, 2015
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Spring Course: GEO3250/GEO6255 Climatology
November 2, 2015
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Zick and Matyas Present at AMS Radar Conference
October 20, 2015
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Tropical cyclone rainfall over Puerto Rico and its relations to environmental and storm-specific factors
September 17, 2015
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International Journal of Climatology
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Puerto Rico
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Performing spatial analysis on tropical cyclone rainband structures after creating a 3D Mosaic of WSR-88D reflectivity data using a map-reduce framework and a Geographic Information System (GIS)
September 16, 2015
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Tropical cyclones in the North American Regional Reanalysis: The impact of satellite-derived precipitation over ocean
September 5, 2015
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Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
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Zick
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Regional Inequality and Polarization in the Context of Concurrent Extreme Weather and Economic Shocks
January 15, 2015
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Dr. Matyas named Colonel Allan R. & Margaret G. Crow Term Professor
June 10, 2014
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Tropical cyclone formation and motion in the Mozambique Channel
April 7, 2014
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Indian Ocean
International Journal of Climatology
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