David S. Nolan
Division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
University of Miami , Miami, Florida USA
Background:
Born: Yokosuka U.S. Naval Base, Japan.
High School: Phillips Exeter Academy , Exeter, NH.
College: Harvard College , B.A., Physics, cum laude , 1990.
Graduate School: Harvard University, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences , Ph.D., 1996.
Previous employment:
Mathematics Department , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 11/96-11/98.
Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University , 11/98-6/01.
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory , 07/01-06/02.
Research areas and selected papers and presentations:
Hurricane Dynamics:
Nolan, David S., Jun A. Zhang, and Daniel P. Stern, 2009: Evaluation of planetary boundary layer parameterizations in tropical cyclones by comparison of in-situ data and high-resolution simulations of Hurricane Isabel (2003). Part I: Initialization, maximum winds, and outer core boundary layer structure. Accepted in Mon. Wea. Rev. Download PDF.
Nolan, David S., Daniel P. Stern, and Jun A. Zhang, 2009: Evaluation of planetary boundary layer parameterizations in tropical cyclones by comparison of in-situ data and high-resolution simulations of Hurricane Isabel (2003). Part II: Inner-core boundary layer and eyewall structure. Accepted in Mon. Wea. Rev. Download PDF .
Hodyss, Daniel, and David S. Nolan, 2008: The Rossby-Inertia-Buoyancy instability in baroclinic vortices. Phys. Fluids , 20 , 096602. Download PDF.
Nolan, David S., 2007: What is the trigger for tropical cyclogenesis? Aust. Meteorol. Mag. , 56 , 241-266. Download PDF.
Hodyss, Daniel, and David S. Nolan, 2007: Anelastic equations for atmospheric vortices. J. Atmos. Sci. , 64 , 2947-2959. Download PDF.
Nolan, David S., Yumin Moon, and Daniel P. Stern, 2007: Tropical cyclone intensification from asymmetric convection: Energetics and efficiency. J. Atmos. Sci. , 64 , 3377-3405. Download PDF.
Nolan, David S., 2005: Instabilities in hurricane-like boundary layers. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans , 40 , 209-236. Download PDF.
Tropical Meteorology and Climate:
Nolan, David S., and Eric D. Rappin, 2008: Increased sensitivity of tropical cyclogenesis to wind shear in higher SST environments. Geophys. Res. Lett ., 35 , L14805, doi:10.1029/2008GL034147. Download PDF.
Zhang, Chidong, David S. Nolan, Christopher D. Thorncroft, and Nguyen, Hanh, 2008: Shallow meridional circulations in the tropical atmosphere. J. Climate , 21 , 3453-3470. Download PDF .
Nolan, D. S., Eric D. Rappin, and Kerry A. Emanuel, 2008: Tropical cyclogenesis sensitivity to environmental parameters in radiative-convective equilibrium. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. , 133 , 2085-2107. Download PDF .
Nolan, David S., Chidong Zhang, and Shu-Hua Chen, 2007: Dynamics of the shallow circulation around ITCZ regions. J. Atmos. Sci ., 64 , 2262-2285. Download PDF .
Tornadoes and Severe Storms:
Nolan, David S., 2006: Why the swirl ratio is a useless parameter. Presented at the 2006 AMS symposium on the Challenge of Severe Convective Storms . Download poster PDF.
Nolan, David S., 2005: A new scaling for tornado-like vortices. J. Atmos. Sci. , 62 , 2639-2645. Download PDF.
Nolan, David S., 2004: Vortex sheets, vortex rings, and a mesocyclone. Presented at the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA, October 2004. Download preprint PDF. Download PDF of conference talk.
Nolan, David S., and Michael T. Montgomery, 2002: Fully three-dimensional stability analyses of tornado-like vortices with secondary circulations. Preprints, 21st Conference on Severe Local Storms. Download preprint PDF.