Co-authored a short analysis piece for the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang about the evidence for expanding the Atlantic hurricane season. https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/11/29/with-increasing-storms-atlantic-hurricane-season-needs-expand-begin-may/
I was featured in a Bucknell Magazine Q&A in the Winter 2018 issue. Check it out to hear about the 2017 hurricane season, the role of private sector meteorology, and how WeatherTiger helps clients deal with their weather- and climate- (but not earthquake-)related challenges. https://www.bucknell.edu/about-bucknell/communications/bucknell-magazine/bucknell-magazine/winter-2018/qanda-erica-staehling-07.html
I co-authored an article for Geophysical Research Letters about the recently concluded hurricane landfall drought. Check it out to learn how rare this extended period of below normal U.S. hurricane activity was from an energetic perspective. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GL076071/full
I co-authored an article for Geophysical Research Letters about why overall tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic basin is not a good indicator of the risk for hurricane landfalls in the United States. Check it out to learn about our Landfall Diagnostic Index (LDI) and how it offers physical insight into the tension between conditions likely…
Erica Staehling, Ph.D. 