Timothy P. Marchok
Research Interests
- Prediction of tropical cyclogenesis on time scales of up to two weeks
- Prediction of tropical cyclone track, intensity and surface wind structure
Awards
- 2017 NOAA Certificate of Achievement: In recognition of contributions to the development of the GFDL hurricane model, the model’s successful transition to NWS operations, and the continual support resulting in steady improvements over its lifetime.
- 2006 U.S. Dept of Commerce Gold Medal: For timely improvements to the GFDL hurricane model that led to outstanding track and intensity forecasts for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
- 2005 U.S. Dept of Commerce Bronze Medal: For improvements to operational hurricane track forecasts through improvements to the GFDL hurricane model and transition of these to the National Weather Service and U.S. Navy.
Some recent papers
- Marchok, Timothy, 2021: Important factors in the tracking of tropical cyclones in operational models. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 60(9), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0175.1 .
- Sampson, C R., E M Fukada, J A Knaff, B R Strahl, M J Brennan, and Timothy Marchok, June 2017: Tropical cyclone gale wind radii estimates for the western North Pacific. Weather and Forecasting, 32(3), DOI:10.1175/WAF-D-16-0196.1 .
- Bender, M.A., T.P. Marchok, C.R. Sampson, J. Knaff, and M.J. Morin, 2017: Impact of storm size on prediction of storm track and intensity using the 2016 operational GFDL hurricane model. Weather and Forecasting, in press.