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Overview

Frank D. Marks is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a concentration on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change. Subfields of study also include Environmental Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's work extensively covers key topics such as Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Climate Variability and Models, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

Frequent publication venues for Frank D. Marks include:

  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Weather and Forecasting
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Monthly Weather Review

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Marks are:

  • The Evaluation of Real-Time Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) Stand-Alone Regional (SAR) Model Performance for the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season, 2020, Atmosphere
  • High-Resolution Ensemble HFV3 Forecasts of Hurricane Michael (2018): Rapid Intensification in Shear, 2020, Monthly Weather Review
  • A Review and Evaluation of Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterizations in Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting Model Using Idealized Simulations and Observations, 2020, Atmosphere
  • Boundary Layer Recovery and Precipitation Symmetrization Preceding Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones under Shear, 2021, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Accomplishments of NOAA's Airborne Hurricane Field Program and a Broader Future Approach to Forecast Improvement, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Marks include Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan, Andrew Hazelton, Jun A. Zhang, Xiaomin Chen, and Ghassan J. Alaka.

Best Publications

  • Effects of Vertical Wind Shear and Storm Motion on Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Asymmetries Deduced from TRMM

    Shuyi S. Chen;John A. Knaff;Frank D. Marks

  • Precipitation Distribution in Tropical Cyclones Using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager: A Global Perspective

    Manuel Lonfat;Frank D. Marks;Shuyi S. Chen

  • Low-Wavenumber Structure and Evolution of the Hurricane Inner Core Observed by Airborne Dual-Doppler Radar

    Paul D. Reasor;Michael T. Montgomery;Frank D. Marks;John F. Gamache

  • Stationary and Moving Convective Bands in Hurricanes

    Hugh E. Willoughby;Frank D. Marks;Robert J. Feinberg

  • Inner Core Structure of Hurricane Alicia from Airborne Doppler Radar Observations

    Frank D. Marks;Robert A. Houze

  • Winter Monsoon Convection in the Vicinity of North Borneo. Part I: Structure and Time Variation of the Clouds and Precipitation

    Robert A. Houze;Spiros G. Geotis;Frank D. Marks;Arthur K. West

  • Eastern Pacific Hurricanes Jimena of 1991 and Olivia of 1994: The Effect of Vertical Shear on Structure and Intensity

    M. L. Black;J. F. Gamache;F. D. Marks;C. E. Samsury

  • Dual-Aircraft Investigation of the Inner Core of Hurricane Norbert. Part I: Kinematic Structure

    Frank D. Marks;Robert A. Houze;John F. Gamache

  • On the Characteristic Height Scales of the Hurricane Boundary Layer

    Jun A. Zhang;Robert F. Rogers;David S. Nolan;Frank D. Marks

  • Mesoscale and Convective Structure of a Hurricane Rainband

    G. M. Barnes;E. J. Zipser;D. Jorgensen;F. Marks

  • Landfalling Tropical Cyclones: Forecast Problems and Associated Research Opportunities.

    Frank D. Marks;Lynn K. Shay

  • Systematic variation of drop size and radar-rainfall relations

    David Atlas;Carlton W. Ulbrich;Frank D. Marks;Eyal Amitai

  • The Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project

    Robert Gall;James Franklin;Frank Marks;Edward N. Rappaport

  • Hurricane Directional Wave Spectrum Spatial Variation in the Open Ocean

    C. W. Wright;E. J. Walsh;D. Vandemark;W. B. Krabill

  • Evolution of the structure of precipitation in Hurricane Allen (1980)

    Frank D. Marks

  • Vertical Motion Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones Determined with Airborne Doppler Radial Velocities

    Michael L. Black;Robert W. Burpee;Frank D. Marks

  • The Kinematic Structure of Hurricane Gloria (1985) Determined from Nested Analyses of Dropwindsonde and Doppler Radar Data

    James L. Franklin;Stephen J. Lord;Steven E. Feuer;Frank D. Marks

  • Performance of convection-permitting hurricane initialization and prediction during 2008–2010 with ensemble data assimilation of inner-core airborne Doppler radar observations

    Fuqing Zhang;Yonghui Weng;John F. Gamache;Frank D. Marks

  • A Study of the Impacts of Vertical Diffusion on the Structure and Intensity of the Tropical Cyclones Using the High-Resolution HWRF System

    Sundararaman G. Gopalakrishnan;Frank Marks;Jun A. Zhang;Xuejin Zhang

  • An Observational Case for the Prevalence of Roll Vortices in the Hurricane Boundary Layer

    Ian Morrison;Steven Businger;Frank Marks;Peter Dodge

  • The Experimental HWRF System: A Study on the Influence of Horizontal Resolution on the Structure and Intensity Changes in Tropical Cyclones Using an Idealized Framework

    Sundararaman G. Gopalakrishnan;Frank Marks;Xuejin Zhang;Jian-Wen Bao

  • Revised ocean backscatter models at C and Ku band under high-wind conditions

    William J. Donnelly;James R. Carswell;Robert E. McIntosh;Paul S. Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun A. Zhang
Jun A. Zhang University of Miami
Robert F. Rogers
Robert F. Rogers Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Vijay Tallapragada
Vijay Tallapragada National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Robert Atlas
Robert Atlas Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Michael T. Montgomery
Michael T. Montgomery Naval Postgraduate School
Robert A. Houze
Robert A. Houze University of Washington
Wen-Chau Lee
Wen-Chau Lee National Center for Atmospheric Research
Sim D. Aberson
Sim D. Aberson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
William B. Krabill
William B. Krabill Goddard Space Flight Center
Ralf Bennartz
Ralf Bennartz Vanderbilt University

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