James P. Kossin, Ph.D. NOAA/NESDIS/National Climatic Data Center University of Wisconsin - Madison 1225 West Dayton Street Madison, WI, USA 53706 +1.608.265.5356 (voice) +1.608.262.5974 (fax) Publications Curriculum Vitae (updated March 2009) Photos

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General

I'm a research scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). I'm located at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) in the University of Wisconsin - Madison. My area of specialization is tropical meteorology with an emphasis on hurricane and climate change studies.

Research Interests

• Hurricane variability and trends - Relationships with global climate change and coupled air-sea variability.
• Hurricane dynamics - Rapid intensity change, secondary eyewall formation, and variability of the hurricane inner-core.
• Statistical/empirical relationships between observed fields and hurricane metrics such as intensity, intensity change, and surface wind structure.
• Development of operational forecasting tools using a broad spectrum of data (satellite, reanalysis, and in situ).