Observing System Evaluation in the North Atlantic Ocean Hurricane Region: Nature Run Application on Hurricane Interaction with the Gulf Stream

Vassiliki Kourafalou1, Ioannis Androulidakis2, George R Halliwell Jr3, HeeSook Kang4, Michael F Mehari5, Matthieu Le Henaff6, Robert M Atlas3 and Rick Lumkin7, (1)University of Miami, Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States, (2)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (3)NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States, (4)University of Miami, Miami, United States, (5)Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies Miami, NOAA/AOML/PhOD, Miami, FL, United States, (6)Univ. of Miami/CIMAS, Miami, FL, United States, (7)NOAA, AOML, Miami, FL, United States