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

Vassiliki Kourafalou1, Ioannis Androulidakis1, George R Halliwell Jr2, HeeSook Kang1, Michael F Mehari3, Matthieu Le Henaff4, Robert M Atlas2 and Rick Lumkin5, (1)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (2)NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States, (3)Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies Miami, NOAA/AOML/PhOD, Miami, FL, United States, (4)Univ. of Miami/CIMAS, Miami, FL, United States, (5)NOAA, AOML, Miami, FL, United States