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Ben Schenkel

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S2S & Extreme Weather (SEW)

Job Title:Research Scientist

Affiliation:CIWRO

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Phone:(405) 928-9556

Ben is a Research Scientist in Analysis and Understanding Branch at NSSL.  He is the CIWRO team lead of the Seasonal to Subseasonal and Extreme Weather Team.  He is also an Affiliate Assistant Professor with the School of Meteorology at the University of Oklahoma.

Education
Degree (Ph.D, M.S, B.A, etc.) Major Subject University or College Name Year (YYYY) (optional)
Ph.D. Meteorology Florida State University 2012
M.S. Meteorology Florida State University 2009
B.A. Environmental Science Northwestern University 2006
Research Interests
  • Tornadoes and other inland hazards associated with landfalling hurricanes
  • Post-landfall evolution of convection and winds in hurricanes
  • Outer size and structure of the hurricane wind field
  • Fidelity of the hurricane structure in reanalysis and model data
Selected Publications

Nguyen, D. and B. A. Schenkel, 2025: Characteristics of Tropical Cyclone Outer Size and Structure Associated With Extratropical Transition? Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, e2024GL111703, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111703.

Alford, A. A., B. A. Schenkel, S. Hernandez, J. Zhang, M. Biggerstaff, E. Blumenauer, and T. Sandmael, 2024: Examining outer band supercell environments in three landfalling tropical cyclones using ground-based radar analyses. Mon. Wea. Rev., 152, 2265–2285, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0287.1.

Schenkel, B. A., T. Jones, and S. Waugh, 2024: Assessing landfalling tropical cyclone convective-scale environments in the Warn-on-Forecast System using radiosondes. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmospheres, 14, e2023JD040473, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040473.

Schenkel, B. A., C. Noble, D. Chavas, K. Chan, S. Barlow, A. Singh, and K. Musgrave, 2023: Recent Progress in Research and Forecasting of Tropical Cyclone Outer Size. Trop. Cyc. Res. Rev., 12, 151–164, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcrr.2023.09.002.

Schenkel, B. A., K. Calhoun, T. Sandmael, Z. Fruits, I. Schick, M. Ake, and B. Kassel, 2023: Lightning and Radar Characteristics of Tornadic Cells in Landfalling Tropical Cyclones. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 128, e2023JD038685, doi:10.1029/2023JD038685

Schenkel, B. A., D. Chavas, N. Lin, T. Knutson, G. Vecchi, A. Brammer, 2023: North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Outer Size and Structure Remain Unchanged by the Late Twenty-First Century. Journal of Climate, 36, 2, 359–382, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0066.1

Schenkel, B., M. Coniglio, R. Edwards, 2021: How does the relationship between ambient deep-tropospheric vertical wind shear and tropical cyclone tornadoes change between coastal and inland environments?. Weather and Forecasting, 36, 539–566, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-20-0127.1.

Paredes, M., B. Schenkel, R. Edwards, M. Coniglio, 2021: Tropical Cyclone Outer Size Impacts the Number and Location of Tornadoes. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, 24, 1–10, doi:10.1029/2021GL095922.

Schenkel, B. A., R. Edwards, M. Coniglio, 2020: New Insights into the Number and Location of Tornadoes in Landfalling Hurricanes. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101, 748–749.

Schenkel, B. A., R. A. Edwards, M. C. Coniglio, 2020: A Climatological Analysis of Ambient Deep-Tropospheric Vertical Wind Shear Impacts upon Tornadoes in Tropical Cyclones. Weather and Forecasting, 35, 2033–2059, doi:doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-19-0220.1..