Evaluating Ocean Model Performance for Predicting Upper-Ocean Heat Reservoirs in Hurricane Intensity Forecasts at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) Site in the Western North Atlantic Ocean

Eloïse Chambers1, Rodney Johnson1, Mark Guishard1, Roderick Bakker2, Dominic Smith1, Paul Lethaby1 and Nicholas Robert Bates2,3, (1)Arizona State University (ASU)-Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), St George's, Bermuda, (2)Arizona State University (ASU)-Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), St.George's, Bermuda, (3)Arizona State University, School of Ocean Futures, Tempe, United States