A11O:
Tropical Cyclones: Observations, Modeling, and Predictability I

Session ID#: 3308

Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
3008 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois, Urbana, United States and Fuqing Zhang, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States
Primary Convener:  Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois, Urbana, United States
Co-conveners:  Scott A Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Patrick Harr, Naval Postgraduate School, Pacific Grove, United States and Fuqing Zhang, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois, Urbana, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • AMS - American Meteorological Society
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

3315 Data assimilation [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3360 Remote sensing [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3372 Tropical cyclones [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
4313 Extreme events [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

A11O-01
Why Do Some Tropical Cyclones Fail to Intensify Rapidly Despite the Existence of All Necessary Environmental Conditions? (Invited) (8575)
Edward J Zipser, University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
A11O-02
Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3): Mission Summary and Initial Result (3133)
Scott A Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States and Paul A Newman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 610, Greenbelt, MD, United States
A11O-03
Tropical Cyclone Outflow Structure Observed during the Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel (HS3) and Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) Experiments (2012-2014) (28016)
Peter G Black1, Eric A Hendricks2, James D Doyle2, Jon Moskaitis3 and Chris Velden4, (1)NRL, Monterey, CA, United States, (2)Naval Research Lab Monterey, Monterey, CA, United States, (3)Naval Research Lab Monterey, Monterey, United States, (4)Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, United States
A11O-04
A Conundrum of Tropical Cyclone Formation (31804)
Christopher A Davis, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
A11O-05
CloudSat & A-Train Observations of Tropical Cyclones: Examining Effects of Wind Shear on Storm Structure (24827)
Natalie D Tourville, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO, United States, John A Knaff, Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Fort Collins, United States, Mark Demaria, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, United States, Graeme L Stephens, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States and Deborah G Vane, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
A33L-3363
Convective Evolution during Tropical Cyclone Formation as Revealed by TRMM PR (18294)
Cody Fritz, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States and Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois, Urbana, United States
A11O-07
Evolution of the Upper-Ocean Thermal Structure beneath Hurricanes Iselle and Julio (2014) (31994)
Elizabeth Sanabia, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, United States and Steven R Jayne, WHOI, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States
A11O-08
Air-sea enthalpy fluxes and evidence of spray effects within tropical cyclones (17323)
David H Richter, University of Notre Dame, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, United States and Daniel P Stern, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
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