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

Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States and Fuqing Zhang, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
Co-conveners:  Scott A Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Patrick Harr, Naval Postgraduate School, Pacific Grove, CA, United States and Fuqing Zhang, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
A11O-01
 
Why Do Some Tropical Cyclones Fail to Intensify Rapidly Despite the Existence of All Necessary Environmental Conditions?
Edward J Zipser, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
8:15 AM
A11O-02
 
Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3): Mission Summary and Initial Result
Scott A Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Paul A. Newman, NASA GSFC, Code 610, Greenbelt, MD, United States
8:30 AM
A11O-03
 
Tropical Cyclone Outflow Structure Observed during the Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel (HS3) and Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) Experiments (2012-2014)
Peter G Black1, Eric A Hendricks2, James D Doyle2, Jon Moskaitis2 and Chris Velden3, (1)NRL, Monterey, CA, United States, (2)Naval Research Lab Monterey, Monterey, CA, United States, (3)Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, United States
8:45 AM
A11O-04
 
A Conundrum of Tropical Cyclone Formation
Christopher A Davis, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
9:00 AM
A11O-05
 
CloudSat & A-Train Observations of Tropical Cyclones: Examining Effects of Wind Shear on Storm Structure
Natalie D Tourville1, John A Knaff2, Mark Demaria3, Graeme L Stephens4 and Deborah Vane4, (1)Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)NOAA/NESDIS/RAMMB, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)NOAA NWS, Miami, FL, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
9:15 AM
A11O-06
 
Characterization of surface wind and stress in tropical cyclone with scatterometer
W. Timothy Liu, Wenqing Tang and Xiaosu Xie, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
9:30 AM
A11O-07
 
Evolution of the Upper-Ocean Thermal Structure beneath Hurricanes Iselle and Julio (2014)
Elizabeth Sanabia, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, United States and Steven R Jayne, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States
9:45 AM
A11O-08
 
Air-sea enthalpy fluxes and evidence of spray effects within tropical cyclones
David H Richter, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States and Daniel P Stern, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
 
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