26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (Expanded View)

Sunday, 2 May 2004
5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration
 
Monday, 3 May 2004
7:30 AM, Monday
Conference Registration continues Through Friday May 7
 
8:30 AM-10:15 AM, Monday, Le Jardin Room
Session 1A CBLAST I
Chairperson: Peter Black, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL
8:30 AM1A.1An overview of CBLAST flights into Hurricanes Fabian and Isabel (2003)  extended abstract wrf recording
Peter G. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
8:45 AM1A.2Coupled Atmosphere-Wave-Ocean Modeling Experiments In Hurricanes Fabian and Isabel (2003)  extended abstract wrf recording
Shuyi S. Chen, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. E. Tenerelli, W. Zhao, and M. A. Donelan
9:00 AM1A.33-D atmospheric boundary layer wind fields from hurricanes Fabian and Isabel  extended abstract wrf recording
Daniel Esteban Fernandez, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and S. Frasier, J. Carswell, P. Chang, P. G. Black, and F. D. Marks, Jr.
9:15 AM1A.4A web application for near real time distribution of tropical cyclone heat potential estimates  extended abstract wrf recording
Joaquin A. Trinanes, Univ. of Miami/CIMAS, Miami, FL; and G. J. Goni
9:30 AM1A.5Testing global estimates of the tropical cyclone heat potential fields to improve hurricane intensification prediction  extended abstract
Gustavo J. Goni, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and M. DeMaria, J. A. Trinanes, and P. G. Black
9:45 AM1A.6Turbulent flux measurements within a hurricane boundary layer from an instrumented aircraft  extended abstract wrf recording
Jeffrey R. French, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and P. G. Black
10:00 AM1A.7Measurements of humidity fluxes in Hurricanes Fabian and Isabel with a modified  
William M. Drennan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and C. A. McCormick and P. Black
 
8:30 AM-10:15 AM, Monday, Napoleon I Room
Session 1B CONVECTION, waves, and precipitation I
Chairperson: Walter A. Petersen, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL
8:30 AM1B.1The generation of intense convection over West Africa during the summer monsoon season.  
Dan C. Collins, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster
8:45 AM1B.2Mesoscale convective systems over sub-Saharan Africa and the tropical east Atlantic  extended abstract wrf recording
Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. A. Houze, Jr.
9:00 AM1B.3Two synoptic case studies of tropical squall lines in the Soudanian climate zone of West Africa  extended abstract wrf recording
Jon M. Schrage, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and A. H. Fink
9:15 AM1B.4The Significance of African Easterly Waves on Convection  extended abstract Presentation4.ppt
Ademe Mekonnen, SUNY, Albany, NY
9:30 AM1B.5Case study of an intense African easterly wave  extended abstract
Gareth J. Berry, SUNY, Albany, NY
9:45 AM1B.6Three dimensional structure of easterly wave disturbances over Africa and the tropical North Atlantic  extended abstract wrf recording
George N. Kiladis, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and C. D. Thorncroft
10:00 AM1B.7Origin and propagation of a disturbance associated with an Africa Easterly wave as precursors of Hurricane Alberto (2000)  extended abstract
Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and K. E. Robertson and C. M. Hill
 
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Monday, Napoleon II Room
Session 1C Tropical Cyclogenesis I
Chairperson: Mark Lander, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam
8:30 AM1C.1Tropical Cyclone formation mechanisms in the BMRC Tropical Cyclone Limited Area Prediction System (TC-LAPS)  extended abstract wrf recording
Kevin J. Tory, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and M. T. Montgomery and N. E. Davidson
8:45 AM1C.2Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Formation in the Western North Pacific Using Operational Global Models  extended abstract wrf recording
Caroline A. Bower, NPS, Monterey, CA; and P. A. Harr and R. L. Elsberry
9:00 AM1C.3Predictability of tropical cyclogenesis in JMA ensemble prediction system  extended abstract wrf recording
Tetsuo Nakazawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and M. Kyouda and M. Yamaguchi
9:13 AM1C.4 has been moved to Poster Session P1, New Poster Number P1.92  
9:14 AM1C.5 has been moved to Poster Session P1, New Poster Number P1.93  
9:15 AM1C.6A mesoscale modeling study of the formation of an African disturbance preceding tropical cyclogenesis  extended abstract
Christopher M. Hill, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y.-L. Lin
9:30 AM1C.7Tropical transition: Tropical cyclone formation from extratropical disturbances  extended abstract wrf recording
Christopher A. Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. F. Bosart
 
10:15 AM, Monday
Coffee Break
 
10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Le Jardin Room
Session 2A CBLAST II
Chairperson: Nick Shay, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
10:45 AM2A.1Surface fluxes at high wind speeds deduced from dense dropwindsonde deployments in Hurricanes Fabian and Isabel  
William D. Ramstrom, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and K. A. Emanuel
11:00 AM2A.2Air-sea momentum flux at high winds  extended abstract wrf recording
Tetsu Hara, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and S. E. Belcher, I. Ginis, and I.-J. Moon
11:15 AM2A.3Surface gravity wave measurements in Hurricanes Fabian (2003) and Humberto (2001)  
Edward J. Walsh, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA; and C. W. Wright, D. C. Vandemark, S. E. Feuer, P. Black, and F. D. Marks, Jr.
11:30 AM2A.4Effect of ocean waves on air-sea momentum fluxes and hurricane intensity  extended abstract wrf recording
Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and I.-J. Moon, B. Thomas, and T. Hara
11:45 AM2A.5In-situ Measurements of the Air-Sea Interface During Hurricane Fabian  
Eric J. Terrill, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla,, CA; and W. K. Melville
 
10:45 AM-12:15 PM, Monday, Napoleon I Room
Session 2B Convection, waves, and precipitation II
Chairperson: George Kiladis, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO
10:45 AM2B.1Mean State and Wave Disturbances During Phases I, II, and III of GATE Based on ERA-40  extended abstract wrf recording
Andreas H. Fink, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; and D. G. Vincent, P. M. Reiner, and P. Speth
11:00 AM2B.2African dry-air outbreaks  
Jeremy T. Pennington, RSMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL; and C. Zhang
11:15 AM2B.3Origins of African dry-air outbreaks  
Phoebe Anne Woodworth, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
11:30 AM2B.4The interaction of Afrcian dust and dry-air outbreaks  
Xiaoyu Liu, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, miami, FL
11:45 AM2B.5Analysis of the African Easterly Jet using aircraft observations from the JET2000 experiment  
Douglas J. Parker, School of the Environment, Leeds, United Kingdom; and C. D. Thorncroft, R. R. Burton, and A. Diongue
12:00 PM2B.6Observations of African easterly waves and MCSs during the JET2000 campaign in August 2000  
Chris Thorncroft, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. J. Parker, G. J. Berry, and R. R. Burton
 
10:45 AM-12:14 PM, Monday, Napoleon II Room
Session 2C Tropical Cyclogenesis II
Chairperson: Miles B. Lawrence, TPC, Miami, FL
10:45 AM2C.1The effects of vertical wind shear on the formation of Hurricane Gabrielle (2001)  extended abstract Presentation v4.ppt
Kate Musgrave, UCAR/SOARS and Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. A. Davis and M. T. Montgomery
11:00 AM2C.2Relationships between tropical waves and cyclogenesis  extended abstract wrf recording
William M. Frank, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and P. E. Roundy
11:15 AM2C.3Paradigms of tropical cyclogenesis in the Western Pacific  extended abstract wrf recording
John E. Molinari, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. Vollaro, K. Lombardo, and C. Schreck
11:30 AM2C.4Characteristic Fields associated with Tropical Cyclone Formations  extended abstract wrf recording
Kevin K. W. Cheung, NPS, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Elsberry
11:44 AMPaper 2C.5 has been moved to Poster Session P1, New Poster Number P1.90  
11:45 AM2C.5aAnalysis of Operational Model Forecast Trends in Extratropical Transition Storm Structure  extended abstract wrf recording
Jenni L. Evans, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. M. Arnott
11:59 AM2C.6A New Product for Estimating the Probability of Tropical Cyclone Formation  extended abstract wrf recording
Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; and C. W. Anderson, J. A. Knaff, and B. H. Connell
 
12:00 PM, Monday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-2:45 PM, Monday, Le Jardin Room
Session 3A CBLAST III
Chairperson: Shuyi S. Chen, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
1:30 PM3A.1Breaking waves in hurricanes Isabel & Fabian  
J.M. Kleiss, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and W. K. Melville, J. R. Lasswell, P. Matusov, and E. Terrill
1:45 PM3A.2Impacts of breaking waves and Langmuir circulations on the ocean mixed layer in high winds  extended abstract
Peter P. Sullivan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. McWilliams and W. K. Melville
2:00 PM3A.3Sea spray droplet measurements in hurricanes Fabian and Isabel  extended abstract wrf recording
C. W. Fairall, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. E. Hare and A. A. Grachev
2:15 PM3A.4Impact of Sea Spray Parameterization on Hurricane Development in COAMPS  
Shouping Wang, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Y. Jin and C.-S. Liou
2:30 PM3A.5Effects of sea spray in large-eddy simulation of the hurricane boundary layer  extended abstract wrf recording
Mark Kelly, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. C. Wyngaard and W. Frank
 
1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, Napoleon I Room
Session 3B Monsoon I
Chairperson: Chris Thorncroft, SUNY, Albany, NY
1:30 PM3B.1Tropical-extratropical interactions causing precipitation in Northwest and West Africa: Part I: Synoptic evolution and climatological relevance  extended abstract wrf recording
Michael Christoph, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; and A. H. Fink and P. Knippertz
1:45 PM3B.2Tropical-extratropical interactions causing precipitation in Northwest and West Africa: Part II: Dynamics  extended abstract wrf recording
Peter Knippertz, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. H. Fink and J. E. Martin
 3B.3PAPER WITHDRAWN  extended abstract
2:00 PM3B.3aExperiments on Intraseasonal Prediction Using the NCEP Global Forecast System Coupled to the MOM3 Ocean Model  
Stephen J. Lord, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Wang, S. Saha, and H.-L. Pan
2:15 PM3B.4The intra-seasonal variability of convection in the West African monsoon  extended abstract wrf recording
Flore Mounier, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Palaiseau, France; and S. Janicot
2:30 PM3B.5The influence of the land surface on the dynamics of the West African Monsoon.  
R J Ellis, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and D. J. Parker and C. M. Taylor
2:45 PM3B.6Oceanic forcing of Sahel rainfall on interannual to interdecadal time scales  
Alessandra Giannini, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction/Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and R. Saravanan and P. Chang
3:00 PM3B.7An Idealized Approach of the West African Monsoon  extended abstract wrf recording
Philippe Peyrillé, CNRM, Météo-France, and CNRS, Toulouse, France; and C. Piriou, J.-P. Lafore, and J.-L. Redelsperger
 
1:30 PM-3:15 PM, Monday, Napoleon II Room
Session 3C Tropical Cyclogenesis III
Chairperson: Richard J. Pasch, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Tropical Prediction Center, Miami, Florida, Miami, FL
1:30 PM3C.1Prediction of African easterly waves by The FSU Superensemble  extended abstract wrf recording
Robert S. Ross, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. N. Krishnamurti
1:45 PM3C.2Gathering in-situ data using aircraft reconnaissance to investigate incipient tropical cyclogenesis  extended abstract wrf recording
Richard G. Henning, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler AFB, MS
2:00 PM3C.3The Madden-Julian Oscillation and tropical cyclogenesis in the Gulf of Mexico  extended abstract wrf recording
Anantha R. Aiyyer, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. E. Molinari
2:15 PM3C.4Surface evidence of tropical cyclogenesis  
Mark A. Bourassa, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Cunningham and P. D. Reasor
2:30 PM3C.5GCM simulation of the dynamics of a precursor to Hurricane Alberto over West Africa  
Michelle Ann Felton, University of Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom; and D. J. Parker and C. M. Taylor
 3C.6PAPER WITHDRAWN  
2:45 PM3C.7A statistical model for forecasting tropical cyclogenesis over the Atlantic Basin  extended abstract wrf recording
Christopher C. Hennon, UCAR Visiting Scientist Program, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Napoleon III Room
Session 3D Tropical cyclone observations and structure I
Chairperson: Roger T. Edson, Anteon Corp., Univ. of Guam, Tamuning, Guam
1:30 PM3D.1Toward a correction for precipitation scattering effects in satellite-based passive microwave tropical cyclone intensity estimation  extended abstract Wacker AMS Hurr Conf Presentation 3D1.ppt
Robert S. Wacker, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden and G. W. Petty
1:45 PM3D.2The NRL tropical cyclone R&D web page upgrades  extended abstract wrf recording
Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. F. Lee, F. J. Turk, K. L. Richardson, C. R. Sampson, and J. E. Kent
2:00 PM3D.3Satellite-based center-fixing of tropical cyclones: new automated approaches  extended abstract wrf recording
Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden
2:15 PM3D.4Public release of a tropical cyclone microwave scatterometer and radiometer data archive  extended abstract wrf recording
Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and M. Brewer and F. J. Wentz
2:30 PM3D.5Dvorak tropical cyclone wind speed biases determined from reconnaissance-based "Best Track" data (1997–2003)  extended abstract wrf recording
Daniel P. Brown, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL; and J. L. Franklin
 3D.6PAPER WITHDRAWN  
 
3:15 PM, Monday
Coffee Break
 
3:45 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, Le Jardin Room
Session 4A Tropical Cyclones and Vertical Shear
Chairperson: Jamie R. Rhome, NOAA/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL
3:45 PM4A.1Tropical cyclones in complex vertical shears  extended abstract
Elizabeth A. Ritchie, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
4:00 PM4A.2The structure and evolution of a hurricane in vertical wind shear: Hurricane Elena (1985)  extended abstract Corbosiero_Miami2004.ppt
Kristen L. Corbosiero, SUNY, Albany, NY
4:15 PM4A.3Asymmetric eyewall vertical motion in a high-resolution simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998)  extended abstract wrf recording
Scott A. Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. T. Montgomery and Z. Pu
4:30 PM4A.4The mean structure of vertical velocities and radar reflectivities in the hurricane eyewall as they relate to environmental wind shear  extended abstract
Michael L. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and F. D. Marks, Jr., R. F. Rogers, L. K. Shay, B. A. Albrecht, and H. E. Willoughby
4:45 PM4A.5The comparative effects of frictional convergence and vertical wind shear on the asymmetries of a hurricane  extended abstract wrf recording
Hongyan Zhu, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; and R. K. Smith
5:00 PM4A.6Idealised modelling of tropical cyclones in vertical shear: the role of saturated ascent in the inner core  extended abstract wrf recording
Richard Patra, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
5:15 PM4A.7How Much Vertical Shear Can A Well-Developed Tropical Cyclone Resist?  extended abstract wrf recording
Yuqing Wang, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. T. Montgomery and B. Wang
 
3:45 PM-5:15 PM, Monday, Napoleon I Room
Session 4B Monsoon II
Chairperson: Song Yang, George Mason University, greenbelt, MD
3:45 PM4B.1Radiation budget data sets for monsoon studies  extended abstract
G. Louis Smith, LaRC, Hampton, VA
4:00 PM4B.2Recent PACS-SONET observations of relevance to North American Monsoon Experiment  extended abstract
Michael Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Murillo and J. F. Mejia
4:15 PM4B.3Extratropical-tropical interaction during onset of the Australian monsoon  extended abstract wrf recording
Noel E. Davidson, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and K. J. Tory and M. J. Reeder
4:30 PM4B.4Numerical investigation of the 2002 monsoon onset  extended abstract wrf recording
Maria K. Flatau, NRL, Monterey, CA; and P. May and J. Cummings
4:45 PM4B.5Relationship between the Tibetan Plateau heating and East Asian summer monsoon rainfall  
Huang-Hsiung Hsu, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and X. Liu
5:00 PM4B.6Lag of the atmosphere-land system in the seasonal cycle of monsoons  
Brian E. Mapes, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO; and P. Liu
 
3:45 PM-5:15 PM, Monday, Napoleon II Room
Session 4C tropical cyclogenesis IV
Chairperson: Greg Holland, Aerosonde North America Inc, Boulder, CO
 4C.1PAPER WITHDRAWN  
3:45 PM4C.2The Effects of asymmetric Momentum on the Genesis of Tropical Cyclone  extended abstract
Yamei Xu, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; and R. Wu
4:00 PM4C.3Long-term Behavior of the Rotunno-Emanuel Tropical Cyclone Model  extended abstract wrf recording
Winston C. Chao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Chen
4:15 PM4C.4Observational Analysis and Numerical Simulation of Tropical Cyclone Energy Dispersion and Associated Cyclogenesis in the Western North Pacific  
Tim Li, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Fu, X. Ge, B. Wang, Y. Zhu, and Y. Wang
4:30 PM4C.5Influence of equatorial Rossby waves on tropical cyclogenesis in the Western Pacific  extended abstract
Kelly Lombardo, SUNY, Albany, NY
4:45 PM4C.6A closer look at vortical hot towers in a tropical cyclogenesis environment  extended abstract wrf recording
Andrea B. Saunders, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
 
3:45 PM-5:15 PM, Monday, Napoleon III Room
Session 4D tropical cyclone observations and structure II
Chairperson: Edward Rappaport, NOAA/NHC, Miami, FL
3:45 PM4D.1Upgrades to the UW-CIMSS AMSU-based tropical cyclone intensity estimation algorithm  extended abstract wrf recording
Derrick C. Herndon, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden, K. Brueske, R. Wacker, and B. Kabat
4:00 PM4D.2Tropical Cyclone Wind Retrievals from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU): Application to Surface Wind Analysis  extended abstract wrf recording
Kotaro Bessho, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and M. DeMaria, J. A. Knaff, and J. L. Demuth
 4D.3PAPER WITHDRAWN  extended abstract
4:15 PM4D.4Separation of hurricane and environmental winds via single-Doppler radar volumetric data analysis: Results from Hurricanes Bret (1999)  extended abstract wrf recording
Paul R. Harasti, UCAR Visiting Scientist Program, NRL, Monterey, CA
4:30 PM4D.5Multiple eyewall structure of Hurricane Juliette 2001  extended abstract wrf recording
Brian D. McNoldy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. D. Eastin, C. M. Rozoff, and W. H. Schubert
4:45 PM4D.6Mesovortices in Hurricane Isabel (2003): A comparison of satellite, radar, and photographic observations  extended abstract
Michael L. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and J. P. Dunion, J. P. Kossin, W. H. Schubert, C. S. Velden, P. G. Black, R. Zehr, and S. D. Aberson
 
6:00 PM, Monday
Ice Breaker Reception
 
Tuesday, 4 May 2004
8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, Le Jardin Room
Session 5A Tropical cyclone Rainfall I
Chairperson: Stacy R. Stewart, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL
8:00 AM5A.1Temporal and spatial variations of precipitation of landfall typhoons in the Taiwan area  extended abstract wrf recording
Ben Jong-Dao Jou, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
8:15 AM5A.2A Climatological Model for Forecasting Typhoon Rainfall in Taiwan  extended abstract wrf recording
Cheng-shang Lee, National Taiwan University and National S&T Center for Disaster Reduction, Taipei, Taiwan
8:30 AM5A.3Precipitation processes associated with the landfalling Typhoon Nari (2001)  extended abstract wrf recording
Ming-Jen Yang, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan; and H.-L. Huang
 5A.4PAPER WITHDRAWN  
8:45 AM5A.5The radar rainfall estimate for torrential rain during Typhoon Nair (2001)  extended abstract wrf recording
Pay-Liam Lin, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan; and T. C. Wang, W.-Y. Chang, and H.-H. Lin
9:00 AM5A.6The precipitation mechanisms of typhoon Nari(2001) revealed by radar observation  extended abstract wrf recording
Tai-Chi Chen Wang, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and P.-L. Lin, W.-Y. Chang, K.-S. Chung, S.-H. Lin, and J.-H. Teng
9:15 AM5A.7Gauging tropical rainfall potential with a blended satellite technique  extended abstract wrf recording
F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins
 
8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Tuesday, Napoleon I Room
Session 5B CONVECTION, waves, and precipitation III
Chairperson: Christopher S Bretherton, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
8:00 AM5B.1Variability of convective structure and lightning activity in tropical easterly waves  extended abstract wrf recording
Walter A. Petersen, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Boccippio
8:15 AM5B.2Convective variability across the east Pacific: A comparison of precipitation structure in the TEPPS and EPIC domains  extended abstract wrf recording
Robert Cifelli, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. Nesbitt, S. A. Rutledge, W. A. Petersen, and S. Yuter
8:30 AM5B.3The tropical vertical structure of clouds and precipitation as observed by radar  
Paquita Zuidema, CIRES/NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. Lin and C. Fairall
8:45 AM5B.4A study on variations of deep-rain properties with the sea surface temperature over the tropics utilizing TRMM PR2a25 and TMI data  extended abstract wrf recording
Yukari N. Takayabu, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
9:00 AM5B.5Influences of dynamics on convection at the tropical Pacific ARM sites  extended abstract wrf recording
James H. Mather, PNNL, Richland, WA
9:15 AM5B.6Characteristics of oceanic tropical convection at Kwajalein  extended abstract wrf recording
Jasmine Cetrone, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze, Jr.
 
8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Tuesday, Napoleon II Room
Session 5C Tropical Cyclone Prediction and Predictability I: Track
Chairperson: James M. Gross, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL
8:00 AM5C.1Estimation of Tropical Cyclone Track Forecast Uncertainty  extended abstract wrf recording
James S. Goerss, NRL, Monterey, CA
8:15 AM5C.2Testing of a Revised Model Track Prediction Evaluation Expert System  extended abstract wrf recording
Mark A. Boothe, NPS, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Elsberry and D. P. Roberts
8:30 AM5C.3Tropical cyclone forecasting using climatology and NWP output  
Bradford S. Barrett, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie
8:45 AM5C.4Statistical-Dynamical guidance for tropical storm track forecasting  extended abstract wrf recording
Brian J. Etherton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and N. A. Samra
8:59 AMPaper 5C.5 has been moved to Poster Session P1, New Poster Number P1.91  
9:00 AM5C.6Tropical cyclone ensemble forecast product development and verification at the Met Office  extended abstract wrf recording
Julian T. Heming, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and S. Robinson, C. Woolcock, and K. Mylne
9:15 AM5C.7Evaluation of a Kilo-Member Ensemble for Track Forecasting  extended abstract wrf recording
Jonathan Vigh, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
 
8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, Napoleon III Room
Session 5D tropical cyclone observations and structure III
Chairperson: Matthew D. Eastin, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
8:00 AM5D.1Thermodynamic structure of tropical cyclones from aircraft reconnaissance  extended abstract
Kay L. Shelton, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY
 5D.2PAPER WITHDRAWN  
8:15 AM5D.3Line Vortex Modelling of the Vortex Characteristics of Hurricane Juan During Approach to Nova Scotia Landfall, Using Wind Data Gathered Inflight  
Anthony Peter Brown, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and M. Wolde
8:30 AM5D.4Automatic Doppler analysis of three-dimensional wind fields in hurricane eyewalls  extended abstract wrf recording
John F. Gamache, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and J. S. Griffin, Jr., P. P. Dodge, and N. F. Griffin
8:45 AM5D.5Aircraft data from rapidly-moving Hurricane Juan south of Nova Scotia  extended abstract wrf recording
Chris Fogarty, Canadian Hurricane Centre, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
9:00 AM5D.6A record wind measurement in Hurricane Isabel: Direct evidence of an eyewall mesocyclone?  extended abstract
Sim D. Aberson, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. L. Black, M. T. Montgomery, and M. Bell
9:15 AM5D.7Development of a wind radii CLIPER model  extended abstract wrf recording
Colin J. McAdie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL
 
9:45 AM, Tuesday
Coffee Break
 
10:15 AM-11:45 AM, Tuesday, Le Jardin Room
Session 6A tropical cyclone rainfall II
Chairperson: Brian J. Etherton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
10:15 AM6A.1Classification of tropical oceanic precipitation using high altitude aircraft microwave and electric field measurements  extended abstract wrf recording
Robbie E. Hood, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and D. Cecil, F. J. LaFontaine, R. Blakeslee, D. Mach, G. M. Heymsfield, and F. D. Marks, Jr.
10:30 AM6A.2Intercomparison of polarimetric radar, profiler and disdrometer observations of tropical precipitation during CAMEX-4/KAMP  extended abstract wrf recording
Justin T. Walters, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. Kim, K. R. Knupp, C. R. Williams, E. N. Anagnostou, and A. Tokay
 6A.3PAPER WITHDRAWN  
10:45 AM6A.4Evaulation of rainfall forecasts from the operational GFDL hurricane model  extended abstract
Robert Tuleya, SAIC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Norfolk, VA; and M. DeMaria and R. J. Kuligowski
11:00 AM6A.5A comparison of GFDL, GFS and Eta model rainfall forecasts for U.S. landfalling tropical cyclones for 1998–2003  
Timothy Marchok, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and R. Tuleya and R. Rogers
 6A.6PAPER WITHDRAWN  
 
10:15 AM-11:45 AM, Tuesday, Napoleon I Room
Session 6B Convection, waves, and precipitation IV
Chairperson: B. E. Mapes, CIRES, Boulder, CO
10:15 AM6B.1Tropical convection and surface wind convergence using spacebased data  
W. Timothy Liu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Xie
10:30 AM6B.2Small-scale variability of rainfall in the tropical and sub-tropical regions  extended abstract wrf recording
A. K. Varma, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Liu
10:45 AM6B.3Convective and Stratiform Rain Variations from TRMM Observations  
Song Yang, George Mason University, greenbelt, MD; and K.-S. Kuo and E. A. Smith
11:00 AM6B.4Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data: Comparison of look-up tables  extended abstract wrf recording
Shoichi Shige, Japan Exploration Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. N. Takayabu, W.-K. Tao, D. E. Johnson, and C.-L. Shie
11:15 AM6B.5Latent heating retrieval from TRMM observations using a simplified thermodynamic model  extended abstract wrf recording
Mircea Grecu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. S. Olson
11:30 AM6B.6Evaluation of satellite-based latent heating profile estimation methods  extended abstract wrf recording
William S. Olson, JCET/University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and M. Grecu, S. Yang, and W.-K. Tao
 
10:15 AM-11:30 AM, Tuesday, Napoleon II Room
Session 6C Tropical Cyclone Prediction and Predictability II: Track and Intensity
Chairperson: James S. Goerss, NRL, Monterey, CA
10:15 AM6C.1Dropsonde observations for typhoon surveillance near the Taiwan region (DOTSTAR): An overview  extended abstract wrf recording
Chun-Chieh Wu, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and P.-H. Lin, T.-C. Yeh, and S. D. Aberson
10:29 AMPaper 6C.2 has been moved to Poster Session P1, New Paper Number P1.99  
10:30 AM6C.3Targeting strategies to improve hurricane track forecasts  extended abstract wrf recording
S. J. Majumdar, RSMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL; and S. D. Aberson, B. J. Etherton, L. D. Holland, Z. Toth, and C. H. Bishop
10:45 AM6C.4Impact of high resolution water vapor measurements from airborne lidar on hurricane characterization and forecasting  
Edward V. Browell, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and S. Ismail, R. A. Ferrare, R. Kamineni, T. N. Krishnamurti, and S. Pattnaik
11:00 AM6C.5Reducing large tropical cyclone forecast errors using high-resolution satellite and radar data  
Milton S. Speer, Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney, NSW, Australia; and L. M. Leslie, J. F. LeMarshall, and L. Qi
11:15 AM6C.6Probabilistic prediction of tropical-cyclone position and intensity  
Harry C. Weber, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
 
10:15 AM-11:45 AM, Tuesday, Napoleon III Room
Session 6D tropical cyclone observations and structure IV
Chairperson: J. F. Gamache, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
10:15 AM6D.1Retrieval of hydrometeor profiles in tropical cyclones and convection by a combined radar-radiometer algorithm  extended abstract wrf recording
Haiyan Jiang, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. J. Zipser
10:30 AM6D.2Observed vortex and thermodynamic structure of Hurricane Isabel at maximum intensity  extended abstract wrf recording
Michael M. Bell, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins and NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. T. Montgomery, M. L. Black, and S. D. Aberson
10:45 AM6D.3Boundary Layer Wind Profiles in Hurricane Fabian  extended abstract wrf recording
Mark P. Guishard, Penn State University, University Park, PA
11:00 AM6D.4Hurricane's evolution and latent heating profile structure  extended abstract wrf recording
Corinne Burlaud, CETP, Velizy, France; and N. Viltard
11:15 AM6D.5Atmospheric water vapor and tropical cyclone intensity changes  extended abstract wrf recording
Derek Ortt, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. S. Chen
11:30 AM6D.6A Numerical Investigation of Slabular Convection and Moist Absolute Instability in Hurricane Isabel  extended abstract wrf recording
Jeremy D. Ross, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and R. James, C. Hosler, J. M. Fritsch, and G. Bryan
 
11:45 AM, Tuesday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Le Jardin Room
Session 7A 30 years of the Dvorak technique: Part I
Chairperson: Christopher Velden, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI
1:30 PM7A.1The early days of the Dvorak Technique at the National Hurricane Center  extended abstract
Max Mayfield, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/NHC, Miami, FL
1:45 PM7A.2Tropical cyclone intensity estimates using satellite data: the early years.  extended abstract wrf recording
Frank H. Wells, NOAA/NWSFO, Barrigada, Guam
2:00 PM7A.3The longivity of the Dvorak TC intensity technique in the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions  extended abstract wrf recording
Charles Guard, NOAA/NWSFO, Tiyan, Guam
2:15 PM7A.4The Dvorak technique through time  extended abstract wrf recording
John L. Beven, II, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL
2:30 PM7A.5Monsoon depressions, monsoon gyres, midget tropical cyclones, TUTT cells, and high intensity after recurvature: Lessons learned from the use of Dvorak’s techniques in the world’s most prolific tropical-cyclone basin.  extended abstract wrf recording
Mark A. Lander, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam
2:45 PMDiscussion  
 
1:30 PM-3:15 PM, Tuesday, Napoleon I Room
Session 7B intraseasonal variability I
Chairperson: Harry H. Hendon, BMRC, Melbounre, Vic Australia
1:30 PM7B.1Influence of Indian Ocean dipole on atmospheric subseasonal variability  
Toshiaki Shinoda, NOAA-CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and W. Han
1:45 PM7B.2On the simulation of the intraseasonal variance of the south American summer Monsoon  
Vasubandhu Misra, COLA, Calverton, MD
2:00 PM7B.3Diagnosis and forecasting of the intraseasonal variability over the Indian Ocean and the West Tropical Pacific  
Carlos D Hoyos, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster
2:15 PM7B.4The Study of Linear Relationship of Ganges-Brahmaputra River Discharge and Tropical SST  
Jun Jian, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster
2:30 PM7B.5Tropical intraseasonal oscillations simulated in the U. Hawaii CGCM  
Xiouhua Fu, IPRC, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
2:45 PM7B.6Origin of monsoon intraseasonal oscillation  
B. Wang, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and P. J. Webster and H. Teng
3:00 PM7B.7Theory for the formation of the summer monsoon intraseasonal oscillation in the western Indian Ocean  
Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and B. Wang
 
3:15 PM, Tuesday
Coffee Break
 
3:45 PM-4:55 PM, Tuesday, Le Jardin Room
Session 8A 30 years of the dvorak technique: Part II
Chairperson: Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
3:45 PM8A.1Globalisation, calibration and opportunities for future enhancement of the Dvorak technique  extended abstract wrf recording
Bruce A. Harper, Systems Engineering Australia Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia
4:00 PM8A.2Uses of microwave imagery as a supplement to the Dvorak technique, an integrated technique  extended abstract wrf recording
Roger T. Edson, Anteon Corporation, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam
4:15 PM8A.3The Objective Dvorak Technique—historical perspective  extended abstract wrf recording
Raymond Zehr, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO
4:30 PM8A.4The Advanced Objective Dvorak Technique (AODT)—Continuing the Journey  extended abstract wrf recording
Timothy L. Olander, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden
4:45 PM8A.11AConcluding Remarks by Lixion A. Avila  
 
3:45 PM-5:15 PM, Tuesday, Napoleon I Room
Session 8B Intraseasonal variability II
Chairperson: David J. Raymond, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, DF Mexico
3:45 PM8B.1Climatological spatial and temporal features of the Madden-Julian oscillation  extended abstract wrf recording
Wen-wen Tung, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. N. Kiladis
4:00 PM8B.2A comparison of the convective and heating structures in Kelvin waves and the Madden-Julian Oscillation  
Katherine H. Straub, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA; and G. N. Kiladis and P. T. Haertel
4:15 PM8B.3A New Multi-Scale Model for the Tropical Intra-seasonal Oscillation  
Andrew Majda, New York University, New York, NY; and J. Biello
4:30 PM8B.4Ocean-atmosphere interaction and intraseasonal oscillations in the modified NCAR CAM2.0.1 coupled to slab oceans of varying depths  extended abstract wrf recording
Eric D. Maloney, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and A. H. Sobel
 8B.5PAPER WITHDRAWN  
4:45 PM8B.6Pursuing realistic intra-seasonal wave modes using a novel approach to convective parameterization  extended abstract wrf recording
Richard B. Neale, NOAA-CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and B. E. Mapes
 
Wednesday, 5 May 2004
8:00 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday, Le Jardin Room
Session 9 Advances in hurricane forecasting and research during the past 50 years
Chairperson: Frank Marks, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
8:00 AM9.1A personal view of the progress in tropical meteorology over the last 50 years  extended abstract Gray-26th-Miami-5-04.ppt
William M. Gray, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
8:15 AM9.250 Years of Progress in Tropical Cyclone Modeling  
Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO
8:30 AM9.3The P-3 Era of Airborne Hurricane Research  extended abstract wrf recording
Hugh E. Willoughby, Florida International University, Maimi, FL
8:45 AM9.4The G-IV Surveillance Era, Targeting, and Ensemble Forecasts (1997–Present)  extended abstract
Sim D. Aberson, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
9:00 AMDiscussion  
 
9:45 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break
 
10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Le Jardin Room
Session 10A Tropical Cyclones and Climate
Chairperson: Eric S. Blake, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL
10:15 AM10A.1Verification of the OCSI Atlantic Hurricane Predictions Since 1985  extended abstract hasling04.ppt
Jill F. Hasling, Weather Research Center, Houston, TX; and J. C. Freeman
10:30 AM10A.2Tropical cyclone activity and the global climate system  extended abstract wrf recording
Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and D. S. Nolan
10:45 AM10A.3Impact of CO2-induced warming on simulated hurricane intensity and precipitation: sensitivity to the choice of climate model and convective parameterization  extended abstract wrf recording
Thomas R. Knutson, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and R. E. Tuleya
11:00 AM10A.4Climate Variability of Tropical Cyclone Activities in Western North Pacific Ocean  extended abstract
Ming Xu, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China; and M. Ying and Q. Yang
11:15 AM10A.5Global Warming and Tropical Cyclone Intensity from an Observational Perspective  extended abstract wrf recording
Johnny C. L. Chan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; and K. S. Liu
11:30 AM10A.6Florida hurricane decline linked to surface warming  extended abstract wrf recording
James B. Elsner, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. H. Jagger
11:45 AM10A.7Cluster analysis of western North Pacific tropical cyclone tracks  extended abstract wrf recording
Suzana J. Camargo, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Palisades, NY; and A. W. Robertson, S. J. Gaffney, and P. Smyth
 
10:15 AM-11:30 AM, Wednesday, Napoleon I Room
Session 11B interannual variablity II (Note new session start time from the original published program)
Chairperson: Eric D. Maloney, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
10:15 AM11B.1Establishment of the low-level wind anomalies over the western North Pacific during ENSO development  extended abstract wrf recording
Chia Chou, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
10:30 AM11B.2A consolidated CLIPER model for improved August-September ENSO prediction skill  
Benjamin Lloyd-Hughes, University College London, Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom; and M. A. Saunders and P. Rockett
10:45 AM11B.3August–September ENSO prediction skill 1959–2001: a comparison between four state-of-the-art seasonal models  extended abstract wrf recording
Adam S. Lea, University College London, Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom; and M. A. Saunders and B. Lloyd-Hughes
11:00 AM11B.4Interannual variability of tropical cyclone frequencies implied from an ensemble climate simulation with the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model  extended abstract wrf recording
Junichi Tsutsui, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Abiko, Japan; and H. Hatsushika and H. Kitabata
11:15 AM11B.5Interannual Variability of Storm Tracks over West Africa and their relationship with Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity  extended abstract wrf recording
Susanna Hopsch, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY
 
10:15 AM-11:45 AM, Wednesday, Napoleon II Room
Session 10C Tropical Cyclone Prediction and Predictability III: Operational Models
Chairperson: Lixion A. Avila, NOAA/NWS/TPC, Miami, FL
10:15 AM10C.1Recent Progress in Hurricane Track and Intensity Forecasting with NCEP's Models. Part I.  
Stephen Lord, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and N. Surgi, Q. Liu, H.-L. Pan, R. Tuleya, M. Bender, T. Marchok, I. Ginis, A. Falkovich, and W. Shen
10:30 AM10C.2Recent Progress in Hurricane Track and Intensity Forecasting with NCEP's Models. Part II.  
Naomi Surgi, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and Q. Liu, H.-L. Pan, R. Tuleya, M. Bender, T. Marchok, and W. Shen
10:45 AM10C.3A Summary of Ugrades to the Operational GFDL Hurricane Model for 2003  extended abstract wrf recording
Morris A. Bender, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and T. Marchok, I. Ginis, B. Thomas, R. E. Tuleya, and H.-L. Pan
11:00 AM10C.4An examination of hurricane Debby (2000) with the 2000 and 2003 versions of the GFDL hurricane prediction system  extended abstract wrf recording
Jamie R. Rhome, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL; and R. D. Knabb and M. A. Bender
11:15 AM10C.5Recent Improvements to Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System for Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecast  extended abstract wrf recording
Chi-Sann Liou, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Y. Jin
11:30 AM10C.6An analysis of operational numerical weather forecasting errors for the landfall of Hurricane Juan (2003)  
John R. Gyakum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and R. J. McTaggart-Cowan
 
10:15 AM-11:45 AM, Wednesday, Napoleon III Room
Session 10D tropical cyclone observations and structure V
Chairperson: Paul R. Harasti, UCAR Visiting Scientist Program at NRL, Monterey, CA
 10D.1PAPER WITHDRAWN  
 10D.2PAPER WITHDRAWN  
10:15 AM10D.3The formation of concentric vorticity structures in typhoons  extended abstract wrf recording
H.-C. Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C.-P. Chang and R. T. Williams
10:30 AM10D.4The Dynamic Characteristics of Typhoon Vortex Spiral Wave and its Transportation: Diagnostic Analyses  extended abstract
Xiangde Xu, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and S. Zhang, L. Chen, and F. Wei
10:45 AM10D.5The climatology of hurricane wind profiles  extended abstract wrf recording
Hugh E. Willoughby, Florida International University, Miami, FL; and M. E. Rahn
11:00 AM10D.6Tropical cyclone near-core radial structure from aircraft observations: Implications for vortex resiliency  extended abstract wrf recording
Kevin J. Mallen, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
 
12:00 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM, Wednesday, Richelieu Room
Poster Session 1 Posters
P1.1What are the Dominant Mode and Cause of the Interannual Variability of the Asian-Australian monsoon?  
Bin Wang, IPRC University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and X. Fu and T. Li
P1.2Verification of tropical cyclone genesis forecasts from the TPC's Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch (TAFB)  extended abstract
Daniel P. Brown, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL; and R. Molleda and R. J. Pasch
P1.3Various applications on tropical convective systems using a cloud resolving model (CRM)  extended abstract
Chung-Lin Shie, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt and Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and W.-K. Tao and J. Simpson
P1.4Validation and improvement of moist physical processes in a GCM  extended abstract
Jui-Lin F. Li, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Takacs, A. Hou, and W. S. Olson
P1.5Utilizing a Local Data Assimilation and Prognostic System to Aid with the Timing, Placement, and Impact of Short-Range Tropical Weather Hazards  extended abstract
Justin J. Mosely, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and S. M. Spratt
P1.6Tropical cyclones in the Australian region: modeling future climate  
Lance M. Leslie, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. W. Buckley, M. Leplastrier, and M. S. Speer
P1.7Tropical cyclone multiple eyewall characteristics  extended abstract
Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Helveston
P1.8Tropical cyclone analysis techniques from QuikSCAT NRCS, wind and ambiguity data and microwave imagery  extended abstract
Roger T. Edson, Anteon Corporation, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam
P1.9Toward an objective satellite-based algorithm to provide real-time estimates of TC intensity using integrated multispectral (IR and MW) observations  extended abstract
Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Kossin, T. L. Olander, D. Herndon, A. J. Wimmers, R. Wacker, K. F. Brueske, B. W. Kabat, J. D. Hawkins, R. T. Edson, and M. DeMaria
P1.10Tornadic outbreaks associated with landfalling hurricanes in the Atlantic basin  
Stephanie M. Nordin, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie and H. E. Brooks
P1.11Three or four vortexes afectation to the Mexican Republic  
Enrique Buendía, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, UNAM, México, D. F., Mexico; and F. J. Villicaña and E. Azpra
P1.12The sensitivity of modeled hurricanes to the distribution of vertical sigma levels  extended abstract
F. Carroll Dougherty, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and S. K. Kimball
P1.13The role of intraseasonal wave activity in the onset and active-break phases of the Indian monsoon  extended abstract
George N. Kiladis, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and M. K. Flatau and P. J. Flatau
P1.14The maintenance of a MCC across Northern Africa: A case study and analysis relating to moisture variables and fluxes  extended abstract
Katie E. Robertson, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y.-L. Lin
P1.15The influence of wind-induced atmosphere-ocean exchange on summertime east Pacific intraseasonal oscillations in the modified NCAR CAM2.0.1  extended abstract
Eric D. Maloney, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
P1.16The effects of COADS and other historical accounts of tropical cyclones on the Atlantic Basin Hurricane Re-analysis Project for the years 1935 to 1939  
David A. Glenn, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and C. W. Landsea and J. C. Rodgers, III
P1.17The diurnal cycle of the West African monsoon in observations and numerical model analyses  
Doug J Parker, University of Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom
P1.18The development of a new validation technique for tropical cyclone rainfall  extended abstract
Robert Rogers, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and F. D. Marks, Jr., T. P. Marchok, and R. Tuleya
P1.19The Advanced Objective Dvorak Technique (AODT): Latest Upgrades and Future Directions  extended abstract
Timothy L. Olander, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden and J. P. Kossin
P1.20Subtropical jet disturbances as initiators of convection during BAMEX  extended abstract
Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. J. Galarneau, Jr.
P1.21Studies on secondary eyewall formation  extended abstract
Wesley D. Terwey, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
P1.22Strong Updraft Feature Associated with Hurricane Earl During Landfall  extended abstract
Barry C. Roberts, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp
P1.23Statistical forecasting of Pacific and Indian Ocean tropical cyclone intensity using 19-, 37-, and 85- GHz brightness temperatures  extended abstract
Daniel J. Cecil, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. A. Jones, J. A. Knaff, and M. DeMaria
P1.24Simulations of Hurricane Isabel (2003) in the WRF, GFDL, and ZETAC models  extended abstract
David S. Nolan, RSMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL; and M. A. Bender, T. P. Marchok, S. T. Garner, and C. L. Kerr
P1.25Severe Thunderstorms over northeastern Queensland on 19 January 2001  extended abstract
Seoleun Shin, Meteorological Institute, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; and R. K. Smith and J. Callaghan
P1.26Sensitivity of the Structure of Hurricane to Spatial Resolution and the Impacts on the Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPFs)  extended abstract
Henian Zhang, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and G. M. McFarquhar
P1.27Seasonal to decadal variability of vertical shear over the tropical Atlantic  extended abstract
Anantha R. Aiyyer, SUNY, Albany, NY; and C. D. Thorncroft
P1.28Seasonal Rainfall Variability within the West African Monsoon System  extended abstract
Robert F. Adler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Gu
P1.29Sea Surface Temperature, Cloud-Radiative Forcing, and Tropical Convection  
Changhai Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. W. Moncrieff
P1.30Saharan Air Layer interaction with Hurricane Claudette (2003)  extended abstract
Gabriel S. Rothman, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C.-B. Chang and T. E. Gill
P1.31Roof Damage Issues in Hurricanes  extended abstract
Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Carrolloton, TX
P1.32PAPER WITHDRAWN  
P1.33Role of tropical cyclones in large-scale momentum, heat, and moisture budgets  extended abstract
Andrew S. Levine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and K. P. Hamilton
P1.34Research on cyclones : Météo-France La Réunion activities  extended abstract
S Westrelin, Météo-France, La Réunion, France; and D. Barbary, M. Bessafi, F. Chane-Ming, R. Lee-Ah-Siem, and J.-M. Willemet
P1.35Relationships between windspeed and precipitation in the Pacific ITCZ  extended abstract
Larissa E. Back, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
P1.36Re-examining tropical plumes and subtropical jet streaks  extended abstract
Peter Knippertz, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Mecikalski
P1.37Re-Analysis of the September 18, 1936 and Great Atlantic Hurricane of September 14, 1944 in Virginia