Session 10D |
| | Tropical Convection IV |
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Chairperson: Stefan N. Tulich, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO |
| 3:30 PM | 10D.1 | Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data.: Algorithm improvement and heating estimates over tropical ocean regions  
Shoichi Shige, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan; and Y. N. Takayabu, W. -. K. Tao, and C.-L. Shie |
| 3:45 PM | 10D.2 | Relating radar-derived cloud populations and the vertical structure of heating in equatorial waves
Andrew D. Denno, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| 4:00 PM | 10D.3 | Vertical distributions of clouds and radiative heating rates in the tropical western Pacific
James H. Mather, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. A. McFarlane |
| 4:15 PM | 10D.4 | A statistical study on the relationship between rain top heights and lightning activity over the global tropics utilizing TRMM PR2A25 and LIS data
Yukari N. Takayabu, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan; and C. Yokoyama and T. Ushio |
| 4:30 PM | 10D.5 | Estimation of precipitation and latent heating distributions in tropical convection from a combined analysis of passive microwave and spaceborne radar observations
William S. Olson, JCET/Univ of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Grecu, C.-L. Shie, and S. A. Braun |
| 4:45 PM | 10D.6 | Simulated convective systems using a cloud resolving model: Impact of large-scale temperature and moisture forcing using observations and GEOS-3 reanalysis
Chung-Lin Shie, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt and Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and W.-K. Tao, A. Y. Hou, and X. Lin |
| | 10D.7 | PAPER WITHDRAWN
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