Coffee Break in Lobby of the Terrace Theater
Presidential Forum: Administration Priorities in Climate Change Research and Technology
Lunch Break
Session 1 Day 1
Sessions End for the Day
Reception (Cash Bar)
Poster Session 1 Cloud Modelling
| P1.1 | Cloud-resolving model simulations of the life cycle of convectively generated cirrus Steven K. Krueger, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. A. Zulauf | |
| P1.2 | Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) model: Application for understanding precipitation processes Wei -Kuo Tao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD |
Poster Session 2 Improving Weather Forecasting
| P2.1 | Bob Simpson's Legacy in Hawaii Thomas A. Schroeder, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI | |
| P2.2 | Observing System Simulation Experiments for NPOESS - Assessment of Doppler Wind Lidar and AIRS - Michiko Masutani, RSIS and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Woollen, S. J. Lord, G. D. Emmitt, S. A. Wood, S. Greco, T. J. Kleespies, H. Sun, J. Terry, J. C. Derber, R. E. Kistler, R. M. Atlas, M. D. Goldberg, and W. Wolf | |
| P2.3 | Initialization of a hurricane vortex based on single-doppler radar observation Jin-Luen Lee, NOAA/OAR/FSL, Boulder, CO; and A. E. MacDonald, W.-C. Lee, and Y.-H. Kuo | |
| P2.4 | The NOAA Program to Improve Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasts with Dropwindsondes Released from an Aircraft in the Environment of a Cyclone Robert W. Burpee, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and J. L. Franklin, S. D. Aberson, S. J. Lord, and R. T. Tuleya |
Poster Session 3 TRMM Science
| P3.1 | What we have learned about tropical cyclone from TRMM and microwave sensors Tetsuo Nakazawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and S. Hoshino | |
| P3.2 | Cloud and rainfall observed from TRMM Toshiro Inoue, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan | |
| P3.3 | Characterization of Rainfall Asymmetries in Tropical Cyclones Using TRMM/TMI Manuel Lonfat, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and F. D. Marks, Jr. and S. S. Chen |
Poster Session 4 Tropical Cyclones: Genesis and Hot Towers
| P4.1 | Observational evidence that "hot towers" are a significant and integral part of intense hurricane eyewalls Matthew D. Eastin, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO | |
| P4.2 | The role of vortex mergers in the genesis of tropical cyclones V. Mohan Karyampudi, SAIC/NCEP/NOAA, Camp Springs, MD | |
| P4.3 | On the significance of hot towers, vortex tube stretching, low-level vortex mergers, and vortex Rossby waves in tropical cyclogenesis Michael T. Montgomery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; and M. N. Nicholls, T. Cram, A. Saunders, and P. D. Reasor | |
| P4.4 | Convective Bursts and Hot Towers Observed During CAMEX-3 and CAMEX-4 Gerald M Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Halverson, P. Hennon, and L. Tian | |
| P4.5 | Diagnosing the Role of Convective Hot Towers in Tropical Cyclogenesis Using Airborne Doppler-derived winds Paul D. Reasor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; and M. T. Montgomery, F. D. Marks, L. F. Bosart, J. F. Gamache, and J. A. Knaff |
Poster Session 5 Tropical Cyclones: Intensity and Structure
| P5.1 | Characterization of cyclone lifecycle evolution using cluster analysis Jenni L. Evans, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and J. Arnott | |
| P5.2 | Discoveries of surface wind and wave patterns in hurricanes using synthetic aperture radar Kristina B. Katsaros, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and P. W. Vachon, W. M. Drennan, P. G. Black, P. P. Dodge, S. Lehner, and E. W. Uhlhorn | |
| P5.3 | Tropical cyclones in vertical shear: An idealized study of TS Chantal (2001) during the CAMEX-4 field campaign Elizabeth A. Ritchie, University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, NM; and R. L. Elsberry and J. Molinari | |
| P5.4 | The Re-analysis of Hurricane Andrew (1992) Chris W. Landsea, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL | |
| P5.5 | Studying MPI with numerical models John Persing, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. T. Montgomery |
Poster Session 6 Tropical Cyclones: Landfall
| P6.1 | Lessons from landfalling and transitioning tropical cyclones Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and E. Atallah, J. Darr, and M. J. Dickinson | |
| P6.2 | Observed WSR88D Radar Structrues and MM5 Simulated Kinematic Structures Gandikota V Rao, Saint Louis University, St.Louis, MO; and J. Scheck, D. Gallagher, and K. Santhanam |
Poster Session 7 Trpoical Cyclones: Large-scale Environment and Tropical Cyclones
| P7.1 | Western Pacific monsoon gyres: What are they and where do they come from? John Molinari, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and K. Lombardo | |
| P7.2 | Non-linear characteristics associated with the Atlantic tropical cyclone activity Wilbur Y. Chen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD |
Poster Session 8 Water Spouts
| P8.1 | Waterspouts in the Tropics(and elsewhere!)  Joseph H. Golden, Forecast Systems Lab, NOAA, Boulder, CO |
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Session 2 Day 2
| 11:00 AM | 2.1 | On the Simpsons since 1966 M.B. Lawrence, TPC, Miami, FL | |
| 11:30 AM | 2.2 | Hurricane Eyewall Mesovortices: Their Connection to 'Hot Towers' and the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane intensity Scale Peter G. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL | |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch Break | ||
| 1:30 PM | 2.3 | The Evolution of Tropical Cyclone Models and Their Application to Forecasting Robert E. Tuleya, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ | |
| 2:00 PM | 2.4 | Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting in Tropical Cyclones: Issues and Opportunities Frank D. Marks, Jr., NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL | |
| 2:30 PM | 2.5 | The Role of Extreme Convective Events in Tropical Cyclone Intensification Jeffrey B. Halverson, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and P. Hennon | |
| 3:00 PM | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30-6:00 p.m.) | ||
| 3:30 PM | 2.6 | Shear, Stress, and the Hurricane Core—From Daisy to Floyd William M. Frank, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA | |
| 4:00 PM | 2.7 | UAV Reconnaissance of Severe Weather Greg J. Holland, Aerosonde Ltd., Notting Hill, Vic., Australia |
| 4:30 PM | KS0.1 | The Simpsons: Past and Future Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA |
Symposium Ends
Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
Simpsons Banquet
Closing Event at the Long Beach Aquarium on the Pacific