Session 9 Theoretical and modeling studies of mesoscale processes III

Tuesday, 18 August 2009: 1:45 PM-3:30 PM
The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)
Host: 13th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair:
George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Papers:
1:45 PM
9.1
Observations and simulations of a long-lived tornadic mesocyclone that formed in a low-CAPE environment with PV banners spawned by the Colorado Front Range
Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and T. Andretta, J. Vogt, Y. Wang, and S. Luberda
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
9.2
Importance of horizontally inhomogeneous environmental initial conditions to very short range thunderstorm forecasts
David J. Stensrud, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Gao
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
9.3
Some Lessons on the Predictability of Convective Systems over a 36 h Timeframe
Morris L. Weisman, NCAR, Boulder, CO ; and K. Manning and D. Dowell
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
9.4
Aircraft measurements and numerical simulations of gravity waves in the extratropical UTLS region during the START08 field campaign
Fuqing Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. Zhang, K. P. Bowman, L. Pan, and E. Atlas
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
9.5
Observations of tropospheric, convectively generated gravity waves from atmospheric profiling platforms
Daniel R. Adriaansen, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and M. J. Alexander and G. L. Mullendore
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

3:00 PM
9.6
Generation of inertia-gravity waves from jets within vortex dipoles
Shuguang Wang, Columbia University, New York, NY; and F. Zhang
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
9.7
Mechanisms for spontaneous gravity-wave generation within a dipole vortex
Chris Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Plougonven and D. J. Muraki
Recorded Presentation

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