Session 6 |
| | Results from recent testbed investigations and field research programs I |
| | Chair: Fuqing Zhang, Penn State University, University Park, PA
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| 1:30 PM | 6.1 | (Invited talk) Orographic precipitation in the tropics: The Dominica experiment
Ronald B. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| 2:00 PM | 6.2 | The influence of mesoscale airflow dynamics on orographic convection and precipitation in the tropics
Justin R. Minder, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith, A. D. Nugent, and D. Kirshbaum |
| 2:15 PM | 6.3 | Triggered convection and orographic precipitation in the tropics: control parameters and predictability
Alison D. Nugent, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith, J. R. Minder, and D. J. Kirshbaum |
| 2:30 PM | 6.4 | Dynamics and Predictability of Tropical Cyclogenesis during PREDICT Revealed from Ensemble Analyses and Forecasts with coupled variational-EnKF Data Assimilation Systems
Jonathan Poterjoy, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang |
| 2:45 PM | 6.5 | Follow-dependent Predictability of Tropical Cyclones
Yonghui Weng, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang and X. Ge |
| 3:00 PM | 6.6 | Analysis of Flow Variability during the Terrain-influenced Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (2008)
James H. Ruppert Jr., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson |
| 3:15 PM | 6.7 | The Comparison of Developing and Non-developing Waves during the NAMMA Experiment
Yi-Chin Liu, University of California, Davis, CA; and S. H. Chen |