Session 12 Tornadoes and rotation

Thursday, 8 August 2013: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Multnomah (DoubleTree by Hilton Portland)
Host: 15th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair:
Robert G. Fovell, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA

Papers:
1:30 PM
12.1
How tornadoes develop: Ideas emerging from decades of theory, simulation, and field observations (INVITED)
Paul Markowski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
12.2
Tornado maintenance and demise in the Goshen County, Wyoming supercell of 5 June 2009 intercepted by VORTEX2
Yvette P. Richardson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and P. Markowski, J. Marquis, J. Wurman, K. A. Kosiba, P. Robinson, D. W. Burgess, and C. C. Weiss
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
12.3
Toy model simulations of surface vorticity generation in downdrafts
Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and J. M. L. Dahl
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (900.8 kB)

2:30 PM
12.4
The Roles of Ambient and Storm-generated Vorticity in Near-ground Rotation of a Simulated Supercell
Johannes Dahl, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Parker and L. J. Wicker
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
12.5
Mesoscale and Stormscale Ingredients of Tornadic Supercells Producing Long-Track Tornadoes in the 2011 Alabama Super Outbreak
Samantha L. Chiu, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and B. F. Jewett and R. B. Wilhelmson
Recorded Presentation

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