Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium

Program Chairs: S. Braun , NASA/GSFC ; Zhuo Wang , Univ. of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign ; Chun-Chieh Wu , National Taiwan University

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Monday, 13 January 2020

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 13 January 2020


AM Coffee Break (Monday)
Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

12:00 PM-2:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020


Lunch Break (Monday)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020

Recording files available
Joint Session 7
Convection over the Maritime Continent
Location: 254B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; and the Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium )
Chair: Eric D. Maloney, Colorado State University
2:00 PM
J7.1
Early Observation and Modeling Results from the NASA Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex)
D. J. Posselt, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. S. Reid, S. van den Heever, J. Mace, L. Di Girolamo, and L. D. Ziemba
2:15 PM
J7.2
Diurnal Forcing and Phase Locking of Gravity Waves in the Maritime Continent
James Ruppert Jr., The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang and X. Chen
2:30 PM
J7.3

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020

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Joint Session 10
Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Variability and Prediction of Tropical Cyclones
Location: 254B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; and the Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium )
Chair: Suzana Camargo, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ.
3:00 PM
J10.1
Subseasonal Predictability of a Genesis Potential Index
Rodrigo Bombardi, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and L. Trenary and K. Emanuel
3:15 PM
J10.2
3:30 PM
J10.3A
Tropical Cyclones in Current Seasonal Forecast Models
Daniel J. Befort, Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; and K. I. Hodges and A. Weisheimer

3:45 PM
J10.4
The Relationship between the Madden–Julian Oscillation and Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification
Sim D. Aberson, NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL; and J. Kaplan

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2020


Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Mon)
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Joint Poster Session 1
Eighth Symposium of the MJO and Subseasonal Monsoon Variability Poster Session
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; and the Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium )
446
Tropical Cyclone Activity Prediction on Subseasonal Time Scales
Suzana J. Camargo, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and C. Y. Lee, F. Vitart, A. H. Sobel, M. K. Tippett, S. Wang, and J. Camp

447
The Influence of ENSO on Tropical Cyclone Impacts along the Pacific Coast of Mexico
Nicholas S. Grondin, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; and B. D. Keim

448
Assessing PV Streamer Activity and Its Relationship with TC Predictability in Subseasonal Forecasts
Philippe P. Papin, NRL, Monterey, CA; NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. Reynolds and M. A. Janiga

Poster 449 is now Paper J10.3A

451
Large-Scale State and Evolution of the Atmosphere and Ocean during PISTON
Adam H. Sobel, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and Z. K. Martin, S. Wang, J. Sprintall, and E. Maloney

452
The Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall and the Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves over the Maritime Continent
Naoko Sakaeda, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and G. Kiladis and J. Dias

453
Tidal Mixing Effects on Sea Surface Temperatures, Diurnal Rainfall and the Madden-Julian Oscillation in the Maritime Continent
John D. Steffen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA; and H. Seo

Tuesday, 14 January 2020

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020

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Session 1
Tropical Cyclone Research and Forecasting. Part I: Prediction
Location: 205B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium
Cochairs: Scott Braun, NASA GSFC; Zhuo Wang, The Pennsylvania State Univ.
8:30 AM
1.1
Recent Progress and Challenges in Tropical Cyclone Intensity Prediction Using COAMPS-TC
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. R. Moskaitis, Y. Jin, W. A. Komaromi, S. Chen, H. Jin, A. Reinecke, Q. Zhao, and D. P. Stern
9:00 AM
1.3
Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program (HFIP) Next-Generation Strategies: Reengineering the Hurricane Analysis Forecast System (HAFS)
Dorothy M. Koch, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Silver Spring, MD; NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and F. D. Marks, E. Rappaport, S. Gopalakrishnan, V. Tallapragada, A. Mehra, N. Lett, and S. Upadhayay
9:45 AM
1.6
A Probabilistic, Large-Ensemble Approach to Tropical Cyclone Forecasting
Jonathan Lin, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and K. A. Emanuel and J. L. Vigh

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


Exhibit Hall (Tuesday)
Location: Hall A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


AM Coffee Break (Tuesday)
Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020

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Session 2
Tropical Cyclone Research and Forecasting. Part II: Observation
Location: 205B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium
Chairs: Zhuo Wang, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign; Chun-Chieh Wu, National Taiwan University
10:45 AM
2.2
An Overview of NASA TROPICS Applications and Early Adopter Program
E. Berndt, NASA MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. P. Dunion, W. Blackwell, S. A. Braun, and D. S. Green

11:00 AM
2.3
11:15 AM
2.4
Sampling Hurricanes Using a Small Unmanned Aircraft System
Joseph J. Cione, AOML, Miami, FL; and G. H. Bryan, R. J. Dobosy, J. A. Zhang, G. de Boer, A. Aksoy, J. B. Wadler, E. A. Kalina, B. A. Dahl, K. E. Ryan, J. Neuhaus, E. Dumas, F. D. Marks, A. Farber, T. Hock, and X. Chen
11:30 AM
2.5
Use of Targeted High-Altitude Dropsonde Observations from Unmanned and Manned Aircraft to Test Tropical Cyclone Operational Forecast Improvement
Peter Gerard Black, I.M. Systems Group, Miami, FL; and V. Tallapragada, A. Mehra, X. Wu, G. Wick, and R. D. Torn
11:45 AM
2.6
The Unique Observations of Hurricane Michael (2018), Theory for Rapid Intensification, and Implications for Future Research
Joshua B. Wadler, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and J. A. Zhang, R. F. Rogers, B. Jaimes, L. K. Shay, and J. Zawislak

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


Lunch Break (Tuesday)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020

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Joint Session 24
Women in the Tropics. Part I
Location: 205B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium; and the 33rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Chairs: Kelly M. Nunez Ocasio; Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ.
Speaker: Jenni L. Evans, Penn State Univ.
Introductory Remarks by AMS President Jenni Evans

1:45 PM
J24.2
Contributions of Women in the English-Speaking Caribbean to Tropical Meteorology Operations, Education, Research, and Applications
Arlene G. Laing, Caribbean Meteorological Organization, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; and K. A. Caesar, A. Sealy, R. Mahon, and T. S. Stephenson
2:00 PM
J24.3
Leaving the Tropics to Study the Tropics
Suzana J. Camargo, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


PM Coffee Break (Tuesday)
Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020

Recording files available
Joint Session 27
Women in the Tropics. Part II
Location: 151A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 33rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium )
Chairs: Kelly M. Nunez Ocasio; Jenni L. Evans, Penn State Univ.
Introductory Remarks by AMS President Jenni Evans

3:00 PM
J27.1
The Availability and Reliability of Precipitation and Zonal Wind Estimates over Africa
Sharon E. Nicholson, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL

3:15 PM
J27.2
3:30 PM
J27.3
3:45 PM
J27.4
Projecting Regional Climate Change in the Tropics
Kerry H. Cook, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX

Recording files available
Joint Session 31
Tropical Convection. Part I
Location: 205B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium; and the Eighth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability )
Chairs: Allison A. Wing, Florida State Univ.; Torri Giuseppe, University of Hawai‘i
3:00 PM
J31.1
What Does Convective Organization Look Like in a GCM?
Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
3:15 PM
J31.2
Comparing Convective Self-Aggregation in Idealized Models to Observed Moist Static Energy Variability near the Equator
Tom Beucler, Univ. of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; Columbia Univ., New York, CA; and T. H. Abbott, T. W. Cronin, and M. S. Pritchard
3:30 PM
J31.3A
3:45 PM
J31.4
A Simple Framework for Understanding Slow, Convectively Coupled Circulations
Kerry Emanuel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2020


Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Tues)
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Poster Session 1
Tropical Convection: Poster Session
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium
832
833
On the Water Vapor Isotopic Composition of Cold Pools in Tropical Boundary Layers
Giuseppe Torri, Univ. of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI

834
Observations of a Diurnal Pulse within the Cirrus Canopy of Typhoon Kong-rey (2018)
Benjamin C. Trabing, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. M. Bell

835
Improving Model Representation of Interactions between Moisture and Tropical Convection
Brandon O. Wolding, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. Dias, G. Kiladis, F. Ahmed, E. Maloney, and M. Branson

836
Easterly Wave Contributions to Seasonal Rainfall over the Tropical Americas in Observations and a Regional Climate Model
Christian Dominguez, Centro de Ciencias Atmosfericas, UNAM, Mexico City, DF, Mexico; and J. Done and C. L. Bruyère

Handout (3.6 MB)

837
Tropical Cyclone Interactions with the Madden–Julian Oscillation in the Indian Ocean
Jeffrey D. Thayer, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL; and D. A. Hence

Poster 838 is now Paper J31.3A.

839
Assessing Shallow Meridional Circulations over the East Atlantic ITCZ and West African Monsoon Regions
Lidia Huaman, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and E. Buttitta and C. Schumacher

841
Sensitivity of the Walker Circulation to Convective Entrainment in a Changing Climate
Margaret L. Duffy, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and P. A. O'Gorman

843
844
An Investigation of Dust Impacts on Local Convective Processes over Puerto Rico
Nathan Hosannah, CUNY LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY; and J. E. Gonzalez

845
Thresholds for Atmospheric Convection in Amazonian Rainforests
Mengxi Wu, Brown Univ., Providence, RI; and J. E. Lee

846
How Tropical Convection Couples High Moist Static Energy over Land and Ocean
Yi Zhang, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and S. Fueglistaler

847
Mechanisms Controlling Rainfall over Idealized Tropical Islands in Radiative–Convective Equilibrium
Martin Velez-Pardo, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and T. W. Cronin and P. Molnar

848
Phenomenological Paradigm for Midtropospheric Cyclogenesis in the Indian Summer Monsoon
Ayantika Dey Choudhury, IITM, Pune, India; and R. Krishnan, M. V. S. Ramarao, R. Vellore, M. Singh, and B. E. Mapes

849
Can Shifting Cloud Radiative Effects Influence Tropical Stratification Changes?
Timothy M. Merlis, McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada; and Y. Li and A. A. Wing


Poster Session 2
Tropical Cyclones Research and Forecasting: Poster Session I
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium
850
A Recent Reversal in the Poleward Shift of Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclones
Yuan Sun, National Univ. of Defense Technology, Nanjing, China; and Z. Zhong and Y. Shen

852
Idealized Simulations of the Brown Ocean Effect—Sensitivity to Land Use and Soil Moisture Availability
Andrew Michael Thomas, The Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. A. Santanello and M. Shepherd

854
A Climatology of the Extratropical Flow Response to Recurving Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
Allison Lynn Brannan, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and J. M. Chagnon

855
Pathways to Tropical Cyclogenesis in Rotating Radiative–Convective Equilibrium Simulations
Jacob D. Carstens, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and A. A. Wing

856
On the Contributions of Incipient Vortex Circulation and Environmental Moisture to Tropical Cyclone Expansion
Jonathan Martinez, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. C. Nam and M. M. Bell

857
Analysis of Tornadic and Nontornadic Convective Cell Environments during Hurricane Harvey
Justin R. Spotts, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. J. Nowotarski, S. Overpeck, B. Filipiak, and R. Edwards
Manuscript (2.2 MB)

858
High-Resolution Atmospheric Motion Vector Fields of Typhoon Revealed by GF-4 Images
Jingsong Yang, Second Institute of Oceanography, MNR, Hangzhou, China; and J. Liu, G. Zheng, J. Wang, and L. Ren

860
861
Application of Statistical Methods to Improving Model Predictions of Rapid Intensification in Tropical Cyclones
Ivy C. MacDaniel, Austin Peay State Univ., Clarksville, TN; and C. M. Rozoff and J. L. Vigh

862
Characteristics of Upper-Tropospheric Jets during Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change
Levi Cowan, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and R. E. Hart

863
WRF Modeling of Historical Landfalling New England Tropical Cyclones: Design and Climatology
Ryan Remondelli, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and R. E. Hart

866
A Gridded Version of the National Hurricane Center Official Forecasts to Support Operations at National Centers and Weather Forecast Offices. Part II: Validation.
Pablo Santos Jr., NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and O. Ostwald, G. Demaria, M. DeMaria, M. Onderlinde, and J. Rogers

867
Secondary Eyewall Formation in an Idealized Axisymmetric Model
Rohini Shivamoggi, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and K. A. Emanuel

868
Validation of Probabilistic Wind Speed Forecasts for the 2017 and 2018 Hurricane Seasons
Kevin Bachmann, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and R. D. Torn

869
Climate Change Influences on the Extratropical Transition of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
Chunyong Jung, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and G. M. Lackmann

Paper 3.5A will also be presented at Poster 870.

871
Growing Representation of Women in NOAA Tropical Cyclone Reconnaissance Research: Part I
Kelly Ryan, NOAA/AOML and Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; CIMAS/Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and L. Bucci

873
Effects of Hurricane Strikes on Neotropical Lizard Morphology
Colin Donihue, Washington Univ. in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; and A. M. Kowaleski

874
Probabilistic Prediction of North Atlantic Hurricane Track and Intensity
Christopher Dickson, Climate Forecast Applications Network, Atlanta, GA; and J. Curry

875
The Influence of Coupled Model Sea Surface Temperature Biases on Tropical Cyclone Environmental Conditions
Hunter Tubbs, Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME; and B. Lyon and S. J. Camargo

878
A Preliminary Analysis of the RIPA and SPICE Models for the 2019 Hurricane Season
Kate D. Musgrave, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. A. Knaff and C. R. Sampson

879
Real-Time Mobile Radar Hurricane Wind Retrievals during Landfall
A. Addison Alford, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff and G. D. Carrie

880
Reevaluating the Effect of the Tropical Cyclone Environment on Intensity
Justin Palmer Stow, CIRA, Fort Collins, FL; and C. J. Slocum and J. Knaff

881
Application of a Subsetting Ensemble Postprocessing Method on the HWRF-Based Ensemble Prediction System
Zhan Zhang, EMC, College Park, MD; and W. Wang, L. Zhu, B. Liu, K. Wu, A. Mehra, and V. Tallapragada

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020

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Session 3
Tropical Cyclone Research and Forecasting. Part III: Climate and Theory
Location: 205B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium
Chairs: Robert G. Nystrom, The Pennsylvania State University; Xiaodong Tang, Nanjing Univ.
8:30 AM
3.1
8:45 AM
3.2
Past and Future Hurricane Intensity Change along the U.S. East Coast: Anthropogenic Forcing versus Internal Variability
Mingfang Ting, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and J. P. Kossin, S. Camargo, and C. Li
9:00 AM
3.3
The Role of WISHE in the Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones
Chun-Chieh Wu, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and C. J. Cheng
9:15 AM
3.4
The Importance of Radiative Feedbacks in Tropical Cyclogenesis
Allison A. Wing, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and J. Ruppert Jr., X. Tang, and E. L. Duran

9:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Exhibit Hall (Wed)
Location: Hall A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


AM Coffee Break (Wednesday)
Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020

Recording files available
Joint Session 43
Tropical Cyclone Analysis and Prediction with Machine Learning I
Location: 156BC (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium; and the Events )
Cochairs: Jebb Stewart, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder and CIRA/Colorado State Univ.; Eric D. Loken, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma
10:45 AM
J43.2
Probabilistic Rapid Intensification Prediction with Convolutional Neural Networks and HWRF
David John Gagne II, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. M. Rozoff and J. L. Vigh
11:00 AM
J43.3
A Review of Support Vector Machine Performance on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Prediction with Imbalanced Datasets
Mu-Chieh Ko, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. Kubat, S. G. Gopalakrisnan, and F. D. Marks
11:15 AM
J43.4
Combining Artificial Intelligence and Physics-Based Modeling Techniques to Improve Hurricane Track and Intensity Forecasting
Narges Shahroudi, Riverside Technology, Inc., and NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and E. Maddy, S. A. Boukabara, V. M. Krasnopolsky, and R. N. Hoffman
11:30 AM
J43.5
Using Evolutionary Programming to Generate Improved Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts
Jesse Schaffer, Univ. of Wisconsin−Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; and P. Roebber and C. Evans
11:45 AM
J43.6
An Updated Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Scheme Using Machine Learning and Operational Forecast Data
Andrew Mercer, Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State, MS; and A. D. Grimes and K. M. Wood
Recording files available
Joint Session 44
Tropical Cyclone Rainfall: Physics, Impacts, and Preparedness
Location: 205B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium; and the 34th Conference on Hydrology )
Chairs: Jennifer C. DeHart, Colorado State Univ.; Corene J. Matyas, Univ. of Florida
10:30 AM
J44.1
Characteristics of Recent Prolific Daily Rainfall Associated with Tropical Cyclones Impacting the Southern and Eastern United States
Gregory W. Carbin, NOAA/NWS/Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and A. Lamers and D. Roth
10:45 AM
J44.2
Variations in the Intensity and Spatial Extent of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation
Danielle Touma, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA; and S. Stevenson, S. J. Camargo, D. E. Horton, and N. S. Diffenbaugh
11:00 AM
J44.3
Examining Storm Asymmetries in Recent Tropical Cyclones Using Polarimetric Radar Observations
Anthony C. Didlake Jr., The Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and M. R. Kumjian and C. N. Laurencin
11:15 AM
J44.4
11:30 AM
J44.5
What if Hurricane Harvey Happened Here? How Boston Wet Weather Scenarios Are Used for Planning Flood Emergency Responses
Charlie Jewel, Boston Water and Sewer Commission, Boston, MA; and B. E. Vieux and C. Wilson
11:45 AM
J44.6
Real-Time Analysis of the 2019 Mozambique Flood Using Satellite Rainfall and the Global Flood Monitoring System (GFMS)
Robert F. Adler, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and N. Zhou, G. Gu, and H. Wu

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Lunch Break (Wednesday)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020

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Joint Session 48
Tropical Convection. Part II
Location: 205B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium; and the Eighth Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability )
Chairs: Allison A. Wing, Florida State Univ.; Lidia Huaman, Texas A&M Univ.
1:30 PM
J48.1
Overview and Highlights of OTREC
Zeljka Fuchs-Stone, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM
1:45 PM
J48.2
2:00 PM
J48.3
The Influence of Moisture on the Development of Tropical Deep Convection in High-Resolution Simulations
Rachel L. Storer, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and K. A. Schiro and D. J. Posselt
2:15 PM
J48.4
A Simple Conceptual Model for Rainfall over Flat Tropical Islands
Timothy W. Cronin, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and M. Velez-Pardo and P. Molnar

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


PM Coffee Break (Wednesday)
Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020

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Session 4
Physical Parameterizations for Tropical Cyclone Prediction
Location: 205B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium
Cochairs: Weiwei Li, NCAR; Dereka Carroll-Smith, Jackson State University
3:00 PM
4.1
Evaluating the Impact of Boundary Layer Parameterization on Hurricane Intensity and Structure in HWRF Forecasts
Jun Zhang, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and R. Rogers, V. Tallapragada, D. S. Nolan, E. A. Kalina, M. K. Biswas, P. Zhu, F. D. Marks, S. Gopalakrishnan, and A. Mehra
3:45 PM
4.4
The Global-Nested Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS): Results from the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Andrew Hazelton, CIMAS and AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and Z. Zhang, J. Dong, B. Liu, W. Wang, G. J. Alaka Jr., X. Zhang, C. Zhang, L. Zhu, K. Wu, S. Gopalakrishnan, F. Marks, A. Mehra, and V. Tallapragada

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2020


Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Wed)
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

Poster Session 3
Tropical Cyclone Rainfall: Poster Session
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium
Chairs: Jennifer C. DeHart, Colorado State Univ.; Rosimar Ríos-Berríos, NCAR
1487
Representation of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation in Global Reanalysis Datasets
Evan Jones, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and A. A. Wing and R. Parfitt

1489
The Evolution and Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones during the 2017 Hurricane Season from a GLM, ISS Lis, and GPM Perspective
Lena Heuscher, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and P. N. Gatlin, W. A. Petersen, D. J. Cecil, and C. Liu

1490
Extreme Rainfall in the Carolinas during the Extratropical Transition of Hurricane Matthew (2016)
Scott W. Powell, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and M. M. Bell

1491
Past and Future Rainfall from Dissipating Tropical Cyclones in Southwestern California
James D. Means, California State Univ., San Marcos, San Marcos, CA; WeatherExtreme Ltd., Incline Village, NV; and M. Burin and F. De Sales
Manuscript (2.8 MB)

1492
Development of a Probabilistic Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Model: P-Rain
F. D. Marks, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and B. D. McNoldy, M. C. Ko, and A. B. Schumacher

1493
Exploring Precipitation Biases for U.S. Landfalling Tropical Cyclones in ECMWF Forecasts
Manuel D. Zuluaga, Climate Forecast Applications Network, Reno, NV; and V. Toma, C. Dickson, and J. Curry

1494
Effect of High-Resolution Topography in Simulations of Hurricane Maria's Landfall in Puerto Rico
Nathalie G. Rivera-Torres, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and F. Judt

1497
Investigation of the Dynamics of Extreme Rainfall in Landfalling Tropical Cyclones
Erik R. Nielsen, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher

Handout (75.3 MB)

1498
Challenges Associated with Extreme Rainfall Measurement during Hurricane Maria
Scott Weaver, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD; and M. Dillard and M. Levitan

1502
Estimating Long-Term Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Frequency—A Physics-Based Approach
Monika Feldmann, ETH Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; and K. Emanuel, L. Zhu, and U. Lohmann

1503
Land–Sea Contrast in the Diurnal Variation of Precipitation from Landfalling Tropical Cyclones
Xiaodong Tang, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; and Q. Cai, J. Fang, and Z. M. Tan

Handout (5.8 MB)


Poster Session 4
Tropical Cyclones Research and Forecasting: Poster Session II
Location: Hall B (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium
1504
Impact of the Diurnal Radiation Contrast on the Formation, Intensification, and Structure of Hurricane Edouard (2014)
Xiaodong Tang, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; and Z. M. Tan, J. Fang, E. B. Munsell, Y. Q. Sun, and F. Zhang

Handout (10.6 MB)

1505
Parameter Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclones in NASA-GISS ModelE3
Jeffrey D. O. Strong, LDEO, Palisades, NY; and A. H. Sobel, S. J. Camargo, M. Kelley, and A. D. Genio

1506
Enhancements to Cloud Overlap Radiative Effects for Weather Forecasting and Tropical Cyclone Prediction
Michael J. Iacono, AER, Lexington, MA; and J. M. Henderson, L. Bernardet, E. Kalina, M. K. Biswas, K. M. Newman, B. Liu, Z. Zhang, and Y. T. Hou

Handout (8.0 MB)

1507
A Scale-Aware Horizontal Mixing-Length Scale and Its Impact on Simulations of Harvey (2017) and Lane (2018) in HWRF
Weiguo Wang, IMSG at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and B. Liu, L. Zhu, Z. Zhang, A. Mehra, and V. Tallapragada

Handout (1.5 MB)

1508
A Study of the Influence of Evaporating Sea Spray on the Air–Sea Heat Exchange in High-Wind Conditions of a Tropical Cyclone
Yevgenii Rastigejev, North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greensboro, NC; and S. A. Suslov

1509
Process-Oriented Diagnosis of Tropical Cyclones in CMIP6 HighResMIP Experiments
Yumin Moon, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Kim, A. A. Wing, S. J. Camargo, A. H. Sobel, L. R. Leung, and M. J. Roberts

1510
A Modeling Study of the Effects of Vertical Wind Shear on the Raindrop Size Distribution in Typhoon Nida (2016)
Wenhua Gao, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and L. Deng and Y. Duan

Handout (1.3 MB)

1511
The Impacts of Uncertainty in Air–Sea Enthalpy and Momentum Exchange Coefficients on Tropical Cyclone Predictability and Intensification
Robert G. Nystrom, The Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and F. Zhang, R. Rotunno, and C. A. Davis

1512
Testing the DTC’s Single-Column Model for Tropical Cyclone Environment
Mrinal K. Biswas, NCAR Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and G. Firl, M. Ek, and J. Zhang

1514
Vorticity Profiles of Tropical Cyclones in the Atlantic Basin
Erica Bower, Western Connecticut State Univ., Danbury, CT; and A. Owino

1516
Potential Sources of Variability in the Vortex Precession Process prior to the Onset of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification
Masashi Minamide, JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and D. J. Posselt

1517
Does Tropical Cyclone Formation over the Western North Pacific Have Poleward Shifts Due to Anthropogenic Forcing?
Xiaofang Feng, Nanjing Univ. of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China; and L. Wu

1518
The JPL Tropical Cyclone Information System: A Wealth of Data for Quickly Advancing the Physical Understanding and Forecasting of Hurricanes
Svetla Hristova-Veleva, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and P. P. Li, B. Knosp, Q. A. Vu, F. J. Turk, W. L. Poulsen, Z. S. Haddad, B. H. Lambrigtsen, B. W. Stiles, T. P. J. Shen, N. Niamsuwan, S. Tanelli, O. O. Sy, H. Su, D. G. Vane, Y. Chao, P. S. Callahan, R. S. Dunbar, M. T. Montgomery, M. A. Boothe, V. Tallapragada, S. Trahan, A. Wimmers, R. Holz, J. S. Reid, F. D. Marks, T. Vukicevic, S. Bhalachandran, H. Leighton, S. Gopalakrishnan, A. Navarro, and F. J. Tapiador

1520
Synergistic Effects of Midlevel Dry Air and Vertical Wind Shear on Tropical Cyclone Development via Ventilation
Joshua J. Alland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. H. Tang, K. L. Corbosiero, and G. H. Bryan

1521
Tropical Cyclones Internal Dynamics and Its Influence over the Intensity Changes: WRF Idealized Simulation in a Quiescent Environment and GOES-R IR and GLM Data Analysis
Jhayron S. Perez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia; Sistema de Alerta Temprana de Medellín y el Valle de Aburrá, Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá, Medellín, Colombia; and C. D. Hoyos

1525
Hybrid Statistical–Dynamical Probabilistic Prediction of Hurricane Landfall Winds
Jeffrey Miller, Climate Forecast Applications Network, Norcross, GA; and C. Dickson and J. Curry

1526
Tropical Cyclone Activity under Varying SSTs in Aquaplanet Simulations
Adam C. Burnett, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; and A. Sheshadri, L. Silvers, and T. E. Robinson Jr.

1527
Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) Stand-Alone Regional Model (SAR) 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season Real-Time Forecasts
Jili Dong, IMSG at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and B. Liu, Z. Zhang, W. Wang, L. Zhu, C. Zhang, K. Wu, A. Hazelton, X. Zhang, A. Mehra, and V. Tallapragada

1532
Track-Centered Moving Grids for Tropical Cyclone Forecast Assessment in the Model Evaluation Tools (MET) Verification Package
David W. Fillmore, Boulder, CO; NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. J. Hertneky, K. M. Newman, E. A. Kalina, R. G. Bullock, M. K. Biswas, J. E. Halley Gotway, and T. L. Jensen

1535
Evaluation of Independent Stochastic Perturbed Parameterization Tendency (iSPPT) Scheme on Ensemble TC Intensity Forecasts Using HWRF
Xiaohui Zhao, Univ at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and R. D. Torn

Thursday, 16 January 2020

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 16 January 2020


Exhibit Hall Breakfast
Location: Hall A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 16 January 2020

Recording files available
Joint Session 62
Women in the Tropics. Part III
Location: 252A (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; and the Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones Symposium )
Chair: Kelly M. Nunez Ocasio
Cochairs: Shirley Murillo, NOAA/AOML; Ada Monzón, CBM -- Chief Meteorologist, WIPR-TV and Univision Radio
Panelists: Kristen L. Corbosiero, SUNY; Arlene Laing, CIRA and NOAA/ESRL/GSD; Lisa Bucci, NOAA/AOML; Yaitza Luna-Cruz, Jupiter Intelligence
Introductory Remarks by AMS President Jenni Evans

10:15 AM
Panel Discussion

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2020


Lunch Break (Thursday)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2020


PM Coffee Break (Thursday)
Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center