Session 13 |
| | Tornado Vortex Dynamics and Genesis |
| | Chair: Paul M. Markowski, Penn State University, University Park, PA
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| 10:30 AM | 13.1 | Using a low-order model to detect and characterize tornadoes in multiple-Doppler radar data
Corey K. Potvin, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. M. Shapiro, T. Y. Yu, and M. Xue |
| 10:45 AM | 13.2 | The Role of Hook Echo Microbursts in Simulated Tornadic Supercells. Part I Association with counter-rotating vortices and tornadogenesis
Leigh Orf, Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant, MI; and M. S. Gilmore, R. B. Wilhelmson, J. M. Straka, and E. N. Rasmussen |
| 11:00 AM | 13.3 | The Role of Hook Echo Microbursts in Simulated Tornadic Supercells. Part II: Sensitivity to Microphysics Parameterization
Matthew S. Gilmore, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Orf, R. B. Wilhelmson, J. M. Straka, and E. N. Rasmussen |
| 11:15 AM | 13.4 | Precipitation-independent supercell tornadogenesis
Adam L. Houston, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. D. Parker |
| 11:30 AM | 13.5 | On the limits to near-surface intensification of tornado vortices 
D. C. Lewellen, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV; and W. S. Lewellen |
| 11:45 AM | 13.6 | A conceptual dual-polarization framework for the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City tornadic supercell
Glen S. Romine, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. W. Burgess and R. B. Wilhelmson |