Session 18 |
| | Convection Initiation |
| | Chair: Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
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| 8:00 AM | 18.1 | A modelling study of the initiation and development of an isolated thunderstorm in CSIP IOP1 
Humphrey W. Lean, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and N. Roberts, P. Clark, and C. Morcrette |
| 8:15 AM | 18.2 | Criticality: A proposed theory for understanding and forecasting deep convective initiation
Adam L. Houston, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE |
| 8:30 AM | 18.3 | Vortical structures in convective boundary layers and implications for the initiation of deep convection 
Katharine M. Kanak, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
| 8:45 AM | 18.4 | Numerical simulations of the dryline and surrounding boundary layer on 22 May 2002 during IHOP
Michael S. Buban, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK ; and C. L. Ziegler and Y. P. Richardson |
| 9:00 AM | 18.5 | Convection initiation and storm evolution forecasting using radar refractivity retrievals
David Bodine, Atmospheric Radar Research Center, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman, B. L. Cheong, R. Palmer, and D. S. Michaud |
| 9:15 AM | 18.6 | Observation of a weak, warm and dry downdraft in the vicinity of a convective storm system, inhibiting new convective initiation
Pieter Groenemeijer, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, , Germany; and J. Trentmann, U. Corsmeier, and C. Kottmeier |
| 9:30 AM | 18.7 | The Understanding Severe Thunderstorms and Alberta Boundary Layers Experiment (UNSTABLE): overview and preliminary results
Neil M. Taylor, EC, Edmonton, AB , Canada; and D. M. L. Sills, J. Hanesiak, J. A. Milbrandt, C. D. Smith, G. Strong, S. Skone, P. J. McCarthy, and J. C. Brimelow |