Session 15 |
| | Numerical Modeling: Storm and Environment |
| | Chair: Catherine A. Finley, WindLogics Inc., Grand Rapids, MN
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| 10:30 AM | 15.1 | The role of near-surface wind shear on low-level mesocyclone generation and tornadoes: Renascentia
Louis J. Wicker, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK |
| 10:45 AM | 15.2 | Storm-relative flow and its relationship to low-level vorticity in simulated storms  
Cody Kirkpatrick, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL ; and E. W. McCaul |
| 11:00 AM | 15.3 | The effect of variations in low level thermodynamic structure on the rear flank downdraft of simulated supercells
Jason A. Naylor, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND ; and M. A. Askelson |
| 11:15 AM | 15.4 | The effects of thermodynamic variability on low-level baroclinity and vorticity within numerically simulated supercell thunderstorms
Jeffrey Beck, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss |
| 11:30 AM | 15.5 | The effects of varying low-level, environmental stability on low-level rotation in numerical simulations of elevated supercells
Christopher J. Nowotarski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and P. M. Markowski |
| 11:45 AM | 15.6 | Bridging the gap between observed and simulated supercell cold pool characteristics
Glen S. Romine, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. C. Dowell and R. B. Wilhelmson |