Session 18 Convection Initiation

Friday, 31 October 2008: 8:00 AM-9:45 AM
North & Center Ballroom (Hilton DeSoto)
Host: 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms
Chair:
Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ., Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC

Papers:
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
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.1 MB)

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; and C. L. Ziegler and Y. P. Richardson
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.2 MB)

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
Recorded presentation

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
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.8 MB)

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