Extended Abstract (144K)14A.1
A Multi-Platform View of Hurricane Erin
Brian D. McNoldy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. H. Schubert and J. P. Kossin
Hurricane Erin was studied in detail during the Fourth Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX-4). At least six weather satellites collected data over a broad frequency range as they passed over Erin, and as part of the experiment, two research aircraft also measured the inner core and outer environment of the storm.
The satellite data will be used to examine the intensification and dissipation of the hurricane between 8 September and 12 September 2001, while the aircraft data will showcase Erin's peak intensity on 10 September using dropsondes, radars, cloud particle imagers, and radiometers.
The goal is to better understand how inner core asymmetries and the presence of eyewall mesovortices may lead to intensification, and how the inner core precipitation, wind, and vorticity distributions affect intensity change.
Session 14A, Tropical Cyclone Observations and Structure III (Parallel with Sessions 14B, 14C, and 14D)
Thursday, 2 May 2002, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM
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