25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

Session 2B: Convection (Parallel with Sessions 2A, 2C, & 2D)

Monday, 29 April 2002: 2:00 PM-3:30 PM
Organizer:  Richard Johnson, Colorado State University
Papers:
  2:00 PM
Ship radar observations of a developing tropical cyclone in the east Pacific
Robert Cifelli, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. A. Petersen, D. J. Boccippio, C. W. Fairall, and S. A. Rutledge

Poster PDF (496.2 kB)
  2:15 PM
The effects of buoyancy, shear and humidity on convection in the eastern tropical Pacific
Graciela B. Raga, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; and D. J. Raymond and D. Baumgardner

Poster PDF (28.3 kB)
  2:30 PM
Composite analyses of local influences of tropical convection
Steven C. Sherwood, Yale University, New Haven, CT

  2:45 PM
Characteristics of Amazonian Rain During Contrasting Wet Season Regimes
Steven A. Rutledge, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and L. D. Carey, R. Cifelli, and W. A. Petersen

Poster PDF (110.7 kB)
  3:00 PM
Diurnal variation during TOGA COARE
Taotao Qian, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and R. D. Cess

Poster PDF (245.2 kB)