Session 2 |
| | Mesoscale Convective Systems: Initiation and Structure |
| | Chair: Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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| 10:45 AM | 2.1 | Potential vorticity disturbances as a source of severe weather in the Southwest
 Recorded presentation
Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. J. Melino, S. R. Sukup, S. J. Weiss, J. Racy, R. S. Schneider, E. S. Pytlak, J. E. Matusiak, and D. Bright |
| 11:00 AM | 2.2 | Observations of a squall line using high-frequency rawinsonde launches during VORTEX2
Recorded presentation
George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. D. Parker |
| 11:15 AM | 2.3 | Mechanisms contributing to MCS development over the southern Plains during BAMEX
Recorded presentation
Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and L. Bosart |
| 11:30 AM | 2.4 | Observations and numerical simulations of the transition of a banded nocturnal MCS to a daytime squall line
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S. B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. H. Marsham |
| 11:45 AM | 2.5 | Detailed observations of severe heat bursts: microbursts, intense microscale vortices, and high amplitude gravity waves
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Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. Coleman |