Session 2 Mesoscale Convective Systems: Initiation and Structure

Monday, 11 October 2010: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM
Grand Mesa Ballroom F (Hyatt Regency Tech Center)
Host: 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms
Chair:
Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State University, Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC

Papers:
10:45 AM
2.1
Potential vorticity disturbances as a source of severe weather in the Southwest
Lance Bosart, University at Albany, 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
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
2.2
Observations of a squall line using high-frequency rawinsonde launches during VORTEX2
George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. D. Parker
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
2.3
Mechanisms contributing to MCS development over the southern Plains during BAMEX
Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and L. Bosart
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
2.4
Observations and numerical simulations of the transition of a banded nocturnal MCS to a daytime squall line
S. B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. H. Marsham
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
2.5
Detailed observations of severe heat bursts: microbursts, intense microscale vortices, and high amplitude gravity waves
Kevin R. Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. Coleman
Recorded Presentation

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