Session 15 Supercells and Tornadoes: Tornadogenesis

Thursday, 14 October 2010: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Grand Mesa Ballroom F (Hyatt Regency Tech Center)
Host: 25th Conference on Severe Local Storms
Chair:
Yvette P. Richardson, Pennsylvania State University, Meteorology, University Park, PA

Papers:
1:30 PM
15.1
Near-surface vortexgenesis in idealized three-dimensional numerical simulations involving a heat source and a heat sink in a vertically sheared environment
Paul M. Markowski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. Majcen and Y. Richardson
Recorded Presentation

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1:45 PM
15.2
Evolution of a Tornadic Supercell and its Environment Sampled by the NWRT Phased Array Radar and Oklahoma City Micronet
Rick Hluchan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman and R. A. Brown
Recorded Presentation

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2:00 PM
15.3
TTUKa Mobile Doppler Radar Observations of Near-Surface Circulations in VORTEX2
Patrick S. Skinner, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss, A. E. Reinhart, W. S. Gunter, J. L. Schroeder, and J. Guynes
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

2:15 PM
15.4
High-resolution radar analysis during tornadogenesis from OU-PRIME on 10 May 2010
David Bodine, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, C. Ziegler, and P. L. Heinselman
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.6 MB)

2:30 PM
15.5
Precipitation properties of a cool-season tornadic storm inferred from C-band dual-polarimetric radar and 2D-video disdrometer observations
Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, M. Thurai, M. E. Anderson, E. V. Schultz, C. J. Schultz, and K. Knupp
Recorded Presentation

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2:45 PM
15.6
Comparing aerosol and low-level moisture influences on supercell tornadogenesis: idealized simulations
David Lerach, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton
Recorded Presentation

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