Session 4A |
| | Tropical Cyclones and Vertical Shear |
| | Chair: Jamie R. Rhome, NOAA/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL
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| 3:45 PM | 4A.1 | Tropical cyclones in complex vertical shears 
Elizabeth A. Ritchie, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM |
| 4:00 PM | 4A.2 | The structure and evolution of a hurricane in vertical wind shear: Hurricane Elena (1985)
Kristen L. Corbosiero, SUNY, Albany, NY |
| 4:15 PM | 4A.3 | Asymmetric eyewall vertical motion in a high-resolution simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998) 
Scott A. Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. T. Montgomery and Z. Pu |
| 4:30 PM | 4A.4 | The mean structure of vertical velocities and radar reflectivities in the hurricane eyewall as they relate to environmental wind shear
Michael L. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and F. D. Marks, R. F. Rogers, L. K. Shay, B. A. Albrecht, and H. E. Willoughby |
| 4:45 PM | 4A.5 | The comparative effects of frictional convergence and vertical wind shear on the asymmetries of a hurricane
Hongyan Zhu, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; and R. K. Smith |
| 5:00 PM | 4A.6 | Idealised modelling of tropical cyclones in vertical shear: the role of saturated ascent in the inner core
Richard Patra, University of Munich, Munich, Germany |
| 5:15 PM | 4A.7 | How Much Vertical Shear Can A Well-Developed Tropical Cyclone Resist?
Yuqing Wang, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. T. Montgomery and B. Wang |