Session 5B |
| | CONVECTION, waves, and precipitation III |
| | Chair: Christopher S. Bretherton, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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| 8:00 AM | 5B.1 | Variability of convective structure and lightning activity in tropical easterly waves  
Walter A. Petersen, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Boccippio |
| 8:15 AM | 5B.2 | Convective variability across the east Pacific: A comparison of precipitation structure in the TEPPS and EPIC domains
Robert Cifelli, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. Nesbitt, S. A. Rutledge, W. A. Petersen, and S. Yuter |
| 8:30 AM | 5B.3 | The tropical vertical structure of clouds and precipitation as observed by radar
Paquita Zuidema, CIRES/NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. Lin and C. Fairall |
| 8:45 AM | 5B.4 | A study on variations of deep-rain properties with the sea surface temperature over the tropics utilizing TRMM PR2a25 and TMI data
Yukari N. Takayabu, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
| 9:00 AM | 5B.5 | Influences of dynamics on convection at the tropical Pacific ARM sites
James H. Mather, PNNL, Richland, WA |
| 9:15 AM | 5B.6 | Characteristics of oceanic tropical convection at Kwajalein
Jasmine Cetrone, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze |