Session 15C |
| | Tropical Cyclone Simulation IV: Initialization and Assimilation |
| | Organizer: Robert Tuleya, SAIC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Norfolk, VA
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| 3:45 PM | 15C.1 | The relative role of wind vs. pressure in the initialization of tropical cyclones—Observing-Systems Simulation Experiments  
Kun-Hsuan Chou, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. C. Wu and Y. Wang |
| 4:00 PM | 15C.2 | MM5 Simulations of Precipitation and Mesocyclone Dynamics Associated wih TC Gabrielle (2001) using High Resolution Data of East Central Florida
G. V. Rao, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; and K. Santhanam, J. W. Scheck, S. M. Spratt, B. C. Hagemeyer, R. Edwards, J. Schaefer, J. L. Case, and E. Kemp |
| 4:15 PM | 15C.3 | Influence of initial vortex structure on the simulation of hurricane lifecycles
Joseph E. Tenerelli, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS/MPO, Miami, FL; and S. S. Chen |
| 4:30 PM | 15C.4 | Experiments of a Typhoon Bogussing Scheme in the MM5 3D-Var Cycling System
Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo, Y. Zhang, D. M. Barker, and D. J. Won |
| 4:45 PM | 15C.5 | A Study on the Impact of Initial Fields on the Typhoon Track and Rainfall Simulation in the Vicinity of Taiwan
Der-Song Chen, Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan; and L. F. Hsiao, K. -. N. Huang, and T. C. Yeh |
| 5:00 PM | 15C.6 | Simulative improvement of Hurricane Andrew using the technique of irreversible thermodynamic operators
Ying Liu, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and C. Liu |