Session 11A |
| | Tropical Cyclone Prediction V - Track |
| | Chair: Robert E. Tuleya, EMC, Norfolk, VA
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| 8:00 AM | 11A.1 | Prediction of tropical cyclone track forecast error for Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma  
James S. Goerss, NRL, Monterey, CA |
| 8:15 AM | 11A.2 | Sensitivity of tropical cyclone track forecasts to convective momentum transport in the NOGAPS Emanuel cumulus parameterization
Timothy F. Hogan, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Pauley |
| 8:30 AM | 11A.3 | The Impact of Dropsonde Data from DOTSTAR on Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasting
Kun-Hsuan Chou, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. C. Wu, P. H. Lin, S. Aberson, M. Peng, and T. Nakazawa |
| 8:45 AM | 11A.4 | Improvement of tropical cyclone track forecasting using a model-constrained 3D-Var data assimilation scheme
Xudong Liang, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China; and B. Wang, J. Chan, Y. Duan, D. Wang, Z. Zeng, and L. Ma |
| 9:00 AM | 11A.5 | Impact of AMSU and AMSR-E Measurements on Hurricane Prediction
Tong Zhu, Colorado State Univ./CIRA at NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, Q. Liu, and N. Surgi |
| 9:15 AM | 11A.6 | Evaluation of causes of large 96-h and 120-h track errors in the western North Pacific
Kathryn Anne Payne, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and R. M. Kehoe, M. A. Boothe, and R. L. Elsberry |
| 9:30 AM | 11A.7 | An Experiment on the Impact of Initial Fields and Boundary Conditions on the Typhoon Track Simulation in the Northwest Pacific Ocean
Der-Song Chen, Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan; and L. F. Hsiao, K. N. Huang, and T. C. Yeh |
| 9:45 AM | 11A.8 | Tropical cyclone modeling in a probabilistic framework
William E. Lewis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli |