Session: Special Session: Diurnal Variability of Precipitation - Regional Observations (27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology)

Thursday, 27 April 2006: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Regency Grand BR 1-3 (Hyatt Regency Monterey)

Host: 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

Chair:

Gregory J. Tripoli, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Atrmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI

Papers:

3:30 PM

14D.1

Introductory Remarks

3:35 PM

14D.2

Gravity wave mechanisms in propagating diurnal convection

Brian Mapes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

14D.3

Diurnal propagating precipitating systems to the north of New Guinea Island: In-situ observation of internal structure and ambient atmosphere

Masaki Katsumata, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and K. Yoneyama and H. Kubota

Presentation PDF (246.4 kB)

4:15 PM

14D.4

Observational strategy for diurnal to intraseasonal rainfall variability study over Sumatera Island using the JEPP/GEOSS radar-profiler network

Shuichi Mori, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and H. Jun-Ichi, T. Sasaki, P. Wu, and M. D. Yamanaka

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (24.4 kB)

4:30 PM

14D.5

The diurnal cycle of convection over the northern South China Sea

Steven L. Aves, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (476.6 kB)

4:45 PM

14D.6

Diurnal variation of precipitation observed over Palau in the western Pacific

Hisayuki Kubota, Research Institute for Global Change/ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and R. Shirooka, T. Ushiyama, T. Chuda, K. K. Reddy, M. Katsumata, K. Yoneyama, K. Yasunaga, Q. Moteki, N. Sato, M. Fujita, and N. Suginohara

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (167.1 kB)

5:00 PM

14D.7

Diurnal cycle characteristics of precipitation in the east Pacific

Robert Cifelli, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and S. W. Nesbitt, S. A. Rutledge, W. A. Petersen, and S. E. Yuter

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

14D.8

Diurnal variation of clouds and precipitation over tropical South America: interactions between propagating and in-situ cloud systems

Thomas M. Rickenbach, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Recorded presentation