Poster Session 2 Modeling of Storm and Tornado Dynamics Part 1

Monday, 3 November 2014: 3:00 PM-4:30 PM
Capitol Ballroom AB (Madison Concourse Hotel)
Host: 27th Conference on Severe Local Storms
Organizers:
Curtis R. Alexander, NOAA/Earth Systems Research Laboratory/Global Systems Division and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO and Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO

Papers:
8
Objective Identification of Supercellular Internal Momentum Surges Using Idealized Simulations
Matthew C. Mahalik, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and J. Dahl
Manuscript (1.3 MB)

Handout (1.4 MB)

9
Applications of Statistical Mechanics of Vortex Gases to Tornadogenesis
Douglas P. Dokken, University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN; and P. Bělík, K. Scholz, M. M. Shvartsman, C. K. Potvin, B. A. Dahl, and A. McGovern

Handout (1.8 MB)

10
Simulating a convective event with "tornado-preventing" walls
Brice E. Coffer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Handout (5.8 MB)

11
Toward understanding the role of shear instability in tornadogenesis: The origins of vortex sheets along supercell gust fronts that precede low-level mesocyclogenesis
Paul Markowski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and Y. Richardson and G. Bryan

12
Does wind shear cause hydrometeor size sorting?
Daniel Dawson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and E. R. Mansell and M. R. Kumjian

13
Investigation of Vortex Profiles via Vortex Mergers
Pavel Bělík, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN; and H. Kang, E. Winegar, D. P. Dokken, K. Scholz, and M. M. Shvartsman

Handout (2.0 MB)

14
Idealized Numerical Experiments on Tornadogenesis in Horizontally Heterogeneous Environments
Tetsuya Kawano, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; and T. Honda

15
Tornadogenesis and Tornadogenesis Failure in Simulated Supercells
Jason Naylor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and M. S. Gilmore
Manuscript (1.6 MB)

16
High-resolution simulations of the tornado core using the Fiedler-chamber configuration with turbulence parameterizations
David S. Nolan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and N. A. Dahl and G. H. Bryan

17
Super High-Resolution Simulation of the Fine-Scale Tornado Structure
Wataru Mashiko, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan

18
On the Mechanisms of Rain Formation in a Simulation of an Idealized Supercell
Matthew R. Kumjian, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and Z. J. Lebo and H. Morrison

19
Axisymmetric Solutions in the Models of Tornadogenesis
Mikhail M. Shvartsman, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN; and P. Bělík, D. P. Dokken, and K. Scholz

20
The impact of hodograph shape on hail production in simulated supercell storms
Eli J. Dennis, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. R. Kumjian
Manuscript (5.6 MB)

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