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Sunday, 27 April 2008
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday 2008, Palms Foyer Conference Registration
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday 2008, Azalea AB Speaker Ready Room and Email Stations (Open Monday thru Friday During Conference Hours)
Monday, 28 April 2008
	7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday 2008, Palms Foyer Conference Registration Continues through Friday May 2nd
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Monday 2008, Palms E Session 1 Opening General Session
Chairs: Morris A. Bender, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; Frank D. Marks, Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
8:30 AM 1.1 Dr. Yoshio Kurihara's contribution to modeling, the GFDL hurricane model and its place in the current FSU multimodel superensemble   T. N. Krishnamurti, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 8:45 AM 1.2 Yoshio Kurihara: His contributions to tropical meteorological research and forecasting through numerical modeling   Robert E. Tuleya, SAIC@Environmental Modeling Center/NCEP, Norfolk, VA; and M. A. Bender and I. Ginis 9:00 AM 1.3 Tropical Cyclone Response to Periodic Forcing   Hugh E. Willoughby, Florida International University, Miami, FL 9:15 AM 1.4 Revisiting the physics of tropical cyclone intensification in three dimensions   Michael T. Montgomery, Naval Postgraduate School and NOAA Hurricane Research Division, Monterey, CA; and R. K. Smith and S. V. Nguyen 9:30 AM 1.5 Bob Burpee's influence on hurricane forecasting   Frank D. Marks Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
	9:45 AM-10:15 AM, Monday 2008, Palms ABCD Coffee Break
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Monday 2008, Palms GF Session 2A Tropical Cyclone Modeling I: WRF
Chair: Morris Bender, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ
10:15 AM 2A.1 Advancement of the HWRF for next generation hurricane prediction at NCEP's Environmental Modeling Center   Naomi Surgi, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and R. E. Tuleya, Q. Liu, V. Tallapragada, and Y. C. Kwon 10:30 AM 2A.2 Forecast track and intensity sensitivities of tropical cyclones to various parameterizations using the WRF-ARW model   Nick P. Bassill, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. C. Morgan 10:45 AM 2A.3 Distinct Structure and Intensity of Hurricanes Katrina and Ophelia (2005) in Coupled WRF-HYCOM Model   Jie Ming, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, MIAMI, FL; and S. S. Chen, W. Zhao, and J. Michalakes 11:00 AM 2A.4 Advanced Numerical Prediction and Modeling of Tropical Cyclones Using WRF-NMM modeling system   S.G. Gopalakrishnan, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and R. F. Rogers, R. Atlas, F. D. Marks, and S. Aberson 11:15 AM 2A.5 Inner core structures and intensity change simulated with the Advanced Hurricane WRF model   Kristen L. Corbosiero, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and W. Wang, J. M. Done, and C. Davis 11:30 AM 2A.6 Preliminary Results Using a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Vortex Specification Algorithm for the WRF-ARW Using NHC/TPC Observations and Vertical Structures Derived from Analytical and Observational Models   Henry R. Winterbottom, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson 11:45 AM 2A.7 The role of cloud microphysical processes in the development and intensification of hurricane Dennis (2005): WRF simulations and observations   Brian F. Jewett, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and E. Schneider, G. McFarquhar, M. S. Gilmore, F. J. LaFontaine, R. E. Hood, and G. M. Heymsfield
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Monday 2008, Palms E Session 2B Tropical Climatology and Climate Change
Chair: C. Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
10:15 AM 2B.1 A new set of mean soundings for the tropical North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea   Jason P. Dunion, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL 10:30 AM 2B.2 Latent heating profiles over the tropical oceans   Samson M. Hagos, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and C. Zhang 10:45 AM 2B.3 A climatology of ocean temperature forcing by aerosols across the tropical Atlantic   Amato Evan, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Heidinger, R. Bennartz, N. Mahowald, and C. S. Velden 11:00 AM 2B.4 Characterizing the synoptic timescale ITCZ in the eastern to central Pacific   Gudrun Magnusdottir, Univ. of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and C. C. Wang, H. Stern, P. Smyth, and L. Scharenbroich 11:15 AM 2B.5 A Comparison of Subtropical Storms in the South Atlantic Basin with Australian East-Coast Cyclones   Aviva J. Braun, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 11:30 AM 2B.6 Troposphere Cloud Ice: Satellite Measurements, ECMWF and GEOS5 Analyses, and GCM Simulations   Jui-Lin Li, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. Waliser, C. P. Woods, J. D. Chern, J. Bacmeister, J. Jiang, D. Genio, R. Rossow, M. Kharitondov, H. Meng, P. Minnis, S. S. Mack, A. M. Tompkins, W. K. Tao, Z. Kuang, D. G. Vane, G. Stephens, and D. L. Wu 11:45 AM 2B.7 Robust projections of vertical wind shear changes for the 21st Century   Brian J. Soden, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and G. A. Vecchi
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Monday 2008, Palms H Session 2C AMMA I: Waves
Chair: Sarah Jones, Universität Karlsruhe / Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Germany
10:15 AM 2C.1 On the genesis of African easterly waves   Chris D. Thorncroft, SUNY, Albany, NY; and N. M. J. Hall and G. N. Kiladis 10:30 AM 2C.2 Moist Singular Vectors and African Easterly Waves   Brian J. Hoskins, NCAS Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and R. J. Cornforth 10:45 AM 2C.3 The interaction between convection and African Easterly Waves: a model case study   Juliane Schwendike, Universität Karlsruhe/Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany 11:00 AM 2C.4 MIT radar observations of the evolution of the West African Monsoon during the AMMA IOP   Rosana Nieto-Ferreira, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and T. M. Rickenbach, N. Guy, and E. R. Williams 11:15 AM 2C.5 Coastal Observations and Model Simulations associated with African Easterly Wave Passage during the 2006 AMMA SOP-3 field Campaign   Gregory S. Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, P. A. Kucera, J. D. Fuentes, A. Gaye, J. Gerlach, F. Roux, D. Bouniol, A. Protat, N. Viltard, and S. Chiao 11:30 AM 2C.6 Evolution of AEWs and MCSs off West Africa observed during AMMA SOP-3 in September 2006   Joël Arnault, Laboratoire d'Aérologie (CNRS-UPS), Toulouse, France; and F. Roux
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Monday 2008, Palms I Session 2D Air-Sea Interaction I
Chair: Mark Powell, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
10:15 AM 2D.1 Eastern Pacific Ocean heat content estimates from altimetry for operational hurricane intensity forecasts   Jodi K. Brewster, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and L. K. Shay and M. Mainelli 10:30 AM 2D.2 Improving hurricane heat content estimates   S. Daniel Jacob, GEST, Univ. of Maryland and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. deMatthaeis 10:45 AM 2D.3 Typhoon intensity change by ocean heat content in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean   KiRyong Kang, National Institute of Meteorological Research/Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, South Korea; and J. H. Park, K. Y. Chung, and S. Lee 11:00 AM 2D.4 Hurricane-induced differential mixed layer cooling over strong oceanic background flows   Benjamin Jaimes, University of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and L. K. Shay 11:15 AM 2D.5 Impact of mesoscale oceanic features on tropical cyclone intensity   Richard M. Yablonsky, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and I. Ginis 11:30 AM 2D.6 Improving the ocean model response to tropical cyclones   George R. Halliwell, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and L. K. Shay, J. Brewster, and W. J. Teague 11:45 AM 2D.7 A fresh look at ocean's part of necessary conditions in supertyphoon's intensification   I.-I. Lin, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan; and I. Pun and C. Wu
	12:00 PM-1:15 PM, Monday 2008 Lunch Break
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday 2008, Palms GF Session 3A Tropical Cyclone Modeling II: Special Observations and Data Assimilation
Chair: Sharan Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
1:15 PM 3A.1 Study on radar data assimilation for improving hurricane intensity and structure forecasts   Qingyun Zhao, NRL, Monterey, California; and Y. Jin 1:30 PM 3A.2 Impacts of Airborne Doppler Radar Data Assimilation on Hurricane using WRF-Var   Xiaoyan Zhang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Q. Xiao, C. Davis, and J. D. Tuttle 1:45 PM 3A.3 Impact of satellite multi-sensor and in-situ data on high-resolution numerical simulation of the rapid intensification of Hurricane Dennis (2005)   Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and X. Li 2:00 PM 3A.4 Impact of Assimilating Scatterometer Vector Winds on High-Resolution Hurricane Model Prediction   Shuyi S. Chen, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and W. Zhao, R. Foster, S. Majumdar, and W. T. Liu 2:15 PM 3A.5 Sensitivities of hurricane intensity to planetary boundary layer schemes in a full physics three dimensional nonhydrostatic mesoscale model   Treng-Shi Huang, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and M. T. Montgomery and C. -. C. Wu 3A.6 The Capacity and Preliminary Improvement of Cumulus Parameterization on Typhoon Numerical Prediction   Leiming Ma, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China; and Z. M. Tan 3A.7 The dffects of the full Coriolis force on the structure and motion of a tropical cyclone due to horizontal motion   Xudong Liang, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday 2008, Palms E Session 3B Hurricanes and Climate I: Seasonal Overviews and Climatology
Chair: Daniel P. Brown, NOAA/NWS/NHC/TPC, MIami, FL
1:15 PM 3B.1 Highlights of the 2007 Atlantic and eastern North Pacific Hurricane Seasons. A year of extremes in the Atlantic basin   Lixion A. Avila, NOAA/NWS/TPC, Miami, FL 1:30 PM 3B.2 Life-cycle of Tropical Storm Erin (2007)   Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., SUNY, Albany, NY 1:45 PM 3B.3 Hurricanes Ioke (2006) and Flossie (2007): Examples of recent operations at CPHC   Sam H. Houston, CPHC/NWS/NOAA, Honolulu, HI; and W. Browning 2:00 PM 3B.4 Historical Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone inactivity during 2007   Ryan N. Maue, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. E. Hart 2:15 PM 3B.5 Tropical cyclones of the eastern North Pacific Ocean, 1949-2006   Eric S. Blake, NOAA/NCEP/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL 2:30 PM 3B.6 Late season tropical cyclogenesis in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean: 1975-2005   Rachel G. Mauk, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2:45 PM 3B.7 Climatology of tropical cyclone rainfall in the Southeastern United States   David Knight, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and R. Davis
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday 2008, Palms H Session 3C AMMA II: Large-Scale Circulations
Chair: Chris Thorncroft, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY
1:15 PM 3C.1 The AMMA radiosonde programme and its implications for the future of atmospheric monitoring over Africa   Michael Christoph, Univ. of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; and A. H. Fink, D. J. Parker, S. Janicot, J. B. Ngamini, M. W. Douglas, E. Afiesimama, A. Agusti-Panareda, A. Beljaars, F. Dide, A. Diedhiou, T. Lebel, J. Polcher, J. L. Redelsperger, C. Thorncroft, and G. Wilson 1:30 PM 3C.2 Annual cycle of the moisture transports associated with the Saharan heat low and their role in the coupled West African monsoon system   Thi Thuy Hanh Nguyen, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and C. D. Thorncroft, C. Zhang, and P. Peyrillé 1:45 PM 3C.3 Assessment of water budgets computed from NWP models and observational datasets during AMMA-EOP   Olivier Bock, Service d'Aeronomie (CNRS/IPSL), Paris, France 2:00 PM 3C.4 Influence of large-scale atmospheric moisture fluxes on the interannual to multidecadal rainfall variability of the West African Monsoon   Andreas H. Fink, Univ. of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; and S. Eikenberg 3C.5 The role of 25-90 day variability of tropical convection in the West African summer monsoon onset in 2006   Serge Janicot, IRD, Paris, France; and F. Mounier, N. M. J. Hall, S. Leroux, B. Sultan, and G. N. Kiladis 2:15 PM 3C.6 Analysis of the West African monsoon using an idealized two-dimensional model   Philippe Peyrillé, Météo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. P. Lafore and J. L. Redelsperger 2:30 PM 3C.7 Rainfall Events during the West African Dry-Season: Forcing from the Extratropics and Predictability   Peter Knippertz, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany; and A. H. Fink
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday 2008, Palms I Session 3D Air-Sea Interaction II
Chair: Lynn Shay, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL
1:15 PM 3D.2 A report on EASI (Extreme Air-Sea Interaction) buoy's encounter with Noel   William Drennan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and N. Williams 1:30 PM 3D.1 New findings on drag coefficient behavior in tropical cyclones   Mark D. Powell, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL 1:45 PM 3D.3 Exchange coefficients and air-sea interaction in tropical cyclones   Kevin J.E. Walsh, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia; and G. Brassington and P. Sandery 2:00 PM 3D.4 Assessment of hurricane wind stress estimation using a 4DVAR ocean assimilation system   Sarah E. Zedler, Texas A&M, College Station, TX; and I. Hoteit, R. Korty, and B. Cornuelle 2:15 PM 3D.5 Air-Sea Coupling-Induced Asymmetry in Hurricane Boundary Layer and Surface Fluxes   Chiaying Lee, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and S. S. Chen 2:30 PM 3D.6 Simple nonlinear bounday layer model for tropical cyclones   Ralph C. Foster, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday 2008, Palms ABCD Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Monday 2008, Palms GF Session 4A Tropical Cyclone Modeling III: Operational Models
Chair: Jim Goerss, NRL, Monterey, CA
3:30 PM 4A.1 Tropical cyclone initialisation in the Met Office global model: Is it still necessary and can it be improved?   Julian T. Heming, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom 3:45 PM 4A.2 Initalizations in Advanced Operational Hurricane WRF (HWRF) Model   Qingfu Liu, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and N. Surgi, S. Lord, R. E. Tuleya, V. Tallapragada, and Y. Kwon 4:00 PM 4A.3 Interpretation of tropical cyclone forecast sensitivity and dynamics from a NOGAPS singular vector perspective   Jan-Huey Chen, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and M. S. Peng, C. A. Reynolds, and C. -. C. Wu 4:15 PM 4A.4 Improvements to the Navy's version of the GFDL Tropical Cyclone Model (GFDN) and evaluation of its Prediction Skill   Morris A. Bender, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and I. Ginis and R. M. Yablonsky 4:30 PM 4A.5 Performance of the Advanced Operational HWRF Modeling System during pre-implementation testing and in real-time 2007 hurricane season   Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and N. Surgi, Q. Liu, Y. Kwon, R. Tuleya, and W. O'Connor 4:45 PM 4A.6 Improving wind-pressure relationship and intensity forecast skill of the operational HWRF   Young C. Kwon, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and N. Surgi, S. J. Lord, R. E. Tuleya, Q. Liu, and V. Tallapragada 5:00 PM 4A.7 Evaluation of tropical cyclone surface wind structure in operational NWP model forecasts   Timothy Marchok, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and R. Rogers and M. Powell
	3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Monday 2008, Palms E Session 4B Hurricanes and Climate II: Data Issues
Chair: Eric S. Blake, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL
3:30 PM 4B.1 Wind speed time averaging conversions for tropical cyclone conditions   Bruce A. Harper, Systems Engineering Australia Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia; and J. Kepert and J. Ginger 3:45 PM 4B.2 A comparison of typhoon best-track data in the western North Pacific: irreconcilable differences   Mark A. Lander, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam 4:00 PM 4B.3 Developing a unified "SuperSet" in quantifying ambiguities among tropical cyclone best track data for the western North Pacific   Michael R. Lowry, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) / Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. J. O'Brien and M. Griffin 4:15 PM 4B.4 Hurricane Satellite (HURSAT) data sets: Low-Earth orbit infrared and microwave data   Kenneth R. Knapp, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC 4:30 PM 4B.5 The utility of the ERA40 Cyclone Phase Space in Trend Diagnosis and North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Reanalysis   Danielle Manning, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Hart 4:45 PM 4B.6 Rescuing data from a black hole: Consolidation of tropical cyclone data sets into an information repository for improved data access   Margaret E. Kieper, Independent Consultant, Burnsville, MN 5:00 PM 4B.7 A reanalysis of twelve U.S. landfalling major hurricanes   Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL; and M. Dickinson and D. Strahan
	3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Monday 2008, Palms H Session 4C Amma III - NAMMA
Chair: Andreas H. Fink, Univ. of Cologne, Cologne Germany
3:30 PM 4C.1 NASA's 2006 tropical cyclogenesis experiment in the east Atlantic   Edward J. Zipser, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 3:45 PM 4C.2 The NASA Real Time Mission Monitor – a situational awareness tool for conducting tropical cyclone field experiments   H. Michael Goodman, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. J. Blakeslee, J. M. Hall, P. Parker, and Y. M. He 4:00 PM 4C.3 Dual-Frequency Airborne Precipitation Radar observations in the tropics during 2006 and 2007   Simone Tanelli, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. L. Durden and E. Im 4:15 PM 4C.4 An analysis of the interaction between the SAL and convective systems during the NAMMA 2006 field campaign and possible linkage to tropical cyclogenesis   Aaron Pratt, Howard University Program in Atmospheric Sciences, Washington, DC; and G. Jenkins 4:30 PM 4C.5 Impacts of Saharan Dust Acting as CCN on the Evolution of an Idealized Tropical Cyclone   Henian Zhang, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and G. M. McFarquhar 4:45 PM 4C.6 Multiscale numerical simulation of tropical cyclone Debby (2006) and validation with NAMMA data   Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Zipser and J. Zawislak 5:00 PM 4C.7 Barotropic energy conversion as a predictor of development for NAMMA African easterly waves   Robert S. Ross, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. N. Krishnamurti
	3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Monday 2008, Palms I Session 4D Air-Sea Interaction III
Chair: Peter Black, NRL, Monterey, CA
3:30 PM 4D.1 Impact of Sea Spray on Hurricane Simulations   Shouping Wang Wang, Naval Research Laboratory at Monterey, Monterey, CA; and Y. Jin 3:45 PM 4D.2 Analysis of a resonant-like regime in the oceanic mixed layer induced by a hurricane   Guillaume Samson, LACy, Sainte Clotilde, France; and H. Giordani, G. Caniaux, D. Barbary, and F. Roux 4:00 PM 4D.3 Simulating the baroclinic ocean current response to a tropical cyclone   Eric W. Uhlhorn, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and L. K. Shay 4:15 PM 4D.4 Coupled wind-wave-current processes in hurricanes   Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and Y. Fan, T. Hara, and B. Thomas 4:30 PM 4D.5 Investigating the impacts of wave state and sea spray on typhoon via a coupled atmosphere-wave system: the idealized case   Bin Liu, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and C. Guan and L. Xie 4:45 PM 4D.6 Aircraft Observations of the Turbulence Structure in the Hurricane Boundary Layer   Jun A. Zhang, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and W. Drennan 5:00 PM 4D.7 KORDI program for typhoon-ocean interaction in the shelf seas and Northwestern Pacific   Sok Kuh Kang, KORDI, Ansan, South Korea; and H. W. Kang, Y. H. Kim, J. K. So, J. H. Lee, H. J. Lie, S. W. Yeh, E. J. Kim, O. H. Seo, and I. Ginis
	6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday 2008, Palms ABCD Ice Breaker Reception
	8:00 PM-9:00 PM, Monday 2008, Palms I Session Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3)–Application of the Global Hawk For Hurricane Studies
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday 2008, Palms GF Session 5A Tropical Cyclone Modeling IV: Ensemble Systems
Chair: Julian T. Heming, Met Office, Exeter United Kingdom
5A.1 Performance of TC track ensemble prediction system in NMC/Beijing   Suhong Ma, NWPD/NMC/Beijing, Beijing, China 8:00 AM 5A.2 Impact of stochastic cumulus on the NOGAPS ET ensemble forecasting system. Part I: Description and general performance   Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. G. McLay, J. S. Goerss, and J. Teixeira 8:15 AM 5A.3 Impact of stochastic cumulus on the NOGAPS ET ensemble forecasting system. Part II: Tropical cyclone track forecast performance   James S. Goerss, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. A. Reynolds 8:30 AM 5A.4 Ensemble Simulations of Hurricane Katrina (2005) from TCLAPS: Intensity and Track Sensitivity and Vortex Structure Evolution   Chi Mai Nguyen, Monash University, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, Australia; and M. J. Reeder and N. E. Davidson 8:45 AM 5A.5 Ensemble-based synoptic sensitivity during the tropical cyclone life cycle   Sharanya J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL 9:00 AM 5A.6 High-resolution ensemble data assimilation applied to Hurricane Katrina (2005)   Ryan Torn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Hakim 9:15 AM 5A.7 Promising EnKF analyses and Forecasts of Hurricane Humberto (2007)   Yonghui Weng, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang, Z. Meng, J. Sippel, and C. H. Bishop
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday 2008, Palms E Session 5B Hurricanes and Climate III: Long-Term Variability
Chair: James P. Kossin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
8:00 AM 5B.1 Erroneous use of the historical data base to link global warming with increased tropical cyclone activity   Stanley B. Goldenberg, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL 8:15 AM 5B.2 Understanding of tropical cyclone intensity change in a warming world   Liguang Wu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 8:30 AM 5B.3 An Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Intensification Index for the Last 2000 Years: A Significant ~510 Year Climate Cyclic Pulse Reconstructed   Jorge Sanchez-Sesma, Instituto Mexicano de Tecnologia del Agua, Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico 8:45 AM 5B.4 Downscaling hurricane climatologies from global models and re-analyses   Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. Sundararajan and J. Williams 9:00 AM 5B.5 Global Warming, Climate Variability and Atlantic Hurricanes   Chunzai Wang, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and S. K. Lee and D. B. Enfield 9:15 AM 5B.6 Large Contribution of Sea Surface Warming to Recent Increase in Atlantic Hurricane Activity   Mark A. Saunders, University College London, Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom; and A. S. R. Lea 9:30 AM 5B.7 The role of salinity as the primary driver for the Atlantic Ocean's multi-decadal parameter variations   William M. Gray, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday 2008, Palms H Session 5C Field Programs: RAINEX
Chair: Robert Rogers, Hurricane Research Division, AOML, Miami, FL
8:00 AM 5C.1 Principal rainbands of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as observed in RAINEX   Anthony C. Didlake Jr., University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze, Jr. 8:15 AM 5C.2 Vortical structures accompanying secondary eyewall formation in Hurricane Rita (2005)   Robert A. Houze Jr., University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. F. Smull 8:30 AM 5C.3 The dynamic response of the hurricane wind field to rainband heating. Part I: The model and basic results   David S. Nolan, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and Y. Moon 8:45 AM 5C.4 The dynamic response of the hurricane wind field to rainband heating. Part II: Comparisons to RAINEX observations and high resolution simulations   Yumin Moon, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan 9:00 AM 5C.5 Effect of environmental moisture on rainbands in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (2005)   Derek Ortt, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. S. Chen 9:15 AM 5C.6 Convectively-induced PV and Vortex Rossby Waves in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (2005)   Falko Judt, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. S. Chen 9:30 AM 5C.7 New Challenges in High-Resolution Coupled Air-Sea Modeling of Hurricanes: What we have Learned from RAINEX and CBLAST   Shuyi S. Chen, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday 2008, Palms I Session 5D Air-Sea Interaction IV
Chair: S. Daniel Jacob, GEST, Univ. of Maryland and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
5D.1 Air, sea and land interactions of the South American Monsoon   Vasubandhu Misra, Florida State University, Calverton, MD MD 8:00 AM 5D.3 Wave-related changes in tropical surface turbulent heat fluxes   Mark A. Bourassa, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL 8:15 AM 5D.4 Tropical instability waves and ITCZ breakdown   Maria K. Flatau, NRL, Monterey, CA; and F. X. Giraldo 8:30 AM 5D.5 Simulation of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) using a HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM)   Yanyun Liu, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and L. Xie and J. M. Morrison 8:45 AM 5D.6 Diurnal sea surface temperature variability and the transition phase of the MJO   Carol Anne Clayson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 9:00 AM 5D.7 A numerical study on the effects of wave-current interactions on the height and propagation of sea surface waves in Charleston Harbor during Hurricane Hugo 1989   Huiqing Liu, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and L. Xie
	9:45 AM-10:15 AM, Tuesday 2008, Palms Foyer Coffee Break
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms GF Session 6A Tropical Cyclone Modeling V: Structure and Environment Interactions
Chair: Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA
10:15 AM 6A.1 The effect of La Réunion island (Indian ocean) on tropical cyclone Dina (2002): a comparative numerical study   Samuel Jolivet, LPA, Saint-Denis, France; and D. Barbary, F. Chane ming, F. Roux, and S. Westrelin 10:30 AM 6A.2 Spatial structure and evolution of low-level winds in modeled hurricanes at landfall   Sytske K. Kimball, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 10:45 AM 6A.3 Effect of Typhoon Songda on Remote Precipitation in Japan and its Adjacent   Yongqing Wang, Pacific Typhoon Research Center, KLME, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China; and Y. Wang and Z. Ding 11:00 AM 6A.4 Large Eddy Simulations of an Idealized Tropical Cyclone   Yongsheng Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Rotunno, C. Davis, W. Wang, J. Dudhia, and G. Holland 11:15 AM 6A.5 Moist waves and mesovortices in a model simulation of Katrina (2005)   Shuguang Wang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and T. J. Dunkerton and F. Zhang 11:30 AM 6A.6 The combined state-parameter estimation problem and its relevance to tropical cyclone prediction   William E. Lewis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli and E. A. Smith 11:45 AM 6A.7 Tropical cyclone formation and structure studies using a moist adjoint model   Kevin K. W. Cheung, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms E Session 6B Hurricanes and Climate IV: Seasonal Forecasting
Chair: Christopher W. Landsea, NOAA/NWS/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL
10:15 AM 6B.1 Seasonal prediction of Atlantic tropical cyclone activity   Elinor Whitney Keith, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and L. Xie 10:30 AM 6B.2 Atlantic basin seasonal hurricane simulations   Tim LaRow, COAPS, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and Y. K. Lim, D. W. Shin, E. Chassignet, and S. Cocke 10:45 AM 6B.3 New operational forecasts of tropical storm activity using the Met Office dynamical seasonal prediction model   Richard J. Graham, Met Office, UK, Exeter, United Kingdom; and M. R. Huddleston 11:00 AM 6B.4 Revised prediction of seasonal Atlantic basin tropical cyclone activity from 1 August   Philip J. Klotzbach, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 11:15 AM 6B.5 High-resolution WRF simulations of an Atlantic hurricane season   Megan S. Gentry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and G. M. Lackmann 11:30 AM 6B.6 Multi-model Statistical-Dynamical Climate Forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Landfall   Samson K.S. Chiu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and J. C. L. Chan
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms H Session 6C Field Programs: RAINEX, TCSP and IFEX
Chair: Shuyi S. Chen, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
10:15 AM 6C.1 Axisymmetric concentric eyewall evolution in Hurricane Rita (2005)   Michael M. Bell, NCAR and NPS, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee, R. A. Houze, B. Smull, and M. T. Montgomery 10:30 AM 6C.2 A Convective Burst Event in Tropical Storm Ophelia (2005)   Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. M. Bell and R. A. Houze 10:45 AM 6C.3 Boundary layer roll dynamic and thermodynamic structures as determined by dropwindsondes   Sim Aberson, Hurricane Research Division, AOML, Miami, FL; and D. P. Stern 11:00 AM 6C.4 An observational analysis of the genesis tropical storm Gert (2005)   Kevin J. Mallen, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. T. Montgomery and S. A. Braun 11:15 AM 6C.5 On the Genesis of Tropical Storm Eugene (2005) associated with the ITCZ Breakdowns   Chanh Q. Kieu, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. L. Zhang 11:30 AM 6C.6 Conditions Influencing Hurricane Emily's (2005) Precipitation Patterns, Convection and Upper Tropospheric Outflow   Kevin R. Quinlan, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. Cecil and J. R. Mecikalski 11:45 AM 6C.7 Ensemble-based data assimilation for cloud-resolving hurricane prediction: experiments with radar and dropsonde observations from RAINEX   Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and Y. Weng, Z. Meng, Y. Chen, S. S. Chen, and P. G. Black
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms I Session 6D Intraseasonal Variability I
Chair: Steven T. Garner, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ
10:15 AM 6D.1 Synoptic feedback to intraseasonal variability through the modulation of the surface heat flux   Chunhua Zhou, Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and T. Li 10:30 AM 6D.2 Equatorial Superrotation in the IPESD Multi-scale MJO Model   Joseph A. Biello, University if California, Davis, Davis, CA; and A. J. Majda and M. W. Moncrieff 10:45 AM 6D.3 Topographic effect on the MJO in the maritime continent   H.-H. Hsu, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. H. Wu 11:00 AM 6D.4 Activation process toward MJO convectively active phase in the Indian Ocean observed during MISMO-IOP   Masaki Katsumata, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change/ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Fort Collins, CO 11:15 AM 6D.5 Madden-Julian Oscillations simulated with the Reduce Acceleration in the VErtical (RAVE) approach   Zhiming Kuang, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and C. Walker 11:30 AM 6D.6 MJO signals in latent heating   Chidong Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. M. Hagos, W. K. Tao, and S. E. Lang 11:45 AM 6D.7 Satellite-Observed Subseasonal Rainfall Variations in Tropical East Atlantic-West Africa   Guojun Gu, NASA/GSFC and Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD
	12:00 PM-1:15 PM, Tuesday 2008 Lunch Break
	12:05 PM-1:15 PM, Tuesday 2008, Cedar AMS Committee on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology Luncheon
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms GF Session 7A Tropical Cyclone Modeling VI: High Resolution Simulations
Chair: Richard J. Pasch, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL
1:15 PM 7A.1 Typhoon simulation with the JMA/MRI 20 km mesh high-resolution global spectral model   Hiroyuki Murakami, AESTO/MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 1:30 PM 7A.2 A method of initializing tropical cyclones for high-resolution numerical models   Chi-Sann Liou, NRL, Monterey, CA; and K. Sashegyi 1:45 PM 7A.3 Impact of Cloud Microphysical Processes on the Intensity Forecast of Tropical Cyclones: High Resolution Numerical Simulations and Doppler Radar Data Assimilation   Xuanli Li, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu 2:00 PM 7A.4 High-Resolution Numerical Simulation of Tropical Cyclone Larry (2006): Sensitivity to Orography   Hamish A. Ramsay, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie 2:15 PM 7A.5 Intermediate and high resolution simulations of the transition of a tropical wave critical layer to a tropical depression   Zhuo Wang, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and M. T. Montgomery and T. J. Dunkerton 2:30 PM 7A.6 Polygonal eyewalls in a 2 km WRF simulation of Wilma (2005)   Chris E. Blanton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 2:45 PM 7A.7 Hurricane super-intensity through mixing   Olivier Pauluis, New York University, New York, NY; and S. T. Garner and A. A. S. Mrowiec
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms E Session 7B Hurricanes and Climate V: Modeling Studies
Chair: Brian J. Soden, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
1:15 PM 7B.1 A modeling study of the extreme 2005 Atlantic hurricane season relative to recent years   Kurt Davidson Korte, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and J. H. Bowden, N. N. Davis, X. Zhang, M. Diaz, L. Xie, and F. H. Semazzi 1:30 PM 7B.2 Model simulated changes in maximum TC intensity due to global warming   Kevin A. Hill, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and G. M. Lackmann and A. Aiyyer 1:45 PM 7B.3 Simulated impact of projected 21st century warming on Atlantic hurricane activity   Thomas R. Knutson, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and J. J. Sirutis, S. T. Garner, G. A. Vecchi, and I. M. Held 2:00 PM 7B.4 Increased sensitivity of tropical cyclogenesis to shear in higher SST environments. Part I: Simulation design and primary results   David S. Nolan, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and E. D. Rappin 2:15 PM 7B.5 Increased sensitivity of tropical cyclogenesis to shear in higher SST environments. Part II: Mechanisms and other applications   Eric D. Rappin, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan and G. A. Vecchi 2:30 PM 7B.6 The effects of cumulus parameterizations and radiation schemes on tropical cyclone frequency and structure   David Ross Ryglicki, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 2:45 PM 7B.7 Hurricane Tracking in the Atlantic and Associated Insurance Losses   Sabine Kleppek, Climate and Environmental Physics, University Bern, Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland; and C. C. Raible, V. Muccione, T. S. Stocker, P. Heck, and D. N. Bresch
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms H Session 7C Tropical Cyclone Observations
Chair: Sim D. Aberson, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
1:15 PM 7C.1 Drifting buoy deployments into Hurricane Dean, 2007   Rick Lumpkin, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and P. P. Niiler and P. Black 1:30 PM 7C.2 The dynamic behaviour of the GPS dropwindsonde in a simulated boundary layer   Amir Mohammad Yadghar, The Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and C. Miller 1:45 PM 7C.3 Inter-comparison of targeted observation guidances for tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific   C.-C. Wu, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and J. H. Chen, M. S. Peng, S. J. Majumdar, C. A. Reynolds, R. Buizza, M. Yamaguchi, S. D. Aberson, T. Nakazawa, K. H. Chou, S. G. Chen, and P. H. Lin 2:00 PM 7C.4 Inner-core characteristics of Ophelia (2005) and Noel (2007) as revealed by Aerosonde data   Guy Cascella, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and J. J. Cione, E. W. Uhlhorn, and S. J. Majumdar 2:15 PM 7C.5 NOAA and NASA collaborative efforts using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in Tropical Cyclones: Recent successes and a future path forward   Joseph J. Cione, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and P. Turlington 2:30 PM 7C.6 Tropical Cyclone Structure (TCS08) Field Experiment in the Western North Pacific during 2008   Russell L. Elsberry, NPS, Monterey, CA; and R. Ferek, S. W. Chang, P. A. Harr, and D. Eleuterio 2:45 PM 7C.7 An overview of the THORPEX-Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC) during August-September 2008   David Parsons, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Harr, T. Nakazawa, S. Jones, and M. Weissmann
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms I Session 7D Intraseasonal Variability II
Chair: Mitchell W. Moncrieff, NCAR, Boulder, CO
1:15 PM 7D.1 Intraseasonal Teleconnection between the Summer Eurasian Wavetrain and the Indian Monsoon   Qinghua Ding, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang 1:30 PM 7D.2 Intraseasonal variability of Asian summer monsoon in coupled seasonal hindcasts   Prince K. Xavier, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Paris, France; and J. P. Duvel and F. J. Doblas-Reyes 1:45 PM 7D.3 Characteristic patterns associated with atmospheric circulation changes over the Northeastern Tropical Pacific in summer   Rosario Romero-Centeno, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; and J. Zavala-Hidalgo and G. Raga 2:00 PM 7D.4 A numerical case study on the initiation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation   Pallav K. Ray, MPO/RSMAS, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL 2:15 PM 7D.5 Relevance of the vertical internal mode decomposition approach for the study of the MJO   Daniel Nethery, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Paris, France; and J. P. Duvel and J. I. Yano 2:30 PM 7D.6 Seasonal evolution of the intraseasonal variability and its link with the upper ocean structure   Jean-Philippe Duvel, Laboratoire de Météotrologie Dynamique, Paris, France; and H. Bellenger, B. Pohl, and P. Camberlin 2:45 PM 7D.7 Sensitivity to vertical shear and moist stability in a probabilistic regional dynamical model   Stephen T. Garner, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms ABCD Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms ABCD Formal Poster Viewing
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 1A Poster Session Convection
P1A.1 The Role of three-dimensional radiative Transfer on convective Cloud Formation   Kathrin Wapler, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia; and B. Mayer   P1A.2 Validation of west and east Pacific rainfall estimates from the TRMM PR using a radiative transfer model   Shoichi Shige, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Osaka, Japan; and T. Watanabe, H. Sasaki, T. Kubota, S. Kida, and K. Okamoto   P1A.3 Evaluation of Troposphere Cloud Ice Simulations in CWB Global Forecast System using A-Train Measurements   Feng-Ju Wang, Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan; and C. -. T. Fong, J. L. Li, H. -. M. Juang, C. P. Woods, D. Waliser, J. H. Jiang, G. Stephens, D. G. Vane, D. L. Wu, M. D. Cheng, and M. M. Lu   P1A.4 Convective momentum transport in 3D cloud resolving model simulations of TOGA COARE   Susana M. Mendes, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington and University of Evora, Seattle, WA; and C. S. Bretherton   P1A.5 Energetics of deep moist convection   Peter R. Bannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA   P1A.6 Diurnal cycle of deep convection in the super cluster embedded in the MJO   Tsuneaki Suzuki, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan   P1A.7 A Multi-Sensor Satellite-Based Approach to Retrieving Convective Momentum Fluxes   Christopher P. Jewett, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski   P1A.8 Convectively Coupled Gravity Waves traveling in an Equatorial Precipitating Region   Juliana Dias, Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, NYU, New York, NY; and O. Pauluis   P1A.9 Predictability aspects of aqua-planet model runs with explicit convection   Brian Mapes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and T. Nasuno and M. Satoh   P1A.10 Extreme thunderstorms around the global tropics and subtropics   Daniel J. Cecil, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and M. Felix   P1A.11 A Bayesian framework for storm tracking using a hidden-state representation   Lucas Scharenbroich, University of California, Irvine, CA; and G. Magnusdottir, P. Smyth, H. Stern, and C. C. Wang   P1A.12 Cloud vertical structure over the Bay of Bengal and eastern tropical Pacific   Paquita Zuidema, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL   P1A.13 An intense MCS observed over Niamey, Niger on 11 August 2006   Matthew A. Janiga, University at Albany, Albany, NY; and C. Thorncroft and E. Williams   P1A.14 Using high-resolution numerical simulations to understand the role of East African mountains in the initiation of long-lived episodes of organized convection   A. G. Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. B. Trier, C. A. Davis, and R. E. Carbone   P1A.15 On the use of microwave Sounder data for high-temporal rainfall maps based on microwave radiometers   Shoichi Shige, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Osaka, Japan; and T. Yamamoto, T. Tsukiyama, S. Kida, T. Kubota, and K. Okamoto   P1A.16 The large-scale response of tropical atmosphere to latent heating estimated from the TRMM PR   Shoichi Shige, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Osaka, Japan; and Y. N. Takayabu and Y. Morikawa   P1A.17 Spatial and diurnal variability in the Saharan Boundary Layer during GERBILS (2007)   Christian M. Grams, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH) / Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; and S. C. Jones, D. J. Parker, J. Haywood, V. Heuveline, J. H. Marsham, and C. Schwierz   P1A.18 The benefits of increased resolution in simulating precipitation over Sub-Saharan Africa. A comparison of AMIP integrations of GEM at 1° and 2° model resolution   Anne Daloz, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada; and C. G. Jones
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 1B Poster Session Monsoons
P1B.1 Wind-evaporation feedback and the transition to axisymmetric, angular momentum conserving Hadley flow   William R. Boos, MIT, Cambridge, MA   P1B.2 Multiyears Hindcast Experiments of Summer Monsoon over Pakistan by Using a Nested Regional Climate Model (BCC_RegCM1.0)   Sajjad Saeed, Pakistan Meteorological Department, Islamabad, Pakistan   P1B.2 Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Positive and Negative Indian Ocean Dipole with and without ENSO   Chi-Cherng Hong, Department of Science Education, TMUE, Taipei, Taiwan; and M. M. Lu and M. Kanamitsu P1B.4 PAPER WITHDRAWN     P1B.3 Interannual variability of the North American Monsoon: Large-scale conditions and small-scale effects   Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and M. Jones   P1B.4 Regional Differences in South American Monsoon Onset: Implications for Onset Predictability   Thomas M. Rickenbach, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and R. Nieto-Ferreira, D. Herdies, and S. W. Nesbitt   P1B.5 Monsoons as eddy-mediated regime transitions of the tropical overturning circulation: II. The Asian-Australian monsoon system   Simona Bordoni, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 1C Poster Session Tropical Climatology
P1C.1 Summer Mean Fields Over Tropical Africa, Indian and Atlantic Oceans During El Nino and La Nina Years   Mostafa El -Rafy, CAIRO UNIVERSITY, Giza, Egypt   P1C.2 A Methodology for Identifying Subtropical Storms in the South Atlantic   Jenni L. Evans, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and A. J. Braun   P1C.3 Multidecadal variability in the Hadley circulation   Damianos Florin Mantsis, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL   P1C.4 Frequency distribution of daily ITCZ patterns over the Western/Central Pacific   Baode Chen, Shanghai Typhoon Institute/CMA, Shanghai, China; and B. Chen, X. Lin, and J. Bacmeister   P1C.5 Five-year climatology of tropical dry air intrusions as viewed by AIRS/Aqua   Sean P. F. Casey, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. E. Dessler and C. Schumacher   P1C.6 The energy budget of a tropical intraseasonal oscillation in a climate model   Eric D. Maloney, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR   P1C.7 Diurnal changes in the atmospheric boundary layer height in tropical coastal regions   Aaron Paget, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and K. Campbell and P. Ruscher   P1C.8 Impacts of mid-latitude SST variability on the Atlantic Meridional Mode   Dimitry Smirnov, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI; and D. J. Vimont   P1C.9 Equatorial Kelvin wave propagation past Sumatra: June 2006 case analysis and forecast sensitivity experiments with COAMPS®   James A. Ridout, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. K. Flatau   P1C.10 Mapping the spatial extent of the Central American mid-summer drought with MODIS and GOES imagery   Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Mejia and R. Orozco
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 1D Poster Session Air-Sea Interaction
P1D.1 Coastal ocean surface current response to hurricane Jeanne detected by WERA   Lynn K. Shay, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. Martinez-Pedraja, M. D. Powell, B. K. Haus, and J. K. Brewster   P1D.2 The effects of Hurricane Dean on seafloor pressure, atmospheric pressure and coastal water levels   Natalia A. Donoho, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and C. E. Zervas and R. Bouchard   P1D.3 Multi-sensor satellite and HYCOM analysis of the upper ocean response to Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico   Michelle M. Gierach, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and B. Subrahmanyam   P1D.4 Air-sea enthalpy and momentum exchange at major hurricane wind speeds   Michael M. Bell, NCAR and NPS, Boulder, CO; and M. T. Montgomery and K. A. Emanuel   P1D.5 Some Aspects of Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions and Associated with Land-falling Hurricane Katrina Over the Gulf of Mexico   R. Suseela Reddy, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and C. Luckett and D. Liu   P1D.6 Impacts of the Ocean Surface Velocity on Wind Stress Coefficient and Wind Stress over Global Ocean during 1958-2001   Zengan Deng, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and L. Xie, T. Yu, and K. Wu   P1D.7 Interpreting dropsonde measurements of turbulence in the tropical cyclone boundary layer   Jeffrey David Kepert, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 1E Poster Session Field Programs
P1E.1 The NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Mission: balloon-borne radiosonde results from Cape Verde   F. J. Schmidlin, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA; and B. Morrison, T. Baldwin, and E. T. N. Northam   P1E.2 Preliminary analysis of Mesoscale Convective Systems transitioning off the West African Coast during NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (NAMMA)   Bradley W. Klotz, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera   P1E.3 Ice microphysics observations in tropical cyclones from CAMEX-4 and NAMMA: Implications for hurricane models   Amanda L. Wisdom, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and G. M. McFarquhar   P1E.4 Aircraft measurements of temperature anomalies associated with tropical waves during NAMMA   Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Mejia   P1E.5 Characteristics of Intense Deep Tropical Convection During TCSP and other NASA Field Campaigns   Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Tian and L. Li   P1E.6 Vorticity and entropy budgets of tropical cyclones during IFEX 2005   Jorge Cisneros, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. J. Raymond   P1E.7 Storm Structure and Rainfall Evolution in Hurricane Dennis (2005)   Shuyi S. Chen, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and X. Zheng and R. Rogers
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 1F Poster Session Numerical Modeling
P1F.1 Development of a new convective parameterization   Ian Folkins, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   P1F.2 Sensitivity of numerically simulated tropical cyclone structure and intensity to changes in horizontal resolution   Megan S. Gentry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and G. M. Lackmann   P1F.3 Application of ATOVS Radiance with ARW WRF/GSI Data Assimilation System in the Prediction of Hurricane Katrina   Jianjun Xu, JCSDA/UCAR/AFWA, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Rugg   P1F.4 Upgrading the simulation of tropical convective systems   Stephen E. Lang, SSAI/NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. -. K. Tao, W. S. Olson, X. Zeng, T. Matsui, and S. A. Braun   P1F.5 Typhoon-trough interaction from the perspective of the adjoint-derived sensitivity steering vector (ADSSV)   Shin-Gan Chen, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. -. C. Wu, J. H. Chen, K. H. Chou, and P. H. Lin   P1F.6 Development of the typhoon initialization — combination of the bogused vortex and the dropwindsonde data in DOTSTAR   Kun-Hsuan Chou, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. -. C. Wu P1F.7 Medium-Range tropical cyclone track prediction as a data assimilation problem   Mike Fiorino, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL   P1F.8 The relationship between flight level and 10-m winds in numerically simulated landfalling hurricanes   Jackie Rauch, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and S. Kimball   P1F.9 An EdGCM modeling study of the effects of atmospheric trace gas concentration change on Atlantic tropical cyclone development parameters   George L. Limpert, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and B. L. Perrin and A. R. Lupo   P1F.10 A simple multicloud parametrization for convectively coupled waves with an active boundary layer   Michael L. Waite, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; and B. Khouider   P1F.11 Numerical study on the vertical tilt of a typhoon vortex   Mitsuru Ueno, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan   P1F.12 Analysis and Simulation of a Dry Hurricane   Agnieszka Mrowiec, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and S. T. Garner and O. Pauluis   P1F.13 Errors induced by cloud amount in cumulus parameterization   Akihiko Murata, Meteorological Research Institute / Japan Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan   P1F.14 Improved TC forecasting through Initalization of MM5 with GFDL/GFS Merger   Robert Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL   P1F.15 Evaluating the intensification of tropical cyclones with the GFS model   Julio C. Marin, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, DF, Mexico; and D. J. Raymond and G. B. Raga   P1F.17 Initial and Boundary Condition Impacts on Hurricane Katrina Track and Intensity Forecasts   Hao Jin, SAIC, Monterey, CA; and S. Chen, R. M. Hodur, Y. Jin, T. Campbell, and S. Gabersek   P1F.18 The sensitivity of a Katrina simulation to the distribution of vertical sigma levels   F. Carroll Dougherty, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and S. E. Aplin and S. K. Kimball   P1F.19 An evaluation of the boundary conditions for nested domains for idealized hurricane simulations   Sarah E. Aplin, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and F. C. Dougherty and S. K. Kimball   P1F.20 On numerical simulation of warm season precipitation diurnal cycle   Li Zhou, Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and Y. Wang and K. Souma   P1F.21 A diagnostic analysis of high-resolution numerical simulations of the genesis of tropical storm Gert (2005)   Kevin J. Mallen, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. T. Montgomery, S. A. Braun, and W. Schubert   P1F.22 Numerical simulation of the interaction of a mesoscale convective system with the African Easterly Jet   Zhuo Wang, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Elsberry   P1F.23 Calculating the moist static energy budget near the ITCZ in idealized WRF simulations   Scott W. Powell, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan   P1F.24 ASSIMILATION OF RADAR DATA FOR THE PREDICTION OF A SMALL HURRICANE, OGNI, NEAR INDIA COAST USING THE ARPS ASSIMILATION SYSTEM   Kuldeep Srivastava, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi, India; and J. Gao, K. Brewster, M. Xue, and S. K. R. Bhowmik   P1F.24 A Numerical Study on the Wind-Terrain Interaction in South and Southeast Asian monsoon   Zhuo Wang, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and C. -. P. Chang and B. Wang   P1F.25 The Double-ICTZ Problem in IPCC AR4 Coupled GCMs: Ocean-Atmosphere Feedback Analysis   Jia-Lin Lin, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH   P1F.27 The impacts of resolution and boundary layer parameterization on the structure of the wind field in high resolution simulations of Hurricane Isabel (2003)   David S. Nolan, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and J. A. Zhang, D. P. Stern, and P. J. Kozich
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 1G Poster Session Extratropical Transition
P1G.1 Data denial experiments for extratropical transition   Doris Anwender, Universität Karlsruhe / Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; and C. Cardinali and S. Jones   P1G.2 Satellite aspects of the extratropical transition of Hurricanes Maria and Helene   John L. Beven II, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL   P1G.3 Interactions between tropical cyclones and the baroclinic flow   Juan Fang, Nanjing University, China, Nanjing, China; and F. Zhang   P1G.4 Recurving tropical cyclones and downstream impacts as revealed by singular vectors   Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. S. Peng and J. H. Chen   P1G.5 Analysis of the inner-core characteristics of Noel (2007) during its extratropical transition   Sharan Majumdar, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. J. Cione, E. Uhlhorn, G. Cascella, S. D. Aberson, R. Atlas, J. L. Beven, D. P. Brown, J. P. Dunion, C. Fogarty, R. Hart, D. C. Herndon, J. A. Knaff, C. W. Landsea, F. D. Marks, and C. Velden
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 1H Poster Session Forecasting Methods and Tools
P1H.1 Extreme value analysis of tropical cyclone trapped-fetch waves   Allan W. MacAfee, MSC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and S. W. K. Wong   P1H.2 New Products for Real-Time Tropical Storm Tracking   Mark A. Saunders, University College London, Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom; and A. S. R. Lea   P1H.3 Forecast Diagnostics to Improve Tropical Wave Forecasting at WFO San Juan   Andrew S. Levine, NOAA/NWS, Key West, FL; and G. J. Berry   P1H.4 An Online Textbook for Tropical Meteorology   Wendy Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and A. Laing and J. L. Evans   P1H.5 Using the JPL Tropical Cyclone Information System for Research and Applications   Svetla M. Hristova-Veleva, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. Ao, Y. Chao, V. Dang, R. Fovell, M. Garay, Z. Haddad, B. Knosp, B. Lambrigtsen, P. P. Li,, K. J. Park, W. Poulsen, H. Su, S. Tanelli, D. Vane, Q. A. Vu, J. Willis, and D. L. Wu
	7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Palms E Session 8 Special Session on the Future of Satellite Remote Sensing of Tropical Cyclones
Chair: Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
7:00 PM 8.1 Satellite-Based TC Surveillance: Status and Future Needs   Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. S. Velden 7:30 PM 8.2 An overview of the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD)   Robbie E. Hood, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. Atlas, P. Black, S. S. Chen, C. C. Hennon, J. W. Johnson, L. Jones, T. L. Miller, C. S. Ruf, and E. W. Uhlhorn 7:45 PM 8.3 Initial user impact studies of the next generation ocean surface vector wind scatterometer mission (XOVWM)   Paul S. Chang, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Jelenak, R. D. Knabb, J. M. Sienkiewicz, M. J. Brennan, and E. Rodriguez 8:00 PM 8.4 GeoSTAR/PATH – A future hurricane observing system   Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Gaier, A. Tanner, P. Kangaslahti, and S. Brown 8:15 PM 8.5 Advancements in NEXRAD in Space (NIS)   Eric A. Smith, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Z. S. Haddad, S. Tanelli, and G. J. Tripoli 8:30 PM Panel Discussion
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Wednesday 2008, Palms GF Session 9A Tropical Cyclogenesis I: Role of African Easterly Waves
Chair: Jiann-Gwo Jiing, TPC, Miami, FL
8:00 AM 9A.1 Evolution of long-lived African Easterly Waves   Anantha R. Aiyyer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 8:15 AM 9A.2 Nonlinear structure and evolution of African easterly waves   Nathan R. Hardin, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8208, NC 8:30 AM 9A.3 Tropical cyclogenesis in a tropical wave critical layer: Easterly waves   Timothy J. Dunkerton, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and M. T. Montgomery and Z. Wang 8:45 AM 9A.4 Tropical cyclone genesis from the merger of mesoscale vortices embedded in African easterly wave: A case study using a nested regional climate model   Asuka Suzuki-Parker, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and G. J. Holland and P. J. Webster 9:00 AM 9A.5 High-resolution simulation of the genesis of Hurricane Danielle (2004)   Xuejin Zhang, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and L. Xie, M. L. Diaz, and F. H. M. Semazzi 9:15 AM 9A.6 On The Formation of Hurricane Katrina (2005)   Yi Jin, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. S. Peng and H. Jin 9:30 AM 9A.7 Can rapidly developing African easterly waves be distinguished by their satellite signatures over West Africa?   Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. F. Mejia and K. Knapp
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Wednesday 2008, Palms E Session 9B Modulation of Tropical Cyclones by Large-Scale Patterns I
Chair: Anantha Aiyyer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
8:00 AM 9B.1 Behavior of sub-monthly wave patterns associated with recurving tropical cyclones during extreme intraseasonal phases in the western North Pacific   Ken-Chung Ko, National Kaohsiung Normal Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan; and H. H. Hsu 8:15 AM 9B.2 Tropical-midlatitude Interactions during the “Perfect Storms” of 1991   Jason M. Cordeira, Univ. of Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart 8:30 AM 9B.3 Predictability associated with interactions between recurving West Pacific tropical cyclones and the extratropical large-scale flow   Heather M. Archambault, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY 8:45 AM 9B.4 Downstream development during the rapid intensification of hurricanes Opal and Katrina: the distant trough-interaction problem   Noel E. Davidson, CAWCR, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and C. M. Nguyen and M. J. Reeder 9:00 AM 9B.5 Anomalies in Meterological Fields Over Northern Asia and It's Impact on Hurricane Gonu   Mostafa El -Rafy, Cairo University - Faculty of Science, GIZA, Cairo, Egypt; and D. Y. Y. Hafez 9:15 AM 9B.6 The influence of TUTT cells on TC motion   Jason E. Patla, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and D. Stevens and G. Barnes 9:30 AM 9B.7 The nonstationary correlations between indices of West African precipitation and Atlantic hurricane activity   Dr. Jon M Schrage, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and A. H. Fink
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Wednesday 2008, Palms H Session 9C Extratropical Transition I: Physical Processes
Chair: John L. Beven, II, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL
8:00 AM 9C.1 Analysis of the Wind Field Evolution Associated with the Extratropical Transition of Bonnie (1998)   Clark Evans, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 8:15 AM 9C.2 The structure of singular vectors associated with extratropical transition of tropical cyclones   Simon Thomas Lang, Universität Karlsruhe / Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; and S. Jones, M. Leutbecher, and D. Anwender 8:30 AM 9C.3 Sensitivity experiments for ensemble forecasts of extratropical transition   Doris Anwender, Universität Karlsruhe / Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany 8:45 AM 9C.4 Interaction of tropical cyclones with midlatitude baroclinic waves in idealised scenarios of extra-tropical transition   Michael Riemer, NPS, Monterey, CA; and S. Jones 9:00 AM 9C.5 Downstream development associated with the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific   Patrick Harr, NPS, Monterey, CA; and J. Dea 9:15 AM 9C.6 The relative roles of diabatic and dynamic processes in downstream development following the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific   Elizabeth Sanabia, NPS, Monterey, CA; and P. Harr 9:30 AM 9C.7 Global Impacts of the extratropical transition of Hurricane Noel (2007)   Eyad Atallah, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. R. Gyakum and R. McTaggart-Cowan
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Wednesday 2008, Palms I Session 9D Convection I
Chair: Edward J. Zipser, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
8:00 AM 9D.1 Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC) – Addressing the Challenge of Multi-Scale, Organized Convection   Duane Edward Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. W. Moncrieff 8:15 AM 9D.2 A modified precipitation efficiency and its application on warm rain processes   Chung-Hsiung Sui, National Central Univ., Jhongli City, Taiwan; and X. Li and M. J. Yang 8:30 AM 9D.3 The influence of vertical wind shear on deep convection in the tropics   Ulrike Wissmeier, Department of Physics, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; and R. A. Goler 8:45 AM 9D.4 Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR Data: Comparisons of lookup tables from two- and three-dimensional simulations   Shoichi Shige, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Osaka, Japan; and Y. N. Takayabu, S. Kida, W. K. Tao, and X. Zeng 9:00 AM 9D.5 Polarimetric radar analysis of convection in northwestern Mexico   Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. Rowe, S. A. Rutledge, and R. Cifelli 9:15 AM 9D.6 Predecessor rain events in tropical cyclones   Matthew R. Cote, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and M. L. Jurewicz 9:30 AM 9D.7 The QBO's influence on lightning production in the Tropics   Celina A. Hernandez, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher
	9:45 AM-10:15 AM, Wednesday 2008, Palms ABCD Coffee Break
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms GF Session 10A Tropical Cyclogenesis II: Physical Processes
Chair: Mark Lander, University of Guam, Mangilao Guam
10:15 AM 10A.1 Tropical cyclone formation: A synopsis of the internal dynamics   Kevin J. Tory, CAWCR, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; and M. T. Montgomery 10:30 AM 10A.2 Vortical hot towers, their aggregate effects and their resolution dependence in the formation of Hurricane Diana (1984)   J. Marc Hidalgo, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE; and M. T. Montgomery 10:45 AM 10A.3 Mesoscale features of tropical cyclone formations associated with the trade wind surges in the Western North Pacific   Lung-Yao Chang, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. S. Lee 11:00 AM 10A.4 Tropical Cyclone Formations in the South China Sea   Cheng-Shang Lee, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and Y. L. Lin and C. M. Huang 11:15 AM 10A.5 Tropical Cyclone Formations in 30-day Simulation Using Cloud-System-Resolving Global Non-hydrostatic Model (NICAM)   Wataru Yanase, Center for Climate System Research, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan; and M. Satoh, S. I. Iga, and H. Tomita 11:30 AM 10A.6 A shear reduction mechanism for tropical cyclogenesis   Ron McTaggart-Cowan, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and L. F. Bosart 11:45 AM 10A.7 The role of upshear convection in expediting the tropical transition of Atlantic Hurricane Karen (2001)   Andrew L. Hulme, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and J. E. Martin
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms E Session 10B Modulation of Tropical Cyclones by Large-Scale Patterns II
Chair: Eric D. Maloney, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
10:15 AM 10B.1 Link between tropical cyclone activity and Madden-Julian Oscillation phase in the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific basins   Bradford S. Barrett, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie 10:30 AM 10B.2 Intraseasonal variability of the west African monsoon and Atlantic ITCZ   Eric D. Maloney, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR; and J. Shaman 10:45 AM 10B.3 Effects of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on the cyclogeneses of Hurricane Fausto (2002) and Hurricane Emily (2005)   Stephanie E. Zick, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and W. M. Frank 11:00 AM 10B.4 A composite study of African Easterly Waves and tropical cyclogenesis: Do African Easterly Waves matter?   Susanna Hopsch, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY 11:15 AM 10B.5 Effects of equatorially-trapped tropical waves on tropical cyclogenesis: High resolution simulations in idealized conditions   Jeffrey S. Gall, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and W. M. Frank 11:30 AM 10B.6 A case study of an outbreak of twin tropical cyclones   Carl Schreck III, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY 11:45 AM 10B.7 Probabilistic forecasting of tropical cyclones utilizing wave and climate modes   Paul E. Roundy, SUNY, Albany, NY
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms H Session 10C Extratropical Transition II: Forecast Challenges
Chair: Robert E. Hart, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
10:15 AM 10C.1 Determination of a Consistent Time for Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclones   David E. Kofron, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. A. Ritchie and J. S. Tyo 10:30 AM 10C.2 Verification of National Hurricane Center forecasts of extratropical transition   John L. Beven II, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL 10:45 AM 10C.3 A curve clustering algorithm to increase skill in extratropical transition forecasts   Adam Moyer, Penn State University, University Park, PA 11:00 AM 10C.4 Examining extratropical transition of Ernesto wind fields and developing storm surge   John Billet, NOAA/NWS, Wakefield, VA VA; and H. Wang 11:15 AM 10C.5 Damaging Waves in Nova Scotia with Post-tropical Storm Noel – Data and Models   Doug Mercer, Environment Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and P. Bowyer, B. Thomas, and A. W. MacAfee 11:30 AM 10C.6 Damaging Waves in Nova Scotia with Post-tropical Storm Noel – Messages and Impacts   Peter Bowyer, Environment Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and D. Mercer, C. Fogarty, and G. Parkes 11:45 AM 10C.7 Operational forecasting process of Extratropical Transition of Tropical Cyclone   E.-J. Cha, KMA, Seoul, South Korea; and S. H. You and Y. J. Choi
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms I Session 10D Convection II
Chair: Joseph A. Zehnder, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
10:15 AM 10D.1 Hot towers formation - A Simple Integral Model of Plume Rise   Christopher Chi Ming Chu, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 10:30 AM 10D.2 Methods for introducing vortical hot tower heating in idealized models   Stephen R. Guimond, Florida State University/COAPS, Tallahassee, FL; and P. D. Reasor 10:45 AM 10D.3 Cloud vertical structure and radiative heating profile during TOGA COARE   Taotao Qian, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and R. D. Cess and J. L. Lin 11:00 AM 10D.4 Observing and explaining variations in deep convective cloud top height   Jung-Hyo Chae, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and S. C. Sherwood and F. J. Robinson 11:15 AM 10D.5 Bimodal peak in mid-level tropical layer clouds observed by CloudSat   Emily M. Riley, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. E. Mapes 11:30 AM 10D.6 Comparisons of CloudSat cloud features and TRMM precipitation features   Chuntao Liu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Zipser 11:45 AM 10D.7 Applications of remotely-sensed latent heating distributions from a PR-trained, satellite microwave radiometer algorithm   William S. Olson, JCET/Univ of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Grecu, C. L. Shie, T. S. L'Ecuyer, D. E. Waliser, X. Jiang, J. L. Li, B. Tian, A. M. Tompkins, and W. K. Tao
	12:00 PM-1:15 PM, Wednesday 2008 Lunch Break
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms GF Session 11A Tropical Cyclogenesis III: Numerical Models
Chair: Lixion A. Avila, NOAA/NWS/TPC, Miami, FL
1:15 PM 11A.1 The Impacts of Moist Convection on the Predictability of Tropical Cyclones   Jason Sippel, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang 1:30 PM 11A.2 11A.2 Initial condition sensitivity for tropical cyclogenesis and intensification using a moist adjoint   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. M. Amerault and C. A. Reynolds 1:45 PM 11A.3 Tropical cyclogenesis: A modeling comparison between developing and non-developing cloud clusters   Andrew B. Penny, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. Ritchie 2:00 PM 11A.4 Evaluation of NCEP Global Ensemble in Predicting Tropical Cyclogenesis Over the East Atlantic: Case studies during August-September 2006   Andrew Snyder, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu, Y. Zhu, and W. J. Steenburgh 11A.5 Modeling studies of tropical cyclogenesis of TC Debby and Helene during AMMA   Megan Cox, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. Chiao and G. S. Jenkins 2:15 PM 11A.6 Validation of MM5 and WRF Forecasts of the Development of Hurricane Helene   Michael Folmer, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; and R. W. Pasken and B. E. Anderson 2:30 PM 11A.7 Performance of the GFS in predicting tropical cyclone genesis during 2007   Richard J. Pasch, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL; and E. S. Blake, J. G. Jiing, M. M. Mainelli, and D. P. Roberts
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms E Session 11B Modulation of Tropical Cyclones by Large-Scale Patterns III
Chair: Noel E. Davidson, CAWCR, Melbourne, Vic. Australia
1:15 PM 11B.1 United States and Caribbean tropical cyclone activity related to the solar cycle   James B. Elsner, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. H. Jagger 1:30 PM 11B.2 Effect of remote sea surface temperature change in tropical cyclone potential intensity   Gabriel A. Vecchi, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and B. J. Soden 1:45 PM 11B.3 The relative roles of the ocean, atmosphere, and coupled ocean/atmosphere modes in modulating tropical cyclones   James P. Kossin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. J. Vimont 2:00 PM 11B.4 Interannual and interdecadal variations of tropical cyclone activity in the South China Sea   Andy Zung-Ching Goh, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and J. C. L. Chan 2:15 PM 11B.5 Transient dynamics and tropical cyclone genesis in a nested regional climate model   James M. Done, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Holland and A. Suzuki 2:30 PM 11B.6 Environmental influences on the spinup of tropical cyclones   David J. Raymond, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and J. Cisneros, S. Sessions, J. C. Marin, G. Raga, and Z. Fuchs 2:45 PM 11B.7 Mid-level ventilation's effects on tropical cyclone thermodynamic structure and intensity   Brian H. Tang, MIT, Cambridge, MA
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms H Session 11C Tropical Cyclones at Landfall
Chair: David Sharp, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL
1:15 PM 11C.1 Probability distributions of gust factors in land-falling hurricanes   Francis J. Merceret, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL 1:30 PM 11C.2 Simulating Hurricane Pre-Landfall and Post-Landfall Intensity Changes   Martin L. M. Wong, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and S. K. Kimball and K. G. Blackwell 1:45 PM 11C.3 The impact of Louisiana's levees and wetlands on Katrina's storm surge   Pat J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; and N. Tran, Y. Lau, and Y. Li 2:00 PM 11C.4 Development of a new storm surge index for prediction of storm surge associated with landfalling tropical cyclones   Mark R. Jordan II, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Luneva and C. A. Clayson 2:15 PM 11C.5 Analysis of tropical storm-tornadoes and their environments   Lori A. Schultz, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Cecil and C. C. Crowe 2:30 PM 11C.6 Hurricanes that do and do not spawn tornado outbreaks: Offshore traits and their evolution at landfall   Dale E. Unruh Jr., Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and G. M. Barnes 2:45 PM 11C.7 Treating hurricanes as Mesoscale Convective Systems - A paradigm shift for WFO landfall operations   Scott M. Spratt, NOAA/NWSFO, Melbourne, FL; and B. C. Hagemeyer and D. W. Sharp
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms I Session 11D Convection III
Chair: Ademe Mekonnen, SUNY, Albany, NY
1:15 PM 11D.1 WRF Model Simulations of tropical Cloud Systems observed during TWP-ICE   Kathrin Wapler, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia; and T. Lane, P. May, C. Jakob, S. Siems, and M. Manton 1:30 PM 11D.2 A parameterization of convective organization   Brian Mapes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and R. Neale 1:45 PM 11D.3 The Dissipation Efficiency of Moist Convection and Tropical Cyclones   David M. Romps, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2:00 PM 11D.4 A simple model of climatological rainfall over the Tropical oceans   Larissa E. Back, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and C. S. Bretherton 2:15 PM 11D.5 Semidiurnal variation in convection and atmospheric tides in an aquaplanet global cloud-resolving model (aquaplanet-NICAM)   Kazuaki Yasunaga, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change/ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and T. Nasuno, H. Miura, Y. N. Takayabu, and M. Yoshizaki 2:30 PM 11D.6 Performance of MOS statistical weather forecast guidance over the tropical western Pacific warm pool   James C. Su, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 2:45 PM 11D.7 Moisture vertical structure and tropical deep convection   Christopher E. Holloway, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and J. D. Neelin
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms ABCD Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms GF Session 12A Tropical Cyclogenesis IV: Prediction
Chair: Patrick A. Harr, NPS, Monterey, CA
3:30 PM 12A.1 The Experimental Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook: 2007 Results and Changes for 2008   Jamie R. Rhome, NOAA/NWS/NHC/TPC, MIami, FL; and D. P. Brown, J. L. Franklin, C. Lauer, C. Juckins, and C. Landsea 3:45 PM 12A.2 Verification of the National Hurricane Center's Experimental Probabilistic Tropical Cyclone Genesis Forecasts   Daniel P. Brown, NOAA/NWS/NHC/TPC, MIami, FL; and J. L. Franklin and J. R. Rhome 4:00 PM 12A.3 An investigation of tropical cyclogenesis using QuikSCAT vector winds   Elizabeth M. Minter, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida; and P. D. Reasor and M. A. Bourassa 4:15 PM 12A.5 Can detailed satellite analysis distinguish between developing and strong non-developing tropical disturbances?   Brandon W. Kerns, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. J. Zipser, C. Liu, and K. M. Greene 4:30 PM 12A.6 Developing versus non-developing disturbances for tropical cyclone formations. Part I: The Atlantic   Melinda S. Peng, NRL, Monterey, CA; and B. Fu and T. Li 4:45 PM 12A.7 Developing versus non-developing disturbances for tropical cyclone formations. Part II: western North Pacific   Bing Fu, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. S. Peng and T. Li
	3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms E Session 12B Evaluating Hurricane Risk
Chair: Michael Drayton, Risk Management Solution, Kaikohe New Zealand
3:30 PM 12B.1 Interannual Predictions of Landfalling Atlantic Hurricanes   Katie Coughlin, RMS, London, United Kingdom; and T. Laepple, E. Bellone, S. Jewson, B. Ward, and S. Khare 3:45 PM 12B.2 Improvements to stochastic simulation of tropical cyclone tracks   Jonas Rumpf, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany; and H. Weindl and V. Schmidt 4:00 PM 12B.3 Hurricane Risk Evaluation Using a Stochastically Simulated Event Set of Tropical Cyclone Tracks   Helga Weindl, Munich Reinsurance Company, 80796, Munich, Germany; and J. Rumpf, V. Schmidt, and A. Smolka 4:15 PM 12B.4 A comparison of methods for estimating extreme hurricane winds   Thomas H. Jagger, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. B. Elsner 4:30 PM 12B.5 Return period cyclonic wind hazard in the Australian region   Craig Arthur, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia; and A. Schofield, R. Cechet, and L. A. Sanabria 4:45 PM 12B.6 Rainfall Forecasts for Tropical Cyclones Worldwide   Adam S. R. Lea, University College London, Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom; and M. A. Saunders and J. T. Heming 5:00 PM 12B.7 Roads or radar: Investing in infrastructure or improved forecasting in the face of tropical cyclone risk   Seong Dae Kim, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. E. Bickel
	3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms H Session 12C Tropical Cyclone Structure I: Rainbands and Precipitation
Chair: Frank Marks, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
3:30 PM 12C.1 Mini-supercells observed in an offshore outer rainband of Hurricane Ivan (2004)   Matthew D. Eastin, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and M. C. Link 3:45 PM 12C.2 The Response of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation to Environmental Forcing   Matthew T. Wingo, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Cecil 4:00 PM 12C.3 Convective bursts during the rapid intensification of Hurricane Dennis (2005): Precipitation morphology and vortex evolution   Robert F. Rogers, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and S. S. Chen, A. J. Heymsfield, and G. M. Heymsfield 4:15 PM 12C.4 How Do Outer Spiral Rainbands Affect Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensity?   Yuqing Wang, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 4:30 PM 12C.5 The microphysical processes of Typhoon Nari (2001) at landfall   Ming-Jen Yang, National Central University, Jhongli City, Taiwan 4:45 PM 12C.6 A study on the landfall typhoon with compact structure in Taiwan   Yen Chu Chen, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. S. Lee 5:00 PM 12C.7 Rainfall Mechanisms of a landfalling Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone: Bilis (2006)   Zhiyong Meng, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Gao and F. Zhang
	3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday 2008, Palms I Session 12D Convection IV
Chair: Brian Mapes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
3:30 PM 12D.1 Cycles of deep convection over central and southern Africa   A. G. Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone and V. Levizzani 3:45 PM 12D.2 On the 3-4 day periodic convection over East Africa   Ademe Mekonnen, SUNY, Albany, NY; and C. Thorncroft and G. Kiladis 4:00 PM 12D.3 Stereo photogrammetric analysis of orographic convection during the North American Monsoon   Joseph A. Zehnder, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and J. Hu and A. Razdan 12D.4 An observational study of variation in convective features in Palau: transition from diurnal to 2-day periods   Tomoki Ushiyama, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change/ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and H. Kubota, K. Yasunaga, R. Shirooka, Y. N. Takayabu, and T. Chuda 4:15 PM 12D.5 Relationships between Gulf of California moisture surges and mesoscale convection derived from multi-year GOES imagery archives and North American Regional Reanalysis data   John F. Mejia, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. W. Douglas 4:30 PM 12D.6 Orographic precipitation in the tropics: Experiments in Dominica   Ronald Smith, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and D. Kirshbaum and E. Regina 4:45 PM 12D.7 Analysis of the diurnal cycle of convection during the genesis stage of tropical cyclones in preparation for TCS-08 in the Western Pacific region   Louis L. Lussier III, NPS, Monterey, CA; and M. T. Montgomery and P. Harr
	6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Wednesday 2008, West Poolside Pavillion Session Conference Cookout
Thursday, 1 May 2008
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday 2008, Palms GF Session 13A Conveying Uncertainties in Tropical Cyclone Forecasts
Chair: Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL
8:00 AM 13A.1 National Hurricane Center forecast verification   James L. Franklin, NOAA/NWS/NHC/TPC, MIami, FL 8:15 AM 13A.2 An analysis of along- and cross-track forecast errors and error biases for TCs in the Atlantic Basin   Chris Fogarty, Canadian Hurricane Center, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and P. Bowyer 8:30 AM 13A.3 Tropical cyclone wind speed probabilities and their relationships with coastal watches and warnings issued by the National Hurricane Center   Michelle Mainelli, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL, Miami, FL; and R. D. Knabb, M. DeMaria, and J. A. Knaff 8:45 AM 13A.4 Including expressions of uncertainty within local forecast products during tropical cyclone wind situations   Pablo Santos, NOAA/NWS, Miami, FL; and D. W. Sharp, M. R. Volkmer, and G. Rader 9:00 AM 13A.5 An examination of the logic within WFO software applications used to generate tropical cyclone impact graphics   David W. Sharp, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and M. R. Volkmer, P. Santos, and T. J. LeFebvre 9:15 AM 13A.6 An interactive website designed to enhance public understanding of storm surge threats   Robert Bright, NOAA/NWS, North Charleston, SC; and F. Alsheimer, B. L. Lindner, G. Miller, D. Timmons, and J. Johnson 9:30 AM 13A.7 Perceptions of hurricane risk and the response to Hurricane Rita forecasts along the Texas coast   Rebecca E. Morss, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Zhang and J. Sippel
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday 2008, Palms E Session 13B Remote Sensing of Tropical Cyclones I: TC Analysis Applications
Chair: Robbie Berg, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL
8:00 AM 13B.1 NRL tropical cyclone web page: A decade of evolution   F. Joseph Turk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins, T. F. Lee, K. Richardson, C. Mitrescu, C. R. Sampson, J. E. Kent, R. H. Wade, and S. D. Miller 8:15 AM 13B.2 Using remotely-sensed observations to describe tropical cyclone formation and evolution   Miguel Pineros, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 8:30 AM 13B.3 Satellite classification operations at the Tropical Prediction Center during the 2007 Hurricane Season with Comparison to Recent Trends   Robbie Berg, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL; and H. D. Cobb 8:45 AM 13B.4 Comparison of airborne SFMR, Dvorak satellite and best track maximum surface wind estimates   Peter G. Black, SAIC/Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA; and S. Mullins, C. Velden, M. D. Powell, E. W. Uhlhorn, T. L. Olander, and A. Burton 9:00 AM 13B.5 Evaluation of the First Deployment of Operational SFMR Instruments on the Hurricane Hunter Fleet   Ivan PopStefanija, ProSensing, Amherst, MA; and M. Gooberlet, L. C. J. Talbot, E. W. Uhlhorn, and P. G. Black 9:15 AM 13B.6 Examination of the influence of the Saharan Air Layer on hurricanes using data from TRMM, MODIS, and AIRS   Scott A. Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. L. Shie 9:30 AM 13B.6 Structure and evolution of the unnamed U.S. landfalling tropical cyclone of 2006   Zachary Gruskin, NOAA/AOML/HRD, southwest ranches, FL
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday 2008, Palms H Session 13C Tropical Cyclone Structure II: Two-Dimensional Wind Field
Chair: Eric Uhlhorn, Hurricane Research Division, AOML, Miami, FL
8:00 AM 13C.1 The Distribution of Surface Winds In Pacific Typhoons   Ryan Ellis, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger 8:15 AM 13C.2 Environmental Influence on Tropical Cyclone Size   Gary M. Lackmann, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and K. A. Hill 8:30 AM 13C.3 Examining Tropical Cyclone Structure Variability using H*Wind Analyses   Robert A. Stenger, NPS, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Elsberry 8:45 AM 13C.4 Katrina sustained wind speeds observed along the Mississippi coast   Miles B. Lawrence, Early Alert and Kevin Kennedy and Associates, Miami, FL; and B. R. Jarvinen and J. M. Pelissier 9:00 AM 13C.4 Case study of hurricane Wilma's wind structure evolution using HWRF   Katherine S. Maclay, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 9:15 AM 13C.5 A rexamination of the relationship between central pressure and maximum sustained wind speed   Jay S. Hobgood, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 9:30 AM 13C.6 A revised hurricane pressure-wind model   Greg Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday 2008, Palms I Session 13D Rainfall and Flooding
Chair: Michael J. Brennan, NOAA/NWS, Camp Springs, MD
8:00 AM 13D.1 Mesoscale precursors to the Hurricane Gaston flooding event as diagnosed from observations and numerical simulations   Zachary G. Brown, Kentucky Mesonet, Bowling Green, KY; and M. L. Kaplan and Y. L. Lin 8:15 AM 13D.2 Effects of Appalachian topography on precipitation from landfalling hurricanes   Steven Harville, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 8:30 AM 13D.3 Modeling Inland Flooding Due to Tropical Cyclones   Qianhong Tang, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and L. Xie 8:45 AM 13D.4 The impact of tropical cyclone remnants on the rainfall of the North American Southwest region   Elizabeth Ritchie, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. Johnson, S. White, and D. S. Gutzler 9:00 AM 13D.5 Performance of FSU multimodels rainfall forecast over the tropics during June-Sep 2007   Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and D. T. N. Krishnamurti 9:15 AM 13D.6 10-year Climatology of Tropical Rainfall Characteristics from TRMM Data   Tetsuo Nakazawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 13D.7 Comparison of TRMM and CMORPH Precipitation Estimates with Rain Gauge Data from China when affected by tropical cyclones   Zifeng Yu, Shanghai Typhoon Institute/CMA, Shanghai, China; and H. Yu and C. Qian
	9:45 AM-10:15 AM, Thursday 2008, Palms ABCD Coffee Break
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms GF Session 14A Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change I: Observational and Theoretical Studies
Chair: Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA
10:15 AM 14A.1 A critique of Emanuel's hurricane model and potential intensity theory   Roger K. Smith, Department of Physics, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; and M. T. Montgomery and S. Vogl 10:30 AM 14A.2 Estimating the atmospheric and SST memory of tropical cyclones   Robert Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Maue and M. C. Watson 10:45 AM 14A.3 Is tropical cyclone intensity change related to the strength of its convective precipitation features? Using 9 years of TRMM data to find an answer   Haiyan Jiang, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Zipser 11:00 AM 14A.4 A Statistical Analysis of JTWC NWPAC Intensity Trends   Stephen J. Barlow, 17th Operational Weather Squadron/Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Pearl Harbor, HI 14A.5 An Observational Study of Environmental Dynamical Control of Tropical Cyclone Intensity in the Atlantic   Zhihua Zeng, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China; and L. Chen and Y. Wang 11:15 AM 14A.6 A retrospective study of the Interaction of the Saharan Air Layer with Atlantic basin tropical cyclones   Evan B. Forde, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and J. P. Dunion 11:30 AM 14A.7 Verification of deterministic tropical cyclone intensity forecasts: Moving beyond mean absolute error   Jonathan R. Moskaitis, MIT, Cambridge, MA
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms E Session 14B Remote Sensing of Tropical Cyclones II: Passive Microwave
Chair: Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA
10:15 AM 14B.1 Tropical cyclone multiple eyewall characteristics   Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Helveston 10:30 AM 14B.2 Tropical cyclone environmental vertical wind shear analysis using a microwave sounder   Raymond M. Zehr, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and J. A. Knaff and M. DeMaria 10:45 AM 14B.3 Hurricane analysis with microwave sounder observations   Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 11:00 AM 14B.4 The dependence of the microwave emissivity of the ocean on hurricane force wind speed   Christopher S. Ruf, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and A. M. Mims and C. C. Hennon 11:15 AM 14B.5 Improved microwave remote sensing of hurricane wind speed and rain rates using the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD)   Salem El-Nimri, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL; and S. Al-Sweiss, R. Amarin, W. L. Jones, and C. S. Ruf 11:30 AM 14B.6 Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Tropical Cyclones   Ian Stuart Adams, NRL, Washington, DC; and M. H. Bettenhausen and P. W. Gaiser 11:45 AM 14B.7 Potential application of airborne passive microwave observations for monitoring inland flooding caused by tropical cyclones   Robbie E. Hood, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and C. D. Radley and F. J. LaFontaine
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms H Session 14C Tropical Cyclone Structure III: Inner Core
Chair: Paul D. Reasor, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL
10:15 AM 14C.1 Hurricane Vortices in Baroclinic Environments   Christopher A. Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Jones 10:30 AM 14C.2 Aspects of chaotic mixing in the hurricane inner-core   Eric Hendricks, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. H. Schubert 10:45 AM 14C.3 Rapid development of the tropical cyclone warm core   Wayne H. Schubert, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and J. L. Vigh 11:00 AM 14C.4 The evolution of thermodynamic structures in the inner core of Humberto (2001)   Klaus Dolling, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and G. Barnes 11:15 AM 14C.5 Internal structure of Hurricane Isabel at landfall   Renee Curry, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff 11:30 AM 14C.6 Core convection in Hurricane Frances (2004)   Jaclyn D. Frank, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY 11:45 AM 14C.7 Effect of baroclinicity on vortex axisymmetrization   Jiayi Peng, Internatinal Pacific Research Center,SOEST,University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and M. S. Peng and T. Li
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms I Session 14D Convectively Coupled Waves I
Chair: Paul E. Roundy, SUNY, Albany, NY
10:15 AM 14D.1 Modulation of diurnal convection by convectively coupled equatorial waves   George Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and S. N. Tulich 10:30 AM 14D.2 Convectively-coupled gravity wave disturbances in the Tropics   Stefan N. Tulich, CIRES/NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and G. N. Kiladis 10:45 AM 14D.3 Eastward-moving cloud clusters in a super cloud cluster in January 2007   Tetsuo Nakazawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 11:00 AM 14D.4 Analysis of convectively coupled Kelvin waves in 21 WCRP CMIP3 models   Katherine H. Straub, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA; and P. Haertel and G. N. Kiladis 11:15 AM 14D.5 Synoptic-scale disturbances embedded in the Madden-Julian Oscillation compared under the different ENSO phases   Ayako Seiki, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan; and Y. N. Takayabu, H. Kubota, H. Yamada, K. Yoneyama, R. Shirooka, and M. Yoshizaki 11:30 AM 14D.6 Statistical representation of equatorial waves and tropical instability waves in the Pacific Ocean   Toshiaki Shinoda, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and G. Kiladis and P. E. Roundy 11:45 AM 14D.7 A revised method of presenting wavenumber-frequency power spectrum diagrams   Winston C. Chao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Yang and X. Fu
	12:00 PM-1:15 PM, Thursday 2008 Lunch Break
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms GF Session 15A Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change II: Rapid Intensification
Chair: Michelle Mainelli, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL, Miami, FL
1:15 PM 15A.1 Rapid tropical cyclone transitions to major hurricane intensity: structural evolution of infrared imagery   John A. Knaff, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO 1:30 PM 15A.2 Signs of Rapid Intensification as Depicted in the Microwave Imagery   Roger T. Edson, NOAA/NWS, Barrigada, Guam 1:45 PM 15A.3 “Optimal” Conditions for Rapid Intensifications of Tropical Cyclones with Limited Factors   Ruixin Yang, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and J. Tang and M. Kafatos 2:00 PM 15A.4 Vortical hot towers in a rapidly intensifying mature hurricane: observations and implications   Kelly C. Smith, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; and M. D. Eastin 2:15 PM 15A.5 The rapid intensification of Guillermo (1997)   Gary M. Barnes, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. Sitkowski 2:30 PM 15A.6 Thermodynamic precursors to rapidly intensifying Atlantic Basin hurricanes   Richard G. Henning, 46th Weather Squadron, Eglin AFB, FL 2:45 PM 15A.7 A revised rapid intensification index for the Atlantic and E. Pacific basins   John Kaplan, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. DeMaria
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms E Session 15B Remote Sensing of Tropical Cyclones III: Satellite-Derived Ocean Surface Winds
Chair: Paul S. Chang, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
1:15 PM 15B.1 The impact of QuikSCAT ocean surface vector wind retrievals in tropical cyclone analysis at the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center   Michael J. Brennan, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. D. Knabb and P. Chang 1:30 PM 15B.2 Statistical analysis of surface wind distribution of typhoons on western North Pacific observed by scatterometer for 9 years   Kotaro Bessho, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Nakazawa and M. Ueno 1:45 PM 15B.3 Q-Winds satellite hurricane wind retrievals and H*Wind comparisons   Pet Laupattarakasem, Univ. Central Florida, Orlando, FL; and W. L. Jones, C. C. Hennon, P. Black, J. Allard, and A. Harless 2:00 PM 15B.4 Preliminary assessment of the utility of ASCAT wind vector retrievals at the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center   R. D. Knabb; and P. S. Chang, Hugh D. Cobb III, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL, and Z. Jelenak 2:15 PM 15B.5 Simulation of the impact of new ocean surface wind measurements on H*Wind analyses   Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. Atlas, P. Black, S. S. Chen, C. C. Hennon, R. Hood, J. W. Johnson, L. Jones, C. S. Ruf, and E. W. Uhlhorn 2:30 PM 15B.6 High Acccuracy Ocean Surface Winds from SAR Imagery   Will Perrie, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and H. Shen and Y. He 2:45 PM 15B.7 XOVWM: the Next-Generation Ocean Surface Vector Winds Mission   E. Rodriguez, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and B. W. Stiles, S. L. Durden, R. S. Dunbar, D. Esteban-Fernandez, P. S. Chang, Z. Jelenak, and S. Veleva
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms H Session 15C Tropical Cyclone Structure IV: Vertical Structure
Chair: David S. Nolan, University of Miami, Miami, FL
1:15 PM 15C.1 Relationship betwen tropical cyclone size and diabatic heating profile   Masahiro Sawada, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; and T. Iwasaki 1:30 PM 15C.2 Extreme helicity and intense convective towers in Hurricane Bonnie (1998)   John E. Molinari, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. Vollaro 1:45 PM 15C.3 Vertical Profiles of Mean and Perturbation Structure of the Hurricane Boundary Layer from the GPS dropsondes   Jun A. Zhang, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and W. Drennan and P. G. Black 2:00 PM 15C.4 Upshear-downshear variations in tropical cyclones from dropsondes   Kay L. Shelton, SUNY, Albany, NY 2:15 PM 15C.5 Effects of Vertical Wind Shear on Intensity and Rainfall Asymmetries of Strong Tropical Storm Bilis (2006)   Jinhua Yu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Techonology, Nanjing, China; and Z. Tan 2:30 PM 15C.6 Moist vortex resiliency in vertical shear flow   Paul D. Reasor, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and S. L. Young and M. D. Eastin 2:45 PM 15C.7 The vertical structure of tangential winds in tropical cyclones: theory, observations, and models   Daniel P. Stern, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms I Session 15D Convectively Coupled Waves II
Chair: George N. Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO
1:15 PM 15D.1 Gravity waves in shear and implications for organized convection   Samuel N. Stechmann, New York University, New York, NY; and A. J. Majda and B. Khouider 1:30 PM 15D.2 Convectively coupled waves in a simple multi-cloud model on a beta-plane   Boualem Khouider, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; and A. J. Majda 1:45 PM 15D.3 Simulating large scale tropical waves   Sharon L. Sessions, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. J. Raymond and Z. Fuchs 2:00 PM 15D.4 Diagnosing MJO and convection behaviour in SP-CAM and CAM simulation   Hongyan Zhu, BMRC, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia; and H. H. Hendon and C. Jacob 2:15 PM 15D.5 African easterly wave dynamics in a full-physics numerical model   Gareth J. Berry, SUNY, Albany, NY; and C. Thorncroft 2:30 PM 15D.6 A toy model of the instability in the equatorially trapped convectively coupled waves   Joseph Allan Andersen, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and Z. Kuang 2:45 PM 15D.7 Synoptic wave perturbations and convective cystems over equatorial Africa   Thi Thuy Hanh Nguyen, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and J. P. Duvel
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms ABCD Formal Poster Viewing
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 2A Poster Session Hurricanes and Climate
P2A.1 PAPER WITHDRAWN     P2A.1 Typhoon Landfall Variations in East China during the Last 500 years   Johnny C. L. Chan, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; and M. Xu   P2A.2 Relationship of the Atlantic Meridional Mode with Atlantic hurricane tracks   Suzana J. Camargo, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and J. P. Kossin   P2A.3 A very fine-resolution relocatable grid tropical cyclone climate model   Kevin J.E. Walsh, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia; and K. C. Nguyen, J. L. McGregor, and M. Stirling   P2A.4 Climatology of tropical cyclones in WRF-NRCM simulations   Asuka Suzuki-Parker, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster and G. J. Holland   P2A.5 Daily to Seasonal Higher Latitude North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Threat Prediction   Clark Evans, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Hart   P2A.6 Climate Variation and Prediction of Rapid Intensification   Bin Wang, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and X. Zhou   P2A.7 Climate change and Caribbean hurricanes   Mark Jury, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR P2A.8 Enso signatures in landfalling Tropical Cyclones along the western Gulf of Mexico   Melvin F. Martin Jr., NOAA/NWS, Brownsville, TX; and K. S. Lerman   P2A.9 The inability of winter to forget the memory of tropical cyclones   Robert Hart, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and L. F. Bosart   P2A.10 The interannual variability of tropical cyclone activity in the Southern South China Sea   Zabani Md. Zuki, Malaysian Meteorological Service; and G. L. Limpert and A. R. Lupo   P2A.11 Impact of tropical cyclones on interannual rainfall variability over the western North Pacific   Hisayuki Kubota, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change/ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and B. Wang   P2A.12 Data stewardship of global tropical cyclone best tracks   Michael C. Kruk, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and K. R. Knapp, D. H. Levinson, and J. P. Kossin   P2A.13 On the Impacts of Climate Change on Midlatitude North Atlantic Landfalling Cyclones   Will Perrie, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and Y. Yao and W. Zhang   P2A.14 Analysis of environmental factors associated with tropical cyclone activity in a future climate   Kevin Talgo, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and A. Aiyyer   P2A.16 An analysis of tropical cyclone activity in a warmer climate: results from a high-resolution coupled general circulation model   Enrico Scoccimarro, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Bologna, Italy, Bologna, Italy; and S. Gualdi and A. Navarra   P2A.15 The impact of ENSO on tropical cyclone activity over western North Pacific using very high resolution AGCM   Sung-Bin Park, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and D. Kim and I. S. Kang
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 2B Poster Session Remote Sensing of Tropical Cyclones
P2B.1 An examination of COSMIC in the tropical cyclone environment   Christopher M. Hill, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. J. Fitzpatrick, H. Karan, and Y. Lau   P2B.2 Impact of GPS Radio occultation observations on ensemble analyses and forecasts of tropical Storms   Hui Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Anderson, B. Kuo, Y. Chen, and C. Snyder   P2B.3 Improvement of WSR-88D VAD Winds: Cyclonic Wind Fields   Vincent T. Wood, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK   P2B.4 Rainfall characteristics of tropical cyclones and their contributions to the total rain analyzed with TRMM satellite data   Yukari N. Takayabu, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan; and C. Yokoyama   P2B.5 Research studies in progress at RSMC La Réunion : microwave imagery database related on tropical cyclones ; estimation of tropical cyclone genesis probability over the south-west indian ocean with ECMWF ensemble prediction forecast   Anne-Claire Fontan, METEO-FRANCE, Sainte-Clotilde, La Reunion, France; and O. Cabanes   P2B.6 O2-band differential absorption radar for sea level pressure barometry: Improvements in hurricane predictions   Bing Lin, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and Q. Min, Y. Hu, S. Harrah, R. Lawrence, and D. Fralick   P2B.7 Assessment of Objective Satellite-Based Techniques as Viable Alternatives to Subjective Dvorak Estimates   Gregory M. Gallina, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Spring, MD; and M. Turk   P2B.8 The new CIMSS tropical cyclone web site: A portal to advances in satellite analysis   Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI   P2B.9 Using airborne Doppler radar to examine eyewall momentum and vorticity budgets   Jessica L. Fieux, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. D. Reasor   P2B.10 Improved microwave radiometric imaging of surface wind speed dynamics in the hurricane eye-wall   Ruba Amarin, Univ. Central Florida, Orlando, FL; and C. S. Ruf, L. Jones, and S. S. Chen   P2B.11 Tropical cyclone intensity forecasting using a satellite-based total precipitable water product   Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; and J. Hawkins, J. P. Dunion, and D. K. Smith   P2B.12 Automatic quality control and analysis of airborne Doppler data: real-time applications, and automatically post-processed analyses for research   John F. Gamache, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and P. P. Dodge and N. F. Griffin   P2B.13 Three-dimensional structure of Hurricane Rita boundary layer from the IWRAP radar   Sylvie Lorsolo, CIMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL; and P. P. Dodge, P. Black, R. F. Contreras, J. Carswell, S. J. Frasier, P. Chang, and D. Fernandez   P2B.14 Comparing Radar-Observed Hurricane Inner-Core Structure with that from Model-Prediction with and without Radar Data Assimilation   Yonghui Wu, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and X. Zou   P2B.15 A Technique for Anticipating Initial Rapid Increases in Intensity in Tropical Cyclones, Using 37 gHz Microwave Imagery   Margaret E. Kieper, Independent Consultant, Burnsville, MN   P2B.16 Uncertainty in Scatterometer-Derived Vorticity   Kelly McBeth, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa, P. D. Reasor, and P. Cunningham
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 2C Poster Session Tropical Cyclogenesis
P2C.1 What triggers tropical cyclogenesis off the West African coast?   Qinghua Ding, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang   P2C.2 Hurricane Formation in Diabatic Ekman Turbulence   David A. Schecter, NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, WA; and T. J. Dunkerton   P2C.3 Mesoscale and convective-scale characteristics of an incipient tropical depression observed over the western North Pacific   Hiroyuki Yamada, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan; and R. Shirooka, M. Katsumata, T. Ushiyama, Q. Moteki, B. Geng, K. Yoneyama, H. Uyeda, K. Gohara, and K. Bessho   P2C.4 An objective algorithm for the identification of convective tropical cloud clusters in geostationary infrared imagery   Chip N. Helms, UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC; and C. C. Hennon and K. R. Knapp P2C.5 An analysis of Convection-SAL Interaction to the NAMMA 2006 Field Campaign and the Relationship to Tropical Cyclogenesis   Aaron Pratt, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins   P2C.6 Transition from an Eastern Pacific Upper-Level Mixed Rossby-Gravity Wave to a Western Pacific Tropical Cyclone   Xiaqiong Zhou, university of Hawaii, Honolulu, ID; and B. Wang P2C.7 The 2004 merger of tropical storm Lisa and an african eastery wave: an example of a Fujiwhara interaction in the central tropical Atlantic   Scott Stripling, NOAA/NWS, Carolina, PR; and G. J. Berry   P2C.8 Lagrangian boundaries and flow visualization of the genesis of Hurricane Felix (2007)   Zhuo Wang, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and M. T. Montgomery and T. J. Dunkerton   P2C.9 A first look at the genesis of Typhoon Manyi (2007) during the TCS-08 Dry Run   Michael T. Montgomery, NPS, Monterey, CA; and Z. Wang and T. J. Dunkerton   P2C.10 Modulation of African waves from the advection of upper level moisture from the Tropical Easterly Jet   Mrinal K. Biswas, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. N. Krishnamurti   P2C.11 The influence of desertic aerosols on tropical cyclones   E.M. Hicks, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Pointe à Pitre, Guadeloupe; and C. A. Pontikis and E. Williams   P2C.12 Hurrcane genesis & intensification in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the North Atlantic Ocean   William Paul Sokeland, ANL, Oakland City, IN
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 2D Poster Session Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change
P2D.1 Impact of rain rate initialization, cloud microphysics and angular momentum torques on hurricane intensity   Sandeep Pattnaik, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. N. Krishnamurti   P2D.2 Idealized numerical study of tropical cyclone intensification on a beta-plane   Sang Van Nguyen, Department of Physics, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; and R. Smith and M. T. Montgomery   P2D.3 Guidance for Rapid Changes in Hurricane Intensity from Inner Core Data Sets and Multiple Diagnostic Approaches   Anu Simon, Dept. of Meteorology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. N. Krishnamurti, L. Stefanova, A. Martin, B. A . Schenkel, and A. Hayes   P2D.4 Hurricane control   Brian Sandler, none, West Bloomfield, MI   P2D.5 Simulated and observed updrafts and downdrafts in Hurricane Dennis (2005): Relationship to intensity   Eric C. Meyers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, and M. S. Gilmore   P2D.6 Rapid intensification of a tropical hurricane as self-organized development of open dissipative system   Irakli G. Shekriladze, Georgian Technical Univ., Tbilisi, Georgia   P2D.7 Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclone Intensity to the Representation of Ice Microphysics   Yi Jin, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle, J. Schmidt, and S. Wang   P2D.8 The modulation of tropical cyclone structure and intensity by evolving outflow layer environmental flow   Eric D. Rappin, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and G. J. Tripoli and M. C. Morgan   P2D.9 A bottom-up route of tropical cyclone intensity change in vertical wind shear   Michael Riemer, NPS, Monterey, CA; and M. T. Montgomery, M. E. Nicholls, K. Emanuel, and B. H. Tang   P2D.10 Do gravity waves transport angular momentum away from tropical cyclones?   Yumin Moon, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 2E Poster Session Tropical Cyclone Observations
P2E.1 GPS Dropwindsonde observations of tropical cyclone low-level wind maxima   Ian M. Giammanco, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and J. L. Schroeder, M. D. Powell, and D. A. Smith P2E.1 The Reanalysis of the Tropical Cyclones Intensity in the South Pacific during the 1982-1983 El Nino   Karl Hoarau, Cergy-Pontoise University, Cergy-Pontoise, France; and L. Chalonge, M. Reghezza, and M. Augendre   P2E.2 The Aeroclipper: A new device to explore convective systems and cyclones   Jean-Philippe Duvel, Laboratoire de Météotrologie Dynamique, Paris, France; and C. Basdevant, H. Bellenger, G. Reverdin, J. Vialard, and A. Vargas   P2E.3 Images of Katrina (2005) below the cloud   Timothy J. Dunkerton, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and B. A. Walter, W. A. Perrie, D. G. Long, C. Nie, J. A. Zhang, P. G. Black, and R. F. Rogers   P2E.4 An extreme event during a research flight in Hurricane Felix   Sim Aberson, Hurricane Research Division, AOML, Miami, FL; and R. Rogers, E. Uhlhorn, and J. Gamache   P2E.5 The JPL tropical cyclone information system: design and implementation   Brian W. Knosp, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. O. Ao, Y. Chao, V. T. Dang, M. Garay, Z. S. Haddad, S. M. Hristova-Veleva, B. H. Lambrigtsen, P. P. Li, K. J. Park, W. L. Poulsen, H. Su, D. G. Vane, Q. A. Vu, J. K. Willis, and D. L. Wu   P2E.6 Scale Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Variability in Observations of Tropical Cyclones   Sam Trahan, Physics Dept, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and L. C. Sparling, J. Halverson, and J. Bacmeister
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 2F Poster Session Tropical Cyclone Structure
P2F.1 A theory on the expansion of Hurricane Katrina's wind field   Pat J. Fitzpatrick, Mississippi State Univ., Stennis Space Center, MS; and C. M. Hill, Y. Lau, Y. Li, and J. Corbin   P2F.2 Simulating the Structure of Hurricane Katrina   Martin L. M. Wong, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and S. K. Kimball and K. G. Blackwell   P2F.3 Formula of spiral cloud-rain bands of a tropical cyclone   Boris S. Yurchak, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD   P2F.4 Evolving low-wavenumber flows and the distribution of deep eyewall convection during the rapid intensification of Hurricane Guillermo (1997)   Matthew D. Eastin, Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and P. D. Reasor   P2F.5 Simulation and parameterization of large turbulent eddy transport in the hurricane boundary layer   Ping Zhu, Florida International University, Miami, FL   P2F.6 Asymptotic analysis of the motion and structure of sheared mesoscale vortices   Rupert Klein, Freie Universität Berlin (FUB), 14195 Berlin, Germany; and E. Mikusky, A. Owinoh, and P. Marschalik   P2F.7 Effects of surface exchange coefficients for high wind speeds on typhoon structure   Yoshiaki Miyamoto, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and T. Takemi   P2F.8 Eliassen's linear model for a vortex boundary layer applied to a hurricane   Stefanie Vogl, University of Munich, Munich, Germany   P2F.9 Spatial and statistical distribution of convective and stratiform clouds in the gyre-pouch of incipient tropical cyclones   Timothy J. Dunkerton, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and M. T. Montgomery, Z. Wang, and K. J. Tory   P2F.10 Diagnosing hurricane mixing properties by Lagrangian techniques   Blake Rutherford, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and G. Danglemayr and J. Persing   P2F.11 Observations of the structure and evolution of surface and flight-level wind asymmetries in Hurricane Rita (2005)   Robert F. Rogers, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and E. W. Uhlhorn   P2F.12 Simulations and observations of extreme low-level updrafts in Hurricane Isabel   Daniel P. Stern, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan and S. D. Aberson   P2F.13 The distribution of helicity and intense convection in tropical cyclones   Kristen L. Corbosiero, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and J. Molinari, D. Vollaro, W. Wang, and J. M. Done   P2F.14 Using Lagrangian boundary concepts to investigate environmental interaction of tropical cyclones in vertical shear   Michael Riemer, NPS, Monterey, CA; and M. T. Montgomery, M. E. Nicholls, K. Emanuel, and B. H. Tang   P2F.15 On the breakdown of a primary spiral rainband in Typhoon Haitang (2005) before and after its landfall   Zhiying Ding, Pacific Typhoon Research Center, KLME, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China; and Y. Wang and Y. Wang
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 2G Poster Session Tropical Cyclone Track
P2G.1 Structural Asymmetries and Track Changes of Tropical Cyclones during Landfall: Beta-Plane Simulations   K.C. Szeto, City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; and J. C. L. Chan   P2G.2 The effects of sea-surface temperature and static stability on WRF simulated intensity and track of selected 2005 Atlantic Hurricanes   Stanley D. Gedzelman, City College of New York, New York, NY; and K. Y. Kong   P2G.3 Track and Structural Changes Associated with Tropical Cyclone Making Landfall Near a River Delta   Andie Y. M. Au-Yeung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and J. C. L. Chan   P2G.4 Hurricane deflection by sea surface temperature anomalies   M.E. McCulloch, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and J. T. Heming and J. D. Stark   P2G.5 Tropical cyclone steering as a potential vorticity advection process: the role of cumulus parameterizations in defining an optimum steering column   Brett Thomas Hoover, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. C. Morgan
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms ABCD Poster Session 2H Poster Session Tropical Cyclones at Landfall
P2H.1 Wind versus Water Damage to Buildings: A Meteorological Perspective   Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Irving, TX   P2H.2 Examination of the coastal transition zone of hurricane frances   Brian D. Hirth, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and J. L. Schroeder   P2H.3 Tree damage in Quintana Roo, Mexico caused by Hurricane Dean (2007)   Corene J. Matyas, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL   P2H.4 Distribution of severe weather indices in landfalling numerically simulated hurricanes   Christina Holt, NWC REU & CASA, Mobile, AL; and S. K. Kimball   P2H.5 The effectiveness of measured and derived tropical cyclone parameters in predicting coastal damage   Ronald, L. Schumann III, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and K. G. Blackwell and S. Kimball   P2H.6 Microphysical and dynamical characteristics in the stratiform region of Tropical Storm Gabrielle at landfall   Dong-Kyun Kim, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp   P2H.7 Numerical simulations of supercell tornadogenesis associated with Typhoon Shanshan (2006)   Wataru Mashiko, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan   P2H.8 Landfalling tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific. Part I: Case studies from 2006 and 2007   Luis Farfan, CICESE, Unidad La Paz, La Paz, Baja California, Mexico; and R. Romero-Centeno, G. B. Raga, and J. Zavala-Hidalgo   P2H.9 Verification of quantitative precipitation forecast guidance from NWP models and the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center for 2005–2007 tropical cyclones with U.S. rainfall impacts   Michael J. Brennan, NOAA/NWS/Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Clark and M. Klein   P2H.10 Landfalling tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific. Part II: WRF simulations of John and Paul (2006)   D. Pozo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, DF, Mexico; and G. B. Raga, L. Farfan, R. Romero-Centeno, and J. Zavala-Hidalgo   P2H.11 Simulations of Near-Ground Hurricane Winds Influenced by Built Structures   Christopher D. Karstens, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus   P2H.12 A numerical modeling investigation of the impact of coastal roughness and moisture availability on the 10-meter horizontal wind field of a landfalling hurricane   Javier Vazquez, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and S. Kimball   P2H.13 Estimates of turbulence dissipation rate from high frequency surface wind observations for landfalling tropical cyclones   Paul Ruscher, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and W. Maxham   P2H.14 WSR-88D analysis of tornadic and nontornadic deep convection in landfalling tropical cyclone rainbands   Michael C. Link, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; and M. D. Eastin   P2H.15 An analysis of the of the mean decay rate and decay abnormalities of tropical cyclones over land in the North Atlantic Basin   Matt Bloemer, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Hart   P2H.16 Frequency of collapsing precipitation cores within the eyewalls of U.S. landfalling hurricanes (1994-2007)   Keith G. Blackwell, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and J. M. Medlin   P2H.17 Landfall forecast biases for Gulf of Mexico tropical cyclones   Lance Wood, NOAA, Dickinson, TX   P2H.18 The Hurricane Severity Index – A destructive potential rating system for tropical cyclones   Chris Hebert, ImpactWeather, Inc., Houston, TX; and B. Weinzapfel and M. Chambers
	7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Palms E Session 16 Interactions between Tropical Cyclones and Large Scale Patterns
Moderator: Paul E. Roundy, SUNY, Albany, NY
7:00 PM 16.1 What role do tropical cyclones play in the global circulation?   William M. Frank, Penn State University, University Park, PA 7:15 PM 16.2 The Atlantic meridional mode: predictability, dynamics, and impacts on tropical cyclones   Daniel J. Vimont, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Kossin and D. Smirnov 7:30 PM 16.3 Examining the modulation of tropical cyclones by the MJO using a genesis potential index   Suzana J. Camargo, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and M. C. Wheeler and A. H. Sobel 7:45 PM 16.4 Flooding in southern Mexico, tropical cyclone Noel and intense European storms in late October and early November 2007: Linked weather systems?   Lance F. Bosart, SUNY, Albany, NY; and H. M. Archambault and J. M. Cordeira
Friday, 2 May 2008
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Friday 2008, Palms GF Session 17A Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change III: Statistical-Dynamical Forecast Methods
Chair: John E. Molinari, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY
8:00 AM 17A.1 Merging statistical and dynamical forecasts for hurricane prediction   Malaquias Pena, SAIC and EMC/NCEP/NOAA, Camp Springs, MD 8:15 AM 17A.2 A simplified dynamical system for tropical cyclone intensity evolution   Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO 17A.3 A Statistical Intensity Prediction Scheme for Tropical Cyclones in the Western North Pacific   Peiyan Chen, Shanghai Typhoon Institute/CMA, Shanghai, China; and H. Yu 8:30 AM 17A.4 A simple parameterization of sea surface cooling beneath a hurricane inner core   Andrea Schumacher, CIRA/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria, I. Ginis, and B. Thomas 8:45 AM 17A.5 The use of a SHIPS ensemble for probabilistic tropical cyclone intensity forecasts   Brian J. Etherton, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and M. DeMaria 9:00 AM 17A.6 Examination of environmental characteristics associated with secondary eyewall formation and their implications on intensity forecasts   Matthew Sitkowski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Kossin 9:15 AM 17A.7 Evaluating a revised 24-hour Atlantic statistical hurricane intensification model with operational numerical models   Kevin T. Law, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Friday 2008, Palms E Session 17B Remote Sensing of Tropical Cyclones IV: Radar
Chair: Colin McAdie, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL
8:00 AM 17B.1 Determining surface winds from doppler radar data during hurricane passages over Florida   Philip D. Hayes, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg and R. Hart 8:15 AM 17B.2 A study of Doppler radar winds in Hurricane Wilma (2005)   Peter P. Dodge, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and P. Hebert, S. T. Murillo, and M. D. Powell 8:30 AM 17B.3 Determination of the circulation center and inner core evolution of Hurricane Danny (1997) using the GBVTD-simplex algorithm   Shirley T. Murillo, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and W. C. Lee, G. M. Barnes, M. M. Bell, and F. D. Marks 8:45 AM 17B.4 Development of mobile dual-polarimetric radars for hurricane studies   Michael I. Biggerstaff, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Zahrai 9:00 AM 17B.5 Investigating the Kinematic and Thermodynamic Environment of a Landfalling Stratiform Rainband using Radar and Ground-Based Remote Sensing   Michael D. Williams, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp 9:15 AM 17B.6 The NEXRAD in SPACE: Potential Improvements to Hurricane Analysis and Prediction   Gregory J. Tripoli, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. Fang, Z. S. Haddad, W. E. Lewis, F. D. Marks, Y. Ramat-Sammi, E. A. Smith, S. Tanelli, and C. Velden 9:30 AM 17B.7 The three-dimensional reflectivity structure of Atlantic hurricanes as seen by the TRMM precipitation radar   Deanna A. Hence, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Friday 2008, Palms H Session 17C Tropical Cyclone Structure V: Eye and Eyewall Structure
Chair: Michael T. Montgomery, NPS, Monterey, CA
8:00 AM 17C.1 Does friction initiate hurricane eye formation?   Jonathan L. Vigh, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 8:15 AM 17C.2 Eyewall evolution for typhoons crossed the terrains   Kun-Hsuan Chou, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. -. C. Wu 8:30 AM 17C.3 Temporal and spatial evolution of mesovortices in the eye and eyewall of Hurricane Isabel (2003)   Michael L. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and Z. Gruskin 8:45 AM 17C.4 Thermodynamic structure and evolution of the low level eye of Hurricane Lili (2002)   Paul A. Fuentes, Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and G. M. Barnes 9:00 AM 17C.5 Structure of the eye and eyewall of Hurricane Hugo (1989)   Frank D. Marks Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. T. Montgomery and R. W. Burpee 9:15 AM 17C.6 Energetics of Hurricane Bonnie (1998)   Wallace Hogsett, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. L. Zhang 9:30 AM 17C.7 Pinhole eyes in tropical cyclones   Kate D. Musgrave, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. H. Schubert and C. A. Davis
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Friday 2008, Palms I Session 17D Monsoons I
Chair: Bin Wang, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
8:00 AM 17D.1 Annual intensification of the Somali jet in a quasi-equilibrium framework: Observational composites   William R. Boos, MIT, Cambridge, MA 8:15 AM 17D.2 Seasonality of recession time and lag response to precipitation of the Ankobra and Pra Rivers in Ghana, West Africa   Michael M. Tanu, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and K. I. Mohr 8:30 AM 17D.3 Western North Pacific Monsoon Depression Formation and Structure   Jodi Beattie, Department of Physics, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and R. L. Elsberry 8:45 AM 17D.4 Collaboration of intraseasonal oscillation and synoptic-scale disturbances in the South China Sea summer monsoon onset   Hang Wai Tong, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and J. C. L. Chan 9:00 AM 17D.5 A linkage between subtropical SST dipole event in southern Indian Ocean and ENSO developing   Hongming Yan, Yunan Climate Center, Kunming, China, Kunming, China; and W. Zhou 9:15 AM 17D.6 Case study on internal structure of westward migratory cloud systems with diurnal cycle observed in the west Sumatera during HARIMAU2006 campaign   Namiko Sakurai, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), yokosuka, Japan; and S. Mori, M. Kawashima, Y. Fujiyoshi, J. I. Hamada, H. Fudeyasu, Y. Tabata, F. Syamsudin, M. D. Yamanaka, and J. Matsumoto 9:30 AM 17D.7 The Diurnal Cycle of Convection in NAME: Observations Versus Reanalysis   Paul E. Ciesielski, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. Johnson
	9:45 AM-10:15 AM, Friday 2008, Palms ABCD Coffee Break
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Friday 2008, Palms GF Session 18A Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change IV: Modeling Studies
Chair: Jamie R. Rhome, NOAA/NWS/NHC/TPC, MIami, FL
10:15 AM 18A.1 The Alignment and Intensification of Tropical Cyclone under a Sheared Environment   Xiaqiong Zhou, university of Hawaii, Honolulu, ID; and B. Wang 10:30 AM 18A.2 Prediction of Atlantic tropical cyclones with the Advanced Hurricane WRF (AHW) model   Jimy Dudhia, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Done, W. Wang, Y. Chen, Q. Xiao, C. Davis, G. Holland, R. Rotunno, and R. Torn 18A.3 Evaluating the performance of high-resolution WRF-ARW simulations on TC intensity change during SAL outbreaks   Forbes Tompkins, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and S. Chiao 10:45 AM 18A.4 Superintensity evaluation in dry and moist hurricanes   Agnieszka Mrowiec, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and S. T. Garner and O. Pauluis 11:00 AM 18A.5 Isolating surface flux influences on simulated hurricane intensity   John Persing, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. T. Montgomery 11:15 AM 18A.6 Numerical Simulation of Tropical Cyclone Intensity Using an Air-Sea-Wave Coupled Prediction System   Lian Xie, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and B. Liu, X. Zhang, S. Peng, and H. Liu 11:30 AM 18A.7 The maximum intensity of hurricanes in axisymmetric numerical models   George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Rotunno
	10:15 AM-11:00 AM, Friday 2008, Palms E Session 18B Remote Sensing of Tropical Cyclones V: Lightning Detection
Chair: Ronald L. Holle, (Lightning) Vaisala, Tucson, AZ
10:15 AM 18B.1 The Morphology of Eyewall Lightning Outbreaks in Two Category Five Hurricanes   Kirt A. Squires, NOAA/NWS, Ronkonkoma, NY; and S. Businger 10:30 AM 18B.2 Using remotely sensed data to discriminate tropical cyclogenesis   Lesley A. Leary, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. Ritchie 10:45 AM 18B.3 Operational applications of long range lightning data at the National Hurricane Center   Richard D. Knabb, NOAA/TPC/NHC, Miami, FL; and J. Cangialosi, C. Lauer, N. W. Demetriades, and R. L. Holle
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Friday 2008, Palms H Session 18C Tropical Cyclone Structure VI: Concentric Eyewalls
Chair: Hugh E. Willoughby, Florida International University, Miami, FL
10:15 AM 18C.1 Atlantic reconnaissance vortex message climatology and composites and their use in characterizing eyewall cycles   David Joseph Piech, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Hart 10:30 AM 18C.2 The Role of Vortex Rossby Wave Dynamics on the Early Stage of Concentric Eyewall Formation   Yosvany H. Martinez, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and G. Brunet and M. K. Yau 10:45 AM 18C.3 Some dynamical aspects of tropical cyclone concentric eyewalls   Christopher M. Rozoff, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. H. Schubert and J. P. Kossin 11:00 AM 18C.4 Interaction Between Two Concentric Potential Vorticity Rings – Implications to the Evolution of Hurricane Concentric Eyewall   Jia Hu, Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii at Manoa,, Honolulu, HI; and Y. Wang 11:15 AM 18C.5 Secondary eyewall formation in two idealized, full-physics modeled hurricanes   Wesley D. Terwey, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. T. Montgomery 11:30 AM 18C.6 Hurricane Katrina's eyewall replacement cycle over the northern Gulf and accompanying double eyewalls at landfall: A key to the storm's huge size and devastating impact over a three-state coastal region   Keith G. Blackwell, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and A. Wimmers, C. Velden, P. J. Fitzpatrick, and B. Jelley 11:45 AM 18C.7 Western north Pacific typhoons with concentric eyewalls   H.-C. Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. -. P. Chang
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Friday 2008, Palms I Session 18D Monsoons II
Chair: William R. Boos, MIT, Cambridge, MA
10:15 AM 18D.1 An early winter cooling in East Asia in a global warming scenario   Wen Zhou, City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; and K. Wei 10:30 AM 18D.2 Improving Forecasts of Asian Monsoon Rainfall Using COSMIC Radio Occultation Refractivity Observations   Hui Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Anderson, B. Kuo, G. X. Wu, C. Snyder, and Y. Chen 10:45 AM 18D.3 Evaluation of land-atmosphere interactions in models of the North American Monsoon   Patrick John Kelly, University of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL 11:00 AM 18D.4 The aerosol- and water vapor-related variability of precipitation in the West Africa Monsoon   Jingfeng Huang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and C. Zhang and J. M. Prospero 11:15 AM 18D.5 Concept and Changes of the Global Monsoon Precipitation   Bin Wang, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and Q. Ding and J. Liu 11:30 AM 18D.6 Monsoons as eddy-mediated regime transitions of the tropical overturning circulation: I. Simulations with an aquaplanet GCM   Simona Bordoni, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider
	11:00 AM-11:45 AM, Friday 2008, Palms E Session 18E Remote Sensing of Tropical Cyclones VI: Altimetry
Chair: Edward J. Walsh, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA
11:00 AM 18E.1 Validation and Application of Altimetry-derived Upper Ocean Thermal Structure in the Western North Pacific Ocean for Typhoon Intensity Forecast   Iam Fei Pun, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and I. -. I. Lin, C. R. Wu, D. S. Ko, and W. T. Liu 11:15 AM 18E.2 Storm surge measurement with an airborne scanning radar altimeter   Edward J. Walsh, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA; and C. W. Wright, W. B. Krabill, W. A. Shaffer, S. R. Baig, M. Peng, L. J. Pietrafesa, A. W. Garcia, F. D. Marks, P. G. Black, J. Sonntag, and B. D. Beckley 11:30 AM 18E.3 Results of First Flight Tests of an Operational Airborne Scanning Radar Altimeter   Ivan PopStefanija, ProSensing, Amherst, MA; and E. J. Walsh and P. G. Black
	12:00 PM, Friday 2008 Conference Ends

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