Session 9A |
| | Tropical Cyclogenesis I: Role of African Easterly Waves |
| | Chair: Jiann-Gwo Jiing, TPC, Miami, FL
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| 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 |