28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
    

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 PM15A.1Rapid tropical cyclone transitions to major hurricane intensity: structural evolution of infrared imagery  extended abstract wrf recording
John A. Knaff, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO
1:30 PM15A.2Signs of Rapid Intensification as Depicted in the Microwave Imagery  extended abstract wrf recording
Roger T. Edson, NOAA/NWS, Barrigada, Guam
1:45 PM15A.3“Optimal” Conditions for Rapid Intensifications of Tropical Cyclones with Limited Factors  extended abstract
Ruixin Yang, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and J. Tang and M. Kafatos
2:00 PM15A.4Vortical hot towers in a rapidly intensifying mature hurricane: observations and implications   wrf recording
Kelly C. Smith, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; and M. D. Eastin
2:15 PM15A.5The rapid intensification of Guillermo (1997)  extended abstract wrf recording
Gary M. Barnes, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. Sitkowski
2:30 PM15A.6Thermodynamic precursors to rapidly intensifying Atlantic Basin hurricanes  extended abstract wrf recording
Richard G. Henning, 46th Weather Squadron, Eglin AFB, FL
2:45 PM15A.7A revised rapid intensification index for the Atlantic and E. Pacific basins   wrf recording
John Kaplan, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. DeMaria

Thursday, 1 May 2008: 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Palms GF

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