Session 15A Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change II: Rapid Intensification

Thursday, 1 May 2008: 1:15 PM-3:00 PM
Palms GF (Wyndham Orlando Resort)
Host: 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Chair:
Michelle Mainelli, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL, Noaa/nws/ncep, Miami, FL

Papers:
1:15 PM
15A.1
Rapid tropical cyclone transitions to major hurricane intensity: structural evolution of infrared imagery
John Knaff, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (361.4 kB)

1:30 PM
15A.2
Signs of Rapid Intensification as Depicted in the Microwave Imagery
Roger T. Edson, NOAA/NWS, Barrigada, Guam
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (160.8 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (144.9 kB)

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
Recorded presentation

2:15 PM
15A.5
The rapid intensification of Guillermo (1997)
Gary M. Barnes, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. Sitkowski
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (336.8 kB)

2:30 PM
15A.6
Thermodynamic precursors to rapidly intensifying Atlantic Basin hurricanes
Richard G. Henning, 46th Weather Squadron, Eglin AFB, FL
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (982.1 kB)

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
Recorded presentation

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