Session 3B Tropical Cyclone Formation: African Easterly Waves

Monday, 10 May 2010: 1:15 PM-3:00 PM
Arizona Ballroom 2-5 (JW MArriott Starr Pass Resort)
Host: 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Chair:
Sarah C. Jones, Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe

Papers:
1:15 PM
3B.1
The tropical cyclogenesis "hole" in the Caribbean
Kay L. Shelton, SUNY, Albany, NY
Recorded Presentation

1:30 PM
3B.2
Genesis of Pre-hurricane Felix (2007) and the Role of the Wave Critical Layer
Zhuo Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and M. T. Montgomery and T. J. Dunkerton

1:45 PM
3B.3
Isentropic descent beneath the Saharan Air Layer and its impact on tropical cyclogenesis
Michael L. Diaz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (583.0 kB)

2:00 PM
3B.4
African Easterly Wave Evolution Pre- and Post-tropical Cyclogenesis
Bryce Paul Tyner, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.8 MB)

2:15 PM
3B.5
Dynamics of African easterly Wave storm track
Anantha Aiyyer, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
3B.6
Orographic and moisture effects on the evolution of the pre-Debby (2006) African easterly waves-mesoscale convective systems over Africa
Guoqing Tang, N. C. A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin, J. Spinks, and W. Jones
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
3B.7
Probabilistic discrimination between large-scale environments of intensifying and decaying African Easterly Waves
Paula A. Agudelo, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and C. D. Hoyos, J. Curry, and P. Webster
Recorded Presentation

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