Session 4B Tropical Cyclone Formation: Physical Processes

Monday, 10 May 2010: 3:30 PM-5:15 PM
Arizona Ballroom 2-5 (JW MArriott Starr Pass Resort)
Host: 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Chair:
Michael M. Bell, NPS, Department of Meteorology, Monterey, CA

Papers:
3:30 PM
4B.1
Analyses of Ring of maximum Wind, Ring of Maximum Pressure Gradient, Inflow angle and RMW in Tropical Storm
P. Kumar, MIT College of Engineering, Pune-411029, Maharashtra, India

Presentation PDF (590.9 kB)

3:45 PM
4B.2
Developing a parameter to detect imminent TC formation based on large-scale flow properties
Kevin J. Tory, CAWCR, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; and R. Dare

4:00 PM
4B.3
What are the characteristics of convective systems leading up to tropical cyclogenesis? A multisatellite investigation
Jonathan Zawislak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Zipser
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
4B.4
The creation of an equivalent potential temperature reservoir in the eye of a deepening tropical cyclone
Gary M. Barnes, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and K. Dolling
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
4B.5
Microphysical properties of developing versus non-developing cloud clusters during tropical cyclogenesis
Nathan D. Johnson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and W. C. Conant and E. A. Ritchie
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (560.3 kB)

4:45 PM
4B.6
Pre-depression vortex development from “unspectacular” convection: A genesis case study of tropical storm Gert (2005)
Kevin J. Mallen, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. A. Davis, M. T. Montgomery, S. A. Braun, and P. D. Reasor

5:00 PM
4B.7
A spatial filter approach to determining the role of convection on the evolution of a mesoscale vortex
Glenn Creighton, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Recorded Presentation

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