Session 7C Tropical Cyclone Intensity: Theory

Tuesday, 11 May 2010: 1:15 PM-3:00 PM
Arizona Ballroom 10-12 (JW MArriott Starr Pass Resort)
Host: 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Chair:
Peter Black, NRL, Naval Research Lab, Monterey, CA

Papers:
1:15 PM
7C.1
Analysis of axisymmetric hurricanes in statistical equilibrium
Gregory J. Hakim, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1:30 PM
7C.2
Entropy ventilation in an axisymmetric tropical cyclone model
Brian H. Tang, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and K. Emanuel
Recorded Presentation

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1:45 PM
7C.3
Tropical-cyclone intensification: Part I: The role of the boundary layer
Roger K. Smith, Ludwig Maximilian's University, Munich, Germany; and M. T. Montgomery
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
7C.4
Tropical cyclone intensification: Part II: The role of air-sea moisture fluxes
Michael T. Montgomery, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and R. K. Smith
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
7C.5
Tropical cyclone intensification: Sensitivity to the boundary-layer parameterization in a numerical model
Gerald L. Thomsen, Ludwig Maximilian's University, Munich, Germany; and R. K. Smith
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
7C.6
The concepts of Rossby length and Rossby depth and their application to hurricane dynamics
Wayne H. Schubert, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and B. D. McNoldy
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
7C.7
Non-linear response of hurricane vortices to heating perturbations in an observational regime
Stephen R. Guimond, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. D. Reasor
Recorded Presentation

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