Session 1A Tropical Meteorology

Monday, 4 June 2018: 8:15 AM-10:00 AM
Colorado A (Grand Hyatt Denver)
Host: 29th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting
Cochairs:
Clark Evans, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI and James I. Belanger, The Weather Company, Andover, MA

Papers:
8:15 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Rebecca Adams-Selin, NOAA
8:30 AM
1A.1
The Performance of the NCEP and ECMWF Operational Models for Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts during 2015-2016
George N. Kiladis, ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. Dias, M. Gehne, P. Bechtold, and T. Haiden
8:45 AM
1A.2
Diagnosing Sources of Operational Forecast Model Errors in Tropical-Extratropical Interactions
Juliana Dias, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and G. N. Kiladis and M. Gehne
9:00 AM
1A.3
The Role of ECMWF Deep and Shallow Convection Schemes and ECMWF Initial Conditions on Equatorial Waves in the NOAA/NCEP Forecasting Systems.
Lisa K Bengtsson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Dias, M. Gehne, P. Bechtold, J. W. Bao, P. Pegion, and S. A. Michelson
9:15 AM
1A.4
An Investigation of Large Track Errors of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
Nicholas Leonardo, Stony Brook University - SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and B. A. Colle
9:30 AM
1A.5
High-Resolution Simulation of Hurricane Patricia (2015)–Rapid Intensification
Yi Jin, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. R. Ryglicki, H. Jin, J. D. Doyle, and J. R. Moskaitis
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