Session 1B Historical Perspectives on Tropical Cyclones I

Monday, 16 April 2012: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Champions DE (Sawgrass Marriott)
Sponsor: 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

**Indicates paper is being considered for the Max Eaton Student Prize**

Chair:
Greg J. Holland, NCAR, MMM Director's Office, Boulder, CO
Papers:
  8:00 AM
1B.1
Background and Motivations for the Saffir / Simpson Scale
Robert Simpson, Retired, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

  8:30 AM
1B.2
Hurricane Andrew 20 years later: What have we learned?
Timothy P. Marshall, Haag Engineering Co., Irving, TX; and K. Gilvary and J. Kestner

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.3 MB)

  8:45 AM
1B.3
Are Atlantic basin tropical cyclone intensity forecasts improving?
Jonathan R. Moskaitis, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA

  9:00 AM
1B.4
Global Tropical Cyclone Climatology using IBTrACS
Carl J. Schreck III, North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC; and J. P. Kossin, K. R. Knapp, and P. A. Hennon

Recorded Presentation

Handout (11.4 MB)

  9:15 AM
1B.5
How ‘Good' are the Best Tracks? - Estimating Uncertainty in the Atlantic Hurricane Database
Christopher Landsea, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL

Recorded Presentation

  9:30 AM
1B.6
Inter-comparison of climatological TC winds and pressures in the Western North Pacific
Kenneth R. Knapp, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. A. Knaff and C. R. Sampson

Recorded Presentation

  9:45 AM
1B.7
Shifts in Typhoon Tracks over the western North Pacific during the 20th century based on the recovery of historical data
Hisayuki Kubota, Research Institute for Global Change/ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and J. C. L. Chan, J. Matsumoto, and E. Ginn

Recorded Presentation

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