Session 7B Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change I

Tuesday, 17 April 2012: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
Champions FG (Sawgrass Marriott)
Sponsor: 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

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

Chair:
Kristen L. Corbosiero, University at Albany, State University of New York, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Albany, NY
Papers:
  2:00 PM
On the Trigger of Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Wilma (2005)
Hua Chen, NOAA/AOML, College Park, MD; and D. Zhang

  2:15 PM
**Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Earl in Advanced Hurricane WRF Model Simulations**
Diamilet Pérez-Betancourt, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and C. Davis

Manuscript (457.1 kB)

  2:30 PM
**Rapid Intensification of a Sheared, Fast-Moving Hurricane over the Gulf Stream**
Leon Nguyen, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. Molinari

  2:45 PM
Convective evolution during rapid intensification under varying shear
Daniel S. Harnos, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and S. W. Nesbitt

  3:00 PM
Understanding passive microwave and radar signatures of rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones: observations and model simulations for process understanding
Stephen W. Nesbitt, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. S. Harnos, S. Tanelli, S. L. Durden, and G. M. McFarquhar

  3:15 PM