Session 6B Tropical Cyclones, Aggregation, and Their Role in Climate

Tuesday, 17 April 2012: 10:30 AM-12:30 PM
Masters E (Sawgrass Marriott)
Sponsor: 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

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

Chair:
Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate, Cambridge, MA
Papers:
  10:45 AM
Response of tropical cyclone frequency to idealized climate changes
Timothy M. Merlis, Princeton University and GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and M. Zhao and I. M. Held

  11:30 AM
Cumulative Effect of Hurricanes on the Atlantic Ocean
Michael Bueti, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and I. Ginis and L. Rothstein

  11:45 AM
The Upper Ocean's Thermal Response to Tropical Cyclones
John Knaff, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Fort Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria, C. Sampson, J. E. Peak, J. Cummings, and W. Schubert

  12:00 PM
**Assessing the Climate Footprint of Tropical Cyclones: Pertinent Players or Irrelevant Pawns?**
Benjamin Schenkel, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY; and R. E. Hart

  12:15 PM
Tropical Cyclone Induced Heat Transport
Gino Chen, Miami, FL; and B. P. Kirtman