Session 1D Tropical Cyclones, Land Interaction, and Landfall I

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

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

Chair:
Robbie Berg, NOAA, National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL
Papers:
  8:00 AM
1D.1
Observed Near-Surface Wind Flow Characteristics of Gulf Coast Hurricanes: 2004-2008
Ian M. Giammanco, Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, Richburg, SC; and J. A. Balderrama, J. L. Schroeder, F. J. Masters, and P. J. Vickery

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (729.2 kB)

  8:15 AM
1D.2
Mapping of Low-Level Hurricane Winds in Hurricane Rita by integrating Fine-Scale Radar and Tower Data
Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Kosiba, F. Masters, and P. Robinson

  8:30 AM
1D.3
Examination of the coastal transition zone of Hurricane Frances (2004)
Brian D. Hirth, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and J. L. Schroeder

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.0 MB)

  8:45 AM
1D.4
Characterizing momentum transport, dissipative heating, and turbulence structure in the surface layer of landfalling hurricanes using high resolution tower observations
Jonathan Furst, Florida International University, Miami, FL; and P. Zhu and J. Zhang

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (342.0 kB)

  9:00 AM
1D.5
Open terrain gust factors in landfalling hurricanes based on mobile tower observations
Juan-Antonio Balderrama, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; and F. Masters and C. Miller

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (166.8 kB)

  9:15 AM
1D.6
Fine-scale Dual-Doppler analysis of the boundary layer in Hurricane Frances (2004)
Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman and P. Robinson

  9:30 AM
1D.7
Structure of mesovortices in Hurricane Ike (2008) derived from dual-Doppler analyses from ground-based radars
Stephanie Mullins, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

Recorded Presentation

  9:45 AM
1D.8
Mesoscale analysis of a concentrated heavy rain event using an adaptable mesonet during the landfall of Tropical Storm Ida (2009)
Kevin R. Knupp, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and P. Ray, S. K. Kimball, and J. L. Schroeder

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