Session 1A Tropical Cyclone Concentric Eyewalls and Replacement

Monday, 16 April 2012: 8:00 AM-10:15 AM
Champions AB (Sawgrass Marriott)
Sponsor: 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

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

Chair:
Christopher M. Rozoff, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI
Papers:
  8:00 AM
On the dynamics of the secondary eyewall genesis in Hurricane Wilma (2005)
Konstantinos Menelaou, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and P. M. K. Yau and Y. Martinez

  8:30 AM
Concentric Eyewall Formation in Typhoon Sinlaku (2008) – Part I: Axisymmetric Processes
Yi-Hsuan Huang, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and M. T. Montgomery and C. C. Wu

  8:45 AM
Concentric Eyewall Formation in Typhoon Sinlaku (2008) – Part II: Further Examination of Axisymmetric and Asymmetric Processes
Chun-Chieh Wu, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and Y. H. Huang and M. T. Montgomery

  9:00 AM
Objective Diagnosis of the Eyewall Replacement Cycle in Typhoon Sinlaku
Elizabeth R. Sanabia, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and N. P. Celone and C. M. Fine

  9:15 AM
Vortex Rossby Waves and Secondary Eyewall Formation in a High-resolution Simulation of Hurricane Katrina (2005)
Kristen L. Corbosiero, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY; and S. Abarca and M. T. Montgomery

  9:30 AM
Secondary eyewall formation in high-resolution simulations
Sergio Abarca, IMSG at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and M. T. Montgomery and K. L. Corbosiero

  9:45 AM
Concentric Eyewall Typhoon characteristics at Western North Pacific
Hung-Chi Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and Y. T. Yang and C. H. Liu

  10:00 AM
Thermodynamic Evolution of the Hurricane Inner-Core during Eyewall Replacement Cycles and Ramifications of the Relict Wind Maximum
Matthew Sitkowski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Kossin, C. M. Rozoff, and J. A. Knaff