Session 11A DYNAMO/CINDY2011 IV

Thursday, 19 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:
Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M University, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, TX
Papers:
  8:00 AM
An overview of the NCAR S-PolKa radar operations during DYNAMO
Scott Ellis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vivekanandan, T. M. Weckwerth, R. A. Rilling, J. Hubbert, W. C. Lee, R. A. Houze Jr., S. W. Powell, and C. Zhang

  8:15 AM
Indian Ocean Convection as seen by the S-PolKa radar in DYNAMO
Robert A. Houze Jr., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

  8:30 AM
The MJO Cloud Population as Seen by TRMM, DYNAMO, and AMIE Radars
Hannah C. Barnes, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze Jr. and S. R. Brodzik

  8:45 AM
In-Situ and W-Band Radar Measurements of Ice Microphysics for Megha-Tropiques validation
Nicolas Viltard, CNRS-UVSQ, Guyancourt, France; and J. Delanoë, A. Schawrtzenböeck, C. Bovalo, C. Caudoux, M. Ceccaldi, R. Dupuy, C. Duroure, J. P. Duvel, E. Fontaine, C. Gourbeyre, N. M. J. Hall, A. Martini, A. Protat, K. Ramage, R. Roca, J. P. Vinson, and A. Bourdon

  9:00 AM
DYNAMO Convective Systems – Insights from Data Provided by the NOAA P-3 Aircraft
David P. Jorgensen, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. S. Chen and Q. Wang

  9:15 AM
Comparisons of simulated and observed mesoscale systems over the Indian Ocean during DYNAMO/AMIE
Scott W. Powell, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. A. Houze, Jr., A. Kumar, and S. A. McFarlane

  9:30 AM
Model Simulated Equatorial Convection over the Indian Ocean
Sue Chen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Flatau, T. Jensen, J. Cummings, T. Shinoda, and P. May

  9:45 AM
Vertical Structure and Diabatic Processes of the MJO: A Global Model Evaluation Project
Duane E. Waliser, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Jiang, J. Petch, P. K. Xavier, S. Woolnough, and N. P. Klingaman