Session 5B Tropical Cyclone Interannual Variability

Tuesday, 17 April 2012: 8:00 AM-10:00 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:
Philip J. Klotzbach, Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO
Papers:
  8:00 AM
An Observational Study on the Interdecadal variability of Intense Tropical Cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere
Kevin K. W. Cheung, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and N. Jiang

  8:15 AM
Influence of Tropical Indian Ocean Warming and ENSO on Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific
Li Tao, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and L. Wu and Y. Wang

  8:45 AM
Significant QBO Impacts on Tropical Cyclone Activity
Meng-Pai Hung, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and J. L. Lin and S. Stuckman

  9:00 AM
The MJO and the 2005 Hurricane Season
Carl J. Schreck III, North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC; and J. P. Kossin and L. Shi

  9:15 AM
The different impacts of two kinds of Pacific Ocean warming on tropical cyclone frequency over the western North Pacific
Guanghua Chen, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China

  9:45 AM
Dynamically-Derived Tropical Cyclone Intensity Changes over the Western North Pacific
Liguang Wu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China; and H. Zhao