Session 5D Numerical Modeling III: Coupled Modeling

Tuesday, 17 April 2012: 8:00 AM-10:15 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:
Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD
Papers:
  8:00 AM
A Case Study of Nearshore Drag Coefficient Behavior during Hurricane Ike (2008)
Brian C. Zachry, AIR Worldwide, Boston, MA; and A. B. Kennedy, J. L. Schroeder, J. Westerink, and C. W. Letchford

  8:15 AM
The air-sea interface under tropical cyclone conditions
Alexander V. Soloviev, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL; and A. Fujimura and S. Matt

  8:30 AM
Vertical Momentum Transport in a Spray-stratified Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer Under High-wind Conditions of a Hurricane
Yevgenii Rastigejev, North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greensboro, NC; and S. A. Suslov and Y. L. Lin

  9:00 AM
Investigation of the Role of the Ocean Component in HWRF
Hyun-Sook Kim, IMSG at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and J. D. Sims, C. Lozano, V. Tallapragada, D. Iredell, Y. Kwon, Q. Liu, D. Sheinin, and Z. Zhang

  9:15 AM
Diagnosing the POM-TC ocean model component of NOAA's HWRF and GFDL coupled hurricane forecast models
Richard M. Yablonsky, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and I. Ginis

  9:30 AM
Advanced coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean modeling for improving tropical cyclone prediction models
Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and T. Hara, B. Thomas, B. Reichl, J. Bao, and C. W. Fairall

  9:45 AM
Air-ocean-wave coupling of Hurricane Ivan (September 2004) in COAMPS-TC
Travis A. Smith, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS; and S. Chen, T. Campbell, E. Rogers, S. Gabersek, S. Carroll, and R. A. Allard

  10:00 AM
Impact of an Ocean Model's Horizontal Resolution on the Ocean Response to a Hurricane
Melissa Kaufman, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and I. Ginis and R. Yablonsky