Session 6D Numerical Modeling IV: Coupled Modeling

Tuesday, 17 April 2012: 10:30 AM-12:30 PM
Champions FG (Sawgrass Marriott)
Sponsor: 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

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

Chair:
Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI
Papers:
  10:30 AM
Resolving Loop Current and Eddy Variability For Coupled Intensity Forecast Models
Lynn K. (Nick) Shay, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. Jaimes, J. K. Brewster, P. C. Meyers, E. C. McCaskill, G. R. Halliwell Jr., and E. W. Uhlhorn

  10:45 AM
The Response of Quasi-Geostrophic Oceanic Vortices to Tropical Cyclone Forcing
Benjamin Jaimes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and L. K. Shay and G. R. Halliwell Jr.

  11:00 AM
Coupled Model Simulations Investigating the Role of East Australian Current Eddies in the Formation of East Coast Lows
Christopher R. S. Chambers, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and G. B. Brassington, K. Walsh, and I. Simmonds

  11:15 AM
**Using variable resolution meshes to model tropical cyclones in NCAR's CAM general circulation model**
Colin M. Zarzycki, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. Jablonowski

  11:30 AM
Structural Uncertainty of Tropical Cyclone Simulations in General Circulation Models
Christiane Jablonowski, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and K. A. Reed

  11:45 AM
Tropical Cyclone Characteristics in the High-Resolution Community Atmosphere Model
Kevin A. Reed, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. Jablonowski and M. F. Wehner

  12:15 PM