Session 4A Tropical Cyclone Operational Issues III

Monday, 16 April 2012: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Champions AB (Sawgrass Marriott)
Sponsor: 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

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

Chair:
Dr. Richard Pasch, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/NHC, National Hurricance Center, Miami, FL
Papers:
  4:00 PM
An update on scatterometer data exploitation at NHC
Rick Danielson, UCAR, Miami, FL; and M. J. Brennan, H. D. Cobb III, and B. W. Stiles

  4:30 PM
Assimilating HDOB Data in COAMPS® NAVDAS for Hurricane Earl
Patricia M. Pauley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and H. M. Holbach, K. D. Sashegyi, C. M. Amerault, D. Tyndall, and R. H. Langland

  4:45 PM
Recent Updates to FNMOC Tropical Cyclone Forecast Products
Charles E. Skupniewicz, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and C. L. Dickerman

  5:00 PM
2012 Upgrades to the Operational GFDL/GFDN Hurricane Model
Morris Bender, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and T. Marchok and R. Tuleya

  5:30 PM
Operational implementation of ensemble-based "dynamical"
Thierry Dupont, RSMC La Réunion, Météo-France, Sainte Clotilde CEDEX 09, France; and M. Plu, P. Caroff, and G. Faure

  5:45 PM
Making Use of Operational Model Forecast Skill in a Real-Time Setting
Peter S. Dailey, AIR-Worldwide, Boston, MA; and I. Dima