Session 9C Tropical Cyclone Structure II: Boundary Layer, Eyewall, and Eye structure

Wednesday, 18 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:
Jeffrey D. Kepert, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Melbourne, VIC
Papers:
  10:30 AM
9C.1
Shock-Like Structures in the Tropical Cyclone Boundary Layer
Gabriel J. Williams Jr., College of Charleston; and R. K. Taft, B. D. McNoldy, and W. H. Schubert

  10:45 AM
9C.2
Dynamical Boundary-Layer Depths in Hurricanes Derived from Surface Wind Observations
Eric W. Uhlhorn, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. Fischer, B. W. Klotz, and J. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

  11:00 AM
9C.3
Analysis of the hurricane boundary layer kinematic structure using Doppler radar profiles
Sylvie Lorsolo, AIR-Worldwide, Boston, MA; and R. Rogers and P. Reasor

Recorded Presentation

  11:15 AM
9C.4
An Investigation of the Eyewall Boundary Layer and Stability Indices in a Sheared Tropical Cyclone
Klaus P. Dolling, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and G. M. Barnes

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (840.1 kB)

  11:30 AM
9C.5
Sensitivity of eyewall structure and intensification of tropical cyclones to the boundary layer turbulent mixing
Cen Gao, Florida International University, MIAMI, FL; and P. Zhu

Recorded Presentation

  11:45 AM
9C.6
Impact of the boundary layer processes on eyewall structure and mesovortices of hurricanes
Ping Zhu, Florida International University, Miami, FL; and K. Menelaou and Z. zhu

Recorded Presentation

  12:00 PM
9C.7
Convective Bursts, Downdraft Cooling, and Boundary Layer Recovery in a Tropical Storm
John Molinari, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. D. Frank and D. Vollaro

Recorded Presentation

  12:15 PM
9C.8
The Structure of Descent in the Eye of Tropical Cyclones
Daniel P. Stern, UCAR, Monterey, CA; and F. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

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