Session 13D Tropical Large Scale Circulation and Intraseasonal Variability II

Thursday, 19 April 2012: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
Masters E (Sawgrass Marriott)
Sponsor: 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

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

Chair:
Katherine H. Straub, Susquehanna University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Selinsgrove, PA
Papers:
  1:30 PM
Nonlinear Dynamics and Regional Variations in the MJO Skeleton
Andrew J. Majda, Courant Institute, New York University, New York, NY; and S. N. Stechmann

  1:45 PM
Multi-scale waves in an MJO background and CMT feedback
Boualem Khouider, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; and Y. Han Jr., A. J. Majda, and S. N. Stechmann

  2:30 PM
Does the MJO make ENSO more, not less, predictable?
Atul Kapur, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and C. Zhang

  2:45 PM
  3:00 PM
Apparent coupling between atmospheric convection and oceanic Kelvin waves
Robert Michael Setzenfand, SUNY, Albany, NY; and P. E. Roundy

  3:15 PM
**The Formation and Evolution of the 1989 Western North Pacific Subtropical Gyre**
Brian Andrew Crandall, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. Molinari