Session 16C Tropical Large Scale Circulation and Intraseasonal Variability V

Friday, 20 April 2012: 2:00 PM-4:00 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:
Peter. J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Atlanta, GA
Papers:
  2:00 PM
Potential Vorticity during MJO Initiation
Chidong Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. Ling

  2:15 PM
Observational Analysis of the Multiscale Dynamics in the Madden-Julian Oscillation
Wen-Wen Tung, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and J. Gao

  2:30 PM
The Analysis of DYNAMO Precipitation in TRMM and in Coupled COAMPS Using the EOF Based “Mesoscale MJO Index”
Maria K. Flatau, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Chen, T. Jensen, T. Shinoda, and J. Cummings

  2:45 PM
Aerosol, Cumulus Congestus, and Madden-Julian Oscillation
Xiaowen Li, GESTAR/Morgan State University and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. K. Tao

  3:00 PM
Is the tropical atmosphere in quasi-equilibrium?
Taotao Qian, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and J. Lin and T. Shinoda

  3:15 PM
Evaluation of Tropical Convection and Radiation for 20th Century IPCC AR 4th and 5th Simulations using Multi-sensors
Jui-Lin F. Li, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and D. E. Waliser, G. L. Stephens, W. T. Chen, B. Guan, and T. L. Kubar

  3:30 PM
Sensitivity of a Coupled Atmospheric-Hydrologic Probabilistic Forecast Scheme of South Asia Valleys
Kristofer Shrestha, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster and V. Toma