Session: Numerical Modeling II: Microphysics and Evaluation (32nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology)

Monday, 18 April 2016: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Ponce de Leon A (The Condado Hilton Plaza)

Host: 32nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

Chair:

James Doyle, NRL, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA

Papers:

4:00 PM

4D.1

Explicit electrification and lightning in a 350 m WRF-ARW simulation of Hurricane Isaac (2012): Comparisons with observations and relationships with microphysics and kinematics

Alexandre Fierro, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and E. R. Mansell, D. R. MacGorman, and C. Ziegler

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

4D.2

Uncertainty in model climate sensitivity traced to representations of cumulus precipitation microphysics

Ming Zhao, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and J. C. Golaz, I. M. Held, V. Ramaswamy, S. J. Lin, Y. Ming, P. Ginoux, B. Wyman, L. Donner, D. Paynter, and H. Guo

4:30 PM

4D.3

An Evaluation of Alternative Species-Advecting Microphyiscs Schemes in Hurricane WRF

Christina Holt, NOAA ESRL, CIRES, Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and M. K. Biswas, Z. Zhang, S. Trahan, L. R. Bernardet, G. Thompson, and K. M. Newman

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

4D.4

Evaluation of microphysics and cumulus parameterization schemes in the HWRF model using satellite observations

Jason Otkin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. E. Lewis, A. L. Lenzen, B. McNoldy, and S. J. Majumdar

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

4D.5

Toward Identifying and Understanding Errors in Numerically Simulated Tropical Cyclones: A Case Study of Hurricane Edouard (2014)

Benjamin W. Green, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and H. Winterbottom, E. A. Kalina, and J. J. Cione

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM