Session 4B Severe weather and mesoscale meteorology—I

Monday, 26 September 2011: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Urban Room (William Penn Hotel)
Host: 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chair:
Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO

Papers:
10:30 AM
4B.1
Enhancing tornado intensity estimates with Doppler radar
Mallie Toth, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp, J. Wurman, and K. A. Kosiba
10:45 AM
4B.2
Preliminary assessment of the 27 April 2011 tornado outbreak using dual polarimetric and vertically pointing radar
Kevin Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. W. Phillips, E. V. Schultz, R. A. Wade, T. A. Murphy, C. J. Schultz, W. A. Petersen, L. D. Carey, and T. Coleman
11:00 AM
4B.3
High-resolution polarimetric observations of an EF4 tornado on 10 May 2010 from OU-PRIME
David Bodine, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. R. Kumjian, A. J. Smith, R. D. Palmer, A. V. Ryzhkov, and P. L. Heinselman
11:15 AM
4B.4
The detection of low-level vortices in convective storms using CASA dual-polarimetric x-band radar
Vivek N. Mahale, Advanced Radar Research Center, Norman, OK; and J. A. Brotzge and H. B. Bluestein
11:30 AM
4B.5
Using velocity data from NWRT PAR and OU-PRIME to determine dynamics affecting rapid intensification of an EF4 tornado
Adam J. Smith, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Bodine, P. L. Heinselman, and P. B. Chilson
11:45 AM
4B.6
Recent radar observations of wave-like features interacting with quasi-linear convective systems
Todd A. Murphy, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and R. A. Wade, T. A. Coleman, and K. R. Knupp
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