|  | 3A.2 | The boreal spring variability of the Intra-Americas low-level jet and its relation with precipitation and tornadoes in the eastern United States
Ernesto Muñoz, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and D. B. Enfield |
| 8:55 AM | 3A.3 | The Impact of Variational Assimilation of Quikscat Satellite Observations on Hurricane Ike 2008 Simulation
Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy and Q. L. Williams |
| 9:10 AM | 3A.4 | Numerical Simulation on Indirect Effects of Saharan Air Layer Dust on Tropical Deep Convection
Wei Gong, SUNY, Albany, NY; and Q. Min and R. Li |
| 9:25 AM | 3A.5 | Passage of Tropical Cyclones over Mountainous Islands—Part I: Control Experiment
Ian C. Colon-Pagan, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin, Y. H. Kuo, and S. E. Koch |
| 9:40 AM | 3A.6 | Effects of Sea Surface Temperature distributions on Tropical Cyclone intensification
Yaw Kyei, North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin and G. Tang |