Session: Posters (92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012))

583

A Multiscale Analysis of African Easterly Waves

Chris Thorncroft, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY

584

Mechanism of Tropical Cyclone Frequency Changes Due to Global Warming

Masato Sugi, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan; and H. Murakami and J. Yoshimura

Manuscript (2.0 MB)

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

585

Comparing Hurricane Earl's Structures Observed by Microwave Humidity Sounders with Airborne Radar Observations and HWRF Simulation

Qi Shi, Florida State Universtiy, Tallahassee, FL; and X. Zou

Poster PDF (3.0 MB)

586

A Comparative Study of the Indian Summer Monsoon Hydroclimate and Its Variations in Three Reanalyses

Vasubandhu Misra, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Pantina and S. M. DiNapoli

587

Using Environmental Modeling, Technology, and Communication Tools for Early Warning and Prediction of Land Falling Tropical Cyclone/Hurricanes

Francis. Tuluri, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and S. R. Rematat, D. Lu, A. Maina, B. R. V. Dodla, and A. Yerrammilli

588

A New Approach to Improved Inland Wind Forecasts for Landfalling Tropical Cyclones

Bryce Paul Tyner, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and A. Aiyyer

589

The Roles of Convective Superbursts and Energy Conversion Processes in the Genesis of Cape Verde Hurricanes From African Easterly Waves

Robert S. Ross, Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FL; and T. N. Krishnamurti and S. Pattnaik

590

An OSSE on Mesoscale Model Assimilation of Simulated HIRAD-Observed Hurricane Surface Winds

Cerese Marie Albers, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and T. L. Miller, E. Uhlhorn, and D. T. N. Krishnamurti

591

Diurnal Cycle Characteristics During TiMREX: Disturbed Vs. Undisturbed Periods

Chun-Chih Wang, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and R. H. Johnson, P. E. Ciesielski, and J. H. Ruppert Jr.

592

STRUCTURE of ERRORS In the HWRF MODEL Arising FROM Components of MODEL Physics

Thomas Pynadath Aype, Florida State Univeristy, Tallahassee, FL; and A. Simon and T. N. Krishnamurti

593

Impact of Physical Initialization on Hurricane Forecasts At Radar Resolution Using GRIP Data Sets

Anu Simon, Dept. of Meteorology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and D. T. N. Krishnamurti, T. Pynadath Aype, and C. M. Albers

594

Tropical Data Assimilation: A Mid-Latitude Point of View

Nedjeljka Zagar, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Math&Physics, Ljubljana, Slovenia

595

Modeling the West African Monsoon and the Formation of African Easterly Waves

Keri Younger, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL; and E. D. Maloney and R. McCrary

596

A Study of Ocean-Atmospheric Interactions and Associated Tropical Cyclone/Hurricane Activity Over the Gulf of Mexico Using Coupled Atmospheric Modeling System (CAMS)

R. Suseela Reddy, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and D. Lu

597

Large Scale Influences on the Genesis of Hurricane Karl

Kyle S. Griffin, SUNY, University at Albany, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart and M. J. Ventrice

598

Cluster Analysis of Tropical Cyclone Tracks in the Southern Hemisphere

Hamish A. Ramsay, Monash Univesity, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and S. J. Camargo and D. Kim

599

Modified Sundqvist Macrophysics Scheme with An Assumed PDF

Ruiyu Sun, UCAR and EMC/NCEP/NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and H. L. Pan and M. Nakagawa

600

Are Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts Improving?

Jonathan R. Moskaitis, NRL, Monterey, CA

Comparison of Two-Dimensional Wave Reflection Properties on the Resolution Interface of Discontinuous and Continuous Mesh Refinements

601

A Comparative Study of Cloud Liquid Water and Ice Over Indian Region

Anwesa Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; and A. Chakraborty and V. Venugopal

602

Comparison of the 2011 South Asian Monsoon Onset Characteristics in the GFS and ECMWF Models

Siddarth K. Plakkot, Howard University NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Washington, DC; and V. K. Kumar and D. Carlis

603

Impact of Different Physics on Hurricane Forecasts with HWRF

Mrinal K. Biswas, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. R. Bernardet

The Estimation of Deep Layer Mean Steering Flow and Its Application to Typhoon Track Prediction

604

Observing System Experiments of the 2011 South Asian Monsoon Using Ncep's GFS Model

Adam Schwantes, NOAA/NCAS, Manitowoc, WI; and K. V. Kumar, D. L. Carlis, E. L. Foley, and S. K. Plakkot

605

Direct and Semi-Direct Effects of Aerosols on the Tropical Climate

Salil Mahajan, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN; and K. J. Evans, J. J. Hack, and J. E. Truesdale

606

On the High Resolution Simulation of Tropical Storm Ivan (2004) in the Southern Appalachians: Sensitivity to Planetary Boundary Layer Schemes and the Impact of Cumulus Parameterization

Xiaoming Sun, Duke University, Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros

607

Transboundary Smoke Plume Simulation From a Biomass Burning Event of 2005 in Equatorial Southeast Asia

608

Impacts of Varying WRF-ARW Physics Options on Forecasts of Typhoon Parma

Phillip L. Spencer, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and B. L. Shaw and B. G. Pajuelas

Manuscript (422.0 kB)

609

Advancements to the Operational Hurricane Modeling System (HWRF) At NCEP/EMC

Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD

Poster 610 has been moved. New paper number is 1.2

611

Quantifying the Role of Tropospheric Relative Humidity on the Development of Tropical Cyclones

Rosimar Rios-Berrios, University of Puerto Rico at Mayag�ez, Mayag�ez, PR; and B. Tang and S. S. Chen

612

Tropical Energy Bubbles and the Subtropical Jet Stream

Gregory J. Tripoli, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI

613

Verification of the T213L31 Ensemble Prediction System of CMA Over the East Asia Area

Huiling Yuan, Nanjing University, and NOAA/ESRL, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and J. Song, Y. Wang, S. Chen, and J. Ming

614

LASE Measurements of High Resolution Water Vapor Profiles During NASA Hurricane Field Experiments

Syed Ismail, NASA, Hampton, VA; and R. A. Ferrare, J. W. Hair, E. V. Browell, and T. N. Krishnamurti

615

A NEW STRATEGY for Improvement In the Prediction of Tropical Cyclone INTENSITY and Movement USING Fdda and Vortex Initialization

Bhaskar Rao V. Dodla, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS; and S. Desamsetti, A. Yerramilli, H. P. Dasari, and S. pattnaik

616

Observations of Tropical Atlantic Weather Systems From PREDICT

Christopher A. Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Ahijevych

617

Design and Development of a Unified Model on Icosahedral-Hexagonal Grids

Om P. Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India; and H. Upadhyaya, P. Subbarao, and T. Singh

Manuscript (1.6 MB)

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

618

Evaluation of Asian Monsoon Northward Propagation Mechanisms in Observations and the Super-Parameterized CCSM

Charlotte DeMott, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. A. Randall and C. Stan

619

African Easterly Waves: Formation and Evolution in An Idealized Model

Anantha Aiyyer, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and M. L. Diaz

620

Cloudiness Over the Tropics and Subtropics At High Spatial Resolution

Michael W. Douglas, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. Beida and A. Dominguez

621

Krish's Influence on the National Hurricane Center

Richard J. Pasch, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/NHC, Miami, FL; and J. L. Beven II

The Unlikely Influence of CO₂ Increases on Tropical Cyclone Frequency and Intensity

622

Ensemble Forecasting of Hurricane Intensity based on Biased and non-Gaussian Ensemble Sampling

Zhan Zhang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and V. Tallapragada and R. Tuleya

Manuscript (97.5 kB)

623

A Three-Time-Level Explicit Economical (3TL-EEC) Scheme

Sajal K. Kar, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Janjic

Manuscript (1.6 MB)

Poster PDF (578.1 kB)

624

Physical Initialization in Regional Spectral Models: A Brief Review

Ana M. B. Nunes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

625

Effect of Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling on Short-to-Medium Range Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon

Arindam Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

626

On the Land Surface Initialization for NWP Model At EMC

Vince C. Wong, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

627

Internationally Collaborative Joint OSSEs - Progress At NOAA

Michiko Masutani, EMC, College Park, MD; and L. P. Riishojgaard, J. S. Woollen, Z. Ma, T. Zhu, and Y. Xie

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

628

Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Earl in Advanced Hurricane WRF Model Simulations

Diamilet P�rez-Betancourt, University of Puerto Rico, Mayag�ez, PR; and C. Davis

629

Wind Vs. Surge: Hurricane Ike

Mark Powell, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Tallahassee, FL

Poster Session 1 Posters