Robert A. Houze, Jr. Symposium

Program Chair: Shuyi S. Chen , Univ. of Miami/RSMAS

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Tuesday, 24 January 2017

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8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017

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Session 1
Tropical Convection and Global Weather and Climate
Location: 2AB (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: Robert A. Houze, Jr. Symposium
Chair: Shuyi Chen, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS
8:30 AM
1.1
R. A. Houze Jr. and the Evolution of the Physics of Convection: From Radar Screen to the Globe
Peter. J. Webster, Georgia Institute, Atlanta, GA
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
1.2
From GATE Cloud Clusters To MCSs: Bob Houze As The Integrator
Ed Zipser, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
1.3
WMONEX to TOGA COARE: A Tribute to Bob Houze
Richard H. Johnson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
1.4
DYNAMO and Beyond
Chidong Zhang, RSMAS, Miami, FL
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017

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Session 2
MCSs in Mid-latitudes and Tropics, Part I
Location: 2AB (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: Robert A. Houze, Jr. Symposium
Chair: Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ.
9:45 AM
2.1
A Review - Mesoscale Convective Systems
Steven A. Rutledge, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017


Coffee Break
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017

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Session 3
MCSs in Mid-latitudes and Tropics, Part II
Location: 2AB (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: Robert A. Houze, Jr. Symposium
Chair: Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ.
10:30 AM
3.1
Observations and Modeling of Mid-Latitude Squall Lines
Scott A. Braun, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Smull
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
3.2
Heating profiles in tropical deep convection with associated stratiform precipitation: a major Houze contribution
Brian Mapes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and C. Schumacher
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
3.3
Reflections on Radar Observations of Mesoscale Precipitation
Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and D. B. Mechem
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
3.4
Exploring the Microphysical Structure of Mesoscale Convective Systems through Theory, Observations, and Numerical Simulations
Hannah C. Barnes, PNNL, Richland, WA
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
3.5
Diurnal Cycle of Convection Over the Maritime Continent and Indo-Pacific Warm Pool: Houze's Early Work and Recent Results
Brandon W. Kerns, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. S. Chen
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
3.6
The Co-Dependence of Moist Convection and the MJO
Scott W. Powell, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017

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Session 4
Tropical Cyclones
Location: 2AB (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: Robert A. Houze, Jr. Symposium
Chair: Anthony C. Didlake Jr., Penn State Univ.
1:30 PM
4.1
Tropical Cyclones: What have we Learned and Where are we Going?
Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
4.2
Pioneering the Use of Doppler Radar in Tropical Cyclones
Frank D. Marks Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
4.3
Flying in Circles: The Ongoing Contributions of RAINEX to the Understanding of Tropical Cyclone Rainbands
Deanna A. Hence, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and A. C. Didlake Jr.
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
4.4
Concentric Eyewalls in RAINEX and TC Modeling
Falko Judt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Chen
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )

Poster Session 1
Houze Symposium Posters
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: Robert A. Houze, Jr. Symposium
Organizers: Shuyi Chen, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS; Angela Rowe, University of Washington
366
Mining TRMM and GPM Satellite Measurements to Construct Predictive Statistical Models for convective and Stratiform Rainfall
Robert Philbin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. Jun, C. Schumacher, and R. Saravanan

367
Exploring Dynamic and Thermodynamic Factors Contributing to Extreme Tropical Rain Events on Daily 2x2 Degree Scales
Brian C. Matilla, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. E. Mapes and M. J. Niznik

368
Relationships Between Large-scale Environments and Subgrid Scale Convective Intensity
Chuntao Liu, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, TX

369
Intense Thunderstorms in the Tropics and Subtropics and Their Associated Atmospheric Environment
Baohua Chen, Texas A&M University & Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX; and C. Liu

370
Diurnal Variations of Precipitation and Convective Clouds over South China Sea during Summer Monsoon Onset
Wei-Ting Chen, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and P. J. Chen, C. M. Wu, and W. M. Tsai
Manuscript (13.9 kB)

371
Understanding the Revival of the Indian Summer Monsoon after Breaks
Govardhan Dandu, University of Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, India; and A. Karumuri and B. R. Vadlamudi

372
Role of Stratiform Heating on the Organization of Convection over the Monsoon Trough
Ajayamohan Ravindran, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and B. Khouider, A. Majda, and Q. Deng

373
Moisture-Radiative Cooling Instability
Tom Beucler, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and T. W. Cronin

Handout (1.3 MB)

374
An Exploration of Tropical Jet Available Potential Energy
Lindsey E. Nytes, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli

Handout (1.6 MB)

375
An Objective Analysis of Tropical Cloud Cluster Motion Associated with Super Cloud Clusters
Joaquin E. Blanco, University of Miami / RSMAS, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan and B. E. Mapes

376
Structure of Moderately Deep, Isolated Tropical Cumulonimbi
Scott W. Powell, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

377
Characteristics of Cold Pools during the DYNAMO Field Campaign: Observations and SAM Simulations
Arunchandra Susheela Chandra, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. Zuidema, S. Krueger, A. Kochanski, S. P. de Szoeke, and B. E. Mapes

378
Using C-POL Data to Calibrate a Stochastic Parametrization of Organized Convection
Elsa Cardoso-Bihlo, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; and C. Schumacher, B. Khouider, and M. De La Chevrotière

379
Observed Size and Depth Distribution of Convective Cells
Samson Hagos, PNNL/DOE, Richland, WA; and Z. Feng, L. D. Riihimaki, and R. A. Houze Jr.

380
Impact of Shallow Cumulus on Cloud-Permitting WRF Simulations of the Diurnal Cycle of Deep Convection over the Amazon
Zhe Feng, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. Hagos, L. K. Berg, C. Burleyson, J. Comstock, Y. Qian, J. Fast, C. Schumacher, S. Giangrande, and C. N. Long

381
Analysis of Tropical Rainfall Properties during GoAmazon2014/5 using Radar and Disdrometer Observations
Sophie Mayne, University of Texas A&M, College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher, L. Machado, and J. D. Fuentes

382
Micro Instabilities Lines Generated Due to River and Sea Breeze in Eastern Amazonia
Julia C. P. Cohen, Universidade Federal de Para, Belem, Brazil; and A. Matos and L. Machado
Manuscript (97.3 kB)

383
The Sensitivity of Rainfall Distributions to Time, Space, and the Environment over Kwajalein Atoll
Lily J Campbell, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher

384
Organized Moist Convection in the Tropics: SP-CAM v.s. CAM
Gino Chen, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. Kirtman

Handout (1.4 MB)

385
The Environment of Aggregated Deep Convection
Chien-Ming Wu, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

386
The Impact of Mesoscale Convective Systems on the Multi-scale Modeling Framework (MMF): Rainfall and its Characteristics
Wei-Kuo Tao, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and J. D. Chern

387
Multiscale Coherent Structure Parameterization for Organized Moist Convection
Mitchell W. Moncrieff, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Handout (950.8 kB)

388
Variability of Oceanic Mesoscale Convective System Vertical Structures Observed by CloudSat in Indo-Pacific Regions Associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation
Jian Yuan, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

389
Studying the Effect of Convective Downdrafts on MCS Anvil
Xiping Zeng, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Tian and G. M. Heymsfield

390
The Impact of Effective Buoyancy and Dynamic Pressure Forcing on Vertical Velocities within 2 Dimensional Updrafts
John M. Peters, NPS, Pacific Grove, CA

391
A New Large Eddy Simulation-based Method for Estimating the Properties of Surface-Driven Convection

392
Turbulence Estimates in Marine Stratocumulus Clouds from Doppler Cloud Radar
Kathryn L. Verlinden, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and S. P. de Szoeke

393
Geographical differences in the tropical precipitation-moisture relationship and rain intensity onset
Fiaz Ahmed, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX; and C. Schumacher

394
Diurnal Variations of Convection and Rainfall over the Continents and Coastal Lines
Fuqing Zhang, Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA

Microphysical Evolution of Warm-type Heavy Rainfall from Satellite Measurements and Modeling Study

395
Possible Effect of Electrical Forces on Drop Size Distribution in Thunderstorms

396
Polarimetric Observations of Sea Breeze Circulation and Thunderstorm Complex over Pingtung Plain during SOWMEX/TIMREX
Radiant Rong-Guang Hsiu, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and B. J. D. Jou

397
On Tornadogenesis in Supercells as Detected by Rapid-scan, Mobile, Doppler Radars
Howard B. Bluestein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. B. Wienhoff, D. W. Reif, K. J. Thiem, J. C. Snyder, J. B. Houser, and M. M. French

Handout (3.3 MB)

398
Clausius-Clapeyron Scaling of Peak CAPE in Continental Midlatitude Severe Weather Environments
Vince Agard, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and K. A. Emanuel
Manuscript (246.6 kB)

Handout (565.1 kB)

399
Quantifying the Transport of Air into Mesoscale Convective System Updrafts
Rachel M. Phinney, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and P. J. Marinescu and S. C. Van den Heever

400
The Evolution of Latent Heating Profiles in Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective Systems and a Simple Parameterization for Global Models
Peter J. Marinescu, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. van den Heever, S. M. Saleeby, and S. M. Kreidenweis

401
An Improved Convective Ice Parameterization for the NASA GISS General Circulation Model
Gregory S. Elsaesser, Columbia Univ. and NASA GISS, New York, NY; and A. D. Del Genio, J. H. Jiang, and M. van Lier-Walqui

402
Evolution of an Intense Warm Frontal Precipitation Band During the GPM Cold-Season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx)
Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and A. Naeger and A. L. Molthan

403
Climatologies of Precipitation Bands over the USA and UK
David M. Schultz, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; and J. G. Fairman Jr., D. J. Kirshbaum, S. L. Gray, and A. I. Barrett

Handout (12.1 MB)

404
Modeling of the Large-Scale Conditions That Favor Longer-Lived Mesoscale Convective Systems in the Midlatitudes
Qing Yang, PNNL, Richland, WA; and L. R. Leung, R. A. Houze Jr., and Z. Feng

405
Warm-Season Precipitation Organization in the Southeast United States: Current and Future Climate
Thomas M. Rickenbach, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC; and R. Nieto-Ferreira and M. Nissenbaum

406
The Impact of Intra-Americas Sea TD-Wave Activity on Historical and Projected Regional Rainfall in Select IPCC AR5 Models
Yolande L. Serra, JISAO, Seattle, WA

407
A Lagrangian Generalization of the Marsupial Paradigm for Tropical Cyclogenesis
Blake Rutherford, NWRA, Redmond, WA; and T. J. Dunkerton

408
The Potential Vorticity Dynamics of African Easterly Waves
James O. H. Russell, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and A. R. Aiyyer

Handout (2.7 MB)

409
The Interaction between Convective Systems and Easterly Wave Actvity over Africa: Convective Transitions and Mechanisms"
Ademe Mekonnen, North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greensboro, NC; and W. B. Rossow

410
The Role of Convectively Coupled Kelvin Wave Activity on Different Types of Convection and Easterly Wave Initiation Over Africa
Dicky L Armstrong Jr., North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and A. Mekonnen

411
African Easterly Wave Cloud and Precipitation Structure and Implications for Tropical Cyclogenesis
Nicholas R. Slaughter, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA; and K. D. Leppert II

412
A Case Study of Developing and Nondeveloping Easterly Waves over the Atlantic
Kayla J. Kalenian, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and N. A. Santiago and A. Mekonnen

413
The Influence of the Mid-Tropospheric Circulation on Developing and Nondeveloping African Easterly Waves: A Case Study
Nitza A. Santiago, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and A. Mekonnen

414
Vertical Structure and Contribution of Different Types of Precipitation during Tropical Cyclone Formation as Revealed by TRMM PR
Cody L. Fritz, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and Z. Wang, S. W. Nesbitt, and T. J. Dunkerton

415
What Precipitation Properties are Most Critical for Tropical Cyclogenesis? Evidence from a Multi-satellite Investigation of Developing and Nondeveloping Disturbances
Jonathan Zawislak, NOAA, Miami, FL; and T. Wieland and H. Jiang

416
How Do Principal Rainbands Form in Tropical Cyclones?
Yumin Moon, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze Jr.

417
Formation of Tropical Cyclone Spiral Rainbands in Idealized Numerical Simulations
Diamilet Perez-Betancourt, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and K. A. Emanuel

418
Influences of Bimodel Vertical Wind Shear on the Structure and Intensity of Typhoon Fitow (2013)
Hancheng Lu, College of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Nanjing, China; and Q. H. Li

419
Evaluation of Tropical Cyclone Structure in the GFDL fvGFS Model
Andrew Hazelton, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and J. H. Chen, L. Harris, and S. J. Lin

420
Precipitation Structure Upshear and Its Role in Tropical Cyclone Intensification
Robert F. Rogers, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and J. Zawislak

421
Thermodynamic and Kinematic Influences on Precipitation Symmetry in Sheared Tropical Cyclones: Bertha and Cristobal (2014)
Leon Nguyen, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and R. F. Rogers and P. Reasor

422
Convective Asymmetries Measured by Dropsondes in Tropical Cyclones
T. Connor Nelson, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and L. Harrison and K. Corbosiero

423
Shear-motion Combined Effects on Tropical Cyclone Low-wavenumber Precipitation Asymmetry
Yongxian Pei, Florida International University, Miami, FL; and H. Jiang

424
The Contribution of Structure and Evolution of Potential Vorticity Tower to the Intensity Change of Hurricane Wilma (2005)

425
Retrieved Thermodynamic Structure of Hurricane Rita (2005) from RAINEX
Michael M. Bell, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. M. Foerster

426
Structure and Intensity of Hurricane Ophelia (2005): RAINEX Observations and Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Modeling
Shuyi S. Chen, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and A. Smith and J. Ming

427
Asymmetries of Concentric Eyewalls in Hurricane Gonzalo (2014) Observed by Airborne Radar
Anthony C. Didlake Jr., Penn State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and G. M. Heymsfield, P. Reasor, and S. Guimond

428
The Role of the WISHE Mechanism in Secondary Eyewall Formation
Chieh-Jen Cheng, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. C. Wu

429
Relationship Between Height of Tropical Cyclone Outflow and Entropy Production in the Tropical Cyclone Eyewall Measured during the TCI 2015 Experiment
Gregory J. Tripoli, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

430
Behind the Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Patricia, the Strongest Recorded Hurricane in History
K. Ryder Fox, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and F. Judt

Handout (9.3 MB)

431
Variabilities of Drag Coefficient under Five Tropical Cyclones
Je-Yuan Hsu, APL/University of Washington, SEATTLE, WA; and R. C. Lien, E. A. D'Asaro, and T. B. Sanford

432
Precipitation in Tropical Cyclones: A Study using High-Resolution Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Model and TRMM Observations
Nicholas J. Kedzuf, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. S. Chen and B. W. Kerns

433
Factors Leading to Dominica's Extreme Precipitation from Tropical Storm Erika
Alison D. Nugent, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Rios-Berrios

434
Orographic Rain Index, Common Ingredients, and Flow Regimes Associated with Tropical Cyclones Passing over Mesoscale Mountain Ranges
Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greensboro, NC; and G. Sever and R. Rostom

435
Changes of Water Budget and Precipitation Efficiency of Typhoons Nari (2001) and Morakot (2009) during Landfall on Taiwan
Ming-Jen Yang, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and S. Braun and C. H. Sui

436
Impacts of the Western Ghats on Regional Precipitation in the Summer Monsoon
Gang Zhang, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith

437
Diurnal cycle of extreme convective elements in the Andes Mountains of the tropical South America
Manuel D. Zuluaga, Univ. Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia; and C. D. Hoyos and S. Gomez

Handout (5.2 MB)

438
Vertical Structure and Character of Precipitation in the Tropical High Andes of Bolivia and Southern Peru
Jason Endries, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC; and L. B. Perry, S. E. Yuter, A. Seimon, M. Andrade, G. Mamani, M. Bonshoms, F. Velarde, R. Winkelmann, M. Rado, N. Montoya, and S. Arias

Handout (1.4 MB)

439
The Chilean Orographic and Mesoscale Precipitation Study (CHOMPS): Field Program Description and Initial Results
Leah Campbell, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and R. Garreaud, J. R. Minder, and W. J. Steenburgh

440
What Causes Weak Orographic Rain Shadows? Insights from Case Studies in the Cascades and Idealized Simulations
Nicholas T. Siler, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA; and D. Durran

441
Modeling Multiscale Interactions in Orographic Moist Processes – Convective/Non-convective and Isotropic/Anisotropic Turbulence Regime Transitions
Masih Eghdami, Duke Univ., Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros

442
Simulation of the Structure of Foehn Wind over the Alborz Mountains using FNL Analysis data
Farahnaz Taghavi, Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; and M. Salmani Rahimi

443
Photogrammetric Analysis of Rotor Clouds Observed during T-REX
Ulrike Romatschke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Grubišić and J. A. Zehnder

Handout (5.0 MB)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017

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Session 5
Orographic Precipitation
Location: 2AB (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: Robert A. Houze, Jr. Symposium
Chair: Angela Rowe, University of Washington
4:00 PM
5.1
Review of Orographic Precipitation
Richard Rotunno, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
5.2
Orographic Precipitation in the Alps
Christoph Schar, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
5.3
Studying the Modification of Extratropical Cyclones as they Traverse Professor Houze's 'Backyard': The Mountainous West Coast of North America
Lynn A. McMurdie, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM
5.4
OLYMPEX: A Unique and Comprehensive Dataset for Understanding Precipitation Processes in Complex Terrain
Jennifer C. DeHart, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. K. Rowe, J. Zagrodnik, H. C. Barnes, L. A. McMurdie, and R. A. Houze Jr.
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM
5.5
High impact weather in remote regions of the world
Kristen L. Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM
5.6
Satellite observations of global MCSs/cloud/precipitation (CloudSat,TRMM/GPM, and beyond)
Graeme L. Stephens, JPL, Pasadena, CA

6:30 PM-9:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017


Robert Houze, Jr. Symposium Banquet
Location: Cirrus Ballroom (Sheraton Seattle Hotel)
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