Session: Houze Symposium Posters (97th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

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)

Poster Session 1 Houze Symposium Posters