Session 12 |
| | Mesoscale Convective Vortices/Mesoscale Convective Systems |
| | Organizers: Robert H. Johns, NOAA/NSSL/SPC, Norman, OK; Brian A. Klimowski, NOAA/NWS, Rapid City, SD
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| 3:30 PM | 12.1 | A long-lived convectively generated mesoscale vortex associated with heavy rainfall
Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis and J. D. Tuttle |
| 3:45 PM | 12.2 | The Local wind of an MCS and a vorticity budget for the mesoscale convective vortex within it
Jason C. Knievel, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO |
| 4:00 PM | 12.3 | A potential vorticity streamer and its role in the development of a week-long series of mesoscale convective systems. Part I: Severe weather and precipitation
Edward I. Tollerud, NOAA/OAR/FSL, Boulder, CO; and F. Caracena and A. Marroquin |
| 4:15 PM | 12.4 | MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS IN MEXICO DURING 96–98
Arturo Valdes-Manzanilla, Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua, Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico; and J. J. Pastrana |
| 4:30 PM | 12.5 | Toward improved prediction of MCS dissipation
Joseph J. Gale, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus and K. A. Jungbluth |
| 4:45 PM | 12.6 | An Examination of a Local Mesoscale Model's Performance of a Midwestern Squall Line
James M. O'Sullivan, Saint Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO; and Y. J. Lin and R. W. Przybylinski |