Session 7 Mesoscale Convective Systems II

Tuesday, 18 July 2023: 2:00 PM-3:30 PM
Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace)
Host: 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Cochairs:
Christopher J. Nowotarski, Texas A&M University, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College Station, TX and Andrew James Muehr

Papers:
2:00 PM
7.1
Investigate the Forcing Mechanisms Leading to the Formation of the African Easterly Waves Preceding the Genesis of Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean
S. M. SHAJEDUL KARIM, North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greensboro, NC; and J. T. Wiles and Y. L. Lin
Manuscript (4.4 MB)

2:15 PM
7.2
A Preliminary Analysis of Low-Frequency Gravity Wave, Line-End Vortex, and Environmental Flow Contributions to Rear-to-Front Flow in Observed MCSs
Dillon V. Blount, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI; and C. Evans, R. D. Adams-Selin, and H. Vagasky

2:30 PM
7.3
General Features of MCSs with the Organization of Multiple Parallel Rain Bands in China
Peiyu Wang, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking Univ., Beijing, China., Beijing, China

2:45 PM
7.4
3:00 PM
7.5
An Analytical Model Connecting Tropical MCS Convective Cores to Stratiform Region Growth Rates
Gregory S. Elsaesser, NASA GISS and Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and R. Roca, T. Fiolleau, A. Del Genio, J. Wu, S. Giangrande, and A. F. Prein

3:15 PM
7.6
Near-Storm Environments of Tropical Oceanic Convection As Observed from Recent NASA Airborne Campaigns
Angela Rowe, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and B. D. Rodenkirch and E. J. Zipser

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