| Wednesday, 12 February 2003 |
| 9:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break in Lobby of the Terrace Theater |
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| 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday
Presidential Forum: Administration Priorities in Climate Change Research and Technology |
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| 12:00 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 1 Day 1 |
| 1:30 PM | 1.0A | Keynote Speaker: From Clouds to Hurricanes—A Salute to Bob and Joanne
Richard Anthes, UCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 2:00 PM | 1.1 | Impact of Dropsonde and LASE data sets on Hurricane Forecasts during CAMEX4
T. N. Krishnamurti, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL |
| 2:30 PM | 1.2 | Robert and Joanne Simpsons' contributions to tropical meteorology
William M. Gray, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits Open 1:30-7:30 p.m.)
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| 3:30 PM | 1.3 | A Full Cycle from Stormfury: Back to the Key Role of Aerosols in the Nature of Convective Rain Cloud Systems
Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 4:00 PM | 1.4 | 50 Years of Progress in Operational Forecasting of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
Mark DeMaria, CIRES, Ft. Collins, CO |
| 4:30 PM | 1.5 | Observations of Surface Winds in Tropical Cyclones Using Microwave Remote Sensing
Kristina B. Katsaros, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL |
| 5:00 PM | 1.6 | Diverse Contributions of Robert H. Simpson and Joanne Simpson to Science
Roger Pielke Sr., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
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| 5:30 PM, Wednesday
Sessions End for the Day |
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| 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday
Reception (Cash Bar) |
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| Thursday, 13 February 2003 |
| 9:00 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Poster Session 1 Cloud Modelling |
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| 9:00 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Poster Session 2 Improving Weather Forecasting |
| | P2.1 | Bob Simpson's Legacy in Hawaii
Thomas A. Schroeder, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI |
| | P2.2 | Observing System Simulation Experiments for NPOESS - Assessment of Doppler Wind Lidar and AIRS -
Michiko Masutani, RSIS and NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Woollen, S. J. Lord, G. D. Emmitt, S. A. Wood, S. Greco, T. J. Kleespies, H. Sun, J. Terry, J. C. Derber, R. E. Kistler, R. M. Atlas, M. D. Goldberg, and W. Wolf |
| | P2.3 | Initialization of a hurricane vortex based on single-doppler radar observation
Jin-Luen Lee, NOAA/OAR/FSL, Boulder, CO; and A. E. MacDonald, W. C. Lee, and Y. -. H. Kuo |
| | P2.4 | The NOAA Program to Improve Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasts with Dropwindsondes Released from an Aircraft in the Environment of a Cyclone
Robert W. Burpee, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and J. L. Franklin, S. D. Aberson, S. J. Lord, and R. T. Tuleya |
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| 9:00 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Poster Session 3 TRMM Science |
| | P3.1 | What we have learned about tropical cyclone from TRMM and microwave sensors
Tetsuo Nakazawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and S. Hoshino |
| | P3.2 | Cloud and rainfall observed from TRMM
Toshiro Inoue, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan |
| | P3.3 | Characterization of Rainfall Asymmetries in Tropical Cyclones Using TRMM/TMI
Manuel Lonfat, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and F. D. Marks and S. S. Chen |
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| 9:00 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Poster Session 4 Tropical Cyclones: Genesis and Hot Towers |
| | P4.1 | Observational evidence that "hot towers" are a significant and integral part of intense hurricane eyewalls
Matthew D. Eastin, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
| | P4.2 | The role of vortex mergers in the genesis of tropical cyclones
V. Mohan Karyampudi, SAIC/NCEP/NOAA, Camp Springs, MD |
| | P4.3 | On the significance of hot towers, vortex tube stretching, low-level vortex mergers, and vortex Rossby waves in tropical cyclogenesis
Michael T. Montgomery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; and M. N. Nicholls, T. Cram, A. Saunders, and P. D. Reasor |
| | P4.4 | Convective Bursts and Hot Towers Observed During CAMEX-3 and CAMEX-4
Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Halverson, P. Hennon, and L. Tian |
| | P4.5 | Diagnosing the Role of Convective Hot Towers in Tropical Cyclogenesis Using Airborne Doppler-derived winds
Paul D. Reasor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; and M. T. Montgomery, F. D. Marks, L. F. Bosart, J. F. Gamache, and J. A. Knaff |
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| 9:00 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Poster Session 5 Tropical Cyclones: Intensity and Structure |
| | P5.1 | Characterization of cyclone lifecycle evolution using cluster analysis
Jenni L. Evans, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and J. Arnott |
| | P5.2 | Discoveries of surface wind and wave patterns in hurricanes using synthetic aperture radar
Kristina B. Katsaros, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and P. W. Vachon, W. M. Drennan, P. G. Black, P. P. Dodge, S. Lehner, and E. W. Uhlhorn |
| | P5.3 | Tropical cyclones in vertical shear: An idealized study of TS Chantal (2001) during the CAMEX-4 field campaign
Elizabeth A. Ritchie, University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, NM; and R. L. Elsberry and J. Molinari |
| | P5.4 | The Re-analysis of Hurricane Andrew (1992)
Chris W. Landsea, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL |
| | P5.5 | Studying MPI with numerical models
John Persing, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. T. Montgomery |
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| 9:00 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Poster Session 6 Tropical Cyclones: Landfall |
| | P6.1 | Lessons from landfalling and transitioning tropical cyclones
Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and E. Atallah, J. Darr, and M. J. Dickinson |
| | P6.2 | Observed WSR88D Radar Structrues and MM5 Simulated Kinematic Structures
Gandikota V Rao, Saint Louis University, St.Louis, MO; and J. Scheck, D. Gallagher, and K. Santhanam |
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| 9:00 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Poster Session 7 Trpoical Cyclones: Large-scale Environment and Tropical Cyclones |
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| 9:00 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Poster Session 8 Water Spouts |
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| 9:45 AM, Thursday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 AM-4:30 PM, Thursday
Session 2 Day 2 |
| 11:00 AM | 2.1 | On the Simpsons since 1966
M.B. Lawrence, TPC, Miami, FL |
| 11:30 AM | 2.2 | Hurricane Eyewall Mesovortices: Their Connection to 'Hot Towers' and the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane intensity Scale
Peter G. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL |
| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 1:30 PM | 2.3 | The Evolution of Tropical Cyclone Models and Their Application to Forecasting
Robert E. Tuleya, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ |
| 2:00 PM | 2.4 | Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting in Tropical Cyclones: Issues and Opportunities
Frank D. Marks Jr., NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL |
| 2:30 PM | 2.5 | The Role of Extreme Convective Events in Tropical Cyclone Intensification
Jeffrey B. Halverson, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and P. Hennon |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30-6:00 p.m.)
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| 3:30 PM | 2.6 | Shear, Stress, and the Hurricane Core—From Daisy to Floyd
William M. Frank, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA |
| 4:00 PM | 2.7 | UAV Reconnaissance of Severe Weather
Greg J. Holland, Aerosonde Ltd., Notting Hill, Vic., Australia |
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| 4:30 PM-4:45 PM, Thursday
Keynote Session Closing |
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| 5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Thursday
Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar) |
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| 5:00 PM, Thursday
Symposium Ends |
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| 6:00 PM, Thursday
Simpsons Banquet |
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| 8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Thursday
Closing Event at the Long Beach Aquarium on the Pacific |
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