| | 5B.4 | Effects of easterlies at the upper troposphere on the development of tropical mesoscale convective systems Shoichi Shige, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and T. Satomura |
| 11:00 AM | 5B.5 | Early results from TRMM-LBA: Kinematic and microphsical characteristics of convection in distinct meteorological regimes Steven A. Rutledge, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and W. A. Petersen, R. C. Cifelli, and L. D. Carey |
| 11:14 AM | 5B.6 | Presentation time switched with paper 5B.7
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| 11:15 AM | 5B.6a | Analysis of rainfall and electrification characteristics of MCS during TRMM-LBA in the context of varying environmental regimes (Formerly paper 5B.7) Jeffrey B. Halverson, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and T. Rickenbach, B. Ferrier, E. Williams, R. N. Ferriera, R. C. Cifelli, and G. Fisch |
| 11:29 AM | 5B.7 | Presentation time switched with paper 5B.6
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| 11:30 AM | 5B.7a | Evolution of mesoscale convective systems in contrasting large scale regimes from radar and infrared satellite data during the TRMM-LBA field campaign in RondÔnia, Brazil (Formerly paper 5B.6) Thomas M. Rickenbach, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. N. Ferreira, J. B. Halverson, and R. C. Cifelli |
| 11:44 AM | 5B.8 | Regulation of Convection Onsets During the 15 December 1992 TOGA COARE mesoscale convective system Badrinath Nagarajan, McGill Univ., Montreal, PQ, Canada; and M. K. Yau and D. L. Zhang |