Session 1B Tropical Waves And Instabilities I (Parallel with Sessions 1A and 1C) [This session will be dedicated to the memory of Dr. Yoshikazu Hayashi, GFDL]

Tuesday, 23 May 2000: 10:15 AM-12:00 PM
Host: 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Organizer:
Joseph A. Zehnder, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Papers:
10:15 AM
1B.1
**Water vapor anomoly tropical wave tracing
Paul E. Roundy, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA

10:30 AM
1B.2
**The Energetics of the African Easterly Wave Life Cycle: A Case Study
Lourdes B. Avilés, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL

10:45 AM
1B.3
Role of easterly wave in the maintenance of the easterly jet
Rosana Nieto Ferreira, NASA/GSFC and USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and M. J. Suarez and J. T. Bacmeister

11:00 AM
1B.4
The dynamics of the African Easterly Jet. Part II: GCM simulations
Julio T. Bacmeister, USRA, Seabrook, MD; and M. J. Suarez and R. N. Ferreira

11:15 AM
1B.5
11:30 AM
1B.6
Potential vorticity structure and evolution in African Easterly Waves
Michael C. Morgan, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. A. Postel

11:45 AM
1B.7
Idealized modeling of Tropical easterly disturbances
Anantha R. Aiyyer, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. Molinari

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