Session 5B Mesoscale convective systems (Parallel with Sessions 5A and J2)

Wednesday, 24 May 2000: 10:15 AM-11:59 AM
Host: 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Organizer:
Edward Zipser, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Papers:
10:15 AM
5B.1
Initiation of an African Squall Line adn its interactions with an Easterly Wave
A. Diongue, CNRM and Meteo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. P. Lafore and J. L. Redelsperger

10:30 AM
5B.2
Gravity waves as a mechanism of convection triggering
Christine Lac, CNRM and Meteo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. P. Lafore and J. L. Redelsperger

10:45 AM
5B.3
**Characteristics of Convective Development in Simulated Squall Lines
Matthew Garcia, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

5B.4
Effects of easterlies at the upper troposphere on the development of tropical mesoscale convective systems

11:01 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

11:15 AM
5B.6
Presentation time switched with paper 5B.7

11:16 AM
5B.7
Presentation time switched with paper 5B.6

11:17 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

11:32 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

11:46 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

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