Session: Lunch Poster Session (Lunch provided at Convention Center with sponsorship from Aerosonde Robotic Aircraft Pty Ltd, Hawthorn, Vic., Australia) (Ft. Lauderdale Meeting)

P1.1

Simulation and analysis of inner-core vorticity mixing with a three-dimensional, nonhydrostatic mesoscale model

Michael T. Montgomery, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and L. D. Grasso and D. S. Nolan

P1.2

Some Aspects of Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones

Todd B. Kimberlain, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, Colorado

P1.3

Status of the UW-CIMSS Objective Dvorak Technique (ODT)

Timothy L. Olander, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden

P1.4

Warm core ocean features in the central and eastern Gulf of Mexico

Eric W. Uhlhorn, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and P. G. Black, L. K. Shay, J. J. Cione, S. D. Jacob, and G. Goni

P1.5

Structure, variability, and forcing of the East Asian Subtropical Jet

Randell J. Barry, SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart

P1.6

Surface-based modification of convectively-generated mesovortices and its implications for tropical cyclogenesis

Robert F. Rogers, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL

P1.7

The 1999 Hurricane Season in East Central Florida—Multiple Storms with Multiple Impacts

D. Scott Kelly, NOAA/NWSFO, Melbourne, FL; and M. W. Bragaw and S. M. Spratt

P1.8

Surface wind field during tropical cyclone generation period by satellites

Tetsuo Nakazawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and C. Zhu

P1.9

Seasonal Forecast of tropical storms at ECMWF

P1.10

Sea wave activity associated to cold surges over Gulf of Mexico

Ernesto S. Caetano Neto, National Autonomous Univ. of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; and R. V. Hernandez and J. L. Vazquez

P1.11

Mesoscale model simulations of gravity waves in a convecting atmosphere

Adam H. Sobel, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. S. Bretherton

P1.12

Moist Convection Schemes on the Responses of Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Structure to Local Surface Coolings

P1.13

New Findings on Tibetan Plateau Field Experiment (TIPEX)

Lianshou Chen, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and X. Xu

P1.14

Numerical predictions of rainfall in Hurricane Floyd (1999)

Elizabeth C. Wood, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and W. M. Frank

P1.15

On the role of surface friction in tropical cyclogenesis

Winston C. Chao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Chen and W. K. Tao

P1.16

Operational use of CIMSS objective dvorak technique

Michael A. Turk, NOAA/NESDIS, Washington, DC

P1.17

The Aerosonde Robotic Aircraft

Greg Tyrrell, Aerosonde Robotic Aircraft Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Becker and G. J. Holland

P1.18

Three-dimensional, Asymmetric, Nonhydrostatic, Unstable eigenmodes in Initially balanced, hurricane-like vortices

David S. Nolan, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. T. Montgomery

P1.19

Trapped-fetch waves in a transitioning tropical cyclone (part II-analytical and predictive model)

Allan W. MacAfee, Canadian Hurricane Centre, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and P. J. Bowyer

P1.20

Trends in global tropical cyclone numbers 1969-1998

F. P. Roberts, University College London, Dorking, Surrey, United Kingdom; and M. A. Saunders

P1.21

Tropical Microwave Brightness Temperature Data from AMPR

Frank J. LaFontaine, Raytheon ITSS, Huntsville, AL; and R. E. Hood and A. R. Guillory

P1.22

Updated environmental structure characteristics for southern hemisphere application of the Systematic Approach to Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasting

Grahame Reader, Bureau of Meteorology, Perth, Australia; and M. A. Boothe, R. L. Elsberry, and L. E. Carr III

P1.23

Utility of the WSR-88D Default and Tropical Z/R Relationships over South Texas during Hurricane Bret

Waylon Collins, NOAA/NWS, Corpus Christi, TX; and R. Burton and A. Patrick

P1.24

The Automated Tropical Cyclone System Version 3.4

P1.25

Three-Dimensional Structure, Scale Interactions, and Moisture Transport in Three Types of Tropical Plumes

Richard D. Knabb, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and H. E. Fuelberg

P1.26

Observations of the boundary layer of Tropical Cyclone Vance

Jeffrey D. Kepert, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; and G. J. Holland

P1.27

The first eyewall penetration by the NOAA G-IV aircraft

Michael L. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and A. B. Damiano and S. R. White

P1.28

The highly asymmetric structure of Hurricane Earl (1998) near landfall

Mark A. Croxford, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and M. L. Black

P1.29

The monsoon as a coupled ocean-atmosphere self-regulating system

Peter J. Webster, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

P1.30

The operational ensemble of tropical cyclone track guidance at the National Hurricane Center (1976-1998)

Sim D. Aberson, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and K. Bedka

P1.31

The tropical cyclone distribution in the western North Pacific during the El Nino-La Nina swing of 1997–99: Extraordinary interannual changes

Mark A. Lander, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam

P1.32

The WWRP/TMRP International Tropical Cyclone Landfall Program (ITCLP)

Greg J. Holland, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

P1.33

Meso-Vortices Observed by WSR-88D in the Inner Rainbands of Hurricanes Irene and Georges

John E. Wright, Center Weather Service Unit, Miami, FL

P1.34

Effect of Atlantic basin tropical cyclone activity on peninsular Florida rainfall

Eric Swartz, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Florida; and G. Shaughnessy

P1.35

An investigation of precipitation structures in Hurricane Bonnie

Daniel J. Cecil, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and E. J. Zipser, G. M. Heymsfield, R. E. Hood, and M. G. Bateman

P1.36

An investigation of the structure of Hurricane Danielle (1998) using HRD dropwindsondes

Helga Weindl, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; and R. K. Smith

P1.37

Are the Beta Gyres Really Normal Modes?

Hugh E. Willoughby, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and R. W. Jones

P1.38

Automated passive microwave tropical cyclone intensity algorithms

Richard L. Bankert, NRL, Monterey, CA; and P. M. Tag, J. Sandidge, J. D. Hawkins, and M. J. Helveston

P1.39

Automated tropical cyclone intensities utilizing objective Dvorak input to passive microwave algorithm

P1.40

Caribbean Sea tropical cyclones variations and tendencies

Maritza Ballester Pérez, Institute of Meteorology, Havana, Cuba; and C. G. Pedroso and R. P. Suárez

P1.41

A tropical cyclone activity seasonal forecast model on the Atlantic basin

Maritza Ballester Pérez, Institute of Meteorology, Havana, Cuba; and C. G. Pedroso and R. P. Suárez

P1.42

Low level wind maxima observed by GPS dropsondes and their links to changes in the intensity of Hurricanes Bret and Floyd

Richard G. Henning, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler AFB, MS

P1.43

A comparison of scatterometer-derived wind data over tropical cyclones as determined from ERS-2 and QuickSCAT data

Roger T. Edson, Analysis and Technology, Inc., Magnilao, Guam; and J. D. Hawkins

P1.44

A Comparison of Two Different Tornadic Environments: Bertha ‘96 and Danny ‘97 Vs. Dennis ‘99 and Floyd ‘99

P1.45

A distributed real-time hurricane wind analysis system

Sonia Otero, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and N. Morisseau-Leroy, N. Carrasco, and M. D. Powell

P1.46

A High Resolution Nonhydrostatic Tropical Cyclone Model

P1.47

A new era in hurricane reconnaissance: Real time measurement of surface wind structure and intensity via microwave remote sensing

Peter G. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and E. Uhlhorn, M. D. Powell, and J. Carswell

P1.48

A Sensitivity Study of Cumulus Parameterization Schemes on Tropical Cyclone at Landfall

P1.49

Comparison of discretization accuracy in an adaptive multigrid barotropic tropical cyclone track model

Miao Hu, Clarkson Univ., Potsdam, NY; and S. R. Fulton

P1.50

Idealized modeling of hurricane-trough interaction: analyses of storm structure and intensification

Jenni L. Evans, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and S. K. Kimball

P1.51

Indian Ocean SST and Indian summer rainfall : Predictive relationships and their decadal variability

Christina O. Clark, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. E. Cole and P. J. Webster

P1.52

Inflow trajectories in a model hurricane

Ian J. Morrison, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger, A. Baerman, R. Draxler, and R. Tuleya

P1.53

Inherent uncertainties in numerical modeling of hurricane intensity

Greg J. Holland, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and Y. Wang

P1.54

Instrument Wetting Errors in Hurricanes: Magnitude, Frequency, and Effects upon Thermodynamic Structure

Matthew D. Eastin, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

P1.55

Intraseasonal and Interannual Modulation of Westerly Wind Bursts

Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES, University of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO

P1.56

Irreversible processes in nature and numerical models

Nilton O. Rennó, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and D. J. Raymond

P1.57

Hydrologic Cycle of the Indo-Asian Monsoon: Part I, The Wet Season

John T. Fasullo, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Webster

P1.58

Detailed surface features associated with Tropical Storm Floyd (1999) at landfall

Kwan-yin Kong, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL

P1.59

Maximum substained winds in Hurricane Irene as measured by the Miami WSR-88D

Colin J. McAdie, NOAA/NWS/TPC, Miami, FL; and P. Dodge

P1.60

Ensemble Simulation of Tropical Convection in a Two-Column Model

Xiping Zeng, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. J. Raymond

P1.61

Experimental real-time intraseasonal forecasting of Australian tropical cyclones

Sam Cleland, Bureau of Meteorology, Casuarina, NT, Australia; and P. Bate and C. Landsea

P1.62

Experiments with an adaptive multigrid shallow-water tropical cyclone model

Brittany L. Mitchell, Clarkson Univ., Potsdam, NY; and S. R. Fulton

P1.63

Forecasting Tropical Cyclone Motion near Vietnam using a Nested Barotropic Model

Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong, Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia; and M. J. Reeder, N. E. Davidson, and M. Adams

P1.64

Gross moist stability in tropical systems

Carlos López-Carrillo, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. J. Raymond

P1.65

A climatology of the extratropical transition of Atlantic tropical cyclones

Robert E. Hart, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. L. Evans

P1.66

MESOCYCLONE-INDUCED DOWNBURSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LANDFALL OF HURRICANE IRENE (1999) OVER SOUTH FLORIDA

Stacy R. Stewart, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL; and C. Robbins

P1.67

MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE INFLUENCES ON THE RAPID INTENSIFICATION OF HURRICANE IRENE (1999)

John L. Beven II, NOAA/AOML/NHC/TPC, Miami, FL; and S. R. Stewart

P1.68

Empirical Modes of Landfalling Tropical Cyclones in North Carolina

Lian Xie, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and K. Wu and L. J. Pietrafesa

P1.69

DYNAMICS OVER TROPICAL AFRICA AND ATLANTIC HURRICANES

J. A. Adedoyin, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

P1.70

Large-Scale Dynamic and Thermodynamic Structure of Tibetan plateau and the Impact of its Convection During TIPEX

Xiangde Xu, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science, Beijing, China

P1.71

Tropical convection and large-scale equatorial disturbances: Results from 2D cloud-resolving and 3D CRCP global modeling (Formerly paper 3C.2)

Wojciech W. Grabowski, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. K. Smolarkiewicz and M. Andrejczuk

Poster Session 1 Lunch Poster Session (Lunch provided at Convention Center with sponsorship from Aerosonde Robotic Aircraft Pty Ltd, Hawthorn, Vic., Australia)