Summer 2016 Group Meeting/Symposium Schedule

Friday, August 19, 2016 (room 529)

08:30‑08:45 Fuqing Zhang Introduction
08:45‑09:45 Session 1 Chair: Masashi Minamide
08:45‑09:00 Erin Munsell The thermodynamic structure of Hurricane Edouard (2014): An ensemble perspective
09:00‑09:15 Dandan Tao What happens before RI?
09:15‑09:30 Yanting Ye A parametric precipitation model for TCs in NWP
09:30‑09:45 Break/Discussion
09:45‑10:45 Session 2 Chair: Michael
09:45‑10:00 Masashi Minamide Assimilation of all-sky brightness temperatures from Himawari-8 for the genesis and developing stage of tropical cyclones
10:00‑10:15 Robert Nystrom Progress Towards an Alternative to the HWRF Vortex initialization Method
10:15‑10:30 Simon Liu Progress toward investigating triple eyewall formation in tropical cyclone Usage (2013) using data assimilation
10:30‑10:45 Break/Discussion
10:45‑11:45 Session 3 Chair: Robert Nystrom
10:45‑11:00 Scott Sieron Impact of Microphysics Schemes in WRF on Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures
11:00‑11:15 Hui-Wen Lai WRF Simulation of Arctic Mixed-Phase Stratiform Cloud
11:15‑11:30 Lily Zhang Impact of non-spheric particle shape on cloud radiative/optical properties
11:30‑11:45 Break/Discussion
11:45‑13:30 Lunch Break (Domino's Pizza)/Discussion
13:30‑14:30 Session 4 Chair: Scott Sieron
13:30‑13:45 Y. Qiang Sun Intrinsic Limit of Atmospheric Predictability for Mid-Latitude Jet/front Systems
13:45‑14:00 Michael Intrinsic and practical predictability of the multi-scale tropical weather
14:00‑14:15 Sourav Taraphdar Role of Atmospheric waves on the propagation of October MJO during DYNAMO-CINDY 2011 using a cloud resolving model
14:15‑14:30 Break/Discussion
14:30‑15:15 Session 5 Chair: Y. Qiang Sun
14:30‑14:45 Andrew Thomas Ozone sensitivity to nitric oxide emissions
14:45‑15:00 Chen Yingjian Joint effect of ocean cooling and reduced wind drag on hurricane forecasting
15:00‑15:15 Discussion and Concluding Session