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<p>Title: Multi-scale Interactions Leading to Tropical
Cyclogenesis in Sheared Environments</p>
<p>Time and Location: Friday Feb. 17 at 3:00 in EOAS 1050. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family:
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<p>Speaker: Chelsea Nam (Colorado State University)</p>
Abstract: To be or not to be, is the question of tropical
cyclogenesis. Only a small fraction of tropical disturbances
eventually develop into tropical cyclones (TCs). Accurate forecasts
of tropical cyclogenesis are difficult because TC development
involves a wide range of scales, from the stochastic convective
scale to a quasi-balanced large-scale flow. The presented research
examines the factors that increase uncertainty around the
multi-scale tropical cyclogenesis problem: vertical wind shear
(VWS), environmental humidity, and convective organization. These
factors were explored using multiple data sources, including
observations such as dual-Doppler radar, dropsonde soundings,
satellite data for mesoscale case studies, reanalyses data for
synoptic and climatological analysis, and extensive ensemble
mesoscale modeling for controlled experiments. The findings herein
improve our process-based understanding of why moderate VWS,
especially in combination with environmental dry air, produces
unstable and uncertain conditions for TC genesis.
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<p>Regards,<br>
Mark<br>
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