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Principal Investigator:

Sim Aberson (HRD)

Team Members:

Michael Montgomery (CSU)
Mike Black (HRD)
Jim Kossin (U. Wisc)
Wayne Schubert (CSU)
Ray Zehr (CSU)
Chris Velden (UW/CIMSS)

Objective :
Understand and describe extreme intensity features sampled in the eyewall of Hurricane Isabel

Methods:

This will be accomplished by:

• processing dropwindsonde and airborne Doppler data of features observed

Accomplishments:

• Data gathered
• Preliminary analysis complete

FY04 proposed milestones:

• Presentation of results at 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

References:

• Aberson, S. D., and J. Heymsfeld, 2004: Kelvin-Helmholtz waves in the eyewall of Hurricane Erin. Submitted to J. Atmos. Sci.
• Aberson, S. D., J. Dunion, and F. D. Marks, Jr., 2004: Photograph of a wavenumber two asymmetry in the eye of Hurricane Erin. Submitted to J. Atmos. Sci.

Last modified: 11/14/2003