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Principal Investigator:

Sim Aberson (HRD)

Team Members:

Mike Black (HRD)
Jim Kossin (U. Wisc)
Michael Bell (CSU/NCAR)
Michael Montgomery (CSU)
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
• Analysis complete
• Presentation of results at 26th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

FY05 proposed milestones:

• Submit manuscript to the Bulletin of the Amer. Met. Soc..

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 Mon. Wea. Rev.
• Montgomery, M. T., M. Bell, S. D. Aberson, and M. L. Black, 2005: Aberson, S. D., J. Dunion, and F. D. Marks, Jr., 2004: Photograph of a Superintense winds in Hurricane Isabel Part I : Mean vortex structure Submitted to Bull. Amer. Met. Soc.
• Aberson, S. D., M. Bell, and M. L. Black, M. T. Montgomery, 2005: Superintense winds in Hurricane Isabel Part II : Extreme wind speeds Submitted to Bull. Amer. Met. Soc.

Last modified: 05/10/2005