The Mile-High Hurricane Society at Colorado State University was organized in January 2001 to increase the interaction between the various research groups studying tropical cyclones both in the Atmospheric Science Department and at the neighboring Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA).

Anyone with an interest in tropical cyclones is welcome to attend or present; the seminars are informal and constructive, designed to help people with preparing for professional meetings or to present research-in-progess and get feedback and advice.

11 Jul 2006:

BILL GRAY (and accompanying DVD), "50 Years of US Hurricane Research"

11 Oct:

PANEL DISCUSSION, "Global Tropical Cyclone Activity and Global Warming"

24 Aug:

BILL BAILEY, "Hurricanes: Who Will Pay?"

18 Aug:

HUNG-CHI KUO, "Binary Vortex Interactions and the Formation of Concentric Eyewalls in Tropical Cyclones"

1 Mar 2005:

BRIAN MCNOLDY, "2004 Hurricane Season Overview"
RAY ZEHR, "2004 Hurricane Season from a Satellite Perspective"
MARK DEMARIA, "Role of Ocean Heat Content in Hurricane Intensity Forecasting During 2004"
PHIL KLOTZBACH, "2004 Hurricane Season from a Seasonal Forecasting Perspective"

10 Aug:

HUNG-CHI KUO, "Formation of Concentric Vorticity Structures in Tropical Cyclones"

29 Jun:

DAVE NOLAN, "Mechanics and Efficiency of Tropical Cyclone Intensification"

12 Mar 2004:

MARK DEMARIA, "Forecasting Tropical Cyclone Formation: Finding the Needle in the Haystack"

10 Jul:

RAY ZEHR, "Pressure-Wind Relationships and Satellite Images from Hurricanes Isidore and Lili 2002" (Isidore animation) (Lili animation)

2 May:

JOHN PERSING and JOHN KNAFF, "A World Tour of Tropical Cyclones 2002-2003" (Persing PPT)(Knaff PPT)

31 Jan 2003:

JOHN KAPLAN, "An Analysis of the Large-Scale Characteristics of Rapidly Intensifying Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclones: Results and Forecast Implications"

13 Nov:

RICARDO PRIETO, "A Classification of Asymmetric Tropical Cyclone Binary Interactions"

30 Oct:

PHIL KLOTZBACH, "Tales & Photos from an Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker"

2 Oct:

JOHN PERSING, "Is CAPE Important for MPI?"

25 Mar:

PHIL KLOTZBACH, "Forecasting September Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclones at Zero and One Month Lead Times"

26 Feb:

MATT EASTIN, "Is Convection in the Inner Core of Intense Hurricanes Buoyant?"

30 Jan 2002:

BILL GRAY, "U.S. Hurricane Landfalls"

15 Nov:

JEFF HAWKINS, "Tropical Cyclone Structure Via Multiple Passive Microwave Satellite Sensors"

12 Oct:

HUNG-CHI KUO, "Rossby Waves in Zonally Opposing Mean Flow: Behavior in Northwest Pacific Summer Monsoon"

21 Sep:

ROGER WELDON, "Use of Water Vapor Imagery for Tropical Cyclone Forecasting"

28 Aug:

JIM KOSSIN, "Hurricane Harmonics"

1 Aug:

RODGER EDSON, "Recent Findings in the Operational Use of Microwave Data as Related to Tropical Cyclone Forecasting"

25 Jun:

RAY ZEHR, "Observational Analysis of Vertical Wind Shear Influences on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change"

30 May:

MARK DEMARIA, "Recent Improvements in Statistical Hurricane Intensity Forecasting" (optional VIS loop)

30 Apr:

JIM KOSSIN, "Wavenumber Zero: An (Incomplete) Hurricane Primer for the Temperate Zone Thinker"

26 Mar:

DAVE NOLAN, "3-D, Asymmetric, Nonhydrostatic Modes in the Inner Cores of Hurricane-Like Vortices"

26 Feb:

KOTARO BESSHO, "Typhoon Observations Over Okinawa Using Aerosonde"
WATARU MASHIKO, "Development of a Next-generation Typhoon Model Based on the MRI Non-hydrostatic Model"
MITSURU UENO, "Motion and Asymmetric Structure of Tropical Cyclones in Vertically-sheared Environmental Flow"

29 Jan 2001:

BRIAN MCNOLDY, Introduction & Organization
JOHN KNAFF, "Nature's Axisymmetric Hurricane, the Doughnut"