10th Conference on Mesoscale Processes

Session 11: Orographic Flows II

Thursday, 26 June 2003: 1:30 PM-4:00 PM
Chair:  Dale R. Durran, Univ. of Washington
Papers:
  1:30 PM
Does the effect of rotation need to be accounted for when parametrizing sub-grid orography?
Stuart Webster, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and H. Wells and A. Brown

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)
  1:45 PM
Gravity wave breaking over the Central Alps: Role of complex topography
Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle

Poster PDF (233.1 kB)
  2:00 PM
Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX)
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. P. Kuettner

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
  2:15 PM
Rotor Dynamics in the Lee of Three-Dimensional Ridges
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. R. Durran

Poster PDF (171.2 kB)
  2:30 PM
Mechanisms of Up-Valley Winds
G. Rampanelli, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and D. Zardi and R. Rotunno

  2:45 PM
Numerical Simulations of Coastal Wind Events in the North Gulf of Alaska
Peter Q. Olsson, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK; and K. P. Volz and H. Yi

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)
  3:15 PM
Orographic flows in the Phoenix area and their implications for vertical mixing
J. Christopher Doran, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. L. Coulter, T. J. Martin, and W. J. Shaw

Poster PDF (438.0 kB)
  3:30 PM
Coffee Break