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Sunday, 10 August 2008
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday 2008, Wedgemount B Registration Opens
Monday, 11 August 2008
	7:30 AM-5:00 PM, Monday 2008, Wedgemount B Registration Continues Throughout the Conference
	8:45 AM-9:00 AM, Monday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session Welcome and Introductory Remarks
	9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Monday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 1 Weather Forecasting I
Chair: Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO
9:00 AM 1.1 Progress and Problems with Forecasting Orographic Precipitation over the Pacific Northwest and Southwest Canada (Invited)   Clifford F. Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 9:30 AM 1.2 A wind profiler and GPS-based water vapor flux tool for precipitation forecasting in coastal mountains   Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and A. White, F. M. Ralph, D. J. Gottas, and S. I. Gutman 9:45 AM 1.3 Orographic forcing and Doppler winds, the key for nowcasting heavy precipitation in the mountains   Luca Panziera, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and U. Germann
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 2 Weather Forecasting II
Chair: Georg Mayr, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics Innsbruck (IMGI), Innsbruck Austria
10:30 AM 2.1 Front-mountain interactions in the long-lived, intense surface front of 28 February through 4 March 1972 over the United States   Lance F. Bosart, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and K. Meier 10:45 AM 2.2 Mechanisms of Great Basin frontogenesis   Gregory L. West, NOAA/CIRP, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh and W. Y. Y. Cheng 11:00 AM 2.3 Mediterranean Lee Cyclogenesis   Ron McTaggart-Cowan, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and T. J. Galarneau and L. F. Bosart 11:15 AM 2.4 A sensitivity of a MAP IOP 15 event to the estimated uncertainties in the upper-level dynamical factors   Kristian Horvath, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Zagreb, Croatia; and M. D. M. Vich, B. Ivancan-Picek, and R. Romero 11:30 AM 2.5 Using mountain flows to evaluate GRID technology for meteorological models of varying complexity   Felix Schüller, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and G. J. Mayr and I. Barstad 11:45 AM 2.6 A mountain wind model for assisting fire management   Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday 2008 Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Monday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 3 Weather Forecasting III
Chair: Lance F. Bosart, SUNY, Albany, NY
1:30 PM 3.1 Ensemble variability and predictability of mountain waves and downslope winds   P. Alexander Reinecke, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Durran 1:45 PM 3.2 An upper gravity-wave absorbing layer for NWP applications   J. B. Klemp, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Dudhia and A. D. Hassiotis 2:00 PM 3.3 Predictability in complex terrain: a preliminar study   Raffaele Salerno, Centro Epson Meteo, Cinisello Balsamo, Italy 2:15 PM 3.4 Ensemble analyses and forecasts of an operational multi-scale mesoscale ensemble data assimilation and prediction system (E-RTFDDA) for the Mountain States   Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Roux, M. Xu, M. Ge, T. Warner, and S. Swerdlin 2:30 PM 3.5 An observational comparison of microphysical representations in WRF   Robert S. Hahn, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. F. Mass and B. F. Smull 2:45 PM 3.6 Impacts of Radiance Data Assimilation on Weather Forecasts by the WRF-ARW Model in the Complex Terrain Areas of Southwest Asia   Jianjun Xu, JCSDA/UCAR/AFWA, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Rugg
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Monday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 4 Forecasting for the 2010 Winter Olympics
Chair: Jim Steenburgh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
3:30 PM 4.1 Towards a comprehensive training program for forecasters at Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games   Bradley J. Snyder, MSC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and T. Smith, C. Doyle, and D. A. Wesley 3:45 PM 4.2 Forecast challenges in preparation for the Vancouver-Whistler 2010 Olympic Winter Games   Philippe-Alain Bergeron, MSC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and A. Coldwells 4:00 PM 4.3 Evaluation of a 1.0km prototype model for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games: Forecasting winds for the alpine ski venue   André Gigučre, Canadian Meteorological Centre, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and R. McTaggart-Cowan, J. Mailhot, I. Dubé, L. Tong, and A. Erfani 4:15 PM 4.4 Regional ensemble system for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games   Ronald Frenette, EC, Montreal, QC, Canada 4:30 PM 4.5 Science and nowcasting Olympic weather for Vancouver 2010 (SNOW-V10)   George A. Isaac, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. Joe 4:45 PM 4.6 Nowcasting for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games using Remote Sensing Tools   Edwin F. Campos, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. Joe and N. Donaldson
	The American Meteorological Society would like to thank the Desert Research Institute (DRI) for sponsoring to enhance the Ice Breaker Reception
	5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Poster Session 1 Ice Breaker Reception with Mountain Meteorology Poster Session 1
Chair: Thomas Haiden, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna Austria
P1.1 Meteorological and snow conditions in the mountainous areas of Japan   Satoru Yamaguchi, Snow and Ice Research Center, NIED, Nagaoka, Japan; and O. Abe, S. Nakai, and A. Sato   P1.2 Discrete frontal propagation over the Sierra-Cascade Ranges and western Great Basin   W. James Steenburgh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. R. Neuman   P1.3 Climatology and prediction of snow-to-liquid ratio in the central Wasatch Mountains   Trevor I. Alcott, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Steenburgh   P1.4 A climatology of snow density at upper-elevation locations in the western United States   Jonathan Zawislak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. I. Alcott, J. Steenburgh, S. Armitage, M. Booth, K. Carter, J. Connelly, H. Garner, M. Jeglum, J. Lisonbee, A. Lenkowski, R. Martin, S. McFee, J. Mulqueen, K. Ogrin, A. Snyder, B. Sorenson, L. Thatcher, and W. Weston   P1.5 Unique snowfall distribution over the Park Range and Upper Yampa River Valley during the La Nina winter of 2007-2008   Jeffery D. Colton, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and J. Ramey, M. P. Meyers, D. A. Wesley, I. B. McCubbin, and A. G. Hallar   P1.6 Simulated impacts of enhanced CCN and giant-CCN concentrations on orographic snowfall   Stephen M. Saleeby, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton, D. Lowenthal, R. D. Borys, M. A. Wetzel, I. B. McCubbin, and M. P. Meyers   P1.7 Observing and Forecasting Snow Surface Temperatures for Nordic Ski Race Courses at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC   Wendy Wagner, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel   P1.8 A forecaster and microphysical perspective on the 24 February 2007 snow event over the Park Range of northern Colorado   P. Frisbie, NOAA/NWSFO, Grand Junction, CO; and M. P. Meyers   P1.9 Evaluation of temperature analyses from the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) during mountain valley cold pool events   David T. Myrick, NOAA/NWS, Western Region, Salt Lake City, UT   P1.10 Comparison of automated and manual quality control techniques for surface observations over complex terrain   David T. Myrick, NOAA/NWS, Western Region, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Watson and J. Pechmann   P1.11 A climatology of cold air outbreaks in Montana   Daniel E. Zumpfe, NOAA/NWS, Great Falls, MT   P1.12 Snow level forecasting methods and parameters; two practical examples on eastern italian Alps   Gianni Marigo, Environmental Agency of the Veneto Region, Arabba Livinallongo del Col di Lana, Italy; and T. Robert-Luciani and A. Crepaz   P1.13 Orographic precipitation and kinematic flow structures of winter storms over the U.S. Pacific Northwest   Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. J. Payne and B. A. Colle   P1.14 Forecasting of Extreme Stationary Convection - 18/9/2007 Zelezniki Flash Flood   Uros Strajnar, Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia   P1.15 Numerical sensitivity study of August 2005 Alpine flood   Wolfgang Langhans, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and A. Gohm   P1.16 The empirical radar model of multicell convection clouds of mountain region   Tamazi Salukvadze Sr., Institute of Geophysics, Tbilisi, Georgia; and E. Lhelaia and A. Balavadze   P1.17 Hurricane Dean and the Mountains of Dominica   Ronald Smith, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and P. Schafer, D. J. Kirshbaum, and E. Regina   P1.18 SOP overview of the spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation in the northern Black Forest during the COPS field campaign   Simon Hölzl, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and A. Gohm and G. Mayr   P1.19 Evaluation of future Orographic Precipitation in western Norway using a Linear Model   Giulio N. Caroletti, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway; and I. Barstad   P1.20 A comparison of precipitation intensity from radar with model results around coastal topography during cold-air outbreak periods   Sento Nakai, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Nagaoka, Japan; and T. Kato, K. Iwamoto, and M. Ishizaka   P1.21 How meteorological variables recorded at 4000m can provide useful information for inhabitants affected by mountain weather in the Argentinean subtropical Andean region   María. Elizabeth Castańeda, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina   P1.22 Extreme orographic precipitation events over the Central Andes of Argentina and Chile   Maximiliano Viale, Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales, Ciudad de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina; and G. Naumann and F. A. Norte   P1.23 On the interpolation of precipitation data over complex terrain   Manfred Dorninger, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and S. Schneider and R. Steinacker   P1.24 Orographic precipitation enhancement by boundary-layer turbulence: a vertically pointing airborne cloud radar view   Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and G. Vali, D. Leon, and J. R. Snider   P1.25 Atmospheric flow and the associated precipitation patterns in the mesoscale mountain range experiment SKÚR   Haraldur Olafsson, Univ. of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland; and T. Arason, S. Brynjólfsson, and H. Agustsson   P1.26 Diagnosis of effect of southwesterlies on tibetan vortex moving east   Shuhua Yu, China Meteorology Society, Chengdu, China; and W. Gao and Y. Xiao   P1.27 Links between the mountain torque and the Arctic Oscillation   Francois Lott, CNRS, Paris, France; and F. D'Andrea   P1.28 Exploring Wind Energy Potential off the California Coast   Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle and T. Haack   P1.29 Downscaling of Era40 in Mountainous Terrain   Idar Barstad, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and Univ. of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; and A. Sorteberg, F. Flatoy, and M. Deque   P1.30 7000 years of dust deposition: A proxy record of alpine drought and climate variability in the Snowy Mountains, Australia   Hamish Andrew McGowan, Planning and Architecture, Brisbane, Australia; and S. K. Marx and J. Denholm   P1.31 Determining temperature lapse rates over mountain slopes using modified GWR in the Pyrenees area   Meritxell Pagčs, Meteorological Service of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain; and J. R. Miró and A. Sairouni   P1.32 A Neural Network Based Model for Rainfed Wheat Yield Forecasting Using Climatic Data   Hojjatolah Yazdan panah, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran   P1.33 Stochastic Prediction of Kirmt (June - September) Rainfall over North Central Ethiopian Highlands   Geremew Aragaw Kifle, National Meteorological Agency of Ethiopia, Addis, Ababa, Ethiopia   P1.34 An Experimental Numerical Prediction System for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games   Stéphane Bélair, Meteorological Research Division, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and J. Mailhot, N. Bernier, R. McTaggart-Cowan, J. A. Milbrandt, W. Yu, L. Tong, A. Erfani, A. Methot, and A. Gigučre
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 5A Orographic Precipitation I
Chair: Evelyne Richard, Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Toulouse France
8:30 AM 5A.1 High-resolution 3D numerical simulations of conditionally unstable flows over a ridge   M. M. Miglietta, Italian National Council of Research - Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Lecce, Italy; and R. Rotunno 8:45 AM 5A.2 Regional, seasonal, and diurnal variations of convection in the Himalayan region   Ulrike Romatschke, University of Vienna and University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Medina and R. A. Houze 9:00 AM 5A.3 The effect of terrain and land surface on summer monsoon convection in the Himalayan region   Socorro Medina, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze, A. Kumar, and D. Niyogi 9:15 AM 5A.4 Parameterization of elevation effects in short-duration precipitation analysis   Thomas Haiden, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, Austria 9:30 AM 5A.5 Rainfall variability and climatology of orographic banded convection in a Mediterranean area   Angélique Godart, LTHE, Grenoble, France; and S. Anquetin and E. Leblois 9:45 AM 5A.6 Large-eddy simulations of trade-wind showers over a tropical island   Daniel J. Kirshbaum, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and R. B. Smith
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday 2008, Fitzsimmons Session 5B Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment(T-REX) I
Chair: James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA
8:30 AM 5B.1 The T-REX valley wind model intercomparison project   Juerg Schmidli, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. J. Billings, R. Burton, F. K. Chow, S. F. J. De Wekker, J. D. Doyle, V. Grubisic, T. R. Holt, Q. Jiang, K. A. Lundquist, A. N. Ross, L. C. Savage, P. Sheridan, S. Vosper, C. D. Whiteman, A. A. Wyszogrodzki, G. Zaengl, and S. Zhong 8:45 AM 5B.2 A study of the onset of westerly downslope winds in Owens Valley   Brian J. Billings, DRI, Reno, NV; and V. Grubisic 9:00 AM 5B.3 Spatial and temporal features of mountain wave related turbulence   Zeljko Vecenaj, Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and S. F. J. De Wekker and V. Grubisic 9:15 AM 5B.4 High resolution Unified Model simulations of T-REX IOP-6, comparison with observations   Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and P. Sheridan 9:30 AM 5B.5 Wind profiler direct observations of an atmospheric rotor: T-REX IOP3   Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown and V. Grubisic 9:45 AM 5B.6 Lower-tropospheric waves and wave-induced turbulence zones: Insights from T-REX   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. R. French, S. J. Haimov, L. Oolman, B. J. Billings, and M. Xiao
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 6A Orographic Precipitation II
Chair: Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
10:30 AM 6A.1 Orographic modification of convection and flow kinematics by the Oregon coastal range and Cascades during IMPROVE-2   Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook University / SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and Y. Lin, S. Medina, and B. Smull 10:45 AM 6A.2 Climatology of crystal habits and degrees of riming for snow falling in the Cascade Mountains during two winter seasons   Mark T. Stoelinga, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. D. Locatelli, H. S. McCormick, and G. D. Casson 11:00 AM 6A.3 Spatial variability of the snow level across the northern California Sierra Nevada   David E. Kingsmill, University of Colorado, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and A. White, D. J. Gottas, and P. J. Neiman 11:15 AM 6A.4 Interaction of microphysical and dynamical timescales in orographic precipitation   Andreas Muhlbauer, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and P. Spichtinger and U. Lohmann 11:30 AM 6A.5 Rain-snow boundaries along mountainsides   Julie M. Thériault, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and R. E. Stewart 11:45 AM 6A.6 Patterns of mountain precipitation and landslide hazard   Justin R. Minder, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. H. Roe and D. R. Montgomery
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Fitzsimmons Session 6B Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment(T-REX) II
Chair: Fotini Katopodes Chow, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
10:30 AM 6B.1 Predictability of windstorms and mountain waves using an adjoint model: Perspectives from T-REX   James Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. M. Amerault and C. A. Reynolds 10:45 AM 6B.2 Characteristics of stratospheric mountain waves during T-REX deduced from radiosondes and a mesoscale model   Sasa Gabersek, UCAR, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle, G. Y. Jumper, and R. Belu 11:00 AM 6B.3 ISS Observations of small-scale features and an easterly wind event during T-REX   William O.J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Cohn, V. Grubisic, and J. Doyle 11:15 AM 6B.4 Moisture and Sierra Waves: Observations and Modeling   Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle 11:30 AM 6B.5 Analysis of cold pool breakup in complex topography and comparison with laboratory model results   Adam J. Christman, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. Calhoun and H. J. S. Fernando 11:45 AM 6B.6 Three-dimensional wind retrieval: application of MUSCAT to dual Doppler lidar measurements   Susanne Drechsel, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbruck, Austria; and M. Chong, G. J. Mayr, M. Weissmann, R. Calhoun, and A. Dörnbrack
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom C Joint Session JL1 Luncheon (Joint between the 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology and the 17th Conference on Applied Climatology)
12:00 PM JJL1.1 Mountaineering Meteorology and Decision-Making   Madison J. Post, NOAA Scientist (retired), Boulder, CO
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Joint Session 1 Mountain Climatology I (Joint between the 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology and the 17th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Chair: Christopher Daly, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
1:30 PM Applied Climatology Award by Phillip A. Pasteris, USDA/NRCS/National Water and Climate Center, Portland, OR   1:45 PM J1.1 Secrets of the "Greatest Snow on Earth"   W. James Steenburgh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. I. Alcott 2:00 PM J1.2 A century-long context for South Cascade Glacier mass balance   Faron Scheffer Anslow, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and P. U. Clark and S. W. Hostetler 2:15 PM J1.3 Characteristics of Precipitation in Mountainous Terrain in Northern Mexico and the Southwest United States Using the TRMM Precipitation Feature Database   Christina Wall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. Liu and E. Zipser 2:30 PM J1.4 The role of lee cyclogenesis in the midwinter suppression of the Pacific storm track   Sandra M. Penny, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. Roe and D. Battisti 2:45 PM J1.5 On the development of orographic rain shadows during uplift of mountain ranges   Joseph Galewsky, Univ.of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Joint Session 2 Mountain Climatology II (Joint between the 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology and the 17th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Chair: John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
3:30 PM J2.5 Spatial temperature patterns in complex terrain: implications for climate and innovative monitoring techniques   Jessica D. Lundquist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Cayan 3:45 PM J2.1 Local topography controls temperature regimes in subarctic fell area, northern Finland   Miska Luoto, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; and M. Seppälä 4:00 PM J2.2 An analysis of 10-year ASOS data from east of Rockies: The detection of the diurnal continental tide and eastward-propagating waves   Yanping Li, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith 4:15 PM J2.3 Reconstruction and preliminary analysis of the temperature record of Trento (Italy) 1816-2007   Gabriele Rampanelli, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and D. Zardi 4:30 PM J2.4 A dynamical interpretation for the evolution of the equatorial components of the mountain torque   Sylvain Mailler, CNRS, Paris, France; and F. Lott 4:45 PM J2.6 Effect of Mountain Breeze in Ventilating the City under Calm and Neutral Atmospheric Environment: Interaction of Airflow Structures and Ventilation Efficiency   Zhiwen Luo, The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; and Y. Li
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 7 Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS) I
Chair: Stephan F.J. De Wekker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
8:30 AM 7.1 Synoptic scale motions and convective forcing at lower mountains: Different remote sensing perspectives during the three months of COPS-2007 (Invited)   Hans Volkert, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt, Wessling, Germany; and M. Hagen, H. Mannstein, and A. Schaefler 9:00 AM 7.2 First results of a high resolution surface automatic station network during COPS   Reinhold Steinacker, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and M. Dorninger, S. Schneider, and B. Stuhl 9:15 AM 7.3 Meso-NH forecasts of an isolated storm observed during the COPS experiment   Evelyne Richard, Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Toulouse, France; and J. P. Chaboureau 9:30 AM 7.4 Convection initiation over complex terrain: driving processes and unexpected observations during COPS   U. Corsmeier, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; and D. Althausen, C. Barthlott, A. Behrendt, M. Dorninger, P. Di Girolamo, J. Handwerker, N. Kalthoff, C. Kottmeier, H. Mahlke, and S. Mobbs 9:45 AM 7.5 Orographically-induced deep convection over the Black Forest mountains during COPS   Norbert Kalthoff, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; and B. Adler, C. Barthlott, U. Corsmeier, S. Khodayar, C. Kottmeier, K. Träumner, S. Mobbs, S. Crewell, and R. L. Coulter
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Poster Session 2 Mountain Meteorology Poster Session 2
Chair: Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter United Kingdom
P2.1 Combined analysis of local downslope wind “Hiroto-kaze” induced by Typhoon “TOKAGE” in Japan   Fumie Kataoka, Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Mitomi, K. Otsuka, O. Tsukamoto, H. Fudeyasu, T. Kanamori, T. Kuwagata, T. Hashimoto, K. Kobayashi, and K. Tsuboki   P2.2 Some small-scale features of the wind and damage distributions caused by the local downslope wind Hiroto-Kaze associated with typhoon TOKAGE   Kiyotoshi Otsuka, Technical Research Institute, Obayashi Corporation, Kiyose, Japan; and F. Kataoka, O. Tsukamoto, H. Fudeyasu, T. Kuwagata, T. Kanamori, T. Hashimoto, and K. Kobayashi   P2.3 Observations and modelling of severe windstorms during T-REX:importance of the upstream profile   Ralph R. Burton, School of the Environment, Leeds, United Kingdom; and S. Vosper, P. Sheridan, and S. D. Mobbs   P2.4 A numerical study of the effects of diurnal heating, moisture, and downstream topography on downslope winds within a valley   Brian J. Billings, DRI, Reno, NV; and V. Grubisic   P2.5 The connection between air mass differences and foehn during TREX   Georg J. Mayr, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and F. S. Schüller   P2.6 Response of the wind system in Owens Valley to synoptic and mesoscale forcings—T-REX observations vs. model   Thomas Raab, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and G. J. Mayr   P2.7 Profiler RASS observations and numerical model simulation of cold air pool removal during foehn   Siegfried Vogt Sr., Institut f. Meteorologie u. Klimaforschung , Forschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, Germany   P2.8 COLPEX - Cold pool experiment   Helen Wells, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and S. Vosper, A. Brown, J. Price, A. N. Ross, S. Mobbs, P. Sheridan, and V. Horlacher   P2.9 Lee wave interferences over double bell-shaped orography   Ivana Stiperski, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia; and V. Grubisic   P2.10 An intercomparison of T-REX mountain wave simulations   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Gaberšek, L. R. Bernardet, J. M. Brown, A. Dörnbrack, E. Filaus, V. Grubisic, Q. Jiang, D. J. Kirshbaum, O. Knoth, S. Koch, I. M. Stiperski, S. Vosper, and S. Zhong   P2.11 Observations and numerical simulations of intense atmospheric subrotor vortices during T-REX   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and V. Grubisic, W. O. J. Brown, S. F. J. De Wekker, A. Dörnbrack, Q. Jiang, S. D. Mayor, and M. Weissmann   P2.12 The effect of shear discontinuities and critical levels on orographic gravity wave drag   Miguel A. C. Teixeira, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; and P. M. A. Miranda and J. L. Argain   P2.13 Surface layer observations from a network of 22 automatic weather stations covering the northern COPS region, with case study of MCS passage on 20th July 2007   Victoria H. Smith, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and S. D. Mobbs, M. Hobby, A. Gohm, and S. Hölzl   P2.14 The response of lee wave & rotor structure to varying magnitudes of lee slope heating   Victoria H. Smith, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and S. D. Mobbs, S. Vosper, and A. N. Ross   P2.15 has been moved. New paper number 9B.3A     P2.16 Waves Eddies and Turbulence Observed over Owens Valley   Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle, V. Grubisic, and R. B. Smith   P2.17 Observations of strong mountain waves in the lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains of southeast Wyoming   Larry D. Oolman, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and J. R. French, S. Haimov, D. Leon, and V. Grubisic   P2.18 Storm Peak Laboratory Investigates Air Quality from Regional and Long Range Sources   Ian B. McCubbin, DRI, Steamboat Springs, CO; and A. G. Hallar, D. Obrist, D. Lowenthal, C. Wiedinmyer, T. A. Rahn, and C. Mazzoleni   P2.19 The influence of local winds on the spatial distribution of air pollutants in an Alpine valley   Alexander Gohm, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and F. Harnisch, R. Schnitzhofer, A. Hansel, A. Fix, B. Neininger, F. Obleitner, J. Vergeiner, and E. Griesser   P2.20 Modelling urban area in Alpine complex terrain in winter time   Jean-Pierre Chollet, CNRS-UJF-INPG, Grenoble, France; and Y. Largeron and C. Staquet   P2.21 Smoke transport and dispersion from prescribed burns:   Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and Y. Liu   P2.22 A New Meteorological Research Facility in the Shenandoah National Park   Stephan F.J. De Wekker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and Z. Vecenaj, M. Lingvai, A. Ameen, Y. S. Lau, and G. Song   P2.23 The Greenland Flow Distortion experiment   Ian A. Renfrew, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England; and G. W. K. Moore, J. E. Kristjánsson, H. Olafsson, S. L. Gray, G. N. Petersen, K. Bovis, P. Brown, I. Fřre, T. W. N. Haine, C. Hay, E. A. Irvine, T. Oghuishi, S. D. Outten, R. S. Pickart, D. Sproson, R. Swinbank, A. Woolley, and S. Zhang   P2.24 Idealized Simulations of Katabatic Flows in Iceland   Halfdan Agustsson, Institute for Meteorological Research and University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland; and H. Olafsson   P2.25 Idealized Simulations of the Sea Breeze in Iceland   Haraldur Olafsson, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland; and H. Agustsson   P2.26 The FLOHOF Experiment   Joachim Reuder, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; and J. Egger, H. Olafsson, G. Zangl, T. De Lange, W. Schaper, S. Lammlein, S. Mayer, T. Spengler, M. Ablinger, M. Garhammer, M. Johannessen, R. Kuhnel, M. Muller, C. Lindenberg, T. Jóhannesson, H. Agustsson, S. Brynjólfsson, Ó. Rögnvaldsson, S. Malardel, and P. Brisset   P2.27 Three-dimensional idealized simulations of barrier jets along the southeast coast of Alaska   Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook University / SUNY, Stony Brook, NY NY; and J. B. Olson   P2.28 Characteristics of valley exit jets in the Rocky Mountains of the United States   Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and L. S. Darby and M. J. Post   P2.29 Estimating Turbulence Intensity along Flight Paths in Terrain-disrupted Airflow using Anemometer and Wind Profiler Data   Ping Cheung, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. C. Lam and P. W. Chan   P2.30 Interaction between slope flows and transient mesoscale modes   Richard Mills, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and L. Mahrt and E. G. Astling   P2.31 The boundary layer evolution of an arid Andes valley   Norbert Kalthoff, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; and I. Bischoff-Gauss, S. Khodayar, M. Fiebig-Wittmaack, and S. Montecinos   P2.32 New methods for temperature downscaling in complex terrain   Peter Sheridan, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and S. Smith, S. Vosper, and A. Brown   P2.33 Laboratory experiments on mountain induced rotors   Dieter Etling, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany; and C. Knigge, A. Paci, and O. Eiff   P2.34 Numerical Simulation of Wind Gusts in Terrain-disrupted Airflow at the Hong Kong International Airport   Ping Cheung, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. C. Lam and P. W. Chan
	1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday 2008 Tour of the Olympic Parks and Hiking (Tickets sold separately). Please see the General Information for details.
Thursday, 14 August 2008
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 8A Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain I
Chair: Richard Rotunno, NCAR, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM 8A.1 Simulations of multi-scale circulations and boundary layer structure and their effect on particulate layering over and downwind of the central Mexican plateau   Jerome D. Fast, PNNL, Richland, WA; and W. J. Shaw, S. Burton, and R. A. Ferrare 8:45 AM 8A.2 Boundary layer structure and evolution in a deep valley as viewed by rawinsonde observations during the T-REX field campaign   Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and W. Q. Yao, X. Bian, C. D. Whiteman, J. Wang, S. A. Cohn, and S. Mobbs 8A.3 LES of Mountain Rotors and Stable Boundary Layers During T-REX: Effects of Sub-grid Land-Surface Heterogeneity   Megan Marie Bela, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA; and H. Gong, R. L. Street, F. L. Ludwig, and F. K. Chow 9:00 AM 8A.4 An Investigation of the Effect of Valley Boundary Layer Structure on Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations at a Mountain Top Location   Stephan F.J. De Wekker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and A. Ameen, G. Song, W. J. Steenburgh, and B. Stephens 9:15 AM 8A.5 Internal hydraulic adjustment on a discontinuous escarpment slope   Charles Retallack, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. Calhoun and H. J. S. Fernando 9:30 AM 8A.6 On the influence of the altitude of sinkholes on their minimum temperature and a new device for their accurate measurement   Manfred Dorninger, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and R. Steinacker, B. Bica, R. Lazar, D. Eckart, and F. Prenner
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday 2008, Fitzsimmons Session 8B Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX)
Chair: Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
8:30 AM 8B.1 Meteorological experiments in a small closed basin: New results from the Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX) (Invited)   C. David Whiteman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. W. Hoch, M. Hahnenberger, and S. Zhong 9:00 AM 8B.2 Topographic effects on nighttime cooling in a basin and plain atmosphere   Maura Hahnenberger, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman 9:15 AM 8B.3 High-resolution numerical simulations of boundary layer flows in support of the METCRAX field program   David C. Fritts, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc., Colorado Research Associates Division, Boulder, CO; and D. Goldstein and T. Lund 9:30 AM 8B.4 3D Radiative Transfer in the complex Topography of the Meteor Crater   Sebastian W. Hoch, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Mayer and C. D. Whiteman
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 9A Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain II
Chair: Alexander Gohm, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbruck Austria
10:30 AM 9A.1 Relation between the turbulent intensity on the crest of a ridge and wind direction relative to the ridge line - Part 1: Field experiments   Chinatsu Kameshima, University of Hyogo, Himeji City, Japan; and H. Kono and D. Tamura 10:45 AM 9A.2 High resolution numerical modeling of low level wind-shear over the Nice-Cote d'Azur airport   Alexandre Boilley, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and J. F. Mahfouf and C. Lac 11:00 AM 9A.3 Study of the katabatic winds in middle latitudes through a high-resolution mesoscale model   Daniel Martinez, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain; and J. Cuxart 11:15 AM 9A.4 Characterization of the internal gravity wave field generated by a katabatic flow in a deep valley   Yann Largeron, CNRS-UJF-INPG, Grenoble, France; and C. Staquet, C. Chemel, and J. P. Chollet 11:30 AM 9A.5 An immersed boundary method for flow over complex terrain   Fotini Katopodes Chow, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and K. A. Lundquist and J. K. Lundquist 11:45 AM 9A.6 Improving land surface boundary conditions for high-resolution simulations over mountainous terrain   Megan H. Daniels, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and F. K. Chow and R. M. Maxwell
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Fitzsimmons Session 9B Waves and Rotors I
Chair: Dale R. Durran, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
10:30 AM 9B.1 Utilizing the smoke plume of Volcano Villarrica to examine the dynamics and detailed structure of its wave and rotor   Honza Rejmánek, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and S. -. H. Chen, V. Grubisic, and J. Doyle 10:45 AM 9B.2 Mountain Waves and Rotors in East Falkland   Rita M. Cardoso, Centro de Geofísica da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; and P. Soares, S. Mobbs, and P. Miranda   Paper 9B.3 has been moved. New poster number P2.33   11:00 AM 9B3.A Effects of upstream boundary layer turbulence on mountain waves   Eric D. Skyllingstad, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. M. Smith 11:15 AM 9B.4 Understanding Mountain Waves Using Wavelet Analysis   Bryan Woods, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith and J. D. Doyle 11:30 AM 9B.5 Eddy resolving simulations of topographically induced rotors and internal gravity wave breaking   Craig M. Smith, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and E. D. Skyllingstad 11:45 AM 9B.6 The effects of boundary layer on lee waves over double bell-shaped orography   Ivana Stiperski, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia; and V. Grubisic
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday 2008 Lunch Break
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday 2008, Spearhead AB Mountain Meteorology Committee Luncheon
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 10A Foehn, Mountain Windstorms and Upstream Blocking I
Chair: Douglas A. Wesley, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 10A.1 Understanding and forecasting Alpine Foehn - what do we know about it today? (Invited)   Hans Richner, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; and P. Hächler 2:00 PM 10A.2 Orographic flow response to variations in upstream humidity   H. Dawn Reeves, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. Rotunno 2:15 PM 10A.3 Foehn: a stratified hydraulic response to changing upstream and downstream air masses   Laurence Armi, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and G. Mayr 2:30 PM 10A.4 Application of statistical models to Boulder windstorm prediction   Andrew E. Mercer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, J. M. Brown, and M. B. Richman 2:45 PM 10A.5 Variability in the Kvísker Downslope Windstorms   Halfdan Agustsson, Institute for Meteorological Research and University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland; and H. Olafsson
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday 2008, Fitzsimmons Session 10B Mountain Wakes and Greenland Flow Distortion Experiment (GFDex)
Chair: Stephen D. Mobbs, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom
1:30 PM 10B.1 Barrier wind during the Greenland Flow Distortion experiment (GFDex)   Gudrun Nina Petersen, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom; and I. A. Renfrew 1:45 PM 10B.2 A Reverse Tip Jet during the Greenland Flow Distortion experiment   Stephen D. Outten, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom 2:00 PM 10B.3 Lee vortices in evolving large-scale flows   Lucas M. Harris, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran 2:15 PM 10B.4 The origin and dynamics of banner clouds - an analysis based on large eddy simulations   Daniel Reinert, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany; and V. Wirth 2:30 PM 10B.5 The Snake River Plains Convergence Zone: dynamics, climatology, and predictability   Thomas Andretta, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts   Paper 10B.6 has been moved. New poster number P1.33
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-4:30 PM, Thursday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 11A Mountain Air Quality
Chair: Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
3:30 PM 11A.1 The Isotopic Composition of Water Vapor and the Concurrent Meteorological Condition over the Northern Part of the Tibetan Plateau   Akiyo Yatagai, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan; and A. Sugimoto and M. Nakawo 3:45 PM 11A.2 Air Quality Hazard Geographic Distribution in a Tropical Mountain Meteorology Scenery in the Andes. Case Study: El Valle de Aburrá, Medellín, Colombia   Carlos Andres Rios Uribe, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. & Oregon State University. Oregon, U.S.A., Corvallis, OR 4:00 PM 11A.3 Mesoscale controls on particulate matter pollution for a mega-city in a semi-arid mountainous environment: Tehran, Iran   Tim Appelhans, Centre for Atmospheric Research, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Chrictchurch, New Zealand; and P. Zawar-Reza, M. Gharaylou, and A. Shamsipour 4:15 PM 11A.4 Idealized modeling study of pollution transport over Alpine terrain   Manuela Lehner, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and A. Gohm
	3:30 PM-4:15 PM, Thursday 2008, Fitzsimmons Session 11B Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS) II
Chair: Reinhold Steinacker, University of Vienna, Vienna Austria
3:30 PM 11B.1 Observations of shallow convection over the Black Forest during COPS   S. D. Mobbs, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom 3:45 PM 11B.2 Observations & high resolution modelling of decoupled surface flows during IOP 9c of the COPS field experiment   Victoria H. Smith, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and R. R. Burton, A. Gadian, and S. D. Mobbs 4:00 PM 11B.3 Modelling of deep convective clouds and orographic triggering of convection during the COPS experiment   Ralph Burton, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and A. Gadian, V. H. Smith, and S. D. Mobbs
Friday, 15 August 2008
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Friday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 12A Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain III
Chair: Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV
8:30 AM 12A.1 An Investigation of Mountain-Valley Circulations Based on Wind Tracer Measurements   Elford G. Astling, West Desert Test Center, Salt Lake City, UT 8:45 AM 12A.2 Relation between the turbulent intensity on the crest of a ridge and wind direction relative to the ridge line–Part 2: Wind tunnel experiments   Hitoshi Kono, School of Human Sciences and Environment, University of Hyogo, Himeji City, Japan; and C. Kameshima, S. Yahanda, and T. Aoki 9:00 AM 12A.3 Simulations of sheltering in valleys: the formation of night-time cold-air pools   Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and A. Brown 9:15 AM 12A.4 Upslope Flow and Cumulus Development Over an Isolated Heated Mountain: Observations and Simulations, isolated mountain   Cory Demko, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts and J. A. Zehnder
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Friday 2008, Fitzsimmons Session 12B Foehn, Mountain Windstorms and Upstream Blocking II
Chair: Hans Richner, ETH, Zürich Switzerland
8:30 AM 12B.1 The Polar Foehn of the Victoria Valley, Antarctica   Hamish Andrew McGowan, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; and J. C. Speirs 8:45 AM 12B.2 Effects of the earth's rotation on Boulder downslope windstorm   Wen-Yih Sun, Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute, Hsin-chu, Taiwan; and W. R. Hsu 9:00 AM 12B.3 Observations of a Gap Flow at 80N   Idar Barstad, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway; and V. Grubisic 9:15 AM 12B.4 Examples of mountain induced winds in Atlantic Canada   Ted McIldoon, MSC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and M. Pilon
	9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Friday 2008, Sea to Sky Ballroom A Coffee Break
	10:00 AM-11:30 AM, Friday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session 13 Waves and Rotors II
Chair: Sasa Gabersek, UCAR, Monterey, CA
10:00 AM 13.1 The over-amplification of gravity waves in numerical solutions to flow over topography   P. Alexander Reinecke, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Durran 10:15 AM 13.2 Predictability of orographic drag for realistic atmospheric profiles   Helen Wells, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and S. Vosper 10:30 AM 13.3 Propagation of topographically generated internal waves in the atmosphere   Julie C. Vanderhoff, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 10:45 AM 13.4 Influence of a viscous boundary layer on trapped lee waves   Francois Lott, CNRS, Paris, France 11:00 AM 13.5 Wind profile effects and critical layer filtering of the wave momentum flux in stratified flow over mountains   Miguel A. C. Teixeira, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; and P. M. A. Miranda 11:15 AM 13.6 Airborne radar observations of breaking waves/rotors in the lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains in SE Wyoming, USA   Jeffrey R. French, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and S. Haimov, L. Oolman, V. Grubisic, and D. Leon
	11:30 AM-12:00 PM, Friday 2008, Rainbow Theatre Session Student Awards and AMS 14th Mountain Meteorology Conference Update
	Conference Ends

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