Fourth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction (Expanded View)

Monday, 5 November 2001
5:00 PM-7:00 PM

Conference Registration

Tuesday, 6 November 2001
7:30 AM-4:30 PM

Conference registration continues through Friday, 9 November

Tuesday, 6 November 2001
8:30 AM

Coastal Data Exchange (a follow up to the Interactive Symposium on the Exchange of Operational and Research Coastal Oceanic, Atmospheric, and Hydrologic Observations and Model Products)

Tuesday, 6 November 2001
5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Welcome Reception (Cash Bar)

Wednesday, 7 November 2001
9:00 AM-4:21 PM

Joint Session 1 Estuarine and Coastal Ocean Forecasting-Joint Session with ECM and ERF (Please note some presentation times have been changed from the preliminary program published)

Chairpersons: Frank Aikman III, NOAA, National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; Keith Bedford, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
9:00 AMJ1.0 Just a test
9:20 AMJ1.1 The Northern Gulf of Mexico Littoral Initiative (NGLI): Modeling Program
John P. Blaha, Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS; and C. Szczechowski, A. Blumberg, Q. Ahsan, H. J. Herring, P. Fitzpatrick, C. Barron, L. Hsu, and S. N. Carroll
9:40 AMJ1.2 Wind and Buoyancy Driven Salinity Structure in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Estuarine Systems
Quamrul Ahsan, HydroQual, Inc., Mahwah, NJ; and A. Blumberg and Q. Li
10:00 AM Discussion
10:19 AM Coffee Break
10:49 AMJ1.4 Use of Mesonet Observations in the Generation and Verification of Real-Time Meteorological Analyses and Forecasts for the Narragansett Bay Watershed (Formerly paper J1.5)
John G. W. Kelley, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Tsidulko
11:09 AMJ1.5 An integrated system for real time observation, modeling, and data distribution for shelf, coastal sea, and estuarine waters (Formerly paper J1.14)
Thomas Opishinski, Interactive Oceanographics; and M. Spaulding
11:29 AMJ1.6 A Nowcast/Forecast System of Circulation Dynamics for Narragansett Bay
Matthew Ward, Applied Science Associates; and C. Swanson and M. Spaulding
11:49 AM Joint Conference Luncheon
1:49 PMJ1.7 Results and Analysis of the Tampa Bay Nowcast Forecast System
Mark Vincent, University of South Flordia, Tampa, FL; and D. Burwell and M. Luther
2:09 PMJ1.8 One-Year Assessment of a Nowcast/Forecast System for Galveston Bay
Richard Schmalz, NOAA/NOS, Silver Spring, MD
2:29 PMJ1.9 Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting System
David J. Schwab, NOAA/GLERL, Ann Arbor, MI; and G. A. Lang, K. W. Bedford, and Y. F. P. Chu
2:49 PMJ1.10 A Bar Forecast Model for Humboldt Bay, Califronia
Victor Colborn, NOAA/NWS, Eureka, CA; and G. B. Crawford and T. Nicolini
3:09 PM Coffee Break
3:39 PMJ1.11 Experience with the Prince William Sound Nowcast/Forecast System
Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and I. Bang and S. L. Vaughan
3:59 PMJ1.12 Validation of a rapidly relocatable prediction system (Formerly paper J1.13)
Germana Peggion, University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS; and D. N. Fox and C. N. Barron
Thursday, 8 November 2001
8:30 AM-1:00 PM

Session 1 Utilization and/or Acquisition of Observations in the Coastal Zone

Chairpersons: Mike Clancy, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; Christopher Mooers, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL
8:30 AM1.1 The California Low-Level Coastal Jet and Nearshore Stratocumulus
John Kalogiros, NPS, Monterey, CA; and Q. Wang
8:45 AM1.2 Santa Ynez Moutain Lee-Side Effects over the Santa Barbara Channel
Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA
9:00 AM1.3 Coastal observations of warm rain during the California Land-falling Jets Experiment
Allen B. White, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, P. J. Neiman, J. R. Jordan, P. O. G. Persson, and D. J. Gottas
9:15 AM1.4 The U.S. West Coast Operational Observing System: Exploring Capabilities, Limitations, and Enhancements in the CALJET and PACJET Experiments
F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and D. Reynolds and P. J. Neiman
9:30 AM1.5 Buoy-mounted wind profiling: Current status and potential applications for coastal research and prediction
F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. R. Jordan and A. B. White
9:45 AM1.6 Use of a Mesonet Designed to Improve Understanding of Surface Winds in Littoral Regions
Jay Titlow, Marak Services, Inc., Bolton, MA
10:00 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM1.8 The turbulence structure of the stable atmospheric boundary layer around a coastal headland: I. aircraft observations
Ian M. Brooks, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and S. Söderberg and M. Tjernström
10:45 AM1.9 The Turbulence Structure of the Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer around a Coastal Headland: II. Model Results
Stefan Söderberg, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Tjernström and I. M. Brooks
11:00 AM1.10 Modification of the Marine Boundary Layer Across the Japan Sea During Winter
Clive E. Dorman, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; and R. C. Beardsley
11:15 AM Lunch Break
1:00 PM-3:15 PM

Session 2 Ocean Processes

Chairperson: Julie Pullen, NRL, Monterey, CA
1:00 PM2.1 Wind and storm impacts on circulation, sediment transport and salinity changes: Atchafalaya-Vermilion Bay, Louisiana, USA
Nan D. Walker, Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; and S. Dartez, X. P. Zhang, G. W. Stone, A. Babin, A. S. Haag, S. Myint, and J. V. Letter
1:15 PM2.2 The Alaska Coastal Current: Forcing by Local Winds and Runoff
Nicholas A. Bond, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. J. Stabeno
1:30 PM2.3 Altimetric and in-situ observations of upper-ocean structure and heat content off the U.S. West Coast during the 1998 El Nino event
James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and R. R. Leben and D. S. McCollum
1:45 PM2.4 Oceanic Motion Vectors: derivation from time-lapse fields of ocean color
R. L. Bernstein, SeaSpace Corporation, San Diego, CA; and K. S. Prasad
2:00 PM2.5 West Florida shelf air-sea fluxes and SST variability
Robert H. Weisberg, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; and J. I. Virmani and R. He
2:15 PM2.6 Reconstruction of Shelf Circulation in Northern Gulf of Mexico from Drifter Buoy Data
Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and L. M. Ivanov, T. P. Korchova, T. M. Margolina, and O. V. Melnichenko
2:30 PM2.7 Determination of Coastal Current System Between Mindanao and New Guinea
Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and C. W. Fan and R. Li
2:45 PM Coffee Break
3:15 PM-4:45 PM

Session 3 Ocean Modeling

Chairperson: Robert Weisberg, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
3:15 PM3.1 Nested modeling studies of the Adriatic Sea
Julie Pullen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle, R. Hodur, and J. Cummings
3:30 PM3.2 Barotropic and baroclinic circulation patterns within the Indonesian Seas
William H. Burnett, Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS; and V. Kamenkovich
3:45 PM3.3 A 50-year winter wave hindcast for the North Pacific using NCEP/NCAR reanalysis winds
Nicholas E. Graham, SIO/Univ. of California and Hydrologic Research Center, La Jolla, CA; and R. R. Strange and H. F. Diaz
4:00 PM3.4 Circulation-Wave Coupling With a Wave Parameterization For the Idealized California Coastal Region
Le N. Ly, NPS, Monterey, CA; and C. A. Collins
4:15 PM3.5 Optimal estimation of tidal open boundary conditions using tide gauge data by an adjoint technique
Aijun Zhang, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Wei and B. Parker
4:30 PM3.6 Models for the Analysis and Prediction of Acoustic Phenomena in the Coastal Ocean
Paul C. Etter, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Annapolis, MD
4:45 PM-6:00 PM

Poster Session 1 Posters (Plese note this session has changed to an Oral Session)

Chairpersons: Richard Hodur, NRL, Monterey, CA; Marshall Earle, Neptune Sciences, MS
P1.1 Localized coastal flooding along Florida's west coast
Charles H. Paxton, NOAA/NWS, Ruskin, FL; and D. A. Sobien and J. C. McMichael
P1.2 A Rip Current Assessment of the Florida Panhandle Coastal Waters
Gregory J. Mollere, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and A. I. Watson and R. C. Goree
P1.3 Evaluating the CALMET/CALPUFF modeling system for nitrogen deposition in the Tampa Bay Estuary
Arlene G. Laing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and N. Poor, D. Lomeli, and V. Bhethanabotla
P1.4 Boundary-layer structure observed during a high ozone episode in California
Allen B. White, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; and D. C. Ruffieux and C. W. King
P1.5 Optimize Coastal Ocean Prediction System (COPS)
Jun She, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Friday, 9 November 2001
8:30 AM-10:45 AM

Session 4 Atmospheric Processes

Chairperson: Richard Hodur, NRL, Monterey, CA
8:30 AM4.1 Investigation of a land-falling pre-frontal low-level jet
William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Shapiro and N. A. Bond
8:45 AM4.2 Topographically-induced Wind Stress along the California Coast
Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. Koracin
9:00 AM4.4 Island wake dynamics: impacts upon atmospheric structure, sea state, and radar propagation
Stephen D. Burk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. Haack, P. Wittmann, L. T. Rogers, and L. J. Wagner
9:14 AM4.5 Simulations of A Real MCC Event over the Yellow Sea with COAMPS Model
Fanyou Kong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. Fiedler
9:28 AM4.7 Modeling and validating the daily onset of the Florida east coast sea breeze over the Kennedy Space Center
Jonathan L. Case, NASA/Applied Meteorology Unit and ENSCO Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and D. A. Short
9:43 AM4.8 Marine air penetration along the California coast during June 1996
Ragothaman Sundararajan, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; and D. Koracin and M. Tjernström
9:58 AM Discussion
10:13 AM Coffee Break
10:45 AM-12:15 PM

Session 5 Atmospheric Modeling

Chairperson: William Thomas, NRL, Monterey, CA
10:45 AM5.1 SENSITIVITY OF MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER SIMULATIONS IN A MESOSCALE MODEL TO INITIAL CONDITIONS AND MODEL PHYSICS
Jeremy D. Ross, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and N. L. Seaman and D. R. Stauffer
11:00 AM5.2 Representation of marine stratocumulus in regional forecast models: Role of subgrid inhomogeneity
David B. Mechem, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. L. Kogan
11:15 AM5.4 Formation and evolution of offshore fog
Darko R. Koracin, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. Lewis and J. A. Businger
11:29 AM5.5 Uncertainties in the parameterizations of air-sea energy fluxes and their impact on air-sea coupled modeling
Jian-Wen Bao, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Michelson and J. M. Wilczak
11:44 AM5.6 A Computationally Efficient Method for Obtaining Model Forecast Winds in the Vicinity of Complex Coastal Orography
Douglas K. Miller, NPS, Monterey, CA; and F. L. Ludwig
11:59 AM Conference Ends

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