Michio Yanai Symposium

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Saturday, 22 January 2011

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 22 January 2011


Registration for Student Conference and Short Course

Sunday, 23 January 2011

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 23 January 2011


Short Course Registration

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 23 January 2011


WeatherFest

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 23 January 2011


Welcome Reception Honoring Newly Elected Fellows
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center)

Monday, 24 January 2011

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Registration continues through January 27

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 24 January 2011

Recording files available
Plenary Session
Presidential Forum: Communicating Weather and Climate
Location: 6AB (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges; the Fourth Annual CCM Forum; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Michio Yanai Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Symposium on Education; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 16th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Ninth History Symposium; the 8th Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the 5th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; the More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones; the Special Symposium on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology; the IMPACTS: Weather 2010; and the 14th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International )

Panel Discussion
Communicating Weather and Climate
Location: 6AB (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Presidential Forum: Communicating Weather and Climate; the More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones; the Michio Yanai Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Symposium on Education; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 16th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Ninth History Symposium; the 8th Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 5th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Fourth Annual CCM Forum; the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; the First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Special Symposium on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology; and the IMPACTS: Weather 2010 )
Panelists: Thomas E. Skilling, WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune; Claire Martin, CBC News: Weather Centre; Doyle Rice, USA Today; Martin Storksdieck, National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council
Moderator: Robert T. Ryan, NBC4 TV
9:00 AM
Panelist: Thomas E. Skilling
Thomas E. Skilling, WGN-TV, Chicago, IL

9:10 AM
Panelist: Claire Martin
Claire Martin, CBC News: Weather Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

9:20 AM
Panelist: Doyle Rice
Doyle Rice, USA Today, Washington, DC

9:30 AM
Panelist: Martin Storksdieck
Martin Storksdieck, National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council, Washington, DC

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Spouses' Coffee

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Coffee Break

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Lunch Break

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Reception and Exhibits Opening

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Forecast: Communicating Weather and Climate Art Show

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Spouses' Coffee

9:30 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Exhibit Hours

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Bernhard Haurwitz Lecture

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Lunch Break

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Coffee Break

Meet the President
Location: 601 (Washington State Convention Center)

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Spouses' Coffee

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Coffee Break

Meet the President

10:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Exhibit Hours

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Lunch Break

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


91st AMS Awards Banquet
Location: 6ABCD (Washington State Convention Center)

Thursday, 27 January 2011

8:00 AM-8:30 AM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Session
Michio Yanai Symposium Opening Remarks
Location: Washington State Convention Center
Host: Michio Yanai Symposium
8:00 AM
Yanai Opening Remarks
Robert Fovell, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Michio Yanai Symposium

Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 27 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 1
Lectures on Tropical Meteorology I
Location: 4C-3 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Michio Yanai Symposium
Chairs: Wei -Kuo Tao, NASA/GSFC; Chung-Hsiung Sui, National Taiwan Univ.
8:30 AM
1.1
9:00 AM
1.2
Cumulus-Environment Interaction
Richard H. Johnson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Schumacher and W. W. Tung
9:15 AM
1.4
Eddy Transports
Courtney Schumacher, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
9:30 AM
1.3
Cumulus-Environment Interaction: II
Wen-Wen Tung, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

9:30 AM-12:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Exhibit Hours

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session 1
Monsoon Systems and Tibetan Plateau
Location: Washington State Convention Center
Host: Michio Yanai Symposium
855
The Yanai Wave in the Asian Monsoon: Results From an Observational and Modeling Study
Charlotte DeMott, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Stan, D. A. Randall, J. L. Kinter III, and M. F. Khairoutdinov

856
Vertical cloud structures over the Tibetan Plateau as revealed from cloudsat observations
Baode Chen, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China; and J. Liu

857
Utilization of a high-resolution daily rain-gauge based precipitation product for an improvement of the Asian monsoon forecasts
Akiyo Yatagai, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan; and T. N. Krishnamurti, A. K. Mishra, N. Yasutomi, A. Hamada, V. Kumar, and A. Simon

859
The summertime “heat” low over Pakistan/Northwestern India: Evolution and origin
Sumant Nigam, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. A. Bollasina

861
The influence of coastal topography on the South Asian Monsoon
Stephen W. Nesbitt, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and Z. Wang

Handout (4.8 MB)


Poster Session 2
Tropical Convection
Location: Washington State Convention Center
Host: Michio Yanai Symposium
Chair: Robert Fovell, Univ. of California
862
Regional rainfall variability in East Asia associated with climate trends
Chung-Hsiung Sui, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and P. Liu and P. C. Tang

864
Diabatic heating and drying profiles in the tropical intraseasonal variations: Results from the recent field campaigns in and around the warm pool
Masaki Katsumata, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and K. Yoneyama, H. Yamada, H. Kubota, M. Fujita, R. Shirooka, R. H. Johnson, and P. E. Ciesielski

865
Latent Heating from TRMM Satellite Measurements
Wei-Kuo Tao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Y. N. Takayabu, S. Shige, W. S. Olson, and S. E. Lang

867
A data analysis study on the atmospheric disturbances associated with shallow convection over the eastern tropical Pacific
Chie Yokoyama, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan; and Y. N. Takayabu

868
Applying CloudSat/A-Train and ECMWF analyses to constrain and evaluate cloud, convection and radiation processes in climate/forecast models
Jui-Lin Li, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and W. T. Chen, D. Waliser, T. L. Kubar, T. L'Ecuyer, J. D. Chern, W. K. Tao, and J. D. Neelin

869
Mechanisms for precipitation variability of the eastern Brazil/SACZ convective margin
Hsi-Yen Ma, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and X. Ji, J. D. Neelin, and C. R. Mechoso

870
A see-saw pattern of the Intertropical Convergence Zone over the eastern Pacific
Chih-wen Hung, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; and M. F. Shih

871
873
A parametrization of convective momentum transport
Boualem Khouider, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; and Y. Han Jr. and J. A. Biello

874
A study on the effects of convective momentum transport asociated with rain bands within the Madden-Julian Oscillation
Tomoki Miyakawa, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and Y. N. Takayabu, T. Nasuno, H. Miura, and M. Satoh

875
A Microphysics Parameterization for Convective Clouds in a Global Climate Model
Xiaoliang Song, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and G. J. Zhang

876
Tropical convection and anvil cirrus
Sally A. McFarlane, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. Comstock

877
Cloud vertical evolution associated with the MJO life cycle
Liping Deng, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. McFarlane

878
Electrically-active convection and tropical cyclogenesis in the Atlantic and East Pacific
Kenneth D. Leppert II, University of Alabama , Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen

879
Enhancement of annual precipitation range under global warming
Chia Chou, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. W. Lan

880
Interannual rainfall variability over the eastern maritime continent
Hisayuki Kubota, Research Institute for Global Change/ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and R. Shirooka, J. I. Hamada, and F. Syamsudin

881
Reinstatement of land in tropical meteorology: Dynamical similarity between sea-land breeze and monsoon
Manabu D. Yamanaka, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology , Jakarta, Indonesia

882
Environmental condition of pre-monsoon rainfall over Bangladesh and the northeastern part of Indian subcontinent
Masashi Kiguchi, University of Tokyo, Toyko, Japan; and Y. Yamane, F. Murata, T. Terao, T. Hayashi, and T. Oki

883
The Coupling of Convection and Circulation of Monsoon Depressions during the South Asian Summer Monsoon
Yi-Chi Wang, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and W. C. Wu and W. W. Tung


Poster Session 3
Tropical Cyclones
Location: Washington State Convention Center
Host: Michio Yanai Symposium
884
Application of the Marsupial Paradigm to tropical cyclone formation from northwestward propagating disturbances
Zhuo Wang, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and T. J. Dunkerton and M. T. Montgomery

Handout (6.8 MB)

887A
Structure and characteristics of submonthly-scale waves propagating along the Indian Ocean ITCZ
Yoshiki Fukutomi, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan; and T. Yasunari

888
Role of diabatic heating on tropical cyclone structure and motion
Robert G. Fovell, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and K. L. Corbosiero, H. C. Kuo, and K. N. Liou

Handout (25.9 MB)

889
Influence of topography on tropical cyclone motion and rainfall
Li-huan Hsu, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and H. C. Kuo and R. G. Fovell

Handout (26.4 MB)

891
Observational and numerical studies of gravity waves during tropical cyclone Ivan (2008)
Chouaïbou Ibrahim, Laboratoire de l'Atmosphere et des Cyclones, Saint Denis, Reunion; and F. Chane-Ming, C. Barthe, and N. Bidjee

892
Angular Momentum Transport in an Idealized Tropical-cyclone
Hyun-Gyu Kang, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. B. Cheong, J. R. Park, and H. J. Han

893
A High Resolution Modeling Approach to Impoved Landfalling Tropical Cyclone Wind Forecasts
Bryce Paul Tyner, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and A. Aiyyer

Handout (1.6 MB)


Poster Session 4
Tropical Waves and MJO
Location: Washington State Convention Center
Host: Michio Yanai Symposium
894
The role of Easterly Waves on the Tropical Americas Climate
Víctor O. Magaña, Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; and J. A. Salinas and M. Méndez

895
Observed Dispersion Relation of Yanai Waves in the Ocean
Toshiaki Shinoda, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS

896
Reflection of Yanai waves at eastern ocean boundaries
Dennis W. Moore, PMEL, Seattle, WA; and S. Schmidtko

897
Different Precipitation Characteristics associated with Convectively Coupled Equatorial Wave
Kazuaki Yasunaga, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology , Yokosuka, Japan; and B. Mapes

899
Analysis of small scale wave over the West African area
Petronille Kafando, Laboratoire de Physique et de Chimie de l'Environnement, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; and F. Chane-Ming and M. Petitdidier
Manuscript (472.8 kB)

Handout (1.3 MB)

900
Bimodal representation of the tropical intraseasonal oscillation
Kazuyoshi Kikuchi, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang and Y. Kajikawa

901
Moist thermodynamics of Madden Julian Oscillation in a cloud resolving model
Samson M. Hagos, PNNL, Richland, WA; and L. R. Leung and J. Dudhia

902
A new method for identification of Madden-Julian events
Kenneth R. Sperber, LLNL, Livermore, CA

Handout (7.1 MB)

903
MJO-ENSO teleconections during the boreal winter in projections of future climate in the IPCC AR4 Simulations
Takahashi Chiharu, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Schence and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan

904
Mechanism on inverse relationship between the annual-cycle's and ENSO's amplitudes
Soon-Il An, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. Choi

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 2
Lectures on Tropical Meteorology II
Location: 4C-3 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Michio Yanai Symposium
Chairs: Baode Chen, GEST, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Timothy J. Dunkerton, NorthWest Research Associates
11:00 AM
2.1
Michio Yanai's Contributions to the Problem of Tropical Cyclogenesis: A Review and some New Results
Kerry Emanuel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA; and E. D. Rappin
11:45 AM
2.3
The Madden-Julian Oscillation: Prof. Yanai's Unique Perspectives and Influences
Eric D. Maloney, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. Zhang

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Lunch Break

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011

Recording files available
Session
Presidential Town Hall Meeting
Location: 6A (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Town Hall Meetings; the Events; the 14th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the Michio Yanai Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Symposium on Education; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 16th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Ninth History Symposium; the 8th Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 5th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Fourth Annual CCM Forum; the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; the First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones; and the Special Symposium on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology )
12:15 PM
Ensuring Integrity in the Doing and Using of Science
Ralph Cicerone, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Michio Yanai Symposium Luncheon
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)
Recording files available
Session
Yanai Symposium Luncheon
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Michio Yanai Symposium
Panelists: Akio Arakawa, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA; William M. Gray, Colorado State University; Akira Kasahara, NCAR; Kikuro Miyakoda, Princeton University; Pamela L. Stephens, NSF; John Michael Wallace, Univ. of Washington; Guo-Xiong Wu, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Speaker: Taroh Matsuno, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Chair: Steve Esbensen, Oregon State University
12:15 PM
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Taroh Matsuno, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan

12:30 PM
Luncheon Presentation
Guo-Xiong Wu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
12:45 PM
Yanai Luncheon Keynote
Taroh Matsuno, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 3
Lectures on Tropical Meteorology III
Location: 4C-3 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Michio Yanai Symposium
Chairs: Shang-Ping Xie, Univ. of Hawaii; Tetsuzo Yasunari, Nagoya University
1:30 PM
3.1
Monsoons and the Legacy of Professor Michio Yanai
Peter Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and H. M. Kim

2:00 PM
3.2
The East Asian Winter Monsoon (EAWM)
Chih-Pei Chang, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and M. M. Lu
2:30 PM
3.3
Influences of the Tibetan Plateau on the Asian Monsoon in Different Seasons
Guo-Xiong Wu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and Y. Liu, A. Duan, W. Li, X. Liu, X. Liang, T. Wang, Z. Wang, and Y. Guan

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Coffee Break

Meet the President

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 4
Lectures on Tropical Meteorology IV
Location: 4C-3 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Michio Yanai Symposium
Chairs: Wen-Wen Tung, Purdue University; David A. Randall, Colorado State University
3:45 PM
4.2
Global cloud resolving modeling
Masaki Satoh, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Kashiwa, Japan; and K. Oouchi
4:15 PM
4.2a
Tropical Cyclone in a Warmer Climate II
Kazuyoshi Oouchi, AESTO/MRI, Kanagawa, Japan
4:30 PM
4.3
Q1, Q2, and beyond: a modeling perspective
Akio Arakawa, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
5:00 PM
Concluding Remarks

4:45 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011

Recording files available
Session
Yanai Symposium Closing Remarks
Location: 4C-3 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Michio Yanai Symposium
Speaker: Víctor O. Magaña, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
4:45 PM
Remembering Michio Yanai
Víctor O. Magaña, Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


AMS 91st Annual Meeting Adjourns