12th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
    

Poster Session 2

 

Mountain Waves, Rotors, Foehn, Wakes and Blocking

  Chairperson: Reinhold Steinacker, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
P2.1Numerical simulations of mountain waves and rotors observed during T-REX  
Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and P. Sheridan, S. Mobbs, and R. Burton
P2.2Moisture and Sierra Waves: Observations and modeling  
Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle
P2.3UK FAAM BAe-146 research flights during T-REX  
Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and P. Sheridan, P. Brown, D. Kindred, S. Mobbs, R. Burton, J. McQuaid, B. Brooks, A. Woolley, and R. Purvis
P2.4Sierra Rotors: A comparative study of three mountain wave and rotor events  extended abstract
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. J. Billings
P2.5Operational forecast support by NWS Las Vegas in T-REX  extended abstract
Stanley Czyzyk, NOAA/NWSFO, Las Vegas, NV; and K. Runk, B. Pierce, and J. Adair
P2.6Hydraulic-jump rotors: Favorable environments for their formation  extended abstract
Rolf F. Hertenstein, Northwest Research Associates CoRA Division, Boulder, CO; and J. P. Kuettner
P2.7The signature of waves and rotors in wind profiler observations  
Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown, V. Grubisic, and B. Billings
P2.8Climatology of westerly wind events in the lee of the Sierra Nevada  extended abstract
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. Xiao
P2.9The roles of surface heating and cooling in rotor formation  
Victoria H. Smith, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and W. Thurston and S. D. Mobbs
P2.10Observations and high-resolution simulations of a severe turbulence and downslope windstorm event  
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. A. Bond and Q. Jiang
P2.11Impact of topographic variations on rotors and sub-rotors  
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. R. Durran
P2.12A look at the ensemble-mean structure of a breaking mountain wave  
Tingting Qian, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. C. Epifanio
P2.13Climatology of mountain waves over eastern Canada  
Ivan Dube, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada
P2.14Is severe Adriatic bora associated with tropopause fold?  extended abstract
Zvjezdana Bencetic Klaic, Andrija Mohorovicic Geophysical Institute, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and D. Belusic
P2.15Lee vortex shedding in vertically non-uniform flows  
Lucas M. Harris, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran and G. J. Hakim
P2.16A Numerical Study of an in-situ Adriatic Mesocyclone: Formation and Development  
Kristian Horvath, Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia; and Y.-L. Lin and B. Ivancan-Picek
P2.17Assessing the frictional and baroclinic contributions to stratified wake formation  
Jamie B. Smith, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. C. Epifanio and T. Qian
P2.18Application of a microwave radiometer to study terrain-induced airflow disturbances at the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)  extended abstract
P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. M. Shun
P2.19Synoptic response to mountain gravity waves encountering directional critical levels  
Armel Martin, CNRS, Paris, France; and F. Lott
P2.20The Influence of Transient Mountain Waves on a Localized Barotropic Jet  
Dale R. Durran, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C.-C. Chen and G. J. Hakim

Tuesday, 29 August 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Ballroom North

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