12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere (Expanded View)

Saturday, 8 February 2003
7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Saturday
Short Course Registration
 
9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Saturday
Conference Registration*
 
Sunday, 9 February 2003
7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration
 
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration
 
Monday, 10 February 2003
7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Conference Registration (continues through Thursday, 13 February)
 
9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Monday
Session 1 Tropical Atlantic coupled variability
Chairperson: Tom Delworth, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ
9:00 AM1.1Observational basis for air-sea interaction in the tropical Atlantic  
James A. Carton, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Grodsky
9:30 AM1.2Observing and modeling tropical Atlantic atmosphere-ocean interaction  
Yochanan Kushnir, Columbia Universtiy, Palisades, NY; and R. Seager and J. C. H. Chiang
10:00 AM1.3The interaction of coupled ocean-atmosphere variability in the Atlantic and the Pacific  
Richard Kleeman, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, NY; and S. Raynaud
 
10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room
 
10:45 AM-2:15 PM, Monday
Session 2 extratropical atmosphere-ocean interaction
Chairpersons: Yochanan Kushnir, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY; Niklas Schneider, IPRC/University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
10:45 AM2.1The Atlantic thermohaline circulation and climate  
Thomas L. Delworth, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ
11:15 AM2.2Pacific Decadal Air Sea Interaction  
Niklas Schneider, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA
11:45 AM2.3Nonlinear NAO responses to the North Atlantic SST tripole  
Shiling Peng, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Robinson and S. Li
12:00 PM2.4Revisiting the effects of surface fluxes on rapid marine cyclogenesis  extended abstract
Wendell A. Nuss, NPS, Monterey, CA; and D. K. Miller
12:15 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM2.5Impact of sea spray on numerical simulation of extratropical hurricanes  extended abstract
Weibiao Li, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and W. Perrie, E. L. Andreas, J. Gyakum, and R. McTaggart-Cowan
1:45 PM2.6Investigation of 2–3 Feb 1998 California extratropical storm using COAMPSTM  extended abstract
Brian J. Gaudet, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. M. Schmidt
2:00 PM2.7A proposed mechanism for the regulation of minimum mid-tropospheric temperatures in the Arctic  
T. N. Chase, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. Herman, R. A. Pielke, Sr., X. Zeng, M. Tsukernik, and M. Leuthold
 
2:30 PM, Monday
1 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday
Poster Session 1 Extratropical Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction
P1.1Air-Sea Interaction Processes in Warm and Cold Sectors of Extratropical Cyclonic Storms Observed During FASTEX  extended abstract
Ola P. G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. E. Hare, C. W. Fairall, and W. D. Otto
P1.2PAPER WITHDRAWN  
P1.3Improved modeling of east Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean mid latitude cyclones  
Bruce W. Buckley, Bureau of Meteorology, West Perth, WA, Australia; and L. M. Leslie
P1.4Interactions between the GEM atmospheric model and an ice-ocean model of the Gulf of St. Lawrence  extended abstract
Pierre Pellerin, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and H. Ritchie, F. Saucier, and F. Roy
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday
Poster Session 2 Tropical Atlantic Coupled Variability
P2.1PAPER WITHDRAWN  extended abstract
P2.2Effect of climatological ITCZ on interhemispheric coherence of climate variability  
Hideki Okajima, SOEST, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S.-P. Xie and A. Numaguti
P2.3Modeling Climate Variability in Tropical Atlantic Atmosphere  extended abstract
Jiande Wang, COLA, Calverton, MD; and J. A. Carton
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday
Session 3 Part 1: Air-sea Fluxes and interfacial processes
Chairperson: Hemantha W. Wijesekera, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
4:00 PM3.1Bulk Parameterization of Air-Sea Fluxes: Updates and Verification for the COARE Algorithm  
C. W. Fairall, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and E. F. Bradley, J. E. Hare, A. A. Grachev, and J. B. Edson
4:30 PM3.2The Performance of Sea Surface Turbulent Flux Algorithms Over the Global Oceans  extended abstract
Michael A. Brunke, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and C. W. Fairall, X. Zeng, L. Eymard, and J. A. Curry
4:45 PM3.3Evaluation and Improvement of Bulk Aerodynamic Algorithms at High Wind Speeds  
Brenda L. Mulac, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Curry
5:00 PM3.4An algorithm to predict the turbulent air-sea fluxes in high-wind, spray conditions  extended abstract
Edgar L Andreas, U.S. Army, Hanover, NH
5:15 PM3.5Parameterization of Wind Gustiness for the Computation of Ocean Surface Fluxes at Different Spatial Scales  extended abstract
Xubin Zeng, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Q. Zhang, D. Johnson, and W.-K. Tao
 
5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday
Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
 
5:30 PM, Monday
Sessions End for the Day
 
Tuesday, 11 February 2003
8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Tuesday
Session 4 Part 2: Air-sea Fluxes and interfacial processes
Chairperson: Michael A. Brunke, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
8:30 AM4.1On the spatial and temporal variability of waves and fluxes  
William Drennan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and H. Graber and M. Donelan
8:45 AM4.2Variability of Marine Surface Fluxes over Shoaling Waves Measured with Air-Sea Interaction Spar Buoys  
Hans C. Graber, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and M. A. Donelan and W. M. Drennan
9:00 AM4.3Study of Drag Coefficient as a Function of Atmospheric Turbulence and Ocean Wave State  extended abstract
Tamara K. Grimmett, NOAA/ERL, Idaho Falls, ID; and G. H. Crescenti, T. L. Crawford, and D. C. Vandemark
9:15 AM4.4Evaluation of boundary layer parameters estimated from 3 years of observational data collected in the Gulf of Mexico using an algorithm developed during the Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere Coupled-Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment  extended abstract
Clinton P. MacDonald, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and D. S. R. Hanna and D. P. T. Roberts
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday
Formal Poster Viewing With Coffee Break
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday
Poster Session 3 Air-Sea Fluxes and Interfacial Processes
P3.1A parameterization of the Air-Sea Momentum Flux for Moderate to Strong Wind Conditions  
Denis Bourras, JPL, Pasadena, CA
P3.2Air-sea fluxes in NCEP's global forecast system  extended abstract
Glenn H. White, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD
P3.3Energy balance over the Tropical Atlantic Ocean  extended abstract
Amauri P. Oliveira, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and J. E. Hare, A. A. Grachev, J. Soares, S. A. Bacellar, A. J. Machado, and A. M. Espinosa
P3.4Improved satellite-based estimates of the near surface specific humidity for air-sea flux computations  
Gary A. Wick, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Serke
P3.5Sea surface roughness: high winds and short fetches  extended abstract
Peter K. Taylor, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; and M. J. Yelland
P3.6Version 2 Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF-2)  
Shu-Hsien Chou, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Nelkin, J. Ardizzone, R. M. Atlas, and C.-L. Shie
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday
Joint Poster Session 3 Air-Sea Interaction and the Water Cycle (Joint with the Symposium on Observing and Understanding the Variability of Water in Weather and Climate and 12th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere)
JP3.1The Air-Sea Moisture Transfer Coefficient for Wind Speed from 0 to 20 ms-1  extended abstract
C. W. Fairall, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and E. F. Bradley and J. B. Edson
JP3.2Decadal salinity changes in the California Current  
Niklas Schneider, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and E. Di Lorenzo and P. P. Niiler
JP3.3On the enhancement of evaporation from a large northern lake by the entrainment of warm, dry air  
Peter D. Blanken, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and W. R. Rouse and W. M. Schertzer
JP3.4Variability of freshwater flux derived from satellite data  extended abstract
Masahisa Kubota, Tokai University, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan; and G. Haruta and Y. Yasuda
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday
Poster Session 4 Monsoon-Ocean Interaction
P4.1Indian Continental Rainfall and Indian Ocean SST  
Gabriel A. Vecchi, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. E. Harrison
P4.2Sensitivity of the atmospheric boundary layer and circulation to sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of California: Results of a MM5 modeling study  extended abstract
Dorothea Ivanova, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. L. Mitchell
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday
Poster Session 5 Microscale and Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction
P5.1The effect of model initialised scatterometer data on the prediction of maritime cyclogenesis  extended abstract
Lance M. Leslie, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. S. Speer and R. F. Abbey, Jr.
P5.2Modelling the interactions between Sea Breezes and Valley Breezes  extended abstract
Giovanni Latini, Ancona University, Ancona, Italy; and R. Cocci Grifoni, G. Passerini, and S. Tascini
P5.3Long range oil spill trajectory research to determine the optimal mix of real–time forecasts and climatology for various temporal and spatial scales  extended abstract
Marc K. Hodges, NOAA/HAZMAT, Seattle, WA
P5.4First Look at Wind Stress and Wind Stress Curl along California and Northern Baja California  extended abstract
Darko Koracĭn, DRI, Reno, NV; and C. E. Dorman and R. Sundararajan
P5.5Application of Land Surface Data Assimilation to Simulations of Sea Breeze Circulations  
Scott Mackaro, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. Lapenta, R. Suggs, R. McNider, G. Jedlovec, B. Carroll, and K. G. Blackwell
P5.6A very high resolution simulation of Tropical Storm Allison, June 2001  
Bob A. Weinzapfel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie
P5.7A Study of Air-Sea Interactions, Hurricane Predictive index, and Associated Tropical Storm Barry Over The Gulf of Mexico  extended abstract
Jamese D. Sims, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and J. D. Jones and R. S. Reddy
 
11:00 AM-2:43 PM, Tuesday
Session 5 Observations of air-sea interaction (in situ and satellite)
Chairperson: Gary A. Wick, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO
11:00 AM5.1Direct observations of atmospheric boundary layer response to SST variations associated with tropical instability waves over the eastern equatorial Pacific  
Hiroshi Hashizume, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and S.-P. Xie, M. Fujiwara, M. Shiotani, T. Watanabe, Y. Tanimoto, W. T. Liu, and K. Takeuchi
11:15 AM5.2Estimation of the surface stress in the eye wall of hurricanes using WSR-88D radar data  extended abstract
Steven Businger, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and F. Marks, P. Dodge, J. A. Businger, and I. Morrison
11:30 AM5.3Air-sea flux estimation in high wind boundary layers: a Coupled Boundary Layer Air-Sea Transfer (CBLAST) experiment for 2003-04  
Peter G. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL
11:45 AM5.4Meridional Wind and Surface Stress Oscillations in the Marine Boundary Layer Induced by Easterly Waves over the Tropical Pacific  extended abstract
Andrey A. Grachev, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and C. W. Fairall, J. E. Hare, and B. B. Stankov
12:00 PM5.5Pre– and post–sea breeze frontal lines –A meso–ã scale analysis over south Israel  extended abstract
Pinhas Alpert, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; and M. Rabinovich-Hadar
12:15 PMLunch Break  
 5.6PAPER WITHDRAWN  
1:30 PM5.7Skin temperature measurements on small bodies of water  extended abstract
Robert J. Kurzeja, Savannah River Technology Center, Aiken, SC; and M. M. Pendergast
1:44 PM5.8Models for skin-bulk SST differences applied to infrared satellite radiometer data  
Lisa A. Horrocks, Met Office, Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and R. W. Saunders, A. C. Stuart-Menteth, I. S. Robinson, T. J. Nightingale, and A. O'Carroll
1:59 PM5.9Momentum and Heat Flux effects on West Florida Shelf temperatures  
Jyotika I. Virmani, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; and R. He and R. H. Weisberg
2:14 PM5.10Scaled temperature spectra in the unstable oceanic surface layer  extended abstract
Hemantha W. Wijesekera, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. A. Paulson and E. D. Skyllingstad
 5.11PAPER WITHDRAWN  
2:28 PM5.12Heat budget of the California Current from satellite and in situ observations  
Kathleen A. Edwards, APL, Seattle, WA; and K. A. Kelly
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30–6:30P.M.)
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday
Session 6 Monsoon-ocean interaction
Chairperson: Bin Wang, IPRC University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
3:30 PM6.1The coupled nature of intraseasonal and interannual monsoon variability  
Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
4:00 PM6.2Atmosphere-ocean variations in the Indo-Pacific sector during ENSO episodes  
Ngar-Cheung Lau, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ
4:30 PM6.3Coupling between northward propagating instraseasonal oscillations and sea-surface temperature in the Indian Ocean  
Xiouhua Fu, IPRC, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang, T. Li, and J. McCreary
4:45 PM6.4Role of the Indian Ocean SST anomalies in the coupling of the Atmosphere and Ocean  extended abstract
C. Perigaud, California Institute of Technology/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. J. Neelin and J. McCreary
5:00 PM6.5The coupled monsoon-ocean mode and its impacts on asian-australian monsoon  
Bin Wang, IPRC University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and R. Wu and T. Li
5:15 PM6.6Spatial and Temporal Structure of the Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation and its Mechanism  
Tim Li, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and P. Liu and B. Wang
 
5:00 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday
Special Address. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC
 
5:30 PM, Tuesday
Sessions End for the Day
 
Wednesday, 12 February 2003
8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Wednesday
Joint Session 10 Water Cycle-Atmospheric Chemistry Linkages(Joint with the 12th Conf on interactions of the sea and atmosphere, 5th Conf on atmospheric chemistry: gases, aerosols, and clouds, and the 17th conference on hydrology)
8:30 AMJ10.1Design and evaluation of the coupled MM5/TOPLATS modeling system for a Texas air quality exceedance episode  extended abstract
Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. N. McHenry, C. J. Coats, Jr., and A. Trayanov
8:45 AMJ10.2Soil moisture effects on gaseous exchanges between the atmosphere and the biosphere  extended abstract
Yihua Wu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, R. Dennis, and P. Finklestein
9:00 AMJ10.3Temperature Sensitivity of a Micrometerologically-Based Air-Sea Gas Transfer Parameterization  extended abstract
Jeffrey E. Hare, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and C. W. Fairall, W. R. McGillis, B. Ward, and R. Wanninkhof
9:15 AMJ10.4The role of extratropical storms in air-sea gas transfer  extended abstract
Will Perrie, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and W. Zhang and Z. Long
 
9:45 AM-10:15 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break in the Ballroom Foyer, 2nd Level, Promenade
 
10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday
Presidential Forum: Administration Priorities in Climate Change Research and Technology
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM, Wednesday
Simpsons Symposium—A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday
Joint Session 2 Scatterometer Observations of Air-Sea interaction (Joint Session between the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere and the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
Chairperson: Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA
1:30 PMJ2.1The Best Winds for Ocean Models??  extended abstract
James J. O'Brien, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Bourassa
2:00 PMJ2.2Satellite Observations of Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Over SST Fronts  
Dudley B. Chelton, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and S.-P. Xie
2:30 PMJ2.3Biological responses of the sea to typhoons  extended abstract
I-I Lin, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and W. T. Liu
 
1:30 PM-4:15 PM, Wednesday
Session 8 Micro–Scale and Mesoscale air-sea interaction
Chairperson: Pinhas Alpert, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1:30 PM8.1LES modeling of the cross-equatorial trade boundary layer along 95W  
Simon P. de Szoeke, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. S. Bretherton
1:45 PM8.2Improving landfall forecasts for tropical cyclones moving parallel to the coastline  
Bradford S. Barrett, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie
2:00 PM8.3A study of air-sea interactions and associated tropical hurricane activity over Gulf of Mexico using satellite data and numerical modeling  extended abstract
R. Suseela Reddy, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and A. Schwartz, P. Remata, J. D. Sims, and R. L. Miller
2:15 PM8.4Coastal wind anomalies and their impact on surface fluxes and processes over the Eastern Pacific during summer  extended abstract
Ragothaman Sundararajan, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. Koraĉin and M. Tjernström
2:30 PM8.5June gloom and heavy fogs: oceanic influences on bummer California summers  extended abstract
Steve LaDochy, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; and J. Brown and W. Patzert
2:45 PM8.6Mesoscale forcing of ocean waves during Gulf Stream North Wall Events  extended abstract
John A. Okon, NPS, Monterey, CA; and W. A. Nuss
3:00 PMCoffee Break in exhibit hall (exhibits open 1:30–6:30)  
3:30 PM8.7Interaction between atmosphere and ocean–ice regional models over the Gulf of St.Lawrence, Canada  extended abstract
Manon Faucher, Meteorological Service of Canada, Montréal, Quebec, Canada; and D. Caya, F. J. Saucier, and R. Laprise
3:45 PM8.8Westerly flow cold air outbreak over Lake Michigan during Lake-ICE  extended abstract
Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and E. M. Agee
4:00 PM8.9Development of the Land Plume and its Structure during INDOEX (1999)  extended abstract
Matthew Simpson, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Raman
 
2:30 PM-4:30 PM, Wednesday
Joint Poster Session 2 Scatterometer Observations of Air-Sea Interaction (Joint Poster Session between the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere)
Chairpersons: Kathryn A. Kelly, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Robert A. Brown, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
JP2.1Wind stress in the Oregon and California coastal zone from the QuikSCAT scatterometer and models  
Natalie Perlin, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and D. B. Chelton, R. M. Samelson, and P. L. Barbour
JP2.2Ocean Currents Inferred from Differences Between QuikSCAT and TAO Winds  
Kathryn A. Kelly, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Dickinson and G. C. Johnson
JP2.3Online Analysis and Visualization of TRMM and QuikSCAT Products  extended abstract
Zhong Liu, George Mason Univ./CEOSR Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Chiu, W. Teng, and H. Rui
JP2.4QuikSCAT analysis of marine atmospheric fronts  extended abstract
Jerome Patoux, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Brown
JP2.5Rich Structures of Cold Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction  
Shang-Ping Xie, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
JP2.6Satellite observations of air-sea interaction during a Santa Ana event  extended abstract
Hua Hu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and W. T. Liu
JP2.7Sverdrup transport calculation using Satellite scatterometer wind products in the North Pacific  extended abstract
Kunihiro Aoki, Tokai University, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan; and K. Kutsuwada and D. Fukata
JP2.8Monitoring a Piteraq Storm System Using DMSP Imagery and QuikSCAT Wind Data  extended abstract
Boniface J. Mills, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson
JP2.9Evaluating the Quikscat/Seawinds radar for measuring rainrate over the oceans using collocations with NEXRAD and TRMM  extended abstract
David E. Weissman, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; and M. A. Bourassa and J. Tongue
JP2.10Development of scatterometer–derived research–quality surface pressures for the Southern Ocean  extended abstract
Kyle A. Hilburn, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa and J. J. O'Brien
JP2.11Characteristics of the air-sea interface inferred from analysis of geophysical model functions  
Ellen E Lettvin, APL, Seattle, WA; and S. Dickinson
JP2.12Analysis of midlatitude storms with winds and pressures from QuikSCAT  extended abstract
Robert A. Brown, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Patoux
JP2.13A Direct Surface Wind Stress Algorithm for the SeaWinds Scatterometer  extended abstract
Mark A. Bourassa, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and D. E. Weissman
JP2.14Global pressure fields from scatterometer winds  extended abstract
Jerome Patoux, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. C. Foster and R. A. Brown
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30–7:30P.M.)
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday
Joint Poster Session 4 Air-Sea and QuikSCAT Applications (Joint Poster Session between 12 Conference on Satellite Meteorology and 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere)
Chairperson: Frank M. Monaldo, Johns Hopkins University APL, Laurel, MD
JP4.1Use of Quik Scat imagery in the diagnosis and detection of Gulf of Tehuantepec wind events 1999–2002  extended abstract
Hugh D. Cobb, III, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL; and D. P. Brown and R. Molleda
JP4.2QuikSCAT Satellite Comparisons with Near-Shore Buoy Wind Data off the US West Coast  
Mark H. Pickett, NOAA/Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory, Pacific Grove, CA; and W. Tang, L. K. Rosenfeld, and C. H. Wash
JP4.3Quikscat spatial resolution and Pacific Ocean model results  
Eric C. Hackert, ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. M. Tse and T. J. Busalacchi
JP4.4Wind and sea surface pressure fields from the SeaWinds scatterometer and their impacts in NWP  extended abstract
Shannon R. Davis, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa, R. M. Atlas, J. Ardizzone, E. Brin, D. Bungato, and J. J. O'Brien
JP4.5PAPER WITHDRAWN  
JP4.6Improved quality control for QuikSCAT near real-time data  extended abstract
S. Mark Leidner, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and R. N. Hoffman and M. C. Cerniglia
JP4.7Operational Use of QuikSCAT winds in NCEP GDAS  extended abstract
T.-W Yu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Washington, DC
JP4.8QuikSCAT SeaWinds ocean surface wind processing and distribution  extended abstract
Lei Shi, SeaSpace Corporation, Poway, CA; and R. L. Bernstein
JP4.9Results of QuikScat high wind data validation  
Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and F. J. Wentz
JP4.10Normalized radar cross-section (NRCS) patterns from QuikSCAT—A new analysis tool over the tropical oceans  extended abstract
Roger T. Edson, Anteon Corporation and Univ. of Guam, Mangilao, Guam; and P. S. Chang
JP4.11Validation of QSCAT Vector Winds with Air-Sea Interaction Spar  
Hans C. Graber, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and M. Caruso, V. J. Cardone, and M. A. Donelan
JP4.12Change of the brightness temeprature in the microwave region due to the relative wind direction  extended abstract
Masanori Konda, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and A. Shibata
JP4.13Variability of skin - bulk sea surface temperature difference  
Stephen Hallsworth, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, United Kingdom
JP4.14Finding the true temperature of the ocean surface  extended abstract
Elizabeth C. Kent, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; and A. Kaplan and P. K. Taylor
JP4.15A global study of diurnal warming using satellite derived sea surface temperature  
A. C. Stuart-Menteth, School of Ocean & Earth Science, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom; and I. S. Robinson and P. G. Challenor
JP4.16Accuracy of satellite derived latent heat flux  extended abstract
Hiroyuki Tomita, Tokai Univ., Shizuoka, Japan; and M. Kubota
JP4.17Comparison of latent and sensible heat fluxes over tropical oceans observed by TRMM and DMSP satellites  extended abstract
Alice Fan, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and B. Lin
JP4.18High resolution satellite-derived surface turbulent fluxes over the global ocean  
Abderrahim Bentamy, IFREMER, Plouzane, France; and J.-F. Piolle and A. M. Nunez
JP4.19Improving merchant ship air temperatures using an analytical model of heating errors  extended abstract
David I. Berry, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom; and E. C. Kent and P. K. Taylor
JP4.20Assessing Ocean Buoy Shortwave Observations using Clear-Sky Model Calculations  extended abstract
Duane E. Waliser, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and M. Medovaya, R. A. Weller, and M. McPhaden
JP4.21Paper moved to the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere, New paper number 10.9  
 
3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Wednesday
Joint Session 5 Air-Sea interaction and the water cycle (Joint with the Symposium on Observing and understanding the variability of water in weather and Climate and the 12th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere)
Chairperson: Yolande L. Serra, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
3:30 PMJ5.1Cloud microphysics, atmospheric water, and air-sea interactions—a connection?  
Steven Sherwood, Yale University, New Haven, CT
4:00 PMJ5.2A case study of the Intertropical Convergence Zone at the ocean surface with high resolution satellite data  extended abstract
Scott Curtis, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and R. F. Adler and G. J. Huffman
4:15 PMJ5.3Onset of the 2002 North American Monsoon: Relation to Gulf of California Sea Surface Temperatures  extended abstract
David L. Mitchell, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. C. Ivanova and K. Redmond
4:30 PMJ5.4Effects of precipitation on the tropical western Pacific ocean using a coupled single–column model  extended abstract
Carol Anne Clayson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
4:45 PMJ5.5Precipitation and freshwater lens formation in the tropical western Pacific  extended abstract
Jon Schrage, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and C. A. Clayson
5:00 PMJ5.6Natural and artificial rain enhancement by sea spray  extended abstract
Ronen Lahav, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and D. Rosenfeld
 
5:30 PM, Wednesday
Sessions End for the Day
 
6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday
Reception (Cash Bar)
 
7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Wednesday
AMS Annual Awards Banquet
 
Thursday, 13 February 2003
8:30 AM-2:15 PM, Thursday
Session 9 RED SEAS Experiments
Chairperson: Kenneth D. Anderson, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, CA
8:30 AM9.1Air-sea interaction effects on microwave propagation over the sea during the rough evaporation duct (RED) Experiment  extended abstract
Kenneth D. Anderson, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, CA; and P. Frederickson and E. Terrill
8:45 AM9.2EM Propagation Over the ocean: Analysis of RED Experiment Data  extended abstract
Tihomir Hristov, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and C. Friehe
9:00 AM9.3Air-sea interaction processes observed from buoy and propagation measurements during the RED Experiment  extended abstract
Paul A. Frederickson, NPS, Monterey, CA; and K. L. Davidson, K. D. Anderson, S. M. Doss-Hammel, and D. Tsintikidis
9:15 AM9.4Evaluation of coarse mode sea-salt flux parameterizations through shipboard eddy-correlation methods coupled with vertical profile data  extended abstract
Jeffrey S. Reid, NRL/SPAWAR Systems center, Montery, CA; and B. Brooks, H. H. Jonsson, T. Hirstov, K. A. Anderson, and E. A. Reid
9:30 AM9.5Airborne measurements of wave breaking in RED - kinematics and statistics  
W. Kendall Melville, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and P. Matusov and E. Terrill
9:45 AMFormal poster viewing session with coffee break  
11:00 AM9.6Aerosols, bubbles and sea spray production studies during the RED experiments  extended abstract
Gerrit de Leeuw, TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory, The Hague, Netherlands; and M. Moerman, L. Cohen, B. Brooks, M. Smith, and E. Vignati
11:15 AM9.7Marine Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Structure and Air-Sea Fluxes Under Moderate Trade Winds Regime  extended abstract
Djamal Khelif, University of California, Irvine, CA; and C. A. Friehe
11:30 AM9.8Infrared Propagation in the Marine Atmospheric Surface Layer: Extinction and Refraction  extended abstract
Dimitri Tsintikidis, SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego, CA; and S. M. Doss-Hammel, P. A. Frederickson, and K. L. Davidson
11:45 AM9.9Speciation of Organic Aerosols and their Relationship to Light Scattering during RED  extended abstract
Kathleen K. Crahan, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. A. Hegg, D. S. C. overt, and H. Jonsson
12:00 PM9.10Passive polarimetric remote sensing of the sea surface during RED: Comparison of microwave radiometric signatures with air-sea interaction measurements  
Steven C. Reising, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and J. Pons, W. E. Asher, A. Camps, and N. Duffo
12:15 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM9.11Sea-salt size-distributions from breaking waves: implications for marine aerosol production and optical extinction measurements during SEAS  extended abstract
Antony Clarke, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and V. Kapustin, S. Howell, K. Moore, B. Lienert, S. Masonis, T. Anderson, D. Covert, K. Shifrin, and I. Zolotov
1:45 PM9.12Lidar Observed Scattering Fields Over Bellows Beach, Oahu During the SEAS Experiment  
John N. Porter, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Lienert, S. K. Sharma, and E. Lau
2:00 PM9.13Aerosol Phase Function and Size Distributions From Polar Nephelometer Measurements During the SEAS Experiment  
John Porter, UH, HIGP, Honolulu, HI; and B. Lienert and S. K. Sharma
 
9:00 AM, Thursday
Simpsons Symposium—A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson
 
9:45 AM, Thursday
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Joint Poster Session 1 ENSO and Global-Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Coupling (Joint with the 14th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations and the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere)
JP1.1Tropical Ocean Recharge Mechanism for Climate Variability: A Unified Theory for Decadal and ENSO Modes  extended abstract
Xiaochun Wang, JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and F.-F. Jin, Y. Wang, and Y. Chao
JP1.2The nonlinear ENSO mode and its interdecadal changes  extended abstract
Aiming Wu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh
JP1.3MJO forecast with the NCEP MRF model: Necessity of the inclusion of an interactive ocean  
Wanqiu Wang, SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Saha and R. Kistler
JP1.4Influences of air-sea coupling and continental monsoons on the climate of the tropical Pacific  
Xiouhua Fu, IPRC, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang
JP1.5Large-Scale Characteristics Associated with Spring Heavy Rain Events over Taiwan in the Warm and Non-warm Episodes  extended abstract
Zhihong Jiang, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and G. T.-J. Chen and M.-C. Wu
JP1.6A null hypothesis of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation  
Matthew Newman, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO
JP1.7A Near-Annual Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Mode in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean  extended abstract
Soon-Il An, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and F.-F. Jin, J.-S. Kug, and I.-S. Kang
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday
Poster Session 6 Red Seas Experiments and Active Remote Sensing of Air-Sea Interaction
P6.1The use of kite observations to study air–sea interaction– controlled atmospheric surface layer profiles during the RED Experiment  extended abstract
Kenneth L. Davidson, NPS, Monterey, CA; and P. S. Guest, D. L. Mabey, P. A. Frederickson, K. D. Anderson, S. M. Doss-Hammel, and D. Tsintikidis
P6.2The Retrieval of the Horizontal Profile of the Aerosol Particle Size Distribution from Lidar Data  extended abstract
Ilia G. Zolotov, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and K. Shifrin
P6.3The contribution of coastal aerosol from breaking waves to visible and IR light–extinction over a 10km optical path during RED  extended abstract
Anthony Clarke, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and V. Kapustin, S. Howell, and K. Moore
P6.4PAPER WITHDRAWN  
P6.5Near-Surface Scintillation in the Marine Atmospheric Layer during the RED Field Campaign  extended abstract
Stephen M. Doss-Hammel, SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego, CA; and D. Tsintikidis, P. A. Frederickson, and K. L. Davidson
P6.6Near real time measurement of sea-salt aerosol during the SEAS campaign: Comparison of emission based sodium detection with an aerosol volatility technique  extended abstract
A. J. Hynes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. Campuzano-Jost, H. Maring, C. D. Clark, D. S. Covert, S. Howell, V. Kapustin, A. Clarke, and E. S. Saltzman
P6.7Flux–profile relations over the open ocean  extended abstract
Carl A. Friehe, University of California, Irvine, CA; and T. Hristov
P6.8EDDY CORRELATION MEASUREMENTS OF THE PRIMARY MARINE AEROSOL SOURCE  
E. D. Nilsson, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Mårtensson, S. van Ekeren, G. de Leeuw, M. Moerman, C. O'Dowd, R. Flanagan, and M. Geever
P6.9Characterizing bubble and surface wave processes during the Rough Evaporation Duct Experimement  
Eric J. Terrill, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla,, CA; and W. K. Melville
P6.10Estimating underwater acoustical parameters from space-based synthetic aperture radar imagery  extended abstract
Dan L. Hutt, Defence R&D Canada - Atlantic, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and P. W. Vachon
 
12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-4:15 PM, Thursday
Session 10 Active Remote Sensing of air-sea interaction
Chairperson: Todd D. Sikora, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
1:30 PM10.1Monitoring Surface Wind Structure with Spaceborne SAR: development of a SAR user Guide  extended abstract
Robert C. Beal, SSARGASSO Associates, Ellicott City, MD
2:00 PM10.2SAR Measurement of two dimensional Sea Surface Elevation Fields on a global Scale  
Susanne Lehner, German Aerospace Center, Remote Sensing Technology Center, Wessling, Germany; and J. Schulz-Stellenfleth, J. C. Nieto Borge, and W. Rosenthal
2:15 PM10.3SAR measurement of mesoscale wind fields on a global scale  
Jochen Horstmann, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and S. Tobias, W. Koch, and S. Lehner
2:30 PM10.5Automated estimation of wind vectors from SAR  extended abstract
Christopher C. Wackerman, Veridian Systems Division, Ann Arbor, MI; and W. G. Pichel and P. Clemente-Colon
2:45 PMCoffee Break in exhibit hall (Exhibits open 1:30–6:00)  
3:15 PM10.6Wind fields derived from SAR during storm conditions  
William Perrie, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and P. Vachon and B. Toulany
3:30 PM10.7Critical examination of a method for estimating the buoyancy flux from SAR imagery  
Ralph C. Foster, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Wyant and T. D. Sikora
3:45 PM10.8A comparison of model output with SAR imagery of a polar low over the Labrador Sea  
Rebekah Martin, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore and P. Vachon
4:00 PM10.9Comparison of high-resolution SAR image wit QuikSCAT wind measurements(Formerly paper number JP4.21)  
Francis Michael Monaldo, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD
 
2:15 PM-2:45 PM, Thursday
Session 11 General Sessions
2:15 PM11.1Sea fog off the California Coast: Historical perspective and climatology  extended abstract
John Lewis, NOAA/NSSL and DRI, Norman, OK; and D. Koracin and K. Redmond
2:30 PM11.2Why did the Pentagon Become Interested in Polar Warming?  
Ronald E. Doel, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
 
3:00 PM, Thursday
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall open 1:30-6:30 p.m.)
 
3:30 PM-5:45 PM, Thursday
Joint Session 1 ENSO and Global-scale atmosphere-ocean coupling (Joint with the 14th Symposium on Global Change & Climate Variations and the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere )
 J1.0PAPER WITHDRAWN  
3:30 PMJ1.1Will Global warming Induce a Permanent El Nino? (It has happened before!)  
George Philander, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
4:00 PMJ1.2Linkages between El Niño and Recent Tropical Warming  extended abstract
Fei-Fei Jin, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S.-I. An, A. Timmermann, and J. Zhao
4:15 PMJ1.3Evolution of El Nino conditions in the tropical Pacific during 2002–03  
Michael J. McPhaden, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA
4:30 PMJ1.4Tropical precipitation anomalies: ENSO teleconnections vs. global warming  
J. David Neelin, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and H. Su and C. Chou
4:45 PMJ1.5Surface Stress Balance in the Tropics  
Matthias Munnich, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and D. Neelin
5:00 PMJ1.6The impact of ENSO on the North Pacific Ocean during summer  
Michael A. Alexander, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO; and J. D. Scott
5:15 PMJ1.7Ocean-atmosphere interaction within equatorially trapped atmospheric waves  extended abstract
George N. Kiladis, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and K. H. Straub
5:30 PMConference ends  
 
5:30 PM, Thursday
Conference Ends
 
5:30 PM, Thursday
Closing Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
 
6:00 PM, Thursday
Simpsons Banquet
 
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Thursday
Closing Event at the Long Beach Aquarium on the Pacific
 

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