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Sunday, 22 June 2003
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday 1 Conference Registration
Monday, 23 June 2003
	7:30 AM, Monday Conference Registration Continues through Friday, 27 June
	9:00 AM-9:01 AM, Monday Session Welcoming Remarks (Brian Colle and James Doyle, Program Cochairpersons and Joe Friday, AMS President)
9:00 AM Test Submission   Gary Gorski, AMS, Boston, MA
	9:15 AM-11:00 AM, Monday Session 1 Mesoscale Aspects of Extratropical Cyclones
Chair: Philip Cunningham, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
9:15 AM 1.1 Extratropical cyclones: a historical perspective and future directions   Melvyn A. Shapiro, NOAA/Office of Weather and Air Quality, Boulder, CO 10:00 AM 1.2 Mid-Atlantic frontal wave development, boundary layer structure, and surface fluxes in FASTEX IOP1: Observations and sensitivity experiments   P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and L. B. Nance, J. E. Hare, and A. B. White 10:15 AM 1.3 Atmospheric rivers over the eastern Pacific Ocean: Satellite and aircraft observations during CALJET   F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman and G. A. Wick 10:30 AM Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-1:30 PM, Monday Session 1 Continued
Chair: F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO
11:00 AM 1.4 Mesoscale processes and energetics of FASTEX secondary cyclogenesis (IOPs 1, 11, 12, 16, 17)   Catherine Heyraud, CETP, Velizy, France; and A. Protat and Y. Lemaître 11:15 AM 1.5 Nonclassical cold-frontal structure caused by dry subcloud air in northern Utah during IPEX   David M. Schultz, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. J. Trapp 11:30 AM 1.6 The Effect of the Diurnal Cycle on the Dynamics of Fronts   Michael J. Reeder, Monash University, Clayton, Vic., Australia; and K. J. Tory 11:44 AM 1.7 Paper moved to Poster Session P1, new paper number P1.32   11:45 AM 1.8 The Development of Intense Frontogenesis within a TROWAL   Philip N. Schumacher, NOAA/NWS, Sioux Falls, SD; and J. E. Martin 12:00 PM Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday Session 1 Continued
Chair: David M. Schultz, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
1.9 The influence of latent heat release on the occlusion process in an idealized primitive equation simulation   Jonathan E. Martin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. J. Posselt and J. G. McLay 1:30 PM 1.9a Stratosphere to troposphere exchange: the role of convective transport and the sensitivity to model resolution (Formerly paper number 12.6)   Suzanne L. Gray, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 1:44 PM 1.10 Integrated effects of mesoscale convection on the development of an explosive West Coast marine cyclone   Douglas K. Miller, NPS, Monterey, CA; and W. A. Nuss 1:59 PM 1.11 A Modeling Study of the Frontal Circulations Associated with a Heavy Snowband in an Extratropical Cyclone   Mei Han, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. K. Ramamurthy, R. M. Rauber, B. F. Jewett, and J. A. Grim 2:14 PM 1.12 Comparative study of the mesoscale structure and dynamics of heavy snowbands in the trowal region of two extratropical cyclones   Joseph A. Grim, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, M. K. Ramamurthy, B. F. Jewett, and M. Han
	2:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday Session 2 Mesoscale Predictability I
Chair: Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2:30 PM 2.1 Predictability of Intermittent Mesoscale Phenomena   David J. Stensrud, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK 3:15 PM Coffee Break   3:45 PM 2.2 Calibration of ensemble spread using forecast spectra   Joshua P. Hacker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. P. Baumhefner 4:00 PM 2.3 Growth of small-scale errors within moist baroclinic waves   Chris Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Zhang, R. Rotunno, and Z. M. Tan 4:15 PM 2.4 Mesoscale Predictability and Process Issues: Conclusions from Five Years of Real-Time Regional Forecasts   Clifford F. Mass, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 4:30 PM 2.5 Toward short-range ensemble prediction of mesoscale forecast skill   Eric P. Grimit, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. F. Mass 2.6 Investigation of the ETA Ensemble QPF for elevated convection in the Midwest   Brandon A Storm, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and C. J. Anderson 4:44 PM 2.6a Some simple but effective ensemble generation techniques   Xuguang Wang, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and C. Bishop and S. J. Julier 4:59 PM 2.7 Mesoscale Ensemble Prediction of Mid-Latitude Cyclones   Bo Cui, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. K. Ramamurthy 5:14 PM 2.8 The Utility of Short-Range Ensemble Forecasts in the Real-Time Prediction of Severe Convective Weather at the Storm Prediction Center   David R. Bright, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and S. J. Weiss, J. J. Levit, and D. J. Stensrud
	5:30 PM, Monday Sessions end for the day
	5:30 PM, Monday Welcoming Reception
Tuesday, 24 June 2003
	8:30 AM-10:15 AM, Tuesday Session 3 Mesoscale Predictability II
Chair: Chris Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM 3.1 Mesoscale Modeling and the Scientific Forecast Process   Paul J. Roebber, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 8:45 AM 3.2 Using AWIPS and VORTEX findings to forecast qualitative probability of significant tornadoes   Wes Browning, NOAA/NWSFO, Springfield, MO 9:00 AM 3.3 The Effect of Topography on the Initial Condition Sensitivity of a Mesoscale Model   Paul E. Bieringer, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA 9:15 AM 3.4 Sensitivity Diagnosis of the 24–25 January 2000 Storm   Daryl T. Kleist, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. C. Morgan 9:30 AM 3.5 Sensitivities of an intense cyclone over the Western Mediterranean   Victor Homar, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud 9:45 AM Coffee Break
	10:15 AM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Session 4 Organized Convective Systems I
Chair: Mark Stoelinga, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
10:15 AM 4.1 Observational studies of mesoscale precipitating cloud systems: Recent advances   Robert A. Houze, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 11:00 AM 4.2 On the existence of convective rolls in the convective region of squall lines   George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO and Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. M. Fritsch 11:15 AM 4.3 Mesoscale vortices and mesocyclones as precursors to derechos   William R. Cotton, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. McAnelly and C. Wolff 11:30 AM 4.4 Vorticity Dynamics of Long-lived Squall Lines   Ming Xue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 11:45 AM 4.5 The inflow environments of cellular and slabular convective lines   Richard P. James, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. M. Fritsch 12:00 PM Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Tuesday Session 4 Continued
Chair: Jason C. Knievel, NCAR, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 4.6 Climatological and radar-indicated characteristics of United States extreme rainfall events   Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson 1:45 PM 4.7 Mesoscale aspects of the rapid intensification of a tornadic squall line across central Florida: 22–23 February 1998   Alicia C. Wasula, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, R. Schneider, S. J. Weiss, and R. H. Johns 2:00 PM 4.8 Discrete propagation in numerically simulated nocturnal squall lines   Robert G Fovell, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and S. H. Kim 2:15 PM 4.9 High resolution modelling of convection over the UK   Nigel M. Roberts, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Tuesday Poster Session 1 Poster Session P1 with Coffee Break
Chair: James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA
P1.1 The Role of rear inflow current in organizing convective storms   Robert G. Fovell, University of California, Los Angeles, CA   P1.2 The Relationship between the Initial Trigger and the Final State for the Convectivly Unstable Atmosphere   Jingbo Wu, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and M. Zhang P1.3 12 June 2002 rapid water vapor transitions during the IHOP field program   Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, D. J. Posselt, J. R. Mecikalski, G. S. Wade, and T. J. Schmit   P1.4 Model sensitivity study and statistical precipitation validation of the 11 June 2000 nocturnal MCS in Nebraska   David B. Radell, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; and C. M. Rowe and M. R. Anderson   P1.5 A search for environmental factors important in the evolution of morning Great Plains MCS activity during the warm season   Carl E. Hane, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. A. Haynes and D. L. Andra   P1.6 Paper Moved to Session 5, New Paper Number 5.2A     P1.7 Short-range prediction of banded precipitation associated with deformation and frontogenetic forcing   Peter C. Banacos, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK   P1.8 Mesoscale Snow Bands in Ocean-Effect Snowstorm   Frank P. Colby Jr., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA   P1.9 An Analysis of Satellite-Derived Great Lakes Surface Temperatures in Regards to Model Simulations of Lake Effect Snow   Thomas Niziol, NOAA/NWS, Buffalo, NY   P1.10 Simulations Examining the Influence of Wind Shear on the Coherent Mesoscale Structure of Intense Lake-Effect Snow Bands   Neil F. Laird, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL   P1.11 An Example of Forecasting Mesoscale Bands in an Operational Environment   Philip N. Schumacher, NOAA/NWS, Sioux Falls, SD   P1.12 An observational study on atmospheric conditions for formation of closed convection cells   Yuichi Miura, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan   P1.13 Are there mesoscale, convective "weather holes"?   Matthew D. Parker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and J. C. Knievel   P1.14 Error growth and data assimilation in a parameterized PBL   Joshua P. Hacker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Snyder   P1.15 Simulations of precipitation over a mesoscale mountain ridge—sensitivity to horizontal resolution   Ólafur Rögnvaldsson, Universtity of Bergen, Institute for Meteorological Research, Reykjavik, Iceland; and M. de Vries, H. Olafsson, and J. W. Bao   P1.16 An investigation of the orographic precipitation sensitivities within a sophisticated bulk microphysical parameterization in the MM5   Yanguang Zeng, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and B. A. Colle and J. Wolfe   P1.17 Quantitative precipitation forecasting of wintertime storms in the Sierra Nevada: Sensitivity to the microphysical parameterization   Ramesh K. Vellore, DRI, Reno, NV; and V. Grubisic and A. W. Huggins   P1.17a Effects of Orographically-Induced Local Circulations on the Formation of Heavy Rainfall (Formerly paper number 6.6)   Sen Chiao, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and Y. L. Lin   P1.18 Using Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM) Data to Assess the Effects of Small-Scale Variations in Soil Moisture and Sources of Errors in Precipitation Forecasts   Eric A. Aligo, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. A. Gallus and T. -. C. Chen   P1.19 Estimation of precipitation in complex terrain   Ólafur Rögnvaldsson, Universtity of Bergen, Institute for Meteorological Research, Reykjavik, Iceland; and P. Crochet and H. Olafsson   P1.20 Reprensation of boundary-layer and shallow convective clouds in a global NWP model and their impact on the evolution of extratropical cyclones   Stéphane Bélair, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and J. Mailhot and P. Vaillancourt   P1.21 The New Version of the Canadian Operational GEM Regional Mesoscale Model   Jocelyn Mailhot, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Bélair, A. Tremblay, L. Lefaivre, B. Bilodeau, A. Glazer, A. Patoine, and D. Talbot P1.22 High resolution forecasting with NCEP's Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Model   Thomas Black, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and E. Rogers, Z. Janjic, H. Y. Chuang, and G. DiMego   P1.23 Preliminary results from explicit convective forecasts using the WRF model   Morris L. Weisman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Wang and W. Skamarock   P1.24 A few simulations that provide insight into why the WRF Model fails to depict realistic diurnal, warm-season rainfall patterns over the High Plains   Jason C. Knievel, NCAR, Boulder, CO   P1.25 Evaluation of Improvements of Moist Processes in the Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Modeling System (COAMPStm)   Jason E. Nachamkin, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. M. Schmidt, C. S. Liou, and S. Chen   P1.26 Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecast with Quantitative Precipitation Model   Jai-Ho Oh, Pukyung National University, Busan, Korea; and O. Y. Kim, H. Yi, T. K. Kim, and R. Misumi P1.27 Sensitivity to assimilation of both GPS and SMMI PW using 3DVAR for a case of deep convection in the Tyrrhenian sea   Marisa Del Signore, University of L'Aquila, Coppito-L'Aquila, Italy; and R. Ferretti, C. Faccani, D. M. Barker, D. Cimini, and G. Visconti   P1.28 Assessment of retrieved GPS products using an observing system simulation experiment   Shu-Hua Chen, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and F. Vandenberghe   P1.29 Paper moved to Session 12, new paper number 12.6A     P1.30 Scaling comparison of two mesoscale models on a Linux cluster   Boro Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and V. Grubisic P1.31 Evaluating TRMM-derived convective momentum flux estimates using cloud resolving model simulation and parameterization scheme development   John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin and SSEC, Madison, WI; and K. M. Bedka   P1.32 The Effect of differential cloud cover on the propagation of a surface cold front (Formerly Paper Number 1.7)   James Correia Jr., Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. Arritt P1.33 Implementation of Noah land-surface model advances in the NCEP operational mesoscale Eta model   Michael B. Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC and UCAR Visiting Scientist, Suitland, MD; and K. Mitchell, Y. Lin, E. Rogers, P. Grunmann, V. Koren, G. Gayno, and D. Tarpley
	4:00 PM-5:29 PM, Tuesday Session 5 Organized Convective Systems II
Chair: Robert G. Fovell, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
4:00 PM 5.1 Cross-tropopause tracer transport in midlatitude convection   Gretchen L. Mullendore, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran and J. R. Holton 5.2 Mesoscale processes associated with rapid erosion of the "cap"   Gregory W. Carbin, NOAA/NWS/SPC, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain, M. S. Bukovsky, and M. E. Baldwin 4:14 PM 5.2A Effects of moisture profiles on the mode of cumulus convection (Formerly Paper Number P1.6)   Tetsuya Takemi, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan; and O. Hirayama and C. Liu 4:29 PM 5.3 The organization of oceanic convection during the onset of the East Asian summer monsoon   Richard H. Johnson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. L. Aves 4:44 PM 5.4 The diurnal cycle of oceanic convection over the South China Sea during the Southeast Asian Monsoon   Steven L. Aves, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson 4:59 PM 5.5 The Organization and structure of mesoscale convection during the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX)   Jian-Jian Wang, NASA/GSFC and GEST/University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD 5:14 PM 5.6 Relationships between North American Monsoon and MCC and PECS distributions   Christopher J. Anderson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. W. Arritt
	5:30 PM, Tuesday Sessions end for the day
Wednesday, 25 June 2003
	8:30 AM-10:15 AM, Wednesday Session 6 Orographic Precipitation I
Chair: Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
8:30 AM 6.1 Control Parameters for Orographic Precipitation Associated with a Conditionally Unstable Flow over a Two-Dimensional Mesoscale Mountain   Shu-Hua Chen, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and Y. L. Lin 8:45 AM 6.2 Orographic precipitation processes over the Wasatch Mountains during IPEX IOP3   W. James Steenburgh, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. A. W. Cox, J. C. Shafer, D. E. Kingsmill, and B. A. Colle 9:00 AM 6.3 Numerical Simulations of the Orographic Precipitation and Mesoscale Environments Associated with MAP IOP-8   Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Y. Chen and S. Chiao 9:15 AM 6.4 A linear theory of orographic precipitation   Ronald B. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and I. Barstad 6.5 Role of the Orographic flow in Alpine precipitation for the wet MAP cases.   Franca Marrone, University of L'Aquila, Coppito-L'Aquila, Italy; and R. Ferretti and R. Rotunno 9:29 AM 6.5a SIMULATIONS OF MOIST NEUTRAL FLOW OVER A RIDGE   M. Marcello Miglietta, CNR-ISAC, Lecce, Italy; and R. Rotunno 9:44 AM Coffee Break
	10:15 AM-11:15 AM, Wednesday Session 6 Continued
Chair: James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA
10:15 AM 6.6 Paper moved to Poster Session P1, New paper number P1.17A   10:16 AM 6.6A Exceptional Mesoscale Features of the Great Western Storm of March 16–20, 2003 (Formerly Paper Number 14.2A)   Gregory S. Poulos, Colorado Research Associates, a division of NWRA, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Wesley, M. P. Meyers, E. J. Szoke, J. S. Snook, and G. P. Byrd 10:30 AM 6.7 High Resolution Modelling of Orographic Rainfall   Humphrey W. Lean, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and P. A. Clark 10:45 AM 6.8 Shallow cellular convection in orographic precipitation   Daniel J. Kirshbaum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran 11:00 AM 6.9 Initiation of precipitation episodes relative to elevated terrain   D. A. Ahijevych, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis and R. E. Carbone
	11:15 AM-12:45 PM, Wednesday Keynote Session 1 Keynote Address
11:15 AM KS1.1 Mesoscale meteorology: The last twenty years and the next   Kerry Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA 12:00 PM Conference Luncheon: Luncheon Speaker: Clifford F. Mass, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
	1:30 PM-2:45 PM, Wednesday Session 7 Orographic Precipitation II: Results from IMPROVE
Chair: Scott A. Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
1:30 PM 7.1 Overview of IMPROVE: Verification and improvement of bulk microphysical parameterizations in mesoscale models   Mark T. Stoelinga, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. V. Hobbs, C. F. Mass, J. D. Locatelli, R. A. Houze, Jr., A. L. Rangno, B. A. Colle, N. A. Bond, B. F. Smull, R. M. Rasmussen, G. Thompson, and B. Colman 1:45 PM 7.2 Cloud and Precipitation Processes Observed in the 13–14 December 2001 Storm Studied over the Oregon Cascades in IMPROVE   Christopher P. Woods, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. T. Stoelinga, J. D. Locatelli, and P. V. Hobbs 2:00 PM 7.2a orographic enhancement of precipitation in midlatitudes: results from MAP and IMPROVE II (Formerly Paper number 8.2)   Socorro Medina, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze 2:15 PM 7.3 Modeling of the 13–14 December 2001 IMPROVE 2 Case   Matthew Garvert, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. F. Mass and B. A. Colle 2:30 PM 7.4 An evaluation and verification of the simulated microphysical sensitivities during 13–14 December 2001 of IMPROVE 2   Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and M. Garvert, J. Wolfe, G. Thompson, and C. F. Mass
	2:45 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday Session 8 Orographic Precipitation III: Results from IMPROVE
Chair: W. James Steenburgh, NOAA/CIRP and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2:45 PM 8.1 Evaluating MM5's updated bulk microphysical parameterization using case studies from the IMPROVE field campaigns   Gregory Thompson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Ikeda and R. Rasmussen 3:00 PM 8.2 Paper Moved to Session 7, New Paper Number 7.2A   3:14 PM 8.3 Cloud and precipitation processes observed in the 1–2 February 2001 storm studied off the Washington coast in IMPROVE   Amanda G. Evans, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. D. Locatelli, M. Stoelinga, and P. V. Hobbs 3:15 PM 8.4 Surface-based in situ and vertically-pointing measurements of precipitation characteristics near and within the melting layer obtained at McKenzie Bridge, Oregon during IMPROVE II   Sandra E. Yuter, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and L. B. Nance and M. Loeffler-Mang
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday Poster Session 2 Poster Session P2 with Coffee Break
Chair: Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
P2.1 On the Role of the Rocky Mountains in Forcing Low-level Jet in the Central U.S   Zaitao Pan, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and M. Segal and R. W. Arritt   P2.2 LLJ formation north of a surface warm front   Christopher J. Anderson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. W. Arritt   P2.3 Summertime Low-level jets over the High Latitude Arctic Ocean   Douglas O. ReVelle, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and E. D. Nilsson P2.4 Mesoscale Meteorology Research to Improve Operations at Spaceport Florida   William P. Roeder, U.S. Air Force/45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and J. Manobianco, F. J. Merceret, R. Lafosse, D. W. Sharp, and D. E. Harms   P2.5 Using A Suite of Observational and Forecasting Tools to Study a Sea/Land Breeze Event   Jonathan L. Case, NASA/Kennedy Space Center / ENSCO Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and W. C. Lambert, J. E. Lane, C. D. Immer, F. J. Merceret, and J. G. Ward   P2.6 On the dynamics of sea breeze circulations along complex coastlines   Kevin R. Walter, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. C. Epifanio and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon   P2.7 The New England Sea Breeze—Mesoscale Structural Details   Frank P. Colby Jr., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA P2.8 Comparison of model predictions to surface observations for an oscillating dryline   Mark R. Conder, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. B. Chang, A. L. Doggett, and R. E. Peterson   P2.9 Role of mesoscale processes in climate change over the central United States—A Warming "Hole"   Zaitao Pan, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and R. W. Arritt, E. S. Takle, W. J. Gutowski, C. J. Anderson, and J. H. Christensen   P2.10 Radar Characteristics and Mesocyclones Associate with Tropical Cyclones (TC) and a Simulation of the Mesocyclonic Characteristics Using MM5   G. V. Rao, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; and K. Santhanam, D. Gallagher, J. W. Scheck, R. Edwards, J. T. Schaefer, S. M. Spratt, and B. C. Hagemeyer   P2.11 Numerical simulations of the extratropical transition of Floyd (1999) along the U.S. East coast   Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY   P2.12 Numerical study on the extratropical transition of Typhoon Bart (1991) over the western North Pacific Ocean   Jun Yoshino, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and H. Ishikawa and H. Ueda   P2.13 Mesoscale simulations during the Double Trouble State Park wildfire in east-central New Jersey on June 2, 2002   Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and X. Bian, B. E. Potter, and W. E. Heilman   P2.13a NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF BUOYANT PLUMES IN A VERTICALLY SHEARED CROSSFLOW   Philip Cunningham, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Y. Hussaini, S. L. Goodrick, and R. R. Linn   P2.14 The Life Cycle of a Bore Event over the US Southern Great Plains during IHOP_2002   Cyrille Flamant, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Paris, France; and S. E. Koch, T. M. Weckwerth, J. Wilson, D. Parsons, B. B. Demoz, B. Gentry, D. Whiteman, G. Schwemmer, F. Fabry, W. F. Feltz, M. Pagowski, and P. Di Girolamo   P2.15 Surface temperatures and winds over complex terrain: observations and MM5 mesoscale model simulations   Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel; and S. Berkovic and R. Givati   P2.16 Footprints of Orographic Flows over the Southern Appalachian Mountains   Qi Mao, Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL; and S. F. Mueller and L. D. Williams   P2.17 A Case Study Analysis and Model Simulation of a Columbia Gorge Gap Flow Event   Justin Sharp, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. F. Mass   P2.18 Topographically-Generated Mesoscale Cloud Plumes   Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle   P2.19 Wave—Mean-Flow Interaction for Time-Dependent Mountain Waves   Chih-Chieh Chen, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. J. Hakim and D. R. Durran   P2.20 Anticipating damaging foehn windstorms east of the Central Appalachians   Phillip Manuel, NOAA/NWS, Blacksburg, VA; and S. Keighton   P2.21 Gravity Wave Breaking Over Greenland   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. A. Shapiro, D. Bartells, and Q. Jiang   P2.22 Orographic deformation of an extratropical cyclone in the lee of Greenland   Ólafur Rögnvaldsson, Universtity of Bergen, Institute for Meteorological Research, Reykjavik, Iceland; and H. Olafsson   P2.23 Comparative study of secondary potential voriticity banners in MAP IOP 8 and IOP 15-Bora   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV   P2.24 Generation of Turbulence within an Upper-Tropospheric Front   Steven E. Koch, NOAA Research-FSL, Boulder, CO; and M. A. Shapiro, B. Jamison, E. Tollerud, and T. L. Smith P2.25 Idealized modeling of mesoscale gravity wave genesis and maintenance   Brian F. Jewett, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. Ramamurthy and R. M. Rauber   P2.26 Mesoscale waves and turbulence in the proximity of synoptic-scale flow features   Anthony R. Hansen, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN; and G. D. Nastrom, T. Tsuda, and F. D. Eaton   P2.27 Paper Moved to Session 14, New Paper Number 14.2A
	5:00 PM, Wednesday Sessions end for the day
	8:00 PM, Wednesday Panel Discussion 1 Future Challenges in Mesoscale Meteorology
Panelists: Craig Bishop, UCAR/NRL, Monterey, CA; Kerry A. Emanuel, MIT, Cambridge, MA; Richard Johnson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; Cliff F. Mass, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; Philip N. Schumacher, NOAA/NWS, Sioux Falls, SD
Thursday, 26 June 2003
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Thursday Session 9 Tropical Cyclones
Chair: Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
8:30 AM 9.1 Asymmetric eyewall vertical motion in a high-resolution simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998)   Scott A. Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. T. Montgomery and Z. Pu 8:45 AM 9.2 The relationship between vertical shear, storm motion, and rainfall patterns produced from numerical simulations of tropical cyclones   Robert F. Rogers, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL 9:00 AM 9.3 Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclone Track, Intensity, and Orographic Precipitation to Cumulus and Microphysical Parameterizations   Nicholas C. Witcraft, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin and Y. H. Kuo 9:15 AM 9.4 The Tropical Cyclone—Jet Interaction   Eric Rappin, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. C. Morgan
	9:30 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday Session 10 Orographic Flows I
Chair: Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV
9:30 AM 10.1 Advances in Mountain Airflow Dynamics   Ronald B. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT 10:15 AM Coffee Break   10:45 AM 10.2 The dynamics of lee wake formation from a vorticity-vector potential perspective   Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. Rotunno 11:00 AM 10.3 Mesoscale Response of Time-Dependent Mountain Waves   Chih-Chieh Chen, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran and G. J. Hakim 11:15 AM 10.4 Rethinking the level-flow paradigm for strong gap winds   Dale R. Durran, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Gabersek 11:30 AM 10.5 Insights into Columbia Gorge Gap Flow through High Resolution Simulations of Actual and Idealized Events   Justin Sharp, PPM Energy, Portland, OR; and C. F. Mass 11:45 AM 10.6 Eddy formation and shock features associated with a coastally trapped disturbance   William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Burk 12:00 PM Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday Session 11 Orographic Flows II
Chair: Dale R. Durran, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
1:30 PM 11.1 Does the effect of rotation need to be accounted for when parametrizing sub-grid orography?   Stuart Webster, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and H. Wells and A. Brown 1:45 PM 11.2 Gravity wave breaking over the Central Alps: Role of complex topography   Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle 2:00 PM 11.3 Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX)   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. P. Kuettner 2:15 PM 11.4 Rotor Dynamics in the Lee of Three-Dimensional Ridges   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. R. Durran 2:30 PM 11.5 Mechanisms of Up-Valley Winds   G. Rampanelli, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and D. Zardi and R. Rotunno 2:45 PM 11.6 Numerical Simulations of Coastal Wind Events in the North Gulf of Alaska   Peter Q. Olsson, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK; and K. P. Volz and H. Yi 3:00 PM 11.7 The interaction of thermally-driven circulations and their effect on vertical mixing processes in the Salt Lake Valley   Jerome D. Fast, PNNL, Richland, WA 3:15 PM 11.8 Orographic flows in the Phoenix area and their implications for vertical mixing   J. Christopher Doran, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. L. Coulter, T. J. Martin, and W. J. Shaw 3:30 PM Coffee Break
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Thursday Session 12 Mesoscale Numerical Models
Chair: William Skamarock, NCAR, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 12.1 The NCEP Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Forecasting Model   Zavisa I. Janjic, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and T. L. Black, E. Rogers, H. Y. Chuang, and G. DiMego 4:15 PM 12.2 Application of the ensemble Kalman filter to mesoscale phenomena with different dynamical characteristics   Altug Aksoy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon 4:30 PM 12.3 MM5 FDDA Experiments Using the West Texas Mesonet Data   Chia-Bo Chang, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and M. Conder 4:45 PM 12.4 The impact of a nonlocal turbulence parameterization on the convective boundary layer and cloud resolving simulations   Amanda S. Adams, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli 5:00 PM 12.5 Impact of precipitation assimilation on US Southwest Climate Simulations   A. M. B. Nunes, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. Chen and J. Roads 5:14 PM 12.6 Paper moved to Session 1, New paper number 1.9A   5:15 PM 12.6a Assimilation of multi-satellite precipitation data for improving quantitative precipitation forecasts (Formerly paper number P1.29)   Zhaoxia Pu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. K. Tao
	5:30 PM, Thursday Sessions end for the day
Friday, 27 June 2003
	8:30 AM-10:45 AM, Friday Session 13 Mesoscale Balance and Gravity Waves
Chair: Craig Epifanio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
8:30 AM 13.1 Generation of inertia-gravity waves during a poleward Rossby wave breaking event   Christoph Zülicke, Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Kühlungsborn, Germany; and D. Peters 8:45 AM 13.2 Dynamics of balance in idealized simulations of baroclinic-wave life cycles   Philip Cunningham, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and A. I. Barcilon and T. A. Smith 9:00 AM 13.3 The nature and evolution of balance in unstable barotropic jets   Travis A. Smith, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and P. Cunningham and A. I. Barcilon 9:15 AM 13.4 Generation of Mesoscale Gravity Waves in Upper-Tropospheric Jet-Front Systems   Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 9:30 AM 13.5 Numerical modeling of turbulence above the jet stream during SCATCAT   Todd P. Lane, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. D. Doyle, R. D. Sharman, and M. A. Shapiro 9:45 AM 13.6 Turbulence in a model tropopause jet: high resolution 3D direct numerical simulations and parameterization   Binson Joseph, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and A. Mahalov, B. Nicolaenko, and K. L. Tse 10:00 AM 13.7 Inertia-gravity wave generation by the tropospheric mid-latitude jet as given by the FASTEX radiosoundings   Riwal Plougonven, LMD, Paris, France; and H. Teitelbaum and V. Zeitlin 10:15 AM Coffee Break
	10:45 AM-12:15 PM, Friday Session 14 Mesoscale Circulations
Chair: Jon C. Mittelstadt, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
10:45 AM 14.1 Fine-scale radar observations of a dryline during the International H2O project   Christopher C. Weiss, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein and A. L. Pazmany 14.2 Numerical simulation of the interaction between the dryline and horizontal convective rolls   Steven E. Peckham, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Wilhelmson, L. J. Wicker, and C. Ziegler 10:58 AM 14.2a Paper moved to Session 6, new paper number 6.6A   10:59 AM 14.3 Multisensor Study of a Dual Bore Event Observed during IHOP   Steven E. Koch, NOAA Research-FSL, Boulder, CO; and B. Demoz, F. Fabry, W. Feltz, B. Geerts, B. Gentry, D. Parsons, G. Schwemmer, T. M. Weckwerth, and J. W. Wilson 11:14 AM 14.4 High Resolution Multi-Sensor Profiling of Gust Fronts   Haldun Karan, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp 11:29 AM 14.5 Numerical Investigation of factors leading to the formation of an intense warm core vortex in the Mediterranean   Gregory J. Tripoli, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Pinori, S. Dietrich, G. Panegrossi, A. Mugnai, and E. A. Smith 11:44 AM 14.6 Mesoscale and Microscale Field Observations of a Lake-Enhanced Snowstorm   Joshua J. Schroeder, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and D. A. R. Kristovich and M. R. Hjelmfelt 11:59 AM 14.7 Numerical simulation of convective evolution across Lake Michigan during a widespread lake-effect snow event   Mark R. Hjelmfelt, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and W. J. Capehart and D. A. R. Kristovich
	12:30 PM, Friday Conference Ends

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