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Sunday, 17 May 2009
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, University A Registration opens
Monday, 18 May 2009
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Monday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 1 Polar Weather and Climate Variations (Present)
Chair: Stephen J. Vavrus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
8:30 AM Welcoming Remarks   8:45 AM 1.1 Partitioning of recent surface temperature trends in the Arctic   Yinghui Liu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Key and X. Wang 9:00 AM 1.2 The Recent Arctic Warm Period: the change in the dominate patterns?   Muyin Wang, University of Washington, Seattle,, WA; and J. E. Overland 9:15 AM 1.3 Climatology and Variability of the Moisture Transport over Pan-Arctic Drainage System: Perspective from cyclone and anticyclone actives   Juanxiong He, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK; and X. Zhang 9:30 AM 1.4 Characteristics of extreme cold airmasses over the North American subarctic   Isaac E. Hankes, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. E. Walsh 9:45 AM 1.5 South Pacific ENSO teleconnection variations linked to the SAM   Ryan L. Fogt, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and D. H. Bromwich and K. M. Hines
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, Wisconsin Ballroom Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 2 Polar Weather and Climate Variations (Present): Part 2
Chair: Eric Skyllingstad, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
10:30 AM 2.1 A Re-Examination of the Surface Air Temperature Record over the Arctic Ocean from 1980 to the Present   Axel J. Schweiger, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and I. Rigor, H. Stern, and R. W. Lindsay 10:45 AM 2.2 Retrieving Antarctic Cloud Phase in 1996 and 1997 from the Interferometric Monitor of Greenhouse Gases (IMG)   Penny M. Rowe, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and V. P. Walden and D. Lubin 11:00 AM 2.3 Seasonal variation of the atmospheric signature of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation in high latitudes   Catrin M. Mills, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and J. E. Walsh 11:15 AM 2.4 An extreme precipitation event over southern Baffin Island during the STAR campaign   Rebekah Martin, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and J. Hanesiak 11:30 AM 2.5 The U.S. Climate Reference Network in Alaska: experimental observations and deployment   Michael Palecki, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. B. Baker and H. Diamond 11:45 AM 2.6 Greenland ice sheet surface energy budget modeling using Polar WRF and MODIS   Jason Box, The Ohio State Universoty, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich 2.7 Climate in the clouds: Wisconsin satellite imagery and a search for Antarctic climate signals   David B. Reusch, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. A. Lazzara
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 3 Polar Atmosphere (Clouds)
Chair: Janet Intrieri, NOAA, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 3.1 Arctic snowfall measurments using a combination of lidar and radar observations   E. W. Eloranta, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and M. Shupe 1:45 PM 3.2 A 10-yr Climatology of Arctic Cloud Fractions and Their Impact on Surface Radiation Budget at Barrow, Alaska   Xiquan Dong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and B. Xi, K. Crosby, C. N. Long, and R. Stone 2:00 PM 3.3 Microphysical parameterizations based on Convair-580 observations collected during ISDAC   Ismail Gultepe, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and E. Girard, P. Liu, J. W. Strapp, and Z. Vukovic 2:15 PM 3.4 Cloud thermodynamic phase over the Antarctic plateau from NASA IRIS data: a baseline for climate change study   Dan Lubin, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and V. P. Walden and P. Rowe 2:30 PM 3.5 The accuracy of satellite polar cloud cover change from satellite retrievals by use of orbital lidar comparison   James D. Spinhirne, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and W. D. Hart, S. P. Palm, and D. L. Hlavka 2:45 PM 3.6 Cloud occurrence and phase at Arctic atmospheric observatories   Matthew Shupe, CIRES/NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and V. P. Walden, E. W. Eloranta, T. Uttal, J. R. Campbell, M. Shiobara, and S. Starkweather
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, Wisconsin Ballroom Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Monday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 4 Polar Atmosphere (Aerosols-Radiation-Clouds)
Chair: Axel Schweiger, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
3:30 PM 4.1 Space-Based Evaluation of the Aerosol Indirect Effect in the Arctic   Kyle Tietze, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. J. Garrett and A. Stohl 3:45 PM 4.2 The Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign (ISDAC): Examining the Influences of Arctic Aerosols on Clouds   Greg M. McFarquhar, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and S. Ghan, J. Verlinde, A. Korolev, J. W. Strapp, B. Schmid, J. Tomlinson, S. D. Brooks, D. R. Collins, D. Cziczo, M. K. Dubey, I. Gultepe, G. Kok, A. Laskin, P. Lawson, P. Liu, D. Lubin, C. Mazzoleni, A. M. Macdonald, M. Wolde, A. Zelenyuk, R. A. Ferrare, C. Flynn, M. Shupe, D. D. Turner, M. Ovchinnikov, S. Xie, and X. Liu 4:00 PM 4.3 Manifestation of aerosol indirect effects in Arctic clouds   Dan Lubin, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and A. M. Vogelmann 4:15 PM 4.4 Radiative Heating Rate Profiles over the ARM North Slope of Alaska Site   D.D. Turner, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Shupe, D. H. DeSlover, E. J. Mlawer, and T. R. Shippert 4:30 PM 4.5 An Investigation of Arctic Surface, TOA, and Atmospheric Radiation Budgets using Collocated Surface and Satellite Observations over Barrow, Alaska   Kathryn Crosby, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and X. Dong and B. Xi 4:45 PM 4.6 Atmospheric and cloud conditions over Barrow, Alaska and Eureka, Canada   Chris Cox, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and V. Walden, P. Rowe, and M. Shupe
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Monday, Wisconsin Ballroom Poster Session 1 Posters
Chair: Ian Eisenman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
P1.1 Announcing the SHEBA bulk turbulent flux algorithm   Edgar L. Andreas, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc., Lebanon, NH; and P. O. G. Persson, A. A. Grachev, R. E. Jordan, P. S. Guest, C. W. Fairall, T. W. Horst, and J. W. Bao   P1.2 Intercomparison of bulk microphysics schemes in simulations of polar lows   Longtao Wu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and G. W. Petty   P1.3 Comparing Arctic cloud cover and surface energy fluxes in the ERA-40, SHEBA, and other data sets   Cassie Wheeler, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. O. G. Persson and M. Shupe   P1.4 Role of seaice in forcing the austral spring atmospheric circulation in the CPTEC AGCM   Christopher A. Cunningham Sr., CENTER FOR WEATHER FORECAST AND CLIMATE STUDIES, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil; and B. José Paulo   P1.5 A weather pattern based approach to evaluate Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) forecasts: Part 2. Comparison to automatic weather station observations   Melissa A. Richards, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano and M. W. Seefeldt   P1.6 Interaction between Arctic sea ice and cloud-related variables in ERA40 Reanalysis and CCSM3   Josh Cuzzone, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Vavrus   P1.7 Using Doppler velocity spectra to study the formation and evolution of ice in a multilayer mixed-phase cloud system   Mahlon Rambukkange, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. Verlinde   P1.8 SODAR Measurements of Arctic boundary layer structure during ASCOS   Andrew Fish, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and I. M. Brooks and B. J. Brooks   P1.9 Cyclogenesis near the Adélie Coast and influence of the low-level wind regime   Daniel Steinhoff, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich and R. L. Fogt   P1.10 A new perspective on the Ross Ice Shelf air stream (RAS)   Daniel Steinhoff, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and S. Chaudhuri and D. H. Bromwich   P1.11 Bringing Antarctic atmospheric research into the middle school classroom   Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Hook   P1.12 Surface and mid-tropospheric climate change in Antarctica   David H. Bromwich, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and A. Monaghan and S. R. Colwell   P1.13 The influence of parameterized ice habit on the glaciation of Arctic clouds   Jerry Y. Harrington, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and A. Avramov, C. Zhang, K. Sulia, and D. Lamb   P1.14 Evaluation of the use of fractional sea ice for Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) simulations across the Arctic   Adrianne M. Broslawik, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. W. Seefeldt   P1.15 An evaluation of the meteorology and climatology of West Antarctica through the use of Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) output and self-organizing maps (SOMs)   Mark W. Seefeldt, Providence College, Providence, RI; and J. J. Cassano   P1.16 Idealized modelling of summertime Arctic stratus during ASCOS   Thomas Daniel Pleavin, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and I. M. Brooks and S. Dobbie   P1.17 Recent Changes in Cloud Cover and Cloud Types over the Arctic   Ryan Eastman, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Seattle, WA; and S. G. Warren   P1.18 A science plan for development of an Arctic System Model   John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. Roberts, L. Hinzman, J. E. Walsh, R. Doescher, M. M. Holland, H. Mitsudera, and A. Sumi   P1.19 An evaluation of the ERA-Interim global reanalysis at high latitudes   Sheng-Hung Wang, The Ohio State University, Byrd Polar Reseearh Center, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich   P1.20 Chukchi/Beaufort Seas mesoscal meteorology modeling study   Jing Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Krieger, M. D. Shulski, X. Zhang, and D. E. Atkinson   P1.21 The storm studies in the Arctic (STAR) field campaign   Rebekah Martin, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and J. Hanesiak, R. Stewart, G. W. K. Moore, P. A. Taylor, J. W. Strapp, and D. Hudak   p1.22 Pan-Arctic freshwater discharge from GRACE: variability, trends and impacts from 2003-2008   Felix W. Landerer, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Dickey, V. Zlotnicki, D. Menemenlis, and S. L. Marcus
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
	8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Tuesday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 5 Rapid Polar Environmental Change
Chair: Ian Eisenman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
8:30 AM 5.1 Arctic Rapid Change Pattern (ARP): An Accelerating Impetus for Recent Rapid Arctic Climate System Changes   Xiangdong Zhang, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 8:45 AM 5.2 Solar heating, reduced snow cover, and warming from carbonaceous particles   Mark G. Flanner, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. S. Zender, P. Hess, N. Mahowald, T. Painter, V. Ramanathan, and P. Rasch 9:00 AM 5.3 Seasonal sea ice predictability in a rapidly changing Arctic   Marika M. Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Bailey and S. J. Vavrus 9:15 AM 5.4 Arctic sea ice retreats in 2007 and 2008 follow thinning trend   Ron Lindsay, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. Schweiger, J. Zhang, M. Steele, and H. Stern
	9:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 6 Polar Oceans and Sea Ice Processes
Chair: Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL, Pasadena, CA
9:30 AM 6.1 Decline in thickness and volume of Arctic Ocean sea ice: 2004-2008   Ronald Kwok, JPL, Pasadena, CA 9:45 AM 6.2 Arctic sea ice and its change over the last two decades of the 20th century   Xuanji Wang Sr., CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Key and Y. Liu
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday, Wisconsin Ballroom Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-11:15 AM, Tuesday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 7 Polar Oceans and Sea Ice Processes: Part 2
Chair: Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL, Pasadena, CA
10:30 AM 7.1 Simulation of melt pond evolution on first year ice   Eric D. Skyllingstad, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. Paulson 10:45 AM 7.2 Charting a new seasonal outlook for the Arctic   Todd Arbetter, National Ice Center, Washington, DC; and P. Clemente-Colón and I. G. Rigor 11:00 AM 7.3 A dynamic-thermodynamic sea ice model on an Arakawa C-grid for coupled ocean and sea ice state estimation   Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. Losch, P. Heimbach, J. M. Campin, and C. Hill
	11:15 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 8 High-Latitude Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics
Chair: John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
11:15 AM 8.1 25 Years (1982-2007) of Polar Winds from AVHRR: Validation and Comparison to the ERA-40 Reanalysis   Richard Dworak, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Key 11:30 AM 8.2 The Study on Asian Atmospheric Circulation in the Middle-High Latitude and Association with the Snowfall in Southern China during La Nińa Years   Qingyun Zhang, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China; and S. Xuan 11:45 AM 8.3 Foehn winds in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica   Daniel Steinhoff, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and J. C. Speirs, D. H. Bromwich, and A. Monaghan
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, Madison Ballroom Session 9a Conference Luncheon
12:00 PM Break   12:30 PM 9a.1 Is every 50 years enough? What -- and how -- have we learned about the Arctic from the IPY   Michael Tjernstrom, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 9 International Polar Year 2007-2009
Chair: Matthew Shupe, CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 9.1 The summer 2008 central Arctic weather conditions as observed during ASCOS   Michael Tjernstrom, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden; and J. Paatero, M. Szczodrak, and C. Wheeler 1:45 PM 9.2 High-temporal resolution observations of the thermal and kinematic vertical structure in the Arctic boundary-layer during ASCOS   P. O. G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and V. Leuski, M. Shupe, I. M. Brooks, and M. Tjernström 2:00 PM 9.3 Turbulent flux profile measurements made over Arctic pack ice at 87°N during ASCOS   Cathryn E. Birch, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and T. Mauritsen, I. M. Brooks, and J. Sedlar 2:15 PM 9.4 Tethered balloon measurements of Arctic boundary layer mean and turbulent structure during ASCOS   Ian M. Brooks, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and C. E. Birch, M. K. Hill, T. Mauritsen, and J. Sedlar 2:30 PM 9.5 Marine-Atmosphere Emitted Radiance Interferometer measurements during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS)   Malgorzata Szczodrak, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and E. L. Key and P. J. Minnett 9.6 Mesoscale variability in the boundary layer during ASCOS   Thorsten Mauritsen, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and I. Brooks, B. J. Brooks, and C. E. Birch
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Wisconsin Ballroom Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 10 International Polar Year 2007-2009: Part 2
Chair: Janet Intrieri, NOAA, Boulder, CO
3:30 PM 10.1 Surface-based remote-sensing of clouds during ASCOS   Matthew Shupe, CIRES/NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and O. Persson, P. Johnston, C. Wheeler, and M. Tjernstrom 3:45 PM 10.2 The influence of cloud cover on the surface energy budget during ASCOS   Joseph Sedlar, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Tjernström and T. Mauritsen 4:00 PM 10.3 Aircraft observations during the 2008 ASCOS/AMISA field program: Overview of the synoptic/mesoscale environment, boundary-layer structure, and cloud microphysics   P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and E. Sukovich, A. Gasiewski, B. J. Brooks, A. Chaturvedi, M. Shupe, and M. Tjernstrom 4:15 PM 10.4 Radiometric Observations of the Arctic Environment during the 2008 Arctic Mechanisms of Interaction Between the Surface and Atmosphere (AMISA) Campaign   Albin Gasiewski, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and E. McIntyre, D. M. Kraft, O. Persson, V. Leusky, M. Tjernstrom, M. Tian, and A. Chaturvedi 4:30 PM 10.5 Use of a New Generation of Dropsondes during the 2008 Arctic Mechanisms of Interaction Between the Surface and Atmosphere (AMISA) Campaign   Albin Gasiewski, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. Chaturvedi, E. McIntyre, D. M. Kraft, O. Persson, M. Tjernstrom, M. Beaubien, and W. Jeffries 4:45 PM 10.6 An evaluation of the U.K. Met Office Unified Model over the central Arctic Ocean during ASCOS   Cathryn E. Birch, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and I. M. Brooks, S. F. Milton, and P. Earnshaw 5:00 PM 10.7 Arctic System Reanalysis: progress and plans   David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and B. Kuo, M. C. Serreze, J. E. Walsh, F. Chen, K. Hines, L. S. Bai, S. H. Wang, A. Slater, W. L. Chapman, H. Huang, M. Barlage, T. K. Wee, Z. Liu, H. Lin, S. Rizvi, W. Wang, P. R. Berger, and L. Li 5:15 PM 10.8 International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA): An overview of International Polar Year activities   Lisa S. Darby, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and J. Burkhart, E. Dlugokencky, J. Drummond, P. Fogal, A. Makshtas, L. E. Matrosova, R. C. Schnell, T. Uttal, B. Vasel, and R. Albee
	7:30 PM-9:00 PM, Tuesday, Capitol Ballroom AB Panel Discussion 1 APECS: Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (Panel Discussion)
7:30 PM PD1.1 Panel Discussion
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 11 Terrestrial-Atmosphere Interactions
Chair: Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
8:30 AM 11.1 Changes in synoptic weather patterns and Greenland precipitation in the 20th and 21st centuries   Keah C. Schuenemann, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano 8:45 AM 11.2 Land-atmosphere-ocean interactions in the climate of Beringia   Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 9:00 AM 11.3 Role of seasonality in the relationship between sea Ice, land surface temperature, and vegetation in the Arctic coastal zone   Uma S. Bhatt, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and D. Walker, M. Raynolds, J. Comiso, H. Epstein, and M. Steele 9:15 AM 11.4 Arctic land simulations with Polar WRF   Keith M. Hines, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, M. Barlage, and A. Slater 9:30 AM 11.5 The effects of arctic vegetation changes on the hydrologic cycle   Peter K. Snyder, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 9:45 AM 11.6 Observations of the near-surface wind and temperature structures in East Antarctica   Mingyu Zhou, Polar Research Institute of China, Pudong, Shanghai, China; and S. Zhong, Z. Zhang, D. H. Lenschow, H. M. Hsu, B. Sun, W. -. Q. Yao, S. Li, and X. Bian
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday, Wisconsin Ballroom Session Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 12 Polar Weather Forecasting
Chair: John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
10:30 AM 12.1 The distribution, retrieval, and visualization of real-time Antarctic numerical weather prediction, satellite, and observational data   Mark W. Seefeldt, Providence College, Providence, RI; and T. Yoksas and M. A. Lazzara 10:45 AM 12.2 A satellite diagnostic study of Antarctic fog   Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman and D. W. Hillger 11:00 AM 12.3 A weather pattern based approach to evaluate Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) forecasts: Part 1. Synoptic weather patterns   John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. W. Seefeldt and M. A. Richards 11:15 AM 12.4 The impact of satellite-derived polar winds in global forecast models   David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 11:30 AM 12.5 A mesoscale prediction system for high latitudes that assimilates Direct Broadcast MODIS   Robert M. Aune, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and K. I. Strabala and S. S. Lindstrom 11:45 AM 12.6 Statistical wind forecasting for Arctic locations using recursive partitioning and regression trees   Andrew Giles, EC, Edmonton, AB, Canada
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 13 Polar Atmosphere (General Topics)
Chair: Matthew Shupe, CIRES/NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 13.1 Arctic satellite composite observations: a new perspective   Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. L. Knuth 1:45 PM 13.2 The Antarctic automatic weather station network: a status report   Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. A. Weidner, J. J. Cassano, S. L. Knuth, J. E. Thom, L. M. Keller, and M. A. Richards 2:00 PM 13.3 The influence of blowing snow and precipitation on snow depth change across the Ross Ice Shelf and Ross Sea regions of Antarctica   Shelley L. Knuth, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli, J. E. Thom, and G. A. Weidner 2:15 PM 13.4 The Structure and Dynamics of the Stable Boundary Layer during Wi-BLEx   Javier Fochesatto, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Conner, B. Trost, and C. F. Cahill 2:30 PM 13.5 ARM MPL corrections derived from NASA HSRL overflights during ISDAC   Connor J. Flynn, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. Hostetler, R. Ferrare, and M. D. Obland 2:45 PM 13.6 South Pole Station Meteorological Modernization: A comparison before and after installation of a new instrument suite   Linda M. Keller, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and K. A. H. Baker, M. A. Lazzara, and J. Gallagher
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, Wisconsin Ballroom Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 14 Polar Atmosphere (Modeling)
Chair: Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
3:30 PM 14.1 The identification of preferred physics parameterizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for use in the polar regions   Mark W. Seefeldt, Providence College, Providence, RI; and J. J. Cassano 3:45 PM 14.2 Benchmarking Polar WRF in Antarctica   Francis O. Otieno, Byrd Polar Research Center The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and E. Shilo, D. H. Bromwich, and K. Hines 4:00 PM 14.3 Enhancement of Polar WRF Arctic atmospheric and surface processes   Aaron B. Wilson, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, K. M. Hines, and C. E. Landis 4:15 PM 14.4 Process relationships useful for evaluating model performance in the Arctic   P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and M. Shupe, C. Wheeler, A. A. Grachev, and C. W. Fairall 4:30 PM 14.5 Attribution of projected changes in atmospheric energy transport in the Arctic   Natasa Skific, AES, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. Francis and J. J. Cassano 4:45 PM 14.6 Vertical structure of recent Arctic warming from observed data and reanalysis products   Vladimir Alexeev, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and I. Esau, I. Polyakov, S. J. Byam, and S. Sorokina 5:00 PM 14.7 Modeling of the Effects of Acidic Aerosols on Arctic Cloud Microstructure and Surface Radiative Budget during Winter   Eric Girard, UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada; and A. Stefanof, J. P. Blanchet, and R. Munoz-Alpizar 5:15 PM 14.8 The radiative and dynamical impact of aerosols on mixed-phase clouds observed during ISDAC and M-PACE   Amy B. Solomon, CIRES/NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and M. Shupe, O. Persson, H. Morrison, and J. W. Bao
Thursday, 21 May 2009
	8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 15 Polar Weather and Climate Variations (Past and Future)
Chair: Ian Eisenman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
8:15 AM 15.1 Abrupt Climate Change Triggered by GIN Sea Convection   Feng He, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and Z. Liu, B. Otto-Bliesner, and E. Brady 8:30 AM 15.2 The Arctic Oscillation in the mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum:A comparison between PMIP2 models   Junmei Lu, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China, Beijing, China; and S. J. Kim 8:45 AM 15.3 Early 20th century Arctic warming in retrospect   Kevin R. Wood, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland 9:00 AM 15.4 Regional climate change modeling for Alaska   Jing Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and U. S. Bhatt, J. Krieger, and D. E. Atkinson 9:15 AM 15.5 Is Arctic sea ice approaching a tipping point?   Ian Eisenman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and J. S. Wettlaufer 9:30 AM 15.6 Marine cold air outbreaks in the polar regions   Tom Bracegirdle, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and E. Kolstad 9:45 AM 15.7 Reducing uncertainty in arctic climate projections   William L. Chapman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL; and J. E. Walsh and S. J. Vavrus
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday, Wisconsin Ballroom Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:30 PM, Thursday, Capitol Ballroom AB Session 16 Atmosphere-Ocean-Sea Ice Interactions
Chair: Axel Schweiger, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
10:30 AM 16.1 Marine signature in West Antarctic climate as seen by AMPS   Julien P. Nicolas, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich 10:45 AM 16.2 Multiple equilibrium thickness and flow states of arctic sea-ice using pre-industrial forcing   William D. Hibler III, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK; and S. J. Vavrus 11:00 AM 16.3 Impacts of reduced sea ice on winter Arctic atmospheric circulation, precipitation, and temperature   Matthew E. Higgins, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano 11:15 AM 16.4 Effects of Extreme Arctic Sea Ice Anomalies on the Northern Hemisphere Atmosphere During Early Winter   Sara T. Strey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL; and J. E. Walsh and W. L. Chapman 11:30 AM 16.5 Atmospheric circulation response to 2007 sea ice extent   Elizabeth N. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano and M. E. Higgins 11:45 AM 16.6 Cloud forcing and feedback during recent Arctic sea ice loss   Jennifer Kay, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; and A. Gettelman and K. Raeder 12:00 PM 16.7 The influence of Arctic sea ice extent on Polar cloud fraction and vertical structure and implications for regional climate   Stephen P. Palm, SSAI, Greenbelt, MD 12:15 PM 16.8 Future cloud changes in the Arctic: what's ice got to do with it?   Stephen J. Vavrus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and V. Alexeev and U. S. Bhatt
	12:30 PM-12:35 PM, Thursday Meeting Adjourns

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