Program: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography (11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography)

Registration Opens

Location: Wheatly Terrace (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Registration Continues Throughout the Conference

Location: Wheatly Terrace (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Session 1

Boundary Layer Processes

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Shelley L. Knuth, University of Colorado

8:30 AM

1.1

Summer to winter diurnal variabilities of temperature and water vapor in the surface atmosphere as observed by HAMSTRAD over DOME C, Antarctica

Philippe Ricaud, CNRS, Toulouse, France; and C. Genthon, J. L. Attié, G. Canut, J. F. Vanacker, L. Moggio, Y. Courcoux, A. Pellegrini, and T. Rose

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

1.2

The Bowen ratio over sea ice

Edgar L. Andreas, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc., Lebanon, NH; and R. E. Jordan

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (526.7 kB)

9:00 AM

1.3

Air-sea fluxes in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica from in situ aircraft measurements

Shelley L. Knuth, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

1.4

Modelling the small-scale impact of leads on the polar atmospheric boundary layer using a new nonlocal turbulence closure

Christof Lüpkes, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany; and V. M. Gryanik and T. Gollnik

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (174.1 kB)

9:30 AM

1.5

Mesoscale modelling of an off-ice flow in the Arctic marginal sea ice zone with different spatial resolution

Dmitry Chechin, Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia; and C. Lüpkes and I. Repina

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

1.6

Momentum Budget of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the Greenland Ice Sheet and its surrounding seas

Jan Henk van Angelen, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands; and M. R. van den Broeke and W. J. van de Berg

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM

1.7

Fundamental aspects of stable atmospheric boundary layer turbulence and implications for the modeling of polar and mid-lattitude PBLs

Elie Bou-Zeid, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and S. Shah, J. Huang, and J. C. Golaz

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Session 2

Polar Oceans

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Nicole S. Lovenduski, Univ. of Colorado

10:45 AM

2.1

Chemical fingerprints of decadal changes in Southern Ocean circulation

Nicole S. Lovenduski, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. Ito

11:00 AM

2.2

Does ocean bottom topography influence the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave?

Nuncio Murukesh, National centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Vasco Da Gamma, Goa, India; and A. Luis and X. Yuan

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

2.3

An eddy-permitting simulation of the Southern Ocean ecosystem and biogeochemistry

Takamitsu Ito, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA; and N. S. Lovenduski

11:30 AM

2.4

On the sensitivity of the Drake Passage transport to air-sea momentum flux

Matthew Mazloff, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

2.5

Spatial variability of water masses on the Amundsen Sea shelf

Xiaojun Yuan, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, New York, NY

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

Break

1:30 PM

2.6

Estimating eddy diffusivities in the Southern Ocean

Andreas Klocker, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. Ferrari

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.7

Observations of Ekman Spirals and Ekman Transport near the Kerguelen Plateau

Christopher J. Roach, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; and H. E. Phillips, N. L. Bindoff, and S. R. Rintoul

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (327.9 kB)

2:00 PM

2.8

Bathymetric control of the barotropic circulation in the Australian-Antarctic Basin

Wilbert Weijer, LANL, Los Alamos, NM

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2.9

Dependence of Southern Ocean Overturning on Wind Stress

Ryan P. Abernathey, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. Marshall and D. Ferreira

Paper 2.10 has been moved. New poster number P6.7A

2:30 PM

2.10A

A record-high ocean bottom pressure in the South Pacific observed by GRACE

Carmen Boening, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and T. Lee and V. Zlotnicki

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

2.11

Multiple climate and sea ice states on a coupled Aquaplanet

David Ferreira, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. Marshall and B. E. J. Rose

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

Afternoon break

3:30 PM

2.12

Surface freshening in the Arctic Ocean's Eurasian Basin: an apparent consequence of recent change in the wind-driven circulation

Mary-Louise Timmermans, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and A. Proshutinsky, R. A. Krishfield, D. K. Perovich, J. A. Richter-Menge, and J. M. Toole

3:45 PM

2.13

Investigation of the Arctic Ocean Dynamics Based on Coordinated Numerical Experiments

Andrey Proshutinsky, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and E. Golubeva, E. Watanabe, and J. Yang

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

2.14

Rapid variability in sea surface salinity in northern high latitudes and implications for satellite-derived salinity measurements

Nadya T. Vinogradova, AER, Lexington, MA; and R. M. Ponte

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

2.15

Two Configurations of the Western Arctic Shelfbreak Current in Summer

Wilken-Jon von Appen, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and R. S. Pickart

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

2.16

Cross-slope transport of dense water from the East Greenland shelf and the role of barrier winds

Benjamin E. Harden, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom; and R. S. Pickart and I. A. Renfrew

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

2.17

Wind-forced upwelling in Barrow Canyon: Transport of Pacific and Atlantic water masses

Robert S. Pickart, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA; and P. Fratantoni

5:00 PM

2.18

Transformation of Pacific water masses north of Bering Strait

Donglai Gong, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and R. S. Pickart

5:15 PM

2.19

A New Perspective on Hydrographic and Sea Ice Variability in the Labrador Sea

Ian Fenty, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and P. Heimbach and C. Wunsch

Lunch Break

Poster Session 1

Atmospheric Mesoscale and Synoptic Processes (Posters)

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

P1.1

Understanding the effects of model resolution on winds and surface fluxes for an easterly tip jet during the Greenland Flow Distortion Experiment

Alice DuVivier, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano

P1.2

Arctic System Reanalysis Interim (ASR-interim) output - A 30 km resolution dataset

Sheng-Hung Wang, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich and L. S. Bai

Manuscript (3.4 MB)

Handout (3.4 MB)

P1.3

Evaluating the Arctic System Reanalysis high Arctic summer using ASCOS field data

Cecilia Lundquist, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Tjernström, D. H. Bromwich, S. H. Wang, and L. S. Bai

P1.4

An analysis of dramatic decreases in atmospheric pressure across the Ross Ice Shelf through automatic weather station (AWS) observations and archived numerical weather prediction output

Mark W. Seefeldt, Providence College, Providence, RI

P1.5

Strong Alaskan and Siberian anticyclones

Justin E. Jones, AER, Lexington, MA; and J. Cohen

P1.6

Synoptic variability in the Arctic summer

Richard I. Cullather, University of Maryland at College Park, Greenbelt, MD; and M. G. Bosilovich

P1.7

Arctic cyclone climatology: present and future

Thomas Spengler, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

P1.8

Characteristics of strong cyclone events in the vicinity of the Amundsen / Bellingshausen Seas Low

Alex J. Wovrosh, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and R. L. Fogt and R. A. Langen

P1.9

Data Assimilation for Arctic System Reanalysis

Le-Sheng Bai, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, K. Hines, S. H. Wang, B. Kuo, Z. Liu, M. Barlage, H. Lin, T. K. Wee, D. E. Hudak, and L. Li

P1.10

Climatology of extreme winds in the Chukchi/Beaufort Seas during 1979–2009

Steve T. Stegall, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and J. Zhang, J. R. Krieger, and X. Zhang

P1.11

The ebb and flow of Antarctic meteorological data

Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. E. Willmot and L. M. Keller

Handout (23.0 MB)

P1.12

Toward producing a state-of-the-art reanalysis over the Chukchi/Beaufort Seas via the WRF-Var data assimilation system: assimilation of in situ and satellite-retrieved surface and upper air observations

Fuhong Liu, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and J. R. Krieger and J. Zhang

P1.13

The Antarctic automatic weather station program

Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Thom, G. A. Weidner, L. M. Keller, M. A. Nigro, and J. J. Cassano

Handout (30.5 MB)

P1.14

A climatology of wintertime barrier winds off southeast Greenland

Benjamin E. Harden, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom; and I. A. Renfrew and G. N. Petersen

P1.15

The underlying synoptic scale variability of the Amundsen - Bellingshausen Seas low

Ryan A. Langen, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and R. L. Fogt and A. J. Wovrosh

Poster Session 2

Boundary Layer Processes (Posters)

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Shelley L. Knuth, University of Colorado

P2.1

Probing the Antarctic Atmosphere with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. L. Knuth

P2.2

Effects of surface heterogeneity on the atmospheric boundary layer in Arctic region

I. Repina, A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Science RAS, Moscow, Russia; and D. Chechin and A. Smirnov

P2.3

Rapid autumn Arctic warming and boundary-layer cloud increases in the early 21st century

Dong L. Wu, Aerosol and cloud group, Pasadena, CA; and J. N. Lee

P2.4

The neutral drag coefficient over polar sea ice with small floes and/or melt ponds

Christof Lüpkes, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany; and V. M. Gryanik

Manuscript (109.8 kB)

Handout (806.8 kB)

P2.5

Long-term measurements of turbulent surface fluxes and carbon dioxide in Canadian Arctic at Eureka climate observatory

Andrey Grachev, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, Colorado; and R. Albee, O. Persson, and T. Uttal

P2.6

Large Eddy Simulations of Arctic stratus: ASCOS case studies

Thomas D. Pleavin, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and I. M. Brooks, S. Dobbie, M. Shupe, P. O. G. Persson, M. Tjernstrom, and B. J. Brooks

P2.7

Boundary layer structure during ASCOS – Multi-sensor retrievals and diagnostics

Guylaine Canut, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and I. M. Brooks, P. O. G. Persson, M. Shupe, M. Tjernstrom, J. Sedlar, and C. E. Birch

P2.8

Modelling the vertical structure of the central Arctic boundary layer : ASCOS case studies

Cathryn E. Birch, UK Met Office, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and I. M. Brooks, P. Earnshaw, C. Leck, A. Lock, T. Mauritsen, S. F. Milton, P. O. G. Persson, J. Sedlar, M. Shupe, and M. Tjernstrom

Poster Session 3

Climate (posters)

Location: Kennedy Room (1st Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

P3.1

Assessing the influence of ozone hole depletion and recovery on Southern Hemisphere hydrological climate change

P3.2

Composite analysis of the surface effects of El Nino southern oscillation teleconnections on Antarctica

Lee J. Welhouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and M. A. Lazzara, G. J. Tripoli, and L. M. Keller

P3.3

Sensitivity of the Amundsen / Bellingshausen Seas Low to stratospheric polar ozone depletion

Elizabeth A. Zbacnik, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; and R. L. Fogt

P3.4

The redistribution of heat within the Arctic atmosphere

Ron Lindsay, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. Schweiger

Poster Session 4

Cryosphere and Terrestrial Processes (Posters)

Location: Kennedy Room (1st Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska Fairbanks

P4.1

A 118 - year continuous snow accumulation record along the Greenland ice divide from NGRIP to NEEM

Claude M. Laird, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and S. L. Buchardt, A. M. Hoch, H. L. Barbour, D. J. Mailhot, D. A. Braaten, and C. J. van der Veen

P4.3

Validation of the MODIS “clear-sky” surface temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Dorothy K. Hall, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. S. Koenig, N. E. DiGirolamo, J. Comiso, and C. A. Shuman

P4.4

Abrupt fluctuations in intra-seasonal snow extent

David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and T. W. Estilow, G. R. Henderson, and D. J. Leathers

P4.5

Comparison of radar derived to model derived annual snow accumulation in North-Central Greenland

David A. Braaten, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and J. C. Carse, C. M. Laird, A. Gilbreath, D. J. Mailhot, and M. Oswald

P4.6

Regional Model Evaluation for Alaska: focus on hydroclimatology

Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Walsh, W. L. Chapman, T. Lowry, M. Taylor, V. Alexeev, M. Ivey, A. Jacobs, M. Reno, and J. Roach

P4.7

The Tiksi, Russia hydrometeorological international facility for atmospheric, terrestrial and ocean observations: first measurements and future plans

Taneil Uttal, NOAA/Earth Systems Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and A. Makshtas, T. Laurila, S. J. Oltmans, A. Reshetnikov, R. C. Schnell, E. Asmi, H. J. Diamond, M. Aurela, E. G. Dutton, V. Kustov, I. Repina, A. Artamonov, A. Konoplev, A. Rychkov, R. Albee, M. Okraszewski, D. Apartsev, B. Holben, M. Sorokin, L. E. Matrosova, O. Dmitrieva, A. Sinyakov, E. Volkov, V. Nesterov, M. Ivanova, V. Kondreyev, V. Ivakhov, E. Estes, B. Vasel, and A. Kuzmichov

Poster Session 5

Polar Clouds and Radiation (Posters)

Location: Kennedy Room (1st Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Matthew Shupe, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD

P5.1

An integrated characterization of the surface radiation balance during spring snowmelt in Central Eurasia

John R. Mioduszewski, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and A. K. Rennermalm and D. A. Robinson

P5.2

Radiation measurements in arctic: introducing Tiksi Observatory

Nobuki Matsui, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. Halliwell, C. N. Long, J. A. Augustine, T. Uttal, V. Kustov, R. Albee, D. Longenecker, O. Niebergale, J. Wendell, and A. Makshtas

P5.3

Comparison of CERES and MODIS surface albedo products over cryosphere

Alexander Radkevich, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA; and T. P. Charlock, D. A. Rutan, and F. G. Rose

P5.5

Dynamical and microphysical characteristics and interactions in Arctic mixed-phase clouds

Matthew Shupe, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and P. O. G. Persson, A. Solomon, I. M. Brooks, T. Mauritsen, J. Sedlar, and M. Tjernstrom

P5.6

Clustering CloudSat and CALIPSO retrievals on dynamic regimes across the Arctic domain

Neil P. Barton, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and S. Klein

P5.7

The analysis of Antarctic cloud mass transport events from composite satellite imagery

K. Elena Willmot, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and M. A. Lazzara and L. M. Keller

Handout (1.6 MB)

Poster Session 6

Polar Oceans (Posters)

Location: Kennedy Room (1st Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Nicole S. Lovenduski, Univ. of Colorado

P6.1

Simulated decadal variations of fresh water content and sea surface height in the Beaufort Sea

Zhenxia Long, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and W. Perrie, C. Tang, E. Dunlap, and J. Wang

P6.2

State of the Arctic Ocean in 2007-2010 from Russian field studies

Igor Ashik, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; and V. Sokolov, L. Timokhov, and S. Kirillov

P6.3

High resolution basin-scale simulations for the Arctic-North Atlantic Oceans

Ayan H. Chaudhuri, AER, Lexington, MA; and A. Gangopadhyay, E. Curchitser, J. Levin, D. B. Haidvogel, and J. J. Bisagni

P6.4

Wind-forced upwelling on the continental slope of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea

Lena M. Schulze, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and R. S. Pickart

P6.5

Dynamics of wind-forced upwelling in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea and associated shelf-basin fluxes

Michael A. Spall, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and R. S. Pickart and J. T. Mathis

P6.6

The spreading of a buoyant river plume beneath a landfast ice cover

Jeremy L. Kasper, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and T. J. Weingartner

Poster 6.7 has been moved. New paper number 2.10A

6.7A

The Southern Ocean air-sea buoyancy flux obtained from the Southern Ocean State Estimate

Ivana Cerovecki, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and M. Mazloff and L. Talley

Poster Session 7

Sea Ice (Posters)

Location: Kennedy Room (1st Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL

P7.1

Understanding Changes in the Arctic Basin Sea Ice Mass Budget as Simulated by CCSM4- Implications from Melt Season Characteristics and the Surface Albedo Feedback

Daniel A. Pollak, Pennsylvania State University & NCAR/SOARS, State College, PA; and M. M. Holland and D. Bailey

P7.2

Planetary- and synoptic-scale feedbacks between tropospheric and sea ice cover changes in the Arctic

Ralf Jaiser, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany; and K. Dethloff, D. Handorf, A. Rinke, and J. Cohen

P7.3

Sea ice treatment in the Arctic System Reanalysis

William L. Chapman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL; and K. M. Hines and D. H. Bromwich

P7.4

Was the discharge of thick Arctic sea-ice to the North Atlantic a trigger for the Younger Dryas?

Alan Condron, Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; and R. S. Bradley

Formal Poster viewing and Ice Breaker Reception

Location: Kennedy Room (1st Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Session 3

Atmospheric Mesoscale and Synoptic Processes

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Matthew E. Higgins, University of Colorado

8:30 AM

3.1

Frontal cyclogenesis induced by the Arctic sea-ice retreat

Jun Inoue, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and M. E. Hori

8:45 AM

3.2

The impacts of increased open water on Arctic summer storms

Will Perrie, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and Z. Long

9:00 AM

3.3

Beaufort/Chukchi Seas mesoscale meteorology modeling study

Jeremy R. Krieger, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Zhang, M. D. Shulski, F. Liu, and X. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

3.4

Gravity wave signature inside upper-level clouds over Arctic region: implications from AIRS observations

Jie Gong, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. L. Wu and S. D. Eckermann

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

3.5

Synoptic climatology of pan-Arctic WRF simulations

John J. Cassano, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. E. Higgins

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

3.6

Modeling the impact of polar mesocyclones on ocean circulation

Alan Condron, Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and I. A. Renfrew

10:00 AM

Break

10:30 AM

3.7

A Decade of Antarctic Science Support through AMPS

Jordan Powers, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. W. Manning, D. H. Bromwich, and J. J. Cassano

Manuscript (278.7 kB)

10:45 AM

3.8

Summer climate of the McMurdo Dry Valleys from 15 years of Polar WRF simulations

Daniel Steinhoff, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

3.9

Case study of a high wind event off the coast of the Prince Olav Mountains, Antarctica

Melissa A. Nigro, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

3.10

Simulation of strong wind events in the Antarctic

Andrew Orr, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK, United Kingdom; and J. Turner, S. N. Chenoli, A. abu Samah, G. Marshall, and T. Phillips

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

3.11

Characteristics of synoptic-scale cyclones crossing the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the impacts of assimilating COSMIC GPS RO in Polar WRF forecasts of these events

Francis O. Otieno, Byrd Polar Research Center The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

3.12

Seasonal and interannual variability in the moisture transport over Southern Ocean

Maria Tsukernik, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Lunch Break

Session 4

Sea Ice

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL

1:30 PM

4.1

Modeled and Observerd Arctic Sea Ice Volume: An assessment of uncertainties in PIOMAS ice volume estimates

Axel Schweiger, APL, Seattle, WA; and R. Lindsay, J. Zhang, M. Steele, and H. Stern

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

4.2

Changes in the sea ice regime of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Stephen Howell, Canadian Meteorological Service, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. Agnew, A. Tivy, and C. Derksen

2:00 PM

4.3

Trends in Arctic wind speed and sea ice speed during 1992-2010: reanalysis, model, and observations

Gunnar Spreen, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. Kwok and D. Menemenlis

2:15 PM

4.4

Resolving the paradox of the Antarctic Sea Ice

Jiping Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and J. A. Curry

2:30 PM

4.5

Response of the sea ice seasonal cycle to climate change

Ian Eisenman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider, D. Battisti, and C. M. Bitz

2:45 PM

4.6

The role of the Arctic sea ice in carbon dioxide exchange

Alexander Makshtas, ROSHYDROMET, St Petersburg, Russia; and A. P. Nedashkovsky and T. Uttal

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (449.5 kB)

3:00 PM

Break

3:30 PM

4.7

A comparison between SSM/I passive microwave melt onset dates and satellite-derived albedo melt onset dates in the Arctic

Mark R. Anderson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and J. Busse and S. D. Drobot

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

4.8

Onset and end of the summer melt season over sea ice: Observations of thermal structure, surface energy fluxes, and synoptic influence

P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and A. Solomon and A. Sirevaag

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

4.9

Longwave constraints on the timing of Arctic sea ice melt

Kirstie Stramler, Columbia University, Berkeley, CA; and A. D. Del Genio and W. B. Rossow

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

4.10

Potential impacts of Arctic shipping over the 21st century

David A. Bailey, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. M. Holland, D. A. Lack, J. F. Lamarque, M. G. Flanner, and J. J. Corbett

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

4.11

Sensitivity of Arctic circulation to changes in sea ice cover in the WRF model

David F. Porter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano and M. C. Serreze

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

4.12

Role of Arctic Sea Ice Variability in Climate Models

Dyre Oliver Dammann, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and U. S. Bhatt, P. L. Langen, J. Krieger, and X. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

4.13

Internal variability in simulated 21st century Arctic sea ice evolutions: Climate forcing and response

Justin J. Wettstein, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. Deser

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

4.14

Coupling between sea-ice and atmospheric variability on weekly timescales

N. Joss Matthewman, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and G. Magnusdottir

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Session 5

Cryosphere and Terrestrial Processes

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska Fairbanks

8:30 AM

5.1

Students investigate climate change in polar regions using cryospheric (permafrost, sea ice, ice sheets) data records

Marian H. Grogan, TERC, Cambridge, MA; and F. Fetterer, M. C. Serreze, D. Ivanova, J. Weber, H. Wilcox, and T. Ledley

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

5.2

Interactions of high-latitude ice and snow cover and its influence on regional and hemispheric climate anomalies

Judah Cohen, AER, Lexington, MA; and M. Barlow, J. Cherry, V. Alexeev, and A. Frei

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

5.3

Evidence relating diminished Arctic sea ice to Siberian snow cover

Allan Frei, Hunter College, New York, NY; and D. Ghatak, J. Stroeve, G. Gong, D. A. Robinson, and J. Cohen

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

5.4

Tundra burning in 2007: did sea ice matter?

Vladimir A. Alexeev, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK

9:30 AM

5.5

Seasonality of climate parameters that characterize Arctic tundra vegetation

Uma Bhatt, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and D. Walker, M. Raynolds, P. Bieniek, J. Comiso, J. Pinzon, and C. J. Tucker

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

5.6

Arctic snow and sea ice response to melt season atmospheric forcing across the land-ocean boundary

Angela C. Bliss, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM

Break

10:30 AM

5.7

Inter-annual variations in pan-Arctic snowmelt onset and their relationship to atmospheric conditions

Libo Wang, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. Wolken, M. Sharp, S. Howell, C. Derksen, R. Brown, and T. Markus

10:45 AM

5.8

Regions of autumn Eurasian snow cover and North American winter temperatures

Thomas L. Mote, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and E. R. Kutney

11:00 AM

5.9

Light-absorbing impurities in Arctic snow

Stephen G. Warren, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Doherty, T. C. Grenfell, R. Brandt, and A. Clarke

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

5.10

Greenland ice sheet surface mass balance using Polar WRF

David T. Decker, Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, OH; and J. Box, L. S. Bai, D. H. Bromwich, and R. J. Benson

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

5.11

Natural variability in surface conditions of the Greenland ice sheet

Heather J. Andres, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and W. R. Peltier

11:45 AM

5.12

Sensitivity studies of ice flow acceleration in response to increased ice shelf melting in the region of Pine Island Glacier

Eric Y. Larour, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. Rignot, D. Menemenlis, M. Schodlok, H. Seroussi, and M. Morlighem

Coffee Break

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Lunch Break

Session 6

Polar Clouds, Aerosols, and Radiation

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Matthew Shupe, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD

1:30 PM

6.1

Remote Sensing of the Polar Troposphere: Total Water Vapor and Liquid Water Path

Georg Heygster, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany; and C. Melsheimer and M. Huntemann

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

P5.4

Polar satellite composite atmospheric motion vectors

Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Dworak, D. A. Santek, N. A. Bearson, J. R. Key, and C. S. Velden

Recorded Presentation

6.2

Cloud forecast verification with satellite observations

2:00 PM

6.3

Modeling seasonal variability in Arctic cloud and water vapor feedbacks

James R. Miller, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and Y. Chen, G. Russell, and J. A. Francis

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

6.4

Analyzing cloud radiative variability with sea ice variability in the ERA-40 reanalysis and polar-WRF

Neil P. Barton, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and D. E. Veron

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

6.5

Feedback of Arctic Cloud-Sea Ice from Observations

Yinghui Liu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Key, Z. Liu, S. Vavrus, and X. Wang

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

6.6

Maintenance of springtime Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus in nested LES simulations

Amy Solomon, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and PSD/ESRL/NOAA, Boulder, CO; and M. Shupe, P. O. G. Persson, and H. Morrison

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

Break

3:30 PM

6.7

The effect of anthropogenic aerosols on nucleation within the Arctic boundary layer during winter

Alexandru Stefanof, UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada; and E. Girard, J. P. Blanchet, and I. Gultepe

3:45 PM

6.8

Linking the Arctic Ocean and clouds - bubble and aerosol flux measurements from ASCOS

Ian M. Brooks, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and A. Held, C. Leck, M. Tjernstrom, S. J. Norris, G. de Leeuw, A. Sirevaag, C. E. Birch, and B. J. Brooks

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

6.9

Boundary-layer and aerosol/cloud interaction in central Arctic summer observed during ASCOS

Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and T. Mauritsen, M. Shupe, J. Sedlar, and I. M. Brooks

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

6.10

New observations of clouds, atmosphere, and precipitation at Summit, Greenland

Matthew Shupe, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and V. Walden, D. D. Turner, R. R. Neely III, B. Castellani, C. J. Cox, P. Rowe, N. Miller, and M. P. Cadeddu

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

6.11

Retrievals of Cloud Microphysical Properties over Eureka, Canada (2006-2009)

Chris Cox, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and D. D. Turner, P. M. Rowe, M. Shupe, E. W. Eloranta, and V. P. Walden

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

6.12

The Influence of Ice Crystal Habit on Arctic Cloud Lifetime: Radiative Implications

Jerry Y. Harrington, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and K. Sulia

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

6.13

The Importance of Temperature-Dependent Optical Properties for Radiative Closure in Super-Cooled Water Clouds

Penny Rowe, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and S. P. Neshyba and V. Walden

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

6.14

Arctic shortwave radiation under mixed-phase clouds

Dan Lubin, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and A. M. Vogelmann

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Reception at AMS 45 Beacon Headquarters

Location: AMS 45 Beacon Street (Omni Parker House )

Session 7

Climate (past, present, and future)

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Ian Eisenman, SIO/Univ. Of California

8:30 AM

7.1

Fifty-year Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station climatology: quality control and analysis

Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. M. Keller

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

7.2

Antarctic warming? Insight from a new near-surface temperature reconstruction from 1960-2010

Julien P. Nicolas, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and A. J. Monaghan, D. H. Bromwich, and D. Gratz

9:00 AM

7.3

Factors that influence near surface temperatures over West Antarctica

Scott Hosking, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK, United Kingdom; and J. Turner and A. Orr

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

7.4

Seasonal Zonal Asymmetries in the Southern Annular Mode

Ryan L. Fogt, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and J. M. Jones

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

P4.2

Spatial and temporal variability in the annual cycle of Northern Hemisphere snow extent, using a newly completed climate data record

Gina R. Henderson, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and D. J. Leathers, D. A. Robinson, and T. W. Estilow

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

7.6

ENSO-SAM teleconnections and decadal variability

Keith M. Hines, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, A. B. Wilson, and A. Lucas

Recorded Presentation

7.5

The observed increase in Southern Annular Mode is due to the ozone hole, not to increased greenhouse gases

10:15 AM

Break

10:45 AM

7.7

Declining summer snowfall in the Arctic: Causes, impacts and feedbacks

James Screen, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and I. Simmonds

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

7.8

Observed changes in pan-arctic cold-season minimum monthly river discharge

Asa K. Rennermalm, Rutgers, Piscataway, New Jersey; and E. F. Wood and T. Troy

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

7.9

Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on the Subarctic Hydropower Sector

Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

7.10

Recent changes in tropospheric water vapor over the Arctic

Mark C. Serreze, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. P. Barrett and J. Stroeve

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

7.11

Comparison of climate variability between the regions of the Tiksi, Barrow and Alert hydrometeorological observatories

Taneil Uttal, NOAA/Earth Systems Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and A. Makshtas, N. Ivanov, L. Matrosova, I. Bolshakova, N. Matsui, and O. Jukova

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

7.12

Old Weather and the new climate of the Arctic: crowdsourcing large-scale data rescue for climate research

Kevin R. Wood, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. Brohan, G. P. Compo, and J. E. Overland

Recorded Presentation

12:15 PM

Lunch

1:45 PM

7.13

On the dynamics of an abrupt climate change

Brian E. J. Rose, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Ferreira and J. Marshall

2:00 PM

7.14

Multi-Regime States of Arctic Atmospheric Circulation

Brandon J. Fisel, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. J. Gutowski, J. M. Hobbs, and J. J. Cassano

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

7.15

The impact of tropical ocean on Arctic climate inferred from analysis of global sea surface temperature

Constantin Andronache, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

7.16

Simulation of 21st century Arctic climate change in CCSM4

Stephen J. Vavrus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. M. Holland, A. Jahn, D. Bailey, J. A. Maslanik, and J. Kay

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

7.17

The Arctic atmosphere in CCSM4: Evaluation of key variables

Gijs de Boer, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and W. L. Chapman, J. Kay, B. Medeiros, M. Shupe, S. Vavrus, and J. E. Walsh

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

7.18

Arctic climate variability as derived from coupled AOGCM REMO/MPIOM

Dmitry Sein, Max Planck Institute, Hamburg, Germany; and L. Niederdrenk and U. Mikolajewicz

Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM

7.19

Synoptic climatology reconstruction using ice core data from McCall Glacier, Alaska

Elizabeth N. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano, J. R. McConnell, and M. Nolan

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Lunch Break

Coffee Break

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Session 8

Regional Analysis and Modeling

Location: Rooftop Ballroom (15th Floor) (Omni Parker House )

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

3:45 PM

8.1

Progress and overview of the Arctic System Reanalysis

David H. Bromwich, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and L. S. Bai, K. M. Hines, S. H. Wang, B. Kuo, M. C. Serreze, and J. E. Walsh

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

8.2

Evaluation of Polar WRF forecasts of the atmospheric hydrologic cycle over the ASR domain

Aaron B. Wilson, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich and K. Hines

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

8.3

Land data assimilation in the Arctic System Reanalysis

Michael Barlage, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

8.4

Atmosphere and surface analysis over Northern high-latitude region using the WRF model and its data assimilation system

Zhiquan Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. C. Lin, B. Kuo, D. H. Bromwich, and L. S. Bai

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

8.5

Initial results from the Regional Arctic Climate system Model (RACM)

Matthew E. Higgins, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano, T. Craig, J. Jakacki, and C. Zhu

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

8.6

The Effects of Spectral Nudging on Arctic Temperature and Precipitation as Produced by the Pan-Arctic WRF

Justin M. Glisan, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and W. J. Gutowski and M. E. Higgins

5:15 PM

8.7

Intercomparison of WRF 3/4-Dimensional Variational (3/4D-Var) Data Assimilation Methods for Antarctic Applications over the Month of October 2007

Qingnong Xiao, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida; and K. Chu, B. Kuo, and D. H. Bromwich

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (936.6 kB)

Session

Conference Ends

Host: 11th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

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