12th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere (Expanded View)

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Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 3 November 2002
5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration
 
Monday, 4 November 2002
7:30 AM, Monday
Conference Registration continues through Thursday, 7 November
 
8:30 AM-8:40 AM, Monday
Welcoming Remarks
 
8:40 AM-1:15 PM, Monday
Session 1 Tropics
8:40 AM1.1Thermal variability of the tropical tropopause region derived from GPS/MET observations  
William J. Randel, NCAR, Boulder, CO
9:15 AM1.2Small-scale turbulence observations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere from MST radars  
Gregory D. Nastrom, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN; and T. E. VanZandt, T. Tsuda, and J. Furumoto
9:30 AM1.3Mixing in the region of the subtropical jet: An analysis of high resolution aircraft measurements  
Eric A. Ray, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and K. H. Rosenlof, E. C. Richard, and K. K. Kelly
9:45 AM1.4Seasonal variation of ascent rates in the tropical lower stratosphere as inferred from HALOE trace gases  
Masanori Niwano, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and K. Yamazaki and M. Shiotani
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM1.5The stratospheric QBO in the NCEP reanalyses  
Amihan S. Huesmann, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. H. Hitchman
10:45 AM1.6The non-linear response of stratospheric ascent to changes in planetary wave forcing and its effect on the QBO  
John P. McCormack, NRL, Washington, DC; and D. E. Siskind
11:00 AM1.7Wave drag parameterization in simple models of the quasi-biennial oscillation  
Lucy J. Campbell, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. G. Shepherd and C. McLandress
1.8Impacts of parameterized-gravity-wave driving of the quasi-biennial oscillation  
Charles McLandress, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Scinocca
11:15 AM1.10Isolation from planetary wave breaking of the lower tropical stratosphere  
Kirill Semeniuk, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. A. Plumb
11:29 AMDiscussion  
11:39 AMLunch Break  
12:59 PM1.14Effects of Parameterizing Convectively Forced Gravity Wave Drag in NCAR CCM3  
Hye-Yeong Chun, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; and I. -. S. Song, J. -. J. Baik, and Y. -. J. Kim
 
1:30 PM-5:00 PM, Monday
Session 2 Ozone
1:30 PM2.1A chemical lagrangian model of the stratosphere (CLAMS)  
Daniel S. McKenna, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Konopka, J. U. Groo�, G. Gunther, and R. M�ller
2:05 PM2.2Sensitivity of modeled ozone recovery to choice of meteorological fields  
Anne R. Douglass, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. E. Strahan
2:19 PM2.3paper moved to Poster Session 1, New Paper number p1.4a  
2:20 PM2.3aThe effect of transport and circulation differences on stratospheric ozone recovery in two 35-year three-dimensional simulations  
Susan E. Strahan, University of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and A. R. Douglass
2:35 PM2.4Effects of past and projected greenhouse gas increases on the stratospheric ozone equilibrium  
Michel S. Bourqui, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and C. P. Taylor and K. P. Shine
2:50 PM2.5Effects of Volcanic Eruptions on Stratospheric Ozone Recovery  
Joan E. Rosenfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
3:05 PMCoffee Break  
3:35 PM2.6Understanding past and future northern hemisphere ozone  
Theodore G. Shepherd, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
3:50 PM2.7Comparison of a 2D photochemical model to data using statistical trend analysis  
Richard Stolarski, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Hollandsworth-Frith, C. Jackman, and E. Fleming
4:05 PM2.8Analyses of the extratropical UT/LS: Measurement datasets and MOZART-3  
Chu-Feng Wei, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. J. Wuebbles and D. Kinnison
4:20 PM2.9Long-Term Variability of ozone and temperature in the tropical lower stratosphere: The role of extratropical wave forcing  
Lon L. Hood, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and B. E. Soukharev
4:35 PM2.10Interannual variability of ozone in the polar vortex during the fall season  
S. Randolph Kawa, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. A. Newman, M. R. Schoeberl, R. S. Stolarski, and R. Bevilacqua
4:50 PMDiscussion  
 
5:00 PM, Monday
Oral Sessions End for the Day
 
5:30 PM, Monday
Ice Breaker Reception
 
Tuesday, 5 November 2002
8:30 AM, Tuesday
Morning Coffee Break in poster Session room
 
8:30 AM, Tuesday
Poster Session 1 Poster Session 1 (with coffee)
 P1.1The evolution of an idealized arctic oscillation event  
Brent A. McDaniel, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
 P1.2Gravity wave/large-scale flow interaction: a comparison of observation and model prediction  
Redina L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and W. A. Robinson and S. J. Franke
 P1.3Radio Aeronomy at Onsala Space Observatory  
Peter M. Forkman, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala, Sweden; and P. Eriksson and A. Winnberg
 P1.4Paper moved to session 2, New Paper number 2.3a  
 P1.4aPolar photochemical response to predicted changes in source gas emissions between 2000 and 2030 in the Global Modeling Initiative 3D CTM  
David B. Considine, LRC, Hampton, VA; and S. E. Strahan, A. R. Douglass, A. Franz, P. S. Connell, and D. A. Rotman
 P1.5A global climatology of inertial instability and Rossby wave breaking  
John A. Knox, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and V. L. Harvey
 P1.6Turbulence and wind observation in the tropical tropopause region by the Equatorial Atmosphere Radar  
Masayuki Yamamoto, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and T. Horinouchi, M. Fujiwara, H. Hashiguchi, S. Fukao, and M. D. Yamanaka
 P1.7Variability of gravity wave activity over Tromelin island  
Fabrice Chane-Ming, Laboratoire de Physique de l'Atmosph�re, St Denis de la R�union, France; and R. A. Vincent, C. Marodon, J. Y. Tourneret, and J. Leveau
 P1.8Variability of total ozone over north-western Europe in the 1950s and in the 1990s: Frequency of low-ozone events  
S. Br�nnimann, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and L. Hood
 P1.9What controls the size of the Antarctic ozone hole?  
Paul A. Newman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. R. Nash and S. R. Kawa
 P1.10PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MAXIMUM OF THE NUMBER OF ASTHMA ATTAKS ON THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MAXIMUM OF THE NUMBER OF ASTHMA ATTAKS ON THE TERRYTORY OF THE SITY OF BITOLA-MACEDONIA  
Blagojce Mickovski, WMO, Bitola, Macedonia
 P1.11A theory for isentropic tracer interrelationships  
Noboru Nakamura, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
 P1.12Changes in tropical upwelling a possible cause for increases in stratospheric water vapor?  
Karen H. Rosenlof, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO
 P1.13Equatorial Atmosphere Radar: System and First Results  
Masayuki Yamamoto, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and H. Hashiguchi, S. Fukao, M. Yamamoto, T. Tsuda, T. Nakamura, T. Sato, M. Hagio, and Y. Yabugaki
 P1.14Exchange and mixing in the vicinity of the subtropical jet  
L. Laura Pan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Konopka, D. McKenna, W. Randel, B. Gary, M. J. Mahoney, and E. Browell
 P1.15Gravity wave effects on the mean flow and eddy mixing: possible comparison of the parameterization schemes.  
Valery A. Yudin, NCAR, Boulder, CO
 P1.16Gravity wave forcing in the stratosphere: Observationalconstraints from UARS  
M. Joan Alexander, NorthWest Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and K. H. Rosenlof
 P1.17Ground based infrared measurements of stratospheric chemistry from Thule, Greenland  
James W. Hannigan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. T. Coffey, A. Goldman, and W. G. Mankin
 P1.18lamination in the tropical stratosphere  
Hans-Jurg Jost, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA; and W. Parks
 P1.19Lower stratospheric equatorial downward motion during the westerly shear quasi-biennial oscillation phase  
Hyunah Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Choi and A. Lambert
 P1.20Performance of the Meteolabor "Snow White" chilled-mirror hygrometer in the tropical troposphere: Comparisons with the Vaisala RS80 A/H-Humicap sensors  
Masatomo Fujiwara, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Japan; and M. Shiotani, F. Hasebe, H. Voemel, S. Oltmans, P. W. Ruppert, T. Horinouchi, and T. Tsuda
 P1.21POAM Observations During the 2002 Antarctic Winter  
Douglas R. Allen, NRL, Washington, DC; and R. Bevilacqua, R. Bevilacqua, M. Fromm, K. Hoppel, and G. Nedoluha
 P1.22Quantifying asymmetric breaking of Rossby waves  
Noboru Nakamura, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
 P1.23Simulation of the 2-day wave in the NCAR Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model  
Rolando R. Garcia, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Sassi
 
10:15 AM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Session 3 Satellite Measurements
10:15 AM3.1An Overview and Science Results from the SABER Experiment on the Timed Satellite  
James M. Russell III, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and M. Mlynczak, L. Gordley, and et al.
10:50 AM3.2The Aura Mission and the �A-Train�  
Mark Schoeberl, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Douglass and E. Hilsenrath
11:05 AM3.3Capabilities and Role of the HIRDLS Experiment on EOS Aura  
John Gille, University of Colorado and NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Barnett, A. Lambert, M. Coffey, T. Eden, D. Kinnison, W. Mankin, and B. Nardi
11:20 AM3.4Monitoring and Assimilation of MLS Measurements in the DAO Ozone Data Assimilation System  
Nathan Winslow, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and I. Stajner and R. Rood
11:35 AM3.5The LIMS Version 6 water vapor distributions  
Ellis Remsberg, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and V. L. Harvey, M. Natarajan, and L. Gordley
11:50 AMDiscussion  
12:00 PMLunch Break  
 
1:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday
Session 4 Mesosphere
1:30 PM4.1Radar studies of the dynamics of the polar mesosphere  
Robert A. Vincent, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
2:05 PM4.2The dynamics of seasonal variability in the global structure of the diurnal tide  
David A. Ortland, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and C. McLandress and M. J. Alexander
2:20 PM4.3Impact of Tides on the Radiative Budget of the Mesosphere  
Anne K. Smith, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. R. Marsh
2:35 PM4.4The effects of gravity wave breaking in the upper mesosphere  
Fabrizio Sassi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. A. Boville, D. Kinnison, R. R. Garcia, and R. Roble
2:50 PM4.5Generation of the two-day wave as a barotropic instability  
Diane Pendlebury, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and T. J. Dunkerton
3:05 PMCoffee Break  
3:35 PM4.6OH column abundance over JPL's TMF 1997�2001: Analysis and interpretation  
Franklin P. Mills, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. P. Cageao, V. Nemtchinov, S. P. Sander, B. Chu, Y. Jiang, M. Allen, E. Karpilovsky, Y. L. Yung, J. Russell, and E. E. Remsberg
3:50 PM4.7H2O Ice at the Mesopause: HALOE Ice Saturation Regions and PMC  
Geoff Crowley, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX; and J. Olivero, C. Hackert, G. Thomas, J. Russell, and L. Gordley
4:05 PM4.8Mesospheric clouds, solar influences, and mystery within a changing atmosphere  
John J. Olivero, Embry-Riddle University, Daytona Beach, FL; and G. E. Thomas, E. P. Shettle, M. T. DeLand, and S. P. Burton
4:20 PM4.9Parameterization of Non-LTE Source Function with Chemical Production by an Equivalent Two-level Model  
Xun Zhu, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD
4:35 PM4.10Turbulence at the tropopause due to breaking Kelvin waves observed by the Equatorial Atmosphere Radar  
Masatomo Fujiwara, Radio Science Center for Space and Atmosphere, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and M. K. Yamamoto, H. Hashiguchi, T. Horinouchi, and S. Fukao
4:50 PMDiscussion  
 
5:00 PM, Tuesday
Sessions end for the day
 
Wednesday, 6 November 2002
8:30 AM, Wednesday
Poster Session 2 Poster Session 2 (with Coffee)
 P2.1Lidar measurements of middle atmosphere gravity wave climatology at Davis, Antarctica  
Andrew R. Klekociuk, Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia; and R. A. Vincent, A. J. Dowdy, J. L. Innis, and M. M. Lambert
 P2.2Non-orographic generation of arctic PSCs during December 1999  
Matthew H. Hitchman, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. L. Buker
 P2.3Observations of Cirrus and Aerosol in the Upper Troposphere  
Steven T. Massie, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. J. Randel
 P2.4Physical Mechanism of the Arctic and Antarctic Oscillations  
Evgeny A. Jadin, Central Aerological Observatory, Dolgoprudny, Moscow, Russia; and V. E. Kadygrov
P2.5The temporal trend of CO2 and the mean age of the air in the stratosphere derived from balloon borne whole air measurements  
Andreas Engel, J. W. Goethe University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; and U. Schmidt, C. Poss, and I. Levin
 P2.6Retrieval of atmospheric profiles of temperature and trace species from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder  
Alyn Lambert, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Khosravi, H. Lee, D. Edwards, J. Gille, and K. Stone
 P2.7Sensitivity Studies for Assimilated Ozone Profiles  
Ivanka Stajner, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and N. Winslow, K. Wargan, R. Rood, and S. Pawson
 P2.8Stratospheric temperature data continuity  
Alvin J. Miller, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and M. E. Gelman, R. Lin, and M. D. Goldberg
 P2.9The 6.5-day Wave in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere: Evidence for Baroclinic Instability  
Ruth S. Lieberman, Northwest Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and D. Riggin
 P2.10Retrieval of vertical abundances for CO and molecules with weak emission lines using the Odin satellite Sub-Millimeter Radiometer measurements  
Eric Dupuy, Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers, Floirac, France; and P. Ricaud, J. Urban, N. Lauti�, E. LeFlochmo�n, C. Jimenez, P. Eriksson, J. De La No�, D. Murtagh, and M. Olberg
 P2.11Interannual variations in stratospheric tracers  
Jun Ma, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and D. W. Waugh, P. Newman, A. R. Douglass, and S. Pawson
 P2.12Influence of Solar Variability on Stratospheric Dynamics  
Alexander Ruzmaikin, JPL, Pasadena, CA
 P2.13A Comparison of the Stratospheric Age-Spectra from Data Assimilation Models  
Mark Schoeberl, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Douglass, Z. Zhu, and S. Pawson
 P2.14April 18-24, 2002: PEM observations of atmospheric energy input and ionization rates determined from precipitating charged particles  
Rudy A. Frahm, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX; and G. Crowley, J. D. Winningham, J. R. Sharber, and L. J. Paxton
 P2.15Biological effects of the Earth magnetic field and extra-low- frequency atmospheric pressure oscillations  
Yuri P. Gorgo, Kiev Taras Shevchenko National University, Kiev, Ukraine; and T. G. Miroshnik and L. A. Didyk
 P2.16Calibration and Validation of the SSMIS Upper Atmosphere Sounding Capability  
Steven D. Swadley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and B. Burns
 P2.17Descent rate in the Antarctic vortex estimated by ADEOS/ILAS trace gases and its relation to dynamical fields  
Nozomi Kawamoto, National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), Tokyo, Japan; and H. Kanzawa and M. Shiotani
 P2.18Diagnosis of wave-mean-flow interaction and Lagrangian-mean circulation based on the pressure-isentrope hybrid vertical coordinates  
Toshiki Iwasaki, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; and D. Tanaka
 P2.19Dynamical contributions to long-term total ozone trends in the midlatitude Northern Hemesphere  
Grigori N. Nikouline, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
 P2.20Effect of Short-Term Solar Ultraviolet Flux Variability in a Coupled Model of Photochemistry and Dynamics  
Xun Zhu, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD; and J. H. Yee and E. R. Talaat
 P2.21A case study of the 2001/2002 winter Polar Arctic stratosphere as inferred from GPS radio occultations  
Manuel de la Torre Jurez, JPL/ California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
 P2.22A gravity wave induced ice-cloud over Greenland: model validation and investigation of dynamical mechanisms  
S. Buss, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Zurich, Switzerland; and H. Wernli and H. Davies
 P2.23A Fast Stratospheric Chemistry Model for General Circulation Models  
Chris P. Taylor, The University of Reading, Reading, UK
 
10:15 AM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 5 Long-term Changes
10:15 AM5.1What is our understanding of the observed temperature variations and changes in the stratosphere?  
V. Ramaswamy, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ
10:50 AM5.2Trends of stratospheric trace species for the last ten years observed by HALOE and their chemical mechanisms  
Wookap Choi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD; and D. Youn, D. J. Wuebbles, and K. O. Patten
11:05 AM5.3The stratospheric circulation during the Eocene: a mechanistic study of the stratospheric response to changes in surface temperature gradients  
Jessica L. Neu, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and D. B. Kirk-Davidoff, D. P. Schrag, R. A. Plumb, and J. G. Anderson
11:20 AM5.4Response of the Middle Atmosphere to altered depictions of past and future climates  
David Rind, NASA, New York, NY; and M. Prather and C. McLinden
11:35 AM5.5A Clear Signal of the 11-year Solar Cycle in Atmospheric Data  
Katie Coughlin, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. K. Tung
11:50 AMDiscussion  
12:00 PMLunch Break  
 
1:30 PM-3:35 PM, Wednesday
Session 6 Climate Coupling between Stratosphere -and Troposphere
1:30 PM6.1The role of the stratosphere in tropospheric weather & climate  
Mark P. Baldwin, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA
2:05 PM6.2Feedback on Tropospheric Wave Activity from Radiatively Induced Stratospheric Cooling in the Stratosphere in Late Winter  
Yongyun Hu, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. K. Tung
2:20 PM6.3Tropospheric response to stratospheric perturbations in a relatively simple general circulation model  
Lorenzo M. Polvani, Columbia University, New York, NY; and P. J. Kushner
2:35 PM6.4Dynamical response of the troposphere and stratosphere to radiative equilibrium changes in a simple global circulation model  
Masakazu Taguchi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. L. Hartmann
2:50 PM6.5Changes in stratosphere-troposphere circulation induced by volcanic aerosol  
Mihaela Caian, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom; and J. D. Haigh
3:05 PMCoffee Break  
 
3:30 PM-4:55 PM, Wednesday
Session 7 Gravity Waves
3:30 PM7.1A meridional scan of the stratosphere over the ocean  
Kaoru Sato, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Yamamori, S. Ogino, N. Takahashi, Y. Tomikawa, and T. Yamanouchi
3:45 PM7.2A mechanism of enhanced temperature fluctuations by gravity waves in critical layers  
Tatiana L. Erukhimova, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and V. Y. Trakhtengerts
4:00 PM7.3A representation of the full gravity wave spectrum generated by convection in realistic environmental wind conditions  
Jadwiga H. Beres, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. J. Alexander and J. R. Holton
4:15 PM7.4Convectively generated gravity waves simulated throughout the equatorial middle atmosphere  
Takeshi Horinouchi, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
4:30 PM7.5Explicit modeling of gravity-wave breaking above deep convection  
Todd P. Lane, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Sharman and T. L. Clark
4:45 PMDiscussion  
 
4:55 PM, Wednesday
Sessions End for the day
 
Thursday, 7 November 2002
8:30 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Session 8 Polar Stratosphere
8:30 AM8.1Denitrification of the Polar Stratosphere  
Paul O. Wennberg, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. Dhaniyala and K. McKinney
9:05 AM8.2Surface crystallization of supercooled droplets in clouds  
Azadeh Tabazadeh, NASA/ARC, Moffett Field, CA
9:20 AM8.3Clouds in the winter Arctic tropopause region during SOLVE  
Leonhard Pfister, NASA/ARC, Moffett Field, CA; and H. Selkirk, B. Anderson, J. Podolske, G. Sachse, M. Avery, and M. Schoeberl
9:35 AM8.4The role of NOy as a diagnostic of small-scale mixing in a denitrified polar vortex  
R. S. Gao, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Popp, E. A. Ray, K. H. Rosenlof, M. J. Northway, D. W. Fahey, A. F. Tuck, C. R. Webster, D. F. Hurst, S. M. Schauffler, H. Jost, and T. P. Bui
9:50 AM8.5Influence of the Tibetan High on the south polar vortex: mechanistic modeling and observations  
Marek J. Rogal, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. H. Hitchman
10:05 AMCoffee Break  
10:35 AM8.6Evolutional Paths of Stratospheric Polar Vortices  
Ping-ping Rong, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and D. Waugh
10:50 AM8.7A climatology of vortex life cycles in the stratosphere and their effect on tracer transport  
V. Lynn Harvey, LRC, Hampton, VA; and R. B. Pierce, T. D. Fairlie, and M. H. Hitchman
11:05 AM8.8The influence of vortex edge thickness on Rossby wave breaking  
Richard K. Scott, Columbia University, New York, NY; and D. G. Dritschel, L. M. Polvani, and D. W. Waugh
11:20 AM8.9A parameter-sweep experiment on the effect of equatorial QBO on the occurrence of stratospheric sudden warmings  
Yoko Naito, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and M. Taguchi and S. Yoden
11:35 AM8.10Model Studies of Winter Hemisphere stratospheric Flow Regimes  
Lesley J. Gary, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxon, England
11:50 AMDiscussion  
12:00 PMLunch Break  
 
1:30 PM-3:35 PM, Thursday
Session 9 Tropical Transition Layer
1:30 PM9.1Ice cloud formation and dehydration in the tropical tropopause layer  
Eric Jensen, NASA/ARC, Moffett Field, CA
2:05 PM9.2Clouds, water vapor and climate in the tropical tropopause region  
Andrew Gettelman, NCAR, Boulder, CO
2:20 PM9.3Driving of the annual cycle in tropical tropopause temperatures by localized breaking of synoptic-scale waves  
Warwick Norton, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; and A. Kerr-Munslow
2:35 PM9.4The connection between stratospheric intrusions and tropical convection  
Beatriz Funatsu, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and D. Waugh
2:50 PM9.5The origins of thin cirrus observed in the tropical tropopause layer over the Pacific Ocean: Convective influence case studies from the GTE Pacific Exploratory Missions  
Henry B. Selkirk, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA; and L. Pfister and E. V. Browell
3:05 PMCoffee Break  
 
3:35 PM-5:10 PM, Thursday
Session 10 Transport and Mixing
3:35 PM10.1Stratospheric mixing driven by horizontal flow deformations: Satellite and in-situ observations versus transport studies with the Chemical Lagrangian Model of the Stratosphere (CLaMS)  
Paul Konopka, Research Center Juelich, Juelich, Germany; and J. U. Grooss, G. Guenther, R. Mueller, M. Riese, D. McKenna, and V. Kuell
3:50 PM10.2Large-scale mixing in the middle atmosphere  
Jennifer Verlaine Lukovich, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. G. Shepherd
4:05 PM10.3Mixing and transport in the tropopause region: quantification techniques and investigation of variability  
Emily F. Shuckburgh, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
4:20 PM10.4Quantifying the tropopause mixing barrier in the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model  
David Sankey, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. G. Shepherd
4:35 PM10.5Troposphere-to-stratosphere transport and implications for water vapour in the extratropical lowermost stratosphere  
Heini Wernli, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and M. Sprenger and C. Schiller
4:50 PM10.6Quantifying cross-tropopause ozone flux over East Asia during TRACE-P  
Marcus Lee B�ker, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. H. Hitchman and R. B. Pierce
5:05 PMConcluding Remarks  
 
5:10 PM, Thursday
Confernce Ends
 

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