Session 1 |
| | Tropics |
| 8:40 AM | 1.1 | Thermal variability of the tropical tropopause region derived from GPS/MET observations
William J. Randel, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 9:15 AM | 1.2 | Small-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 AM | 1.3 | Mixing 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 AM | 1.4 | Seasonal 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 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:30 AM | 1.5 | The stratospheric QBO in the NCEP reanalyses
Amihan S. Huesmann, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. H. Hitchman |
| 10:45 AM | 1.6 | The 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 AM | 1.7 | Wave 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 |
|  | 1.8 | Impacts of parameterized-gravity-wave driving of the quasi-biennial oscillation
Charles McLandress, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Scinocca |
| 11:15 AM | 1.10 | Isolation from planetary wave breaking of the lower tropical stratosphere
Kirill Semeniuk, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. A. Plumb |
| 11:29 AM | | Discussion
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| 11:39 AM | | Lunch Break
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| 12:59 PM | 1.14 | Effects 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 |