12th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Session 1: Tropics

Monday, 4 November 2002: 8:40 AM-1:15 PM
Papers:
  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
1.5
The stratospheric QBO in the NCEP reanalyses
Amihan S. Huesmann, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. H. Hitchman

  10:30 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

  10:46 AM
Isolation from planetary wave breaking of the lower tropical stratosphere
Kirill Semeniuk, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. A. Plumb

  11:00 AM
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

  11:15 AM
Coffee Break

  11:45 AM
Discussion

  11:55 AM
Lunch Break