Program: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography (12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography)

Program Chairs: Jessica Cherry , University of Alaska ; Andrew Roberts , Naval Postgraduate School

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Sunday, 28 April 2013

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5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 28 April 2013

Registration Opens

Location: Compass Foyer (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Monday, 29 April 2013

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7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 29 April 2013

Registration Continues Throughout the Conference

Location: Compass Foyer (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

8:30 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 29 April 2013

Session 1

Observational Networks and Systems

Location: South Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Host: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Von P. Walden, University of Idaho

8:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks

8:45 AM

1.1

Variability of Arctic Ocean heat content: A model-based analysis and implications for autonomous observing systems

Michael Steele, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and Camille Lique, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

1.2

Antarctic Satellite Composite Imagery: 20 Years of Polar Observations

Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. E. Mikolajczyk, R. A. Kohrs, J. Robiadek, D. A. Santek, N. Bearson, and S. L. Knuth

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

1.3

The Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Network: The Challenges and Rewards of Making Polar Observations

David E. Mikolajczyk, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. A. Lazzara, L. J. Welhouse, L. M. Keller, J. E. Thom, M. Tsukernik, and J. J. Cassano

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

1.4

2012 Seasonal Forecasts Using the Navy's Arctic Cap Nowcast/Forecast System

Richard Allard, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. Posey, E. J. Metzger, R. H. Preller, D. A. Hebert, A. J. Wallcraft, M. W. Phelps, J. Hutchings, and O. M. Smedstad

Recorded Presentation

1.5

Operational Synthetic Aperture Radar High Resolution Winds in the Arctic

Manuscript (630.9 kB)

10:00 AM

1.6

Results from a new reconstruction of Antarctic near-surface temperatures since the 1950s

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

Recorded Presentation

10:15 AM

1.7

The Impacts of Historical Observational Network Coverage on Our Understanding of Arctic Hydrology and Climate

Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and A. S. Jacobs

Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 29 April 2013

Coffee Break

Location: Compass Foyer (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 29 April 2013

Session 2

Ice Sheets

Location: South Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Host: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Shelley L. Knuth, University of Colorado

11:00 AM

2.1

The ICECAPS experiment — An overview of the Integrated Characterization of Energy, Clouds, Atmospheric state, and Precipitation at Summit, Greenland

Von Walden, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and M. Shupe, D. D. Turner, R. Bennartz, B. Castellani, C. Cox, M. S. Kulie, N. Miller, R. R. Neely III, and C. Pettersen

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

2.2

Sensitivity of Northeast Greenland ice flow to errors in surface mass balance using ISSM

Nicole-Jeanne Schlegel, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. Y. Larour, D. Halkides, and J. Box

11:30 AM

2.3

Evaluations of the Navy's ACNFS versus NASA IceBridge Data

David A. Hebert, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. Allard, P. Posey, A. J. Wallcraft, O. M. Smedstad, E. J. Metzger, M. W. Phelps, and S. L. Farrell

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

2.4

West Antarctic Surface Melt: Recent Drivers, Future Directions

David B. Reusch, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and C. Karmosky, D. J. Lampkin, and D. Schneider

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

2.5

Tropical forcing of climate and ice sheet change in Antarctica: implications for the future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Eric J. Steig, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

12:15 PM-1:45 PM: Monday, 29 April 2013

Lunch Break

1:45 PM-3:15 PM: Monday, 29 April 2013

Session 3

Clouds and their Impacts on the Climate System

Location: South Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Host: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Jennifer Kay, NCAR

1:45 PM

3.1

Juicier Southern Ocean Clouds Over the 21st Century?

Jennifer Kay, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Medeiros, C. M. Bitz, and A. Gettelman

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

3.2

Underestimation of the greenhouse effect by Polar supercooled water clouds

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

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

3.3

The intricate role of clouds in the Arctic surface energy budget: A look at the recent Greenland surface melting event

Ralf Bennartz, Madison, WI; and M. Shupe, D. D. Turner, V. Walden, K. Steffen, C. J. Cox, M. S. Kulie, N. Miller, and C. Pettersen

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

3.4

Impacts of CAM5 Cloud Microphysics on Arctic clouds and radiation

Jason M. English, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Kay and A. Gettelman

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

3.5

The Cloud, Aerosol Polarization and Backscatter Lidar at Summit, Greenland

Ryan R. Neely III, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and M. Hayman, R. Stillwell, J. P. Thayer, R. M. Hardesty, M. O'Neill, M. Shupe, and C. Alvarez

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

3.6

Arctic cloud-driven mixed layers and surface coupling state

Matthew Shupe, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and P. O. G. Persson and A. Solomon

Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM-3:45 PM: Monday, 29 April 2013

Coffee Break

Location: Compass Foyer (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

3:45 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 29 April 2013

Session 4

Extreme Events

Location: South Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Host: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Steve Vavrus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

3:45 PM

4.1

The Influence of Arctic Amplification on Mid-latitude Atmospheric Circulation and Extreme Events

Steve Vavrus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and J. A. Francis

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

4.2

More Observational Evidence Linking Arctic Amplification and Extreme Weather in Mid-Latitudes

Jennifer A. Francis, Rutgers University, Highlands, NJ; and S. Vavrus

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

4.3

The climatological distribution of extreme Arctic winds, and implications for ocean and sea ice processes

Mimi Hughes, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

4.4

Analysis of synoptic forcing for widespread surface temperature extremes across Alaska

Elizabeth N. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano, W. J. Gutowski, and J. M. Glisan

4:45 PM

4.5

Extreme Events at Summit, Greenland: 3 days, 3 years, and 33 summers

Nathaniel Miller, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and V. P. Walden, D. D. Turner, M. Shupe, R. Bennartz, C. Pettersen, M. S. Kulie, C. C. Cox, and B. Castellani

Recorded Presentation

Handout (13.5 MB)

5:00 PM

4.6

A Synoptic-Dynamic Analysis of the Intense Arctic Cyclone of Early August 2012

Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and A. H. Turchioe and E. Adamchick

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

4.7

Multi-Regime States of Extreme Behavior of Arctic Atmospheric Circulation

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

Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 29 April 2013

Opening Reception

Location: Visions (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Speaker: Hal Hansen, Historian, Naval Postgraduate School and Teacher, Pacific Collegiate School

5:30 PM

The Role of the Poles in World History (Invited Presentation)

Hal Hansen, Historian, Naval Postgraduate School and Teacher, Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz, CA

Recorded Presentation

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Session 5

Boundary Layer Physics and Coupling

Location: South Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Host: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

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

8:30 AM

5.1

Impacts of Surface Fluxes on the Mixed Layer Depth Evolution in the Southern Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf

Somayeh Nahavandian Esfahani, INRS (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique), Quebec City, QC, Canada; and L. Prieur and Y. Gratton

Recorded Presentation

Handout (1.4 MB)

8:45 AM

5.2

Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes from In Situ Aircraft Observations in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica

Shelley L. Knuth, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

5.3

Spatial Correlation of Surface-Level Variables over Arctic Sea Ice

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

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (567.1 kB)

9:15 AM

5.4

Evaluating Arctic Lower Tropospheric Stability in Transpose AMIP Models

Neil P. Barton, DeVine Consulting, Inc., Monterey, CA; and S. Klein and J. Boyle

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

5.5

The role of snow-surface coupling, radiation and turbulent mixing in modeling a stable boundary layer over Arctic sea-ice

H. A. M. Sterk, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and G. J. Steeneveld and A. A. M. Holtslag

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

5.6

Polar Specific Humidity Inversions in Five Reanalyses

Michael A. Brunke, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and S. T. Stegall and X. Zeng

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Coffee Break

Location: North/West Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Session 6

Polar System Modeling I

Location: South Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Host: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Jessica Cherry, University of Alaska

10:30 AM

6.1

Modeling Arctic Climate with a Regional Arctic System Model (RASM)

John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. A. Brunke, A. Craig, A. DuVivier, B. J. Fisel, W. J. Gutowski, M. E. Higgins, M. Hughes, D. P. Lettenmaier, W. Maslowski, B. Nijssen, R. Osinski, A. Roberts, and X. Zeng

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

6.2

The Land-Ocean Freshwater Flux in the Regional Arctic System Model (RASM): Assessing Model Performance Using Streamflow

Joseph J. Hamman, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. Nijssen, A. Roberts, and D. Lettenmaier

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

6.3

The Inclusion of a Model to Simulate Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling into the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) Model for Use in the Regional Arctic System Model (RASM)

Michael A. Brunke, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and B. Nijssen, X. Zeng, D. P. Lettenmaier, and K. Sakaguchi

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

6.4

Simulating fractal properties of sea ice deformation in a high-resolution Arctic System Model

Andrew Roberts, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and T. Mills and W. Maslowski

6.5

Modeling Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean Mean States and Coupling in the Southern Ocean: The Impact of Model Resolution

11:45 AM

6.6

Sensitivity of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer process to sea ice concentration: Polar WRF forced with multiple sea ice datasets

Hyodae Seo, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and J. Yang

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Session 7

Polar System Modeling II

Location: South Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Host: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Andrew Roberts, Naval Postgraduate School

1:30 PM

7.1

Evaluating Sea Ice Enhancements to the Noah LSM in Polar WRF

Keith Hines, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, L. S. Bai, J. Powers, and K. W. Manning

Recorded Presentation

7.2

Improving Polar WRF Forecasts of Antarctic Cyclones using Data Assimilation Techniques

1:45 PM

7.3

Arctic System Reanalysis

David H. Bromwich, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and L. S. Bai, K. M. Hines, S. H. Wang, B. Kuo, Z. Liu, and M. Barlage

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

7.4

The evaluation of Arctic reanalyses and climate models using downwelling longwave fluxes at Summit Station, Greenland

Christopher James Cox, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and V. P. Walden, M. Shupe, G. P. Compo, K. Steffen, and G. de Boer

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

7.5

Interpreting Observed Arctic Snow Trends with Large Ensembles of Climate Simulations

Lawrence R. Mudryk, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. J. Kushner and C. Derksen

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

7.6

Evaluation of pan-Arctic seasonal melt-freeze transitions retrieved from satellite radar, CMIP5 climate models, reanalyses, and observations

Jonas Mortin, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and R. G. Graversen and G. Svensson

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: North/West Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Poster Session

Posters

Location: North/West Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Host: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

UK Met Office Unified Model high-resolution simulations of an Antarctic strong wind event

Andrew Orr, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and T. Phillips, A. D. Elvidge, M. Weeks, S. Webster, J. S. Hosking, and J. Turner

The influence of the Amundsen-Bellingshausen Seas Low on the climate of West Antarctica and its representation in coupled climate model simulations

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

The role of downwelling longwave radiation in the response of sea ice to increasing CO2

Melissa A. Burt, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. A. Randall and M. Branson

Influence of the tropics on the Southern Annular Mode

Qinghua Ding, University of Washington, seattle, WA; and E. Steig, D. Battisti, and J. M. Wallace

Temperature change on the Antarctic Peninsula linked to the tropical Pacific

Qinghua Ding, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and E. Steig

Global Hawk Dropsonde Observations of the Arctic Atmosphere

Transmittance of Solar Radiation Through a Melting First-year Sea Ice Cover: Effects of Ice Thickness, Surface Melt Ponds, and Ice Microstructure

Bonnie Light, APL, Seattle, WA; and D. Perovich and M. A. Webster

Pacific Inflow and Mesoscale Eddy in the Western Arctic: Based on FESOM with Regional Focus

Qun Li, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, China; and Q. Wang, H. Wu, and Z. Zhang

Polar Lows in the Nordic Seas Observed Over 1995–2012 with Satellite Microwave Radiometers

Leonid Bobylev, Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre/Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia; and E. Zabolotskikh, V. Kudryavtsev, J. Smirnova, and L. Mitnik

Relationships between ice core proxy data from the McCall Glacier, Alaska and the large-scale synoptic climatology

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

Modeled oceanic response to high-resolution atmospheric forcing during extreme mesoscale wind events around Greenland

Alice DuVivier, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Cassano, R. Osinski, A. Craig, A. Roberts, and W. Maslowski

Handout (2.6 MB)

Warming, Freshening, and Contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water between the 1980s and 2000s

Sarah G. Purkey, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. C. Johnson

Handout (8.8 MB)

The Effects of Air Temperature on Arctic Snowfall Gauge Measurements

Rachel E. Jordan, Jordan Environmental Modeling, PC, Hanover, NH; and E. L. Andreas, K. Sugiura, and D. Yang

Manuscript (994.1 kB)

Handout (3.4 MB)

Validation of the WRF 3D and single-column model over snow-covered surfaces in stable conditions

H. A. M. Sterk, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and G. J. Steeneveld, T. Vihma, and A. A. M. Holtslag

Interrelationship between interannual extremes of Antarctic sea ice and atmospheric blocking on the Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic

Camila Bertoletti Carpenedo, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences/Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and T. Ambrizzi

Examination of high latitude cloud variability in dynamical context

Axel J. Schweiger, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. Lindsay

The ACCIMA Project — Coupled Modeling of the High Southern Latitudes

David H. Bromwich, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and L. S. Bai, M. S. Dinniman, E. P. Gerber, K. M. Hines, D. M. Holland, J. M. Klinck, J. P. Nicolas, and C. Yoo

Evaluation of seven different atmospheric reanalysis products in the Arctic

Ron Lindsay, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Observing Network Design Applied to Antarctic Surface Weather Observations

Natalia Hryniw, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. J. Hakim, G. S. Mauger, K. A. Bumbaco, and E. J. Steig

Observed Variations in Multi-Decadal Antarctic Sea Ice Trends During 1979–2009

Graham R. Simpkins, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; and L. M. Ciasto and M. England

Tropical Connections to Extra-Tropical Climatic Change

Graham R. Simpkins, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; and S. McGregor, A. Taschetto, and M. England

Effects of Greenland's Runoff in a Regional Arctic System Model

Saffia Hossainzadeh, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA; and R. Osinski, W. Maslowski, and S. Tulaczyk

The effect of lead formation by ridging on the Arctic climate in coupled model simulations

Torge Martin, APL, Seattle, WA; and M. Winton

lake-effect-like snow storms in the Arctic

Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and Y. Wang

Development of Curricular Materials based on Climate Change Datasets and Measurements

Anna Carolina Barbosa, University of Texas, El Paso, TX; and W. H. Robertson

Intercomparison of tropical-to-high latitude teleconnection effects on Antarctic ice sheet surface mass balance parameters on multiple timescales in several atmospheric re-analyses

Daria Halkides, JPL/JIFRESSE, Pasadena, CA; and N. J. Schlegel and E. Y. Larour

Interactions Between Clouds, Atmospheric Boundary-Layer, and Snow-Covered Sea Ice during the SHEBA Winter

P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and A. Solomon, M. Shupe, G. deBoer, and C. Wheeler

Evaluating the Antarctic Observational Network with the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS)

Karin Bumbaco, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. Mauger, G. J. Hakim, E. J. Steig, and N. Hryniw

Antarctic Station Based Pressure Variations during the 20th Century

Ryan L. Fogt, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and M. Y. Lee

Historical climatology of the Alaska climate divisions

Peter Bieniek, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. E. Walsh and R. Thoman

A New Suite of Northern Hemisphere Snow and Ice Earth System Data Records

David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and T. W. Estilow, M. R. Anderson, D. K. Hall, G. R. Henderson, T. L. Mote, and M. A. Tschudi

Manuscript (5.9 kB)

Handout (7.7 MB)

Hydrographic Changes in the Beaufort Sea in the 2005–2012 Period: Comparison of Models and CTD Surveys

S. Piacsek, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. Posey, L. Smedstad, and D. Hebert

The Variability of the Amundsen-Bellingshausen Seas Low in Multiple NCAR CAM3.0 Simulations

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

Tidal contribution to sea ice variability in the Ross Sea from AMSR-E satellite data and modeling

Stefanie Mack, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA; and L. Padman, S. Springer, M. Dinniman, and J. Klinck

Handout (2.3 MB)

Cloud Microphysics and Radiative Forcing Over West Antarctica from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)

Dan Lubin, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and B. H. Kahn, V. P. Walden, and P. M. Rowe

Spectral and Broadband Albedos of Antarctic Sea Ice Types: Snow, Nilas, Slush, Frost-flowers

Maria C. Zatko, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. G. Warren

Handout (5.6 MB)

Antarctic Dipole: Its Index and Feedback to the Atmosphere

Xiaojun Yuan, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, New York, NY; and K. Jensen

Antarctic Cloud Properties Retrieved from the Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases (IMG) for Dec. 1996 – June 1997

Penny M. Rowe, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and V. P. Walden and D. Lubin

Adventure Learning @ Greenland: Education and Outreach in the Arctic

Christopher J. Cox, NOAA: Earth Systems Research Laboratory (ESRL), Boulder, CO; and B. G. Miller, V. P. Walden, R. J. Hougham, K. Bradley, and A. Albano

The Sensitivity of Arctic Stratocumulus to Moisture Sources in the Subcloud and Cloud Top Inversion layers

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

Evolution of the trend in observed Antarctic sea ice extent

Ian Eisenman, SIO/Univ. Of California, San Diego, CA

A SOM-based approach for analyzing daily precipitation extremes over the North American Arctic

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

Handout (3.0 MB)

Ozone Depletion Events in the Ross Island Region, Antarctica and the Associated Meteorological Conditions

Mark W. Seefeldt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. M. Burg, L. E. Kalnajs, and M. A. Lazzara

Handout (6.5 MB)

Evaluation of WRF Radiation and Microphysics Parameterizations for Use in the Arctic

Mark W. Seefeldt, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. L. Tice, J. J. Cassano, and M. Shupe

Handout (6.1 MB)

Wave Powered Buoys as a Persistent Sensor Platform for High Latitude Environmental Monitoring

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Session 8

Sea Ice-Ocean State and Climate I

Location: South Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Host: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Ian Eisenman, SIO/Univ. Of California

8:30 AM

8.1

Bias-corrected sea ice thickness estimates through model-data fusion

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

8:45 AM

8.2

Rapid widening of Arctic marginal ice zone over satellite record

Courtenay Strong, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and I. Rigor

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

8.3

Snow Depth on Sea Ice in the Changing Arctic

Melinda A. Webster, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and I. G. Rigor, S. V. Nghiem, M. Sturm, N. Kurtz, and S. L. Farrell

9:15 AM

8.4

Sea Ice Kinematic Characteristics in the Outflow Region of the Arctic Ocean

Ruibo Lei, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, China; and P. Heil, J. Wang, Z. Zhang, Q. Li Sr., and N. Li

9:30 AM

8.5

Recent changes in the exchange of sea ice between the Arctic Ocean and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Stephen Howell, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. Wohlleben, M. Dabboor, C. Derksen, A. Komarov, and L. Pizzolato

9:45 AM

8.6

A thin ice cover, a strong summer cyclone, and the record minimum Arctic sea ice extent in 2012

Jinlun Zhang, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. Lindsay, A. Schweiger, and M. Steele

Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.2 MB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Coffee Break

Location: North/West Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Session 9

Sea Ice-Ocean State and Climate II

Location: South Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Host: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Mac Cathles, Univ. of Chicago

10:30 AM

9.1

Climate Impacts of the Loss of Summer Sea Ice in the Beaufort Sea

James E. Overland, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and M. Wang and K. R. Wood

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

9.2

The Recent Shift Of The Arctic Atmospheric Circulation And The Reduction Of Sea Ice

Muyin Wang, University of Washington, Seattle,, WA; and J. E. Overland

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

9.3

Evaluating post Arctic sea ice minima weather patterns over North America using multiple synoptic climatological approaches

Thomas J. Ballinger, Kent State University, Kent, OH; and S. C. Sheridan

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

9.4

North Atlantic warming and declining volume of arctic sea ice

Vladimir Alexeev, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and V. V. Ivanov, R. Kwok, and L. H. Smedsrud

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

9.5

Assessing the possibility of a runaway ice-albedo feedback

Ian Eisenman, SIO/Univ. Of California, San Diego, CA

11:45 AM

9.6

On Processes and Feedbacks Contributing to Arctic Amplification

Wieslaw Maslowski, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and J. Clement Kinney, S. Okkonen, R. Osinski, and A. Roberts

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Session 10

Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation, Variability and Dynamics I

Location: South Room (Renaissance Seattle Hotel)

Host: 12th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair: Norman James Shippee, University of Victoria

1:30 PM

10.1

A synthesis of modeled variability in the Bering Sea during 1948–2009

Jaclyn Clement Kinney, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and W. Maslowski, R. Osinski, and J. Scianna

1:45 PM

10.2

Modeling Atlantic Water pathways and variability in the Norwegian, Greenland and Barents Seas in the past 60 years

Robert Osinski, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Spot, Poland; and W. Maslowski, J. Clement Kinney, and W. Walczowski

Recorded Presentation

10.3

Synoptic Drivers of Observed Wave States in Southern Chukchi Sea

2:15 PM

10.4

Seasonal Storminess in the North Pacific, Bering Sea, and Alaskan Regions

Norman James Shippee, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; and D. E. Atkinson, J. E. Walsh, J. Gottschalck, J. L. Partain Jr., and J. Marra

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

10.5

Associations between the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Arctic sea ice concentration

Gina Henderson, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and B. S. Barrett and M. Lafleur

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

10.6

Midlatitude Surface Warming and the Arctic Free Troposphere

Paul J. Kushner, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and F. Laliberte

Recorded Presentation