Session 9 | |||
Orographic, Coastal and Other Thermally Driven Mesoscale Circulation Systems | |||
Chair: Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV | |||
10:30 AM | 9.1 | Explaining the large drying ratios observed in flows past Patagonia Daniel Kirshbaum, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith | |
10:45 AM | 9.2 | Mesoscale Modeling of Urban Circulation Forced by Airflow and Urban Heat Island ![]() Albert F. Kurbatskiy, Novosibirsk State University, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia | |
11:00 AM | 9.3 | Using diurnal surface pressure variations to study valley circulation ![]() ![]() Yanping Li, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith and V. Grubisic | |
11:15 AM | 9.4 | Mesoscale variations in surface heat fluxes over Lake Erie pack ice David A. R. Kristovich, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and M. L. Spinar, M. R. Hjelmfelt, and W. J. Capehart | |
11:30 AM | 9.5 | The impact of soil moisture perturbations on the initiation of convection over West Africa Matthew F. Garvert, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; and C. Taylor and P. Harris | |
11:45 AM | 9.6 | Mesoscale circulations driven by subvisible cirrus near the tropical tropopause Dale Durran, University of Wasington, Seattle, WA; and M. Ammerman | |
12:00 PM | 9.7 | Boundary-layer energy transport and cumulus development over a heated mountain ![]() Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY |
Wednesday, 8 August 2007: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Waterville Room
* - Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting