12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes

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Sunday, 5 August 2007

6:00 AM-11:55 PM: Sunday, 5 August 2007


Sun Aug 5

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 5 August 2007


Registration Opens
Location: Lobby (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

Monday, 6 August 2007

6:00 AM-11:55 PM: Monday, 6 August 2007


Mon Aug 6

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 6 August 2007


Registration continues throughout the conference
Location: Lobby (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

7:35 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 6 August 2007


Breakfast
Location: Main Dining Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

8:40 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 6 August 2007

Recording files available
Session 1
Mesoscale Predictability
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Fuqing Zhang, N/A
8:40 AM
Introductory Remarks

8:45 AM
1.1
9:15 AM
1.2
9:45 AM
1.4
On the predictability of mesoscale convective systems
Matthew S. Wandishin, Univ. of Arizona and NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. Stensrud, L. J. Wicker, and S. L. Mullen
10:00 AM
1.5

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 6 August 2007


Coffee Break
Location: White Mountain Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

10:45 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 6 August 2007

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Session 2
Theoretical and Idealized Modeling Studies of Mesoscale Processes
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Gregory J. Tripoli, University of Wisconsin
10:45 AM
2.1
11:00 AM
2.2
Regimes of dry and moist convective plumes above forest fires: Idealized numerical simulations and dimensional analysis
Michael T. Kiefer, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin and J. J. Charney
11:15 AM
2.3
Factors influencing the generation of turbulence above deep convection
Todd P. Lane, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and R. D. Sharman
11:30 AM
2.4
Generation and Propagation of Gravity Waves from Jets
Shuguang Wang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang, C. Epifanio, C. Snyder, R. Plougonven, and D. J. Muraki
11:45 AM
2.5
Mesoscale convective vortex formation in environments with differnt values of shear and CAPE
Robert Conzemius, Windlogics, Inc., Grand Rapids, MN; and M. T. Montgomery
12:00 PM
2.6
Moist vortex resiliency in vertical shear flow
Paul D. Reasor, NOAA Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL; and S. L. Young

12:15 PM-1:45 PM: Monday, 6 August 2007


Lunch Break
Location: Main Dining Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

1:45 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 6 August 2007


Poster Session 1
Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: White Mountain Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
P1.1
P1.2
Poster P1.2 has been moved. New Paper number 3.6A

P1.3
Poster P1.3 has been moved. New paper number 6.3A

P1.3A
Three-dimensional characteristics of mountain waves during T-REX
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Q. Jiang, W. A. Cooper, V. Grubisic, J. B. Jensen, and R. B. Smith

P1.4
The mesoscale characteristics of tropical oceanic precipitation during Kelvin waves and mixed-Rossby gravity waves
Christopher Thomas Holder, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. E. Yuter, A. H. Sobel, and A. R. Aiyyer

P1.5
The role of microphysical cooling processes in mesoscale convective system morphology
Brian F. Jewett, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber and G. McFarquhar

P1.6
Using analysis uncertainty estimates from the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis in the verification of grid-based forecasts
David T. Myrick, NOAA/NWS, Western Region, Scientific Services Division, Salt Lake City, UT

P1.7
The flooding of Hurricane Ivan: How far ahead can we predict?
Michael P. Erb, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX; and D. K. Miller

Handout (347.5 kB)

P1.8
Dynamics of rainfall distribution patterns associated with tropical cyclones affected southern Appalachians
Y.-L. Lin, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Harville and C. M. Cassell

P1.9
Sensitivity of downslope windstorms to model initial conditions
P. Alexander Reinecke, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran

P1.10
The spacing of orographic rainbands triggered by small-scale topography
Daniel Kirshbaum, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. Rotunno and G. H. Bryan

P1.11
A comparison of compressible and anelastic models of deep dry convection
Jonathan W. Smith, Penn State University, Universtiy Park, PA; and P. R. Bannon

P1.12
Moisture and Sierra waves: Observations and modeling
Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle

P1.13
Impact of the windward Cascade ridges and Oregon coastal range on the precipitation distribution during 4-5 December 2001 of IMPROVE-2
Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook University / SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and Y. Lin, S. Medina, and B. Smull

P1.14
The influence of solar wind on extratropical cyclones: Wilcox effect revisited
Paul Prikryl, Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and V. Rusin and M. Rybanský

P1.15
High resolution simulations of boundary layer behavior in California's Owens Valley using the WRF-ARW model during T-REX 2006
Robert E. Dumais Jr., U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and E. Colón, S. Chiao, and T. Henmi

Handout (353.0 kB)

P1.16
Microphysical influences on hurricane track and intensity in idealized simulations
Robert G. Fovell, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and H. Su

Handout (875.7 kB)

P1.17
Convective episodes in the east-central United States
Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and D. A. Ahijevych

P1.18
An Evaluation of Cloud Microphysics Schemes in a Mesoscale Model Using Microwave Measurements
Mei Han, GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and S. A. Braun, W. S. Olson, P. O. G. Persson, and J. W. Bao

Handout (1.6 MB)

P1.19
Convective initiation via outflow boundary interaction with quasi-stationary thermal circulations
Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

Handout (733.7 kB)

P1.21
Mesoscale convective systems in frontal systems observed by Meteosat-8 infrared imagery
Jose Fenollar, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and E. Posmentier, M. Vazquez, and G. Maqueda

Handout (189.3 kB)

P1.22
Convective initiation and evolution approaching the southern New England coast and Long Island
Kelly Lombardo, Stony Brook University - SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and J. J. Murray and B. A. Colle

P1.23
Convective initiation ahead of squall lines: observations and simulations
Seung-hee Kim, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. G. Fovell and G. L. Mullendore

P124
Tropical cyclone genesis and surges in the Saharan Air Layer
Gregory J. Tripoli, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Dunion and T. Hashino

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 6 August 2007

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Session 3
Numerical weather prediction, data assimilation
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: James Doyle, NRL
3:45 PM
3.1A
Data Assimilation in the Age of Cloud-Resolving NWP
William E. Lewis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

4:45 PM
3.4
Surface data assimilation using an ensemble Kalman filter: Forecast results from spring 2007
David J. Stensrud, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and N. Yussouf, D. Dowell, and M. C. Coniglio
5:30 PM
3.6A
Development of the On-Line MM5 Tracer Model and its Applications to Sahara Dust Transport
S.-H. Chen, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and J. Dudhia, J. S. Kain, T. Kindap, and E. Tan

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 6 August 2007


Dinner
Location: Main Dining Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

Tuesday, 7 August 2007

6:00 AM-11:55 PM: Tuesday, 7 August 2007


Tue Aug 7

7:00 AM-8:30 AM: Tuesday, 7 August 2007


Breakfast
Location: Main Dining Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 7 August 2007

Recording files available
Session 4
Dynamics and structure of tropical cyclones
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Brian A. Colle, SUNY
8:00 AM
4.1
Some fundamental aspects of hurricane dynamics
Michael T. Montgomery, NPS, Monterey, CA

8:45 AM
4.3
High-resolution simulation of the genesis of Tropical Storm Gert (2005)
Scott A. Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. T. Montgomery and K. J. Mallen
9:00 AM
4.4
9:15 AM
4.5
Life of a 6-hour hurricane
Kay L. Shelton, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. E. Molinari

9:30 AM
4.6
Hurricane Vortices in Shear: Dynamics of Extratropical Transition
Christopher A. Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Jones and M. Riemer

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 7 August 2007


Coffee Break
Location: White Mountain Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 7 August 2007

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Session 5
Precipitation and microphysics associated with tropical cyclones
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Scott A. Braun, NASA/GSFC
10:30 AM
5.1
Isotope Ratios of Rainfall and Water Vapor observed in Typhoon Shanshan
Hironori Fudeyasu, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and K. Ichiyanagi, A. Sugimoto, K. Yoshimura, and M. D. Yamanaka
10:45 AM
5.2
Predecessor rain events in tropical cyclones
Matthew R. Cote, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and M. L. Jurewicz Sr.
11:30 AM
5.5
Mesoscale precipitation structures accompanying landfalling and transitioning tropical cyclones in the Northeast United States
Jared R. Klein, NWSFO Baltimore/Washington, Sterling, VA; and L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and D. R. Vallee
11:45 AM
5.6
NEXRAD in space: A possible solution to the hurricane intensity forecast problem
Gregory J. Tripoli, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and V. Chandrasekar, S. S. Chen, G. J. Holland, E. Im, R. Kakar, W. E. Lewis, F. D. Marks Jr., and E. A. Smith

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 7 August 2007


Lunch Break
Location: Main Dining Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 7 August 2007

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Session 6
T-REX
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: S.-H. Chen, Univ. of California
2:00 PM
6.2
Interaction of mountain lee waves with valley flows
Brian J. Billings, DRI, Reno, NV; and V. Grubisic
2:15 PM
6.3
Paper 6.3 has been moved. New poster number P1.3A

2:30 PM
6.3A
2:45 PM
6.4
MOUNTAIN WAVES FLUXES ACROSS THE TROPOPAUSE
Bryan Woods, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. Smith, J. Jensen, W. Cooper, J. D. Doyle, Q. Jiang, and V. Grubisic
3:00 PM
6.5
Numerical simulations of stratospheric gravity waves and turbulence during T-REX IOP 6
David R. Vollmer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin and M. L. Kaplan
3:15 PM
6.6
Measurements of Turbulence Parameters and Dissipation in Complex Terrain
Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, LEOSPHERE, Orsay, Paris, France; and R. Calhoun, H. J. S. Fernando, and G. S. Poulos
3:30 PM
6.7

3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 7 August 2007


Coffee Break
Location: White Mountain Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 7 August 2007

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Session 7
Mountain Waves and Obstacle flows
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: George H. Bryan, NCAR
4:00 PM
7.1
Mesoscale Surges Through Coastal Gaps
Cliff Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Warner

4:15 PM
7.2
Observations and numerical modeling of mountain waves over the Organ and San Andres Mountains of New Mexico
P. a. Haines, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and D. J. Grove, W. Y. Sun, W. R. Hsu, B. MacCall, and S. Aliabadi
4:30 PM
7.3
Lee waves over double bell-shaped orography
Ivana Stiperski, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia; and V. Grubisic
4:45 PM
7.4
On the diurnal variation of mountain waves
Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle

5:00 PM
7.5
Wave-turbulence interactions in a breaking mountain wave
Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and T. Qian

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 7 August 2007


Dinner
Location: Main Dining Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

Wednesday, 8 August 2007

6:00 AM-11:55 PM: Wednesday, 8 August 2007


Wed Aug 8

7:00 AM-8:30 AM: Wednesday, 8 August 2007


Breakfast
Location: Main Dining Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 8 August 2007

Recording files available
Session 8
Orographic Precipitation Processes
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Daniel Kirshbaum, Yale University
8:30 AM
8.2
8.2 has been moved. New Poster number P2.6A

8:45 AM
8.3
Model simulations of extreme orographic precipitation in the Sierra Nevada during the New Year's holiday flood of 2005-06
Phillip J. Marzette, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. L. Kaplan, C. Adaniya, J. Wallmann, and R. Milne
9:00 AM
8.4
Orographic precipitation and isotope fractionation
Ronald Smith, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and B. Tipple, A. M. Anders, and A. C. Didlake Jr.
9:15 AM
8.5
Relative Impacts of Orographic Forcing and Pollution Aerosols on Mountain Snowfall
Stephen M. Saleeby, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton, R. D. Borys, D. Lowenthal, and M. A. Wetzel
9:30 AM
8.6
Dynamic forcing and mesoscale variability of heavy precipitation events over the Sierra Nevada mountains
Heather Dawn Reeves, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin and R. Rotunno

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 8 August 2007


Coffee Break
Location: White Mountain Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 8 August 2007

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Session 9
Orographic, Coastal and Other Thermally Driven Mesoscale Circulation Systems
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Vanda Grubisic, DRI
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-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 8 August 2007


Lunch Break
Location: Main Dining Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Wednesday, 8 August 2007

Recording files available
Session 10
Extratropical Cyclones, winter storms
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State Univ.
1:30 PM
10.1
2:00 PM
10.2
Mesoscale analysis of nor'easter of December 9, 2005
Frank P. Colby Jr., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
2:15 PM
10.3
Mesoscale Aspects of the 2007 St. Patrick's Day Storm
Michael Fitzsimmons, NOAA/NWS, Caibou, ME; and T. Lericos
2:30 PM
10.4
A comparison of mesoscale band life cycle during three recent northeast U.S. snowstorms
David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS/HPC, Camp Springs, MD; and B. A. Colle and S. E. Yuter

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Wednesday, 8 August 2007


Coffee Break
Location: White Mountain Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

3:15 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 8 August 2007

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Session 11
Mulitscale processes, atmospheric waves
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Robert Fovell, Univ. of California
3:30 PM
11.2
A closer look at damaging surface winds associated with mesoscale gravity waves
Timothy A. Coleman, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp

3:45 PM
11.3
Multiscale interactions in a lake-effect snowstorm
Michael L. Spinar, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich
4:00 PM
11.4
Model simulation and remote sensing of bore and solitary wave mixing processes
Steven Koch, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and M. Pagowski, B. Geerts, and K. M. Bedka
4:15 PM
11.5
Do auroral atmospheric gravity waves influence mesoscale processes, extratropical and tropical cyclones?
Paul Prikryl, Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and D. B. Muldrew and G. J. Sofko

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 8 August 2007


Poster Session 2
Poster Viewing/reception
Location: White Mountain Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
P2.3
Impact of the Southern Appalachian Mountains on the SEMPE IOP-4 event
Douglas K. Miller, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and C. J. McCall

Handout (2.4 MB)

P2.4
The historic Christmas 2004 south Texas snow event: Diagnosis of the heavy snow band
Ronald F. Morales Jr., NOAA-NWS, Corpus Christi, TX

Handout (2.5 MB)

P2.5
The 8 December, 2006 banded snow event
John W. Cannon, NOAA/NWS, Gray, Maine

P2.6A
On rainfall distribution in areas of complex topography
Mimi Hughes, UCLA DAOS, Los Angeles, CA; and A. Hall

P2.7
Observed and simulated kinematic, thermodynamic, and microphysical structure of generating cells in a wide cold-frontal rainband
P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Bao, D. P. Jorgensen, E. Sukovich, D. E. Kingsmill, S. A. Braun, and M. Han

P2.8
Synoptic-scale and Mesoscale environments conducive to forest fires during the October 2003 extreme fire event in southern California
Chenji Huang, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Y. L. Lin and M. L. Kaplan

P2.9
Mesoanalysis of the Interactions of Precipitating Convection and the Boundary Layer
Ruiyu Sun, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. K. Krueger

Handout (271.9 kB)

P2.10
Impact of topographic variations on mountain waves and rotors
James Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Q. Jiang

P2.11
Lake-Effect Precipitation Bands associated with Small Lakes
Neil F. Laird, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and J. Desrochers, N. Hodas, M. Payer, and R. Sobash

P2.12
Explaining microphysical and thermodynamic variation in BAMEX MCSs using high-resolution radar and optical array probe measurements
Andrea M. Smith, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, G. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, and J. A. Grim

P2.13
The imperfect relationship between dryline intensity and mesoscale confluence
Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and D. M. Schultz

P2.14
Storm structures and precipitation characteristics of snow events in the southern Appalachian Mountains
Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and L. B. Perry

P2.15
An observational study of thermally-forced, orographic energy transport and cumulus development
Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and C. Demko, Q. Miao, and L. Oolman

P2.16
Resonant wave-wave instability and wave breaking in flows past simple and complex terrain profiles
Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and D. J. Muraki

P2.17
Performance of the WRF-ARW in the Complex Terrain of Salt Lake City
Jeffrey E. Passner, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM

Handout (82.8 kB)

P2.18
The Influence of the Great Lakes on Northwest Snowfall in the Southern Appalachians
Robbie Martin Munroe, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and D. Miller, B. Holloway, D. G. Lackmann, L. B. Perry, and C. E. Konrad

Handout (1.3 MB)

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Wednesday, 8 August 2007


Dinner
Location: Main Dining Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

Thursday, 9 August 2007

6:00 AM-11:55 PM: Thursday, 9 August 2007


Thurs Aug 8

7:00 AM-8:30 AM: Thursday, 9 August 2007


Breakfast
Location: Main Dining Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 9 August 2007

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Session 12
BAMEX
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: David Stensrud, NOAA/NSSL
8:00 AM
12.1
8:15 AM
12.2
8:30 AM
12.3
Derecho and MCS Interactions During BAMEX
Nicholas D. Metz, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and L. F. Bosart
8:45 AM
12.4
Gravity waves trapped under the leading anvil of an MCS during BAMEX
Benjamin C. Baranowski, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Parker and B. A. Storm
9:00 AM
12.5
High-resolution observations of the rapid development and decay of the 29 June 2003 squall line during BAMEX
Joseph A. Grim, Univ. of Illinois, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, and D. P. Jorgensen
9:15 AM
12.6
WRF simulations of a severe squall line: comparison against high-resolution BAMEX observations
Bryan A. Guarente, Univ. of Illlinois, Urbana, IL; and B. F. Jewett, G. McFarquhar, R. M. Rauber, and D. P. Jorgensen
9:30 AM
12.7

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 9 August 2007


Coffee Break
Location: White Mountain Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 9 August 2007

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Session 13
Atmospheric Convection
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Stanley B. Trier, NCAR
10:30 AM
13.1
Comparisons of Simulated Convective Clouds between a 1D Cloud Model and the WRF Model
Yang-Cheng Hsiao, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan; and S. H. Chen
10:45 AM
13.1
Predicting the development of the Hector convective system with WRF and UM models
Charles Chemel, Centre for Atmospheric & Instrumentation Research, Hatfield, Herts, United Kingdom; and M. R. Russo, J. A. Pyle, and R. S. Sokhi

11:30 AM
13.4
A case study of convectively-induced clear air turbulence
Robert G. Fovell, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and R. D. Sharman and S. B. Trier

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 9 August 2007


Lunch Break
Location: Main Dining Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 9 August 2007

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Session 14
Dynamics and Structure of Mesoscale Precipitation Systems 1
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College
1:30 PM
14.1
Impact of the initial convective arrangement on simulated MCS development
Israel L. Jirak, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ; and W. R. Cotton
1:45 PM
14.2
Characteristics of MCS cold pools in Oklahoma
Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK OK; and D. J. Stensrud and N. A. Engerer
2:00 PM
14.3
Response of simulated squall lines to low-level cooling
Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
2:15 PM
14.4
Investigation of mesoscale pressure and temperature transients associated with bow echoes
Rebecca D. Adams, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson
2:30 PM
14.5
Evolution and maintenance of simulated quasi-stationary mesoscale convective systems
Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 9 August 2007


Coffee Break
Location: White Mountain Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 9 August 2007

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Session 15
Dynamics and Structure of Mesoscale Precipitation Systems 2
Location: Waterville Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)
Host: 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ.
3:30 PM
15.1
A study of models and microphysical representations using WRF, MM5, and observational data for the December 13-14 IMPROVE-2 event
Robert S. Hahn, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. F. Smull, C. F. Mass, M. F. Garvert, and R. C. Steed
3:45 PM
15.2
Numerical simulations of the formation of melting-layer cloud
Kazuaki Yasunaga, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change/ Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and M. Yoshizaki and A. Hashimoto
4:00 PM
15.3
Effects of baroclinicity on stratiform rain production and storm divergence in the subtropics
Larry J. Hopper Jr., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher
4:15 PM
15.4
Mesoscale environment associated with Mediterranean heavy precipitating events
Didier Ricard, CNRM-GAME, Toulouse, France; and V. Ducrocq, R. Bresson, and L. Auger
4:45 PM
15.6
Simulation of Monsoon Precipitation over South Asia using RegCM3
Abdul Basit Jilani, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Mexico DF, Mexico; and S. S. Raza and N. Irfan

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 9 August 2007


Dinner
Location: Main Dining Room (Waterville Valley Conference & Event Center)

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 9 August 2007


Conference Ends