13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

« Collapse View
- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates paper is an Award Winner

Sunday, 10 August 2008

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | top

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 10 August 2008


Registration Opens
Location: Wedgemount B (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Monday, 11 August 2008

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | top

7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Monday, 11 August 2008


Registration Continues Throughout the Conference
Location: Wedgemount B (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

8:45 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 11 August 2008


Session
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 11 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 1
Weather Forecasting I
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS
9:00 AM
1.1
Progress and Problems with Forecasting Orographic Precipitation over the Pacific Northwest and Southwest Canada (Invited)
Clifford F. Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
1.2
A wind profiler and GPS-based water vapor flux tool for precipitation forecasting in coastal mountains
Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and A. White, F. M. Ralph, D. J. Gottas, and S. I. Gutman
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
1.3
Orographic forcing and Doppler winds, the key for nowcasting heavy precipitation in the mountains
Luca Panziera, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and U. Germann
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (3.0 MB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 11 August 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Sea to Sky Ballroom A (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 11 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 2
Weather Forecasting II
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Georg Mayr, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics Innsbruck (IMGI)
10:30 AM
2.1
Front-mountain interactions in the long-lived, intense surface front of 28 February through 4 March 1972 over the United States
Lance F. Bosart, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and K. Meier
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
2.2
Mechanisms of Great Basin frontogenesis
Gregory L. West, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. J. Steenburgh and W. Y. Y. Cheng
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
2.3
Mediterranean Lee Cyclogenesis
Ron McTaggart-Cowan, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and T. J. Galarneau Jr. and L. F. Bosart
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
2.4
A sensitivity of a MAP IOP 15 event to the estimated uncertainties in the upper-level dynamical factors
Kristian Horvath, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Zagreb, Croatia; and M. D. M. Vich, B. Ivancan-Picek, and R. Romero
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
2.5
Using mountain flows to evaluate GRID technology for meteorological models of varying complexity
Felix Schüller, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and G. J. Mayr and I. Barstad
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
2.6
A mountain wind model for assisting fire management
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (534.8 kB)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 11 August 2008


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 11 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 3
Weather Forecasting III
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Lance F. Bosart, SUNY
1:30 PM
3.1
Ensemble variability and predictability of mountain waves and downslope winds
P. Alexander Reinecke, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Durran
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
3.2
An upper gravity-wave absorbing layer for NWP applications
J. B. Klemp, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Dudhia and A. D. Hassiotis
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.1 MB)

2:00 PM
3.3
Predictability in complex terrain: a preliminar study
Raffaele Salerno, Centro Epson Meteo, Cinisello Balsamo, Italy
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
3.4
Ensemble analyses and forecasts of an operational multi-scale mesoscale ensemble data assimilation and prediction system (E-RTFDDA) for the Mountain States
Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Roux, M. Xu, M. Ge, T. Warner, and S. Swerdlin
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
3.5
An observational comparison of microphysical representations in WRF
Robert S. Hahn, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. F. Mass and B. F. Smull
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
3.6
Impacts of Radiance Data Assimilation on Weather Forecasts by the WRF-ARW Model in the Complex Terrain Areas of Southwest Asia
Jianjun Xu, George Mason University, fairfaxx, VA; and S. Rugg
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 11 August 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Sea to Sky Ballroom A (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 11 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 4
Forecasting for the 2010 Winter Olympics
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Jim Steenburgh, University of Utah
3:30 PM
4.1
Towards a comprehensive training program for forecasters at Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Bradley J. Snyder, MSC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and T. Smith, C. Doyle, and D. A. Wesley
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
4.2
Forecast challenges in preparation for the Vancouver-Whistler 2010 Olympic Winter Games
Philippe-Alain Bergeron, MSC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and A. Coldwells
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
4.3
Evaluation of a 1.0km prototype model for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games: Forecasting winds for the alpine ski venue
André Giguère, Canadian Meteorological Centre, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and R. McTaggart-Cowan, J. Mailhot, I. Dubé, L. Tong, and A. Erfani
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
4.4
Regional ensemble system for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Ronald Frenette, EC, Montreal, QC, Canada
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
4.5
Science and nowcasting Olympic weather for Vancouver 2010 (SNOW-V10)
George A. Isaac, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. Joe

4:45 PM
4.6
Nowcasting for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games using Remote Sensing Tools
Edwin F. Campos, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. Joe and N. Donaldson
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 11 August 2008


The American Meteorological Society would like to thank the Desert Research Institute (DRI) for sponsoring to enhance the Ice Breaker Reception

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 11 August 2008


Poster Session 1
Ice Breaker Reception with Mountain Meteorology Poster Session 1
Location: Sea to Sky Ballroom A (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Thomas Haiden, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics
P1.1
Meteorological and snow conditions in the mountainous areas of Japan
Satoru Yamaguchi, Snow and Ice Research Center, NIED, Nagaoka, Japan; and O. Abe, S. Nakai, and A. Sato

Handout (171.5 kB)

P1.2
Discrete frontal propagation over the Sierra-Cascade Ranges and western Great Basin
W. James Steenburgh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. R. Neuman

P1.3
Climatology and prediction of snow-to-liquid ratio in the central Wasatch Mountains
Trevor I. Alcott, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Steenburgh

P1.4
A climatology of snow density at upper-elevation locations in the western United States
Jonathan Zawislak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. I. Alcott, J. Steenburgh, S. Armitage, M. Booth, K. Carter, J. Connelly, H. Garner, M. Jeglum, J. Lisonbee, A. Lenkowski, R. Martin, S. McFee, J. Mulqueen, K. Ogrin, A. Snyder, B. Sorenson, L. Thatcher, and W. Weston

P1.5
Unique snowfall distribution over the Park Range and Upper Yampa River Valley during the La Nina winter of 2007-2008
Jeffery D. Colton, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and J. Ramey, M. P. Meyers, D. A. Wesley, I. B. McCubbin, and A. G. Hallar

Handout (414.2 kB)

P1.6
Simulated impacts of enhanced CCN and giant-CCN concentrations on orographic snowfall
Stephen M. Saleeby, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton, D. Lowenthal, R. D. Borys, M. A. Wetzel, I. B. McCubbin, and M. P. Meyers

Handout (1.0 MB)

P1.7
Observing and Forecasting Snow Surface Temperatures for Nordic Ski Race Courses at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, BC
Wendy Wagner, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel

P1.8
A forecaster and microphysical perspective on the 24 February 2007 snow event over the Park Range of northern Colorado
Paul Frisbie, NOAA/NWSFO, Grand Junction, CO; and M. P. Meyers

Handout (357.8 kB)

P1.9
Evaluation of temperature analyses from the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) during mountain valley cold pool events
David T. Myrick, NOAA/NWS, Western Region, Salt Lake City, UT

P1.10
Comparison of automated and manual quality control techniques for surface observations over complex terrain
David T. Myrick, NOAA/NWS, Western Region, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Watson and J. Pechmann

Handout (135.6 kB)

P1.11
A climatology of cold air outbreaks in Montana
Daniel E. Zumpfe, NOAA/NWS, Great Falls, MT

Handout (428.7 kB)

P1.12
Snow level forecasting methods and parameters; two practical examples on eastern italian Alps
Gianni Marigo, Environmental Agency of the Veneto Region, Arabba Livinallongo del Col di Lana, Italy; and T. Robert-Luciani and A. Crepaz

Handout (1.7 MB)

P1.13
Orographic precipitation and kinematic flow structures of winter storms over the U.S. Pacific Northwest
Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. J. Payne and B. A. Colle

P1.14
Forecasting of Extreme Stationary Convection - 18/9/2007 Zelezniki Flash Flood
Uros Strajnar, Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Handout (1.0 MB)

P1.15
Numerical sensitivity study of August 2005 Alpine flood
Wolfgang Langhans, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and A. Gohm

P1.16
The empirical radar model of multicell convection clouds of mountain region
Tamazi Salukvadze Sr., Institute of Geophysics, Tbilisi, Georgia; and E. Lhelaia and A. Balavadze

P1.17
Hurricane Dean and the Mountains of Dominica
Ronald Smith, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and P. Schafer, D. J. Kirshbaum, and E. Regina

P1.18
SOP overview of the spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation in the northern Black Forest during the COPS field campaign
Simon Hölzl, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and A. Gohm and G. Mayr

P1.19
Evaluation of future Orographic Precipitation in western Norway using a Linear Model
Giulio N. Caroletti, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway; and I. Barstad

P1.20
A comparison of precipitation intensity from radar with model results around coastal topography during cold-air outbreak periods
Sento Nakai, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Nagaoka, Japan; and T. Kato, K. Iwamoto, and M. Ishizaka

Handout (2.6 MB)

P1.21
How meteorological variables recorded at 4000m can provide useful information for inhabitants affected by mountain weather in the Argentinean subtropical Andean region
María. Elizabeth Castañeda, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

P1.22
Extreme orographic precipitation events over the Central Andes of Argentina and Chile
Maximiliano Viale, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Region Metropoli, Chile; and G. Naumann and F. A. Norte

Handout (394.9 kB)

P1.23
On the interpolation of precipitation data over complex terrain
Manfred Dorninger, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and S. Schneider and R. Steinacker

P1.24
Orographic precipitation enhancement by boundary-layer turbulence: a vertically pointing airborne cloud radar view
Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and G. Vali, D. Leon, and J. R. Snider

P1.25
Atmospheric flow and the associated precipitation patterns in the mesoscale mountain range experiment SKÚR
Haraldur Olafsson, Univ. of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland; and T. Arason, S. Brynjólfsson, and H. Agustsson

Handout (823.8 kB)

P1.26
Diagnosis of effect of southwesterlies on tibetan vortex moving east
Shuhua Yu, China Meteorology Society, Chengdu, China; and W. Gao and Y. Xiao

P1.27
Links between the mountain torque and the Arctic Oscillation
Francois Lott, CNRS, Paris, France; and F. D'Andrea

P1.28
Exploring Wind Energy Potential off the California Coast
Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle and T. Haack

P1.29
Downscaling of Era40 in Mountainous Terrain
Idar Barstad, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and Univ. of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; and A. Sorteberg, F. Flatoy, and M. Deque

Handout (792.2 kB)

P1.30
7000 years of dust deposition: A proxy record of alpine drought and climate variability in the Snowy Mountains, Australia
Hamish Andrew McGowan, Planning and Architecture, Brisbane, Australia; and S. K. Marx and J. Denholm

P1.31
Determining temperature lapse rates over mountain slopes using modified GWR in the Pyrenees area
Meritxell Pagès, Meteorological Service of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain; and J. R. Miró and A. Sairouni

Handout (408.2 kB)

P1.32
A Neural Network Based Model for Rainfed Wheat Yield Forecasting Using Climatic Data
Hojjatolah Yazdan panah, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

P1.33
Stochastic Prediction of Kirmt (June - September) Rainfall over North Central Ethiopian Highlands
Geremew Aragaw Kifle, National Meteorological Agency of Ethiopia, Addis, Ababa, Ethiopia

P1.34
An Experimental Numerical Prediction System for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games
Stéphane Bélair, Meteorological Research Division, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and J. Mailhot, N. Bernier, R. McTaggart-Cowan, J. A. Milbrandt, W. Yu, L. Tong, A. Erfani, A. Methot, and A. Giguère

Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | top

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 5A
Orographic Precipitation I
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Evelyne Richard, Laboratoire d'Aérologie
8:30 AM
5A.1
High-resolution 3D numerical simulations of conditionally unstable flows over a ridge
M. M. Miglietta, Italian National Council of Research - Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Lecce, Italy; and R. Rotunno
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
5A.2
Regional, seasonal, and diurnal variations of convection in the Himalayan region
Ulrike Romatschke, University of Vienna and University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Medina and R. A. Houze Jr.
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
5A.3
The effect of terrain and land surface on summer monsoon convection in the Himalayan region
Socorro Medina, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze, A. Kumar, and D. Niyogi
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
5A.4
Parameterization of elevation effects in short-duration precipitation analysis
Thomas Haiden, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, Austria
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (230.5 kB)

9:30 AM
5A.5
Rainfall variability and climatology of orographic banded convection in a Mediterranean area
Angélique Godart, LTHE, Grenoble, France; and S. Anquetin and E. Leblois
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
5A.6
Large-eddy simulations of trade-wind showers over a tropical island
Daniel J. Kirshbaum, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and R. B. Smith
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 5B
Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment(T-REX) I
Location: Fitzsimmons (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: James D. Doyle, NRL
8:30 AM
5B.1
The T-REX valley wind model intercomparison project
Juerg Schmidli, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. J. Billings, R. Burton, F. K. Chow, S. F. J. De Wekker, J. D. Doyle, V. Grubisic, T. R. Holt, Q. Jiang, K. A. Lundquist, A. N. Ross, L. C. Savage III, P. Sheridan, S. Vosper, C. D. Whiteman, A. A. Wyszogrodzki, G. Zaengl, and S. Zhong
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (610.5 kB)

8:45 AM
5B.2
A study of the onset of westerly downslope winds in Owens Valley
Brian J. Billings, DRI, Reno, NV; and V. Grubisic
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
5B.3
Spatial and temporal features of mountain wave related turbulence
Zeljko Vecenaj, Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and S. F. J. De Wekker and V. Grubisic
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
5B.4
High resolution Unified Model simulations of T-REX IOP-6, comparison with observations
Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and P. Sheridan
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
5B.5
Wind profiler direct observations of an atmospheric rotor: T-REX IOP3
Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown and V. Grubisic
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
5B.6
Lower-tropospheric waves and wave-induced turbulence zones: Insights from T-REX
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. R. French, S. J. Haimov, L. Oolman, B. J. Billings, and M. Xiao

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 12 August 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Sea to Sky Ballroom A (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 6A
Orographic Precipitation II
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ESRL
10:30 AM
6A.1
Orographic modification of convection and flow kinematics by the Oregon coastal range and Cascades during IMPROVE-2
Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook University / SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and Y. Lin, S. Medina, and B. Smull
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
6A.2
Climatology of crystal habits and degrees of riming for snow falling in the Cascade Mountains during two winter seasons
Mark T. Stoelinga, 3TIER, Inc., Seattle, WA; and J. D. Locatelli, H. S. McCormick, and G. D. Casson
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
6A.3
Spatial variability of the snow level across the northern California Sierra Nevada
David E. Kingsmill, University of Colorado, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and A. White, D. J. Gottas, and P. J. Neiman
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
6A.4
Interaction of microphysical and dynamical timescales in orographic precipitation
Andreas Muhlbauer, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and P. Spichtinger and U. Lohmann
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
6A.5
Rain-snow boundaries along mountainsides
Julie M. Thériault, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Stewart
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (171.9 kB)

11:45 AM
6A.6
Patterns of mountain precipitation and landslide hazard
Justin R. Minder, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. H. Roe and D. R. Montgomery
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 6B
Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment(T-REX) II
Location: Fitzsimmons (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Fotini Katopodes Chow, Univ. of California
10:30 AM
6B.1
Predictability of windstorms and mountain waves using an adjoint model: Perspectives from T-REX
James Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. M. Amerault and C. A. Reynolds
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
6B.2
Characteristics of stratospheric mountain waves during T-REX deduced from radiosondes and a mesoscale model
Sasa Gabersek, UCAR, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle, G. Y. Jumper, and R. Belu
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
6B.3
ISS Observations of small-scale features and an easterly wind event during T-REX
William O.J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Cohn, V. Grubisic, and J. Doyle
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
6B.4
Moisture and Sierra Waves: Observations and Modeling
Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
6B.5
Analysis of cold pool breakup in complex topography and comparison with laboratory model results
Adam J. Christman, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. Calhoun and H. J. S. Fernando
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

11:45 AM
6B.6
Three-dimensional wind retrieval: application of MUSCAT to dual Doppler lidar measurements
Susanne Drechsel, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbruck, Austria; and M. Chong, G. J. Mayr, M. Weissmann, R. Calhoun, and A. Dörnbrack
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 12 August 2008


Joint Session JL1
Luncheon (Joint between the 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology and the 17th Conference on Applied Climatology)
Location: Sea to Sky Ballroom C (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology; and the 17th Conference on Applied Climatology )
12:00 PM
JJL1.1
Mountaineering Meteorology and Decision-Making
Madison J. Post, NOAA Scientist (retired), Boulder, CO

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Mountain Climatology I
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology; and the 17th Conference on Applied Climatology )
Chair: Christopher Daly, Oregon State Univ.
1:30 PM
Applied Climatology Award by Phillip A. Pasteris, USDA/NRCS/National Water and Climate Center, Portland, OR
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
J1.1
Secrets of the "Greatest Snow on Earth"
W. James Steenburgh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. I. Alcott

2:00 PM
J1.2
A century-long context for South Cascade Glacier mass balance
Faron Scheffer Anslow, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and P. U. Clark and S. W. Hostetler
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
J1.3
Characteristics of Precipitation in Mountainous Terrain in Northern Mexico and the Southwest United States Using the TRMM Precipitation Feature Database
Christina Wall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. Liu and E. Zipser
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
J1.4
The role of lee cyclogenesis in the midwinter suppression of the Pacific storm track
Sandra M. Penny, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. Roe and D. Battisti
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
J1.5
On the development of orographic rain shadows during uplift of mountain ranges
Joseph Galewsky, Univ.of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 12 August 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Sea to Sky Ballroom A (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Recording files available
Joint Session 2
Mountain Climatology II
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology; and the 17th Conference on Applied Climatology )
Chair: John D. Horel, University of Utah
3:45 PM
J2.1
Local topography controls temperature regimes in subarctic fell area, northern Finland
Miska Luoto, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland; and M. Seppälä

4:00 PM
J2.2
An analysis of 10-year ASOS data from east of Rockies: The detection of the diurnal continental tide and eastward-propagating waves
Yanping Li, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

4:15 PM
J2.3
Reconstruction and preliminary analysis of the temperature record of Trento (Italy) 1816-2007
Gabriele Rampanelli, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and D. Zardi
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
J2.4
A dynamical interpretation for the evolution of the equatorial components of the mountain torque
Sylvain Mailler, CNRS / École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France; and F. Lott
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM
J2.6
Effect of Mountain Breeze in Ventilating the City under Calm and Neutral Atmospheric Environment: Interaction of Airflow Structures and Ventilation Efficiency
Zhiwen Luo, The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; and Y. Li
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
J2.5
Spatial temperature patterns in complex terrain: implications for climate and innovative monitoring techniques
Jessica D. Lundquist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Cayan
Recorded Presentation

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | top

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 13 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 7
Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS) I
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Stephan F.J. De Wekker, University of Virginia
8:30 AM
7.1
Synoptic scale motions and convective forcing at lower mountains: Different remote sensing perspectives during the three months of COPS-2007 (Invited)
Hans Volkert, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt, Wessling, Germany; and M. Hagen, H. Mannstein, and A. Schaefler
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
7.2
First results of a high resolution surface automatic station network during COPS
Reinhold Steinacker, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and M. Dorninger, S. Schneider, and B. Stuhl
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
7.3
Meso-NH forecasts of an isolated storm observed during the COPS experiment
Evelyne Richard, Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Toulouse, France; and J. P. Chaboureau
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
7.4
Convection initiation over complex terrain: driving processes and unexpected observations during COPS
U. Corsmeier, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; and D. Althausen, C. Barthlott, A. Behrendt, M. Dorninger, P. Di Girolamo, J. Handwerker, N. Kalthoff, C. Kottmeier, H. Mahlke, and S. Mobbs
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
7.5
Orographically-induced deep convection over the Black Forest mountains during COPS
Norbert Kalthoff, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; and B. Adler, C. Barthlott, U. Corsmeier, S. Khodayar, C. Kottmeier, K. Träumner, S. Mobbs, S. Crewell, and R. L. Coulter
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 13 August 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Sea to Sky Ballroom A (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 13 August 2008


Poster Session 2
Mountain Meteorology Poster Session 2
Location: Sea to Sky Ballroom A (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Simon Vosper, Met Office
P2.1
Combined analysis of local downslope wind “Hiroto-kaze” induced by Typhoon “TOKAGE” in Japan
Fumie Kataoka, Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Mitomi, K. Otsuka, O. Tsukamoto, H. Fudeyasu, T. Kanamori, T. Kuwagata, T. Hashimoto, K. Kobayashi, and K. Tsuboki

Handout (2.7 MB)

P2.2
Some small-scale features of the wind and damage distributions caused by the local downslope wind Hiroto-Kaze associated with typhoon TOKAGE
Kiyotoshi Otsuka, Technical Research Institute, Obayashi Corporation, Kiyose, Japan; and F. Kataoka, O. Tsukamoto, H. Fudeyasu, T. Kuwagata, T. Kanamori, T. Hashimoto, and K. Kobayashi

P2.3
Observations and modelling of severe windstorms during T-REX:importance of the upstream profile
Ralph R. Burton, School of the Environment, Leeds, United Kingdom; and S. Vosper, P. Sheridan, and S. D. Mobbs

P2.4
A numerical study of the effects of diurnal heating, moisture, and downstream topography on downslope winds within a valley
Brian J. Billings, DRI, Reno, NV; and V. Grubisic

P2.5
The connection between air mass differences and foehn during TREX
Georg J. Mayr, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and F. S. Schüller

P2.6
Response of the wind system in Owens Valley to synoptic and mesoscale forcings—T-REX observations vs. model
Thomas Raab, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and G. J. Mayr

P2.7
Profiler RASS observations and numerical model simulation of cold air pool removal during foehn
Siegfried Vogt Sr., Institut f. Meteorologie u. Klimaforschung , Forschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, Germany

P2.8
COLPEX - Cold pool experiment
Helen Wells, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and S. Vosper, A. Brown, J. Price, A. N. Ross, S. Mobbs, P. Sheridan, and V. Horlacher

P2.9
Lee wave interferences over double bell-shaped orography
Ivana Stiperski, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia; and V. Grubisic

P2.10
An intercomparison of T-REX mountain wave simulations
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Gaberšek, L. R. Bernardet, J. M. Brown, A. Dörnbrack, E. Filaus, V. Grubisic, Q. Jiang, D. J. Kirshbaum, O. Knoth, S. Koch, I. M. Stiperski, S. Vosper, and S. Zhong

P2.11
Observations and numerical simulations of intense atmospheric subrotor vortices during T-REX
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and V. Grubisic, W. O. J. Brown, S. F. J. De Wekker, A. Dörnbrack, Q. Jiang, S. D. Mayor, and M. Weissmann

P2.12
The effect of shear discontinuities and critical levels on orographic gravity wave drag
Miguel A. C. Teixeira, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; and P. M. A. Miranda and J. L. Argain

Handout (173.2 kB)

P2.13
Surface layer observations from a network of 22 automatic weather stations covering the northern COPS region, with case study of MCS passage on 20th July 2007
Victoria H. Smith, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and S. D. Mobbs, M. Hobby, A. Gohm, and S. Hölzl

P2.14
The response of lee wave & rotor structure to varying magnitudes of lee slope heating
Victoria H. Smith, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and S. D. Mobbs, S. Vosper, and A. N. Ross

P2.15 has been moved. New paper number 9B.3A

P2.16
Waves Eddies and Turbulence Observed over Owens Valley
Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle, V. Grubisic, and R. B. Smith

P2.17
Observations of strong mountain waves in the lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains of southeast Wyoming
Larry D. Oolman, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and J. R. French, S. Haimov, D. Leon, and V. Grubisic

Handout (569.1 kB)

P2.18
Storm Peak Laboratory Investigates Air Quality from Regional and Long Range Sources
Ian B. McCubbin, DRI, Steamboat Springs, CO; and A. G. Hallar, D. Obrist, D. Lowenthal, C. Wiedinmyer, T. A. Rahn, and C. Mazzoleni

Handout (262.1 kB)

P2.19
The influence of local winds on the spatial distribution of air pollutants in an Alpine valley
Alexander Gohm, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and F. Harnisch, R. Schnitzhofer, A. Hansel, A. Fix, B. Neininger, F. Obleitner, J. Vergeiner, and E. Griesser

P2.20
Modelling urban area in Alpine complex terrain in winter time
Jean-Pierre Chollet, CNRS-UJF-INPG, Grenoble, France; and Y. Largeron and C. Staquet

Handout (601.2 kB)

P2.21
Smoke transport and dispersion from prescribed burns:
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and Y. Liu

Handout (1.5 MB)

P2.22
A New Meteorological Research Facility in the Shenandoah National Park
Stephan F.J. De Wekker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and Z. Vecenaj, M. Lingvai, A. Ameen, Y. S. Lau, and G. Song

P2.23
The Greenland Flow Distortion experiment
Ian A. Renfrew, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England; and G. W. K. Moore, J. E. Kristjánsson, H. Olafsson, S. L. Gray, G. N. Petersen, K. Bovis, P. Brown, I. Føre, T. W. N. Haine, C. Hay, E. A. Irvine, T. Oghuishi, S. D. Outten, R. S. Pickart, D. Sproson, R. Swinbank, A. Woolley, and S. Zhang

P2.24
Idealized Simulations of Katabatic Flows in Iceland
Halfdan Agustsson, Institute for Meteorological Research and University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland; and H. Olafsson

Handout (732.5 kB)

P2.25
Idealized Simulations of the Sea Breeze in Iceland
Haraldur Olafsson, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland; and H. Agustsson

Handout (1.1 MB)

P2.26
The FLOHOF Experiment
Joachim Reuder, Univ. of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; and J. Egger, H. Olafsson, G. Zangl, T. De Lange, W. Schaper, S. Lammlein, S. Mayer, T. Spengler, M. Ablinger, M. Garhammer, M. Johannessen, R. Kuhnel, M. Muller, C. Lindenberg, T. Jóhannesson, H. Agustsson, S. Brynjólfsson, Ó. Rögnvaldsson, S. Malardel, and P. Brisset

P2.27
Three-dimensional idealized simulations of barrier jets along the southeast coast of Alaska
Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook University / SUNY, Stony Brook; and J. B. Olson

P2.28
Characteristics of valley exit jets in the Rocky Mountains of the United States
Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and L. S. Darby and M. J. Post

P2.29
Estimating Turbulence Intensity along Flight Paths in Terrain-disrupted Airflow using Anemometer and Wind Profiler Data
Ping Cheung, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. C. Lam and P. W. Chan

Handout (650.3 kB)

P2.30
Interaction between slope flows and transient mesoscale modes
Richard Mills, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and L. Mahrt and E. G. Astling

P2.31
The boundary layer evolution of an arid Andes valley
Norbert Kalthoff, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; and I. Bischoff-Gauss, S. Khodayar, M. Fiebig-Wittmaack, and S. Montecinos

P2.32
New methods for temperature downscaling in complex terrain
Peter Sheridan, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and S. Smith, S. Vosper, and A. Brown

P2.33
Laboratory experiments on mountain induced rotors
Dieter Etling, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany; and C. Knigge, A. Paci, and O. Eiff

P2.34
Numerical Simulation of Wind Gusts in Terrain-disrupted Airflow at the Hong Kong International Airport
Ping Cheung, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. C. Lam and P. W. Chan

Handout (2.3 MB)

1:00 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 13 August 2008


Tour of the Olympic Parks and Hiking (Tickets sold separately). Please see the General Information for details.

Thursday, 14 August 2008

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | top

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 14 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 8A
Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain I
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Richard Rotunno, NCAR
8:30 AM
8A.1
Simulations of multi-scale circulations and boundary layer structure and their effect on particulate layering over and downwind of the central Mexican plateau
Jerome D. Fast, PNNL, Richland, WA; and W. J. Shaw, S. Burton, and R. A. Ferrare

8:45 AM
8A.2
Boundary layer structure and evolution in a deep valley as viewed by rawinsonde observations during the T-REX field campaign
Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and W. Q. Yao, X. Bian, C. D. Whiteman, J. Wang, S. A. Cohn, and S. Mobbs
Recorded Presentation

8A.3
LES of Mountain Rotors and Stable Boundary Layers During T-REX: Effects of Sub-grid Land-Surface Heterogeneity

9:15 AM
8A.4
An Investigation of the Effect of Valley Boundary Layer Structure on Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations at a Mountain Top Location
Stephan F.J. De Wekker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and A. Ameen, G. Song, W. J. Steenburgh, and B. B. Stephens
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
8A.5
Internal hydraulic adjustment on a discontinuous escarpment slope
Charles Retallack, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. Calhoun and H. J. S. Fernando
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (343.4 kB)

9:45 AM
8A.6
On the influence of the altitude of sinkholes on their minimum temperature and a new device for their accurate measurement
Manfred Dorninger, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and R. Steinacker, B. Bica, R. Lazar, D. Eckart, and F. Prenner
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 8B
Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX)
Location: Fitzsimmons (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming
8:30 AM
8B.1
Meteorological experiments in a small closed basin: New results from the Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX) (Invited)
C. David Whiteman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. W. Hoch, M. Hahnenberger, and S. Zhong
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
8B.2
Topographic effects on nighttime cooling in a basin and plain atmosphere
Maura Hahnenberger, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
8B.3
High-resolution numerical simulations of boundary layer flows in support of the METCRAX field program
David C. Fritts, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc., Colorado Research Associates Division, Boulder, CO; and D. Goldstein and T. Lund
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
8B.4
3D Radiative Transfer in the complex Topography of the Meteor Crater
Sebastian W. Hoch, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Mayer and C. D. Whiteman

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 14 August 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Sea to Sky Ballroom A (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 14 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 9A
Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain II
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Alexander Gohm, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, Austria
10:30 AM
9A.1
Relation between the turbulent intensity on the crest of a ridge and wind direction relative to the ridge line - Part 1: Field experiments
Chinatsu Kameshima, University of Hyogo, Himeji City, Japan; and H. Kono and D. Tamura
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

10:45 AM
9A.2
High resolution numerical modeling of low level wind-shear over the Nice-Cote d'Azur airport
Alexandre Boilley, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and J. F. Mahfouf and C. Lac
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (452.7 kB)

11:00 AM
9A.3
Study of the katabatic winds in middle latitudes through a high-resolution mesoscale model
Daniel Martinez, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, Illes Balears, Spain; and J. Cuxart
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
9A.4
Characterization of the internal gravity wave field generated by a katabatic flow in a deep valley
Yann Largeron, CNRS-UJF-INPG, Grenoble, France; and C. Staquet, C. Chemel, and J. P. Chollet
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.5 MB)

11:30 AM
9A.5
An immersed boundary method for flow over complex terrain
Fotini Katopodes Chow, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and K. A. Lundquist and J. K. Lundquist
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (842.6 kB)

11:45 AM
9A.6
Improving land surface boundary conditions for high-resolution simulations over mountainous terrain
Megan H. Daniels, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and F. K. Chow and R. M. Maxwell
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 9B
Waves and Rotors I
Location: Fitzsimmons (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Dale R. Durran, University of Washington
10:30 AM
9B.1
Utilizing the smoke plume of Volcano Villarrica to examine the dynamics and detailed structure of its wave and rotor
Honza Rejmánek, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and S. H. Chen, V. Grubisic, and J. Doyle
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
9B.2
Mountain Waves and Rotors in East Falkland
Rita M. Cardoso, Centro de Geofísica da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; and P. Soares, S. Mobbs, and P. Miranda

11:00 AM
Paper 9B.3 has been moved. New poster number P2.33

11:00 AM
9B3.A
Effects of upstream boundary layer turbulence on mountain waves
Eric D. Skyllingstad, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. M. Smith
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
9B.4
Understanding Mountain Waves Using Wavelet Analysis
Bryan Woods, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith and J. D. Doyle
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
9B.5
Eddy resolving simulations of topographically induced rotors and internal gravity wave breaking
Craig M. Smith, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and E. D. Skyllingstad
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
9B.6
The effects of boundary layer on lee waves over double bell-shaped orography
Ivana Stiperski, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia; and V. Grubisic
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 14 August 2008


Lunch Break

Mountain Meteorology Committee Luncheon
Location: Spearhead AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 14 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 10A
Foehn, Mountain Windstorms and Upstream Blocking I
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Douglas A. Wesley, UCAR/COMET
1:30 PM
10A.1
Understanding and forecasting Alpine Foehn - what do we know about it today? (Invited)
Hans Richner, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; and P. Hächler
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

2:00 PM
10A.2
Orographic flow response to variations in upstream humidity
H. Dawn Reeves, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. Rotunno
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
10A.3
Foehn: a stratified hydraulic response to changing upstream and downstream air masses
Laurence Armi, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and G. Mayr
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
10A.4
Application of statistical models to Boulder windstorm prediction
Andrew E. Mercer, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. B. Bluestein, J. M. Brown, and M. Richman
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
10A.5
Variability in the Kvísker Downslope Windstorms
Halfdan Agustsson, Institute for Meteorological Research and University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland; and H. Olafsson
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.0 MB)

Recording files available
Session 10B
Mountain Wakes and Greenland Flow Distortion Experiment (GFDex)
Location: Fitzsimmons (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Stephen D. Mobbs, University of Leeds
1:30 PM
10B.1
Barrier wind during the Greenland Flow Distortion experiment (GFDex)
Gudrun Nina Petersen, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom; and I. A. Renfrew

1:45 PM
10B.2
A Reverse Tip Jet during the Greenland Flow Distortion experiment
Stephen D. Outten, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
10B.3
Lee vortices in evolving large-scale flows
Lucas M. Harris, NOAA/OAR/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and D. R. Durran
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
10B.4
The origin and dynamics of banner clouds - an analysis based on large eddy simulations
Daniel Reinert, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany; and V. Wirth
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.0 MB)

2:30 PM
10B.5
The Snake River Plains Convergence Zone: dynamics, climatology, and predictability
Thomas Andretta, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (81.5 kB)

2:45 PM
Paper 10B.6 has been moved. New poster number P1.33

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 14 August 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Sea to Sky Ballroom A (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Thursday, 14 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 11B
Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS) II
Location: Fitzsimmons (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Reinhold Steinacker, University of Vienna
3:30 PM
11B.1
Observations of shallow convection over the Black Forest during COPS
Stephen D. Mobbs, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
11B.2
Observations & high resolution modelling of decoupled surface flows during IOP 9c of the COPS field experiment
Victoria H. Smith, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and R. R. Burton, A. Gadian, and S. D. Mobbs
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
11B.3
Modelling of deep convective clouds and orographic triggering of convection during the COPS experiment
Ralph Burton, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and A. Gadian, V. H. Smith, and S. D. Mobbs
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 14 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 11A
Mountain Air Quality
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University
3:30 PM
11A.1
The Isotopic Composition of Water Vapor and the Concurrent Meteorological Condition over the Northern Part of the Tibetan Plateau
Akiyo Yatagai, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan; and A. Sugimoto and M. Nakawo

3:45 PM
11A.2
Air Quality Hazard Geographic Distribution in a Tropical Mountain Meteorology Scenery in the Andes. Case Study: El Valle de Aburrá, Medellín, Colombia
Carlos Andres Rios Uribe, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. & Oregon State University. Oregon, U.S.A., Corvallis, OR
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
11A.3
Mesoscale controls on particulate matter pollution for a mega-city in a semi-arid mountainous environment: Tehran, Iran
Tim Appelhans, Centre for Atmospheric Research, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Chrictchurch, New Zealand; and P. Zawar-Reza, M. Gharaylou, and A. Shamsipour
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.2 MB)

4:15 PM
11A.4
Idealized modeling study of pollution transport over Alpine terrain
Manuela Lehner, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and A. Gohm
Recorded Presentation

Friday, 15 August 2008

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | top

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Friday, 15 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 12A
Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain III
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Vanda Grubisic, DRI
8:30 AM
12A.1
An Investigation of Mountain-Valley Circulations Based on Wind Tracer Measurements
Elford G. Astling, West Desert Test Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
12A.2
Relation between the turbulent intensity on the crest of a ridge and wind direction relative to the ridge line–Part 2: Wind tunnel experiments
Hitoshi Kono, School of Human Sciences and Environment, University of Hyogo, Himeji City, Japan; and C. Kameshima, S. Yahanda, and T. Aoki
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (753.7 kB)

9:00 AM
12A.3
Simulations of sheltering in valleys: the formation of night-time cold-air pools
Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and A. Brown
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
12A.4
Upslope Flow and Cumulus Development Over an Isolated Heated Mountain: Observations and Simulations, isolated mountain
Cory Demko, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts and J. A. Zehnder
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 12B
Foehn, Mountain Windstorms and Upstream Blocking II
Location: Fitzsimmons (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Hans Richner, ETH
8:30 AM
12B.1
The Polar Foehn of the Victoria Valley, Antarctica
Hamish Andrew McGowan, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; and J. C. Speirs
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

8:45 AM
12B.2
Effects of the earth's rotation on Boulder downslope windstorm
Wen-Yih Sun, Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute, Hsin-chu, Taiwan; and W. R. Hsu
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
12B.3
Observations of a Gap Flow at 80N
Idar Barstad, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway; and V. Grubisic
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.0 MB)

9:15 AM
12B.4
Examples of mountain induced winds in Atlantic Canada
Ted McIldoon, MSC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and M. Pilon
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (3.0 MB)

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 15 August 2008


Coffee Break
Location: Sea to Sky Ballroom A (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

10:00 AM-11:30 AM: Friday, 15 August 2008

Recording files available
Session 13
Waves and Rotors II
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair: Sasa Gabersek, UCAR/NRL
10:00 AM
13.1
The over-amplification of gravity waves in numerical solutions to flow over topography
P. Alexander Reinecke, National Research Council, CA; and D. Durran

10:15 AM
13.2
Predictability of orographic drag for realistic atmospheric profiles
Helen Wells, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and S. Vosper

10:30 AM
13.3
Propagation of topographically generated internal waves in the atmosphere
Julie C. Vanderhoff, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Presentation PDF (397.3 kB)

10:45 AM
13.4
Influence of a viscous boundary layer on trapped lee waves
Francois Lott, CNRS, Paris, France
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
13.5
Wind profile effects and critical layer filtering of the wave momentum flux in stratified flow over mountains
Miguel A. C. Teixeira, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; and P. M. A. Miranda
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (184.9 kB)

11:15 AM
13.6
Airborne radar observations of breaking waves/rotors in the lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains in SE Wyoming, USA
Jeffrey R. French, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and S. Haimov, L. Oolman, V. Grubisic, and D. Leon

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Friday, 15 August 2008


Session
Student Awards and AMS 14th Mountain Meteorology Conference Update
Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

12:00 PM-12:15 PM: Friday, 15 August 2008


Conference Ends
« Collapse View