13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

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Sunday, 10 August 2008

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


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

Monday, 11 August 2008

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
9:30 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
9:45 AM
1.3

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

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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)
10:45 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
11:00 AM
2.3
Mediterranean Lee Cyclogenesis
Ron McTaggart-Cowan, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and T. J. Galarneau Jr. and L. F. Bosart
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
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
11:45 AM
2.6
A mountain wind model for assisting fire management
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA

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


Lunch Break

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

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

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

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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
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
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
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

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)

P1.10
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)

P1.22
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

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
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.
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
9:15 AM
5A.4
Parameterization of elevation effects in short-duration precipitation analysis
Thomas Haiden, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, Austria
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
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
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
8:45 AM
5B.2
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
9:15 AM
5B.4
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
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

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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
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
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
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
11:30 AM
6A.5
Rain-snow boundaries along mountainsides
Julie M. Thériault, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Stewart
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
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
10:45 AM
6B.2
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
11:15 AM
6B.4
Moisture and Sierra Waves: Observations and Modeling
Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle
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
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

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
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
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
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

4:15 PM
J2.3
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
3:30 PM
J2.5

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

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
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
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
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
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

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

P2.5
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

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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

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
8:45 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
10:45 AM
9A.2
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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
2:00 PM
10A.2
Orographic flow response to variations in upstream humidity
H. Dawn Reeves, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and R. Rotunno
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
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
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
2:00 PM
10B.3
Lee vortices in evolving large-scale flows
Lucas M. Harris, NOAA/OAR/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and D. R. Durran
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
2:30 PM
10B.5
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
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
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

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

Friday, 15 August 2008

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
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
9:00 AM
12A.3
9:15 AM
12A.4
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
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
9:00 AM
12B.3
Observations of a Gap Flow at 80N
Idar Barstad, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway; and V. Grubisic
9:15 AM
12B.4
Examples of mountain induced winds in Atlantic Canada
Ted McIldoon, MSC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and M. Pilon

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
11:00 AM
13.5
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

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