Session 8A Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain I

Thursday, 14 August 2008: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)
Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair:
Richard Rotunno, NCAR, Mmm, Boulder, CO

Papers:
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

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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

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