13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology/17th Conference on Applied Climatology (11

Registration Opens

Location: Wedgemount B (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Registration Continues Throughout the Conference

Location: Wedgemount B (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Session

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Cochairs: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ.; Laura M. Edwards, DRI

Session 1

Climate Observing Systems I

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

9:00 AM

1.1

Development and modernization of NOAA's U.S. Climate Observing Network

C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. R. Easterling

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (31.4 kB)

9:15 AM

1.2

Missouri's transition to a near real-time mesonet

Patrick Guinan, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and J. Travlos

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (134.4 kB)

9:30 AM

1.3

An Overview of the Kentucky Mesonet

Zachary G. Brown, Kentucky Mesonet, Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster, R. Mahmood, S. Struebig, D. Grabowski, M. Grogan, and M. M. Ferris

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (531.2 kB)

9:45 AM

1.4

A climatology of heatbursts as detected by the Oklahoma Mesonet

Renee A. McPherson, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. D. Lane, K. C. Crawford, and W. G. McPherson Jr.

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (295.1 kB)

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)

Coffee Break

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

Coffee Break

Session 2

Climate Observing Systems II

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

10:30 AM

2.1

Data collection and quality assurance of the Kentucky Mesonet

Megan M. Ferris, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster, R. Mahmood, D. Grabowski, S. Struebig, Z. G. Brown, and M. Grogan

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

2.2

Assessment of Recent Climate Changes in Nebraska and Kansas in 1985-2007

X. Lin, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard and R. A. Pielke Sr.

11:00 AM

2.3

CoCoRaHS: A national climate observing system of volunteer observers providing a “gauge-full” of data for climate applications

Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, R. C. Cifelli, J. Turner, and Z. Schwalbe

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (336.8 kB)

11:15 AM

2.4

The New Jersey Weather and Climate Network: a dense, multipurpose network of networks

David A. Robinson, Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and C. Shmukler, D. P. Fittante, M. Gerbush, and J. Read

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

2.5

Integration of automated climate networks to develop quality control procedures

Ted W. Sammis, New Mexico State University, Plant and Environmental Sciences., 88003 Las Cruces, NM; and S. Engle

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

2.6

The United States Historical Climatology Network monthly temperature data – version 2

Matthew J. Menne, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and C. N. Williams Jr. and R. S. Vose

Recorded Presentation

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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)

10:30 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)

Lunch Break

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

Session 3

Human Dimensions of Applied Climate

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: David A. Robinson, Rutgers University

1:45 PM

3.1

Using K-16 weather station data in climate research and as an outreach opportunity

David J. Travis, Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI

Recorded Presentation

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2:00 PM

3.2

Storm Peak Laboratory 5th-6th Grade Climate and Weather Program

Ian B. McCubbin, DRI, Steamboat Springs, CO; and A. G. Hallar

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.6 MB)

2:15 PM

3.3

New Applied Climatology and Meteorology Course at the University of Oklahoma

Renee A. McPherson, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (195.9 kB)

2:30 PM

3.4

Evaluation of human thermal comfort using by meteorological approach

Yuka Horie, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; and K. Kimura and T. Honma

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (421.8 kB)

2:45 PM

3.5

Illinois' 2007-08 winter: "That 70s Show" revisited

David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and S. Changnon

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

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

Coffee Break

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

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

Session 4

Temperature

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ.

3:30 PM

4.1

Preferential pathways for Southern Hemisphere cold surges

Nicholas D. Metz, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and H. M. Archambault, T. J. Galarneau Jr., and A. F. Srock

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

4.2

The temperature series of Verona (1741-2006)

Michele Andrighetti, Atmospheric Physics Group, University of Trento, Trento, Italy, Trento, Italy; and D. Zardi and M. De Franceschi

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

4.3

Searching for the Daily Mean Temperature

Glen Conner, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and S. Foster

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (77.7 kB)

4:15 PM

4.4

An analytical model for the diurnal temperature cycle at the earth surface

Dino Zardi, University of Trento, Italy, Trento, Italy; and M. De Franceschi

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

4.5

Eliminating Station Location Bias from Long-Term Climate Division Data

John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and D. B. McRoberts

Recorded Presentation

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

Poster Session 1

Applied Climatology Poster Session One w/ Ice Breaker Reception

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

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

P1.1

Reassessment of Lightning Mortality in the U.S.: Analyses of Contrasting Datasets, Spatial Distributions, and Storm Morphologies

Walker S. Ashley, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL; and C. Gilson and D. Keith

Handout (165.3 kB)

P1.2

Future projection of temperature over Korea in global warming using regional climate simulation with the MM5 model

GyoSook Koo Sr., KMA, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. O. Boo and W. T. Kwon

P1.3

Evaluation of Winter Weather Conditions Complexity from the Viewpoint of Winter Maintenance of Roads – Principles and Experience

Vit Kveton, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Praha, Czech Republic; and M. Zak

Handout (709.7 kB)

P1.4

OK-FIRE: A weather-based decision support system for wildland fire management in Oklahoma

J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and R. Jabrzemski, S. Blackburn, J. M. Wolfinbarger, and R. A. McPherson

Handout (2.0 MB)

P1.5

Future Climate Change over Korea under Global Warming using Dynamical Downscaling Technique

Yu-Mi Cha Sr., Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. O. Boo and W. T. Kwon

P1.6

Using Doppler radars for remote sensing of cloud water and precipitation in low layer clouds

Yefim L. Kogan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Z. N. Kogan

P1.7

Using the monthly classification of global SSTs and 500 hPa height

Anthony R. Lupo, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO; and P. Guinan, D. Weitlich, E. P. Kelsey, P. S. Market, and N. Davis

Handout (583.7 kB)

P1.8

Spatial Depiction of Drought Variability from Merged Recent and Historical Data

Douglas Brent McRoberts, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon and S. M. Quiring

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

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

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

Panel Discussion 1

Role of Applied Climatology in a Changing Climate

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Panelists: Phillip A. Pasteris, Global Water Resources; Kelly T. Redmond, DRI; David A. Robinson, Rutgers University; John Horel, University of Utah

Moderator: Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona

8:30 AM

PD1.1

The same river twice: Applied climatology in a changing environment

Kelly T. Redmond, DRI, Reno, NV

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

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

Session 4

Kelly Redmond Session

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

10:30 AM

4.1

Hidden climate variability in complex terrain

Christopher Daly, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR

Recorded Presentation

10:50 AM

Climate Services in Support of Adaptation

Roger S. Pulwarty, (Drought in the Southwest) NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

11:10 AM

4.2

People, Places, Possibilities and Partnerships: Preparing for a National Climate Service

Eileen Shea, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Honolulu, HI

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

4.3

Long-term temperature stations in mountainous terrain: confounding processes in interpreting high-elevation climate trends

Jessica D. Lundquist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Pepin and P. W. Mote

Recorded Presentation

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

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

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

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

Coffee Break

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

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

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

Panel Discussion 2

Research and Adaption Needs between the United States and Canada

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Panelists: Richard Lawford, Drought Research Initiative; Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona; Nancy Lee, Agriculture and Agri=Food Canada; Stewart J. Cohen, Environment Canada

Moderator: Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC

Chair: Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC

9:00 AM

Introduction to session

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

Rick Lawford

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

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

Coffee Break

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

Poster Session 2

Applied Climatology Poster Session Two

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

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

P2.1

Assessing the sensitivity of Wasatch Mountain winter precipitation to present climate temperature variations

Leigh Jones, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Horel

P2.2

A multivariate analysis of summary-of-the-day snowfall statistics vs. same-day water precipitation and temperature recordings

Charles J. Fisk, Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, CA

Handout (653.1 kB)

P2.3

Hybrid 2.0 interpolation of daily precipitation data over Alberta

P2.4

Seasonal snowpack prediction in the Columbia River Basin

Heather K. Conley, Illinois State University, Normal, IL; and D. McGinnis

P2.5

Estimating meteorological variables within glacier boundary layers, Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

Joseph Michael Shea, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC BC, Canada; and R. D. Moore and F. S. Anslow

Handout (2.9 MB)

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)

Lunch Break

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

Session 5

Climate patterns in complex terrain I

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Laura M. Edwards, DRI

1:30 PM

5.1

Development and testing of Canada-wide interpolated spatial models of daily minimum/maximum temperature and precipitation for 1961-2003

Michael Hutchinson, Australian National University; and D. McKenney, K. Lawrence, J. Pedlar, R. Hopkinson, E. Milewska, and P. Papadopol

1:45 PM

5.2

Regional Climate Projections for British Columbia: Tools and Uncertainty

Trevor Q. Murdock, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, Victoria, BC, Canada; and D. Bronaugh and D. R. Rodenhuis

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

5.3

Evaluation of a WRF dynamical downscaling simulation over California

Peter Caldwell, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and D. C. Bader, H. N. S. Chin, and G. Bala

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

5.4

Climatology of wind storms in the Owens Valley, CA

Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and J. Li, X. Bian, W. Q. Yao, and C. D. Whiteman

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

5.5

A Synoptic Climatology of Winter Season Flooding Precipitation in Complex Terrain

S. Jeffrey Underwood, University of Nevada, Reno, NV; and C. King and M. Kaplan

2:45 PM

5.6

Assessing the sensitivity of Wasatch Mountain winter precipitation to future climate temperature

John Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and L. Jones

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

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

Session 6

Climate Patterns in Complex Terrain II

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: David C. Bader, LLNL

3:30 PM

6.1

Precipitation distribution in the Lake Pukaki Catchment, New Zealand

Tim R. Kerr, NIWA, Christchurch, New Zealand; and I. Owens and R. Henderson

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (858.1 kB)

3:45 PM

6.2

Climate change projections for Southwest vegetation change

Gregg M. Garfin, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and J. K. Eischeid, K. Cole, K. Ironside, M. Crimmins, and N. Cobb

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

6.3

Daily temperature and precipitation maps with 1 km resolution derived from Norwegian weather observations

Matthias Mohr, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, , Norway; and O. E. Tveito

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (286.4 kB)

4:15 PM

6.4

Present and future return values of heavy precipitation over complex terrain – the Black Forest region in Germany as an example

Gerd Schaedler, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; and B. Frueh and H. Feldmann

Presentation PDF (2.8 MB)

4:30 PM

6.5

Climate Change Projection in the Upper Danube (European Alps) and the Upper Brahmaputra (Himalayas)

Bodo Ahrens, Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; and A. Dobler

Presentation PDF (232.8 kB)

4:45 PM

6.6

Downscaling station temperatures to glacier locations using empirical orthogonal functions and Bayesian model averaging

Christian Reuten, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. D. Moore, T. Stickford, and G. K. C. Clarke

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

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)

Session 7

Drought I

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Andrea Bair, NOAA/NWS

9:00 AM

7.1

National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS): A model for interagency climate services collaboration

Michael J. Brewer, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and T. W. Owen, R. Pulwarty, and M. Svoboda

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (346.8 kB)

9:15 AM

7.2

Drought impact reporting in the United States: Giving the Drought Impact Reporter a face lift

Mark D. Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center, Lincoln, NE; and K. C. Smith, M. Sittler, S. N. Scott, J. Li, M. J. Hayes, D. A. Wood, D. Gutzmer, and M. Melvin

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

7.3

Regional knowledge transfers: coping with drought through collaboration

Gregg M. Garfin, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ AZ; and D. Bathke, G. Carbone, C. W. Fraisse, C. Roncoli, K. Dow, E. Lay, H. C. Hartmann, J. Rhee, M. Crimmins, M. Higgins, and L. Demouche

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (75.4 kB)

9:45 AM

7.4

Drought indices and climate relationships with wildland fire characteristics for use in fire business

Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown, C. A. Kolden, and J. T. Abatzoglou

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

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

Coffee Break

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

Session 8

Drought II

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Andrea Bair, NOAA/NWS

10:30 AM

8.1

A pressure gradient metric capturing planetary-scale influences on eastern Australian rainfall

Clinton S. Rakich, Macquarie University and the Bureau of Meteorology, North Ryde, NSW, Australia; and N. J. Holbrook and B. Timbal

Recorded Presentation

8.2

Climatological Analysis of European Heat Wave and Drought Events

11:00 AM

8.3

Changes in daily and extreme temperature and precipitation indices related to drought in Canada

Eva Mekis, Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and L. A. Vincent

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (904.7 kB)

11:15 AM

8.4

The combined role of ENSO and the NAO on winter precipitation and summer drought in the southwestern United States

James A. Miller, California State University, Fullerton, CA

8.5

Applying GRACE to drought monitoring using a data assimilation system

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

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

Lunch Break

Mountain Meteorology Committee Luncheon

Location: Spearhead AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Session 9

Moisture

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Mark Svododa, National Drought Mitigation Center

1:30 PM

9.1

The linkage between intraseasonal oscillation and heavy precipitation in Asian Monsoon region

Chih-Hua Tsou, Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; and A. C. Jeng and C. T. Chen

1:45 PM

9.2

Climatology of the moisture budget in the Great Lakes Region as viewed from the North American Regional Reanalysis

Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and X. Li, X. Bian, and W. E. Heilman

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

9.3

Operational ranking of U.S. snowfall events

David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and M. Gerbush, T. Estilow, J. H. Lawrimore, M. F. Squires, and R. R. Heim Jr.

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

9.4

Potential methods to identify inhomogeneities in historical dew point temperatures

Paula J. Brown, Northeast Regional Climate Center/Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and A. T. DeGaetano

2:30 PM

9.5

Development and Testing of an Ice Accumulation Algorithm

Gary McManus, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and S. F. Piltz, S. Sperry, R. A. McPherson, T. Meyer, D. McClain, A. D. Gartside, C. Fetsch, and M. A. Shafer

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (69.1 kB)

2:45 PM

9.6

ENSO and short duration extreme climate events in the U.S., 1850-2007

Michael A. Palecki, ISWS, Champaign, IL

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

9.7

Active flood mitigation by boundary control

Nikolas Katopodes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Recorded Presentation

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)

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

Coffee Break

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

Coffee Break

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

Session 10

Applied Climatology - Analysis, Assessments and Strategies

Location: Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair: Laura M. Edwards, DRI

3:15 PM

New Climate and Weather Reanalysis Efforts in NOAA: Overview and Access Update

Glenn K. Rutledge, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

3:30 PM

10.1

Landslides risk analysis using a newly developed scalable and extensible geo-fluid model

Diandong Ren, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and D. J. Karoly and L. M. Leslie

3:45 PM

10.2

Estimating daily maxima and minima from single daily air temperature readings

Michele Andrighetti, Atmospheric Physics Group, University of Trento, Trento, Italy, Trento, Italy; and M. De Franceschi and D. Zardi

Recorded Presentation

Strategies for evaluating quality assurance procedures

4:00 PM

10.3

Estimation of monthly and annual local wind speed anomalies through the use of high resolution numerical simulations

John W. Zack, AWS Truepower, LLC, Troy, NY; and K. T. Waight, S. Young, G. E. Van Knowe, and M. Brower

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

10.4

Assessing the quality assurance system for the Oklahoma Mesonet with accuracy measures

Peter K. Hall Jr., Oklahoma Mesonet, Norman, OK; and A. D. Gartside, C. A. Fiebrich, and R. A. McPherson

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (251.9 kB)

4:30 PM

10.5

Interannual variability of soybean yield in the Argentine Pampas and its relationship with synoptic weather types in Southern South America

Maria Laura Bettolli, FCEN/UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and W. Vargas and O. C. Penalba

Presentation PDF (129.1 kB)

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

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

Conference Ends

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

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)

Coffee Break

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

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)

Session

Student Awards and AMS 14th Mountain Meteorology Conference Update

Location: Rainbow Theatre (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Conference Ends

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