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Sunday, 31 July 2011
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Satellite Registration Registration Opens
Monday, 1 August 2011
	7:30 AM-6:00 PM, Monday, Satellite Registration Registration continues throughout the conference
	8:20 AM-10:00 AM, Monday, Marquis Salon 456 Joint Session 1 Mesoscale processes in atmospheric turbulence
Chair: Robert G. Fovell, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA
8:20 AM Introductory Remarks   8:30 AM J1.1 (Invited talk) Recent advances in the detection and understanding of turbulence associated with thunderstorms   Robert D. Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. P. Lane, S. B. Trier, R. G. Fovell, and J. K. Williams 9:00 AM J1.2 Turbulence in the upper-level outflow of idealized mesoscale convective systems   Dragana Zovko Rajak, Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and T. P. Lane 9:15 AM J1.3 Numerical simulations and observations of large-amplitude inertia-gravity wave breaking over the western lee of Greenland associated with commercial aviation encounters with severe clear-air turbulence   Melvyn A. Shapiro, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Sharman, J. D. Doyle, and T. P. Lane 9:30 AM J1.4 Resonant instability in mountain waves: Breaking at subcritical mountain heights   Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and K. C. Viner and J. D. Doyle 9:45 AM J1.5 Overview of the Southern Andes - ANtarctic GRavity wave InitiAtive (SAANGRIA)   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. C. Fritts, R. B. Smith, and S. Eckermann
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday Coffee break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 1 Special Session on understanding of mesoscale processes from different scale perspectives
Chair: Todd P. Lane, Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic. Australia
10:30 AM 1.1 An observed and simulated cloud microphysical perspective of snowbands within coastal Northeast U.S. winter storms   Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook University/SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and D. A. Stark and S. E. Yuter 10:45 AM 1.2 Dynamics and impacts of gravity waves in the baroclinic jet-front systems with moist convection   Fuqing Zhang, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. Wei and S. Wang 11:00 AM 1.3 Multi-scale Processes Leading to the Supercells in the Landfalling Outer Rainbands of Hurricane Katrina (2005)   Benjamin Green, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang and P. Markowski 11:15 AM 1.4 Comparison of the temporal evolution of satellite-derived deep convective cloud properties for severe vs. non-severe convection   Daniel C. Hartung, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff and M. J. Pavolonis 11:30 AM 1.5 Tropical Transition of a Mediterranean Storm: Role of an Upper-Level Jet in its Explosive Development   Jean-Pierre Chaboureau, University of Toulouse and CNRS, Toulouse, France; and F. Pantillon, D. Lambert, E. Richard, and C. Claud 11:45 AM 1.6 Coupling of WRF and building-resolving urban CFD models for analysis of strong winds over an urban area   Hiromasa Nakayama, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Takemi and N. Haruyasu
	12:00 PM-1:15 PM, Monday, Marquis Salon 1&2/Century Pavilion Lunch
	1:15 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 2 Orographic, coastal and other thermally driven mesoscale circulation systems I
Chair: Mei Han, GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD
1:15 PM 2.1 Numerical model forecast sensitivity to microphysical parameterization for lake effect snow   H. Dawn Reeves, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. T. Dawson II 1:30 PM 2.2 Examining the nature and impact of Pacific Northwest cool season intermittent precipitation using objective radar tracking   Jeffrey G. Cunningham, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. E. Yuter and B. A. Colle 1:45 PM 2.3 Observation and numerical modeling of an exceptionally intense orographic precipitation event in southern France   Olivier Bousquet, Météo France, Toulouse, France; and J. R. Beck, M. Nuret, E. Bresson, O. Nuissier, and V. Ducrocq 2:00 PM 2.4 WRF modelling of contrasting sea breeze scenarios with applications to coastal zone wind energy   Christopher James Steele, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom; and S. Dorling, J. Bacon, and R. von Glasow 2:15 PM 2.5 The Impact of Mountain-Plains Solenoids on the Diurnal Variations of Warm-season Precipitation over China   Xinghua Bao, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Marquis Salon 3 Coffee break with poster viewing
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Marquis Salon 3 Poster Session 1 Poster session I
Chair: Shu-Hua Chen, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
A Survey of Squall Lines Preceding Landfalling Tropical Cyclones in China   Yunji Zhang, Peking University, Beijing, China; and Z. Meng   A Survey of Squall Lines in East China   Zhiyong Meng, Peking University, Beijing, China; and D. Yan   Meteorological aspects of Saharan and Asian dust determined by CALIPSO, AERONET, and a coupled climate-aerosol microphysical model   Lin Su, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and O. B. Toon   Improving Understanding of the Role of Anthropogenically-generated Sulfate in Convective Cloud and Precipitation Processes Using Observations and Multiscale Modeling   Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND ; and D. J. Delene, M. Gilmore, J. Delhommelle, G. Mullendore, and M. Hoffmann   On the multiscale dynamics of tropical rainfall   Yi-Chi Wang, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and J. Gao and W. W. Tung   Impact of GPS RO refractivity or excess phase data assimilation on WRF simulation of Hurricane Helene   Xue Meng Chen, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and S. H. Chen, S. Y. Chen, and C. Huang   Sensitivity analysis and predictability characteristics of a severe European winter storm   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. M. Amerault, P. A. Reinecke, and C. A. Reynolds   Assimilation of water vapor airborne lidar observations: Impact study on the COPS precipitation forecasts   Soline Bielli, University of Toulouse and CNRS, Toulouse, France; and E. Richard, M. Grzeschik, C. Flamant, C. Champollion, C. Kiemle, M. Dorninger, and P. Brousseau   EnKF OSSE Experiments analyzing the impact of HIWRAP data on Hurricane Karl   Jason Sippel, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Braun   Effects of sea spray on tropical cyclone intensity forecasts with the NCEP global forecasting system   Jongil Han, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and H. L. Pan   A multiscale analysis of the inland reintensification of Tropical Cyclone Danny (1997) within an equatorward jet-entrance region   Matthew Potter, University at Albany, Albany, NY; and L. Bosart and D. Keyser   Structures of spiral rainbands in numerically simulated tropical cyclones   Yumin Moon, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan   Track forecasting of tropical cyclones in the North Indian Ocean with 3DVAR and 4DVAR Data Assimilation Techniques   Chandrasekar Radhakrishnan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India; and C. Paranjape and C. Balaji   The role of the Saharan Air Layer in the evolution of Hurricane Helene (2006)   Scott Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Sippel and C. L. Shie   Impacts of cloud condensation and ice nuclei in the simulation of tropical cyclones   Wanchen Wu, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and W. W. Tung   The role of microphysics in tropical cyclone rapid intensification   Yizhe Peggy Bu, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and R. G. Fovell   Examination of the role of intense convection in tropical cyclone formation   Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Li   The Impact of Aerosols on Fog Formation and Energy Budget in the California Central Valley   Hsiang-He Lee, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and S. -. H. Chen, M. J. Kleeman, and S. DeNero   Large eddy simulation of sea breeze and scaling of its horizontal extent   Junshi Ito, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan; and H. Niino and M. Nakanishi   Regional-scale evaluation on the changes in environmental stability for afternoon convective precipitation in summer under global warming   Tetsuya Takemi, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan   Mesoscale variability of turbulence-generating mechanisms in southeast-Pacific stratocumulus   Prescott R. Bishop, North Carolina State Univ., Lawrence, KS; and D. B. Mechem, S. E. Yuter, S. P. de Szoeke, and C. Burleyson   Numerical investigations of supercell mergers   Ryan M. Hastings, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and Y. P. Richardson   A cloud resolving model investigation into the dynamics and microphysics of hot towers   Clayton McGee, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. Van den Heever
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Monday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 3 Mesoscale predictability and data assimilation I
Chair: Wen-Wen Tung, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
4:00 PM 3.1 A convection-permitting Ensemble Prediction System to study the predictability of Mediterranean Heavy Precipitating Events   Benoît Vié, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and O. Nuissier and V. Ducrocq 4:15 PM 3.2 Hierarchical prediction of landfalling tropical cyclone tracks   Wen-Wen Tung, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and J. Gao, R. G. Fovell, and D. K. Arthur 4:30 PM 3.3 Predictability of supercell thunderstorms   Rebecca M. Belobraydich, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud 4:45 PM 3.4 A pseudo-ensemble hybrid 3DVar data assimilation system for tropical cyclone initialization   Xuyang Ge, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang, Y. Weng, and J. Poterjoy 5:00 PM 3.5 Assessing the impact of the covariance localization radius when assimilating infrared brightness temperature observations using an EnKF system   Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 5:15 PM 3.6 Analysis and forecasting over complex terrain with the NCAR 4D-REKF data assimilation and forecasting system   Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Pan, Y. Wu, A. Bourgeois, J. Knievel, T. Warner, S. Swerdlin, S. F. Halvorson, J. Pace, and F. W. Gallagher 5:30 PM 3.7 Ensemble Kalman filter analyses and forecasts of a severe mesoscale convective system observed during BAMEX   Dustan M. Wheatley, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and N. Yussouf, M. C. Coniglio, and D. J. Stensrud 5:45 PM 3.8 NWP-based nowcasting and data assimilation at the UK Met Office   Cristina Charlton-Perez, UK Met Office, Reading, United Kingdom; and S. Ballard, Z. Li, D. Simonin, H. Buttery, N. Gaussiat, L. D. Hawkness-Smith, and J. F. Caron
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 4 Dynamics and structure of mesoscale precipitation systems I
Chair: Russ S. Schumacher, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
8:00 AM 4.1 A multiscale analysis of a severe weather-producing Great Lakes cutoff cyclone: Part I: Antecedent conditions, cutoff formation, and vortex breakdown   Lance Bosart, University at Albany, Albany, NY; and N. D. Metz and H. M. Archambault 8:15 AM 4.2 A multiscale analysis of a severe weather-producing Great Lakes cutoff cyclone: Part II: Mesoscale structure and evolution   Nicholas D. Metz, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. Bosart and A. F. Srock 8:30 AM 4.3 Idealized simulations of supercell demise based on VORTEX2 observations   Casey E. Letkewicz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Parker 8:45 AM 4.4 A numerical investigation of convective storm evolution in cases of mergers between squall lines and isolated supercells   Adam J. French, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Parker 9:00 AM 4.5 Identifying the moisture sources for heavy precipitation events – results from tagging experiments   Andreas Winschall, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; and S. Pfahl, H. Sodemann, and H. Wernli 9:15 AM 4.6 Quasi-stationary convective systems forming perpendicular to, and above the cold pools of, strong bow echoes   Kelly M. Keene, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. S. Schumacher 9:30 AM 4.7 A Case Study of a Large-amplitude Mesoscale Inertia–Gravity Wave over the Southeast US   James H. Ruppert Jr., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and L. F. Bosart 9:45 AM 4.8 MCS and MCV divergence profiles: Observations and model sensitivities   Larry J. Hopper Jr., University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA; and C. Schumacher
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday Coffee break
	10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 5 Structure and evolution of tropical and extratropical cyclones I
Chair: Scott Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
10:30 AM 5.1 Hurricane inner-core PV mixing: forced simulations using a shallow water model   Eric Hendricks, NRL, Monterey, CA; and H. C. Kuo and M. S. Peng 10:45 AM 5.2 The impact of dry mid-level air on hurricane intensity in idealized simulations with no mean flow   Scott Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Sippel and D. S. Nolan 11:00 AM 5.3 Tropical cyclone sensitivity to initialization in semi-idealized simulations   Yang Cao, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and R. G. Fovell and K. Corbosiero 11:15 AM 5.4 The Structure of the Warm Core in Numerically Simulated Tropical Cyclones   Daniel P. Stern, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang 11:30 AM 5.5 Indirect effects of aerosols on warm frontal processes   Adele Lichtenberger Igel, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; and S. C. van den Heever, S. M. Saleeby, C. M. Naud, and D. J. Posselt 11:45 AM 5.6 Observed structure of banded precipitation features in cold-season extratropical cyclones   David M. Plummer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and G. M. McFarquhar, R. M. Rauber, B. F. Jewett, K. R. Knupp, Z. Wang, and D. Leon 12:00 PM 5.7 Energy transfer between tropical and baroclinic cyclones   G. J. Tripoli, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
	12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, Marquis Salon 1&2/Century Pavilion Lunch
	1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 6 Results from recent testbed investigations and field research programs I
Chair: Fuqing Zhang, Penn State University, University Park, PA
1:30 PM 6.1 (Invited talk) Orographic precipitation in the tropics: The Dominica experiment   Ronald B. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT 2:00 PM 6.2 The influence of mesoscale airflow dynamics on orographic convection and precipitation in the tropics   Justin R. Minder, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith, A. D. Nugent, and D. Kirshbaum 2:15 PM 6.3 Triggered convection and orographic precipitation in the tropics: control parameters and predictability   Alison D. Nugent, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith, J. R. Minder, and D. J. Kirshbaum 2:30 PM 6.4 Dynamics and Predictability of Tropical Cyclogenesis during PREDICT Revealed from Ensemble Analyses and Forecasts with coupled variational-EnKF Data Assimilation Systems   Jonathan Poterjoy, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang 2:45 PM 6.5 Follow-dependent Predictability of Tropical Cyclones   Yonghui Weng, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and F. Zhang and X. Ge 3:00 PM 6.6 Analysis of Flow Variability during the Terrain-influenced Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (2008)   James H. Ruppert Jr., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson 3:15 PM 6.7 The Comparison of Developing and Non-developing Waves during the NAMMA Experiment   Yi-Chin Liu, University of California, Davis, CA; and S. H. Chen
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Tuesday Coffee break
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 7 Theoretical and modeling studies of mesoscale processes I
Chair: Brian F. Jewett, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL
4:00 PM 7.1 Microphysical impacts on convective storm dynamics   Susan C. van den Heever, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 4:15 PM 7.2 Evaluating the contribution of storm-scale dynamic and microphysical processes to the intensification and longevity of interacting cells   Ann Syrowski, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and B. F. Jewett and R. B. Wilhelmson 4:30 PM 7.3 Interactions between simulated supercell thunderstorms and dry boundary layer convection   Christopher J. Nowotarski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and P. M. Markowski, Y. P. Richardson, and G. H. Bryan 4:45 PM 7.4 On the Development of Large Surface Vorticity in High-Resolution Supercell Simulations   Johannes M. L. Dahl, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Parker 5:00 PM 7.5 The 2010 Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak - a mesoscale and stormscale perspective   Samantha L. Chiu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and B. F. Jewett and R. B. Wilhelmson 5:15 PM 7.6 Idealized simulations of supercell thunderstorm as a testbed for two fine-scale models   Didier Ricard, CNRM-GAME, Toulouse, France; and A. Verrelle 5:30 PM 7.7 Time-evolution of Mass Transport in a Supercell Storm   Joel M. Siegel, The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and G. L. Mullendore 5:45 PM 7.8 Different approaches to modeling supercell mineral dust ingestion pathways   Robert B. Seigel, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. van den Heever
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 8 Mesoscale predictability and data assimilation II
Chair: Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
8:00 AM 8.1 On the impact of the assimilation of nacelle winds and yaw angles with WRF-FDDA and WRF-DART for short-term wind energy predictions   Caroline Draxl, Risoe DTU Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark; and L. delle Monache, Y. Liu, G. Descombes, F. Vandenberghe, W. Y. Y. Cheng, A. N. Hahmann, G. Giebel, and J. C. Knievel 8:15 AM 8.2 Observing Strategy and Observation Targeting for Tropical Cyclones using Ensemble-based Sensitivity Analysis and Data Assimilation   Baoguo Xie, Peking University, Beijing, China; and Q. Zhang Sr., F. Zhang, Y. Weng, and J. Poterjoy 8:30 AM 8.3 On the assimilation of near surface observations with 3Dvar and EnKF   Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and H. Zhang 8:45 AM 8.4 Impact of radar retrieval winds on data assimilation and forecast of a mesoscale convective storm using Non-Hydrostatic Model   Wai-Kin Wong, Hong Kong Observatory, Kowloon, Hong Kong; and M. K. Or, P. W. Chan, and C. M. Cheng 9:00 AM 8.5 Improving offshore atmospheric mesoscale model results - The Berlengas case study   Paulo silva Costa, LNEG, Lisboa, Portugal; and M. A. Fernandes and A. I. Estanqueiro 9:15 AM 8.6 Reconstruct the Meso-scale Information of Typhoon with BDA Method Combined with AMSU-A Data Assimilation Method   Wang Yunfeng Sr., PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China; and W. Bin Sr., F. Jianfang Sr., H. Yueqi, and C. Xiaoping Sr. 9:30 AM 8.7 Simulation of a heavy rainfall event in Pune using WRF-ARW with updated vegetation cover and urban canopy parameterization   Viswanadhapalli Yesubabu, Centre for Deveolpment of Advaced Computing(CDAC -Pune), Pune, India 9:45 AM 8.8 Modeling meso-gamma scale weather flows using nested-grid WRF LES scale models and FDDA for a wind farm in Northern Colorado   Yuewei Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, W. Cheng, W. Wu, L. Pan, B. Kosvic, T. Warner, G. Wiener, S. Haupt, and W. Mahoney
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 9 Structure and evolution of tropical and extratropical cyclones II
Chair: David S. Nolan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
10:30 AM 9.1 A numerical simulation of early phase of tropical cyclogenesis associated with multiple tropospheric vortices   Yoshida Ryuji, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and H. Ishikawa 10:45 AM 9.2 Influence of Large-Scale Environment on the Size of Secondary Eyewalls   Xiaqiong Zhou, Univ of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang 11:00 AM 9.3 Effects of topography on the evolution of Typhoon Saomai (2006)   Wook Jang, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and H. Y. Chun 11:15 AM 9.4 Influence of topography on the track and intensity of tropical cyclones   Frank P. Colby Jr., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 11:30 AM 9.5 The gravity wave field radiating from tropical cyclones   David S. Nolan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. A. Zhang and Y. Moon 11:45 AM 9.6 Typhoon-generated gravity waves in the lower stratosphere and their influence in the typhoon development   Hye-Yeong Chun, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Kim
	12:00 PM-1:15 PM, Wednesday, Marquis Salon 1&2/Century Pavilion Lunch
	1:15 PM-2:00 PM, Wednesday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 10 Special sessions on the study of multiscale interactions
Chair: Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook University/SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
1:15 PM 10.1 Isolating the effects of mesoscale organization on large-scale wave, deep convection interaction   Emily M. Riley, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. E. Mapes and Z. Kuang 1:30 PM 10.2 Projecting the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) modulation of atmospheric circulation onto Chilean winter precipitation   Bradford S. Barrett, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 1:45 PM 10.3 Evaluation of OLAM performance in TWP-ICE and winter orographic precipitation in Colorado   Gustavo G. Carrio, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. Walko, W. R. Cotton, and S. M. Saleeby
	2:00 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 11 Mountain waves and mechanically forced flows
Chair: Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook University/SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
2:00 PM 11.1 Resonant Instability in Mountain Waves: Variable Background States   Kevin C. Viner, NRC, Monterey, CA; and C. C. Epifanio and J. D. Doyle 2:15 PM 11.2 A numerical study of deep three-dimensional mountain waves over the Southern Andes and Drake Passage   Qingfang Jiang, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle, R. Smith, and S. Eckermann
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Marquis Salon 3 Coffee break with poster viewing
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Marquis Salon 3 Poster Session 2 Poster session II
Chair: Robert G. Fovell, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA
Comparison of supercell maintenance and dissipation processes observed during VORTEX2   Casey E. Letkewicz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. D. Parker   Low-level wind and thermodynamic observations of a mesovortex in the 15 May 2009 VORTEX2 squall line   Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and P. M. Markowski and Y. P. Richardson   Impact of shallow convection parameterization on simulations of stratocumulus clouds   Shouping Wang, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Y. Jin   Sensitivity of parameterized dust emissions to model resolution   Mark Waylonis, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and S. -. H. Chen   Observations of the impact of mesoscale vegetation heterogeneity on the dynamical and thermodynamic properties of the planetary boundary layer   Luis Garcia-Carreras, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and D. J. Parker, C. M. Taylor, C. E. Reeves, and J. G. Murphy   Case Study of Convection Induced by Topography Over Southern Brazil Using The WRF Model   Cleber Souza Correa, Institute of Airspace Control, São Jose dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil; and M. D. Oyama   Seabreeze Circulations and Offshore Waves   Qingfang Jiang, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA   Topographic effects on the tropical land and sea breeze   Tingting Qian, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and C. C. Epifanio and F. Zhang   Cold Pool Properties from Oklahoma Mesonet Data   Andrew T. Lesage, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. K. Krueger   Characteristics of cool-season intermittent precipitation cells in the Pacific Northwest   Nathan R. Hardin, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. E. Yuter, A. M. Hall, J. G. Cunningham, and B. A. Colle   Case studies of variability in the depth of convective mass transport   Gretchen L. Mullendore, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and A. J. Homann, S. T. Jorgenson, T. J. Lang, and B. Bigelbach   Case study of a heavy rainfall event in Amami Island on 20 October 2010   Hiroshige Tsuguti, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Kato   Impacts of double-moment bulk cloud microphysical scheme in tropical and midlatitude mesoscale convective system   Yuya Baba, JAMSTEC, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan; and K. Takahashi   Appalachian lee troughs and their association with deep convection   Daniel B. Thompson, The University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart and D. Keyser   A climatology of bow echo mesovortices   George Limpert, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and A. Houston   Climatological aspects of freezing rain events in the eastern United States   Christopher M. Castellano, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart and D. Keyser   How to apply tools for mitigating climate extremes   Hideyo Murakami, Ii Ecology Laboratory, Fukuoka-City, Japan
	4:00 PM-6:00 PM, Wednesday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 12 Results from recent testbed investigations and field research programs II
Chair: Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
4:00 PM 12.1 Observations from VORTEX2: The pretornadic phase of the Goshen County, Wyoming, supercell   Paul M. Markowski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and Y. P. Richardson, J. M. Wurman, K. A. Kosiba, and P. Robinson 4:15 PM 12.2 Observations from VORTEX2: The genesis and intensification of the Goshen County, Wyoming tornado (05 June 2009)   Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman, Y. P. Richardson, P. Markowski, and P. Robinson 4:30 PM 12.3 Analysis of the Goshen County tornadic supercell on 5 June 2009 during VORTEX2 using EnKF assimilation of mobile radar data   James N. Marquis, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and Y. P. Richardson, P. M. Markowski, D. C. Dowell, J. M. Wurman, K. A. Kosiba, and P. Robinson 4:45 PM 12.4 Observations from VORTEX2: The dissipation phase of the Goshen County, Wyoming tornado (05 June 2009)   Yvette P. Richardson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and P. M. Markowski, J. M. Wurman, K. A. Kosiba, P. Robinson, J. N. Marquis, and D. W. Burgess 5:00 PM 12.5 Long-lived drizzle cells in inversion-topped boundary layers   Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and A. M. Hall, C. Burleyson, D. Leon, and W. A. Brewer 5:15 PM 12.6 Isolating contributions to the diurnal cycle in southeast-Pacific stratocumulus   David B. Mechem, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and S. E. Yuter, S. P. de Szoeke, and C. Burleyson 5:30 PM 12.7 High resolution measurements of cyclone structure-the Profiling of Winter Storms Project   Robert M. Rauber, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, K. R. Knupp, P. S. Market, D. Leon, D. M. Plummer, A. A. Rosenow, M. K. Peterson, J. P. Wegman, and M. Pitcel 5:45 PM 12.8 Mesoscale systems and dynamics revealed by MISR high-resolution, height-resolved, cloud-track winds and cloud-top heights   Michael J. Garay, Raytheon Corporation, Pasadena, CA; and K. Mueller, D. Wu, C. Moroney, V. Jovanovic, and D. Diner
Thursday, 4 August 2011
	8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 13 Theoretical and modeling studies of mesoscale processes II
Chair: Susan C. van den Heever, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
8:00 AM 13.1 Air-Ocean Interaction and Cloud Variability over the Chilean Coastal Region   Xiaodong Hong, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Wang, T. Holt, and L. W. O'Neill 8:15 AM 13.2 Orographic mesoscale wave, propagation and interaction with large-scale circulation in WRF model   Wanli Wu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, J. Knievel, and T. T. Warner 8:30 AM 13.3 Idealized study of the role of stability and shear on mesoscale gravity waves generated by evaporative cooling   Michelle Pitcel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and B. F. Jewett, R. M. Rauber, and G. M. McFarquhar 8:45 AM 13.4 Examination of atmospheric waves associated with 13 March 2003 bow echo   Rebecca D. Adams-Selin, Atmospheric and Environment Research, Inc., Offutt AFB, NE; and R. Johnson 9:00 AM 13.5 Formation and Evolution of a Squall Line Preceding Landfalling Tropical Cyclone Kammuri (2008) in Western North Pacific   Zhiyong Meng, Peking University, Beijing, China; and Y. Zhang 9:15 AM 13.6 Mechanisms for the Formation of Rear Inflow and Bow Echo within the 23 April 2007 Squall Line over South China   Zhiyong Meng, Peking University, Beijing, China; and F. Zhang, P. M. Markowski, D. Wu, and K. Zhao 9:30 AM 13.7 The evolution of quasi-linear convective systems encountering the northeastern U.S. coastal marine environment   Kelly Lombardo, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and B. A. Colle 9:45 AM 13.8 Upscale effects of deep convection during the North American monsoon   David J. Stensrud, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday Coffee break
	10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 14 Structure and evolution of tropical and extratropical cyclones III
Chair: Svetla M. Hristova-Veleva, JPL, Pasadena, CA
10:30 AM 14.1 Fine-scale dual-Doppler analysis of the boundary layer in Hurricane Frances (2004)   Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Kosiba and P. Robinson 10:45 AM 14.2 Surface Fluctuations Associated with Tropical Cyclone Rainbands   Cheng-Ku Yu, Chinese Culture Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and Y. Chen 11:00 AM 14.3 Impact of asymmetric rainfall and latent heating on typhoon motion crossing Taiwan: Morakot (2009) and Fanapi (2010)   Chung-Chieh Wang, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; and H. C. Kuo and Y. H. Chen 11:15 AM 14.4 Impact of microphysical parameterizations on the structure and intensity of simulated hurricanes: Using satellite data to determine the parameterizations that produce most realistic storms   Svetla M. Hristova-Veleva, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and A. Chau, Z. Haddad, B. Knosp, B. Lambrigtsen, P. P. Li, E. Rodriguez, T. -. P. Shen, B. Stiles, H. Su, J. Turk, and Q. Vu 11:30 AM 14.5 How spiral rainbands propagate in numerically simulated tropical cyclones   Yumin Moon, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan 11:45 AM 14.6 Prediction and Dynamics of Super Typhoon MEGI (2010)   Chuanhai Qian, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and F. Zhang and X. Zhou 12:00 PM 14.7 The Influence of Dust-radiation-microphysics Processes on Tropical Cyclone Development   Shu-Hua Chen, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and C. T. Cheng, J. P. Chen, Y. C. Lin, H. H. Lee, and I. C. Tsai
	12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday, Marquis Salon 1&2/Century Pavilion Lunch
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Thursday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 15 Orographic, coastal and other thermally driven mesoscale circulation systems II
Chair: Heather Dawn Reeves, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
1:30 PM 15.1 Radar observations of vortex-ring entrainment patterns in cumulus clouds   Yonggang Wang, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts 1:45 PM 15.2 Stratus Clouds over the Southeast Pacific: Representation and Evaluation in a Regional Model   Yi Jin, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Wang, J. E. Nachamkin, and G. Thompson 2:00 PM 15.3 Impacts of Large-Scale Environments on Mesoscale Cellular Structure in Marine Boundary Layer Clouds   Shouping Wang, NRL, Monterey, CA 2:15 PM 15.4 What is the mechanism for the organization of cloud cover by land-surface induced flows?   Luis Garcia-Carreras, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and D. J. Parker and J. H. Marsham
	2:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 16 Dynamics and structure of mesoscale precipitation systems II
Chair: Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2:30 PM 16.1 Exploring the mesoscale and thermodynamic structure of banded precipitation within winter cyclones   Melissa K. Peterson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, B. F. Jewett, and G. M. McFarquhar 2:45 PM 16.2 Vertical motions observed in mesoscale winter precipitation bands during PLOWS   Andrew A. Rosenow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, K. R. Knupp, D. Phillips, and P. S. Market 3:00 PM 16.3 The relationship between ground charging and precipitation band structure in continental winter cyclones   Joseph Peter Wegman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, P. S. Market, B. F. Jewett, and G. M. McFarquhar 3:15 PM 16.4 Analyzing the characteristics of vortex heavy rainfall in Henan during 16�`19 July 2010   Su Aifang, Weather Bureau in Henan Province,China, Zhengzhou, China
	3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday Coffee break
	4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, Marquis Salon 456 Session 17 Dynamics and structure of mesoscale precipitation systems III
Chair: Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
4:00 PM 17.1 Convection and precipitation under various stability and shear conditions: numerical experiments for mesoscale convective systems   Tetsuya Takemi, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan 4:15 PM 17.2 Structure of a winter precipitation system as observed by satellites and ground-based instruments and simulated with WRF model   Mei Han, GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and S. A. Braun, T. Matsui, and C. R. Williams 4:30 PM 17.3 A CSI index for detection and prediction of heavy precipitation bands   Zuohao Cao, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. Qian, T. Gaines, and P. Yang 4:45 PM 17.4 Factors influencing the development and maintenance of heavy-rain-producing convective systems   Russ S. Schumacher, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. J. Clark, M. Xue, and F. Kong
	5:00 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday Conference Adjorns

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