Session 5 Mountain Waves and Rotors

Tuesday, 31 August 2010: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Alpine Ballroom A (Resort at Squaw Creek)
Host: 14th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair:
Stephan DeWekker, Univ. of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA

Papers:
8:00 AM
5.1
Trapped lee wave interference over double ridges
Vanda Grubisic, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and I. Stiperski
Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM
5.2
The T-REX valley wind model intercomparison project: Lessons learned
Jürg Schmidli, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; and B. J. Billings, F. K. Chow, J. D. Doyle, V. Grubisic, T. R. Holt, Q. Jiang, K. A. Lundquist, P. Sheridan, S. Vosper, S. F. J. De Wekker, C. D. Whiteman, A. A. Wyszogrodzki, and G. Zaengl
Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM
5.3
Resonant instability in steady mountain waves: nonconstant background states and nonhydrostatic effects
Kevin C. Viner, National Research Council, Monterey, CA; and C. C. Epifanio and J. D. Doyle
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
5.4
Momentum transport and low-level drag generated by trapped gravity lee waves
Matthew O. G. Hills, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
5.5
Stratospheric mountain waves generated by the southern Andes
Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and G. Shutts
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
5.6
Inferring Stratospheric Mountain Wave Breaking through Observations at the Tropopause
Bryan Woods, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. Smith
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
5.7
Overview of the Southern Andes—ANtarctic GRavity wave InitiAtive (SAANGRIA)
David C. Fritts, Colorado Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and R. B. Smith, J. D. Doyle, and S. D. Eckermann
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
5.8
Sensitivity analysis and predictability characteristics of gravity waves over the Southern Andes
James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and P. A. Reinecke
Recorded Presentation

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