Session: Poster Session (15th Conference on Mountain Meteorology)

1

Structure of thunderstorm gust fronts for Bojnord (Northeast of Iran) using SODAR data

1A

An Online-Trajectory Module for the Nonhydrostatic Numerical Weather Prediction Model COSMO - Case Study of a Foehn Event

Annette Miltenberger, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and S. Pfahl and H. Wernli

2

An Observational and Modeling Study of Impacts of Beetle-kill on Surface Energy and Hydrological Cycles

Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Zhang, M. Barlage, Y. Zhang, C. Wiedinmyer, J. A. Hicke, and A. Meddens

3

Challenges for a new 1km non-hydrostatic model over the Alpine area

Guy de Morsier, Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, Zurich, Switzerland; and O. Fuhrer and M. Arpagaus

Manuscript (1.1 MB)

Handout (2.4 MB)

4

A numerical study of the impact of vegetation cover on cold-air pool formation in an idealized valley

Michael T. Kiefer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and S. Zhong

Handout (1.3 MB)

5

Mountain Climate Change and Melting Glaciers: Causes and Consequences

Richard K. Snow, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and M. M. Snow

Manuscript (55.8 kB)

Handout (2.0 MB)

6

Climatology of Atmospheric Rivers across the Western United States

Jonathan J. Rutz, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Steenburgh

7

Wasatch Windstorm of 1 December 2011

John Lawson, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Horel

8

Contributions of Lake-Effect Periods to the Cool-Season Hydroclimate of the Great Salt Lake Basin

Kristen N. Yeager, NOAA/NWS, Cleveland; and J. Steenburgh and T. I. Alcott

9

Sensitivity of Orographic Precipitation to Concave Terrain in Idealized Simulations

Campbell D. Watson, The University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and T. P. Lane

Handout (737.3 kB)

10

Applicability of AIRS Monthly Mean Atmospheric Water Vapor Profiles over the Tibetan Plateau Region

Yuwei Zhang, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and D. Wang, P. Zhai, and G. Gu

11

Response of Runoff in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River to Climate Change over the Eastern Part of Tibetan Plateau

Shunjiu Wang, Institute of Plateau Meteorology of China Meteorological Administration, Chengdu, China; and X. Zhang

12

Spatial Distributions and Temporal Variations of Tropospheric Water Vapor Content over the Tibetan Plateau

Donghai Wang, Chinese Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and Y. Zhang, P. Zhai, and G. Gu

13

Modeling of mountain waves over the Pyrenees

Mireia Udina Jr., Univeristy of Barcelona, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; and M. R. Soler

14

LES of the thermally driven cross-basin circulation in an idealized basin - analysis of the momentum and thermodynamic budgets

Manuela Lehner, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman

15

Observations and Modeling of Thermally Driven Flows over the Great Salt Lake Desert

Jeffrey D. Massey, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Steenburgh, J. C. Knievel, M. E. Jeglum, and S. W. Hoch

16

Lefse and lenticulars: A Montana Thanksgiving mountain wave event

Bevan T. Glynn, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN; and B. J. Billings

17

The effects of gap and along-valley flow on surface winds during the Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment

Brian J. Billings, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN; and J. D. Doyle and Q. Jiang

18

Exploring Monin-Obukhov similarity in the surface layer over complex terrain during T-REX

Zeljko Vecenaj, Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and S. F. J. De Wekker

19

Air-ice interaction on the Larsen Ice Shelf during a westerly foehn event across the Antarctic Peninsula

Andrew D. Elvidge, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom; and I. A. Renfrew

20

Examination of Tall-Tower Wind Observations in MesoWest

Alexander A. Jacques, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel

Manuscript (2.6 MB)

Handout (3.1 MB)

21

Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks Diagnosed by Synoptic-Scale Ascent

Neil P. Lareau, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel

22

Initial Steps Towards Verifying Spot Fire Weather Forecasts

Matthew Lammers, university of utah, salt lake city, UT; and J. D. Horel

23

Data Availability for use in High Resolution Snowpack Modeling

Morgan C. Phillips, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken

24

Representation of the Sierra Barrier Jet in 11 years of a high-resolution dynamical reanalysis downscaling

Mimi Hughes, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman, E. Sukovich, and F. M. Ralph

25

An Examination of Winter Precipitation at Cypress Mountain, BC, during SNOW-V10

Stephen Berg, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and R. E. Stewart and P. I. Joe

Handout (1.2 MB)

26

Great Salt Lake-Effect Precipitation: Observed Frequency, Characteristics and Associated Environmental Factors

Trevor I. Alcott, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Steenburgh and N. F. Laird

27

Orographic precipitation observations during SCHUSS IOP8

Leah Campbell, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. McMillen, R. Akers, J. Zawislak, E. Zipser, and J. Steenburgh

28

Invigoration of cumulus cloud fields by mesoscale ascent

Daniel J. Kirshbaum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and A. L. M. Grant

29

Idealized simulations of wave-induced boundary-layer separation in the lee of mesoscale topography

Stefano Serafin, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and L. Strauss and V. Grubisic

30

An evaluation of the volume-effect theory by means of large-eddy simulations

Stefano Serafin, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and D. Zardi

31

Estimation of hourly near-surface temperature in complex terrain: influence of elevation, cold air pools and snow cover

Brian Henn, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. D. Lundquist, M. S. Raleigh, and A. Fisher

Handout (2.8 MB)

32

Case Study of the 12-13 November 2011 Windstorm in South Central Colorado

Paul G. Wolyn, NOAA/NWSFO, Pueblo, CO

Manuscript (2.3 MB)

Handout (2.7 MB)

33

A Linear Theory Perspective of Mountain Wave Characteristics around 600 S

34

Downscaling climate change projections to Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Temple Lee, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and S. F. J. De Wekker

35

Bora flow over the complex orography of the mid-Adriatic region

Kristian Horvath, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Zagreb, Croatia; and Z. Vecenaj and B. Grisogono

36

Measuring turbulence from airborne in situ and radar data recorded during an event of wave-induced boundary-layer separation

Lukas Strauss, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and S. Serafin and V. Grubisic

37

Assessment of operational forecasts of heavy precipitation in the northern Sierra Nevada mountains

Heather D. Reeves, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

38

Some considerations about the functional connection between PM10 data and the height of the urban mixing layer. Case-study: Aburra valley (Colombia)

José F. Jiménez, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia; and A. Ochoa and C. A. Palacio

39

Validating Long-Held Rules of Thumb in Forecasting Snowmelt Runoff in Northern Wyoming

40

Extreme Snowfall Variability in a Winter Storm over the Western Colorado Mountains

Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and J. D. Colton, D. Phillips, and M. Aleksa

41

Small unmanned airplanes and their use to improve on-demand local forecasts

Ólafur Rögnvaldsson, Universtity of Bergen, Institute for Meteorological Research, Reykjavik, Iceland; and H. Ágústsson, M. O. Jonassen, and H. Olafsson

42

Dynamics of winds over Iceland in a numerical downscaling of current climate

Hálfdán Ágústsson, Institute for Meteorological Research, University of Iceland and Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavík, Iceland; and O. Rögnvaldsson and H. Olafsson

43

Sensitivity of atmospheric gravity waves to surface roughness and surface heat fluxes

Marius O. Jonassen, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; and H. Ágústsson and H. Olafsson

44

The 13 September 2011 storm of resuspended volcanic ash

Hálfdán Ágústsson, Institute for Meteorological Research, University of Iceland and Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavík, Iceland; and H. Olafsson

45

Application of the immersed boundary method to simulations of flow over steep, mountainous terrain

Jason S. Simon, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and K. A. Lundquist and F. K. Chow

Manuscript (476.9 kB)

Handout (5.3 MB)

46

Correlations between the local kinetic energy producing terms in the Bora flow

Jože Rakovec, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Ljubljana, Slovenia; and R. Žabkar and M. Žagar

47

Frontal modification by complex topography in south-central Chile

Rene Garreaud, Univ. of Chile, Santiago, Chile; and A. Montecinos and M. Falvey