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Sunday, 24 June 2007

6:00 AM-11:55 PM: Sunday, 24 June 2007


Sun 24 June

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 24 June 2007


Registration Opens
Location: Stiha (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Monday, 25 June 2007

6:00 AM-11:55 PM: Monday, 25 June 2007


Mon 25 June

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 25 June 2007


Registration Continues through Friday, 29 June
Location: Stiha (La Fonda on the Plaza)

8:45 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 25 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 1
PV and Vorticity Dynamics
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Geoffrey K. Vallis, Princeton Univ.
8:45 AM
1.1A
A new view of tropospheric Rossby wave breaking variability and effects
Courtenay Strong, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and G. Magnusdottir
9:15 AM
1.2
Internal tide generation at the continental shelf
Stephen D. Griffiths, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and R. H. J. Grimshaw

9:30 AM
1.3
Barotropic Modes of the South Indian Ocean
Wilbert Weijer, LANL, Los Alamos, NM

9:45 AM
1.4
A probabilistic theory for balance dynamics
Gregory J. Hakim, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

10:00 AM
1.5
Air-sea PV flux: observations and implications for the dynamics of the Atlantic overturning
Arnaud Czaja, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; and U. Haussman and N. Howe

10:15 AM
1.6
Potential vorticity dynamics of a tropopause polar vortex
Steven M. Cavallo, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. J. Hakim

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 25 June 2007


Coffee Break

10:45 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 25 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 2
Stability of Flows
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Bruce R. Sutherland, Univ. of Alberta
10:45 AM
2.1
Evidence for Deep PV Mixing in the ACC
K. Shafer Smith, New York University, New York, NY; and J. Marshall
11:00 AM
2.2
Stochastic baroclinic instability
Francis J. Poulin, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada; and G. Flierl

11:30 AM
2.3A
Spontaneous inertia-gravity wave radiation from cloudy and baroclinic cyclones
David A. Schecter, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and M. T. Montgomery

11:45 AM
2.4
A calculation of Lyapunov exponents for atmospheric blocking
Athar Hussain, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and A. R. Lupo and S. Dostoglou
12:00 PM
2.5
Transient development of perturbations in a barotropic shear flow
Nikolaos Bakas, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and B. F. Farrell

12:15 PM
2.6
Instability and breakdown of a vertical vortex pair in a strongly stratified fluid
Michael L. Waite, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; and P. K. Smolarkiewicz

12:15 PM-1:45 PM: Monday, 25 June 2007


Lunch Break

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 25 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 3
Special Session: Ocean Eddy/Mixed Layer Interactions 1
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Gokhan Danabasoglu, NCAR
1:45 PM
3.1
2:00 PM
3.2
Restratification by Mixed Layer Eddies
Baylor Fox-Kemper, MIT, Cambridge, 02139; and R. Ferrari
2:30 PM
3.4
Eddy diffusion and the Upper Meridional Cell of the Southern Ocean
Kevin Speer, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and J. B. Sallee and R. Morrow

2:45 PM
3.5
Observational verification of the diapycnal mixing induced by tropical instability waves
Markus Jochum, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. F. Cronin, W. S. Kessler, and D. Shea

3:00 PM
3.6
Upper Ocean Dye Studies Using a Scanning, Depth-Resolving Airborne LIDAR
Miles A. Sundermeyer, Univ. of Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA; and J. R. Ledwell and E. A. Terray

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 25 June 2007


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 25 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 4
Special Session: Ocean Eddy/Mixed Layer Interactions 2
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Baylor Fox-Kemper, MIT
3:30 PM
4.1
4:15 PM
4.4
An energy-constrained parametrization of eddy tracer flux
Paola Cessi, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA
4:30 PM
4.5
Some aspects of submesoscale processes in the ocean
Amit Tandon, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA; and A. Mahadevan and L. N. Thomas
5:00 PM
4.6A
Observations of the transition layer
Shaun Johnston, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. Rudnick

5:00 PM-6:30 PM: Monday, 25 June 2007


Poster Session 1
Ocean Dynamics
Location: Ballroom North (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
P1.1
Defining the transition layer based on ocean mooring observations
Danielle G. Tinkham, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA; and A. Tandon

Handout (381.8 kB)

P1.2
The LANS-alpha turbulence model in ocean modeling
Mark R. Petersen, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. W. Hecht, D. D. Holm, and B. A. Wingate

P1.3
Factors affecting cirumpolar transport
Louis-Philippe Nadeau, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. Straub

P1.4
Oceanic Internal Waves off Bay of Bengal
M. Rajasekhar, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India; and K. V. S. R. Prasad

P1.6
Seasonal variability and the dynamics of Kuroshio intrusion into the Luzon and Taiwan Straits
Yu-Heng Tseng, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan; and S. Jan, D. E. Dietrich, and Y. Yang

P1.7
Modeled Ocean Response to Hurricane Katrina
David E. Dietrich, AcuSea, Inc, Albuquerque, NM; and Y. H. Tseng and P. M. K. Yau

Handout (833.3 kB)

P1.8
Weather maintained thermohaline circulation
Arnaud Czaja, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

P1.9
Topographically intensified Rossby basin modes in a two layer numerical model
Giuseppe Colantuono, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and W. Weijer

P1.10
Instability and focusing of internal tides in the deep ocean
Oliver Buhler, New York Univ., New York, NY; and C. J. Muller

P1.11
Decaying 2d turbulence in basin and meridional channel settings
Blaise Gauvin St-Denis, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. Straub

P1.12
Isotherm Flattening between the Gulf Stream and New England Shelfslope
David E. Dietrich, AcuSea, Inc, Albuquerque, NM; and Y. H. Tseng, J. Richman, A. Mehra, and M. J. Bowman

P1.13
Characterization of Turbulent Kinetic Energy Budget in the Atmospheric Surface Layer
Xiangyi Li, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA; and N. L. Zimmerman and M. Princevac

Handout (115.9 kB)

P1.15
Global modelling of ocean tides
Stephen D. Griffiths, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and W. R. Peltier

P1.16
Ubiquitous, patchy, energetic upper ocean structures persist for years
Robert Bruce Scott, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and B. K. Arbic, C. L. Holland, A. Sen, and B. Qiu

P1.17
P1.18
A study of the interaction between wind-driven gyres and zonal jets
Balasubramanya Nadiga, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and D. Straub

P1.19
ENSO mechanisms in the new CCSM
Markus Jochum, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Neale and Y. Richter

P1.20
Eddy-Mean Flow Interactions in Western Boundary Current Jets
Stephanie Waterman, MIT-WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and S. R. Jayne

P1.21
Anisotropy of the kinetic energy cascade measured with altimeter data for the World Ocean
Robert Bruce Scott, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and B. Qiu


Poster Viewing with Cash Bar
Location: Ballroom North (La Fonda on the Plaza)

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Monday, 25 June 2007


Icebreaker Reception
Location: La Terraza (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Tuesday, 26 June 2007

6:00 AM-11:55 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2007


Tue 26 June

8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 5
Scale Interactions and Turbulence
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Oliver Buhler, New York Univ.
8:30 AM
5.1
A New Theory for the Atmospheric Energy Spectrum
Ross Tulloch, New York University, New York, NY; and K. S. Smith
9:15 AM
5.4
Parameterization of subgrid-scale non-linear transfers in quasi-geostrophic flows using direct numerical simulations
Meelis Juma Zidikheri, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; and J. Frederiksen
9:30 AM
5.5
Mesoscale Eddy - Internal Wave Coupling and Closure of the Thermocline Circulation
Kurt L. Polzin, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and B. K. Arbic and R. B. Scott

9:45 AM
5.6
On bottom drag, horizontal eddy viscosity, and energy dissipation in models and observations of oceanic mesoscale eddies
Brian K. Arbic, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and K. L. Polzin and R. B. Scott
10:15 AM
5.7A
Scales of linear baroclinic instability and atmospheric macroturbulence
Timothy M. Merlis, Princeton University and GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and T. Schneider

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Tuesday, 26 June 2007


Coffee Break

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 6
Transport and Mixing
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Thomas W. N. Haine, Johns Hopkins Univ.
10:45 AM
6.1
Transport and mixing of chemical airmasses in idealized baroclinic life cycles
Lorenzo Polvani, Columbia University, New York, NY; and G. Esler
11:00 AM
6.2
Effects of transport barriers on global mixing and fluxes
Noboru Nakamura, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL

11:30 AM
6.3A
Observations and modeling of water vapor isotopes from Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Joseph Galewsky, Univ.of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; and M. Strong and Z. Sharp

11:45 AM
6.4
Laboratory Studies of Stirring by Small-Scale Geostrophic Motions
Grant A. Stuart, Univ. of Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA; and M. A. Sundermeyer and D. Hebert
12:15 PM
6.5A
Coriolis effects in inhomogeneous katabatic flows
Alan Shapiro, University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology, Norman, Oklahoma; and E. Fedorovich

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2007


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 7
Ocean Circulations
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Paola Cessi, SIO/Univ. Of California
1:30 PM
7.1
Northern Hemisphere influence on stratification and transport of ACC
Geoffrey K. Vallis, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and N. Stjepan-Fuckar
1:45 PM
7.2
Can quadratic bottom drag balance most of the wind power input to the ocean general circulation?
Robert Bruce Scott, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX; and Y. Xu and B. K. Arbic
2:15 PM
7.4
Bifurcation Structure of a Wind-Driven Shallow Water Model with Layer-Outcropping
Francois Primeau, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and D. Newman
2:30 PM
7.5

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2007


Coffee Break

3:15 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 8
Jets and Wave-Mean Flow Interactions
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Gregory J. Hakim, University of Washington
3:15 PM
8.1
Simulating the seasonal cycle of the Northern Hemisphere storm tracks using idealized nonlinear storm track models
Edmund K. M. Chang, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and P. Zurita-Gotor

3:30 PM
8.2
Barotropic and super-rotating jet formation in the evolution of very short mixed Rossby-gravity waves
Mark D. Fruman, IFREMER - Institut franƧais de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer, 29280 PlouzanƩ, France; and B. L. Hua and R. Schopp
3:45 PM
8.3
4:00 PM
8.4
Generation of multiple jets and equatorial superrotation on Jupiter
Junjun Liu, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider
4:15 PM
8.5
Structure and spacing of jets in barotropic and baroclinic turbulence
Brian Farrell, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and P. J. Ioannou
4:30 PM
8.6
The turbulent equilibration of an unstable baroclinic jet
Gavin Esler, University College, London, United Kingdom
4:45 PM
8.7
The Effect of Topography on Storm Track Intensity in Relatively Simple General Circulation Model
Seok-woo Son, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and M. Ting and L. M. Polvani

5:00 PM-6:30 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2007


Poster Session 2
Atmospheric Dynamics
Location: Ballroom North (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
P2.1
The efficacy of subsidence warming in the core of numerically simulated tornado-like vortices
Matthew R. Kumjian, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and B. Fiedler

Handout (361.0 kB)

P2.2
Extraction of coherent vortex features from Lagrangian data
Jonathan M. Lilly, Earth and Space Research, Seattle, WA; and S. C. Olhede and R. K. Scott

P2.5
Suction Vortices, Spiral Breakdown and Multiple Vortices in Tornadoes
Brian Fiedler, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

Handout (509.4 kB)

P2.7
A Resonant Instability of Steady Mountain Waves
David J. Muraki, Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada; and Y. Lee and C. Epifanio

P2.8
Nonlinear Equilibration of Baroclinic Eddies and Its Sensitivity to Boundary Layer Dissipation
Yang Zhang, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and P. H. Stone and A. B. Solomon

P2.10
Stratosphere-troposphere coupling in east-coast winter storms
Ian N. Williams, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and S. J. Colucci

P2.11
Eddy-zonal flow feedback in the Southern Hemisphere
Xiaosong Yang, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and E. K. M. Chang

P2.13
An idealized nonlinear model of the Northern Hemisphere winter storm tracks: Formulation and applications
Edmund K. M. Chang, Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and Y. Guo

P2.14
Time Scale and Feedback of Zonal Mean Flow Variability
Seok-woo Son, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and S. Lee, S. B. Feldstein, and J. E. Ten Hoeve

P2.16
Effects of dispersion on zero and fast mode spectra in three-dimensional rotating stratified flows
Jai Sukhatme, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and L. M. Smith

P2.17
Intraseasonal Variability of the Zonal Mean Tropical Tropopause Height
Seok-woo Son, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and S. Lee

P2.18
The Impact of Rapid Wind Variability upon Air-Sea Thermal Coupling
Philip Sura, NOAA/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and M. Newman

P2.19
Predictability of rotating stratified turbulence
Keith Ngan, McGill, Montreal, QC, Canada; and P. Bartello and D. Straub

P2.21
Reduced models for the atmospheric dynamics on the planetary and synoptic scales
Stamen Dolaptchiev, Institut fuer Atmosphaere und Umwelt , Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; and R. Klein

P2.22
Time scale, power spectra, and bimodality of zonal mean flow variability
John E. Ten Hoeve, ; and S. B. Feldstein, S. Lee, and S. W. Son

P2.23
Length scales in dry and moist baroclinic instability
Edwin P. Gerber, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and D. M. W. Frierson and L. M. Polvani

P2.24
Finite-amplitude wave action diagnostics based on Bjerknes circulation
Abraham Solomon, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, Calverton, MD; and N. Nakamura


Poster Viewing with Cash Bar
Location: Ballroom North (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Wednesday, 27 June 2007

6:00 AM-11:55 PM: Wednesday, 27 June 2007


Wed 27 June

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 27 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 9
General Circulation Theory
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Adam H. Sobel, Columbia University
8:45 AM
9.2
On the loss of energy from the ocean mesoscale flow via slaved inertia-gravity waves
Thomas W. N. Haine, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and P. D. Williams, G. Eyink, and D. Ring
9:00 AM
9.3
A climatology of the tropospheric thermal stratification using saturation potential vorticity
Robert Korty, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider
9:15 AM
9.4
9:45 AM
9.5A

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 27 June 2007


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 27 June 2007


Poster Session 3
General Circulation and Low-Frequency Variability
Location: Ballroom North (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
P3.1
The sensitivity of the isentropic slope in a primitive-equation dry model
Pablo Zurita-Gotor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

P3.3
Atmospheric sensitivity to tropical heating as determined from the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem
Grant Branstator, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Gritsun and A. J. Majda

P3.5
The global atmospheric circulation in moist isentropic coordinates
Olivier Pauluis, New York Univ., New York, NY; and A. Czaja and R. Korty

P3.7
The Spontaneous Formation of a Tropopause Inversion Layer in Simple, Dry, Atmospheric General Circulation Models
Seok-woo Son, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and L. M. Polvani

P3.8
Stratosphere-troposphere coupling in a relatively simple AGCM: The importance of stationary planetary waves
Edwin P. Gerber, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and L. Polvani and D. W. Waugh

P3.9
P3.10
P3.12
Moisture Effects on Midlatitude Static Stability in a Hierarchy of Models
Dargan M. W. Frierson, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

P3.13
The tropospheric jet response to prescribed zonal forcing in an idealized atmospheric model
Gang Chen, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and I. M. Held

P3.15
A scaling theory for jets in beta-plane turbulence
Da Zhu, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and N. Nakamura

P3.17
Equatorial superrotation on giant planets driven by internal convection
Yohai Kaspi, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and G. R. Flierl

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 27 June 2007


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 27 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 10
Low Frequency Variability and Annular Modes
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Edmund K.M. Chang, SUNY
1:45 PM
10.2
On annular modes and zonal jets
Adam H. Monahan, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; and J. C. Fyfe
2:00 PM
10.3
2:30 PM
10.5
Testing the annular mode autocorrelation timescale in simple Atmospheric General Circulation Models
Edwin P. Gerber, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and S. Voronin and L. M. Polvani
2:45 PM
10.6
The Polar Annular Mode: Submonthly Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling in the Arctic
Brent A. McDaniel, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and R. X. Black

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 27 June 2007


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 27 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 11
Stratosphere-Troposphere Interactions
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Lorenzo M. Polvani, Columbia University
3:45 PM
11.2
4:00 PM
11.3
Tropical and Stratospheric influences on extratropical short-term climate variability
Matthew Newman, University of Colorado/CIRES/CDC and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh
4:15 PM
11.4

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 27 June 2007


Reception (Cash Bar)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Wednesday, 27 June 2007


Banquet with 2008 Haurwitz Lecturer David Rind presenting "The Consequences Of Not Knowing Low And High Latitude Climate Sensitivity"
Location: La Terraza (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Speaker: David H. Rind, NASA

Thursday, 28 June 2007

6:00 AM-11:55 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2007


Thu 28 June

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 28 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 12
Predictability
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Adam H. Monahan, University of Victoria
8:45 AM
12.2
Large deviation theory applied to extreme waves
Oliver Buhler, New York Univ., New York, NY
9:00 AM
12.3
9:30 AM
12.4A
Spatial growth of perturbations in turbulent baroclinic flows
Rahul B. Mahajan, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. J. Hakim
9:45 AM
12.5
Growth of differences in global simulations with explicit convection
Brian Mapes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and T. Nasuno and M. Satoh
10:00 AM
12.6

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 28 June 2007


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 13
Equatorial and Gravity Waves
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: George N. Kiladis, NOAA/ESRL
10:30 AM
13.1
10:45 AM
13.2
Weakly nonlinear internal gravity wavepackets
B. R. Sutherland, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

11:00 AM
13.3
Large amplitude internal gravity wavepacket propagation
Geoffrey L. Brown, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and B. R. Sutherland

11:15 AM
13.4
Do gravity waves transport angular momentum away from hurricanes?
Yumin Moon, RSMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan
11:30 AM
13.5
Equatorial atmospheric waves observed by HIRDLS
M. Joan Alexander, NorthWest Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Ortland and A. Grimsdell

11:45 AM
13.6
Equatorial atmospheric waves forced by latent heating
David A. Ortland, NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, WA; and M. J. Alexander and A. Grimsdell

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2007


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 14
Tropical Dynamics
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Olivier Pauluis, New York Univ.
1:30 PM
14.1
New Multiscale Models and Self-Similarity in Tropical Convection
Andrew J. Majda, New York University, New York, NY

2:00 PM
14.3
Organization of Mesoscale Convection within Equatorial Waves
George N. Kiladis, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. N. Tulich and P. Haertel
2:15 PM
14.4
2:30 PM
14.5
Resonant response of deep convection to surface hot spots
Frank John Robinson, Geology and Geophysics Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and S. Sherwood and Y. Li

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2007


Coffee Break

3:15 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 15
Tropical Cyclones and Hurricanes
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: David S. Nolan, University of Miami
3:15 PM
15.1
3:30 PM
15.2
Experiments with Dry Hurricane Dynamics
Agnieszka Mrowiec, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and O. Pauluis and S. T. Garner

3:45 PM
15.3
Normalized gross moist stability in cyclogenesis
Sharon L. Sessions, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. J. Raymond
4:00 PM
15.4
Theory for the spinup of tropical depressions
David J. Raymond, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and S. L. Sessions and Z. Fuchs
4:30 PM
15.6
On the distribution of subsidence in the hurricane eye
Wayne Schubert, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
4:45 PM
15.7
Sudden onset of eye occurrence in thermally forced axisymmetric vortices
Volkmar Wirth, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Germany; and T. J. Dunkerton

5:00 PM-6:30 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2007


Poster Session 4
Tropical Circulations and Dynamics
Location: Ballroom North (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Characterization of the Double ITCZ Bias in Climate Models
Ken Takahashi, Instituto Geofisico del Peru, Lima, Peru

P4.2
An MJO analog and intraseasonal variability in a multi-cloud model above the equator
Andrew Majda, New York Univ., New York, NY; and S. N. Stechmann and B. Khouider

P4.3
Simulating tornado infrasound
David A. Schecter, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and M. E. Nicholls, J. Persing, A. J. Bedard Jr., and R. A. Pielke Sr.

P4.5
Numerical Study of the Upper Ocean Response of the Western Caribbean Sea to Hurricane Mitch
Jinyu Sheng, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; and L. Wang, B. Yang, S. Andrefouet, C. Hu, B. Hatcher, and F. Muller-Karger

Handout (426.4 kB)

P4.6
Controls on subtropical upper tropospheric humidity
Ju-Mee Ryoo, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. Waugh

Handout (1.0 MB)

P4.11
Towards an improved data assimilation in the tropics
Nedjeljka Zagar, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Anderson and J. Tribbia

P4.12
Exergetics of deep moist convection
Peter R. Bannon, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA

P4.13
Use of a genesis potential index to diagnose ENSO effects on tropical cyclone genesis
Suzana J. Camargo, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY; and A. H. Sobel and K. Emanuel

P4.16
The Response of the ITCZ to Extratropical Forcing in a Simplified GCM
Sarah M. Kang, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and I. M. Held and D. M. W. Frierson

P4.17
Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves in a Simplified Moist General Circulation Model
Dargan M. W. Frierson, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

P4.18
Nonlinear structure and evolution of African easterly waves
Anantha R. Aiyyer, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and N. R. Hardin

P4.19
The Effect of Moisture on the Hadley Circulation: Simulations with an Idealized GCM
Xavier Josselin Arnaud Levine, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider

P4.20
Cyclogenesis via Rossby wave radiation from extant tropical cyclones
Kyle D. Krouse, Columbia University, New York, NY; and A. H. Sobel and L. M. Polvani


Poster Viewing with Cash Bar
Location: Ballroom North (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Friday, 29 June 2007

6:00 AM-11:55 PM: Friday, 29 June 2007


Fri 29 June

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 29 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 16
Tropical Circulations
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Tapio Schneider, California Institute of Technology
8:45 AM
16.2
Studies of the Hadley Circulation with an Idealized Moist GCM
Dargan M. W. Frierson, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
9:00 AM
16.3
Tuning an idealized ITCZ model to observations
Adam H. Sobel, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and G. Bellon, L. E. Back, and C. Bretherton
9:15 AM
16.4
Equatorial asymmetric simulations of the ITCZ and shallow meridional circulation
David S. Nolan, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and C. Zhang and S. W. Powell
9:30 AM
16.5
Coupling between large-scale eddies, the width and vertical structure of ITCZs
Matthew Peters, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and Z. Kuang and C. Walker
9:45 AM
16.6
Expansion of the Hadley cell under global warming
J. Lu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Vecchi and T. Reichler

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Friday, 29 June 2007


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Friday, 29 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 17
Monsoons and Easterly Waves
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Claudia Pasquero, Univ.of California
10:30 AM
17.1
Monsoons transitions as regime transitions of a Hadley cell: I. Dry dynamics
Tapio Schneider, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and S. Bordoni
10:45 AM
17.2
Monsoons transitions as regime transitions of a Hadley cell: II. Moist dynamics in an aquaplanet GCM
Simona Bordoni, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider
11:00 AM
17.3
11:15 AM
17.4
Instability of the axisymmetric monsoon flow and intraseasonal oscillation
Gilles Bellon, Columbia University, New York, NY; and A. H. Sobel

11:30 AM
17.5
The Origins of ITCZ, Monsoon, and Monsoon Onset
Winston C. Chao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Friday, 29 June 2007


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Friday, 29 June 2007

Recording files available
Session 18
Dynamics of the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System
Location: Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair: Matthew Newman, University of Colorado/CIRES/CDC and NOAA/ESRL/PSD
1:30 PM
18.1
Meridional energy transport in the coupled atmosphere-ocean System
Geoffrey K. Vallis, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and R. Farneti
1:45 PM
18.2
2:00 PM
18.3
A Global View of Non-Gaussian SST Variability
Philip Sura, NOAA/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh
2:15 PM
18.4
The Relative Importance of Tropical Variability Forced from the North Pacific through Ocean Pathways
Amy B. Solomon, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and S. I. Shin, M. A. Alexander, and J. P. McCreary Jr.
2:45 PM
18.6
The impact of MJO on the onset of the 1997/98 El NiƱo in a coupled model system
Li Shi, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and O. Alves, H. H. Hendon, and G. Wang
3:00 PM
18.7
Atmospheric and Ocean Thermodynamics in Quaternary Climate Change
Chung-Chieng A. Lai, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and Y. H. Tseng and D. E. Dietrich