Session: Boundary layers in complex terrain: Part I (16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology (17-22 August, 2014))

Tuesday, 19 August 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM

Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair:

Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Department of Atmospheric Science, Laramie, WY

Papers:

8:00 AM

5.1

Understanding the spatial variability of convective boundary layer depth around an isolated mountain with a factor separation approach

Stephan F. J. De Wekker, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and S. Serafin

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

5.2

Spatial variability of turbulent kinetic energy and the turbulent fluxes in a daytime boundary layer around an isolated mountain

Mark Sghiatti, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and S. F. J. De Wekker, S. Pal, and G. D. Emmitt

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

5.3

Characteristics of Katabatic Flows along a Gentle Slope of Granite Mountain during MATERHORN X-1

Laura S. Leo, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and S. Di Sabatino, A. A. Grachev, C. M. Hocut, S. Hoch, D. D. Jensen, E. R. Pardyjak, and H. J. S. Fernando

8:45 AM

5.4

Stratified Flow past a Hill: Observations during MATERHORN Campaign

H.J.S. Fernando, Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and M. Thompson, K. McEnerney, Z. Silver, S. Di Sabatino, and L. Leo

9:00 AM

5.5

Improving Boundary Layer and Near-Surface Temperatures Forecasts over Arid Mountainous Regions: Results from the MATERHORN Field Campaign

Jeffrey D. Massey, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Steenburgh, S. W. Hoch, J. Knievel, E. R. Pardyjak, and D. D. Jensen

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

5.6

Triple Doppler wind lidars observations of atmospheric boundary layer during MATERHORN field project

Yansen Wang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and E. Creegan, M. Felton, G. Huynh, C. M. Hocut, H. J. S. Fernando, S. W. Hoch, and C. D. Whiteman

Recorded Presentation