16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology (17-22 August, 2014)

Registration Opens

Location: Kon Tiki Foyer (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Registration Continues through Friday August 22

Session 1

Land-surface effects over complex terrain

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Robert G. Fovell, UCLA

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:45 AM

1.1

Atmospheric flow and associated changes in turbulent sensible heat flux over a patchy mountain snow-cover

Rebecca Mott, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland; and M. H. Daniels and M. Lehning

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

1.2

Quantification of the snow albedo feedback in regional climate model simulations over the Rocky Mountains

Theodore Letcher, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. R. Minder, R. M. Rasmussen, K. Ikeda, and C. Liu

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

1.3

Simulations of cold-air pool formation inside forest-covered valleys: A sensitivity study

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

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

Early Wind Forecasting Results From The 1.5 km WRF-ARW In Extreme Southwestern California. Presented by: Ivory Small and Brandt Maxwell

1.4

The Simulation of Effect of Topographic Slope, Aspect and Shading over the Eastern Slope of Tibet Plateau

1.5

Analysis on the Features of Energy Distribution on the Complicated Underlying Surfaces in Southeast Tibet

Coffee Break

Session 2

Fire Weather

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: David E. Kingsmill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

10:30 AM

2.1

The Santa Ana Winds in San Diego County

Robert G. Fovell, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and Y. Cao

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

2.2

Wind gust forecasting in complex terrain

Yang Cao, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and R. G. Fovell

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

2.3

Differentiating Santa Barbara's Sundowner from Santa Ana Wind Environments

K.C. King, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. Kaplan and C. Smith

11:30 AM

2.4

Effects of Nocturnal Atmospheric Drying Events on Fire Weather Conditions in Complex Terrain

Richard B. Bagley, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and C. B. Clements and N. Lareau

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

2.5

Influences of upstream wildfire emissions on CO, CO2, and PM 2.5 concentrations in Salt Lake City, Utah, using a Lagrangian model (WRF-STILT)

Derek V. Mallia, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. C. Lin, S. Urbanski, J. Ehleringer, and T. Nehrkorn

Recorded Presentation

ICAM Committee Luncheon

Location: Catamaran Resort Hotel

Lunch Break

Session 3

Mountain wave and airflow dynamics: Part I

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: F. Martin Ralph, SIO

1:30 PM

3.1

DEEPWAVE: Mountain waves in the Mesosphere

Ronald B. Smith, Yale University; and C. D. Watson, A. D. Nugent, C. G. Kruse, J. D. Doyle, D. C. Fritts, S. D. Eckermann, M. Taylor, A. Doernbrack, and M. J. Uddstrom

Recorded Presentation

3.2

Exploring Gravity Wave Dynamics and Predictability: Preliminary Results from DEEPWAVE

1:45 PM

3.2A

Mountain wave energy and momentum fluxes from mesoscale model output

Christopher G. Kruse, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. Smith

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

3.3

Mountain-induced Turbulence: New Insights from Airborne In Situ and Doppler Radar Measurements

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

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

3.4

Mountain Wave and Downslope Wind Events in the San Gabriel Valley of Southern California

Scott R. Sukup, NOAA/NWS, Oxnard, CA

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

3.5

A new look at Southeast Greenland barrier winds and katabatic flow

G.W.K. Moore, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and I. Renfrew

Recorded Presentation

Session 4

Mountain wave and airflow dynamics: Part II

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Simon Vosper, Met Office

2:45 PM

4.1

Downstream decay of linear trapped lee waves in the presence of a stratosphere

Dale R. Durran, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Hills

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

4.2

Comparing the stratosphere and boundary layer as sources of trapped lee wave decay

Matthew O. G. Hills, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran

Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM

4.3

Semi-empirical method for the prediction of mountain wave turbulence

R. D. Sharman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. L. Keller

Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM

4.4

Upstream Desaturation of Moist-Neutral Flow Over a Ridge

David J. Muraki, Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada; and R. Rotunno

4.5

Applicability of Reduced-Gravity Shallow-Water Theory to Atmospheric Flow over Topography

3:45 PM

4.5A

The Life Cycle of Mountain Waves Forced by a Midlatitude Cyclone Encountering an Isolated Ridge

Maximo Q. Menchaca, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran

Recorded Presentation

Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session

Posters Monday

Location: Aviary Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

1

The Steamboat Springs Smoke-Out: The 15 April 2010 Case Study

M. T. Booth, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and J. D. Colton and M. P. Meyers

2

The Steamboat Springs Smoke-Out: The Evolution of Impact-Based Decision Support

Jeffery D. Colton, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and M. T. Booth and M. P. Meyers

3

Early Wind Forecasting Results From The 1.5 km WRF-ARW In Extreme Southwestern California

Ivory J. Small, NOAA/NWS, San Diego, Ca, CA; and B. Maxwell

Manuscript (2.3 MB)

Handout (709.1 kB)

Poster 4 has moved to 3.2A

5

Use of high resolution models for operational forecasting of lee wave and rotor activity

Peter Sheridan, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and S. Vosper, F. J. Bornemann, and M. R. Bush

6

Numerical Experiment of Terrain Effect of a Vortex Rainstorm Process on East Side of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

7

Lagrangian analysis of foehn air warming in a dry and a moist event over the Swiss Alps

Annette Miltenberger, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; and S. Reynolds and M. Sprenger

8

Influence of mountain waves downwind of the Pyrenees

Mireia Udina, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain; and M. R. Soler, O. Sol, M. Aran, and J. Cunillera

9

Observing layout, field experiment of Southwest China vortex and its applications in weather research and forecast

10

Observational Facts of Sustained Departure Plateau Vortexes

11

Mountain Waves and Rotors - Revisiting the Concept of the “Lower Turbulent Zone”

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

12

Preliminary Results of Stereo Photogrammetry during DEEPWAVE

Tashiana C. Osborne, Saint Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN; and B. J. Billings

13

Forecasting the Breakup of a Central Minnesota Cold-air Pool at High Temporal Resolution

Brian J. Billings, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN; and I. Choi, C. Grunzke, S. A. Cohn, and W. O. J. Brown

14

Winning the Mark Twain Award: Cold Surges in North-central Montana

Brian J. Billings, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN

15

The Effects of Orography on Typhoon Intensity in COAMPS-TC

Brianna Marlene Lund, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN; and B. J. Billings and J. D. Doyle

16

Orographic Effects on Track Deflection and Precipitation Associated with the Passage of an Idealized Tropical Cyclone

Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and S. H. Chen and L. Liu

Manuscript (1.2 MB)

17

Summer Precipitation Events over the Western Slope of the Subtropical Andes

Maximiliano Viale, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Region Metropoli, Chile; and R. Garreaud

Poster 18 has moved to 4.5A

19

Investigation of the Relationship between African Easterly Waves and Convection Using Satellite Observations and Reanalysis Data over the East African Highlands

Hilawe Semunegus, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and A. Mekonnen

Posters 20 & 21 will be presented in Wednesday Poster Session

22

Simulations of Idealized Flow Over Complex Terrain

Lauren B. Wheeler, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; and J. Galewsky

23

An evaluation of vertical profiles using a limited area numerical weather prediction model over Baffin Island, Nunavut and surrounding area during autumn 2007

Shannon Elizabeth Fargey, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and J. Hanesiak and R. Goodson

24

A numerical modeling study of local circulations in and around a high-altitude, mountainous city, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Gantuya Ganbat, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. J. Baik

25

Diagnosis of sub-grid valley cold air pools from numerical weather prediction (NWP) forecasts

Peter Sheridan, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

26

A Real Time Forecasting System for Irrigation Management

27

First observation of the bora-wind turbulence using hot-wire anemometer

Zeljko Vecenaj, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and D. Pticar, H. Hegedus, G. Loncar, G. Gjetvaj, and B. Grisogono

28

The sensitivity of exchange processes in an idealized valley on solar forcing

Daniel Leukauf, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbruck, Austria; and J. Wagner, C. Posch, A. Gohm, and M. W. Rotach

29

Investigating local-scale flows in a valley using an instrumented multi-rotor copter

Stephan F. J. De Wekker, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and D. Chestnut, G. Lewin, I. Deboisblanc, N. Dodbele, L. Kussmann, R. Mukherji, and S. Phelps

30

Windward and Leeward Flow Characteristics at Arizona's Meteor Crater Basin during Downslope-Windstorm-Type Flows

Bianca Adler, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; and N. Kalthoff, C. D. Whiteman, S. Hoch, and M. Lehner

31

A case study of nocturnal downslope flows during MATERHORN

Manuela Lehner, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman, S. W. Hoch, D. D. Jensen, E. R. Pardyjak, L. S. Leo, and S. Di Sabatino

32

Observations of slope and valley flow interactions during MATERHORN

Christopher M. Hocut, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and S. W. Hoch, S. Di Sabatino, L. S. Leo, Y. Wang, M. E. Jeglum, E. R. Pardyjak, and H. J. S. Fernando

33

Evaluating Mountain Precipitation Forecasts from Operational Models

Trevor I. Alcott, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT

34

The impact of horizontal model grid resolution on the boundary layer structure over an idealized valley

Johannes Wagner, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbruck, Austria; and A. Gohm, M. W. Rotach, D. Leukauf, and C. Posch

35

Multi-model ensemble hydrometeorological modelling over complex orography: the DRIHM project

Alan Hally, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and O. Caumont, O. Nuissier, V. Ducrocq, E. Richard, J. Escobar, A. Parodi, N. Rebora, F. Delogu, E. Fiori, D. Kranzlmüller, F. Pintus, M. Schiffers, N. gentschen Felde, C. Straube, A. Clematis, D. D'Agostino, A. Galizia, A. Quarati, E. Danovaro, L. Garrote, M. C. Llasat, Q. Harpham, H. R. A. Jagers, A. Weerts, A. Tafferner, C. Forster, V. Dimitrijevic, L. Dekic, A. Mihalovic, M. Ivkovic, and R. P. Hooper

36

Towards an Improved Method of Forecasting Snow Level in British Columbia

Mindy Brugman, EC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and C. Emond, T. Smith, B. Snyder, M. Loney, J. Goosen, A. Chen, B. Kim, P. Joe, A. M. Macdonald, and D. Simpson

37

Snow-Liquid Ratios Over the Northern Sierra Nevada: Climatology and a Predictive Methodology

Darren T. Van Cleave, NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. M. Rasch

Manuscript (743.2 kB)

38

The 2014 Water Year for Western Colorado and Eastern Utah: Impacts and Mitigation

Michael Meyers, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and A. Strautins, D. Phillips, J. Daniels, and J. Malingowski

Poster 39 has moved to 7.2A

Session 5

Boundary layers in complex terrain: Part I

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming

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

5.7

Synoptic flow interactions with Granite Mountain during MATERHORN

9:30 AM

5.7A

Mesoscale Nocturnal Wind Maxima Over the Pacific Northwest in Summer

Matt Brewer, NOAA, Idaho Falls, ID; and C. F. Mass

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

5.8

Multi-Scale Interactions in the Planetary Boundary Layer over Complex Terrain

Matthew E. Jeglum, 125 S State St Rm 1311, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. W. Hoch

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Session 6

Boundary layers in complex terrain: Part II

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Mimi Hughes, CIRES

10:30 AM

6.1

Basin Meteorology and High Wintertime Ozone Concentrations in the Uintah Basin in 2013

Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Brewer, B. Johnson, R. C. Schnell, C. J. Senff, A. O. Langford, R. M. Hardesty, R. J. Alvarez II, S. P. Sandberg, and A. M. Weickmann

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

6.2

Estimating planetary boundary layer heights over a valley from rawinsonde observations at a nearby airport: A case study for the Page Valley in Virginia, USA

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

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

6.3

An Investigation of the Representativeness of Wind Measurements Made in a Complex Terrain Region of Southern Virginia

Stephanie Phelps, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and T. Lee, S. Pal, M. Sghiatti, and S. F. J. De Wekker

Recorded Presentation

Paper 6.4 has moved to Poster 82

11:15 AM

6.4A

Development of the WRF-IBM model for flow over complex terrain

Katherine A. Lundquist, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. Bao, D. J. Wiersema, J. D. Mirocha, and F. K. Chow

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

6.5

Observed Impact of the Large-Scale Flow on the Lee-Side Boundary Layer over the Mountainous Island Corsica

Bianca Adler, Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; and N. Kalthoff

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

6.6

Influence of applying stationarity criteria to turbulence data on flux-variance similarity relationships in complex terrain

Nevio Babic, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and S. F. J. De Wekker and Z. Vecenaj

Recorded Presentation

Committee on Mountain Meteorology Luncheon

Location: Catamaran Resort Hotel

Lunch Break

Session 7

Mountain hydrology and hydrometeorology: Part I

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Lynn A. McMurdie, Univ. of Washington; Ethan Gutmann, NCAR

1:30 PM

7.1

Atmospheric processes associated with the September 2013 Colorado extreme rainfall and flooding

Russ S. Schumacher, CSU, Ft. Collins, CO; and A. Morales

Recorded Presentation

7.2

Ensemble Hydrometeorological Hindcasts of the 2013 Colorado Floods

2:00 PM

7.2A

How Snow and Streamflow Observations Reveal Mountain Precipitation Patterns Missed by Conventional Means: Case Study of the Southern Sierra Nevada, California

Jessica D. Lundquist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. Henn and M. Hughes

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

7.3

Flash Flooding from the Waldo Canyon Burn Scar

Paul Wolyn, NOAA/NWS, Pueblo, CO; and J. Stark and T. Magnuson

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

7.4

The June 2013 Alberta Catastrophic Flooding: Water vapor transport analysis by WRF simulation

Yanping Li, University of Saskatchwen, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; and K. K. Szeto, R. E. Stewart, J. M. Thériault, X. Zhang, B. Kochtubajda, S. Boodoo, R. Goodson, and A. Liu

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

7.5

Land Surface Model Intercomparison of Ecohydrological Processes over Complex Terrain and Their Impact on Land Surface Temperature

Tiantian Xiang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and E. R. Vivoni and D. J. Gochis

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

7.6

Mapping the Interplay of ET an Topography on Precipitation Processes in the Eastern Andes

Ana P. Barros, Duke University, Durham, NC; and X. Sun

Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM

7.7

How Spaceborne Radar can enhance ground radar network for improved understanding of precipitation rates and types over mountainous regions

Yixin Wen, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Hong, P. E. Kirstetter, J. Gourley, and J. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM

7.8

Doing Hydrology Backward to Estimate Mountain Precipitation Patterns from Streamflow

Brian Henn, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Clark, D. Kavetski, and J. D. Lundquist

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Session 8

Lake breezes, land/sea breezes, and other complex-topography effects

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Heather D. Reeves, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL

4:15 PM

8.1

Tighten your Snow Belt – New Efforts to Understand Lake-effect Storms in the Eastern Great Lakes

David A. R. Kristovich, ISWS, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

8.2

The OWLeS Orographic (O2) Field Campaign: Adventures in Intense Snowstorms on the Tug Hill Plateau

Jim Steenburgh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and L. Campbell, P. G. Veals, T. Letcher, and J. R. Minder

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

8.3

Modification of long-axis lake-effect snow bands associated with landfall and orographic uplift: Results from a profiling radar network deployed during OWLeS

Justin R. Minder, SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. Letcher, J. Steenburgh, P. G. Veals, and L. Campbell

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

8.4

Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems (OWLeS): Fine-scale radar observations of small-scale circulations in intense lake-effect snow bands

Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and J. Wurman, S. Steiger, and J. Frame

Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM

8.5

Climatological Characteristics of Lake-Effect Storms over Eastern Lake Ontario and Orographic Enhancement by the Tug Hill Plateau

Peter Gregory Veals, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Steenburgh

Recorded Presentation

5:45 PM

8.6

Radar observations of lake breezes in southern Manitoba, Canada

Michelle Elizabeth Curry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and J. Hanesiak and D. Sills

Recorded Presentation

Session 9

Orographic precipitation: Part I

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Allen White, NOAA

8:00 AM

9.1

Improvement of COAMPS-TC Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts for Varied Tracks Over and Near the Island of Taiwan

Brian J. Billings, Saint Cloud State University, Saint Cloud, MN; and B. M. Lund, J. D. Doyle, N. L. Lehtola, and B. R. Carlberg

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

9.2

Effects of Impinging Location and Angle of a Long Mountain Range on the Passage of an Idealized Tropical Cyclone

Liping Liu, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin and S. H. Chen

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.3 MB)

8:30 AM

9.3

Two-Dimensional Simulations of the Factors Influencing Orographic Precipitation: I. Basic Flow

Gökhan Sever, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.0 MB)

8:45 AM

9.4

Far- and near-field influence of a mesoscale mountain on the diurnal cycle of summertime moist convection

Hanieh Hassanzadeh, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and J. Schmidli, W. Langhans, and C. Schär

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

9.5

Characteristic non-dimensional numbers for orographic precipitation

Annette Miltenberger, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; and A. Seifert, H. Joos, and H. Wernli

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

9.6

Sensitivity of orographic precipitation in Switerland to atmospheric processes – simulations with the high-resolution numerical model COSMO

Nicolas Piaget, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and H. Wernli and F. Neaf

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

9.7

Assessing the impact of tropopause height on orographic precipitation using theory and numerical simulations

Nicholas T. Siler, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

9.8

Orographic Effects on Supercell: Development, Structure, Intensity, and Tracking

Galen M. Smith, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin and Y. Rastigejev

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Session 10

Orographic precipitation: Part II

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Evelyne Richard, University of Toulouse and CNRS

10:30 AM

10.1

The Sierra Barrier Jet and Impacts on California's Orographic Precipitation Processes and Distribution

Allen White, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman, D. E. Kingsmill, and J. M. Creamean

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

10.2

Impacts of upstream terrain height and integrated water vapor transport angle on resultant precipitation during an inland-penetrating atmospheric river event

Mimi Hughes, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and K. Mahoney, P. J. Neiman, B. J. Moore, M. Alexander, and F. M. Ralph

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

10.3

A Lagrangian Analysis of the Inland Penetration of Atmospheric Rivers over Western North America

Jonathan J. Rutz, NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Steenburgh and F. M. Ralph

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

10.4

Modeling Studies of Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers and Orographic Precipitation over Northern California

Arthur Eiserloh, San Jose State University; and S. Chiao

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

10.5

Terrain-blocked airflow and orographic precipitation along the coast of northern California

Raul Valenzuela, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. E. Kingsmill

Recorded Presentation

Conference Luncheon

Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Poster Session

Posters Wednesday

Location: Aviary Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

40

Using a Quadcopter as a Near-Surface Observing Platform

Christopher S. Foster, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and A. A. Jacques, M. Lammers, and J. D. Horel

41

Wind Data Visualization in 3D Google Earth

Giap D. Huynh, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and Y. Wang

42

Boundary Layer Structures Associated With High Winter Ozone Concentrations in the Uintah Basin

Brian Blaylock, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel, E. T. Crosman, and J. S. Young

43

Utilizing Earthscope's USArray Network to Examine Pressure Variations near the Appalachian Mountains

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

44

A Climatological Study of Atmospheric Icing at Nanyue Mountain

Jianming Zhang, Hunan Province Meteorological Bureau, Changsha, China; and X. Li

45

Investigating the spatial representativeness of mountaintop carbon monoxide measurements using aircraft observations and numerical modeling

Temple R. Lee, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and S. F. J. De Wekker, R. R. Dickerson, and X. Ren

46

Boundary Layer Structure and Diurnal Mountain Winds in the Sierra Nevada: Mobile Doppler Lidar Observations

Neil P. Lareau, San Jose State University, San José, CA; and C. B. Clements and M. Lloyd

47

Spatial Variability of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height over an Isolated Mountain: Selected Cases from the MATERHORN-2012 Field Experiment

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

48

A new approach to estimating aerosol particle escape fraction from operational open-pit mines

C. David Whiteman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. W. Hoch

49

An airborne profiling radar view of lake-effect snow circulations transitioning from an open water surface to moderate terrain

Daniel Welsh, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. geerts and P. bergmaier

50

Sensitivity of lake-effect snow forecasts to the choice of boundary layer parameterization

Heather Dawn Reeves, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. Zhong

Poster 51 moved to Paper 5.7A

52

Characteristics of Easterly-induced Snowfall and its Relationship to East Sea-Effect in Yeongdong of Korea

Byung-Gon Kim, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. G. Nam, S. O. Han, and J. C. Park

53

High-resolution numerical simulations of the Ora del Garda wind in the Alps

Lorenzo Giovannini, Univ. of Trento, Trento, Italy; and L. Laiti, D. Zardi, and L. Panziera

54

Solar radiation measurements in the Alps: a comparison of different datasets

Lavinia Laiti, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and L. Giovannini, L. Panziera, and D. Zardi

55

Contrasting turbulent heat fluxes at two snow covered mountainous sites

J. P. Conway, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; and W. D. Helgason and J. W. Pomeroy

56

Surface Energy Balance Observations during MATERHORN

Sebastian W. Hoch, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. D. Jensen, E. R. Pardyjak, and H. J. S. Fernando

57

Predicting live herbaceous moisture from soil moisture and a drought index in the mountainous areas

Yang Cao, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and R. G. Fovell

Handout (14.1 MB)

58

Quantifying the Skill of the Global Ensemble Forecasting System in Predicting Observed Precipitation Based on 20 Years of Reforecast Data

Jonathan J. Rutz, NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. I. Alcott

59

Bayesian Analysis of Orographic Precipitation Sensitivity to Upwind Sounding and Terrain

60

Intense Snowfall Rates over West-Central Colorado during a 2014 Winter Storm

Matthew D. Aleksa, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and J. Ramey and M. P. Meyers

61

Evaluation of high-resolution surface analyses and forecasts with ensemble data assimilation in regions of complex terrain

Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

62

Fine-scale orographic precipitation variability and gap-filling radar potential in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah

Leah Campbell, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Steenburgh

63

Island cloud tails

Daniel J. Kirshbaum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

64

The evolution of convective storms initiated by an isolated mountain ridge

Daniel J. Kirshbaum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and B. Soderholm and B. Ronalds

65

Wintertime Supercooled Liquid Water Observations Over the Snowy Mountains of Australia by Synoptic Type

Luke Osburn, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; and S. Siems, T. H. Chubb, and M. Manton

66

How will orographic precipitation respond to surface warming? An idealized thermodynamic perspective

Nicholas T. Siler, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. H. Roe

67

Isotope fractionation of water across mid-latitude mountain rangess

Ronald B. Smith, Yale University

68

Orographic precipitation in the New Zealand Southern Alps: New insight from a recent field campaign

Campbell D. Watson, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY; and A. D. Nugent, C. G. Kruse, A. Takeishi, and R. B. Smith

69

Snowbands associated with standing waves in Colorado snowstorms

Russ S. Schumacher, CSU, Ft. Collins, CO; and S. Rutledge and P. Kennedy

Poster 70 has moved to Paper 18.7A

71

Validation of WRF Microphysics for Winter Storms Impacting the Complex Terrain of Northern California

David E. Kingsmill, Boulder, CO; and I. Jankov, E. Grell, L. S. Wharton, S. A. Michelson, and B. Ferrier

72

Comparing the skill of precipitation forecasts from high resolution simulations and statistically downscaled products in the Australian Snowy Mountains

Thomas H. Chubb, Monash Univ., Monash University, VIC, Australia; and J. Dai, Y. Huang, S. Siems, and M. Manton

73

Evaluating a Commonly Used Downscaling Technique for Precipitation Forecasts

Mark Loeffelbein, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. I. Alcott

74

An Ensemble Concept that May Reduce the Inherent Dry Bias in Complex Terrain

Paul Frisbie, NOAA/NWSFO, Grand Junction, CO; and B. Moyer and M. P. Meyers

75

Control Parameters for Track Continuity of Cyclones Passing over the Southern-Central Appalachian Mountains

Riem Rostom, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC; and Y. L. Lin

76

Convective orographic precipitation in sheared flow: a conceptual model

Luca Panziera, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and U. Germann and C. N. James

Poster 77 has moved to Paper 16.3A

78

Forecast Sensitivity of Waves and Submeso Motions to Initialization Strategy and PBL Physics in the Stable Boundary Layer

Astrid Suarez, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and D. R. Stauffer and B. Gaudet

Manuscript (1.5 MB)

79

Verification of Forecast Grids in the Central Region of the National Weather Service

Paul Wolyn, NOAA/NWS, Pueblo, CO

Manuscript (881.7 kB)

80

A sub-km-grid mini-ensemble for representing meso-gamma hazard-prediction uncertainty in complex terrain

Eric Wendoloski, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and D. R. Stauffer, G. Hunter, and A. Suarez

Manuscript (3.2 MB)

Poster 81 moved to Paper 6.4A

82

Turbulence anisotropy in complex terrain compared to open terrain

Cheryl Klipp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD

83

A New Model Using a Cut-Cell Immersed Boundary Method in Complex Terrain

20

Longrange (30day) prediction of winter persistent inversions in the Intermountain West, United States

Robert Gillies, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and S. Y. Wang

21

Predicting diurnal rainfall in Taiwan by the CFS out to 20 days

Shih-Yu Wang Wang, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and R. Gillies and H. H. Chia

Session 11

Mountain wave and airflow dynamics: Part III

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Justin R. Minder, University at Albany

3:30 PM

11.1

Mountain waves and wakes generated by South Georgia: implications for drag parametrization

Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

11.2

Effects of Nonstationary Wave Structures on Rotor Development and Evolution

Astrid Suarez, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and D. R. Stauffer

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.8 MB)

4:00 PM

11.3

Formation mechanisms and predictability of wind ramps in the Columbia River Basin

Craig M. Smith, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

11.4

Topographic control of stratified flows: Blocking, upstream jets, isolating layers and downslope flows

Laurence Armi, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA; and K. B. Winters

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

11.5

Lee waves associated with a commercial jetliner accident at Denver International Airport

T. L. Keller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. B. Trier, W. D. Hall, R. D. Sharman, M. Xu, and S. Liu

Session 12

Orographic convection, aerosols, and microphysics

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Russ S. Schumacher, CSU

4:45 PM

12.1

The structure of cumulus clouds above Dominica and its response to cloud-layer humidity variations

Campbell D. Watson, IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY; and R. B. Smith and A. D. Nugent

5:00 PM

12.2

Aerosols vs Dry Air Entrainment in Thermally Driven Orographic Clouds

Alison D. Nugent, National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO; and C. D. Watson, G. Thompson, and R. B. Smith

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

12.3

Thermally-driven circulation and convection over a mountainous tropical island

Chun-Chih Wang, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. J. Kirshbaum

Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM

12.4

Potential Impacts Of Dust Acting As Cloud Nucleating Aerosol On Water Resources In The Colorado River Basin

Vandana Jha, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton and G. G. Carrio

Recorded Presentation

Handout (6.0 MB)

5:45 PM

12.5

Convective transport of pollutants from eastern Colorado feedlots into the Rocky Mountains

Aaron J. Piña, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher and A. S. Denning

Recorded Presentation

Session 13

Mountain climate and climate change

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Jessica D. Lundquist, University of Washington

8:00 AM

13.1

Climate variability of persistent deep inversions in the Intermountain West of the United States

Sharon Zhong, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI; and L. Yu, X. Bian, and Y. Tang

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

13.2

Measurements of water vapor isotopic composition on the Chajnantor Plateau, Chilean Andes: Implications for regional water vapor transport

Joseph Galewsky, Univ.of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

13.3

Climate variability and change in the Nepal Himalayas

Robert Gillies, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and S. Y. Wang and C. Cho

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

13.4

Föhn winds on South Georgia and their impact on regional climate

Daniel Bannister, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK, United Kingdom; and J. King and I. A. Renfrew

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

13.5

Characteristics and Climatology of Drylines Occurring Over the Higher Terrain of Southeast Wyoming

Philip T. Bergmaier, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

13.6

How well do weather types describe the weather of an Alpine region?

Luca Panziera, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and L. Giovannini, L. Laiti, and D. Zardi

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

13.7

The Response of Extreme Precipitation over Idealized Mid-latitude Mountains to Global Warming

Xiaoming Shi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

13.8

The Role of a Regional Climate Center in Complex Terrain

Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV; and K. T. Redmond, M. Breckner, B. Daudert, G. McCurdy, N. Oakley, and D. B. Simeral

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Session 14

Slope flows and cold pools: Part I

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M Univ.

10:30 AM

14.1

The second Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX II) - An overview of the October 2013 field study

C. David Whiteman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Lehner, S. W. Hoch, E. Crosman, M. Jeglum, N. W. Cherukuru, R. Calhoun, T. W. Horst, W. O. J. Brown, S. Semmer, R. Rotunno, N. Kalthoff, B. Adler, R. Vogt, and M. Grudzielanek

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

14.2

LiDAR observations during METCRAX-II

Sebastian W. Hoch, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and N. W. Cherukuru, R. Calhoun, C. D. Whiteman, M. Lehner, and W. O. J. Brown

11:00 AM

14.3

Upstream flow and temperature conditions controlling downslope-windstorm-type flows in Arizona's Meteor Crater

Manuela Lehner, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman, S. W. Hoch, B. Adler, and N. Kalthoff

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

14.4

Thermography analysis of air flow dynamics in the Barringer Meteor Crater, Arizona, as part of the second Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX II) in October 2013

Martina Grudzielanek, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany; and R. Vogt, J. Cermak, I. Feigenwinter, C. D. Whiteman, M. Lehner, S. W. Hoch, R. Rotunno, S. P. Oncley, M. G. Krausz, C. Bernhofer, and A. Pitacco

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

14.5

Instrument configuration for Dual Doppler Lidar co-planar scans: METCRAX II

Nihanth W. Cherukuru, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. Calhoun, M. Lehner, S. Hoch, and C. D. Whiteman

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

14.6

The Sensitivity of Salt Lake Valley Persistent Cold Air Pools to Surface State

Erik T. Crosman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Session 15

Slope flows and cold pools: Part II

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Trevor I. Alcott, NOAA/NWS

1:30 PM

15.1

Death Valley's Ubehebe Crater - a "Warm-Pool"?

Reinhold Steinacker, Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

15.2

Dependence of valley cold air pools on valley scale

Peter Sheridan, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and S. Vosper

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

15.3

Accuracy of simulated diurnal valley winds in the Swiss Alps: Influence of grid resolution and topography filtering

Jürg Schmidli, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; and S. Boeing and O. Fuhrer

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

15.4

The impact of valley geometry on daytime thermally driven flows and vertical transport processes

Johannes Wagner, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and A. Gohm, M. W. Rotach, D. Leukauf, and C. Posch

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

15.5

A theoretical study of the interactions of urban breeze circulation with mountain slope winds

Jaemyeong Mango Seo, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and G. Ganbat, J. Y. Han, and J. J. Baik

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

15.6

TURBULENT EROSION OF COLD-AIR POOLS: NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS

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

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

15.7

Monin-Obukhov Similarity Scaling Over Contrasting Surfaces During the Morning and Evening Transition

Derek D. Jensen, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. R. Pardyjak and S. W. Hoch

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Session 16

NWP and data assimilation in complex terrain

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah

3:45 PM

16.1

Ensemble sensitivity analysis: performance and mitigation over mesoscale complex terrain

Josh Hacker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Lei

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

16.2

Sub-kilometer simulation of terrain-disrupted airflow at the Hong Kong International Airport – Aviation applications and inter-comparison with LIDAR observations

K.K. Hon, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and P. W. Chan

Recorded Presentation

Paper 16.3 moved to Poster 83

4:15 PM

16.3A

Predictability and error growth in medium-range forecasts of the 1 December 2011 Wasatch Windstorm

John Lawson, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and J. Horel

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

16.4

Application of the WRF-IBM model to mountainous terrain

Jingyi Bao, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and F. K. Chow and K. A. Lundquist

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

16.5

Simulations of meso-gamma-scale circulations near Granite Peak, Utah with NCAR's WRF-based 4DWX system and assimilated airborne lidar data from the MATERHORN 2012 field campaign

Jason Knievel, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Liu, S. F. J. De Wekker, W. Y. Y. Cheng, Y. Liu, and J. C. Pace

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

16.6

Development of an orographic rain enhancement parameterisation

Samantha Smith, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and S. Vosper and P. Field

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

16.7

Improvements in modeling California's Tule Fog

Travis Wilson, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and R. Fovell

Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM

16.8

A comparison of surface-layer implementations over steep terrain

Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and Y. Li, J. I. Barnum, and C. Renaud

5:45 PM

16.9

Developing sub-domain verification methods based on Geographical Information System (GIS) tools

Jeffrey A. Smith, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, WSMR, NM; and T. A. Foley and J. W. Raby

Manuscript (839.7 kB)

Handout (4.7 MB) Handout (4.7 MB)

Session 17

Mountain hydrology and hydrometeorology: Part II

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Daniel J. Kirshbaum, McGill University

8:00 AM

17.1

OLYMPEX: A GPM Ground Validation Campaign on the Olympic Peninsula in the Pacific Northwest

Lynn A. McMurdie, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze Jr., C. F. Mass, D. P. Lettenmaier, J. D. Lundquist, W. A. Petersen, M. R. Schwaller, and G. Skofronick-Jackson

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

17.2

Pseudo-dynamical Downscaling of Orographic Precipitation in Future Climate

Ethan Gutmann, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Clark and R. M. Rasmussen

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

17.3

Snow growth and transport patterns in orographic storms as estimated from airborne dual-Doppler radar data in along-wind transects

Bart Geerts, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and Y. Yang

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

17.4

Snow Precipitation, Distribution and Transport in Alpine Terrain

Michael Lehning, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Davos and CRYOS EPFL, Davos Dorf, Switzerland; and T. Grünewald, R. Mott-Grünewald, C. Groot Zwaaftink, A. Berne, and D. E. Scipion

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

17.5

Estimation of wind-induced losses from a precipitation gauge network in the Australian Snowy Mountains

Thomas H. Chubb, Monash University, Monash University, VIC, Australia; and M. J. Manton, S. T. Siems, S. Bilish, and A. Peace

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

17.6

Further Refinements to an Operational Orographic Precipitation Model

Eric Thaler, NOAA/NWSFO, Boulder, CO; and D. Barjenbruch

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

17.7

The Orographic Rain Index (ORI) Product at CIRA

Dan Bikos, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and E. Szoke, S. Kidder, S. D. Miller, and H. Gosden

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.1 MB)

9:45 AM

17.8A

Synoptic Control of Cross-Barrier Precipitation Ratios

Cliff F. Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded Presentation

17.8

Analysis of Observed Rainfall and Flooding near the Schultz Fire Scar from 2010-2013: Trends and Implications for Hydrologic Warnings and Decision Support

Coffee Break

Session 18

Orographic precipitation: Part III

Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Host: 16th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Chair: Campbell D. Watson, IBM Research

10:30 AM

18.1

The HyMeX SOP1 field campaign

Evelyne Richard, University of Toulouse and CNRS, Toulouse, France; and V. Ducrocq

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

18.2

Atmospheric conditions leading to high precipitation events in comparison to the seasonal mean conditions in the Western Mediterranean region: a HyMeX investigation

Samiro Khodayar, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany; and N. Kalthoff

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

18.3

Spatial Distribution and Temporal Development of Water Vapour over the Mountainous Island Corsica

Norbert Kalthoff, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany; and B. Adler, M. Kohler, J. Handwerker, A. Wieser, U. Corsmeier, C. Kottmeier, D. Lambert, and O. Bock

11:30 AM

18.4

Observations of orographic precipitation - analyzing incoming air properties

Idar Barstad, Uni Research, Bergen, Norway

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

18.5

Upstream orographic enhancement of midlatitude precipitation and cloud systems over the west coast of South America

Maximiliano Viale, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, R. Metropolitana, Chile; and R. D. Garreaud

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

18.6

Strengths and Weaknesses of High Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction in Precipitation Forecasting for Mountain Climate Regimes

Alexander O. Tardy, NOAA/NWS, San Diego, CA

Recorded Presentation

12:15 PM

18.7

Mountain Waves and Orographic Precipitation in a Northern Colorado Winter Storm

David E. Kingsmill, Univ. of Colorado / CIRES, Boulder, CO; and P. O. G. Persson, S. Haimov, and M. Shupe

Recorded Presentation

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