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Sunday, 17 August 2014

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 17 August 2014


Registration Opens
Location: Kon Tiki Foyer (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Monday, 18 August 2014

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 18 August 2014


Registration Continues through Friday August 22

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 18 August 2014

Recording files available
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
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
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

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 18 August 2014


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 18 August 2014

Recording files available
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
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
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
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

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 18 August 2014


ICAM Committee Luncheon
Location: Catamaran Resort Hotel

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Monday, 18 August 2014

Recording files available
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
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
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
2:30 PM
3.5

2:45 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 18 August 2014

Recording files available
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
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
3:15 PM
4.3
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

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

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 18 August 2014


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
25
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

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

Tuesday, 19 August 2014

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

Recording files available
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
8:30 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
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
9:30 AM
5.7A
9:45 AM
5.8

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 19 August 2014


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Recording files available
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
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
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
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

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 August 2014


Committee on Mountain Meteorology Luncheon
Location: Catamaran Resort Hotel

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Recording files available
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
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
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
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

3:45 PM-4:15 PM: Tuesday, 19 August 2014


Coffee Break

4:15 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Recording files available
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
4:45 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
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
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

Wednesday, 20 August 2014

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Recording files available
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
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
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
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
9:30 AM
9.7
9:45 AM
9.8

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 20 August 2014


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Recording files available
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

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 August 2014


Conference Luncheon

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 August 2014


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

44
A Climatological Study of Atmospheric Icing at Nanyue Mountain
Jianming Zhang, Hunan Province Meteorological Bureau, Changsha, China; and X. Li

45
49
50
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

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)

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

62
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

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

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

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)

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

20
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

3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Recording files available
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
3:45 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
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

4:45 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Recording files available
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
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
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
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
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

Thursday, 21 August 2014

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 21 August 2014

Recording files available
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
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
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
9:00 AM
13.5
9:30 AM
13.7
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

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 21 August 2014


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 21 August 2014

Recording files available
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
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

11:15 AM
14.4
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
11:45 AM
14.6

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 21 August 2014


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 21 August 2014

Recording files available
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
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
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
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
3:00 PM
15.7

3:15 PM-3:45 PM: Thursday, 21 August 2014


Coffee Break

3:45 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 21 August 2014

Recording files available
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
Paper 16.3 moved to Poster 83

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
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
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
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

Friday, 22 August 2014

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 22 August 2014

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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
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
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
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
9:15 AM
17.6
Further Refinements to an Operational Orographic Precipitation Model
Eric Thaler, NOAA/NWSFO, Boulder, CO; and D. Barjenbruch
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
9:45 AM
17.8A
Synoptic Control of Cross-Barrier Precipitation Ratios
Cliff F. Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Friday, 22 August 2014


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-1:00 PM: Friday, 22 August 2014

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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
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

11:45 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
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

1:00 PM-1:05 PM: Friday, 22 August 2014


Conference Adjourns