Program: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere (17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics Joint with the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere (June 8-12, 2009))

Session 1

Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere I

Location: Pinnacle A (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: Linnea M. Avallone, University of Colorado

Chair: Linnea M. Avallone, University of Colorado

8:20 AM

1.1

Linking transport processes and UT/LS budgets with Laminar identification (LID): Insights from tropical and mid-Latitude field campaigns

Anne M. Thompson, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and A. Luzik, S. Lee, S. J. Oltmans, H. Voemel, and J. C. Witte

Recorded Presentation

8:40 AM

1.2

Quasi-Stationary Temperature Structure in the Upper Troposphere over the Tropical Indian Ocean

Noriyuki Nishi, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and E. Nishimoto, H. Hayashi, M. Shiotani, H. Takashima, and T. Tsuda

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

1.3

Observations of variability in the polar upper troposphere and stratosphere using GPS radio occultation data

Kevin M. Grise, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. W. J. Thompson

Recorded Presentation

9:20 AM

1.4

The 2008 Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport (START08) experiment

Elliot Atlas, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and L. Pan and K. P. Bowman

9:40 AM

1.5

MLS/START08 comparisons and large-scale context for START08 from MLS and ACE-FTS satellite data

G.L. Manney, JPL & NMTech, Socorro, NM; and M. I. Hegglin, W. Daffer, R. Fuller, E. Atlas, K. P. Bowman, L. Pan, S. C. Wofsy, J. Ballard, R. S. Gao, A. Weinheimer, T. Campos, D. Hurst, N. Livesey, M. L. Santee, and J. R. Walker

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 2

Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere II

Location: Pinnacle A (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: Linnea M. Avallone, University of Colorado

Chair: Ellis Remsberg, NASA Langley Research Center

10:20 AM

2.1

Simulation of the atmospheric tape recorder signal in HCN

Robert Walter, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Juelich, Germany; and R. Müller, P. Konopka, G. Günther, J. Grooß, A. Heil, M. Schultz, M. Riese, and H. C. Pumphrey

Recorded Presentation

10:40 AM

2.2

Potential vorticity as a barrier to exchange between the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere

John C. Gille, University of Colorado and NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Karol, V. Yudin, D. Kinnison, and B. Nardi

11:00 AM

2.3

Clouds and water vapor at the tropical tropopause

Leonhard Pfister, NASA, Moffett Field, CA; and E. Jensen

11:20 AM

2.4

Seasonal to long-term variations of water vapor in the tropical lower stratosphere observed with balloon-borne hygrometers

Masatomo Fujiwara, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; and F. Hasebe, M. Shiotani, H. Vömel, S. Y. Ogino, S. Iwasaki, N. Nishi, T. Shibata, K. Shimizu, J. Valverde-Canossa, H. B. Selkirk, and S. J. Oltmans

Recorded Presentation

11:40 AM

2.5

Hirdls and Calipso observations of tropical cirrus

Steve Massie, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Gille, C. Craig, R. Khosravi, J. Barnett, and D. M. Winker

12:00 PM

2.6

Observations of trace gases during CARIBIC flights

Angela K. Baker, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany; and C. A. M. Brenninkmeijer, D. E. Oram, D. A. O'Sullivan, T. J. Schuck, and F. Slemr

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Session 3

Satellite Observations of the Middle Atmosphere I

Location: Pinnacle A (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: Linnea M. Avallone, University of Colorado

Chair: Jessica L. Neu, JPL

1:50 PM

3.1

The total hydrogen budget of the equatorial upper stratosphere

Jonathan E. Wrotny, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C.; and G. E. Nedoluha, C. Boone, G. Stiller, and J. P. McCormack

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (239.9 kB)

2:10 PM

3.2

The effect of the solar cycle on water vapor in the mesosphere over Mauna Loa from 1992-2009

G. E. Nedoluha, NRL, Washington, DC; and R. M. Gomez, B. C. Hicks, J. E. Wrotny, C. Boone, and A. Lambert

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

3.3

Constraining the ClO / ClOOCl equilibrium constant from Aura MLS measurements of nighttime ClO

Michelle L. Santee, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and L. Froidevaux, S. P. Sander, N. J. Livesey, and G. L. Manney

2:50 PM

3.4

Momentum budget of the migrating diurnal tide

Ruth S. Lieberman, Northwest Research Associates, Colorado Research Associates Division, Boulder, CO; and D. Riggin, D. A. Ortland, and Q. Wu

Recorded Presentation

3:10 PM

3.5

Observations of Polar Mesospheric Clouds Compared with MLS Temperatures and Water Vapor Measurements

Eric P. Shettle, NRL, Washington, DC; and G. E. Nedoluha, M. T. DeLand, G. E. Thomas, and J. J. Olivero

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 4

Satellite Observations of the Middle Atmosphere II

Location: Pinnacle A (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: Linnea M. Avallone, University of Colorado

Chair: Jessica L. Neu, JPL

3:50 PM

4.1

Assessment of the interannual variability of lower stratospheric monthly averages of O3 and N2O using observations from Odin/SMR

Farahnaz Khosrawi, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and R. Müller, M. H. Proffitt, J. Urban, and D. Murtagh

4:10 PM

4.2

Ground-to-MLT Data Assimilation and Prediction using a Prototype High-Altitude Global NWP System

Stephen D. Eckermann, NRL, Washington, DC; and K. W. Hoppel, L. Coy, J. P. McCormack, D. E. Siskind, K. Nielsen, A. J. Kochenash, M. H. Stevens, C. R. Englert, W. Singer, and M. Hervig

Recorded Presentation

Joint Poster Session 1

Theory

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere )

Chair: Steven B. Feldstein, Pennsylvania State Univ.

JP1.1

Persistent multiple jets and the PV staircase

Changhyun Yoo, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. Lee

JP1.2

Subgrid-scale parametrization using cluster-weighted modeling

JP1.3

Nonlinear stratified spindown over a sloping bottom

Jessica A. Benthuysen, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and L. N. Thomas

JP1.4

Single-layer axisymmetric model for a Hadley circulation with parameterized eddy momentum forcing

Adam H. Sobel, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and T. Schneider

JP1.5

Dynamics of the tropopause

Pablo Zurita-Gotor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and G. K. Vallis

JP1.6

Equatorial Mountain Torques and Large-Scale Mountain Flow Dynamics

Francois Lott, CNRS, Paris, France; and S. Mailler

JP1.7

A filtered model of tropical wave motions

Levi G. Silvers, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and W. H. Schubert, M. T. Masarik, and A. O. Gonzalez

JP1.8

Parameterization of baroclinic eddies in a channel model

Gavin Esler, University College London, London, United Kingdom

JP1.9

The rotating Green-Naghdi shallow water model: a simple framework for the investigation of mesoscale atmospheric and oceanic flows

Joseph Daniel Pearce, University College, London, London, United Kingdom; and J. G. Esler

JP1.10

The role of non-quasigeostrophic forcing in the Southern Hemisphere blocking onsets

Li Dong, WindLogics Inc., Grand Rapids, MN; and S. J. Colucci

JP1.11

Barotropic Instability in the Caribbean and the Tropical East Pacific

Saska Gjorgjievska, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. Raymond

JP1.12

A theoretical framework for energy and momentum consistency in subgrid-scale parameterization for climate models

Tiffany A. Shaw, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. G. Shepherd

JP1.13

Balances on the planetary scale in the atmosphere

Stamen Dolaptchiev, Institut fuer Atmosphaere und Umwelt , Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

JP1.14

Baroclinic eddy equilibration under specified seasonal forcing

Yang Zhang, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and P. H. Stone

JP1.15

Moist convection and the thermal stratification of the extratropical troposphere

Tapio Schneider, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and P. A. O'Gorman

JP1.16 moved, new paper number J3.6

JP1.17

Response of the Hadley Circulation to Climate Change in an Aquaplanet GCM Coupled to Ocean Heat Transport

Xavier J. Levine, Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider

JP1.18

Moist baroclinic eddies as features of the dry and moist isentropic circulations in a warming climate

Frederic Laliberte, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and O. Pauluis

JP1.19

Generation mechanisms and scales of eddies on Jupiter

Junjun Liu, Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider

JP1.20

Understanding Tornadoes and Microbursts

Essam A. Farag, SNC-Lavalin Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada

Handout (484.6 kB)

Joint Poster Session 2

Observations

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere )

Organizer: George Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

JP2.1

The Dynamics of the Pacific-North American Teleconnection Pattern

Christian Franzke, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and S. B. Feldstein and S. Lee

Determining fluid drag through ground vegetation for a forest-fire simulation model

JP2.2

Dynamical feedbacks and the persistence of the NAO

Elizabeth A. Barnes, Fort Collins, CO; and D. L. Hartmann

Handout (761.5 kB)

JP2.3

The link between Rossby Wave Breaking and Cut off Low Pressure Systems in the Southern Hemisphere Upper Troposphere

Thando Ndarana, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; and D. Waugh

JP2.4

The dynamics of transverse cirrus bands: inferences from observations

John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and A. S. Bachmeier, K. M. Bedka, M. Carter, J. E. Tarantino, L. C. Paulik, E. N. Wilson, G. S. Bechdol, and M. J. Mays

JP2.5 moved. New paper number 7.2A

JP2.5A

The role of tropical waves in the dynamics of the mesosphere

David A. Ortland, NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, WA; and R. S. Lieberman, D. Riggin, and M. J. Alexander

JP2.6

Engineering an Effective and Economic Measurement of Atmospheric Stability

Richie Cotton, Renewable Energy Systems, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Handout (242.5 kB)

Joint Session 1

Coupled Troposphere-Stratosphere: Dynamics

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics )

Organizers: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL; George Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

Chair: Peter Haynes, University of Cambridge

8:00 AM

J1.1

Characteristics of baroclinic wave packets over the North Atlantic during strong and weak polar vortex events

Ian N. Williams, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and S. J. Colucci

8:20 AM

J1.2

Troposphere-stratosphere communication through local vertical waveguides

Terry Nathan, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and D. Hodyss

Recorded Presentation

8:40 AM

J1.3

Stratospheric influences on tropospheric weather systems

Stephen J. Colucci, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

J1.4

Stratospheric influence on tropospheric circulation through altered tropospheric eddy phase speeds

Isaac M. Held, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and G. Chen

Recorded Presentation

9:20 AM

J1.5

The role of eddies in driving the tropospheric response to stratospheric heating perturbations

Isla R. Simpson, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and M. Blackburn, J. D. Haigh, and S. Sparrow

Recorded Presentation

9:40 AM

J1.6

Stratosphere-Troposphere Dynamical Coupling and Tropospheric Predictability

Clara Orbe, Columbia University, New York, NY; and E. P. Gerber and L. M. Polvani

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Joint Session 2

Coupled Troposphere-Stratosphere: Dynamics and Annular Modes

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics )

Organizers: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL; George Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

Chair: Matthew H. Hitchman, University of Wisconsin Madison

10:20 AM

J2.1

Advantages of a conservative coordinate system

Abraham Solomon, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, Calverton, MD; and N. Nakamura

Recorded Presentation

10:40 AM

J2.2

Relationship among SSW, VI, PJO and AO in an idealized stratosphere-troposphere coupled model

Shigeo Yoden, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan; and M. Kohma and S. Nishizawa

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

J2.3

A simplified annular mode index based on zonal-mean data

Mark P. Baldwin, Northwest Research Associates, Redmond, WA; and D. W. J. Thompson

Recorded Presentation

11:20 AM

J2.4

Annular mode time scales and climate sensitivity in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report models

Edwin P. Gerber, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU, New York, NY; and L. M. Polvani and D. Ancukiewicz

Recorded Presentation

11:40 AM

J2.5

Use of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem to predict tropospheric climate response

Fenwick C. Cooper, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and P. H. Haynes

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

J2.6

On the sensitivities of the stratosphere / troposphere coupling to changes in the lower stratospheric winds

Cegeon J. Chan, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. A. Plumb

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Joint Session 3

Coupled Troposphere-Stratosphere: Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics )

Organizers: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL; George Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

Chair: Edwin P. Gerber, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU

1:50 PM

J3.1

Tropical cyclones and the Quasi-biennial Oscillation

Suzana J. Camargo, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY; and A. H. Sobel

Recorded Presentation

2:10 PM

J3.2

Effect of Tropical Waves on the Tropical Tropopause-Transition-Layer Upwelling

Jung-Hee Ryu, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and S. Lee

2:30 PM

J3.3

Trends and variability in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere 1990-2008: Insights from stratospheric water vapour

Peter H. Haynes, Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and S. Fueglistaler, Y. S. Liu, W. G. Read, G. Stiller, and A. J. Simmons

Recorded Presentation

2:50 PM

JP3.4 Withdrawn

2:50 PM

J3.5

Influence of stratospheric sudden warming and vortex intensification on the tropical troposphere

Yuhji Kuroda, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Recorded Presentation

3:10 PM

J3.6

The location and downstream intensification of storm tracks in an idealized moist GCM

Yohai Kaspi, Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Joint Session 4

Internal Gravity Waves

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics )

Organizer: M. Joan Alexander, NorthWest Research Associates

Chair: M. Joan Alexander, NorthWest Research Associates

3:50 PM

J4.1

Parameterization of internal wave breaking due to near-inertial shear

Julie C. Vanderhoff, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

4:10 PM

J4.2

Generation of Inertia-Gravity Waves from Jets within vortex dipoles

Shuguang Wang, Columbia University, New York, NY; and F. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

Joint Poster Session 3

Coupled Troposphere-Stratosphere

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics )

Organizers: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL; George Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

JP3.1

Northern Hemisphere Extratropical Tropopause in Radiosonde Data

Seok-woo Son, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and L. M. Polvani and J. Eckstein

J3.4

Effect of stratospheric circulation on the extratropical tropopause inversion layer in a simple GCM

Seok-woo Son, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and E. P. Gerber and L. M. Polvani

JP3.2

Influence of stationary wave field on stratosphere-troposphere coupling response to Siberian surface cooling

Karen L. Smith, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. J. Kushner

JP3.3

Modeling the coupled stratosphere-troposphere stationary wave response to climate change

Lei Wang, University of Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. J. Kushner

JP3.4

Intra-annual relationships between polar ozone and the Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode

Ryan L. Fogt, Ohio University, Athens, OH; and J. Perlwitz, S. Pawson, and M. A. Olsen

JP3.5

Investigating the predictability of Stratospheric Sudden Warmings in the Northern Hemisphere

Sana Mahmood, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

JP3.6

The downward influence of stratospheric final warming events in an idealized model

Lantao Sun, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and W. A. Robinson

Joint Poster Session 4

Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere and Middle Atmosphere

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics )

Organizer: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL

JP4.1

Mechanisms for Enhanced Gravity Wave Activity during Stratospheric Sudden Warmings

JP4.2

Observed solar-cycle responses and trends in mesospheric water vapor

Ellis Remsberg, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA

JP4.3

The lifetime and longitudinal variation of the Kelvin waves around the tropopause and the upper troposphere in the tropic

Junko Suzuki, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan; and M. Shiotani, N. Nishi, R. Shirooka, and M. Yoshizaki

JP4.4

Analysis of Ultra-fast Kelvin Waves Simulated by Kyushu University GCM

Ying-Wen Chen, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; and S. Miyahara

Handout (1.0 MB)

JP4.5

Diurnal wind variations observed by an MF radar at Syowa Antarctic Station

Yoshihiro Tomikawa, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Tsutsumi

JP4.6

Current status of superconducting submillimeter-wave limb-emission sounder (SMILES)

Masato Shiotani, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and M. Takayanagi

JP4.7

Higher order approximation of ray theory applied to orographic gravity waves

Manuel Pulido, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina; and C. Rodas

JP4.8

Studies of stratopause structure, evolution and transport from satellite data and new assimilation products

G.L. Manney, JPL & NMTech, Socorro, NM; and K. Krueger, M. Schwartz, S. Pawson, N. McKee, M. Sienkiewicz, W. Daffer, K. W. Hoppel, N. Livesey, S. Polavarapu, M. G. Mlynczak, E. Remsberg, and J. M. Russell III

JP4.9

Tropical upper-tropospheric ozone variability as observed by the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder

Nathaniel J. Livesey, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and L. Froidevaux, M. Santee, D. Wu, J. Jiang, H. Su, W. Read, A. Lambert, and R. Doherty

JP4.10

Estimating gravity wave parameters with a genetic algorithm for realistic gravity wave drag profiles

Manuel Pulido, FaCENA, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina; and S. Polavarapu, T. G. Shepherd, and J. Thuburn

JP4.11

Solar proton events and their effects on the middle atmosphere as observed by Aura-MLS and ACE-FTS

David Herceg, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and G. L. Manney, K. Minschwaner, and M. L. Santee

JP4.12

Multiscale tropical convection: understanding the relationship between convective momentum transport and gravity wave momentum flux

Todd P. Lane, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and M. W. Moncrieff

JP4.13

Hydroxyl in the middle atmosphere: relationship to ozone, water vapor, and solar radiation changes

Ken Minschwaner, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM

Joint Poster Session 5

Interactions between Tropical Convection and the Large Scale Circulation

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere )

Organizer: George Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

JP5.1

Diabatic heating, divergent circulation and moisture transport in the African Monsoon System

Samson M. Hagos, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. Zhang

JP5.2

Relative role of convection and large-scale flow in controlling upper tropospheric humidity

Ju-Mee Ryoo, Baltimore, MD; and D. W. Waugh and T. Igusa

JP5.3

The continuum of North Pacific sea level pressure patterns: Intraseasonal, interannual, and interdecadal variability

Nat Johnson, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. B. Feldstein

JP 5.4 has been moved. New paper number 6.2A

JP5.5

Idealized Walker circulations over a wide range of climates

Timothy M. Merlis, Princeton University and GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and T. Schneider

JP5.6

Forcing of Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves by Extratropical Wave Activity

George Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO

Session 5

Internal Gravity Waves: Observations

Location: Pinnacle A (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizers: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL; M. Joan Alexander, NorthWest Research Associates

Chair: Charles McLandress, University of Toronto

8:00 AM

5.1

Quantifying gravity waves and turbulence in the stratosphere using satellite measurements of stellar scintillation

Viktoria Sofieva, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and A. S. Gurvich and F. Dalaudier

Recorded Presentation

8:20 AM

5.2

Aircraft measurements and numerical simulations of gravity waves in the extratropical UTLS region during the START08 field campaign

Fuqing Zhang, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. Zhang, K. P. Bowman, L. Pan, and E. Atlas

8:40 AM

5.3

South Georgia Island Wave Patterns Observed in the Stratosphere via Satellite

M. Joan Alexander, NorthWest Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and S. D. Eckermann, D. Broutman, and J. Ma

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

5.4

The High-Altitude Southern-Scandinavian Mountain Wave of 14 January 2003

Stephen D. Eckermann, NRL, Washington, DC; and J. Ma, D. Broutman, D. L. Wu, M. J. Alexander, L. Coy, J. Doyle, T. F. Hogan, B. N. Lawrence, and A. Stephens

9:20 AM

5.5

Gravity wave responses throughout the lower and middle atmosphere to airflow over the southern Andes and the Antarctic peninsula: A natural laboratory for assessing responses to complex terrain, coupling to higher altitudes, and evaluation of OGWD parameterizations

David C. Fritts, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc., Colorado Research Associates Division, Boulder, CO; and R. B. Smith, J. Doyle, and S. D. Eckermann

9:40 AM

5.6

Energy flux diagnosis of secondary mountain wave generation

Bryan Woods, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith and J. D. Doyle

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 6

Internal Gravity Waves: Generation and Parameterization

Location: Pinnacle A (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizers: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL; M. Joan Alexander, NorthWest Research Associates

Chair: Stephen D. Eckermann, NRL

10:20 AM

6.1

Weakly nonlinear internal waves in the middle atmosphere

Hayley V. Dosser, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and B. R. Sutherland

10:40 AM

6.2

Gravity Waves Produced by Potential Vorticity Anomalies

Francois Lott, CNRS, Paris, France; and R. Plougonven and J. Vanneste

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

6.3

The impact of conservation of momentum in gravity wave drag parameterization on planetary wave structure and variability

Tiffany A. Shaw, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. G. Shepherd

Recorded Presentation

11:20 AM

6.4

Gravity wave generation and propagation in the middle atmosphere revealed by a high-resolution GCM

Kaoru Sato, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and S. Watanabe, Y. Kawatani, Y. Tomikawa, K. Miyazaki, S. Tateno, and M. Takahashi

Recorded Presentation

11:40 AM

6.5

The roles of 3-dimensional propagating gravity waves and equatorial trapped gravity waves on driving the Quasi Biennial Oscillation: A study of high resolution atmospheric general circulation model

Yoshio Kawatani, Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Yokohama, Japan; and K. Sato, T. J. Dunkerton, S. Watanabe, S. Miyahara, and M. Takahashi

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

6.6

Towards a physically based gravity wave source parameterization in a general circulation model

Jadwiga H. Richter, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Sassi and R. R. Garcia

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Session 7

Middle Atmosphere Dynamics I

Location: Pinnacle A (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL

Chair: Tiffany A. Shaw, Columbia Univ.

1:50 PM

7.1

To long-term Variability of the Mesosphere over Europe

Dieter H. W. Peters, University of Rostock, Kühlungsborn, Mecklenburg, Germany; and A. Gabriel, G. Entzian, and J. Bremer

2:10 PM

7.2 moved. New paper number JP2.5A

2:10 PM

7.2A

How strong are the Southern Hemisphere storm tracks?

Yanjuan Guo, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and X. Xia and E. K. M. Chang

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

7.3

Mesospheric tides and waves in the NOGAPS-ALPHA high-altitude data assimilation system

Lawrence Coy, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC; and J. P. McCormack, D. E. Siskind, S. D. Eckerman, and K. W. Hoppel

Recorded Presentation

2:50 PM

7.4

The Arctic polar stratosphere and mesosphere during IPY

V. Lynn Harvey, Univerisity of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Collins, D. E. Atkinson, B. Thurairajah, and D. Wheeler

Recorded Presentation

3:10 PM

7.5

Influence of the stratospheric potential vorticity distribution on the Brewer-Dobson circulation

Richard K. Scott, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 8

Middle Atmosphere Dynamics II

Location: Pinnacle A (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL

Chair: Tiffany A. Shaw, Columbia Univ.

3:50 PM

8.1

Newtonian cooling in the middle atmosphere: Where does it work and where does it fail?

Peter Hitchcock, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. G. Shepherd and S. Yoden

Recorded Presentation

4:10 PM

8.2

Influence of the QBO on the winter stratosphere as internal atmospheric variability

James A. Anstey, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. G. Shepherd and J. F. Scinocca

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 5

Haurwitz Lecture

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere )

4:30 PM

Large-scale atmospheric waves observed by TIMED/SABER

Rolando R. Garcia, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

17Fluid and 15Middle Joint Reception with Cash Bar

Location: Atrium Lawn (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 9

Stratospheric Warmings

Location: Pinnacle A (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

Chair: Dieter Peters, IAP - Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik der Universität Rostock e.V.

8:20 AM

9.1

A vortex dynamics perspective on stratospheric sudden warmings: the resonant excitation theory

N. Joss Matthewman, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom; and J. G. Esler

Recorded Presentation

8:40 AM

9.2

Blocking precursors to stratospheric sudden warming events

Olivia Martius, ETH, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland; and L. M. Polvani, M. Croci-Maspoli, and H. C. Davies

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

9.3

The Extreme Major Stratospheric sudden Warming of January 2009

Paul A. Newman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. R. Nash

Recorded Presentation

9:20 AM

9.4

The Great Stratospheric Warming of 2009

Craig S. Long, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Zhou and M. LHeureux

Recorded Presentation

9:40 AM

9.6

High initial-time sensibility observed for the tropospheric NAM predictability in the stratospheric sudden warming

Yuhji Kuroda, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 10

Stratospheric Climate Change

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL

Chair: Terry Nathan, Univ. of California

10:20 AM

10.1

Data analysis and a GCM simulation of the decadal temperature variation in the Arctic lower stratosphere in winter and spring

Wookap Choi, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and D. Kim and Y. Kim

Recorded Presentation

10:40 AM

10.2

Evidence for recent stratospheric circulation changes from multiple measurement sources

Eric A. Ray, NOAA/ESRL/CSD, Boulder, CO; and F. L. Moore, J. W. Elkins, D. Hurst, K. H. Rosenlof, A. Engel, and S. J. Oltmans

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

10.3

Narrowing of the upwelling branch of the Brewer-Dobson circulation in the lower stratosphere

Feng Li, UMBC/GEST, Greenbelt, MD; and R. S. Stolarski and S. Pawson

Recorded Presentation

11:20 AM

10.4

Simulated anthropogenic changes in the Brewer-Dobson circulation, including its extension to high latitudes

Charles McLandress, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. G. Shepherd

Recorded Presentation

11:40 AM

10.5

Mechanisms and feedbacks causing changes in upper stratospheric ozone

Luke Oman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Waugh, S. R. Kawa, R. S. Stolarski, A. R. Douglass, and P. A. Newman

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

10.6

Predicted changes in stratospheric ozone fluxes into the troposphere due to a changing climate

Michaela I. Hegglin, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. G. Shepherd

Lunch Break

Session 11

Stratospheric Ozone Variability

Location: Pinnacle A (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL

Chair: Luke Oman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

1:50 PM

11.1

The long-term evolution of ozone and temperature in the upper stratosphere

Wolfgang Steinbrecht, DWD = German Weather Service, Hohenpeissenberg, Germany; and H. Claude and F. Schoenenborn

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (355.5 kB)

2:10 PM

11.2

Climatology, trends and variability of the dynamical forcings of the stratospheric zonal flow and ozone transport

Erwan Monier, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and B. C. Weare

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

11.3

Southern polar ozone variability as observed by Aura MLS

Shuntai Zhou, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and C. S. Long

2:50 PM

11.4

Dynamical modes associated with the Antarctic ozone hole

Bryan C. Weare, University of California, Davis, CA

Recorded Presentation

11.5

The influence of ENSO influence on monthly mean column ozone, geopotential heights and temperature in the Southern Hemisphere winter and spring

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Joint Poster Session 6

Modeling

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere )

Chair: Adam H. Sobel, Columbia Univ.

JP6.1

Basin and channel contributions to a model antarctic circumpolar current

Louis-Philippe Nadeau, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. Straub

JP6.2

Precipitation and its extremes under climate change

Paul A. O'Gorman, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and T. Schneider

JP6.3

Prediction of large-scale atmospheric flow using a mixture of empirical linear models

JP6.4

Zonal jets and the wind-driven midlatitude ocean circulation

Balasubramanya Nadiga, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and D. Straub

JP6.5

Climate change in an idealized coupled general circulation model

Timothy M. Merlis, Princeton University and GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and T. Schneider

JP6.6

Understanding GCM predicted storm track changes under global warming

Xiaoming Xia, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and E. Chang

JP6.7

The role of boundary layer processes in baroclinic eddy equilibration in a simple atmosphere-slab ocean coupled model

Yang Zhang, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and P. H. Stone

JP6.8

Sensitivity to the vertical and meridional structure of the meridional temperature gradient in a three-layer quasigeostrophic turbulence model

Erica M. Staehling, WeatherTiger, LLC, Tallahassee, FL; and I. M. Held and G. K. Vallis

JP6.9

Understanding Ocean Heat Uptake Using Simple Models and GCMs

Peng Xie, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and G. K. Vallis

JP6.10

Uncertainty in numerical modeling of deep moist convective processes: the role of microphysics

Antonio Parodi, CIMA Research Foundation, Savona, Italy; and E. Fiori, L. Molini, and F. Siccardi

JP6.11

The climate and seasonal cycle on Titan: atmospheric dynamics and methane cycle

Sonja D.B. Graves, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider and E. L. Schaller

JP6.12

The Tropopause Inversion Layer in baroclinic Life-cycle Experiments

Andre Richard Erler, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and V. Wirth

JP6.13

The role of the Altai-Sayan Mountains on the midwinter suppression of North Pacific storminess in a comprehensive climate model

Hyo Seok Park, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

JP6.14

Multiple equilibria in an axisymmetric model of the tropical circulation with prognostic BL moisture

Peng Xian, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Miller

JP6.15

Role of Continental-scale Landmass in Monsoonal and Global Precipitation Distribution

Winston Chao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

JP6.16

Secondary instabilities in the breaking of inertia gravity waves

Mark Furman, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; and U. Achatz

JP6.17

Circulation sensitivity to heating in an idealized model

Pablo Zurita-Gotor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

JP6.18

Role of sea ice feedbacks in climate changes simulated with an idealized GCM

Ian Eisenman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider

Joint Poster Session 7

Vortex Dynamics

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere )

Chair: Paul D. Reasor, NOAA Hurricane Research Division

JP7.1

The detection and significance of diurnal pressure and Potential Vorticity anomalies east of the Rockies

Yanping Li, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith

JP7.2

The Influence of the QBO on Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Tracks

Chang-Hoi Ho, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. S. Kim, J. H. Jeong, and S. W. Son

JP7.3

The dynamical response of the hurricane wind field to rainband heating

Yumin Moon, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan

JP7.4

On the relative roles of vortex merger, axisymmetrization, diabatic heating, and mid-level moistening in tropical cyclogenesis

David S. Nolan, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and M. Iskandarani

JP7.5

Nonlinear Tropical Instability Waves

Cheng Zhou, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and J. P. Boyd

Handout (851.5 kB)

JP7.6

A new look at hurricane intensity: perspectives from a dry and moist hurricane frameworks

Agnieszka A. Smith-Mrowiec, NASA GISS / Columbia University, New York, NY; and S. T. Garner and O. Pauluis

JP7.7

Spontaneous-adjustment emission of inertia-gravity waves by unsteady vortical motion in the hurricane core

Eric Hendricks, NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. H. Schubert, S. R. Fulton, and B. D. McNoldy

Joint Poster Session 8

Mixing within the Ocean and Atmosphere

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere )

Organizer: Thomas W. N. Haine, Johns Hopkins Univ.

JP8.1

Vertical structure of horizontal currents in global eddying OGCMs

JP8.2

Vertical transport due to submesoscale processes in the upper ocean

Amit Tandon, Univ. of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, MA; and A. Mahadevan

JP8.4

Saturation of the internal tides and induced mixing in the abyssal ocean

Caroline Jane Muller, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and O. Buhler

Session 12

Southern Hemisphere Climate Change: A Non-Zonal Perspective

Location: Pinnacle A (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL

Chair: Mark P. Baldwin, Northwest Research Associates

8:20 AM

12.1

On the Origin of the Southern Hemisphere Ozone Croissant

Matthew H. Hitchman, AOS Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Rogal, N. A. Zachar, and A. Parker

8:40 AM

12.2

Antarctic stratospheric warming induced by SST increases

Yongyun Hu, Peking University, Beijing, China, Beijing, China; and Q. Fu

9:00 AM

12.3

Sensitivity of stratospheric winds and temperatures to longitudinal variations in stratospheric ozone

John P. McCormack, NRL, Washington, DC; and T. Nathan and E. Cordero

9:20 AM

12.4

Downward influence exerted by longitudinal variations in stratospheric ozone

John R. Albers, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and T. Nathan

9:40 AM

12.5

Impact of zonal variations in ozone on stratosphere-troposphere coupling

Darryn Waugh, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and L. Oman, S. Pawson, P. A. Newman, and J. E. Nielsen

Coffee Break

Location: Atrium (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 13

Coupled Troposphere-Stratosphere: Climate Variability and Change

Location: Pinnacle A (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 15th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL

Chair: Darryn Waugh, Johns Hopkins University

10:20 AM

13.1

Variability of predictability limits in the Northern Hemisphere stratosphere during winter

Tomoko Ichimaru, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; and T. Hirooka and H. Mukougawa

10:40 AM

13.2

Tropospheric Precursors of Anomalous Northern Hemisphere Stratospheric Polar Vortices

Chaim I. Garfinkel, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. L. Hartmann and F. Sassi

11:00 AM

13.3

The atmospheric circulation response to climate change-like thermal forcings in a simple model

Amy Hawes Butler, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. W. J. Thompson and R. Heikes

11:20 AM

13.4

What determines the Northern Hemisphere circulation response to increasing greenhouse gases?

Michael Sigmond, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. F. Scinocca

11:40 AM

13.5

The Ozone Hole and Southern Hemisphere Climate Change

Seok-woo Son, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and N. Tandon, L. M. Polvani, and D. Waugh

12:00 PM

13.6

Possible impact of a large increase of ozone depleting substances on Northern Hemisphere climate

Judith Perlwitz, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA-ESRL, Boulder, CO; and R. L. Fogt, P. A. Newman, L. Oman, and S. Pawson

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