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

Session 1

Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics Observations

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Chair: George Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

8:00 AM

1.1

Quantifying baroclinic adjustment in the atmosphere from data

Noboru Nakamura, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Recorded Presentation

8:20 AM

1.2

Two Types of Baroclinic Life Cycles during the Southern Hemisphere Summer

Steven B. Feldstein, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA; and W. Moon

Recorded Presentation

8:40 AM

1.3

Tropopause-level Wave-guides

Olivia Martius, ETH, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland; and C. Schwierz and H. C. Davies

9:00 AM

1.4

On non-Gaussian sea surface height variability

Philip Sura, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

9:20 AM

1.5

Observed tropical diabatic heating profiles and their projections on the vertical modes

Chidong Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and S. M. Hagos

Recorded Presentation

9:40 AM

1.6

Simulations of layering and stratified turbulence surrounding an anticyclonic eddy

Bach Lien Hua, IFREMER, Plouzane, France; and C. Menesguen, S. Le Gentil, and H. Aiki

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 2

Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics Theory I

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Chair: Steven B. Feldstein, Pennsylvania State Univ.

10:20 AM

2.1

Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics of climate variability

Jeffrey B. Weiss, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

10:40 AM

2.2

Effective stratification for the dry and moist isentropic circulations

Olivier Pauluis, New York Univ., New York, NY; and F. Laliberte

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

2.3

Kelvin waves in the nonlinear shallow water equations on the sphere: Nonlinear traveling waves and the corner wave bifurcation

John P. Boyd, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. Zhou

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

11:20 AM

2.4

A field theoretical model of stationary atmospheric vortices

Florin Spineanu, National Institute of Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest, Romania; and M. O. Vlad

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (367.7 kB)

11:40 AM

2.5

Effects of large-scale energy dissipation in geostrophic turbulence

Richard K. Scott, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom; and L. M. Polvani and T. J. Dunkerton

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

2.6

Application of spontaneous imbalance theory to the problem of clear-air turbulence forecasting

John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and D. W. McCann and P. D. Williams

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Session 3

Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics Theory II

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Chair: Olivier Pauluis, New York Univ.

1:50 PM

3.1

The general circulation of planetary atmospheres as turbulent equilibria

Brian Farrell, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and P. J. Ioannou

Recorded Presentation

2:10 PM

3.2

A baroclinic turbulence closure

Petros J. Ioannou, Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece; and B. Farrell

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

3.3

Finite Amplitude Equilibration of Baroclinic Waves on a Jet

Sukyoung Lee, Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA

2:50 PM

3.4

Equilibrium states of eddy-driven jets in a generalized potential vorticity staircase model

Da Zhu, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and N. Nakamura

Recorded Presentation

3:10 PM

3.5

Equilibration of baroclinic eddies in a primitive equation model

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

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 4

Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics Theory III

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Chair: David S. Nolan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS

3:50 PM

4.1

Orographic Precipitation in the tropics: linear theory of triggered convection

Ronald B. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and D. J. Kirshbaum

Recorded Presentation

4:10 PM

Paper 4.2 moved. New Paper number 9.2A

4:10 PM

4.2

Intermediate and High Resolution Numerical Simulations of the Transition of a Tropical Wave Critical Layer to a Tropical Depression

Michael T. Montgomery, NPS, Monterey, CA; and Z. Wang and T. J. Dunkerton

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

Poster Session 1

Mesoscale and Submesoscale Ocean Features

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

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

P1.1

The turbulent equilibration of baroclinic jets: asymmetric jets and barotropic governor

Ben Willcocks, University College London, London, United Kingdom; and G. Esler

P1.2

Submesoscale coherent structures and SST gradient in ocean model simulations

Huei-Ping Huang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and E. Curchitser, A. Kaplan, and C. A. Edwards

Handout (50.3 kB)

P1.3

Observations of the energy cascades in the oceanic mesoscale

P1.4

Impact of high-resolution, high-frequency meteorological forcing on Denmark-Strait ocean circulation

Thomas W. N. Haine, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and S. Zhang, G. W. K. Moore, and I. A. Renfrew

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

Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics Modeling I

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Chair: Adam H. Sobel, Dept of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics, and Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia Univ.

8:00 AM

5.1

Optimal width of hot spots for driving deep moist convective systems

Steven Sherwood, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and D. Gerstle and F. J. Robinson

Recorded Presentation

8:20 AM

5.2

Does deep convection contain undiluted parcels?

David M. Romps, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and Z. Kuang

Recorded Presentation

8:40 AM

5.3

Radiatively generated vortical flows

Gregory J. Hakim, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

5.4

Why is the Atlantic storm track stronger than its Pacific counterpart?

Edmund K. M. Chang, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and W. Lin

Recorded Presentation

9:20 AM

5.5

Covariability of SST and surface heat fluxes in reanalyses and CMIP3 climate models

Bin Yu, AES, Toronto, ON, Canada; and W. Merryfield, G. Boer, and F. W. Zwiers

Recorded Presentation

9:40 AM

5.6

New algorithms for low frequency climate response

Rafail V. Abramov, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; and A. J. Majda

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 6

Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics Modeling II

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Chair: Edmund K. M. Chang, SUNY

10:20 AM

6.1

Meridional energy transport in the atmosphere-ocean system: theory and simulation

Geoffrey K. Vallis, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and R. Farneti

Recorded Presentation

6.2

Zonal versus meridional velocity variance in the World Ocean: order in the chaotic ocean

11:00 AM

6.2A

Dynamic and thermodynamic constraints on the response of tropical circulations to climate changes

Tapio Schneider, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and X. J. Levine

Recorded Presentation

11:20 AM

6.3

Varied changes in the intensity of extratropical transient eddies in response to global warming

Paul A. O'Gorman, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Recorded Presentation

11:40 AM

6.4

The response of the hydrological cycle to climate change

Caroline Jane Muller, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and P. A. O'Gorman and L. E. Back

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

6.5

Midlatitude moisture transport in simulations of paleoclimates

Robert Korty, Texas A&M, College Station, TX

Recorded Presentation

12:20 PM

6.6

Formation mechanisms of jets and superrotation on giant planets

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

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Session 7

Mesoscale and Sub-Mesoscale Oceanic Features I

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

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

1:50 PM

7.1

The structure of geostrophic stirring in the oceanic submesoscale

K. Shafer Smith, New York Univ., New York, NY; and R. Ferrari

Recorded Presentation

2:10 PM

7.2

Horizontal particle dispersion by random internal waves

Miranda Holmes-Cerfon, New York University, New York, NY; and O. Buhler

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

7.3

Critical-layer isopycnal mixing and PV homogenization in the Southern Ocean

Ryan P. Abernathey, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. Marshall

2:50 PM

7.4

Mixing across unsteady jets

Andrew F. Thompson, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Recorded Presentation

3:10 PM

7.5

Eddy-mean flow interactions in western boundary current jets: theory and observations

Stephanie N. Waterman, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and S. R. Jayne and N. G. Hogg

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 8

Mesoscale and Submesoscale Ocean Features II

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

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

3:50 PM

8.1

Large-scale ocean circulation in the eddying regime: the effects of diffusivity, forcing, and geometry

Christopher L. Wolfe, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and P. Cessi

Recorded Presentation

4:10 PM

8.2

Using Microwave Range Sensors for Long Term Remote Sensing of Ocean Surface Dynamics

Robert Heitsenrether, NOAA/CO-OPS, Chesapeake, VA

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

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

Vortex Dynamics I

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Chair: Eric D. Maloney, Colorado State University

8:00 AM

9.1

Tropical cyclogenesis in a tropical wave critical layer: Easterly waves

Timothy J. Dunkerton, NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, WA; and M. T. Montgomery and Z. Wang

Recorded Presentation

8:20 AM

Paper 9.2 moved. New paper number 4.2A

8:20 AM

9.2A

Instabilities and oscillations accompanying boundary layer flow over a stratified cold pool: Numerical simulations of dynamics in the Arizona Meteor Crater

David C. Fritts, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc., Colorado Research Associates Division, Boulder, CO; and D. Goldstein and T. Lund

8:40 AM

9.3

Hurricanes and Filaments in Diabatic Ekman Turbulence

David A. Schecter, NorthWest Research Associates, Redmond, WA; and T. J. Dunkerton

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

9.4

Exponentially Unstable Edge Modes at Large Froude Number: the Inertial-Gravity-Edge Instability

Christopher A. Jeffery, LANL, Los Alamos, NM

9:20 AM

9.5

Tropical cyclone resiliency in vertical shear flow

Paul D. Reasor, NOAA Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL

Recorded Presentation

9:40 AM

9.6

Evaluating the vertical structure of tangential winds in tropical cyclone simulations: comparison to observations and theory

Daniel P. Stern, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and D. S. Nolan

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 10

Vortex Dynamics II

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Organizer: Paul D. Reasor, NOAA Hurricane Research Division

10:20 AM

10.1

Eddy-driven buoyancy gradients on eastern boundaries

Paola Cessi, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and C. L. Wolfe

Recorded Presentation

10:40 AM

10.2

Resolution dependence of the tropopause inversion layer in an idealized modelling framework

Volkmar Wirth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mainz, Germany; and A. Mueller

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

10.3

Potential vorticity dynamics of submesoscale flows in the ocean

Leif N. Thomas, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA

Recorded Presentation

11:20 AM

10.4

Vortex intensification of tropopause polar cyclones

Steven M. Cavallo, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. J. Hakim

Recorded Presentation

11:40 AM

10.5

A study of ocean spray effect on tropical cyclones dynamics

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

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

10.6

Evolution of Multi-scale Vortex in the development of Hurricane Dolly (2008)

Juan Fang, Nanjing University, China, Nanjing, China; and F. Zhang

Lunch Break

Session 11

Mixing within the Ocean and Atmosphere

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Chair: Paola Cessi, SIO

1:50 PM

11.1

Lagrangian Coherent Structures and Turbulence Detection near the Hong Kong International Airport based on LIDAR Measurements

Wenbo Tang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and G. Haller and P. W. Chan

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

2:10 PM

11.2

Quantifying robustness of mixing diagnostics inferred from satellite altimetry

Shane R. Keating, Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, NY; and K. S. Smith

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

11.3

New measures of mixing by eddies in the atmosphere and ocean

Emily Shuckburgh, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

2:50 PM

11.4

Geostrophic Eddy Mixing in the Southern Ocean

Raffaele Ferrari, MIT, Cambridge, MA

3:10 PM

11.5

Convective and wind-driven turbulence at mixed layer fronts

John R. Taylor, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. Ferrari

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Stowe Room (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 12

Interactions Between Tropical Convection and the Large Scale Circulation I

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Chair: Stefan N. Tulich, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

3:50 PM

12.1

Idealized studies of the ITCZ and its multi-Level circulations

David S. Nolan, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and S. W. Powell and C. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

4:10 PM

12.2

Convectively Coupled Waves Propagating along an Equatorial ITCZ

Juliana Dias, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and O. Pauluis

Recorded Presentation

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 13

Interactions Between Tropical Convection and the Large Scale Circulation II

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Chair: William R. Boos, Yale Univ.

8:00 AM

13.1

Convectively-coupled gravity waves in the tropics

Stefan N. Tulich, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. Kiladis

Recorded Presentation

8:20 AM

13.2

Gravity waves in shear and implications for organized convection

Samuel N. Stechmann, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and A. J. Majda

Recorded Presentation

8:40 AM

13.3

Comparison of the analytical and numerical model for convectively coupled gravity waves

Zeljka Fuchs, University of Split, Split, Croatia; and S. L. Sessions and D. J. Raymond

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

13.4

Horizontal scale selection associated with mesoscale gravity wave - convection coupling

Todd P. Lane, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; and F. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

9:20 AM

13.5

MJO sensitivity to basic state and parameterization in an atmospheric general circulation model

Eric D. Maloney, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. M. Hannah

Recorded Presentation

9:40 AM

13.6

A simple dynamical model with features of convective momentum transport

Andrew J. Majda, New York University, New York, NY; and S. N. Stechmann

Coffee Break

Location: Atrium (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Session 14

Interactions between Tropical Convection and the Large Scale Circulation III

Location: Pinnacle BC (Stoweflake Resort and Confernce Center)

Host: 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Chair: Samuel N. Stechmann, University of Wisconsin-Madison

10:20 AM

14.1

Control of convective precipitation over warm tropical oceans

David J. Raymond, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and S. L. Sessions and Z. Fuchs

Recorded Presentation

10:40 AM

14.2

Responses of cumulus ensembles to temperature and moisture perturbations

Zhiming Kuang, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

11:00 AM

14.3

Multiple equilibria of the tropical atmosphere: from single columns to the Hadley circulation

Gilles Bellon, CNRM, Toulouse, France

Recorded Presentation

11:20 AM

14.4

Multiple equilibria in a cumulus ensemble model employing the weak temperature gradient approximation

Sharon L. Sessions, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. J. Raymond, A. H. Sobel, and S. Sugaya

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (75.3 kB)

11:40 AM

14.5

Mechanism of poleward propagating, intraseasonal convective anomalies in a model with explicit convection

William R. Boos, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and Z. Kuang

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

14.6

A new approach for large-scale tropical convective dynamics based on asymptotic nondivergence

Jun-Ichi Yano, CNRM, Toulouse, France, Toulouse, France; and M. Bonazolla, S. Mulet, K. Delayen, S. Hagas, and C. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

Session 14 17th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

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