Program: 17Mountain (17th Conference on Mountain Meteorology)

Program Chairs: Stephan F. J. De Wekker , Univ. of Virginia ; Erik Crosman , University of Utah

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Sunday, 26 June 2016

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 26 June 2016

Registration

Location: Montpelier A (Hilton Burlington )

Monday, 27 June 2016

7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Monday, 27 June 2016

Registration

Location: Montpelier A (Hilton Burlington )

8:45 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 27 June 2016

Session 1

Numerical Weather Prediction, Data Assimilation, and Forecasting in Complex Terrain: Part I

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: W. James Steenburgh, University of Utah

8:45 AM

Introductory Remarks by co-chairs Stephan F.J. De Wekker and Erik T. Crosman

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

1.1

Some Continuing Forecast Challenges Arising from Terrain-Flow Interactions

Lance F. Bosart, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

1.2

Downslope Windstorms In The Green Mountains: Operational Modeling Requirements To Forecast High Impact Wind Events

Robert L. Deal, NWS, S. Burlington, VT; and P. A. Sisson

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

1.3

Utilization of High-Resolution Weather Modeling to Improve Downsloping Wind Event Prediction for Vermont Utility Applications

Rob D'Arienzo, Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO), Rutland, VT; and L. A. Treinish, A. P. Praino, J. P. Cipriani, and R. Hill

Recorded Presentation

Handout (6.3 MB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 27 June 2016

Coffee Break

Location: Adirondack Prefunction Space (Hilton Burlington )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 27 June 2016

Session 2

Numerical Weather Prediction, Data Assimilation, and Forecasting in Complex Terrain: Part II

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: Justin R. Minder, SUNY

10:30 AM

2.1

Progress in Generalizing the Immersed Boundary Method in WRF for Flow over Complex Terrain

Fotini Katopodes Chow, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and J. Bao and K. A. Lundquist

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

2.2

A Comparison Between Cut-Cell Immersed Boundary Method and Hybrid Terrain-Following Coordinate in Steep Terrain

Benjamin MacCall, US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and W. Y. Sun, A. Hendrix, and Y. Wang

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

2.3

A Look at Winter 2015/2016 Precipitation Forecasts at Eight Locations in the Western U.S

Lisa S. Darby, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White and T. Coleman

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

2.4

Verification of GEFS Precipitation Forecasts and the Implications of Statistical Downscaling over the Western United States

Wyndam R Lewis, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

2.5

Case Study Applying GIS Tools to Verifying Forecasts over a Mountainous Domain

Jeffrey A. Smith, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and J. W. Raby, B. P. Reen, R. S. Penc, and T. Foley

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

2.6

Temporal and Spatial Coherence of Wind Profiles over Terrain of Diverse Complexity

Joseph A. Grim, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. P. Mizzi, J. C. Knievel, F. Vandenberghe, and J. P. Hacker

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-12:10 PM: Monday, 27 June 2016

Conference Remarks by AMS President-elect Matt Parker

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 27 June 2016

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 27 June 2016

Session 3

Orographic Precipitation: Part I

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: Alexander Gohm, University of Innsbruck

1:30 PM

3.1

The Enhancement of Lake-Effect Precipitation over the Tug Hill Plateau during the Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems (OWLeS) Field Program

W. James Steenburgh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and L. Campbell, J. R. Minder, T. Letcher, P. G. Veals, D. Welsh, B. Geerts, P. T. Bergmaier, and X. Jing

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

Environmental Control of the Inland and Orographic Enhancement of Lake-Effect Precipitation over the Tug Hill Plateau

Peter G. Veals, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh and L. Campbell

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

3.3

Lake and Orographic Effects on a Snowstorm at Lake Constance

Lukas Umek, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and A. Gohm

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

3.4

Thanksgiving 1996 Lake Effect Snow in the Lake Champlain Valley

Paul A. Sisson, NWS, S. Burlington, VT; and R. L. Deal

Recorded Presentation

Handout (3.7 MB)

2:30 PM-3:15 PM: Monday, 27 June 2016

Monday Poster Preview Session and Coffee Break

Location: Green Mountain Ballroom (Hilton Burlington )

3:15 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 27 June 2016

Session 4

Applications of Mountain Meteorology

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: John D. Horel, Univ. of Utah

4.1

Wildland Fire Weather Associated with the 14-15 August 2015 Large Fire Growth Events in the Pacific Northwest (USA)

Handout (3.6 MB)

3:30 PM

4.2

Observational Analysis of the Multi-Day and Multi-Scale Forcing Organizing the 2010 Los Angeles Basin Heat Burst Event

Michael L. Kaplan, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. S. Tilley, C. M. Smith, and B. Hatchett

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

4.3

Mobile Measurements in Mountainous Terrain: Challenges and Opportunities

Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

4.4

Characterizing and Forecasting Complex-Terrain Flows for Wind Energy in the Columbia River Basin using Networks of Remote-Sensing Instrumentation

Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

4.5

Forecasting Power Outages for Vermont Snow and Ice Storms

Adam Froehlig, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and K. Christensen and J. C. Shafer

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

4.6

An Introduction To The New York State Mesonet

Nick Bassill, New York State Mesonet, Albany, NY

Recorded Presentation

4.7

Renewable Energy and the New York State Mesonet

5:00 PM-6:15 PM: Monday, 27 June 2016

Poster Session 1

Monday Poster Session

Location: Green Mountain Ballroom (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

What Controls Wintertime Precipitation Distribution Across a Mountain Range? Insights from Regional Climate Simulations in the Interior Western US

Xiaoqin Jing, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts and Y. Wang

Handout (4.1 MB)

Understanding the Elevation-Dependence of Climate Warming over Complex Terrain in High-Resolution Simulations of Regional Climate Change

Justin R. Minder, Albany, NY; and T. W. Letcher

Sensitivities of Extreme Precipitation to Global Warming Are Lower over Mountains than over Oceans and Plains

Xiaoming Shi, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and D. R. Durran

Rotor Formation in the Inn Valley: A Modeling Study

Roman Brogli, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and I. Stiperski

Gravity Waves in the Presence of Shear during DEEPWAVE

James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Q. Jiang, P. A. Reinecke, C. A. Reynolds, S. D. Eckermann, D. C. Fritts, R. B. Smith, M. J. Taylor, A. Doernbrack, and M. J. Uddstrom

Photogrammetric Analysis of Rotor Clouds Observed during T-REX

Ulrike Romatschke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Grubisic and J. A. Zehnder

The Amplitude of Lee Waves Forming on the Boundary Layer Inversion

Johannes Sachsperger, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and S. Serafin, I. Stiperski, V. Grubišić, A. Paci, and A. Belleudy

Synoptic-Dynamical Analysis of Garmesh Wind as an Atmospheric Hazard over the Alborz Mountains

Using a Bulk Model to Study the Influence of Local Topography on the Rainfall Structure

Jimmy Zwiebel, Univ. Blaise Pascal Clermont II, Aubière, France; and J. Van Baelen, S. Anquetin, B. Boudevillain, and Y. Pointin

Condensational Growth of Giant Sea Salt Aerosols and Implications for Coastal Orographic Precipitation

Alison D. Nugent, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. B. Jensen

Characterizing the Structure of Hurricane Karl (2010) Through Analysis of High-Resolution Doppler Radar Data and Numerical Simulations

Jennifer C. DeHart, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze Jr.

Influence of intensive sounding observation data assimilation on the prediction of a vortex rainfall in Sichuan Basin

Duming Gao, Heavy Rain and Drought-Flood Disasters in Plateau and Basin Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

Terrain Construction and Experiment for Numerical Model Based on High Resolution Terain Data

Guangbi He, China Meteorological Academy, Chengdu, SiChuan, China; and J. Peng

Assimilation of Cloud Information in Numerical Weather Prediction Model in Southwest China

Zhiwei Heng, Chengdu, China

A Comparative Experimental Study of an Extreme Rainstorm Caused by the Southwest China Vortex during the Intensive Observation Period

Xiaolong Cheng, Heavy Rain and Drought-Flood Disasters in Plateau and Basin Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

Statistical Characteristics of Mesoscale Convective Systems over the Tibetan Plateau in Warm Season and Their Large-scale Atmospheric Background Fields

Donghai Wang, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China

An Analysis of an Extreme Rainstorm caused by the Interaction of the Tibetan Plateau Vortex and the Southwest China Vortex from an Intensive Observation

Yueqing Li, Heavy Rain and Drought-Flood Disasters in Plateau and Basin Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China

The Characteristics Analysis of Causing Storm Rain Tibetan Plateau Vortex in Southwest Sichuan Basin

Bei Chen, Leshan, China; and W. Gao

Manuscript (1.9 MB)

The Causation Analysis of Abnormal Tracks Sustained Departure Tibetan Plateau Vortex Accompanying the Northward Moving Tropical Low

Nini Tu, Chengdu, China; and S. Yu and W. Gao

The Environmental Fields Analysis of Sustained Departure Tibetan Plateau Vortex Accompanying with Induced South-west low Vortex

Wenliang Gao, Institute of Plateau Meteorology, China Meteorology Administration, Chengdu, Sichuan Prov., China; and S. Yu and N. tu

Manuscript (1.4 MB)

Observational Facts Regarding the Joint Activities of the Southwest Vortex and Plateau Vortex after Its Departure from the Tibetan Plateau

Shuhua Yu, Chengdu, China; and W. Gao

Diurnal Variations of Pre-Summer Rainfall over Southern China

Zhina Jiang Sr., Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and D. Zhang

Long-Distance-Relayed Water Vapor Transport East of Tibetan Plateau and Its Impacts

An Integrated Modeling, Observing and Visualization System for the Study of the Ecology of Lake George in the Jefferson Project

Anthony P. Praino, International Business Machines Corporation, New York, NY; and H. Kolar, L. A. Treinish, E. M. Dow, J. P. Cipriani, M. Henderson, M. Kelly, R. Kubich, F. Liu, F. O'Donncha, M. Passow, E. Ragnoli, L. Villa Real, and C. D. Watson

Silting Problems Solution of Mountain Reservoirs' in Georgia

Giorgi Metreveli, Tbilisi State University of Ivane Javakhishvili, Tbilisi, Georgia; and L. Matchavariani V

Manuscript (69.3 kB)

Handout (5.1 MB)

An Immersive Visualization Environment for Mountain Meteorology Education

Brian J. Billings, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and J. J. van der Veken and P. Dorofy

6:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 27 June 2016

Icebreaker Reception

Location: Garden Terrace (Hilton Burlington )

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Registration

Location: Montpelier A (Hilton Burlington )

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Session 5

Results from Recent Field Campaigns: OLYMPEX

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

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

8:00 AM

5.1

OLYMPEX: The Olympic Mountains Experiment

Robert A. Houze Jr., University of Washington and PNNL, Seattle, WA; and L. A. McMurdie, W. Petersen, and M. R. Schwaller

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

5.2

OLYMPEX: Operations and Observations during the Intensive Field Phase

Lynn A. McMurdie, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze, Jr.

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

5.3

OLYMPEX Canada

David Hudak, Environment and Climate Change Canada, King City, ON, Canada; and P. Rodriguez, N. Donaldson, and D. J. Kirshbaum

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.2 MB)

8:45 AM

5.4

Airborne Doppler Radar Observations of Mid-Latitude Storms Interacting with Mountainous Terrain During OLYMPEX

Jennifer C. DeHart, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze Jr.

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

5.5

Terrain-influenced Microphysical Processes Observed by Dual-polarization Radar during OLYMPEX

Angela K. Rowe, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze Jr.

Recorded Presentation

Handout (10.8 MB)

9:15 AM

5.6

Synoptic and Orographic Control of Observed Drop Size Distribution Regimes During the OLYMPEX Field Campaign

Joseph Zagrodnik, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Houze Jr. and L. A. McMurdie

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

5.7

Comparison of Simulated Orographic Precipitation Structures Using Different Microphysical Schemes With OLYMPEX Field Program Observations

Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and A. Naeger and A. L. Molthan

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

5.8

Evaluating the Influence of Microphysics on Orographic Precipitation

Annareli Morales, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. J. Posselt

Recorded Presentation

Handout (3.7 MB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Coffee Break

Location: Green Mountain Ballroom (Hilton Burlington )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Session 6

Orographic Precipitation: Part II

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: Brian A. Colle, SUNY

10:30 AM

6.1

The Missing Link between Alpine Potential Vorticity Banners and Banded Convection: A Case Study of a Severe Alpine Snowstorm

Alexander Gohm, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and S. Siedersleben

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

6.2

“High-Resolution Ensemble Modelling of Rainbands Downwind of Mountainous Terrain

Carly J Wright, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and S. Gray, D. M. Schultz, and D. J. Kirshbaum

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

6.3

Diurnal Convective Precipitation in Lee Side of the Canadian Rockies

Lucia Scaff, Saskatoon, Canada; and Y. Li

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

6.4

What Causes Weak Orographic Rain Shadows? Insights from Case Studies in the Cascades and Idealized Simulations

Nicholas T. Siler, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA; and D. R. Durran

11:30 AM

6.5

Quantifying the Role of Orography in the 2013 Alberta Flood

Shawn M. Milrad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and K. Lombardo, J. R. Gyakum, and E. Atallah

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

6.6

Diurnal Precipitation Cycle over a Mesoscale Tropical Island

Lei Zhu, Beijing, China; and Z. Meng, P. Markowski, and F. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Session 7

A Session in Honor of Dr. Shiyuan (Sharon) Zhong: Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain: Part I

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: Robert Banta, NOAA/ESRL

1:30 PM

Welcoming Remarks - Stephan De Wekker and Tina Chow

1:45 PM

7.2

Modeling Meteorological Conditions above a Grassfire on a Steep Slope

Michael T. Kiefer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and S. Zhong, W. E. Heilman, and J. L. Hom

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

7.3

Understanding the Boundary Layer Structure and Exchange Processes over Complex Mountainous Terrain: Is there a Chance of Success for a Project like i-Box?

Mathias W. Rotach, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and I. Stiperski, F. Obleitner, and A. Gohm

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

7.4

Turbulence Kinetic Energy Characteristics in the Inn Valley—A Model Evaluation Study with High-Quality Turbulence Measurements

Brigitta Goger, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and M. W. Rotach, A. Gohm, O. Fuhrer, and I. Stiperski

Recorded Presentation

Handout (3.5 MB)

2:30 PM

7.5

Influence of Thermally- and Terrain-Driven Flows on Summer Ozone Concentrations

John Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Crosman, A. Jacques, and B. Blaylock

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

7.6

High-resolution Simulations of Downslope Flows Over Complex Terrain Using WRF-IBM

Robert S. Arthur, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and K. A. Lundquist, J. D. Mirocha, S. W. Hoch, and F. K. Chow

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (6.6 MB)

3:00 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Tuesday Poster Preview Session and Coffee Break

Location: Green Mountain Ballroom (Hilton Burlington )

3:45 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Session 8

Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain: Part II

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: Ivana Stiperski, University of Innsbruck

3:45 PM

8.1

Prediction of Subgrid Fog due to Subgrid Valley Cold Air Pools Diagnosed from Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Data

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

4:00 PM

8.2

Dynamical Controls on Radiation Fog in the Teme River Valley

Charles Chemel, National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom; and G. Arduini, H. R. Smith, C. Stopford, W. Stanley, P. H. Kaye, P. Achtert, J. Price, S. Lane, and G. Vaughan

4:15 PM

8.3

Dynamical Control on Air Pollution in the Arve River Valley during a Persistent Cold-Air-Pool Event

Gabriele Arduini, University of Grenoble and University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom; and C. Chemel and C. Staquet

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

8.4

Case Study of the 6-16 February 2016 Salt Lake Valley Persistent Cold-Air Pool

Sebastian W. Hoch, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. T. Crosman, M. Baasandorj, J. C. Lin, R. Bares, R. S. Martin, J. Sohl, J. D. Horel, and C. D. Whiteman

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

8.5

The Sensitivity of Numerical Simulations of a Persistent Wintertime Cold-Air Pool to Updated Land and Snow Cover

Christopher S. Foster, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. T. Crosman and J. D. Horel

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM-6:15 PM: Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Poster Session 2

Tuesday Poster Session

Location: Green Mountain Ballroom (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Operational Challenges for Numerical Weather Prediction Models in Mountainous Terrain

Charles E. Skupniewicz, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and T. J. Neu and R. C. Lee

Handout (1.8 MB)

Verification of URMA and National Blend of Models Grids in Complex Terrain

Paul Wolyn, NOAA/NWS, Pueblo, CO

Validation and Intercomparison of Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts from the NCAR High-Resolution (3-km) Ensemble and NCEP Operational Models Over the Western US

Thomas Michael Gowan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh

A Prolonged Moist Winter Storm over the Central Rockies: Storm Overview and Forecast Challenges

Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and D. Phillips, M. D. Aleksa, J. Ramey, J. Malingowski, and J. D. Colton

Handout (7.6 MB)

A Prolonged Moist Winter Storm over the Central Rockies: Enhanced Decision Support

Jeffery D. Colton, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and J. Malingowski, T. G. Renwick, M. M. Stackhouse, and M. P. Meyers

Handout (3.9 MB)

Spatial Precipitation Patterns Associated with Atmospheric River Storms Over the Complex Terrain of Northern California

Nicole A. Corbin, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. E. Yuter and D. E. Kingsmill

Moisture Pathways into the U.S. Intermountain West Associated with Heavy Winter Precipitation Events

Michael A. Alexander, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. Swales, J. D. Scott, M. Hughes, K. M. Mahoney, and C. A. Smith

The Delineation of the Rain/snow Line on the Side of a Mountain from Different Approaches and their Effects on Runoff

Heather D. Reeves, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and W. M. Bartolini

Isotopic Fractionation in Wintertime Orographic Precipitation

Peter N. Blossey, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Moore, Z. Kuang, D. Lowenthal, A. Muhlbauer, R. David, A. G. Hallar, R. D. Borys, I. McCubbin, C. Risi, M. Schneider, and A. Wiegele

Hydrological Simulation on a Mountain Heavy Snowfall Basin, Japan

Xieyao Ma, JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan

Lake-Effect Mode and Precipitation Enhancement over the Tug Hill Plateau during OWLeS IOP2b

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

Estimation of Bora Turbulence at the New Micrometeorological Research Facility

Andreina Belušić, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and E. Keresturi, V. Šoljan, Ž. Večenaj, and B. Grisogono

Temporal Evolution and Structure of Surface Inversions over Complex Terrain

Klemens Stemberger, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and R. Steinacker

High-Resolution WRF Simulations with Data Assimilation to Improve the Evaluation of Meteorological Fields over Complex Terrain in the Bolzano Basin (IT)

Lorenzo Giovannini, Univ. of Trento, Trento, Italy; and E. Tomasi, M. Falocchi, and D. Zardi

Investigation of the Diurnal Wind System in the Alpine Adige Valley

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

A Modelling Study of the Factors Governing the Convective Boundary Layer Height over Isolated Mountain Ridges

Stefano Serafin, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and S. F. J. De Wekker

Quantifying Horizontal and Vertical Tracer Mass Fluxes in a Developing Daytime Valley Boundary Layer

Daniel Leukauf, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and A. Gohm and M. W. Rotach

Handout (560.2 kB)

Bias Estimation and Correction for In-situ Observations over Complex Terrain using an Ensemble Kalman Filter with the WRF model

Raquel Lorente-Plazas, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and J. P. Hacker, J. A. Lee, and N. Collins

Handout (4.9 MB)

Comparing Network "Gustiness" Over Various Geographic/Topographic Areas

Alexander Gallagher, SUNY, Albany, NY; and R. G. Fovell

Turbulence Forecasting for Firefighting Aviation Resources

Brian J. Billings, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and J. B. Wachter

Mobile Doppler Measurements of Mountain Weather during MEDOW

Kalen Fisher, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and J. Hane, D. Harp, S. Yalda, and B. J. Billings

Surface Energy Balance Closure in the Owens Valley, CA

Ivana Marinović, Charlottesville, VA; and N. Babic, Z. Vecenaj, I. Stiperski, and S. F. J. De Wekker

Thermal Wind Circulations in a Small Alpine Sinkhole

Manuela Lehner, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman and M. Dorninger

High-Resolution WRF Simulations of the METCRAX 2 Mesoscale Environment

Matthew O. G. Hills, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman, S. W. Hoch, and M. Lehner

Thermally Driven Winds Across Gaps in a Linear Mountain Chain

Stephan F. J. De Wekker, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and C. D. Whiteman, S. W. Hoch, and M. E. Jeglum

Considerations on the Importance of Planetary Boundary Layer Depths over Complex Terrain for Carbon Cycle Studies

Gert-Jan Duine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and S. F. J. De Wekker

Handout (1.9 MB)

Hans-Ertel-Centre for Weather Research: The Planetary Boundary Layer in Numerical Weather Prediction

Juerg Schmidli, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany; and I. Bastak Duran, A. Eichhorn, V. Maurer, A. Schomburg, and C. Sgoff

High-Resolution Multi-Scale Simulations of the 2010 Los Angeles/Southern California Heat Burst Event

Jeffrey S. Tilley, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and M. L. Kaplan and C. M. Smith

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

7:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Registration

Location: Montpelier A (Hilton Burlington )

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Session 9

Results from Recent Field Campaigns: DEEPWAVE

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: Vanda Grubisic, NCAR/Earth Observing Laboratory

8:00 AM

9.1

Dominant Mountain Wave Scales from Complex Terrain: Evidence from DEEPWAVE Flights

Ronald B. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and C. G. Kruse

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

9.2

Dynamics of Orographic Gravity Waves from the Surface to the Mesosphere As Observed and Modeled Over the Auckland Islands During the Deep Propagating Gravity Wave Experiment (DEEPWAVE)

Stephen D. Eckermann, NRL, Washington, DC; and D. Broutman, J. Ma, J. D. Doyle, P. D. Pautet, M. J. Taylor, K. Bossert, B. P. Williams, D. C. Fritts, and R. B. Smith

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

9.3

Mountain Wave Breaking Regions Leading to Secondary Gravity Wave Generation during the Deep Propagating Gravity Wave Experiment (DEEPWAVE)

Katrina Bossert, Global Atmospheric Technologies and Sciences, Inc., Boulder, CO; and D. C. Fritts, B. P. Williams, M. J. Taylor, P. D. Pautet, and C. G. Kruse

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

9.4

Marine Boundary Layer Effects on Gravity Wave Launching during DEEPWAVE

Brian J. Billings, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and N. M. Carlyle, T. C. Osborne, and J. D. Doyle

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

9.5

Gravity Wave Predictability and Sources during DEEPWAVE

James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Q. Jiang, P. A. Reinecke, C. A. Reynolds, S. D. Eckermann, D. C. Fritts, R. B. Smith, M. J. Taylor, A. Doernbrack, and M. J. Uddstrom

Recorded Presentation

9.6

Insights Into Gravity Wave Predictability in the Troposphere and Stratosphere During DEEPWAVE

9:30 AM

9.7

A Comparison of Mountain Waves and Gravity Wave Drag Produced by New Zealand, the Southern Andes, and the Himalayas

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

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

9.8

The Occurrence and Influence of Convection in Orographic Precipitation over New Zealand

Campbell D. Watson, IBM Research, New York, NY; and C. G. Kruse, A. D. Nugent, A. Takeishi, C. J. Tsai, and R. B. Smith

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Coffee Break

Location: Green Mountain Ballroom (Hilton Burlington )

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Session 10

Mountain Wave and Airflow Dynamics: Part I

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: Volkmar Wirth, Univ. of Mainz

10:30 AM

10.1

Ten Years after T-REX: What Have We Learned?

Vanda Grubisic, NCAR/Earth Observing Laboratory, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

10.2

Profiling Radar Observations and Numerical Simulations of a Persistent Downslope Windstorm and Rotor on the Lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming

Binod Pokharel, Utah State Univeristy, Logan, UT; and B. Geerts, X. Chu, and P. T. Bergmaier

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

10.3

Large-to-Mesoscale Mechanisms Associated With Gusty Downslope Winds in Coastal Santa Barbara, California: Observations and Modeling

Leila M. V. Carvalho, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and F. Cannon, C. Jones, S. Macarewich, T. Hall, and D. Gomberg

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

10.4

On the Search for Dynamical Commonalities Among Southern California ‘Sundowner' Events: Simulation Studies of Several Events

Jeffrey S. Tilley, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and M. L. Kaplan and C. M. Smith

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

10.5

A Climatology of Extreme Heating ‘Sundowner' Events near Santa Barbara (CA) Based on Surface Observations

Craig M. Smith, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. Kaplan and J. S. Tilley

Recorded Presentation

12:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Conference Excursion

7:00 PM-8:30 PM: Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Session

A Future International Project on Mountain-atmosphere Transport and Exchange Processes. How to Proceed?

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Thursday, 30 June 2016

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 30 June 2016

Registration

Location: Montpelier A (Hilton Burlington )

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 30 June 2016

Session 11

Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain: Part III

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: C. David Whiteman, University of Utah

8:00 AM

11.1

Turbulence Characteristics of Different Flow Regimes in Complex Terrain

Ivana Stiperski, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and M. W. Rotach

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

11.2

Coherent Structures over Complex Terrain and their Contribution to Vertical Fluxes of Momentum and Heat

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

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

11.3

Boundary Layer Structure over an Arctic Fjord Based on Aircraft Measurements

Irene E. Suomi, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and T. Vihma, C. Lüpkes, J. Hartmann, and T. Nygård

8:45 AM

11.4

WRF Simulations for Stably Stratified Observation Periods of the MATERHORN Spring Field Campaign with Application to the Dividing Streamline

Zachariah Silver, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and R. Dimitrova, T. Zsedrovits, and H. J. S. Fernando

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

11.5

Large-eddy Simulations over Granite Mountain using WRF

Alex D. Anderson-Connolly, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and F. K. Chow

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

11.6

Large-eddy Simulations of Sea Breezes over Mountainous Islands

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

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

11.7

Air Mass Exposure as a Control of Elevation Dependent Warming

Eric P. Kelsey, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH

Recorded Presentation

11.8

Wind Flow over a Mountain Ridge in the Central Himalayas during Strong and Low Wind Conditions: Implications on Surface Layer Characteristics

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 30 June 2016

Coffee Break

Location: Green Mountain Ballroom (Hilton Burlington )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 30 June 2016

Session 12

Mountain Climate and Hydrology: Part I

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: Ethan Gutmann, NCAR

10:30 AM

12.1

High Frequency Near-Surface Snow Transport Response to Alpine Turbulence

Nikolas Olson Aksamit, University of Saskatchewan, Canmore, Canada; and J. W. Pomeroy

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

12.2

Winter Drying Ratio across the Sierra Nevada from Regional Climate Model Simulations

Melissa L. Wrzesien, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and M. T. Durand and T. M. Pavelsky

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

12.3

Precipitation and Snowpack Dynamics over Mountains in the Interior Western US in a Changing Global Climate

Yonggang Wang, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts and C. Liu

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

12.4

The Response of Mountain Breeze Circulations to Regionally Enhanced Warming Caused by the Snow Albedo Feedback

Theodore Letcher, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. R. Minder

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

12.5

Elevation-Dependency of Regional Warming over the Central Andes Mountains

Charles Jones, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and L. M. V. Carvalho

11:45 AM

12.6

Glacial Inception in North-east Canada: The Role of Topography and Clouds

Leah Birch, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and E. Tziperman and T. Cronin

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (543.1 kB)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 30 June 2016

Conference Luncheon

Location: Lake Champlain Room (Hilton Burlington )

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 30 June 2016

Session 13

Mountain Wave and Airflow Dynamics: Part II

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: Ronald B. Smith, Yale University

1:30 PM

13.1

Mountain Waves and Downslope Winds Forced by a Midlatitude Cyclone Encountering an Isolated Ridge

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

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

13.2

The Influence of Midlatitude-Cyclone-Forced Mountain Waves on the Atmospheric Momentum Budget

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

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

13.3

Linear Calculations of Orographic-Convective Flows in a Two-Layer Atmosphere

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

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

13.4

Impact of Terrain Induced Low-Level Jets on Tropical Cyclone Propagation and Intensity

Emily Foshee, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and U. S. Nair

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

13.5

Impact of Orography on Banner Cloud Occurrence at Mount Zugspitze

Volkmar Wirth, Univ. of Mainz, Mainz, Germany; and I. Prestel

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

13.6

Winds and Gusts during Strong Santa Ana Events

Robert G. Fovell, Univ. at Albany, Albany, NY; and Y. Cao

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 30 June 2016

Coffee Break

Location: Green Mountain Ballroom (Hilton Burlington )

3:30 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 30 June 2016

Session 14

Orographic Precipitation: Part III

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: Alison D. Nugent, NCAR

3:30 PM

14.1

Orographic Controls on Precipitation Along the Western Ghats during the Indian Summer Monsoon

Wendilyn J. Flynn, Univ. of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

14.2

Impacts of the Western Ghats on Regional Precipitation in the Summer Monsoon

Gang Zhang, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

14.3

Integration of GOES-R into the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor System for High Resolution, Seamless QPE in Complex Terrain

Heather M. Grams, CIMMS/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley and P. E. Kirstetter

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

14.4

The Chilean Coastal Orographic Precipitation Experiment Pilot Project (CCOPE-2015): Overview and Preliminary Results

Adam K. Massmann, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. R. Minder, D. E. Kingsmill, R. Garreaud, A. Montecinos, J. R. Snider, S. Fults, R. Valenzuela, and M. Falvey

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

14.5

A Study of Rain-Snow Transitions in the Kananaskis Valley, Alberta

Emilie Poirier, Université du Québec, Montreal, Canada; and J. M. Thériault

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

14.6

Examination Of The Potential Impacts Of Dust and Pollution Aerosol On Orographic Precipitation In The Colorado River Basin

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

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

14.7

Orographic Impact on the Precipitation Microphysical Processes during HyMeX SOP-1

Jimmy Zwiebel, Univ. Blaise Pascal Clermont II, Aubière, France; and J. Van Baelen, S. Anquetin, B. Boudevillain, and Y. Pointin

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

14.8

Microphysical Impacts on the Relationship between Orographic Rain and Orographic Forcing in the Coastal Mountains of Northern California

David E. Kingsmill, University of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman

Recorded Presentation

14.9

Forecasting Location and Magnitude of Thunderstorms Across Mountain Ranges and Deserts During Monsoon Flow in Southern California

Friday, 1 July 2016

7:30 AM-12:30 PM: Friday, 1 July 2016

Registration

Location: Montpelier A (Hilton Burlington )

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 1 July 2016

Session 15

Mountain Climate and Hydrology: Part II

Location: Adirondack ABC (Hilton Burlington )

Host: 17Mountain

Chair: Dale R. Durran, University of Washington

8:00 AM

15.1

Sensitivities and Uncertainties in Predicting Changes in Orographic Precipitation

Ethan Gutmann, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Clark, T. Eidhammer, K. Ikeda, C. Deser, L. D. Brekke, J. R. Arnold, and R. M. Rasmussen

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

15.2

An Evaluation of High-Resolution Regional Climate Model Simulations of Mountain Snow Cover and Albedo (With Implications for the Simulated Snow-Albedo Feedback)

Justin R. Minder, SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. Letcher and S. M. Skiles

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

15.3

Climate Feedbacks that Contribute to Enhanced Warming Rates at High Elevations

James R. Miller, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and Y. Chen, D. Ghatak, C. Naud, I. Rangwala, E. Sinsky, S. van Oppen, and M. Xu

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

15.4

Monitoring Freezing Levels Across California: A Comparison Between Recent El Niño and Drought Winters

Allen White, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and T. Coleman, P. E. Johnston, D. J. Gottas, P. J. Neiman, and M. L. Anderson

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

15.5

Snowpack Modeling in the French Mountains Driven by Short-Range High-Resolution Weather Forecasts

Vincent Vionnet, CNRM/CNRS, Saint Martin d'Heres, France; and L. Queno, I. Dombrowski Etchevers, M. Lafaysse, Y. Seity, M. Dumont, E. Bazile, and F. Karbou

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

15.6

Operational Hydrometeorological Predictions in Mountain Watersheds using the New National Water Model Implementation of the WRF-Hydro Modeling System

David J. Gochis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Dugger, L. Karsten, J. McCreight, B. Cosgrove, A. RafieeiNasab, W. Yu, L. Pan, E. Clark, K. Howard, and L. Tang

9:30 AM

15.7

Examining Moisture Pathways and Extreme Precipitation in the U.S. Intermountain West using Self-Organizing Maps

Dustin Swales, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and M. Hughes and M. A. Alexander

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

15.8

The June 2013 Flood-producing Extreme Rainstorm over Southern Alberta

Yanping Li, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada; and K. K. Szeto, R. Stewart, J. M. Thériault, L. Chen, B. Kochtubajda, A. Liu, S. Boodoo, R. Goodson, and C. J. Mooney

Recorded Presentation