Program: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology ( 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology)

Program Chairs: David E. Kingsmill , University of Colorado ; Mimi Hughes , ESRL

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Sunday, 24 June 2018

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 24 June 2018

Registration

Location: Stiha (La Fonda on the Plaza)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Sunday, 24 June 2018

Student and Early Career Scientists Mixer

Monday, 25 June 2018

7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Monday, 25 June 2018

Registration

Location: Stiha (La Fonda on the Plaza)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 25 June 2018

Session 1

Mountain Wave and Airflow Dynamics -Part I

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Vanda Grubišić, NCAR; Christopher G. Kruse, Yale University

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

1.1

Generation and Deep Propagation of Mountain Waves

Ronald B. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

1.2

Stratospheric Trailing Mountain Waves

James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Q. Jiang, S. D. Eckermann, P. A. Reinecke, and C. A. Reynolds

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

1.3

Unusual Trapped Lee Waves in the Stratosphere

Johnathan J. Metz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

1.4

The Impact of Mountain Waves on an Idealized Barocliniczlly Unstable Large-Scale Flow

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

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 25 June 2018

Coffee Break

Location: New Mexico/Santa Fe Room/Portal (La Fonda on the Plaza)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 25 June 2018

Session 2

Mountain Wave and Airflow Dynamics -Part II

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: James D. Doyle, NRL; Johnathan J. Metz, University of Washington

10:30 AM

2.1

Dynamics of Orographic Gravity Waves from Subantarctic Islands As Observed and Modeled 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, and D. C. Fritts

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

2.2

Global Influences of Mountain Waves in a General Circulation Model

Christopher G. Kruse, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

2.3

Very High Resolution Simulations of Lee Waves in the Falkland Islands

Peter Sheridan, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and H. Rance

11:15 AM

2.4

Penetration and Interruption of Alpine Foehn (PIANO): Overview and highlights of the 2017 field experiment

Alexander Gohm, Univ. of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and M. Haid, L. Umek, H. C. Ward, L. Lehner, T. Muschinski, and M. W. Rotach

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

2.5

Penetration and Interruption of Alpine Foehn (PIANO): Evaluation of processes with multiple Doppler wind lidars

Maren Haid, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and A. Gohm, L. Umek, H. C. Ward, L. Lehner, T. Muschinski, and M. W. Rotach

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

2.6

Penetration and Interruption of Alpine Foehn (PIANO): Evaluation of Processes with Large-Eddy Simulations

Lukas Umek, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and A. Gohm, M. Haid, H. C. Ward, T. Muschinski, L. Lehner, and M. W. Rotach

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 25 June 2018

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Monday, 25 June 2018

Session 3

Mountain Wave and Airflow Dynamics -Part III

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Neil P. Lareau, San Jose State University; Peter Sheridan, Met Office

1:30 PM

3.1

Mountain Waves and Terrain Induced Windstorms in the Slopes of the Santa Ynez Mountains in Santa Barbara, California

Leila M. V. Carvalho, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and C. Jones, G. J. Duine, K. M. Zigner, and C. B. Clements

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

Validation of the Weather Research and Forecast Model to Infer Main Drivers of Sundowner Winds in Coastal Santa Barbara

Gert-Jan Duine, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and L. M. V. Carvalho, C. Jones, and K. M. Zigner

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

3.3

A surface observation based climatology of Diablo-like winds in California's wine county and western Sierra Nevada

Craig M. Smith, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. L. Kaplan and B. Hatchett

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

3.4

Chinook Winds and Their Effects on Southern Alberta

Robert Andrew Giglio, Wood, plc., St. John's, NF, Canada

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

3.5

Preliminary Numerical Simulations of Sudden Warming from Chinooks in the Lee of the Alaska Range

Jason C. Knievel, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. M. Rozoff and R. Rotunno

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Monday, 25 June 2018

Coffee Break

Location: New Mexico/Santa Fe Room/Portal (La Fonda on the Plaza)

3:15 PM-4:45 PM: Monday, 25 June 2018

Session 4

Terrain-Induced Winds and Fire-Atmosphere Interactions

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: John Horel, Univ. of Utah; Lukas Umek, University of Innsbruck

3:15 PM

4.1

The Wine Country Fires of October 2017: Origins as a Highly Predictable, Terrain-Induced Downslope Windstorm

Clifford F. Mass, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Ovens

Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM

4.2

Prediction of Forest Fire Danger Rating(FFDR) in DPR Korea: Modeling of MODIS Fire product, 5km-resolution meteorological data, Daily Weather Index(DWI), Fuel Model index(FMI) and Topographical Model Index(TMI) database

Myoungsoo Won, National Institute of Forest Science, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. Jang and S. Yoon

Recorded Presentation

Handout (8.8 MB)

3:45 PM

4.3

A Case Study of Orographic Airflow and Precipitation in a Wildfire Hazard Area of British Columbia, Canada: Toward a Higher-Resolution NWP Model over Complex Terrain

Ruping Mo, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and S. Zhang, A. Erfani, J. A. Milbrandt, C. Yu, R. Wu, and G. Fricska

Recorded Presentation

4.4

Coupled Weather-Fire Model Simulations of Extreme Winds and Fire Behavior during Recent Windstorm-Driven Wildfire Events

4:15 PM

4.5

An Overview of the Rapid Deployments to Wildfires Experiment (RaDFIRE)

Neil P. Lareau, San Jose State University, San José, CA; and C. B. Clements, D. E. Kingsmill, and B. Rodriguez

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

4.6

Terrain-driven Winds and Gusts During the Thomas Fire

Robert G. Fovell, Univ. at Albany, Albany, NY

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM-6:15 PM: Monday, 25 June 2018

Icebreaker Reception

Location: La Terraza & Garden Patio (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Tuesday, 26 June 2018

7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Registration

Location: Stiha (La Fonda on the Plaza)

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Session 5

A Session in Honor of Dr. Jim Steenburgh (Orographic Precipitation -Part I)

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Daniel J. Kirshbaum, McGill University; Annareli Morales, Univ. of Michigan

8:15 AM

Introductory Remarks

Justin R. Minder, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and P. Veals

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

5.1

Precipitation Processes and Prediction in Complex Terrain: Perspectives from the Great Basin and Lake- and Sea-Effect Regions (Invited Presentation)

W. James Steenburgh, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. M. Gowan, P. G. Veals, L. Campbell, T. West, and S. Nakai

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

5.2

Differences in Sea-Effect Clouds and Precipitation between the Sea of Japan and Japanese Mountains

Tyler West, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

5.3

Influences of Orography and Coastal Geometry on Lake- and Sea-Effect Storms Formed over Lake Ontario and the Sea of Japan

Leah Campbell, SIO/Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and W. J. Steenburgh, Y. Yamada, M. Kawashima, and Y. Fujiyoshi

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

5.4

Factors Affecting the Inland and Orographic Enhancement of Sea-Effect Snowfall in the Hokuriku Region of Japan

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

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

5.5

Using Idealized Large-Eddy Simulations to Understand the Impact of Downstream Terrain on Lake-Effect Snowfall

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

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Coffee Break

Location: New Mexico/Santa Fe Room/Portal (La Fonda on the Plaza)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Session 6

Orographic Precipitation -Part II

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Kristen Lani Rasmussen, Colorado State Univ; Leah Campbell, SIO/Univ. of California, San Diego

10:30 AM

6.1

Orographic Enhancement above the Melting Layer as Observed during the Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX)

Lynn A. McMurdie, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. K. Rowe, J. Zagrodnik, R. A. Houze Jr., S. R. Brodzik, and T. M. Schuldt

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

6.2

Vertical Structure and Microphysical Characteristics of Precipitation on the High Terrain and Lee Side of the Olympic Mountains As Seen in OLYMPEX

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

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

6.3

Simulated Kelvin-Helmholtz Waves Over Terrain and Their Microphysical Implications

Robert Conrick, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. F. Mass and Q. Zhong

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

6.4

Mesoscale Controls on the Shasta County Convergence Zone

Matthew Roberts, San Jose State University, San José, CA; and N. P. Lareau

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

6.5

Observations of Natural Cloud Structure and Snow Growth Processes in Orographic Clouds

Matthew D. Cann, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and K. Friedrich, S. A. Tessendorf, J. R. French, and R. M. Rauber

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

6.6

Orographic Precipitation Response to Microphysical and Environmental Perturbations for Idealized Moist Nearly Neutral Flow

Annareli Morales, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. J. Posselt, H. Morrison, and F. He

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Session 7

Orographic Precipitation -Part III

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Lynn A. McMurdie, Univ. of Washington; Joseph Zagrodnik, Univ. of Washington

1:30 PM

7.1

Interactions between the Convective Lifecycle and Terrain in Subtropical South America

Kristen Lani Rasmussen, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO; and Z. S. Bruick, A. K. Rowe, L. A. McMurdie, and K. Anderson

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

7.2

The Influence of ENSO Conditions on Orographic Convection and Storm Structure in Subtropical South America

Zachary S. Bruick, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and K. L. Rasmussen, A. K. Rowe, and L. A. McMurdie

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

7.3

Characteristics of a Hailstorm over the Andean La Paz Valley

Marcelo Zamuriano, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

7.4

Factors Leading to Extreme Precipitation on Dominica from Tropical Storm Erika (2015)

Alison D. Nugent, Univ. of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; and R. Rios-Berrios

Recorded Presentation

Paper 7.5 has been moved to 11.5A

2:30 PM

7.6

Sensitivity of Simulated Summer Monsoonal Precipitation in Langtang Valley, Himalaya, to Cloud Microphsyics Schemes in WRF

A. Orr, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and C. Listowski, M. Couttet, E. Collier, W. Immerzeel, P. Deb, and D. Bannister

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

7.7

Convective Cloud Bands in the Lee of Mesoscale Mountain Ranges

Daniel J. Kirshbaum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. M. Schultz

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Coffee Break/Informal Poster Viewing

Location: New Mexico/Santa Fe Room/Portal (La Fonda on the Plaza)

3:45 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Session 8

Forecasting over Complex Terrain

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Clifford F. Mass, Univ. of Washington; Alison D. Nugent, Univ. of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

3:45 PM

8.1

Wind Power and Wind Speed Forecasting in (semi-)Complex Terrain Using an Artificial Neural Network (ZiANN)

Irene Schicker, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; and P. Papazek and A. Kann

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

8.2

Seamless Probabilistic Analysis and Forecasting: From Minutes to Days Ahead

Alexander Kann, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, Austria; and Y. Wang, A. Atencia, N. K. Awan, M. Dabernig, J. Kemetmueller, F. Meier, I. Schicker, L. Tuechler, C. Wastl, and C. Wittmann

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

8.3

25 Degree MOS Temperature Errors in the US Chinook Belt

Brian J. Billings, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

8.4

Mixing Height Forecasts for Colorado

Paul T. Schlatter, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and N. Rydell and M. P. Meyers

Recorded Presentation

Paper 8.5 is now 14.1A

4:45 PM-6:15 PM: Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Poster Session 1

Formal Poster Viewing

Location: New Mexico/Santa Fe Room/Portal (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Observed Variations in the Strength of the Sierra Nevada Rain Shadow

Joey Spitze, San Jose State University, San José, CA; and N. P. Lareau

'Formation Mechanisms of the Torrential Rain Episodes at the Leeward Side of the Mountains with Poland as an Example'

Marek Blas, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland; and M. Sobik, H. Ojrzynska, W. Rohm, M. Kryza, H. Brenot, E. Trzcina, and J. Kaplon

Interpreting OLYMPEX Precipitation Distributions Using Quasi-Idealized Numerical Simulations

Daniel J. Kirshbaum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. J. Purnell

Characteristics of the Orographic Precipitation Observed by Profiling Radar during the Chilean Orographic and Mesoscale Precipitation Study over the Southern Andes Mountain Range.

Yazmina Rojas, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. Minder, R. Garreaud, and L. Campbell

Orographic Precipitation on Oahu with Operational Forecasting Application

Alison D. Nugent, Univ. of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI; and G. Shigesato and R. Ballard

An Evaluation of Quantitative Precipitation Estimators in the Western United States.

On the Moisture Extraction Efficiency of Mountains via Deep Convection

Adel Imamovic, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and L. Schlemmer and C. Schär

Handout (5.4 MB)

Precipitation Processes in Cyclones Passing over a Coastal Mountain Range: Recent Results from The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX)

Lynn A. McMurdie, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. K. Rowe, R. A. Houze Jr., J. Zagrodnik, S. R. Brodzik, J. K. Rader, and H. C. Barnes

Orographic Precipitation in an Idealized Mid-latitude Cyclone

Lydia Helen Tierney, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Durran

Precipitation Efficeincy over the Sudety Mountains (SW Poland) in Specific Air Circulation Conditions

Hanna Ojrzynska, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland; and M. Blas, M. Sobik, and M. Kryza

Controls on Wintertime Non-brightband Rain Rate and Frequency in California’s Coastal Mountains

Matthew D. Cann, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White

Observations of Appalachian Fronts during Two NSF Educational Deployments

Brian J. Billings, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA

Manuscript (641.8 kB)

MountainMetCube: An AR Application for Handheld Viewing

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

Identification of Valley-Wind Days

Manuela Lehner, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and M. W. Rotach and F. Obleitner

The Effect of a Solar Eclipse on Thermally-Driven Winds in a Small Valley

R. Palomaki, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and N. Babic, G. J. Duine, M. van den Bossche, and S. F. J. De Wekker

Numerical Modelling of Thermally Driven Flows over Simple Slopes and Sensitivity Analysis to Surface and Ambient Conditions

Claudio Pincin, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and M. Dumbser and D. Zardi

Mountain Breezes at Three Different Sites: Salt Lake Valley, The Pyrenees and Guadarrama Mountain Range

Carlos Román-Cascón, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and C. Yagüe, J. A. Arrillaga, M. Lothon, F. Lohou, E. R. Pardyjak, M. Sastre, G. Maqueda, and R. M. Inclán

The Influence of Mountains and Rocks on Meteorological Processes

Gizo Vashakidze, Institute of Applied Ecology at Tbilisi State University of Iv. Javakhishvili (TSU), Tbilisi, Georgia

Constraining Emissions of Methane in the Mountainous Uintah Basin with Ground-Based Observations and a Time-Reversed Lagrangian Transport Model

Christopher S. Foster, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. T. Crosman, J. D. Horel, B. Fasoli, R. Bares, and J. C. Lin

Observations and Modeling of Atmospheric Rotors

Vanda Grubišić, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Serafin, L. Strauss, and J. Sachsperger

Complementing Wave and Rotor Studies Through Photogrammetric Analysis of Rotor Clouds

Ulrike Romatschke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Grubišić

Sundowners: An extreme fire weather phenomena that occur under typical meteorological conditions along the Central California Coast.

Clifford F. Mass, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Weber, R. Conrick, and J. Zagrodnik

Characteristics of Diablo Winds from a Climatology of Surface Observations

Craig M. Smith, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. L. Kaplan and B. Hatchett

The Jesusita wildfire in Santa Barbara California: Fire Spread Simulations and Sensitivity Analysis

Charles Jones, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and F. Fujioka, S. Peterson, L. M. V. Carvalho, and D. A. Roberts

Rapid Deployment to Wildfires 2 (RaDFIRE2): Understanding Plume Dynamics and Fire Behavior Interactions

Craig B. Clements, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and N. P. Lareau, D. E. Kingsmill, and A. K. Kochanski

High Resolution Simulation Using the VLES Configuration of WRF-ARW of a Low Level Jet Observed over the Vale Do Cobrão during the Perdigao Microscale Field Campaign of 2017

Robert E. Dumais Jr., U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and B. P. Reen, A. Pattantyus, and J. E. Passner

Influence of Terrain Smoothing on Simulated Convective Boundary Layer Depths in Mountainous Terrain

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

Investigating observational (surface and vertical profile) nudging impacts on WRF performance in predicting cloudiness in Uintah Basin - case study Jan 31- Feb 4, 2013

Trang Tran, Utah State University, Vernal, UT; and H. Tran, M. Mansfield, S. Lyman, and E. Crosman

Validation of Mountain Precipitation Forecasts from the Convection-Permitting NCAR Ensemble and Operational Forecast Systems over the Western United States

Thomas M. Gowan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh and C. S. Schwartz

Analysis of Vehicle-Induced Turbulence on a Highway in the Adige Valley

Pietro Breviglieri, Univeristy of Trento, Trento, Italy; and L. Giovannini, M. Falocchi, and D. Zardi

Impact of Advection and Entrainment on the Surface Energy Balance in a Valley

Ivana Stiperski, Univ. of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and N. Babic, I. Marinović, Ž. Večenaj, and S. F. J. De Wekker

Evaluating Observations of Cloud Base against Nowcasts and Model Forecasts on Whiteface Mountain (1,480 m)

Matthew Brewer, University at Albany, Albany, NY; and J. Minder and S. M. Lance

Exploring Elevation-Dependent Climate Warming since the Last Glacial Maximum over the Mountains of East Africa Using Semi-Idealized Regional Climate Model Experiments

Justin Minder, University at Albany, Albany, NY

A New Snow-level Forecast Verification Tool Employing Vertically Pointing Radars and a Rapidly Updated Numerical Weather Prediction Model

Daniel J. Gottas, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White

Utilization of GOES-16 Imagery in Forecast Operations in the Great Basin and Desert Southwest at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Las Vegas, Nevada

Stanley Czyzyk, NOAA/NWS Forecast Office, Las Vegas, NV

Handout (1.0 MB)

A Rare Ice Storm in the Intermountain Western U.S.: Societal Impacts

Jeffrey D. Colton, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and M. M. Stackhouse, J. Malingowski, D. Phillips, and M. P. Meyers

Orographic effects and Wind Shear on the Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport

Alexandre Paci, METEO-FRANCE, Toulouse, France; and O. Traullé, J. M. Donier, T. Douffet, Y. Seity, G. André, A. Dabas, T. Rieutord, V. Unger, J. Barrié, G. Bouhours, D. Druet, E. Dubouchet, O. Garrouste, R. Honnert, J. M. Lefèvre, W. Maurel, and E. Moulin

A Rare Ice Storm in the Intermountain Western U.S.: Storm Morphology

Megan M. Stackhouse, NWS, Grand Junction,, CO; and J. D. Colton, J. Malingowski, D. Phillips, A. Lyons, and M. P. Meyers

Changes in Surface Albedo of Desert Playas Caused by Short Term Variations in Surface Moisture

Kevin M. Craft, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel

Facilitating Access to Boundary-Layer Conditions in Mountainous Regions

John Horel, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and A. Jacques, M. Wessler, and C. Galli

"The Effect of Mountain River Reservoirs on the Environment Caused by Global Climate Change"

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

A Multivariate, Stochastic Approach to Generating Daily Precipitation Series at Ungauged Locations in Mountainous Region

Myeong-Ho Yeo, City Univ. of New York Institute for Sustainable Cities, Kingston, NY; and A. Frei

Development of Prototype National Water Model Soil Moisture Products for Drought Monitoring

Mimi Hughes, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and D. Jackson, R. J. Zamora, R. Cifelli, M. Hobbins, R. S. Webb, D. DeWitt, and P. Colohan

Study on Characteristics of Snow Particle with the Different Meteorological Conditions in the Mountainous Region (Yeongdong) of Korea

Yoo-Jun Kim, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences/Korea Meteorological Administration, Gangneung, Korea, Republic of (South); and B. C. Choi, J. Shim, and B. G. Kim

Wednesday, 27 June 2018

7:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Registration

Location: Stiha (La Fonda on the Plaza)

8:15 AM-9:45 AM: Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Session 9

Boundary Layers and Turbulence in Complex Terrain -Part I

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Mathias W. Rotach, Univ. of Innsbruck; Ivana Stiperski, Univ. of Innsbruck

8:15 AM

9.1

Challenges in Simulating Boundary Layers and Turbulence in Complex Terrain: Insights from Recent Field Experiments

Julie K. Lundquist, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

9.2A

Characterisation of Recirculation Zones in Complex Terrain Using Multi-Lidar Measurements

Robert Menke, Technical Univ. of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark; and N. Vasiljević, J. Mann, and J. K. Lundquist

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

9.3A

Variability of Turbulence Dissipation Rate in Complex Terrain: the Perdigão 2017 Field Campaign

Nicola Bodini, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Menke, L. Bariteau, and J. K. Lundquist

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

9.4A

Generation of Turbulent Structures in Nested Simulations for the Perdigao Campaign

Fotini Katopodes Chow, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and L. van Veen, J. Neher, J. D. Mirocha, and B. Geurts

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

9.5A

Simulated and Observed Mountain Waves and Their Implications on Wind Energy

Caroline Draxl, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and E. Quon, D. Chand, L. K. Berg, M. J. Churchfield, T. Kemper, J. Kenyon, J. B. Olson, and J. Sharp

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM-10:15 AM: Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Coffee Break

Location: New Mexico/Santa Fe Room/Portal (La Fonda on the Plaza)

10:15 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Session 10

Boundary Layers and Turbulence in Complex Terrain -Part II

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Tina Katopodes Chow, Univ. of Californina; Sebastian W. Hoch, University of Utah

10:15 AM

10.1

Eleni Sfyri, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and M. W. Rotach, I. Stiperski, F. Bosveld, M. Lehner, and F. Obleitner

Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM

10.2

Employing Turbulence Anisotropy to Study Turbulence in Complex Terrain

Marc Calaf, Univ. of Utah, Wind Energy and Turbulence Laboratory, Salt Lake City, UT; and I. Stiperski and M. W. Rotach

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

10.3

Turbulent Exchange over the Alpine City of Innsbruck

Helen Claire Ward, Univ. of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and M. W. Rotach, M. Graus, T. Karl, A. Gohm, T. Muschinski, L. Umek, M. Haid, and L. Lehner

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

10.4

The Diurnal Cycle of Turbulent Fluxes in an East-West Oriented Valley

Manuela Lehner, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and M. W. Rotach, E. Sfyri, F. Obleitner, and I. Stiperski

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

10.5

On the Turbulence Structure, Dominant Scales and Scaling of deep Katabatic Flows on a Shallow Slope

Ivana Stiperski, Univ. of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and C. D. Whiteman, M. Lehner, and A. A. M. Holtslag

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

10.6

Why You Should Remember What TEAMx Means

Mathias W. Rotach, Univ. of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and M. Arpagaus, J. Cuxart, S. F. J. De Wekker, V. Grubišić, N. Kalthoff, D. J. Kirshbaum, M. Lehner, S. D. Mobbs, A. Paci, S. Serafin, and D. Zardi

Recorded Presentation

12:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Conference Excursion

Thursday, 28 June 2018

7:30 AM-5:45 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2018

Registration

Location: Stiha (La Fonda on the Plaza)

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 28 June 2018

Session 11

Mountain Climate

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Katrina E. Bennett, LANL; Jessica D. Lundquist, Univ. of Washington

8:15 AM

11.1

High-Resolution Climate Models and Mountain Meteorology

Christoph Schär, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

11.2

Linking Climate Indices to Orographic Precipitation to Evaluate Future Climate Projections

Ethan Gutmann, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Clark, A. W. Wood, J. J. Hamman, T. Eidhammer, and J. R. Arnold

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

11.3

Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model Validation of the Precipitation Climatology of the Sutlej and Beas River Basins, Northwest India

Daniel Bannister, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and A. Orr, S. Jain, A. Momblanch, I. Holman, T. Phillips, and A. J. Adeloye

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

11.4

Analyzing Extreme Weather in Complex Terrain Across the Western United States

Michael Wessler, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Horel and C. Galli

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

11.5A

The Simulated Impact of the Snow-Albedo and Soil Moisture Feedbacks on Convective Precipitation within the Rocky Mountains under Climate Warming

Brendan C. Wallace, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. Minder

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

11.6

Winter Precipitation Efficiency of Mountain Ranges in the Colorado Rockies under Climate Change

Trude Eidhammer, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and V. Grubišić, R. Rasmussen, and K. Ikeda

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 28 June 2018

Coffee Break

Location: New Mexico/Santa Fe Room/Portal (La Fonda on the Plaza)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2018

Session 12

Numerical Techniques and Parameterizations over Complex Terrain

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Thomas M. Gowan, University of Utah; Jason C. Knievel, NCAR

10:30 AM

12.1

A Three Dimensional Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterization to Unify the Representation of Vertical and Horizontal Turbulent Mixing

Pedro A. Jimenez, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Kosovic and A. Martilli

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

12.2

Assessment of High-Resolution Simulations of Flow Over Complex Terrain

B. Kosovic, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Jimenez

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

12.3

Large-Eddy Simulations of Stratified Flows over a Ridge Using a Lattice Boltzmann Model

Yansen Wang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and X. Zeng, B. MacCall, C. M. Hocut, and H. J. S. Fernando

Recorded Presentation

12.4

Evaluating Evaporative Fluxes in Complex Mountain Terrain

11:30 AM

12.5

Tests of Different Momentum Flux Boundary Implementations for High-Resolution Terrain Modeling

Yi Li, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. C. Epifanio

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

12.6

A Comparison of Seven WRF Planetary Boundary Layer/Surface Layer Physics Schemes over Complex Terrain

Richard S. Penc, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, WSMR, NM; and J. A. Smith, J. W. Raby, and R. E. Dumais Jr.

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2018

Conference Luncheon

Location: La Terraza & Garden Patio (La Fonda on the Plaza)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2018

Session 13

Air Quality Applications over Complex Terrain

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL; Erik T. Crosman, Univ. of Utah

1:30 PM

13.1

The Role of Mountain-Valley Breeze on PM10 Concentrations with the Sudetes, Poland as an Example

Mieczyslaw Sobik, Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Wroclaw, Poland; and M. Blas

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

13.2

Measurement and Modeling of Local Circulation Patterns and Pollutant Dispersion from a Waste Incinerator in the Basin of Bolzano in the Italian Alps.

Elena Tomasi, Univeristy of Trento, Trento, Italy; and S. Alessandrini, G. Antonacci, L. Delle Monache, M. Falocchi, E. Ferrero, L. Giovannini, P. A. Jimenez, B. Kosovic, and D. Zardi

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

13.3

Drivers of Severe Air Pollution Events in a Deep Valley During Wintertime.

Julian Andres Quimbayo-Duarte, University of Grenoble, Grenoble cdx 9, France; and C. Chemel, C. Staquet, G. Arduini, F. Troude, and H. Dupont

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

13.4

The Ups(lope) and Downs(lope) of Pollution Transport along the Colorado Front Range

Lisa S. Darby, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and C. J. Senff, L. Bianco, A. B. White, R. M. Banta, and D. Helmig

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

13.5

Sources of High Ozone in the Sequoia National Park during the 2016 California Baseline Ozone Transport Study (CABOTS)

A.O. Langford, NOAA/ESRL/Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Alvarez II, G. Kirgis, C. J. Senff, and A. M. Weickmann

Recorded Presentation

13.6

The Predictive Value of the Ventilation Index for Atmospheric Dispersion in Complex Terrain

3:00 PM-4:15 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2018

Coffee Break/Informal Poster Viewing

Location: New Mexico/Santa Fe Room/Portal (La Fonda on the Plaza)

4:15 PM-5:45 PM: Thursday, 28 June 2018

Session 14

Observational Applications for Mountain Meteorology

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Alexander Gohm, Univ. of Innsbruck; Lisa S. Darby, NOAA

4:15 PM

14.1A

A Real-time Online Data Product that Automatically Detects Easterly Gap Flow Events and Precipitation Type in the Columbia River Gorge

Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Gottas and A. B. White

Recorded Presentation

Paper 14.1 has moved to the formal poster viewing

4:30 PM

14.2

GOES-16 ABI Observations of Boundary Layer Flow over Complex and Elevated Terrain

Lewis D. Grasso, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos and S. Miller

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

14.3

Long-Term Monitoring of Mountain Meteorological Variables using Multiple Satellite Remote Sensing Data Fusion over the Korean Peninsula

Keunchang Jang, National Institute of Forest Science, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and M. Won and S. Yoon

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

14.4

ICE-POP2018: A Campaign to Better Understand Snowfall in the Yeongdong Region

Byoung-Choel Choi, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences/Korea Meteorological Administration, Gangneung, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. Shim, G. H. Jeon, Y. Shin, H. Kim, and Y. J. Kim

5:15 PM

Paper 14.5 has moved to the formal poster viewing

Paper 14.6 has moved to the formal poster viewing

5:30 PM

14.6A

Mesoscale Flows and Turbulence Measurements on Forested Slope during Peridgão 2017

Christopher M. Hocut, US Army Research Laboratory, WSMR, NM; and A. K. Pattantyus, E. D. Creegan, Y. Wang, R. Krishnamurthy, L. S. Leo, H. J. S. Fernando, and S. Otarola-Bustos

Recorded Presentation

Friday, 29 June 2018

7:30 AM-11:30 AM: Friday, 29 June 2018

Registration

Location: Stiha (La Fonda on the Plaza)

8:15 AM-9:45 AM: Friday, 29 June 2018

Session 15

Mountain Hydrology

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Ethan Gutmann, NCAR; Justin Minder, University at Albany

8:15 AM

15.1

Recent Advances in Mountain Hydrology: Has our Ability to Model Mountain Rain and Snow Exceeded the Skill of Our Observational Precipitation Networks?

Jessica D. Lundquist, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Hughes, B. M. Henn, W. R. Currier, and N. Wayand

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

15.2

Flash Flood Forecasting Model for Small Mountain Watershed

Yangbo Chen, Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Guangzhou, China

9:00 AM

15.3

The Role of Atmospheric River Rain-Snow Levels and Pre-Existing Snowpack in the 2017 Oroville Dam Crisis

Brian M. Henn, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and K. N. Musselman, F. M. Ralph, and N. P. Molotch

Recorded Presentation

15.4

Turbulent Advection Processes in Blowing Snow Sublimation

9:15 AM

15.4A

Climate, Snow and Infiltration Interactions on the Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico

Katrina E. Bennett, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and A. Fortin and R. Middleton

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

15.5

Coupling a Decade of Surface Observations and Satellite Data to Reveal Convective Forcing of Tropical Glacier Mass Balance in the Peruvian Andes

Robert Hellstrom, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA; and A. Fernández, J. M. Covert, and B. Mark

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM-10:15 AM: Friday, 29 June 2018

Coffee Break

Location: Mezzanine (La Fonda on the Plaza)

10:15 AM-11:15 AM: Friday, 29 June 2018

Session 16

Diurnal Mountain Winds

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology

Cochairs: Manuela Lehner, University of Innsbruck; Dino Zardi, Univ. of Trento

10:15 AM

16.1

High-Resolution Simulations of the Thermally-Driven Valley-Exit Jet of the Isarco Valley (Italy) and Comparisons with Wind-LIDAR Observations.

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

Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM

16.2

Strong Wind Jets at the Exit of an Andean Valley in Central Chile: Observations and Preliminary Model Results

Ricardo C. Muñoz, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; and M. Falvey

Recorded Presentation

Observations of Thermally-driven Circulations in the Pyrenees: Detection Methods and Impact on Atmospheric Composition Measured at a Mountain Top

10:45 AM

16.3

Observing and Modeling Recurrent Diurnal Summertime Wind Systems in the Complex Terrain of the Columbia River Basin during the Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project

Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and Y. Pichugina, A. Choukulkar, T. A. Bonin, W. A. Brewer, C. Bonfanti, B. J. McCarty, S. P. Sandberg, J. B. Olson, J. S. Kenyon, S. Benjamin, K. Lantz, C. N. Long, A. McComiskey, J. Sharp, H. J. S. Fernando, R. Krishnamurthy, and M. Marquis

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

16.4

Mixing and Air Mass Exchange Processes within Salt Lake Valley Persistent Cold-Air Pools and their Effect on Particulate Pollution Concentrations

Sebastian W. Hoch, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. T. Crosman and M. Baasandorj

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM-11:30 AM: Friday, 29 June 2018

Session

Conference Adjorns

Location: Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)

Hosts: (Joint between the Events; and the 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology )

11:15 AM

Concluding Remarks

Recorded Presentation

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