Session: Formal Poster Viewing ( 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology)

1

Observed Variations in the Strength of the Sierra Nevada Rain Shadow

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

2

'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

3

Interpreting OLYMPEX Precipitation Distributions Using Quasi-Idealized Numerical Simulations

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

4

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

5

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.

6

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)

7

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

8

Orographic Precipitation in an Idealized Mid-latitude Cyclone

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

9

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

10

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

11

Observations of Appalachian Fronts during Two NSF Educational Deployments

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

Manuscript (641.8 kB)

12

MountainMetCube: An AR Application for Handheld Viewing

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

13

Identification of Valley-Wind Days

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

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

Observations and Modeling of Atmospheric Rotors

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

20

Complementing Wave and Rotor Studies Through Photogrammetric Analysis of Rotor Clouds

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

21

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

22

Characteristics of Diablo Winds from a Climatology of Surface Observations

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

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

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)

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

"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

41

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

42

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

43

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

Poster Session 1 Formal Poster Viewing