32nd Conf. on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/22nd Symp. Boundary Layers and Turbulence/ Third Conf. on Atmospheric Biogeosciences (20

Registration Opens

Location: North Star (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Registration Continues Throughout the Conference

Location: North Star (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Session 1

The Theory and Modelling of Coupled Biogeochemical, Biophysical, Ecological, and Atmospheric Processes Part I

Location: Orion (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences

CoChair: Richard H. Grant, Purdue Univ.

8:25 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:30 AM

1.1

Wind-Blown Dust Forecasting using a Backward Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model

Derek V. Mallia, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and A. K. Kochanski and J. C. Lin

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

1.2

Constraints on CO Emissions from Wildfire Inventories Using a Receptor-oriented Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model

Dien Wu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. V. Mallia, S. Urbanski, and J. C. Lin

9:00 AM

1.3

Constraining Modeled Biospheric CO₂ Fluxes in the Rocky Mountains with Atmospheric Observations: a WRF-STILT-CLM Framework

Henrique F. Duarte, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. C. Lin, D. V. Mallia, D. Wu, B. B. Stephens, and J. R. Ehleringer

9:15 AM

1.4

Single Column Modeling of Turbulence and Chemistry After Convective Storms in the Amazon of Brazil

Pablo E. S. Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil; and O. C. Acevedo, F. D. Costa, J. D. Fuentes, and M. Chamecki

9:30 AM

1.5

Nonstomatal uptake controls inter-annual variability in ozone dry deposition at a northern mid-latitude broadleaf deciduous forest

O. E. Clifton, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY; and A. M. Fiore, J. W. Munger, L. W. Horowitz, K. Griffin, and L. T. Murray

9:45 AM

Discussion

Session 1

Advances in Modeling Ecosystem-Atmosphere Exchanges

Location: Arches (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Cochairs: Chuixiang Yi, Queens College, City University of New York; Nathaniel A. Brunsell, University of Kansas

8:30 AM

1.1

Linking Carbon Source-Sink Imbalance and Leaf Traits to Species’ Ecosystem Productivity in the Tropics

Nicolas Raab, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; and C. E. Doughty, A. Shenkin, and Y. Malhi

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

1.2

Tracking the Breathing of the Biosphere Using Tall Tower Eddy Covariance Coupled with Remotely Sensed Solar Induced Fluorescence

Jeffrey D. Wood, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN; and T. J. Griffis and J. M. Baker

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

1.3

Land-atmosphere coupling and climate prediction over the U.S. Southern Great Plains

Ian N. Williams, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and Y. Lu, J. E. Bagley, L. M. Kueppers, S. C. Biraud, and M. S. Torn

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

1.4

The Role of Hydrology in Controlling the Inter-annual Variability of Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange in a Tropical Peat Forest in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Angela C.-I. Tang, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT; and P. Stoy, K. K. Musin, E. B. Aeries, J. Wenceslaus, R. Hirata, and L. Melling

9:30 AM

1.5

Evaluation of WRF-Chem model: A case study of the June 2013 Biomass-Burning Haze event

Muhammad Yaasiin Oozeer, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia; and A. Chan, J. Wang, S. V. Salinas, M. C. G. Ooi, and W. K. Choong

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

1.6

Lagrangian-based Visualization Techniques for the Observation of Instantaneous Coherent Turbulence Structures in Plant Canopy Flows

Brian N. Bailey, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, OR; and R. Stoll

Recorded Presentation

Session 1A

Boundary Layer Processes Part I - Convective Boundary Layers

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Jeremy A. Gibbs, Univ. of Utah; Edward G. Patton, NCAR

8:30 AM

1A.1

A Lagrangian Two-Particle Model Driven by LES for Concentration Fluctuations in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Jeffrey C. Weil, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. P. Sullivan, E. G. Patton, and A. A. Wyszogrodzki

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

1A.2

On the Nature of the Transition from Roll to Cellular Organization in the Convective Boundary Layer

Scott T. Salesky, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; and M. Chamecki and E. Bou-Zeid

Recorded Presentation

1A.3

Canopy-Boundary Layer Turbulent Kinetic Energy Transfer in Convectively Unstable Flows

9:00 AM

1A.3A

Explicit Coupling of Vegetation Responses and Shallow Cumulus accounting for Direct and Diffuse Radiation

X. Pedruzo-Bagazgoitia, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and H. G. Ouwersloot, M. Sikma, C. M. J. Jacobs, and J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano

Recorded Presentation

Handout (5.6 MB)

9:15 AM

1A.4

Long-Term Vertical Velocity Statistics Derived from Doppler Lidar in the Continental Convective Boundary Layer

Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. Newsom and D. D. Turner

Recorded Presentation

Handout (4.6 MB)

9:30 AM

1A.5

Long-Lived Convective Boundary Layer over Land

Andrey A. Grachev, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, Colorado; and T. Uttal, P. O. G. Persson, C. W. Fairall, E. A. Konopleva-Akish, S. M. Crepinsek, C. J. Cox, and G. Lesins

9:45 AM

1A.6

Entrainment in Convective Boundary Layers with Varying Wind Shear: A Re-evaluation of the TKE-budget, its Scaling and its Representation in Bulk Models Using LES

Joel Schroter, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and C. C. Van Heerwaarden, A. F. Moene, and H. G. Ouwersloot

Session 1B

Observations and Modeling Related to Renewable Energy Applications Part I

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Chair: Corey D. Markfort, University of Iowa

8:30 AM

1B.1

Low-Level Jets at Utö, Finland Based on Doppler Lidar Observations

Minttu Johanna Tuononen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and V. A. Sinclair, E. J. O'Connor, and V. Vakkari

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

1B.2

Wind gust measurements using pulsed Doppler wind-lidar: comparison of direct and indirect techniques

Irene E. Suomi, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and L. Rottner, E. O'Connor, S. E. Gryning, and A. Sathe

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

1B.3

An Error Reduction Algorithm to Improve Lidar Turbulence Estimates for Wind Energy

Jennifer F. Newman, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and A. Clifton

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

1B.4

Volumetric LiDAR Scanning of a Wind Turbine Wake and Comparison with a 3D Analytical Wake Model

Fernando Carbajo Fuertes, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; and F. Porté-Agel

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

1B.5

On the Wake Behind a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine in a Boundary Layer

Vincent F. Rolin, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; and F. Porté-Agel

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

1B.6

Cluster designs for vertical axis wind turbine farms

Seyed Hossein Hezaveh, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. Bou-Zeid, J. Dabiri, M. Kinzel, and L. Martinelli

Coffee Break

Location: Canyons Lobby (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Session 2

Drought Effects on Semi-Arid Ecosystems

Location: Arches (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Cochairs: Ankur R. Desai, Univ. of Wisconsin; Chuixiang Yi, Queens College, City University of New York

10:30 AM

2.1

Coherent Cycles of Summer Temperatures in the Intermountain West, and Effects on Urban Water Use

Lawrence E. Hipps, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

2.2

Drought-Based Tipping Point for Forest Collapse with Climate Warming

Chuixiang Yi, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY; and K. Huang, G. Mu, and G. Hendrey

11:00 AM

2.3

How Changing Ecosystem Structure and Climate Alter Water Availability and its Influence on Carbon Dioxide Exchange in Semiarid Regions

Russell L. Scott, USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ; and J. A. Biederman

11:15 AM

2.4

Ecosystem Carbon Balance During the Early 21st-Century Drought: Synthesis of Flux Observations from Semiarid Southwestern North America and Comparison with Models and Remote Sensing

Joel A. Biederman, USDA, Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Scott, G. Ponce-Campos, M. Litvak, D. Krofcheck, and G. Maurer

11:30 AM

2.5

Shifting the Plant Functional Type Paradigm to Reflect Hydraulic Properties may Improve Model Simulations of Drought and Disturbance

Ashley M. Matheny, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and G. Bohrer and G. Mirfenderesgi

11:45 AM

2.6

Sequestration of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide as Inorganic Carbon in the Unsaturated Zone of Semi-Arid Forests

Murray Moinester, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and J. Kronfeld and I. Carmi

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (621.9 kB)

Session 2

The Theory and Modelling of Coupled Biogeochemical, Biophysical, Ecological, and Atmospheric Processes Part II

Location: Orion (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences

Chair: Sonia Wharton, LLNL

10:30 AM

2.1

The Nonlinear Terrestrial Interactions Investigated by a Multi-layer Higher order closure Ecosystem Model

Kuang-Yu Chang, University of California, Davis, CA; and K. T. Paw U and S. H. Chen

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

2.2

Alternative Turbulence-Based Surface Similarity Scaling

Kyaw Tha Paw U, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and J. J. Stephens, E. R. Kent, J. Kochendorfer, and T. M. Shapland

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

2.3

Relating isotopic composition of precipitation to atmospheric patterns and local land-atmosphere coupling strength

Kelly E. Logan, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and N. A. Brunsell

11:15 AM

2.4

Increasing ethanol consumption as a renewable fuel: How will vehicle ethanol emissions impact the atmosphere?

J. David Felix, Texas A&M Univ, Corpus Christi, TX; and R. Thomas, A. Guy, G. B. Avery, R. Kieber, R. Mead, and J. Willey

11:30 AM

Quick Poster Introductions

11:45 AM

Quick Poster Introductions-2

Session 2A

Boundary Layer Processes Part II - Stable Boundary Layers

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Sukanta Basu, University of North Carolina State University; Andrey A. Grachev, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL

10:30 AM

2A.1

Impacts of Surface Cooling on Turbulence and Temperature Fronts in the Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Peter P. Sullivan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Weil, E. G. Patton, H. J. J. Jonker, and D. V. Mironov

10:45 AM

2A.2

A Lumped Parameter View on Nocturnal Boundary Layer Dynamics

Bas Van de Wiel, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and I. G. S. Van Hooijdonk, E. Vignon, P. Baas, J. A. van Hooft, S. J. van der Linden, and A. Moene

11:00 AM

2A.3

Nocturnal Boundary Layer Regimes in a Numerical Weather Prediction Model

P. Baas, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and B. J. H. Van de Wiel and I. G. S. van Hooijdonk

11:15 AM

2A.4

Stable boundary layer regimes at Dome C, Antarctica

Etienne Vignon, University Grenoble Alpes, Saint Martin d'Hères, France; and B. J. H. Van de Wiel, I. G. S. Van Hooijdonk, C. Genthon, S. J. van der Linden, J. A. van Hooft, W. Maurel Sr., O. Traullé, G. Casasanta, and P. Baas

11:30 AM

2A.5

Some Aspects of the Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rate in the Stable Boundary Layer

Franciano S. Puhales, UFSM, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Su, Brazil; and O. C. Acevedo, F. D. Costa, L. G. N. Martins, V. Anabor, G. Demarco, and G. A. Degrazia

11:45 AM

2A.6

Length scales, subgrid TKE models, and the representation of the stable boundary layer

Stephan R. de Roode, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. J. J. Jonker, V. Vertregt, and V. Perrin

Session 2B

Observations and Modeling Related to Renewable Energy Applications Part II

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Marc Calaf, University of Utah, Wind Energy and Turbulence Laboratory; Albert A.M. Holtslag, Wageningen University

10:30 AM

2B.1

Simulating effects of a wind turbine array using LES and RANS

B. Vanderwende, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; and B. Kosovic, J. K. Lundquist, and J. D. Mirocha

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

2B.2

Large-Eddy Simulation of the Wake Flow Inside and Downwind of a Large Finite-Size Wind Farm

Ka Ling Wu, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; and F. Porté-Agel

Recorded Presentation

Handout (10.2 MB)

11:00 AM

2B.3

Is WRF-LES a Suitable Tool for Realistic Turbulence Analyses in Wind Resource Assessment Applications?

Alex Montornes, Vortex, Barcelona, Spain; and P. Casso, B. Kosovic, and G. Lizcano

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

2B.4

Internal boundary layer growth over large wind farms under conventionally neutral conditions

Dries Allaerts, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; and J. Meyers

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

2B.5

Finecasting for Renewable Energy with Large-Eddy Simulation

Harmen J. J. Jonker, Delft Univ. of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and R. A. Verzijlbergh and M. C. Holtslag

11:45 AM

2B.6

MPAS atmospheric boundary layer simulation under selected stability conditions: Evaluation using the SWIFT dataset

Rao Kotamarthi, ANL, Lemont, IL; and Y. Feng and J. Wang

Recorded Presentation

Handout (5.2 MB)

Lunch Break

Session 3

Natural and Anthropogenic Trace Gas/Aerosol Exchanges Part I

Location: Orion (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences

Chair: Emily M. Elliott, Univ. of Pittsburgh

1:30 PM

3.1

Chemistry of Biogenic Hydrocarbons in the Amazon Rainforest

J.D. Fuentes, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. Chamecki, G. G. Katul, P. Stoy, D. Wei, T. Gerken, J. J. Orlando, O. C. Acevedo, A. M. Trowbridge, A. Ghirardo, and J. P. Schnitzler

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

Seasonal Patterns of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds above a Central Amazonian Rainforest During the Wet to Dry Season Transition

A. M. Trowbridge, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT; and P. Stoy, J. D. Fuentes, D. Wei, T. Gerken, and M. Chamecki

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

3.3

Impacts of Turbulent Transport and Chemistry on Oxidation Rates of Isoprene and Monoterpenes in the Tropical Convective Boundary Layer

Tobias Gerken, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT; and M. Chamecki, J. D. Fuentes, P. Stoy, and D. Wei

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

3.4

Impact of permafrost thaw on methane fluxes across a heterogeneous boreal landscape

Manuel Helbig, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; and N. Kljun, L. Chasmer, K. Wischnewski, W. L. Quinton, M. Detto, and O. Sonnentag

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

3.6

Net Carbon Exchange in Post-Extraction Peatlands

Ian B. Strachan, McGill University, Ste Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada; and M. Strack, K. A. Nugent, T. Rankin, L. Pelletier, and S. MacDonald

Recorded Presentation

3.5

An Analysis of Methane and Carbon Dioxide Exchange in a Post-Extraction, Unrestored Peatland in Eastern Québec

Session 3A

Boundary Layer Processes Part III - Transition Periods

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Chair: Eric Bazile, CNRM/CNRS

1:30 PM

3A.1

Mesoscale Simulations of the Afternoon-Evening Transition for Two Contrasting Days during the BLLAST Campaign

David Pino, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Castelldefels, Spain; and W. M. Angevine, E. Bazile, F. Couvreux, O. K. Hartogensis, M. A. Jimenez Jr., and Y. Seity

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

3A.2

Turbulence kinetic energy decay in the afternoon transition

Erik Nilsson, Laboratoire d'Aerologie, University of Toulouse, CNRS, France and Uppsala University, Sweden, Lannemezan, France; and M. Lothon, F. Lohou, C. Darbieu, E. R. Pardyjak, O. K. Hartogensis, and L. Mahrt

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

3A.3

Observational Study of the Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Afternoon and Evening Transition: A Seasonal Characterization

Mariano Sastre, University Complutense of Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and C. Román-Cascón, C. Yagüe, J. A. Arrillaga, and G. Maqueda

Recorded Presentation

3A.4

The Morning Development of the Urban Boundary Layer over London, UK, during the ACTUAL Project

2:15 PM

3A.4A

Observations of Near-surface Heat Flux and Temperature Profiles through the Early Evening Transition Over Contrasting Surfaces

Derek D. Jensen, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. R. Pardyjak and S. W. Hoch

2:30 PM

3A.5

Are Single Column Models Able to Reproduce the Stable Boundary Layer Transition?

Felipe D. Costa, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Alegrete, Brazil; and L. E. Medeiros, D. M. dos Santos, A. D. Carvalho Junior, O. C. Acevedo, F. S. Puhales, G. Demarco, P. E. S. Oliveira, and L. G. N. Martins

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

3A.6

Unmanned Systems and Distributed Sensing Enable High Resolution Profiling Through the Morning and Evening Transitions

Chad Higgins, Corvallis, OR; and J. Selker, R. Predosa, and H. A. Holmes

Recorded Presentation

Session 3B

Theoretical and Practical Issues Associated with Multi-Scale Simulations

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Jeffrey D. Mirocha, LLNL; Harm J.J. Jonker, Delft University of Technology

1:30 PM

3B.1

Nested Multi-Scale System in the PALM Large-Eddy Simulation Model

Antti Hellsten, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and K. Ketelsen, F. Barmpas, G. Tsegas, N. Moussiopoulos, and S. Raasch

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (225.8 kB)

Handout (6.4 MB)

1:45 PM

3B.2

Role of Synoptic- and Meso-scales on the Evolution of the Boundary-Layer Wind Profile over a Coastal Region: the Near-Coast Diurnal Acceleration

Pedro Jimenez, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, J. Dudhia, and F. Bosveld

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

3B.3

Limitations of Mesoscale-to-LES Grid Nesting in a Convective Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Laura Jin Mazzaro, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO; and D. Muñoz-Esparza, J. K. Lundquist, and R. R. Linn

2:15 PM

3B.4

A New Vertical Grid Nesting Capability for Multiscale Simulations Using the WRF Model

Katherine A. Lundquist, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and M. H. Daniels, J. D. Mirocha, D. J. Wiersema, and F. K. Chow

2:30 PM

3B.5

Improving Spectral Resolution of Finite Difference Schemes for Multiscale Modeling Applications Using Numerical Weather Prediction Model

Branko Kosovic, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Muñoz-Esparza and J. A. Sauer

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

3B.6

Multiscale modeling of a diurnal cycle during the CWEX-13 field campaign

Domingo Munoz-Esparza, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado; and J. K. Lundquist, J. A. Sauer, B. Kosovic, J. D. Mirocha, S. Purdy, and D. A. Rajewski

Coffee Break

Location: Canyons Lobby (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Session 3

Boundary Layer Processes over Complex Terrain and Heterogeneous Surfaces Part I

Location: Arches (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Cochairs: Heping Liu, Washington State University; April L. Hiscox, University of South Carolina; Eric Kutter, CUNY

3:30 PM

3.1

New Perspectives in Eddy Covariance Measurements Using Aircraft-Based Technology

R. L. Desjardins, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and D. E. Worth, M. Mauder, E. Pattey, S. Metzger, and R. Srinivasan

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

3.2

Parameter Studies of Canopy Aerodynamic Resistance by means of Large Eddy Simulations

Konstantin Kröniger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; and T. Banerjee, F. De Roo, H. P. Schmid, E. Rotenberg, D. Yakir, and M. Mauder

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

3.3

What we have learned so far from SwayLES: A Coupled 3-D Large-Eddy-Simulation Tree-Sway Model?

Hong-Bing Su, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

3.4

The Effect of Differing Vertical Canopy Structures on Energy and Water Budgets in the Forested Sierra Nevada: Simulations Utilizing a Higher Order Closure Multi-Layer Soil-Vegetation-Atmospheric Model

Laura McGowan, University of California, Davis, CA; and K. T. Paw U, H. Dahlke, S. H. Chen, and R. D. Pyles

Recorded Presentation

Handout (3.0 MB)

4:30 PM

3.5

Observations of Canopy Waves from CHATS

Shane D. Mayor, California State Univ., Chico, CA

Recorded Presentation
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.6

Intermittency of Water Vapor Exchanges, and Their Role in ET of Vineyards in California

Lawrence E. Hipps, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT; and S. Los, J. G. Alfieri, J. H. Prueger, and W. P. Kustas

Recorded Presentation

Session 4

Natural and Anthropogenic Trace Gas/Aerosol Exchanges Part II

Location: Orion (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences

Chair: Timothy J. Griffis, University of Minnesota

3:30 PM

4.1

The effect of open-water pools on the net ecosystem CO2 exchange of a boreal peatland

Luc Pelletier, McGill University, Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and I. B. Strachan, N. T. Roulet, and M. Garneau

3:45 PM

4.2

Continuous In-situ Measurements of Carbonyl Sulfide to Constrain Ecosystem Carbon and Water Exchange

Bharat Rastogi, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and M. Berkelhammer, M. E. Whelan, D. Noone, D. Y. Hollinger, C. T. Lai, and C. Still

4:00 PM

4.3

Emissions of ammonia (NH3) and nitrous oxide (N2O) after application of nitrogen fertilizer

Richard H. Grant, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, Indiana; and C. H. Lin, C. Johnston, and A. Pearson

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

4.4

Eddy covariance measurements of methane emissions from a beef cattle feedlot in Kansas

Eduardo Santos, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; and P. Prajapati

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

4.5

A novel dynamic flux chamber system for collection of soil-emitted nitric oxide (NO) for natural abundance stable N isotope analysis

Zhongjie Yu, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; and E. M. Elliott

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

4.6

Measuring the nocturnal emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) by N2O accumulation within the stable boundary layer

Richard H. Grant, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, Indiana; and C. H. Lin, C. Johnston, A. Pearson, and R. Omonode

Recorded Presentation

Session 4A

Boundary Layer Processes Part IV

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Chair: Branko Kosovic, NCAR

3:30 PM

4A.1

Amplitude modulation of streamwise velocity fluctuations in the roughness sublayer: evidence from large-eddy simulations

William Anderson, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX; and A. Awasthi

Recorded Presentation

Handout (5.9 MB)

3:45 PM

4A.2

On the Roughness Sublayer over Idealized Urban Rough Surfaces in Isothermal Conditions

Chun-Ho Liu, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong; and Y. K. Ho

Recorded Presentation

Handout (1.5 MB)

4:00 PM

4A.3

LES Modeling of Wind over Antarctic Snow-Ice Formations using a Dynamic Surface Roughness Approach

M. G. Giometto, EPFL, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland; and E. Trujillo, K. C. Leonard, T. L. Maksym, F. Comola, S. T. Salesky, C. Meneveau, M. Lehning, and M. B. Parlange

4:15 PM

4A.4

Vertical Motion in the Nocturnal Low-Level Jet Arising from a Spatially-Varying Initial State

Alan Shapiro, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Fedorovich and J. Gebauer

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (63.5 kB)

4:30 PM

4A.5

Idealized numerical simulations of nocturnal low-level jets developing over gently sloping terrain

Evgeni Fedorovich, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. A. Gibbs and A. M. Shapiro

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

4A.6

Turbulent versus non-Turbulent Low-Level Jets – Differences in their Characteristics and Evolution

Timothy A. Bonin, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. M. Klein, P. B. Chilson, and A. M. Shapiro

Recorded Presentation

Session 4B

Results from the Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations (MATERHORN) Project

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Heather A. Holmes, Univ. of Nevada; Sebastian W. Hoch, University of Utah

3:30 PM

4B.1

Upslope Flow Studies in Complex Terrain

H.J.S. Fernando, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and C. M. Hocut and L. S. Leo

3:45 PM

4B.2

Fine-Scale Turbulent Bursts in Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer in Complex Terrain

Christopher M. Hocut, US Army Research Laboratory, WSMR, NM; and E. Kit, D. Liberzon, and H. J. S. Fernando

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

4B.3

Evaporation from a Desert Playa Following Rainfall

Chaoxun Hang, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. Nadeau, D. Jensen, S. W. Hoch, and E. R. Pardyjak

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

4B.4

Simulation of stable flows over Granite Mountain

Fotini Katopodes Chow, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and A. D. Anderson-Connolly, R. S. Arthur, and K. A. Lundquist

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

4B.5

Comparison of three different implementations of the immersed boundary method in WRF (WRF-IBM)

Jingyi Bao, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and K. A. Lundquist and F. K. Chow

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (594.0 kB)

4:45 PM

4B.6

Numerical prediction of fog events over mountainous terrain: Sensitivity to model physics, data assimilation and visibility algorithms

Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing and Ice Breaker Reception

Location: Alta-Deer Valley (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Poster Session 1

AgForest Posters - Session I

Host: 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

50

Wind damage in forests associated with fragmented landscape in Aquitaine, France

51

Micrometeorology Within and Above an Orchard Canopy: Measurements and Numerical Lattice-Boltzmann (LB) Studies

52

An Assessment of the variation in Coefficient of Drag values for a thinned loblolly pine forest

Jason Durfee, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and Y. Ma, E. S. Russell, H. Liu, B. K. Lamb, and H. Thistle

53

A Non-Homogeneous Non-Gaussian Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model for Urban Area over Complex Terrain – Haifa 2009 Tracer Campaign and Haifa 2014 Turbulent Flux Measurements

Eyal Fattal, Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), Ness Ziona, Israel

54

WRF Simulations of Upslope and Downslope Flows Over The Guadarrama Mountain Range (Spain)

Jon A. Arrillaga, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and C. Yagüe, M. Sastre, C. Román-Cascón, G. Maqueda, R. M. Inclán, J. F. González-Rouco, E. Santolaria, L. Durán, and J. Navarro

Handout (2.2 MB)

55

Wintertime slope winds and turbulent characteristics in the Yongpyong Alpine ski slope of Korea

Byung-Gon Kim, Gangneung-Wonju National Univ., Gangneung, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. R. Jeon, S. H. Eun, Y. Lee, and B. C. Choi

56

Turbulence structure under drainage flow within a sloped forest canopy

Eric S. Russell, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and Z. Gao and H. Liu

57

The effects of gap flows on turbulence structures in the atmospheric surface layer over complex terrain of the Birch Creek Valley, Idaho

Zhongming Gao, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and H. Liu, E. S. Russell, and D. Finn

58

Large eddy simulations of canopy flows in stable atmospheric conditions

Yulong Ma, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and H. Liu and B. K. Lamb

59

Evaluation of Critical Agro-meteorological Parameters Affecting Wheat Quality on the Canadian Prairies using Partial Least Squares (PLS) Regression

Manasah S. Mkhabela, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and P. R. Bullock and H. Sapirstein

Manuscript (233.6 kB)

Handout (448.9 kB)

60

Yu Zhang, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Lanzhou, Gansu, China; and S. Zhang, H. Liu, S. Wang, and L. Shang

61

An Evapotranspiration Forecasting System for Improving Irrigation Water Management in a Humid Continental Climate

Jeffrey D. Wood, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN; and K. Xiao, T. J. Griffis, and J. M. Baker

Relationships of canopy skin temperatures to hydrologic cycling in a semi-arid coniferous forest in central Oregon

62

Crop Water Requirements Estimation at Local and Regional Scale

Serena Marras, University of Sassari; CMCC, Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change, Sassari, Italy; and S. Masia, N. Mancosu, A. Trabucco, R. L. Snyder, and D. Spano

63

Spatial and temporal variations in carbon balances of forest ecosystems in Hokkaido, Japan

Ryuichi Hirata, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan; and A. Ito and N. Saigusa

64

Modelling and Experimental Studies Revealed Strong Hydrological Control on Soil Carbon Budget in a Subtropical Montane Cloud Forest

Chia-Hsin Wu, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan; and C. H. Chang, H. S. Chu, C. Y. Zhuang, Y. J. Hsia, and S. C. Chang

65

Crop Evapotranspiration Advection Derived from Multiple Eddy Covariance Systems and Lysimeter

Seth Laurence Kutikoff, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS; and X. Lin, S. R. Evett, P. Gowda, P. D. Colaizzi, J. Moorhead, G. Marek, D. Brauer, and R. Aiken

66

CO2 Balance of Warm Season Turfgrass at a Sod Farm in the Southern US

Poster Session 1

BLT Posters - Session I

Location: Alta-Deer Valley (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Poster 11 will also be presented as J1.4A

1

Turbulence regimes and the validity of similarity theory in the stable boundary layer during EBEX-2000

Zhongming Gao, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and H. Liu, E. S. Russell, T. Foken, and S. P. Oncley

2

Capturing the Nocturnal Boundary Layer Processes at Cabauw

S.J.A. van der Linden, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and P. Baas and B. J. H. Van de Wiel

3

Application of a Thorpe Length Scale-based Approach for Estimating Refractive Index Structure Parameter Profiles in the Atmosphere

Adam W. DeMarco, University of North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Basu and S. T. Fiorino

4

LES results of the GABLS4 exercice : an intercomparison of models in extremely stable conditions over Antarctica

Fleur Couvreux, CNRM- CNRS/Météo-France -UMR 3589, Toulouse, Haute Garonne, France; and E. Bazile, G. Canut, P. Le Moigne, B. Maronga, B. J. H. van Stratum, S. Basu, V. Fuka, J. M. Edwards, G. Matheou, A. Moene, E. Vignon, W. Maurel Sr., and O. Traullé

5

Constructing Flux- and Gradient-based Similarity Relationships for Stably Stratified Flows using Direct Numerical Simulation

Ping He, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Basu

6

Developing a Model Summer Climatology of Dome C, Antarctica Using a Regional Climate Model

Alexander R. Schroth, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and D. E. Veron

7

Why Canxt SBL Models Reproduce the Near-Zero Heat Flux at High Wind Speeds?

Rafael Maroneze, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil; and J. Sun, F. D. Costa, and O. C. Acevedo

Manuscript (1.5 MB)

Handout (800.4 kB)

8

Identification of Non-Stationary Turbulent Events for Different Regimes of Stable Boundary Layer Turbulence

Amandine Kaiser, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and N. Vercauteren and D. Belusic

Handout (4.9 MB)

9

Shear-Sheltering Theory and Surface Fluxes: New Exciting Developments

Gengsheng Zhang, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA; and M. Y. Leclerc, H. B. Nahrawi, and R. Pahari

10

Two-component wind fields in the atmospheric surface layer over the ocean

Shane D. Mayor, California State Univ., Chico, CA

12

Accuracy of Surface Drag Coefficient Predictions using Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory

Emina Maric, Mechanical Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Metzger

13

Influence of Temperature Inversions and Turbulence on Land-Atmosphere Exchange for Irrigated Farmland in Rolling Terrain

Olabosipo O. Osibanjo, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV; and H. A. Holmes

Handout (1.3 MB)

14

Characteristics of Heat Flux in Atmospheric Surface Layer

Piyush Srivastava, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India; and M. Sharan

15

Lake Evaporation in a Changing Climate

Wei Wang, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China; and X. Lee, L. Zhao, and Z. M. Subin

16

Model coupling and atmospheric dispersion of malodorous compounds over coastal regions

Guillermo Jorge Berri, Servicio Meteorologico Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and E. Orcellet, C. Aguirre, and G. V. Muller

17

Aerodynamic surface stress intermittency and conditionally averaged turbulence statistics: insights for aeolian processes

Chinthaka Ravinatha, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX; and W. Anderson

Handout (1.2 MB)

18

Numerical Stability and Accuracy Considerations for the Solution of Lagrangian Stochastic Particle Dispersion Model Equations

Brian N. Bailey, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, Oregon

19

Dispersed Phase Effects on Boundary Layer Turbulence

David H. Richter, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN; and B. Helgans and T. Peng

20

Flux-Profile Relations over Water Surfaces: Disentangling the Influences of Stability and Waves

Elie Bou-Zeid, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and Q. Li, N. Vercauteren, and M. B. Parlange

21

Beyond the Textbook EBL: Mean and Turbulence in Unsteady Ekman Boundary Layers

Mostafa Momen, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. Bou-Zeid

Handout (10.6 MB)

22

Boundary Layer Complexity; or Non-Canonical Boundary Layers

Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and N. J. Harvey

23

Realistic Simulations of Microbursts using the WRF Model

Patrick Hawbecker, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Basu and L. Manuel

24

Influence of the Richardson Number in the propagation and maintenance of the vortices generated by a static and isolated microburst

Giuliano Demarco, UFSM, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; and V. Anabor, U. Rizza, F. Puhales, L. G. N. Martins, F. D. Costa, and O. C. Acevedo

25

The Effect of Rotation on Very Large Scale Motions in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Mohammad A. Khan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and R. Stoll

26

Diurnal Cycle of the Coastline Winds Profile Within the Surface Layer in the Alcântara Launch Center

G. Fisch, Institute of Aeronautics and Space, São José dos Campos, Brazil

27

The Challenge of Forecasting the Onset and Development of Radiation Fog Using Mesoscale Atmospheric Models

G.J. Steeneveld, Wageningen University, Meteorology and Air Quality Section, Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. J. Ronda and A. A. M. Holtslag

Handout (1.2 MB)

28

Can we Estimate the Fog-top Height from Atmospheric Turbulent Measurements at Surface?

C. Román-Cascón Sr., University Complutense of Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain, Spain; and C. Yagüe Sr., G. J. Steeneveld, M. Sastre, J. A. Arrillaga, and G. Maqueda

29

Observations of Radiative Flux Divergence under Clear Sky and Fog Conditions

Sebastian W. Hoch, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. R. Pardyjak

30

Detecting Planetary Boundary Clouds and Relate to Surface Meteorological Parameters over a Complex Landscape

Ricardo K. Sakai, Howard Univ., Beltsville, MD; and E. Joseph, B. B. Demoz, and V. R. Morris

31

Interactions Between Heterogeneous Terrain and Atmospheric Fluxes

Alexei O. Perelet, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. R. Pardyjak

32

Impacts of Land Surface Heterogeneity on Atmospheric Flows during the MATERHORN Playa Field Campaign

Travis J. Morrison, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Calaf and E. Pardyjak

33

Turbulence Spectra, Dissipation and Turbulent Kinetic Energy Budgets in the Stable Boundary Layer over Inhomogeneous Terrain

Karmen Babic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and M. W. Rotach and Z. B. Klaic

Handout (3.3 MB)

34

Cold-Air Pool Analysis using Thermal Imaging in Arizona's Meteor Crater during METCRAX II

A. Martina Grudzielanek, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany; and M. Maric, R. Vogt, J. Cermak, I. Feigenwinter, C. D. Whiteman, M. Lehner, and S. W. Hoch

35

Connections Between Pressure Perturbations and Dynamic Flow Patterns in the Tanana Valley, Alaska

Taylor A. McCorkle, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and A. Jacques, J. D. Horel, and E. Crosman

36

An improved filtering procedure to accurately remove low-frequency fluctuations from turbulence measurements in complex terrain

Marco Falocchi, Univeristy of Trento, Trento, Italy; and L. Giovannini, M. Tovazzi, E. Tomasi, M. de Franceschi, L. Laiti, and D. Zardi

37

Counter-Gradient, Co-Gradient and ‘Surface-Layer' Momentum Fluxes in Nocturnal Slope Flows over Steep Alpine Terrain

Holly J. Oldroyd, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; and E. R. Pardyjak, C. Higgins, and M. B. Parlange

38

A framework for WRF to WRF-IBM grid nesting to enable multiscale simulations

David J. Wiersema, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and K. A. Lundquist and F. K. Chow

39

Subfilter-Scale Processes and the Simulation of Convective Clouds in the Terra Incognita

Xiaoming Shi, Berkeley, CA; and F. K. Chow, R. L. Street, and G. Bryan

40

A Study of The Diurnal Cycle With DNS and LES, Towards Hybrid Modelling?

J.A. van Hooft, Technische Universiteit Delft, Delft, Netherlands; and S. J. A. van der Linden, I. G. S. Van Hooijdonk, P. Baas, and B. J. H. Van de Wiel

41

Large-eddy simulations of wind parks in clear and cloud-topped boundary layers

Pim van Dorp, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and S. R. de Roode, M. Pourquie, J. Tomas, H. Jonker, and R. Verzijlbergh

42

Using Large-eddy Simulations to Examine the Variability of Wind Speed and Direction in the Hurricane Boundary Layer

Rochelle Worsnop, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist, G. H. Bryan, R. Damiani, and W. Musial

43

Short-term Wind Forecasting at Wind Farms using WRF-LES and Actuator Disk Model

Gokhan Kirkil, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey

44

Role of coherent structures in mean kinetic energy entrainment by finite-sized wind farms and lessons from canopy flows

Varun Sharma, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; and N. Ali, R. B. Cal, M. B. Parlange, and M. Calaf

45

The Effect of Off Shore Wind Farms on Sea and Land Breezes

J.S. Pennells, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and A. N. Ross, S. B. Vosper, and I. M. Brooks

46

Evaluation of the WRF Wind Farm Parameterization Using Meteorological and Turbine Power Data

Joseph C. Y. Lee, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist

Poster 47 will also be presented as 9B.7A

48

Intra-farm Wind Speed Variability Observed by Nacelle Anemometers in a Large Inland Wind Farm

Hoonill Won, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and S. L. Kang

Manuscript (1005.2 kB)

Handout (3.7 MB)

49

Energy balance and melt over a patchy snow cover

Sebastian Schlögl, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Davos and CRYOS EPFL, Davos Dorf, Switzerland; and R. Mott and M. Lehning

A study of the Interaction Between Sea Breezes and the Urban Boundary Layer from the ClearfLo Project

The Different Influence of the Residual Layer on the Development of the Summer Convective Boundary Layer in two Deserts in Northwest China

Investigating the Development of Summertime Planetary Boundary Layer around Ngoring Lake Border over Tibetan Plateau using WRF model: a Case Study

Poster Session 1

BioGeo Posters

Location: Alta-Sundace (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences

67

Impacts of Climate Change on Wildfire Dispersion in the Intermountain West

Benjamin A. Toms, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and E. Martin

68

Examining the Simulation of Vertically Varying Canopy Microclimate and Turbulence using the ACASA Higher-Order-Closure Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer Model and Measurements from the Canopy Horizontal Array Turbulence Study

Eric R. Kent, University of California, Davis, CA; and R. D. Pyles, E. G. Patton, and K. T. Paw U

69

A Simple New Model for Incoming Solar Radiation Dependent Only on Screen-level Relative Humidity

Matthias Lindauer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; and H. P. Schmid, R. Grote, R. Steinbrecher, M. Mauder, and B. Wolpert

70

In-situ Measurements of Isotope Exchange using Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy in a Tall-Grass Prairie Ecosystem

Kyle Stropes, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; and E. Santos, J. B. Nippert, and G. Kluitenberg

71

Annual Greenhouse Gas Budget for a Recently Rewetted Raised Bog Ecosystem

Sung-Ching Lee, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and A. Christen, A. Black, R. Jassal, M. Johnson, R. Ketler, Z. Nesic, and M. Merkens

Handout (1.5 MB)

72

Evaluation of an Inexpensive Ozone Sensor For Mobile Monitoring

Luke Leclair-Marzolf, Acedemic, SLC, UTAH

Session 4

Boundary Layer Processes over Complex Terrain and Heterogeneous Surfaces Part II

Location: Arches (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Cochairs: April L. Hiscox, University of South Carolina; Heping Liu, Washington State University

8:00 AM

4.1

Secrets of the Canopy: Unexpected Impacts of Nighttime Canopy Flow Events on Carbon Flux Exchange at the Tonzi AmeriFlux Site

Sonia Wharton, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and S. Ma, D. Baldocchi, J. F. Newman, and M. Falk

8:15 AM

4.2

Exchange of Marsh-atmosphere CO2 in a Patchy Terrain Near Sapelo Island

Hafsah Nahrawi, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA; and M. Y. Leclerc, G. Zhang, and R. Pahari

8:30 AM

4.3

Vertical Variations in the Turbulent Structure of the Surface Boundary Layer over Vineyards under Unstable Atmospheric Conditions

Joseph G. Alfieri, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and W. P. Kustas, J. H. Prueger, and L. E. Hipps

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

4.4

"How can Mountaintop CO2 Observations be Used to Constrain Regional Carbon Fluxes?"

Derek V. Mallia, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. C. Lin, D. Wu, and B. B. Stephens

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

4.5

Cross-Site Evaluation of Methods for the Estimation of Aerodynamic Roughness Parameters from Flux-Tower Data

Housen Chu, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and D. Baldocchi, C. Poindexter, and M. Abraha

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

4.6

Recirculation on a Forested Hillside

Eric Kutter, CUNY, Flushing, NY; and C. Yi, G. Hendrey, H. Liu, T. T. Eaton, and W. Ni-Meister

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

4.7

Turbulence dependence upon winds and stability in a weak-wind canopy sub-layer over complex terrain

Eric S. Russell, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and H. Liu, Z. Gao, B. K. Lamb, and N. Wagenbrenner

Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.7 MB)

9:45 AM

4.8

A Regional Method for the Estimation of Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes and Convective Boundary Layer Thickness

Daiane de Vargas Brondani, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; and O. C. Acevedo and J. D. Tatsch

Recorded Presentation

Session 5A

Modeling and Observations in Complex Terrain Part I

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Chair: Daniel Nadeau, Université Laval

8:00 AM

5A.1

On the Definition of the Boundary Layer in Complex, Mountainous Terrain

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

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

5A.2

How Inhomogeneous is Turbulence in Mountainous Terrain?

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

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

5A.3

The Preferential Deposition of Snow in Complex Terrain: An LES Investigation

Marc B. Parlange, Monash University, Clayton, Australia; and S. T. Salesky, M. G. Giometto, M. Chamecki, and M. Lehning

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

5A.4

Impacts of Sloped Terrain on Evapotranspiration from a Boreal Forested Catchment

Pierre-Erik Isabelle, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada; and D. Nadeau, A. C. Parent, A. N. Rousseau, S. Jutras, and F. Anctil

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

5A.5

Sensitivity of WRF Surface Fluxes to Boundary Layer and Land Surface Parameterizations During Persistent Cold Air Pools in the Western US

Heather A. Holmes, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV; and M. Trail

Recorded Presentation

Handout (9.8 MB)

9:15 AM

5A.6

A Numerical Study of Interactions Between the Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Large Scale Stratified Flow Over Complex Terrain

Jeremy A. Sauer, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and D. Muñoz-Esparza and B. Kosovic

9:30 AM

5A.7

Incorporating three immersed boundary methods into the WRF-LES model to simulate atmosphereic processes over complex terrain

Yulong Ma, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and H. Liu

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

5A.8

Simulation of turbulent flows over a forested hill using a Lattice Boltzmann model

Yansen Wang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and B. MacCall and G. Huynh

Recorded Presentation

Session 5B

Boundary Layer Processes Part V

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Chair: Elie Bou-Zeid, Princeton Univ.

8:00 AM

5B.1

A Numerical Study of the Stratified Planetary Boundary Layer: the long-time response to a stabilizing surface buoyancy flux

S. M. Iman Gohari, Univ. of California, San Diego, CA; and S. Sarkar

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

5B.2

Direct Numerical Simulation of Global Intermittent Turbulence in Stably Stratified Flows

Ping He, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Basu

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

5B.3

On a surface flux model for atmospheric large eddy simulations

Junshi Ito, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and H. Niino

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

5B.4

Wind-tunnel experiments of turbulent wake flows induced by steep topography in thermally-stratified boundary layers

Wei Zhang, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH; and C. Markfort and F. Porté-Agel

9:00 AM

5B.5

Behavior of Stable Surface Layer in the NCEP Global Forecast System

Weizhong Zheng, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek

Recorded Presentation

Handout (638.5 kB)

9:15 AM

5B.6

Stability and Height dependant Investigation of Seasonal and Diurnal Cycles of Optical Turbulence in the Lower Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Detlev Sprung, Fraunhofer IOSB, Ettlingen, Germany; and P. Grossmann, E. Sucher, and K. Stein

9:30 AM

5B.7

Role of the dispersive fluxes in the Surface Energy Balance over heterogeneous surfaces, a LES study

Fabien Margairaz, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Calaf

9:45 AM

5B.8

Exploring the Impact of Unsteady Pressure Forcing and Surface Buoyancy on the ABL through a Reduced Mass-Spring-Damper Model

Mostafa Momen, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. Bou-Zeid

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Alta-Deer Valley (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Joint Session 1

Land-Surface-PBL Coupling, Impact of Heterogeneity as Seen in Modeling and Observations Part I

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence; the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; and the Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences )

Chair: William Anderson, University of Texas at Dallas

10:30 AM

J1.1

Are Trend Analyses from FLUXNET Station Data Realistic?

Thomas Foken, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany; and W. Babel

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

J1.2

Turbulence Induced Errors On Surface Temperature Measurements Over Heterogeneous Landscapes

Mark R. Irvine, INRA, Villenave d'Ornon, France; and J. P. Lagouarde, T. Pellarin, R. Biron, and J. M. Cohard

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

J1.3

Characteristic frequencies of boundary-layer turbulence over flat, heterogeneous terrain under different stratification conditions

Marc Calaf, University of Utah, Wind Energy and Turbulence Laboratory, Salt Lake City, UT; and V. Maurer and N. Kalthoff

Recorded Presentation

J1.4

Effect of a Cold, Dry Air Event on Convective Boundary Layer Development in a High-altitude Lake, Tibetan Plateau

11:15 AM

J1.4A

Sensible Heat Fluxes in the Nearly Neutral Boundary Layer: The Impact of Frictional Heating

John M. Edwards, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

11:30 AM

J1.5

Observing the Heterogeneity of Snow-Atmosphere Interactions over Wheat Stubble and Patchy Snowcover during Melt

Phillip S. Harder, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; and W. D. Helgason and J. W. Pomeroy

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J1.6

The Extremely High-ranging Planetary Boundary Layer over the Western Tibetan Plateau in Winter

Mathias W. Rotach, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and X. Chen, B. Skerlak, J. A. Añel, Z. Su, Y. Ma, and M. Li

Recorded Presentation

Session 5

Agriculture's Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Part I

Location: Arches (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Cochairs: Brian Amiro, University of Manitoba; Brian Viner, Savannah River National Laboratory

10:30 AM

5.1

Study of Crop-residue Return on Emission Reduction and Soil Carbon Sequestration Potential in China

Shaoqiang Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and J. Chen

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

5.2

Evaluation of PRZM Volatilization Algorithm for Soil Pesticide Applications

Gabriel S. Rothman, US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, Arlington, VA; and M. Fry, C. Peck, J. Lin, D. Young, F. Khan, J. Hetrick, and M. Shamim

11:00 AM

5.3

Separating the effects of phenology and diffuse radiation on gross primary productivity in winter wheat

Ian N. Williams, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA; and W. J. Riley, L. M. Kueppers, M. S. Torn, and S. C. Biraud

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

5.4

Assessing Carbon and Water Dynamics in Multiple Wheat-based Cropping Systems in the Inland Pacific Northwest Using the Eddy Covariance Method

Jinshu Chi, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and S. Waldo, S. N. Pressley, P. O'Keeffe, C. O. Stöckle, D. R. Huggins, W. L. Pan, E. Brooks, and B. K. Lamb

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

5.5

Merging Crop Insurance Statistics With Hydrologic and Meteorological Data to Assess Climatic Sensitivity in the US Corn Belt

John M. Baker, USDA, St. Paul, MN; and G. Gorski, T. J. Griffis, and J. D. Wood

Recorded Presentation

5.6

Are we Headed for Crop Shortages Due to Cooling Sea Surface Temperatures?

11:45 AM

5.6A

Weather and Management Influence Cropland Evapotranspiration in Manitoba

Aaron J. Glenn, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon, MB, Canada; and H. F. Wilson, M. Martel, and R. Kroebel

Recorded Presentation

Session 6

Boundary Layer Processes VI

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Shane D. Mayor, California State Univ.; Mathias W. Rotach, University of Innsbruck

10:30 AM

6.1

The Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research (CESAR): New Developments

Fred C. Bosveld, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

6.2

Scaling Laws for Structure Functions in the Lowest Layers of the ABL

M. Chamecki, The Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and Y. Pan, N. L. Dias, and S. T. Salesky

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

6.3

Neutral Equivalent Surface Stress

Cheryl L. Klipp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (326.8 kB)

11:15 AM

6.4

Boundary Layer Processes during Eyewall Replacement Cycle of Hurricane Wilma (2005)

Hao Jin, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Y. Jin, J. D. Doyle, and D. L. Zhang

11:30 AM

6.5

Theoretical and Numerical Modeling of the Wind-driven Emission of Snow Fragments and Dust Aggregates

Francesco Comola, Swiss Federal Institute of technology, Lausanne, Switzerland; and J. F. Kok, M. G. Giometto, and M. Lehning

11:45 AM

6.6

Evidence of Extended Self-Similarity in Temperature Fields within the Mesoscale Range

Adam W. DeMarco, University of North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Basu

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Joint Session 2

Land-Surface-PBL Coupling, Impact of Heterogeneity as Seen in Modeling and Observations Part II

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence; the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; and the Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences )

Chair: J. Vila-Guerau de Arellano, Wageningen University

1:30 PM

J2.1

How many flux towers are enough? Energy balance closure and large eddy simulation as diagnostic tools for secondary circulations

Ankur R. Desai, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Hansen, K. Xu, M. Mauder, F. De Roo, and S. Metzger

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

J2.2

The Dependence of Energy Budget Components on the surface Characteristics of a shallow pre-Alpine Valley

Frederik De Roo, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; and M. Zeeman, P. Brugger, and M. Mauder

2:00 PM

J2.3

The Modulation of Static Heterogeneity by Precipitation

Cathy Hohenegger, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany; and M. Rieck

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J2.4

Response of Moist Convection to Multi-scale Surface Flux Heterogeneity

Song−Lak Kang, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

J2.5

Growth and Decay of a Convective Boundary Layer over a Mixed Water-Land Surface

Chiel C. Van Heerwaarden, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and J. P. Mellado

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

J2.6

Numerical Modeling of Summer Arctic Boundary Layer during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS)

Yi Jin, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. Wang, S. Gabersek, D. A. Hebert, P. Posey, R. Allard, and J. E. Nachamkin

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 3

Wetlands and lakes in a Changing Climate

Location: Arches (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; and the Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences )

Cochairs: Ankur R. Desai, Univ. of Wisconsin; Heping Liu, Washington State University

1:30 PM

J3.1

Restoration Method Effect on Temperate Peatland Carbon Dioxide and Methane Exchange

Kelly A. Nugent, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada; and I. B. Strachan, M. Strack, and L. Pelletier

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

J3.2

Little lakes and large lakes: The first global inland water eddy covariance flux synthesis

Ankur R. Desai, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Golub, T. Vesala, G. Bohrer, P. D. Blanken, D. Franz, C. Deshmukh, F. Guérin, J. Heiskanen, M. Jammet, A. Jonsson, J. Karlsson, F. Koebsch, H. Liu, A. Lohila, E. Lundin, I. Mammarella, A. Rutgersson, T. Sachs, D. Serça, C. Spence, I. B. Strachan, G. Weyhenmeyer, Q. Xiao, and S. Glatzel

Recorded Presentation

J3.3

Net Ecosystem Carbon Dioxide Exchange on a Boreal Peatland with Pools

2:00 PM

J3.3A

Temporal and Spatial Variations of Methane Emission of a Large and Shallow Eutrophic Lake in Subtropical Climate

Qitao Xiao, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing,China, China; and M. Zhang, Z. Hu, Y. Gao, C. Hu, C. Liu, S. Liu, Z. Zhang, J. Zhao, W. Xiao, and X. Lee

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J3.4

Surface energy budget with water level fluctuating over the largest freshwater lake in China

Xiaosong Zhao, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

2:30 PM

J3.5

Eddy Covariance Measurements of CO2 and CH4 with a view to Optimizing Carbon Capture in Wetland Restoration

Grant C. Edwards, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia; and N. Saintilan, K. Negandhi, and K. Tewari

Recorded Presentation

Handout (3.3 MB)

2:45 PM

J3.6

Influence of wind speeds on flux exchange across water-atmosphere interface under different stability conditions

Yusri Yusup, Universiti Sains Malaysia, USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia; and H. Liu

Recorded Presentation

Handout (7.5 MB)

Session 7

Boundary Layer Clouds

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Arnold F. Moene, Wageningen University; Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah

1:30 PM

7.1

Wind Shear, Convective Circulation, and Stratocumulus Organization

Shouping Wang, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Q. Wang

1:45 PM

7.2

Impacts of Surface Shear on Shallow Convection

Seung-Bu Park, Columbia University, New York, NY; and P. Gentine and S. Böing

2:00 PM

7.3

The impact of BL turbulence and shear instability on snow growth: idealized simulations

Xia Chu, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts and L. Xue

2:15 PM

7.4

Overlap Statistics of Shallow Boundary Layer Clouds: Comparing Ground-Based Observations with Large-Eddy Simulations

Thijs Heus, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH; and G. Corbetta, E. Orlandi, R. Neggers, and S. Crewell

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

7.5

Direct and Bulk Entrainment Estimates in Individually Tracked Boundary Layer Clouds

GunHo Oh, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and P. H. Austin

2:45 PM

7.6

Ground-based Retrieval of Entrainment Rates in Stratocumulus-topped Boundary Layers

Steven K. Krueger, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. A. Jenkins

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Alta-Deer Valley (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Joint Session 4

Land-Surface-PBL Coupling, Impact of Heterogeneity as Seen in Modeling and Observations Part III

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence; the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; and the Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences )

Cochairs: Steven K. Krueger, University of Utah; C. David Whiteman, University of Utah

3:30 PM

J4.1

Analysis of Fire-atmosphere Coupling Based on FireFlux 2 Experimental Data and WRF-SFIRE Simulations

Adam K. Kochanski, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. A. Jenkins, J. Mandel, M. Vejmelka, S. Schranz, S. K. Krueger, C. Clements, B. Davis, and D. Seto

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

J4.2

An analysis of WRF-Sfire's hindcast of Utah's 2013 Patch Springs Fire

Mary Ann Jenkins, University of Utah, Toronto, ON, Canada; and A. Kochanski, K. steven, and C. Kaden

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

J4.3

The influence of forest canopy characteristics on fire-perturbed atmospheric boundary layer

Mike Kiefer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and S. Zhong, W. E. Heilman, J. J. Charney, and X. Bian

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

J4.4

Sea-breeze Characteristics Over Complex Terrain: an Evaluation From Observational Data and WRF Simulations

Jon A. Arrillaga, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and C. Yagüe, M. Sastre, and C. Román-Cascón

Recorded Presentation

Handout (5.2 MB)

4:30 PM

J4.5

Improving High-Resolution Fog Simulations using LANFEX Observations

Ian A. Boutle, Met Office, Exeter, UK; and A. P. Lock and J. D. Price

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J4.6

A Case Study of the Formation, Evolution and Dissipation of Ice Radiation Fog in a Mountain Valley

Chaoxun Hang, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. Nadeau, I. Gultepe, S. Hoch, H. J. S. Fernando, E. Creegan, L. Leo, Z. Silver, and E. Pardyjak

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (66.5 kB)

Joint Session 5

Agriculture's Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Part II

Location: Arches (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; and the Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences )

Cochairs: Claudia Wagner-Riddle, University of Guelph; Brian Viner, Savannah River National Laboratory

3:30 PM

J5.1

Assessing the Risks of a Changing Climate to Forest Management

David L. Spittlehouse, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Victoria, BC, Canada; and T. Q. Murdock

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

J5.2

Hydrological responses to forest cover change in mountains under projected climate conditions

Grzegorz, Benedykt Durlo, Agricultural Univ. in Cracow, Cracow, Poland; and K. Jagiello-Lenczuk, M. Kormanek, J. Banach, S. Małek, K. Dudek, and J. Barszcz

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.4 MB)

4:00 PM

J5.3

Crop Rotation Controls on Carbon Flux Dynamics in the Eastern Canadian Prairies

Brian D. Amiro, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and M. Tenuta, X. Gao, and M. Gervais

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

J5.4

Impact of the New European Greening Rules on Regional CO2 Fluxes in the Intensively Used Northern Rur Catchment, Germany

Marius Schmidt, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Juelich, Germany; and A. Graf, C. Montzka, A. Klosterhalfen, and F. Wilken

4:30 PM

J5.5

The Impact of Agricultural Land Use Changes on Surface-Atmosphere Exchange and Boundary Layer Processes in the Northern North American Great Plains

P. Stoy, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT; and E. S. K. Vick, T. Gerken, M. M. Morgan, J. Torrion, and K. McVay

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J5.6

Long-term Carbon Uptake of Agro-ecosystems in the Midwest

Christian Dold, USDA/ARS, Ames, IA; and H. Büyükcangaz, W. Rondinelli, J. H. Prueger, T. J. Sauer, and J. L. Hatfield

Recorded Presentation

Session 8

Observations and Modeling Related to Renewable Energy Applications Part III

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Marc Calaf, University of Utah, Wind Energy and Turbulence Laboratory; Petra Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma

3:30 PM

8.1

The DOE A2e Mesoscale to Microscale Coupling Project

Sue Ellen Haupt, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. J. Shaw and B. Kosovic

Recorded Presentation

8.2

The Wind Forecasting Improvement Project in Complex Terrain (WFIP2)

4:00 PM

8.3A

The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): Observations and Model Evaluation

James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and R. Banta, L. A. Benjamin, S. Benjamin, L. K. Berg, L. Bianco, J. Bickford, A. Brewer, A. Choukulkar, K. L. Clawson, A. Clifton, J. W. Cline, D. Cook, I. V. Djalalova, H. J. S. Fernando, K. Friedrich, E. P. Grimit, J. Kenyon, B. Kosovic, C. W. King, K. Lantz, C. N. Long, J. K. Lundquist, M. Marquis, J. McCaa, K. McCaffrey, S. midya, V. R. Morris, J. B. Olson, Y. Pichugina, J. Sharp, M. T. Stoelinga, W. J. Shaw, K. Wade, and S. Wharton

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

8.4A

Case Studies of Improved HRRR Low-Level Wind Forecasts from the Wind Forecast Improvement Project II

Jaymes Kenyon, NOAA/ESRL and CIRES, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. B. Olson, J. M. Brown, J. M. Wilczak, I. V. Djalalova, W. M. Angevine, R. Banta, M. T. Stoelinga, J. Sharp, E. P. Grimit, Q. Yang, L. K. Berg, K. Wade, M. Brewer, R. M. Eckman, J. W. Cline, M. Marquis, and J. McCaa

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

8.5

Characterization of turbulence over a complex terrain in real convective boundary layer

Raj K. Rai, PNNL, Richland, WA; and L. K. Berg, B. Kosovic, J. D. Mirocha, M. Pekour, and W. J. Shaw

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

8.6

Multiscale Simulation of a Frontal Passage Through a Wind Turbine Array Using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model

Jeffrey D. Mirocha, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA; and N. Marjanovic, B. D. Hirth, Z. Irons, B. Kosovic, D. Muñoz-Esparza, and F. K. Chow

Session

Special Session on Education: An Open Exchange of Teaching Methods in Boundary-Layer and Agricultural Meteorology

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Organizer: Arnold F. Moene, Wageningen University

Session 6

Issues and New Perspectives in Eddy Covariance Measurements

Location: Arches (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Cochairs: Thomas Foken, University of Bayreuth; Heping Liu, Washington State University

8:00 AM

6.1

Surface-atmosphere Exchange in a Box: Making It a Suitable Representation for In-situ Observations

Stefan Metzger, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Boulder, CO

8:15 AM

6.2

How to address scaling, storage flux and non-closed energy balance problems for eddy-covariance observations? Mapping surface-atmosphere exchange using environmental response function

Ke Xu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and S. Metzger and A. R. Desai

8:30 AM

6.4

The Surface Heat Balance at Night -- Some Sub-Saharan Data

Bruce B. Hicks, Metcorps, Norris, TN; and N. S. Eash, T. J. Sauer, and D. L. O'Dell

8:45 AM

6.5

Testing a New Automated Leaf Chamber System for Field Measurements of Photosynthesis and Respiration

Shih-Chien Chang, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan; and H. C. Lin

9:00 AM

6.6

Evaluating Random Error in Long-term, Multi-plot Flux Gradient Measurements of Nitrous Oxide Emissions

Shannon E. Brown, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada; and C. Wagner-Riddle

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

6.7

Is it Possible to Use the Surface Renewal Technique to Estimate GHG Emissions?

Kosana Suvocarev, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; and M. Reba and B. Runkle

9:30 AM

6.8

Using Radiative Signatures to Diagnose the Cause of Warming Associated with the Californian Drought

Sebastian Wolf, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; and D. Yin and M. L. Roderick

Session 9A

Modeling and Observations in Complex Terrain Part II

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Chair: Holly J. Oldroyd, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

8:00 AM

9A.1

Cold Air Intrusions into Basins and Valleys

C. David Whiteman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Lehner, S. W. Hoch, M. O. G. Hills, T. Haiden, N. Kalthoff, and B. Adler

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

9A.2

Analysis of Flow Structures in the Barringer Meteor Crater using Thermal Infrared Data collected during the METCRAX II Field Experiment

Iris Feigenwinter, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; and R. Vogt, M. Müller, E. Parlow, M. Grudzielanek, M. Lehner, S. Hoch, and C. D. Whiteman

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

9A.3

The Sensitivity of a Persistent Cold-Air Pool to Changes in the Surface State in the Salt Lake Valley, UT

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

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

9A.4

Bluff-Body Flow Separation in Arizona's Meteor Crater

Manuela Lehner, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman, S. W. Hoch, M. O. G. Hills, N. Kalthoff, B. Adler, and T. Haiden

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

9A.5

Energetics of Deep Alpine Valleys in Pooling and Draining Configurations

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

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

9A.6

Valley Heat Deficit as a Bulk Measure of Wintertime Particulate Air Pollution in the Arve River Valley

Charles Chemel, National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom; and G. Arduini, C. Staquet, Y. Largeron, D. Legain, D. Tzanos, and A. Paci

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

9A.7

Nocturnal buoyant TKE production in steep-slope katabatic flows: Observations, theory and multi-scale transport dynamics

Holly J. Oldroyd, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; and E. Pardyjak, C. Higgins, and M. B. Parlange

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

9A.8

The Sensitivity of Katabatic Flow Dynamics to External Influences Through the Evening Eransition

Derek D. Jensen, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. Nadeau and E. R. Pardyjak

Recorded Presentation

Session 9B

Observations and Modeling Related to Renewable Energy Applications Part IV

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Chair: Katherine A. Lundquist, LLNL

8:00 AM

9B.1

Using Large-Eddy Simulations to Estimate Spatial Coherence and Power Spectral Density of a Major Hurricane for Wind Turbine Design Applications

Rochelle Worsnop, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist and G. H. Bryan

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

9B.2

Model Comparison of Velocity Perturbations Through Wind Farms

J.S. Pennells, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and A. N. Ross, S. B. Vosper, and I. M. Brooks

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

9B.3

Observing and Simulating Wind Turbine Wakes During the Evening Transition

Joseph C. Y. Lee, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

9B.4

An Analysis of Inflow Perturbation Strategies for Mesoscale-Driven Microscale Large-Eddy Simulations

Matthew J. Churchfield, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and J. D. Mirocha and M. A. Sprague

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

9B.5

Mean Kinetic Energy Fluxes within Wind Farms through a Diurnal Cycle

Gerard Cortina, University of Utah, Wind Energy and Turbulence Laboratory, Salt Lake City, UT; and V. Sharma and M. Calaf

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

9B.6

Wind Energy Potential in Complex Terrain: Discovering Localized Thermo-Topographic Flows and Associated Wind Resources

Varun Sharma, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; and B. Kruyt, F. Gerber, and M. Lehning

9B.7

Comparative Analysis of the Dynamics of Wind Turbine Wakes and Passive Scalar Plumes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

9:30 AM

9B.7A

A Scale-Aware Treatment of Subgrid Mixing in the WRF Model for Renewable Energy Applications

Evelyn Grell, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Bao, J. Olson, S. A. Michelson, J. M. Wilczak, J. Kenyon, B. Kosovic, and P. A. Jimenez

9:45 AM

9B.8

A simple model for average kinetic energy flux within large wind turbine arrays

Corey D. Markfort, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and W. Zhang and F. Porté-Agel

Joint Session 6

Honoring Bill Massman Part I

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; the 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence; and the Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences )

Chair: Xuhui Lee, Yale Univ.

10:00 AM

J6.1

An Improved Canopy Wind Model for Predicting Wind Adjustment Factors and Wildland Fire Behavior

William J. Massman, US Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forthofer and M. A. Finney

Recorded Presentation

Handout (1013.1 kB)

10:15 AM

J6.2

Sap Flow Gauge Redux: How 3D Printing, DIY Electronics, and New Theory Could Transform Measurements of Transpiration (Invited Presentation)

Jay Ham, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and G. Kluitenberg and G. Lloyd-Miner

10:30 AM

J6.3

Impacts of Differing Aerodynamic Resistance Formulae on Modeled Energy Exchange at the Above-Canopy/Within-Canopy/Soil Interface

William P. Kustas, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD; and H. Nieto, A. Andreu, D. Kool, N. Agam, and J. G. Alfieri

10:45 AM

J6.4

The Myth of the Surface Energy Imbalance

Jielun Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO

11:00 AM

J6.5

Canopy Flows: Problems and Perspective

Chuixiang Yi, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY

J6.6

Coupled LES and Lagrangian Particle Modeling of Canopy Dispersion over a Range of Stability During CHATS

Formal Poster Viewing

Location: Alta-Deer Valley (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Poster Session 2

AgForest Posters - Session II

Location: Alta-Deer Valley (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

126

Eddy Covariance Measurements of Carbon Dioxide Flux and the Surface Energy Budget over a Tropical Ocean Coast

Yusri Yusup, Universiti Sains Malaysia, USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia; and H. Liu

Handout (19.0 MB)

127

A Comprehensive Error Analysis for Eddy Covariance Measurements

Elke Eichelmann, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; and D. D. Baldocchi

128

Inter-comparison of Open and Closed-Path Eddy Covariance Fluxes Over an Irrigated Alfalfa Field in Davis, CA

Benjamin G. Conrad, Campbell Scientific, Logan, UT; and S. Chan, S. Biraud, and I. Bogoev

129

GuMNet - A High Altitude Monitoring Network in The Guadarrama Mountain Range (Spain)

Jon A. Arrillaga, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; and T. GuMNet Consortium Team

Handout (3.3 MB)

130

The Effect of Drought on Carbon Storage Capacity in a Tropical Rainforest of French Guiana

Maricar Aguilos, INRA, UMR Ecologie des Forets de Guyane, French Guiana, Kourou, French Guiana

131

Impacts of Cloudiness and Anthropogenic Aerosols on the Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange of Forest Ecosystems in China

132

Measurement of Soil N2O Emissions Using Flux Gradient and Chamber Techniques

Mei Bai, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia; and T. K. Flesch, H. Suter, S. K. Lam, R. Davies, and D. Chen

133

Sensitivity of Nitrous Oxide Emissions to Climate

Timothy J. Griffis, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN; and Z. Chen, J. D. Wood, J. M. Baker, P. Turner, X. Lee, and D. B. Millet

134

A Mobile Laboratory for Measuring Greenhouse Gases and Gaseous Pollutants in Urban Airsheds

Ning Hu, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Handout (1.0 MB)

135

Measuring Methane Emission from Fish Ponds with Micrometeorological and Water Equilibrium Methods

Jiayu Zhao, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China; and M. Zhang, W. Xiao, W. Wang, Q. Xiao, C. Hu, Z. Cao, Z. Yu, Z. Zhang, J. Xu, S. Liu, and X. Lee

136

Relative Linkages of Peatland Methane and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes with Climatic, Environmental and Ecological Parameters and their inter-comparison

Tirtha Banerjee, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; and J. Hommeltenberg, A. Roy, F. De Roo, P. Gentine, and M. Mauder

137

Up Scaling the Influence of Climate Change on the Air-Surface Exchange of Mercury

Grant C. Edwards, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia; and K. MacSween, M. B. Miller, and D. Howard

138

Eddy Covariance Measurements of the Surface Energy Budget and CO₂ Fluxes along the Columbia River Corridor

Justine Missik, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and E. S. Russell, Z. Gao, H. Liu, M. Huang, E. Arntzen, X. Chen, J. Downs, J. Stegen, and C. Strickland

139

Latest Results of Field Tests of the New Open-Path and Enclosed Systems for CO₂ and H₂O Flux Measurements

Israel Begashaw, LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, NE; and G. Fratini, F. Griessbaum, J. Kathilankal, L. Xu, D. Franz, E. Joseph, E. Lamanou, S. D. Miller, D. Papale, S. Sabbatini, T. Sachs, R. Sakai, D. McDermitt, and G. Burba

140

Performance Evaluation of an Innovative Sampling System for Closed Path Eddy Covariance Measurements

Rex Palmer Burgon Jr., Campbell Scientific, Inc., Logan, UT; and B. G. Conrad and S. Sargent

Handout (2.0 MB)

141

Why we need to estimate sampling error in eddy covariance measurement?

Wonsik Kim, NIAES/NARO, Tsukuba, Japan; and H. H. Seo

Handout (447.3 kB)

142

Source Partitioning Based on High Frequency Eddy Covariance Data

Anne Klosterhalfen, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Juelich, Germany; and A. Graf, M. Schmidt, P. Ney, and H. Vereecken

Handout (1.3 MB)

143

Using Molecular Sieve to Zero Infrared Gas Analyzers for Eddy Covariance or Atmospheric Profile Measurements

Steve Sargent, Campbell Scientific, Logan, UT

Poster Session 2

BLT Posters - Session II

Location: Alta-Deer Valley (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

73

Statistical Characteristics of Turbulence in Urban Roughness Sublayer

Jun Zou, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; and J. Sun

Poster 74 has been moved. New paper number 13A.6A

75

CFD Study on the Effects of Trees on Pollutant Dispersion in a Street Canyon

Geon Kang, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and W. Choi and J. J. Kim

76

Intercomparison of Terrain-Following Coordinate Transformation and Immersed Boundary Methods for Large-Eddy Simulation of Wind Fields over Complex Terrain

Jiannong Fang, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; and F. Porte-Agel

77

Inter-Model Flow Topology Comparison of Simple CFD, RANS and LES Simulations for Complex Street Canyons

Arash Nemati Hayati, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and R. Stoll, J. J. Kim, T. Harman, M. A. Nelson, M. J. Brown, and E. R. Pardyjak

78

Evaluation of a simple CFD model in a complex vegetated urban area during the 2015 Engineering-quad experiment at the University of Utah

Hanieh Eshagh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and A. Nemati Hayati, E. R. Pardyjak, and R. Stoll

Handout (2.3 MB)

79

A City-Scale Estimate for the Cooling Potential of Green Roofs

Ivo Lukas Suter, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

80

A Numerical Study on Sensitivity of Pollutant Dispersion to Turbulent Schmidt Number and Inflow Wind Speed in a Street Canyon

Jang-Woon Wang, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and W. Choi and J. J. Kim

81

A Numerical Study on the Effects of Building-roof Cooling on Flow and Reactive Pollutants Dispersion in street canyon

Soo-Jin Park, AER, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and W. Choi and J. J. Kim

82

Characteristics of CO2 Concentration and Flux in Beijing Urban Area

Xueling Cheng, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Handout (4.2 MB)

84

Scintillometer Observations of Sensible Heat Flux in Central London

Ben Crawford, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and C. S. B. Grimmond, H. C. Ward, W. Morrison, and T. Sun

85

Anthropogenic Heat Flux Estimation from Space: The URBANFLUXES Project

Nektarios Chrysoulakis, FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS, Heraklion, Greece; and C. Feigenwinter, A. Albitar, T. Esch, F. del Frate, A. M. Gabey, J. P. Gastellu-Etchegorry, C. S. B. Grimmond, W. Heldens, J. Klostermann, F. Lindberg, Z. Mitraka, F. Olofson, and E. Parlow

Handout (1.8 MB)

86

Effects of Structures in the Urban Environment on Solar Irradiance Availability

Carlo Bianchi, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Overby, P. Willemsen, A. Smith, R. Stoll, and E. R. Pardyjak

Handout (7.9 MB)

87

Linking Microclimate and Energy Use with a Low Cost Wall Mounted Measurement System

Richard C. Didier, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and N. Gunawardena, E. Prucka, R. Stoll, A. D. Smith, and E. Pardyjak

Handout (1.8 MB)

88

Impact of eddy characteristics on the turbulent heat and momentum fluxes in the urban roughness sublayer

Jianning Sun, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China, Nanjing, China; and J. Zou and B. Zhou

89

Impact of Urban Canopy and High Horizontal Resolution on Summer Convective Rainfall in Urban Area: A Case Study of Rainfall Events on 16 August 2015

Young-Hee Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. H. Min

90

Using Doppler lidar measurements from a suite of scanning strategies to determine the boundary layer height

Timothy A. Bonin, NOAA/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Hardesty and W. A. Brewer

91

The Height of Surface Layer Observed by Doppler Lidar in a Coastal Area of Tokyo

Ryoko Oda, Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, Japan; and A. Inagaki, A. Yagi, M. Kanda, and Y. Fujiyoshi

92

A New Technique for Reducing Variance Contamination in Lidar Turbulence Measurements

Jennifer F. Newman, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Klein, S. Wharton, A. Sathe, and T. A. Bonin

93

Long-path Measurements of Pollutants and Micrometeorology over Highway 401 in Toronto

Ralf M. Staebler, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and Y. You, S. G. Moussa, Y. Su, and T. Munoz

94

Recommendations for processing atmospheric attenuated backscatter profiles from Vaisala CL31 Ceilometers

Simone Kotthaus, Univ. of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and E. O'Connor, C. Münkel, C. Charlton-Perez, T. Sun, and C. S. B. Grimmond

95

The Use of Artificial Neural Networks Within Boundary Layer Meteorology

Nipun Gunawardena, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Pardyjak

96

Using an Artificial Neural Network Approach to Estimate C_n² in Atmospheric Surface Layer

Yao Wang, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Basu

97

COBALT: A High Tower Experiment for Monitoring the Micrometeorology of a Coastal Area

O. C. Acevedo, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil; and P. E. S. Oliveira and G. A. Degrazia

98

Virtual Wind LiDAR Wxperiments using LES data: Examples of the Limitations of LiDAR Profilers and Scanners

Fernando Carbajo Fuertes, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; and F. Porté-Agel

99

Simulated Observed Radiosonde Soundings: Applications of Boundary Layer Sounding Modification in Forecasting and Numerical Weather Prediction

Robert MacDonald, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

100

An application of the thermal image velocimetry to detect the dust-devil like vortex

Atsushi Inagaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Kanda

101

The NCAR Modular Wind Profiler observations of bores and waves during PECAN

William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Cohn, J. Sobtzak, C. Martin, and T. Hock

102

Air and water temperature changes after weirs construction in medium size river

Changbum Cho, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences/Korea Meteorological Administration, Seogwipo-si, Korea, Republic of (South)

103

Wind Measurements from Hot-air Balloon flights

Evert I.F. de Bruijn (Cisco), KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and S. de Haan, F. C. Bosveld, and A. A. M. Holtslag

Handout (1.4 MB)

104

Impacts of forest inhomogeneities in edge flow: a momentum and turbulent kinetic energy budget analysis

Louis-Etienne Boudreault, INRA, Villenave-d'Ornon, France; and S. Dupont

105

Field-scale Particle Transport in a Trellised Agricultural Canopy During Periods of Row-aligned Winds

Nathan E. Miller, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and R. Stoll, W. Mahaffee, T. M. Neill, and E. R. Pardyjak

Handout (1.7 MB)

106

A Wind Tunnel Study of Windbreak Flow Dynamics Using Particle Imaging Velocimetry

Travis Gowen, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. Price, E. Pardyjak, and R. Stoll

Handout (2.5 MB)

107

Radiation Heat Transfer and Microclimate in and Around Isolated Conifers

Matt Moody, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. N. Bailey, R. Stoll, E. R. Pardyjak, and W. Mahaffee

108

Investigating the connectivity between emissions of BVOC and rainfall formation in Amazonia using Genetic Programming

Celso von Randow, INPE, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil; and M. B. Sanches, R. M. Nascimento dos Santos, T. Gerken, M. Chamecki, and J. D. Fuentes

109

Amazonian Boundary Layer: Revisiting its Characteristics Using New Measurements and Modeling Outputs

G. Fisch, Institute of Aeronautics and Space, São José dos Campos, Brazil; and T. T. A. T. Neves, T. Kaufmann, and R. G. Carneiro

110

Inter-comparison of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Parameterizations Included in Simulations of Amazonian Convective Systems

Vagner Anabor, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM, Santa Maria, Brazil; and O. C. Acevedo, F. S. Puhales, and J. D. Fuentes

111

Mixing Length Closure Schemes for Forest Canopy Flows over Complex Terrain

Andrew N. Ross, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and R. Grant and B. A. Gardiner

112

Characterizing Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities and von Kármán Vortices in Canopy Turbulence and Their Interrelationship

Tirtha Banerjee, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; and F. De Roo and M. Mauder

113

Boundary Layer Feedbacks at an Ecotone Forced by Climate Change: A Treeline Study

Miroslav Kummel, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO; and M. Parish

114

Methodologies for Particle Dispersion Experiments in Plant Canopies

Nathan E. Miller, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and R. Stoll, W. Mahaffee, T. M. Neill, and E. R. Pardyjak

Handout (1.7 MB)

115

Canopy conductance subject to minute-scale variations in insolation: validation of canopy conductance parameterizations using innovative observations

Arian van Westreenen, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and A. F. Moene, B. van Kesteren, and O. K. Hartogensis

116

Using Atmosphere-Forest Measurements to Examine the Potential for Plume Depletion and Reduction of Radiological Dose by Forests

Brian J. Viner, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC; and S. Goodlove

117

Characteristics of Wind and Turbulence Just-Above and Within a Subalpine Forest in Complex Terrain

Sean P. Burns, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. W. Horst, S. P. Oncley, G. Maclean, S. Semmer, D. H. Lenschow, and P. D. Blanken

118

How do Low-Level Jets Lead to Precipitation Extremes?

Derek Hodges, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu

119

The possible teleconnections between the two types of El Nino and the low-level jets in North America

Shiyuan (Sharon) Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and L. Yu, X. Bian, and W. E. Heilman

120

The Impact of Assimilating CYGNSS Ocean Surface Winds on Momentum and Energy Fluxes in Hurricane Boundary Layers

Shixuan Zhang, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu

121

Sensitivity of the Florida Sea Breeze Convection to WRF Physical and Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterization Schemes

Nessa E Hock, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu

Handout (6.2 MB)

122

Examining the Impact of Different Vertical Mixing Strengths on Hurricanes Evolution over Land

Feimin Zhang, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT ; and Z. Pu

123

Validation of Multi-Scale Simulations of the Flow over Big Southern Butte Using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model

Branko Kosovic, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. A. Jimenez, S. E. Haupt, J. B. Olson, J. W. Bao, E. Grell, and J. Kenyon

124

Hans-Ertel-Centre for Weather Research: The Atmospheric 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

125

Accuracy Assessment of Planetary Boundary Layer Height in the WRF Simulation using Temporally High Resolution Radiosonde Observations

Misun Kang, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences/Korea Meteorological Administration, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, Korea, Republic of (South); and Y. K. Lim, C. Cho, K. R. Kim, J. S. Park, and B. J. Kim

Lunch Break

Joint Session 7

Honoring Bill Massman Part II

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; the 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence; and the Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences )

Chair: Xuhui Lee, Yale Univ.

2:00 PM

J7.1

Upward Momentum and Non-diffusive Transport in the Surface Layer

Andrew S. Kowalski, University of Granada, Granada, Granada, Spain

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J7.2

A Functional Approach to Vertical Turbulent Transport of Scalars in the Atmospheric Surface Layer

Robert, J. Clement, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

J7.3

The Role of Large-Coherent-Eddy Transport in the Atmospheric Surface Layer Based on CASES-99 Observations

Jielun Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. H. Lenschow, M. A. LeMone, and L. Mahrt

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

J7.4

An Inter Comparison of Fast-Response Hygrometers (Invited Presentation)

John M. Frank, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO; and W. J. Massman

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

J7.5

A close look at a few millimeters of soil: Determining evaporation from soil temperature and thermal property measurements

J. L. Heitman, NC State University, Raleigh, NC

Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM

J7.6

Spectral Signatures during Nocturnal Stable Boundary Conditions over a Mature Vineyard

John H. Prueger, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, IA; and J. G. Alfieri, L. E. Hipps, W. P. Kustas, J. L. Hatfield, and L. G. McKee

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Alta-Deer Valley (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Joint Session 8

Honoring Bill Massman Part III

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; the 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence; and the Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences )

Chair: Xuhui Lee, Yale Univ.

4:00 PM

J8.1

Forest microclimate during the winter-spring transition in montane conifer forests

David R. Bowling, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. M. Aubrecht, P. D. Blanken, S. P. Burns, A. M. Chan, and A. Richardson

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

J8.2

Stability influences on transport of turbulent kinetic energy within a canopy: insight from simulations and observations

Edward (Ned) Garrett Patton, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

Session 10

Unsteady Boundary Layer Behavior

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Chad Higgins; John M. Edwards, Met Office

4:00 PM

10.1

Heat Flux in Strong Wind and Unsteady Weak-Wind Stable Boundary Layers

Larry Mahrt, NorthWest Research Associates, Corvallis, OR

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

10.2

Different Regimes of Interactions Between Scales of Motion in the Stable Boundary Layer

Nikki Vercauteren, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; and L. Mahrt and R. Klein

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

10.3

Intermittency of Aeolian Snow Transport and its Dependence on Flow and Snow-Bed Properties

Michael Lehning, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Davos and CRYOS EPFL, Davos Dorf, Switzerland; and E. Paterna, P. Crivelli, S. Horender, F. Comola, and M. G. Giometto

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

10.4

Boundary Layer Dynamics and Structure, Time-resolved PIV Study

Klara Jurcakova, Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha 8, Czech Republic; and R. Kellnerova

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

10.5

Non-rotational coherent structures in the flow with different degree of turbulence

Radka Kellnerova, Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha 8, Czech Republic; and K. Jurcakova, S. Nosek, and Z. Janour

5:15 PM

10.6

Analysis of a Gravity Wave Train Using Direct and Indirect Measurement Systems

Benjamin A. Toms, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. M. Tomaszewski, D. D. Turner, and S. Koch

Recorded Presentation

Conference Banquet

Location: The Depot

Joint Session 9

Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems in a Warming World

Location: Arches (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; and the Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences )

Cochairs: Eric Kutter, CUNY; Chuixiang Yi, Queens College, City University of New York

8:00 AM

J9.1

Assessing the impact of a decade-long drainage on a permafrost ecosystem through multi-disciplinary observations

Mathias Goeckede, MPI-BGC - Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany; and F. Kittler, M. J. Kwon, T. Foken, S. Zimov, and M. Heimann

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

J9.2

Apparent CO₂ uptake of a boreal forest due to decoupling

Georg Jocher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden; and M. Ottosson Löfvenius, G. De Simon, T. Hörnlund, S. Linder, T. Lundmark, J. Marshall, M. B. Nilsson, T. Näsholm, L. Tarvainen, and M. Peichl

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

J9.3

Warm Spring Reduced Carbon Cycle Impact of the 2012 US Summer Drought

Sebastian Wolf, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; and T. F. Keenan, J. B. Fisher, D. D. Baldocchi, A. R. Desai, A. D. Richardson, R. L. Scott, B. E. Law, M. Litvak, N. A. Brunsell, W. Peters, and I. T. van der Laan-Luijkx

8:45 AM

J9.4

Interpreting Long-Term Measurements of Surface Conductance at a Boreal Aspen and a Black Spruce Stand

Jilmarie J. Stephens, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and A. Black, Z. Nesic, N. Grant, and R. Jassal

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

J9.5

Shrub Abundance Impacts on Arctic Surface-Atmosphere Exchanges of Water and Carbon

Elyn R. Humphreys, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and P. M. Lafleur

9:15 AM

J9.6

Contributions of Understory and Overstory to Ecosystem CO2 Fluxes in a Temperate Mixed Forest in Switzerland

Eugenie Paul-Limoges, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and S. Wolf, L. Hörtnagl, W. Eugster, and N. Buchmann

9:30 AM

J9.7

Validation Of MODIS GPP And ET Products Under Different Land Covers Types Across North America

Jian yang, University of Kansas, LAWRENCE, KS; and N. Brunsell

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

J9.8

Water Use Development of an Oil Sands Boreal Forest Reclamation Site During the First 12 Years Following Inception

Stacey Lynne Strilesky, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and E. R. Humphreys and S. K. Carey

Manuscript (80.3 kB)

Session 11A

Modeling and Observations in Plant Canopies

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Brian N. Bailey, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service; M. Chamecki, The Univ. of California

8:00 AM

11A.1

Impact of a maize buffer on turbulent dispersion and deposition of Phytophthora infestans spores

Arnold Moene, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and A. van Westreenen, A. Evenhuis, and G. J. T. Kessel

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

11A.2

Particle Transport and Plume Shape Characteristics in a Trellised Agricultural Canopy During Non-row-parallel Winds

Nathan E. Miller, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and R. Stoll, W. Mahaffee, T. M. Neill, and E. R. Pardyjak

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

11A.3

An Experimental Investigation of the Turbulent Kinetic Energy Budget within Sparse Organized Canopies

Tim Price, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and R. Stoll

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

11A.4

Comparing LES, Lab and Empirical Representations of a Neutral Flow over Canopy

Huug G. Ouwersloot, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany; and A. F. Moene, J. J. Attema, and J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano

Handout (2.1 MB)

9:00 AM

11A.5

A Canopy Resolving One-Dimensional Stochastic Wall Model for Large-Eddy Simulation of ABL Flows

Livia Souza Freire, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and M. Chamecki

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

11A.6

Spatial and temporal variability of surface temperature of a forest canopy

Louis-Etienne Boudreault, INRA, Villenave-d'Ornon, France; and S. Dupont, J. P. Lagouarde, and M. R. Irvine

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

11A.7

Predicting Wind Flow in Fragmented Forested Landscapes

Christopher Poette, INRA, Villenave D'Ornon, France; and B. A. Gardiner, S. Dupont, Y. Brunet, I. Harman, M. Bohm, J. J. Finnigan, and D. Hughes

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

11A.8

How Vegetation Controls Boundary-Layer and Cloud Development: the Memory Effect

Martin Sikma, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and H. G. Ouwersloot, X. Pedruzo-Bagazgoitia, and J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano

Recorded Presentation

Session 11B

Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Monin-Obhukov Similarity

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Jielun Sun, NCAR; Ivana Stiperski, University of Innsbruck

8:00 AM

11B.1

Limitations of MOST and z0T

Bruce B. Hicks, Metcorps, Norris, TN

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (188.2 kB)

8:15 AM

11B.2

Karmen Babic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and M. W. Rotach and Z. B. Klaic

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

11B.3

Energy Balance, Monin Obukhov Theory, Stability Corrections and Snow Modelling

Michael Lehning, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Davos and CRYOS EPFL, Davos Dorf, Switzerland; and S. Schlögl, S. Würzer, N. Wever, and R. Mott

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

11B.4

Terrain effects on the turbulence relationship with wind speed in the nocturnal boundary layer

O. C. Acevedo, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil; and J. Sun

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

11B.5

Multi-Point Monin-Obukhov Similarity and its Application to Turbulence Spectra in the Convective Atmospheric Surface Layer

Chenning Tong, Clemson University, Clemson, SC; and K. X. Nguyen

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

11B.6

Near-Surface Effects of Free Atmosphere Stratification in Free Convection

Juan Pedro Mellado, Max Plank Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany; and C. C. van Heerwaarden

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

11B.7

Exploring vertical turbulence structure in neutrally and stably stratified flows using WRF-LES

Mireia Udina, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain; and J. Sun, B. Kosovic, and M. R. Soler

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

11B.8

Longitudinal Turbulent Velocity Variance Under Unstable and Stable Atmospheric Stratification Explained by a Spectral Budget

Tirtha Banerjee, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; and G. G. Katul

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Alta-Deer Valley (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Joint Session 10

Agriculture's Impacts on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Part III

Location: Arches (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; and the Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences )

Cochairs: April Hiscox, University of South Carolina; Brian Viner, Savannah River National Laboratory

10:30 AM

J10.1

Using Lidar to Compute a Above Canopy Mass Balance of Aerially Applied Sprays

April L. Hiscox, Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and T. Strand, H. Thistle, and B. Richardson

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

J10.2

Coupling a 3D Light Interception with a Growth and Yield Model to Adjust Shade Level in Coffee Agroforestry Systems Simulated under Climate Change

Rémi Vezy, CIRAD, Montpellier Cedex 2, France; and D. Picart, M. Christina, M. Soma, S. Georgiou, O. Roupsard, F. Charbonnier, D. Loustau, P. B. Imbach, H. G. Hidalgo, E. J. Alfaro, and G. le Maire

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

J10.3

Comparison of N2O Fluxes Measured Using Flux-Gradient, Eddy-Covariance and Chamber Methods from an Agricultural Site Subjected to Different Nitrogen Fertilizer Treatments

Claudia Wagner-Riddle, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada; and S. Brown, S. Sargent, and P. V. Ferrari Machado

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J10.4

Modeling Evapotranspiration Components in a Wine Vineyard

Dilia Kool, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer, Israel; and W. P. Kustas and N. Agam

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J10.5

Correlation of Net Ecosystem Carbon Exchange observations and remotely sensed spectral signals at Maize Fields in Nebraska

Alexandria McCombs, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and A. L. Hiscox, B. Marosites, C. Wang, and A. Suyker

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J10.6

Measurements of Animal and Area Related Greenhouse Gas Exchange on Pasture using Eddy Covariance

Christof Ammann, Agroscope Research Station, Zuerich, Switzerland; and R. Felber

Recorded Presentation

Session 12A

Modeling and Observations in Urban Terrain Part I

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Prathap Ramamurthy, City College; Atsushi Inagaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology

10:30 AM

12A.1

Cool city mornings by urban heat and the role of the atmospheric boundary layer

Natalie Theeuwes, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and G. J. Steeneveld, R. J. Ronda, M. W. Rotach, and A. A. M. Holtslag

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

12A.2

Contrasting responses of urban and rural surface energy budgets to heat waves

Dan Li, Boston University, Boston, MA; and T. Sun, L. Wang, and Z. Gao

Recorded Presentation

12A.3

What is the Impact of a Warming Climate on London's Temperatures and UHI?

11:00 AM

12A.3A

Observation and WRF Simulation of a Lake Breeze Related Summer Ozone Event in the Salt Lake Valley

Brian Blaylock, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Horel and E. Crosman

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

12A.4

The Structure and Evolution of the Urban Boundary Layer During an Extreme Heat Event

David Melecio, City College, New York, NY; and J. Gonzalez, P. Ramamurthy, and M. Arend

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

12A.5

Exploring the impacts of surface heterogeneity on urban heat storage under heat waves via the Analytical Objective Hysteresis Model

Ting Sun, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; and C. S. B. Grimmond, D. Li, Z. Gao, S. Kotthaus, H. C. Ward, and G. Ni

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

12A.6

Numerical simulations on Influence of Urban Land Cover Expansion and Anthropogenic Heat Release on Urban Meteorological Environment in Pearl River Delta,China

Ning Zhang, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, China

Session 12B

Recent Field Experiments (Plains Elevated Convection at Night experiment) PECAN I - Observations of BL Structure and Evolution

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Chair: Jeremy A. Gibbs, Univ. of Utah

10:30 AM

12B.1

Comparing Airborne Turbulence Measurements to NEXRAD-Derived Estimates

Nick Guy, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and T. J. Lang

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

12B.2

Evolution and Vertical Structure of the 20 June 2015 Bore Observed during PECAN

Dana M. Mueller, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts, M. Deng, and Z. Wang

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

12B.3

Boundary Layer Evolution during Bore Events as Observed by a Mobile Profiling System during PECAN

David M. Loveless, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and T. J. Wagner, C. Rozoff, D. D. Turner, W. F. Feltz, and S. Ackerman

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

12B.4

High temporal resolution proximity observations of atmospheric stability during instances of nocturnal convective initiation

Timothy J. Wagner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. G. Blumberg

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

12B.5

Using a new Water Vapor Differential Absorption Lidar to study the thermodynamic evolution of the boundary layer during the PECAN 2015 field campaign

K. Weber, NCAR and University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Weckwerth and P. D. Blanken

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

12B.6

Atmospheric Surface Layer Turbulence and Profiles, Measurements from PECAN FP2 Site at Greensburg, Kansas

Qing Wang, NPS, Monterey, CA; and R. Yamaguchi, R. J. Lind, M. K. Beall, and G. R. Eberle

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Session 7

New Theory, Ideas and Approaches in Understanding Ecosystem -Atmosphere Exchanges

Location: Arches (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Cochairs: Joseph G. Alfieri, USDA/ARS; Heping Liu, Washington State University

8:00 AM

7.1

Atmospheric Processes Controlling Photosynthesis: Large-Eddy Simulation Experiments

Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and H. G. Ouwersloot, M. Sikma, B. Gioli, F. Miglietta, and F. Loreto

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

7.2

The Diel Cycle of Modeled and Measured Latent Heat Flux in a Colorado Subalpine Forest

Sean P. Burns, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. R. Wieder, S. C. Swenson, D. M. Lawrence, G. Bonan, J. F. Knowles, and P. D. Blanken

8:30 AM

7.3

Using Maximum Lyapunov Exponents to Quantify the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Woody-Encroachment in Grasslands

Nathaniel A. Brunsell, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and J. B. Nippert and E. Van Vleck

8:45 AM

7.4

A Long-Term Field Trial of a Lower-powered Eddy Covariance System for Measuring Nitrous Oxide Fluxes

Shannon E. Brown, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada; and S. Sargent, J. Somers, and C. Wagner-Riddle

9:00 AM

7.5

Validating the QUIC Dispersion Model in Sparse Canopy Settings: Particle Release Experiments in Vineyards

Lucas Ulmer, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and N. E. Miller, W. Mahaffee, E. R. Pardyjak, and R. Stoll

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

7.6

Including the Effects of Leaf Orientation in Micrometeorological and Microclimatological Models Using Terrestrial LiDAR Data

Brian N. Bailey, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, Oregon; and W. Mahaffee

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

7.7

Scale Dependence of the Deviation of Single-Point Measurements from Spatially Averaged Flow Statistics within a Walnut Orchard Canopy

Ying Pan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Patton and S. P. Oncley

Recorded Presentation

7.8

Surface Renewal Flux Estimates from a Moving Reference Frame

Session 13A

Modeling and Observations in Urban Terrain Part II

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Rob Stoll, University of Utah; Albert A.M. Holtslag, Wageningen University

13A.1

Spatial Distribution of Sensible and Latent Heat Flux in the URBANFLUXES Case Study Cities London (U.K) and Basel (Switzerland) Based on a Combined Method Using Micrometeorological Approaches, Earth Observation (EO) Data and GIS-Techniques

8:15 AM

13A.2

Urban Land - Atmospheric Coupling System: Model Development and Applications

Jiyun Song, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and Z. H. Wang

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

13A.3

Real-time Ozone and Particulate Measurements on a News Helicopter

Alexander A. Jacques, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. T. Crosman, J. D. Horel, and L. Leclair-Marzolf

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

13A.4

Spatiotemporal Comparison of Finely-Resolved Emissions and Concentrations of Carbon Dioxide in Salt Lake City, Utah

Daniel Mendoza, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. C. Lin, L. Mitchell, K. Gurney, R. Patarasuk, D. O'Keeffe, T. Song, J. Huang, B. Fasoli, R. Bares, J. D. Horel, E. T. Crosman, and J. R. Ehleringer

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

13A.5

Scaling of Streaky Structures Observed by a Doppler Lidar

Ayako Yagi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and A. Inagaki, M. Kanda, C. Fujiwara, and Y. Fujiyoshi

13A.6

Wind-tunnel study of the interaction between coherent structures in the flow over an urban-like terrain

9:15 AM

13A.6A

Large-eddy simulation study of urban-like topography statistical moments relevant to setting roughness length via a priori models

Xiaowei Zhu, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX; and W. Anderson

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

13A.7

A Comprehensive Assessment of Land Surface - Atmosphere Interactions in a WRF/Urban Modeling System for Indianapolis, IN

Daniel P. Sarmiento, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and K. J. Davis, A. Deng, B. Gaudet, and T. Lauvaux

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

13A.8

Modeling the Urban and Lake-induced Boundary-Layers for the Greater Toronto Area

Sylvie Leroyer, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Belair, L. Spacek, A. B. Filion, B. Winter, M. Vallée, and S. Bélair

Recorded Presentation

Session 13B

Boundary Layer Parameterizations in Models at all Scales Part I

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Elie Bou-Zeid, Princeton Univ.; Peter Sullivan, NCAR

8:00 AM

13B.1

The Impact of the Snow Pack on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Some Results from GABLS4 and a General Circulation Model

John M. Edwards, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom

Recorded Presentation

8:15 AM

13B.2

Large Eddy Simulations of Stably Stratified Turbulence : toward a One-Dimensional Turbulent Potential and Kinetic Energy Parameterization

Quentin Rodier, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and V. Masson, A. Paci, G. J. Steeneveld, P. Marquet, and G. Canut

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

13B.3

Examining Microburst Scaling Relationships Through Full-Physics Large Eddy Simulations

Patrick Hawbecker, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Basu and L. Manuel

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

13B.4

A LES Based Parameterization Scheme for the Terra Incognita in a Planetary Boundary Layer

Yuji Kitamura, MRI, Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki, Japan

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

13B.5

GABLS4: a model inter-comparison study in extremely stable conditions

Eric Bazile, CNRM/CNRS, Toulouse, France; and F. Couvreux and P. Le Moigne

9:15 AM

13B.6

Identifying the Limitations of the Contemporary Planetary Boundary Layer Schemes Using an Extended Self-Similarity-based Framework

Sukanta Basu, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

13B.7

GABLS4 Results from NCEP Single Column Model

Weizhong Zheng, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek, R. Sun, and J. Han

Recorded Presentation

Handout (312.7 kB)

9:45 AM

13B.8

Subgrid Turbulence Models in the Boundary-Layer Gray Zone

Omduth Coceal, Univ. of Reading, Reading, UK; and M. J. Bopape and R. Plant

Coffee Break

Location: Alta-Deer Valley (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Session 14A

Modeling and Observations in Urban Terrain Part III

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Chair: Rob Stoll, University of Utah

10:30 AM

14A.1

Large-Eddy Simulation of the Oklahoma City Joint Urban 2003 Experiment Using Uintah:MPMICE

Arash Nemati Hayati, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and R. Stoll, T. Harman, J. Feliciano, and E. R. Pardyjak

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

14A.2

Evaluation of the outer-layer scaling in a developing urban boundary layer using lattice Boltzmann method

Atsushi Inagaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and N. H. Ahmad, A. Yagi, M. Kanda, N. Onodera, and T. Aoki

11:00 AM

14A.3

Boundary-Layer Development with Buoyancy-Driven Flows over a Built-Up Area in Istanbul

Meral Yucel, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and A. Inagaki and M. Kanda

11:15 AM

14A.4

Developing Urban Surface Parameterizations for Momentum and Scalars Using Large-Eddy Simulations

Qi Li, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. Bou-Zeid, W. Anderson, and S. Grimmond

11:30 AM

14A.5

Towards Improved Interpretation of Urban Measurements; Evaluation of Footprints in a Real City Environment with LES

Mikko J. S. Auvinen, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and L. Järvi, T. Vesala, and A. Hellsten

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

14A.6

Validation of a Fast-Response Urban Microclimate Model Using a Dense Network of Weather Observations

Pascale Girard, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada; and D. Nadeau, E. R. Pardyjak, M. Overby, P. Willemsen, D. C. Alexander, R. Stoll, B. N. Bailey, and M. B. Parlange

Recorded Presentation

Session 14B

Recent Field Experiments (Plains Elevated Convection at Night experiment) PECAN II - The Great Plains Nocturnal LLJ

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL; Evgeni Fedorovich, University of Oklahoma

10:30 AM

14B.1

WRF Model Study of the Great Plains Low-Level Jet: Effects of Grid Spacing and Boundary Layer Parameterization

Elizabeth N. Smith, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Gibbs, E. Fedorovich, and T. A. Bonin

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.0 MB)

10:45 AM

14B.2

Observations of Low-Level Jets during PECAN

Richard D. Clark, Millersville Univ., Millersville, PA; and T. D. Sikora, M. McAuliffe, N. Midzak, M. Green, J. Hane, K. Pozsonyi, C. Prestine, V. Hower, N. Strickland, and D. Bludis

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

14B.3

The Role of the Nocturnal Low-Level Jet in Convection Initiation over Eastern Kansas on 2 June 2015

Joshua G. Gebauer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro, E. Fedorovich, and P. Klein

11:15 AM

14B.4

Airborne Measurements of the Dynamics of the 03 June 2015 Great Plains Low-Level Jet

Thomas R. Parish, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

11:30 AM

14B.5

Linkages between boundary layer structure and evolution of the nocturnal low-level jet in the U.S. Central Plains

Petra M. Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. N. Smith, J. Gebauer, D. D. Turner, T. A. Bonin, and J. F. Newman

14B.6

Large-eddy simulations of the Great Plains nocturnal low-level jet using the WRF model

Lunch Break

Joint Session 11

Exchange of Trace Gases (CO2, BVOC, Nitrogen) between the Surface and the PBL for Forest and Urban Ecosystems

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence; the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology; and the Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences )

Chair: Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah

1:30 PM

J11.1

Turbulent structures and concentration fluctuations above a flat forest: validation of a hybrid LES-RANS model by wind tunnel measurements

Boris Conan, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France; and H. Ben Younes, S. Aubrun, and C. Masson

1:45 PM

J11.2

Modeling the Diurnal Cycle of Conserved and Reactive Species in the Convective Boundary Layer using SOMCRUS

Donald H. Lenschow, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Gurarie and E. G. Patton

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

J11.3

Integrating canopy and large-scale atmospheric effects in the convective boundary-layer dynamics and chemistry during the CHATS experiment

Metodija Shapkalijevski, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and J. Brown, J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, H. G. Ouwersloot, and A. Moene

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J11.4

Turbulent Transport of Scalars Over a Complex Urban Terrain

Prathap Ramamurthy, The City College of New York, New York, NY; and E. Pardyjak

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

J11.5

The Impact of Source Distribution on Scalar Transport over Forested Hills

Andrew N. Ross, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and I. N. Harman

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

J11.6

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Urban Trace Gases and Pollutants Observed with a Light Rail Vehicle Platform in Salt Lake City, UT

Logan Mitchell, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. T. Crosman, B. Fasoli, L. Leclair-Marzolf, A. A. Jacques, D. Mendoza, J. D. Horel, J. C. Lin, D. R. Bowling, and J. R. Ehleringer

Recorded Presentation

Session 15

Boundary Layer Parameterizations in Models at all Scales Part II

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Cochairs: Stephan R. de Roode, Delft University of Technology; Nikki Vercauteren, Freie Universitaet Berlin

1:30 PM

15.1

Can small-scale orographic gravity waves provide the missing drag in the stable boundary layer?

Aristofanis Tsiringakis, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands; and G. J. Steeneveld, M. A. Kleczek, and A. A. M. Holtslag

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

15.2

Early Warning Signals for Regime Transition in the Stable Boundary Layer: a Model Study

Ivo G.S. van Hooijdonk, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands; and A. F. Moene, M. Scheffer, H. J. H. Clercx, and B. J. H. Van de Wiel

2:00 PM

15.3

Development and Implementation of Parameterization of the Tidal Effect in Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) Model

Young-Hee Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. D. Ahn, Y. H. Lee, and H. Eom

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

15.4

The impact of Boundary Layer Processes on Simulation of a Severe Weather Event over the City Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Hari Prasad Dasari, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia; and R. Attada, O. Knio, and I. Hoteit

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.9 MB)

Handout (31.2 MB)

2:30 PM

15.5

Testing the HBG model under strong stabilities: a SCM inter-comparison study using CCAM

Jing Huang, CSIRO, Yarralumla, ACT, Australia; and M. Thatcher and E. Bou-Zeid

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.1 MB)

Handout (3.7 MB)

2:45 PM

15.6

Empirical models for estimating wave height under moderate to high wind under following, cross and opposing swell conditions

Zhiqiu Gao, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing, China; and B. Tong, D. Li, and R. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Canyons Lobby (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Session 16A

Recent Field Experiments (XPIA - The Planetary boundary layer Instrumentation Assessment and Others)

Location: The Canyons (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Chair: James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ESRL/PSD

3:30 PM

16A.1

The 2015 Great Salt Lake Summer Ozone Study

Erik T. Crosman, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel, A. Jacques, B. Blaylock, A. Long, S. Arens, R. S. Martin, and J. Sohl

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

16A.2

Assessing State-of-the-Art Capabilities for Probing the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: the XPIA Field Campaign

Julie K. Lundquist, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Wilczak, R. Ashton, L. Bianco, A. Brewer, A. Choukulkar, A. Clifton, M. Debnath, R. Delgado, K. Friedrich, W. S. Gunter, A. Hamidi, G. V. Iungo, A. Kaushik, B. Kosovic, P. Langan, A. Lass, E. Lavin, J. C. Y. Lee, K. McCaffrey, R. K. Newsom, D. C. Noone, S. P. Oncley, P. T. Quelet, S. P. Sandberg, J. L. Schroeder, W. Shaw, L. C. Sparling, C. St. Martin, A. St. Pé, E. J. Strobach, K. Tay, B. Vanderwende, A. M. Weickmann, D. Wolfe, and R. Worsnop

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

16A.3

Measurements of Velocity Variance and Turbulence Dissipation Rates in the Planetary Boundary Layer from Wind Profiling Radars

Katherine McCaffrey, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and L. Bianco, P. Johnston, and J. M. Wilczak

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

16A.4

Assessing Atmospheric Profiles from Microwave Radiometers and Radio Acoustic Sounding Systems

Laura Bianco, NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and K. McCaffrey, K. Friedrich, D. Cimini, J. K. Lundquist, and J. M. Wilczak

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

16A.5

Evaluation of Single and Multiple Doppler Lidar Techniques to Measure Complex Flow during the XPIA Field Campaign

Aditya Choukulkar, Colorado Univ./NOAA/ESRL/CSD, Boulder, CO; and A. Brewer, S. P. Sandberg, A. M. Weickmann, T. A. Bonin, J. K. Lundquist, R. Delgado, G. V. Iungo, R. Ashton, M. Debnath, L. Bianco, J. M. Wilczak, B. Kosovic, S. P. Oncley, and D. Wolfe

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

16A.6

Identification of Tower Wake Distortions in Sonic Anemometer Measurements during XPIA

P. T. Quelet, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; and K. McCaffrey, A. Choukulkar, A. Brewer, J. M. Wilczak, S. P. Oncley, D. E. Wolfe, and J. K. Lundquist

Recorded Presentation

Handout (3.7 MB)

Session 16B

Boundary Layer Parameterizations in Models at all Scales Part III

Location: Bryce (Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel)

Host: 22nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Chair: Scott T. Salesky, University of British Columbia

3:30 PM

16B.1

A Mass Flux Component for the MYNN PBL Scheme in WRF

Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES, Univ. of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. B. Olson, J. Kenyon, and K. Suselj

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

16B.2

A TKE-based Eddy-Diffusivity Mass-Flux (EDMF) Parameterization for Convective Boundary Layer and Stratocumulus-top-driven Turbulence Mixing with Scale-aware Capability

Jongil Han, SRG at NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and C. S. Bretherton

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

16B.3

Improving the turbulent mixing & non-local transport in the MYNN PBL scheme for improved consistency across spatial scales

Joseph B. Olson, NOAA/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and J. Kenyon, J. M. Brown, W. M. Angevine, and G. Grell

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

16B.4

Development of a Scale-Adaptive TKE-Based Subgrid Mixing Scheme in the WRF Model

Xu zhang, China Met Administration, Shanghai, China; and J. W. Bao and B. Chen

4:30 PM

16B.5

Sensitivity of Numerical Simulations of the Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Katrina (2005) to Boundary Layer Parameterization Schemes

Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Liu and F. Zhang

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