Tuesday, 5 August 2003 |
| 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Tuesday 2003 Conference Registration |
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Wednesday, 6 August 2003 |
| 7:30 AM-5:00 PM, Wednesday 2003 Conference Registration Continues Through Friday, 7 August |
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| 8:30 AM-10:20 AM, Wednesday 2003 Joint Session 1 Coastal Weather and Ocean Processes (Joint Between the 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology and the Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes) |
Cochairs: Bradley F. Smull, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory and the University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Ruth Preller, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS
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| 8:30 AM | J1.1 | The IMPROVE Experiment: Goals and Program Description ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Clifford F. Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
| 8:55 AM | J1.2 | Radar Applications to Winter-Season West Coast Research and Forecasting in the CALJET and PACJET Experiments F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO |
| 9:20 AM | J1.3 | Measured anomalous radar propagation and ocean backscatter in the Virginia coastal region Janet Stapleton, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA; and V. R. Wiss and R. E. Marshall |
| 9:35 AM | J1.4 | Modeling study of the coastal upwelling system of the Monterey Bay area during 1999 and 2000 ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Igor Shulman, NRL, Bay St. Louis, MS; and J. D. Paduan, L. K. Rosenfeld, S. R. Ramp, and J. C. Kindle |
| 9:50 AM | J1.5 | Raindrop size distributions and radar bright bands in California coastal orographic storms Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White and S. Y. Matrosov |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday 2003 Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-3:30 PM, Wednesday 2003 Session 1 Air-Sea Processes and Modeling |
Chair: Steven Burk, NRL, Monterey, CA
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| 10:30 AM | 1.1 | Sea Breeze Forecasting and Applications along the New Jersey Coast Louis A. Bowers, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and R. Dunk, J. Kohut, H. Roarty, and S. Glenn |
| 10:50 AM | 1.2 | Air-Sea Flux influences on West Florida Shelf water temperatures Jyotika I. Virmani, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; and R. He and R. Weisberg |
| 11:10 AM | 1.3 | A First Assessment of the Response of a Mesoscale Coastal Ocean Model to Forcing by a Mesoscale Coastal Atmospheric Model Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and I. Bang and P. Q. Olsson |
| 11:30 AM | 1.4 | Modelling the generation of Haida Eddies Emanuele Di Lorenzo, SIO/Univ. of California, LaJolla, CA; and M. Foreman and W. Crawford |
| 11:50 AM | 1.5 | Sensitivity of a Navy regional ocean model to high-resolution atmospheric model and scatterometer wind forcing Henry Jones, NPS, Monterey, CA and U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and M. L. Batteen, C. A. Collins, W. A. Nuss, and D. K. Miller |
| 12:10 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 1:30 PM | 1.6 | The effect of flow over coastal topography on the character of low-level offshore wind maxima along the California coast in summer Patrick S. Cross, U.S. Navy, Pearl Harbor, HI; and D. K. Miller and W. A. Nuss |
| 1:50 PM | 1.7 | Sensitivity of coastal jet structure to coastal topography Douglas K. Miller, NPS, Monterey, CA; and W. A. Nuss and P. S. Cross |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 1.8 | Sensitivity of coastal ocean models to variations in bathymetry William H. Burnett, Naval Meteorology & Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS; and V. Kamenkovich |
| 2:10 PM | 1.9 | Optimizing matching criteria for start time analysis of real-time “spot” forecasts and climatology for long range oil spill trajectory research Chris Barker, NOAA/HAZMAT, Seattle, WA; and M. K. Hodges |
| 2:29 PM | 1.10 | Conservation Schemes for Sigma Coordinate Ocean Models Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and C. W. Fan |
| 2:49 PM | 1.11 | Ocean-atmosphere high resolution modeling of the Adriatic Sea during winter and spring 2001 Julie Pullen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle, R. Hodur, A. Ogston, J. Book, H. Perkins, and R. Signell |
| 3:09 PM | 1.12 | High-resolution coastal ocean model and application to coral reef ecosystems in western boundary currents Jerome Fiechter, Univ. of Miami /RSMAS, Miami, FL; and C. N. K. Mooers |
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| 3:30 PM-3:45 PM, Wednesday 2003 Coffee Break |
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| 3:45 PM-5:05 PM, Wednesday 2003 Session 2 From Air to Sea |
Organizer: Ted Fathauer, NOAA/NWS, Fairbanks, AK
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| 3:45 PM | 2.1 | Variability in shelf transport in the Gulf of Alaska, Part I: Diagnosis of air-sea interactions Nicholas A. Bond, JISAO/Univ. of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and R. C. Steed, A. J. Hermann, and P. J. Stabeno |
| 4:05 PM | 2.2 | Variability in shelf transports in the Gulf of Alaska, Part II: Downscaling atmospheric forcing using a mesoscale NWP model Richard C. Steed, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. A. Bond |
| 4:25 PM | 2.3 | Variability in shelf transports in the Gulf of Alaska, Part III: Observations of the Alaska Coastal Current from a moored buoy array Nancy B. Kachel, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. A. Bond, C. W. Mordy, P. J. Stabeno, and P. Sullivan |
| 4:45 PM | 2.4 | Variability in shelf transports in the Gulf of Alaska, Part IV: Response to mesoscale forcing using the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) A. J. Hermann, JISAO/Univ. of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and E. L. Dobbins, N. A. Bond, R. C. Steed, and P. J. Stabeno |
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| 5:05 PM, Wednesday 2003 Sessions end for the day |
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Thursday, 7 August 2003 |
| 8:00 AM-9:40 AM, Thursday 2003 Session 3 Waves |
Chair: Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL
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| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 3.1 | Parameterization functions of the drag coefficient and ocean surface wind stress computation Paul A. Hwang, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS |
| 8:00 AM | 3.2 | Evaluation of high resolution model surface winds and their effect on wave model performance over the Southern California bight Stephen V. Taylor, SIO/Univ. Of California and Hydrologic Research Center, La Jolla, CA; and N. E. Graham |
| 8:20 AM | 3.3 | Application of Delft3D in the nearshore zone James D. Dykes, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and Y. L. Hsu and J. M. Kaihatu |
| 8:40 AM | 3.4 | Regional wave modeling in the Southern California bight Nicholas E. Graham, SIO/Univ. Of California and Hydrologic Research Center, La Jolla, CA; and S. V. Taylor |
| 9:00 AM | 3.5 | Tropical Cyclone Forcing of Ocean Surface Waves Chung-Sheng Wu, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. A. Taylor, J. Chen, and W. A. Shaffer |
| 9:20 AM | 3.6 | Effects of Winds, Tides, and Storm Surges on Ocean Surface Waves in the Japan/East Sea Wei Zhao, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS/MPO, Miami, FL; and S. S. Chen, C. A. Blain, and J. Tian |
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| 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday 2003 Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 AM-12:10 PM, Thursday 2003 Session 4 Fog and Rain |
Chair: Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY
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| 10:30 AM | 4.1 | A Historical Essay on Sea Fog John M. Lewis, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV; and D. R. Koracin and K. T. Redmond |
| 10:50 AM | 4.2 | Investigation of fog and low clouds associated with a coastally trapped disturbance William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Burk and J. Lewis |
| 11:10 AM | 4.3 | A New Analysis on Variability and Predictability of Seasonal Rainfall of Central Southern Africa Davison Mwale, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and T. Y. Gan and S. S. P. Shen |
| 11:30 AM | 4.4 | Drizzle-induced mesoscale variability of boundary layer clouds in a regional forecast model David B. Mechem, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. L. Kogan |
| 11:50 AM | 4.5 | Uncertainty analysis of simulated hydrological processes with respect to prescribed model parameters Mihailo Jankov, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and L. Prochaska and N. Mölders |
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| 12:10 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-2:50 PM, Thursday 2003 Session 5 Forecast Systems |
Chair: Douglas K. Miller, NPS, Monterey, CA
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| 1:30 PM | 5.1 | Progress on Improved Operational Forecasting and Inundation Mapping of Pacific Tsunamis for Coastal Communities Frank I. González, NOAA/PMEL/TIME, Seattle, WA; and V. V. Titov, H. O. Mofjeld, E. N. Bernard, M. C. Eble, A. J. Venturato, and J. C. Newman |
| 1:50 PM | 5.2 | An Experimental Real-Time Intra-Americas Sea Ocean Nowcast/Forecast System for Coastal Prediction Dong S. Ko, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. H. Preller and P. J. Martin |
| 2:10 PM | 5.3 | Verification of Surface Current Predictions from the BIO Ocean Forecasting System C. L. Tang, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and E. Dunlap |
| 2:30 PM | 5.4 | A Nowcast/Forecast Circulation Model of the St. Johns River Edward P. Myers, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Aikman and A. Zhang |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 5.5 | Validation of the coupled atmosphere-ocean model for Ise Bay, Japan Teruo Ohsawa, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan; and H. Mizutani, T. Murakami, T. Kobayashi, T. Yasuda, and T. Fujiwara |
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| 3:10 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Coffee Break |
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| 3:30 PM-4:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Session 6 Data: Part I |
Chair: Melanie A. Wetzel, DRI, Reno, NV
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| 3:30 PM | 6.1 | Puget Sound tidal datums by spatial interpolation Kurt W. Hess, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 6.2 | The impact of coastal boundary layer wind profilers on coastal forecasts Louisa B. Nance, CIRES/NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Gottas, A. N. Keane, A. B. White, W. Schneider, J. Waldstreicher, F. M. Ralph, L. A. Benjamin, and R. J. Lind |
| 3:50 PM | 6.3 | National Data Buoy Center: A Portal for Marine Mesonet Data David B. Gilhousen, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS |
| 4:09 PM | 6.4 | On the Use of a Coastal Mesonet to Reveal Anomalous Mesoscale Flows in Weakly-Forced Synoptic Conditions Jay Titlow III, WeatherFlow, Inc., Poquoson, VA |
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| 4:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Sessions end for the day |
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| 6:30 PM, Thursday 2003 Coastal Banquet |
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Friday, 8 August 2003 |
| 8:30 AM-9:30 AM, Friday 2003 Session 7 Data: Part II |
Chair: Nicholas A. Bond, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
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| 8:30 AM | 7.1 | Rocketsonde buoy system observing system simulation experiments John Spagnol, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and C. Readyhough, M. Stull, J. Mundy, R. Stull, S. Green, and G. Schajer |
| 8:50 AM | 7.2 | nowCOAST: A Web Mapping Portal to Real-Time Observations and NOAA Forecasts for the Coastal U.S. John G. W. Kelley, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD; and E. M. Kennedy, M. Wengren, and M. Westington |
| 9:10 AM | 7.3 | Meteorological And Oceanic Instrumentation At Spaceport Florida—Opportunities For Coastal Research William P. Roeder, U.S. Air Force/45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and D. L. Hajek, F. C. Flinn, G. A. Maul, and M. E. Fitzpatrick |
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| 9:30 AM-12:10 PM, Friday 2003 Session 8 Clouds and the Marine Boundary Layer |
Chair: David B. Mechem, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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| 9:30 AM | 8.1 | Improving Prediction of the Marine Coastal Clouds Using Satellite and Aircraft Data Darko Koracin, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. Powers, M. A. Wetzel, S. Chai, and N. Adhikari |
| 9:50 AM | 8.2 | Analysis and prediction of microwave refractivity profiles in nocturnal marine cloud layers N. P. Adhikari, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. A. Wetzel, D. R. Koracin, and S. K. Chai |
| 10:10 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:30 AM | 8.3 | Refractivity in the coastal atmospheric boundary layer Stephen D. Burk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. Haack |
| 10:50 AM | 8.4 | Coastal ocean meteorological processes influencing the marine atmospheric surface layer near the Virginia Eastern Shore Robert E. Marshall, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA; and E. H. Burgess and J. R. Rottier |
| 11:10 AM | 8.5 | Observed Radiative Cooling in Nocturnal Marine Stratocumulus ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Steven K. Chai, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. A. Wetzel and D. Koracin |
| 11:30 AM | 8.6 | Impact of temporal SST variations on a stratus-capped marine boundary layer Tracy Haack, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Burk |
| 11:50 AM | 8.7 | Coastal boundary layer influence on pollutant transport in New England ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White |
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| 12:10 PM-1:30 PM, Friday 2003 Lunch Break |
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| 1:30 PM-3:10 PM, Friday 2003 Session 9 Coastal Orographic Effects |
Organizer: Michael Tjernstrom, University of Stockholm, Stockholm Sweden
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| 1:30 PM | 9.1 | The Unusually Intense Coastal front passage of 17–18 April 2002 in eastern New England Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and W. Drag and A. C. Wasula |
| 1:50 PM | 9.2 | Mesoscale eddie formation and shock features associated with a coastally trapped disturbance Stephen D. Burk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. T. Thompson |
| 2:10 PM | 9.3 | Synoptic and topographic variability of northern California precipitation characteristics in landfalling winter storms observed during CALJET David E. Kingsmill, DRI, Reno, NV; and P. J. Neiman, F. M. Ralph, and A. B. White |
| 2:30 PM | 9.4 | Modification of fronts and precipitation by coastal blocking during an intense landfalling winter storm in southern California: Observations during CALJET Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and P. O. G. Persson, F. M. Ralph, D. P. Jorgensen, A. B. White, and D. E. Kingsmill |
| ![](http://www.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 9.5 | Microphysical influences on frontal structure during 2-3 Feb event Brian J. Gaudet, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. M. Schmidt |
| 2:50 PM | 9.6 | Objective analysis on terrain-following surfaces in complex terrain Xingxiu Deng, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. Stull |
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| 3:10 PM, Friday 2003 Conference Ends |
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