32nd Conference on Broadcast Meteorology/31st Conference on Radar Meteorology/Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes

: Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes

Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes

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Tuesday, 5 August 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 5 August 2003


TUE 5 AUG

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 5 August 2003


Conference Registration

Wednesday, 6 August 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 6 August 2003


WED 6 AUG

7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 6 August 2003


Conference Registration Continues Through Friday, 7 August

8:30 AM-10:20 AM: Wednesday, 6 August 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)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 31st International 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; Ruth Preller, NRL

Papers:
  8:30 AM
The IMPROVE Experiment: Goals and Program Description
Clifford F. Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

  9:20 AM
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

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)
  9:35 AM
Modeling study of the coastal upwelling system of the Monterey Bay area during 1999 and 2000
Igor Shulman, NRL, Bay St. Louis, MS; and J. D. Paduan, L. K. Rosenfeld, S. R. Ramp, and J. C. Kindle

  9:50 AM
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

Poster PDF (304.8 kB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 6 August 2003


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 6 August 2003


1
Air-Sea Processes and Modeling
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes
Chair: Steven Burk, NRL

Papers:
  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

Poster PDF (294.4 kB)
  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

http://pws-nfs-osri.rsmas.miami.edu

Poster PDF (145.7 kB)
  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

http://

Poster PDF (44.1 kB)
  12:10 PM
1.6
  12:30 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

Poster PDF (234.6 kB)
 
1.8
Sensitivity of coastal ocean models to variations in bathymetry

  1:10 PM
Conservation Schemes for Sigma Coordinate Ocean Models
Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and C. W. Fan

  1:30 PM
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

  1:50 PM
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

Poster PDF (143.6 kB)
  2:10 PM
Lunch Break

3:30 PM-3:45 PM: Wednesday, 6 August 2003


Coffee Break

3:45 PM-5:05 PM: Wednesday, 6 August 2003


2
From Air to Sea
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes
Organizer: Ted Fathauer, NOAA/NWS

Papers:
  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

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  4:05 PM
2.2
  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

Poster PDF (83.2 kB)

5:05 PM-5:05 PM: Wednesday, 6 August 2003


Sessions end for the day

Thursday, 7 August 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 7 August 2003


THU 7 AUG

8:00 AM-9:40 AM: Thursday, 7 August 2003


3
Waves
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes
Chair: Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS

Papers:
 
3.1
Parameterization functions of the drag coefficient and ocean surface wind stress computation

  8:20 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

  8:40 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

Poster PDF (72.1 kB)
  9:00 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

  9:20 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

  9:40 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

http://orca.rsmas.miami.edu/jes/

Poster PDF (422.0 kB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 7 August 2003


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:10 PM: Thursday, 7 August 2003


4
Fog and Rain
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes
Chair: Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany/SUNY

Papers:
  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

Poster PDF (36.9 kB)
  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

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)
  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

Poster PDF (313.1 kB)
  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

Poster PDF (565.6 kB)
  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

Poster PDF (246.7 kB)

12:10 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 7 August 2003


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:50 PM: Thursday, 7 August 2003


5
Forecast Systems
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes
Chair: Douglas K. Miller, NPS

Papers:
  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

Poster PDF (74.4 kB)
  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

http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/IASNFS_WWW/

Poster PDF (306.8 kB)
  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

Poster PDF (199.9 kB)
  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

 
5.5
Validation of the coupled atmosphere-ocean model for Ise Bay, Japan

3:10 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 7 August 2003


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 7 August 2003


6
Data: Part I
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes
Chair: Melanie A. Wetzel, DRI

Papers:
  3:30 PM
6.1
Puget Sound tidal datums by spatial interpolation
Kurt W. Hess, NOAA/National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD

Poster PDF (629.1 kB)
 
6.2
The impact of coastal boundary layer wind profilers on coastal forecasts

  3:51 PM
6.3
National Data Buoy Center: A Portal for Marine Mesonet Data
David B. Gilhousen, NOAA/NDBC, Stennis Space Center, MS

Poster PDF (193.0 kB)

4:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 7 August 2003


Sessions end for the day

6:30 PM-6:30 PM: Thursday, 7 August 2003


Coastal Banquet

Friday, 8 August 2003

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Friday, 8 August 2003


FRI 8 AUG

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Friday, 8 August 2003


7
Data: Part II
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes
Chair: Nicholas A. Bond, JISAO/Univ. of Washington

Papers:
  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

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)
  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

Poster PDF (764.3 kB)
  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

Poster PDF (649.9 kB)

9:30 AM-12:10 PM: Friday, 8 August 2003


8
Clouds and the Marine Boundary Layer
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes
Chair: David B. Mechem, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma

Papers:
  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

Poster PDF (218.9 kB)
  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

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
  10:10 AM
8.3
Refractivity in the coastal atmospheric boundary layer
Stephen D. Burk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. Haack

Poster PDF (212.2 kB)
  10:30 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 III and J. R. Rottier

Poster PDF (735.7 kB)
  10:50 AM
8.5
Observed Radiative Cooling in Nocturnal Marine Stratocumulus
Steven K. Chai, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. A. Wetzel and D. Koracin

  11:10 AM
8.6
Impact of temporal SST variations on a stratus-capped marine boundary layer
Tracy Haack, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Burk

Poster PDF (308.3 kB)
  11:30 AM
8.7
Coastal boundary layer influence on pollutant transport in New England
Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White

  11:50 AM
Coffee Break

12:10 PM-1:30 PM: Friday, 8 August 2003


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:10 PM: Friday, 8 August 2003


9
Coastal Orographic Effects
Sponsor: Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes
Organizer: Michael Tjernstrom, University of Stockholm

Papers:
  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

http://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/celeste/9.1Coastal.pdf

  1:50 PM
9.2
  2:10 PM
9.3
  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

 
9.5
Microphysical influences on frontal structure during 2-3 Feb event

  2:51 PM
9.6
Objective analysis on terrain-following surfaces in complex terrain
Xingxiu Deng, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. Stull

Poster PDF (227.6 kB)

3:10 PM-3:10 PM: Friday, 8 August 2003


Conference Ends