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Saturday, 22 October 2005
	5:00 PM, Saturday Registration Open from 5:00pm–7:00pm
Sunday, 23 October 2005
	7:00 AM, Sunday Registration Open from 7:00am–10:30am
	8:00 AM, Sunday Educational Forum : "A Primer on Radar Analysis Techniques Used in Mesoscale Meteorology"
	5:00 PM, Sunday Registration Open from 5:00pm–7:00pm
	7:00 PM, Sunday NCAR EOL/Unidata Town Meeting
Monday, 24 October 2005
	7:00 AM, Monday Registration Open from 7:00am–5:30pm
	8:00 AM, Monday Joint Session 0J Conference Introduction (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology and the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes)
Organizer: Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
	8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Monday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 1J Assimilation of Radar Data in NWP Models (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Chair: Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
8:15 AM J1J.1 Keynote Talk: Progress, Problems, and Prospects for Radar Data Assimilation in Stormscale Models   Andrew Crook, NCAR, Boulder, CO 8:45 AM J1J.2 Improving very-short-term storm predictions by assimilating radar and satellite data into a mesoscale NWP model   Qingyun Zhao, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Cook, Q. Xu, and P. R. Harasti 9:00 AM J1J.3 Radar data assimilation experiments with a microphysical bulk formulation based on scaling normalization   Isztar Zawadzki, J.S. Marshall Radar Observatory/McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and W. Szyrmer, S. Laroche, W. Szyrmer, and S. Laroche 9:15 AM J1J.4 Multiple Doppler Wind Analysis and Assimilation via 3DVAR using Simulated Observations of the Planned CASA Network and WSR-88D Radars   Jidong Gao, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Nuttall, C. Gilreath, M. Xue, K. Brewster, and K. Droegemeier 9:30 AM J1J.5 Assimilation across multiple scales for simulated squall lines   So-Young Ha, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul, Korea and NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Caya and C. Snyder 9:45 AM J1J.6 Experiments in very short period forecasting of convective storms using radar extrapolation and numerical weather prediction methods   James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Monday, Alvarado GH Session 1M Mesoscale Model Development & Data Assimilation
Chair: Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO
10:30 AM 1M.1 A Comparison of Sensitivity Analyses from Three methods: An adjoint, a Very Large Ensemble, and a New Method of Random Perturbations   William J. Martin, NOAA/NWS, Glasgow, MT; and M. Xue 10:45 AM 1M.2 Assimilating Vortex Position with an Ensemble Kalman Filter   Yongsheng Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Snyder 11:00 AM 1M.3 Surface Data Assimilation Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter Approach with Initial Condition and Model Physics Uncertainties   Tadashi Fujita, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud and D. C. Dowell 11:15 AM 1M.4 The High resolution Limited Area version of the Global Environmental Multiscale model and its potential operational applications   Amin Erfani, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and J. Mailhot, S. Gravel, M. Desgagné, N. Mclennan, D. Jacob, R. Goodson, and D. Sills 11:30 AM 1M.5 Trials of high resolution versions of the Unified Model for short range forecasting of convective events   Humphrey W. Lean, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. Ballard, P. A. Clark, M. Dixon, Z. Li, and N. Roberts 11:45 AM 1M.6 Statistical convergence in simulated moist absolutely unstable layers   George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Rotunno 12:00 PM 1M.7 Prediction of Convective Initiation and Precipitation for the 12 June Squall Line Case during IHOP and Impact of Simulated GPS Slant-path Water Vapor Data   Haixia Liu, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue
	12:15 PM-1:15 PM, Monday Lunch
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 1J Assimilation of Radar Data in NWP Models (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
JP1J.1 Assimilation of water vapor extracted from radar refractivity observations into a cloud-scale numerical model   Juanzhen Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Wilson and R. D. Roberts   JP1J.2 Impact of Doppler radar and mesoscale surface observations on the storm-scale analysis and prediction of a mesoscale convective system   Michael C. Coniglio, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. C. Dowell, L. J. Wicker, and D. J. Stensrud   JP1J.3 The Impact of Different Data Fields on Storm-Scale Data Assimilation   Guoqing Ge, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Gao and K. K. Droegemeier   JP1J.4 Impact of assimilation of Doppler radial velocity on a variational system and on its forecasts   Fathalla A. Rihan, Univ. of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom; and C. G. Collier and S. Ballard   JP1J.5 Assimilation of Radar Data in the Mesoscale NWP-System of DWD   Klaus Stephan, German Weather Service, Offenbach, Germany; and S. Klink and C. Schraff   JP1J.6 Impact of Radar Rainfall Data Assimilation on Short-range Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts using Four-dimensional Variational Analysis Technique   Linus H.Y. Yeung, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and P. K. Y. Chan and E. S. T. Lai   JP1J.7 Progress in Doppler radar data assimilation   Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and K. Nai, L. Wei, P. Zhang, L. Wang, H. Lu, and Q. Zhao   JP1J.8 Impact of using Doppler radar radial wind data in a winter cyclone period   Kirsti Salonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and H. Järvinen   JP1J.9 Assimilation of radar data in the Met Office mesoscale and convective scale forecast systems   Sue Ballard, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and M. Dixon, S. Swarbrick, Z. Li, O. Stiller, F. A. Rihan, C. Collier, and H. Lean   JP1J.10 Towards a 1D+3DVar assimilation of radar reflectivities: Ongoing results   Olivier Caumont, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and É. Wattrelot, V. Ducrocq, F. Bouttier, C. Guéguen, and G. L'Hénaff   JP1J.11 Impact of radar data assimilation on storm predictions using a mesoscale model   Mei Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook, Y. Liu, and R. M. Rasmussen   JP1J.12 Data assimilation experiments with transformed ensemble Kalman filter   Bogumil Jakubiak, Warsaw Univ., Warsaw, Poland   JP1J.13 Assimilation of Doppler radar observations to improve the QPF of an IHOP squall line   Qingnong Xiao, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Gu, J. Sun, Y. H. Kuo, and Y. R. Guo   JP1J.14 Differences Between Explicit and Approximated Radar Ray Paths Due to Vertical Gradient of Refractivity   Jidong Gao, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and K. Brewster and M. Xue   JP1J.15 Physical Initialization to incorporate radar precipitation data into a Numerical Weather Prediction Model (Lokal Model)   Marco Milan, Univ. of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; and F. Amen, V. Venema, A. Battaglia, and C. Simmer   JP1J.16 Assimilation of simulated CASA radar data and prediction of varied convective storm types using an ensemble square-root Kalman Filter   Elaine S. Godfrey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Tong, M. Xue, and K. Droegemeier   JP1J.17 Assimilation of multiple-Doppler radar data with WRF-3DVAR system: Preliminary results in observing system simulation experiments   Soichiro Sugimoto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Crook, J. Sun, D. M. Barker, and Q. Xiao   JP1J.18 Radar data assimilation with The Rapid Update Cycle   Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. Dévényi and S. G. Benjamin   JP1J.19 Using Radar Reflectivities to Inform a Stochastic Trigger Function for Convectivie Initiation in a Mesoscale Model   Yong Song, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and C. K. Wikle and C. J. Anderson JP1J.20 Assimilation of radar and sounding observations with a WRF-based ensemble Kalman filter   Zhiyong Meng, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang and D. Hawblitzel
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 2J Mesoscale Structure and Precipitation Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
JP2J.1 Structural transition of Typhoon 0416 observed by weather radars, radiosondes and wind profilers   Hiroshi Fujita, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Kyoto, Japan; and M. Teshiba, H. Hashiguchi, Y. Umemoto, Y. Shibagaki, M. D. Yamanaka, and S. Fukao   JP2J.2 Dual–Doppler analysis of Hurricane Isabel at landfall: A Research Experience for Undergraduates   Renee Curry, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. I. Biggerstaff   JP2J.3 Wind fields of typhoon Songda (2004) observed by the Okinawa Doppler radar (COBRA)   Shinsuke Satoh, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Onna, Okinawa, Japan; and H. Nagahama, H. Hanado, and K. Nakagawa   JP2J.4 The Precipitation Characteristics of a Winter Typhoon revealed by the NCU Polarimetric Radar   TaiChi Chen Wang, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and P. T. Chi and W. Y. Chang   JP2J.5 Preliminary Study on the structures of Line-Echo Wave Pattern over the Ocean in the Subtropics   Chih-Hsien Wei, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. C. Lee   JP2J.6 Tropical cyclone wind retrieval using modified TREC method with radial velocity data added   Kuan-Hsien Lee, Kenting Weather Radar Station, Central Weather Bureau, Pingtung, Taiwan; and H. L. Chin and P. H. Lin   JP2J.7 Polarimetric radar observations of the structure of Tropical Cyclone Ingrid   Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Australia; and T. Keenan   JP2J.8 The Extended GBVTD and the recovery of the tropical cyclones asymmetric structures   Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central Univ., Chung-Li, Taiwan; and T. C. Chen Wang, W. C. Lee, and Y. J. Chang   JP2J.9 Numerical modeling of intense tropical cyclone Dina (2002) in the South West Indian Ocean using Meso-Nh model   Samuel Jolivet, LPA, Saint-Denis, France; and D. Barbary, F. Chane-Ming, F. Roux, and S. Westrelin
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 1M Mesoscale Model Development & Data Assimilation
P1M.1 Stochastic approaches within current PBL parameterization schemes   Joshua P. Hacker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Pagowski   P1M.2 The Real–Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) effort   Bradley R. Colman, NOAA/NWS, Seattle, WA; and L. Anderson, R. Aune, S. Benjamin, G. DiMego, B. Gockel, J. D. Horel, Y. Lin, G. Mandt, and M. Pondeca   P1M.3 Study of MODIS Retrieved Data and their Impact on Weather Simulations   S.-H. Chen, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and A. Chen, J. Haase, Z. Zhao, and F. Vandenberghe   P1M.4 Coupled Atmosphere, Land–surface, Hydrology, Ocean–wave, and Ocean–current Models for Mesoscale Water and Energy Circulations   Haruyasu Nagai, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Kobayashi, K. Tsuduki, and K. Kim   P1M.5 Formal proof of the existence of an atmospheric base–state and its estimation   Marco A. Nuñez, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico   P1M.6 FOUR-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION OF GROUND-BASED GPS WATER VAPOR DATA IN THE JUNE 12TH IHOP CASE   So-Young Ha, NCAR, Boulder, CO   P1M.7 Some Accuracy Considerations for Simulating Large–Scale Atmospheric Flows with Time–Split Compressible Models   Kevin C. Viner, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. C. Epifanio   P1M.8 Treatment of parametric model error for MM5 with an ensemble Kalman filter   Altug Aksoy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and F. Zhang and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon   P1M.9 A method for imposing surface-stress and heat–flux conditions in finite–difference models with steep terrain   Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX   P1M.10 A mass–flux parameterization for shallow cumulus convection in the NCEP global forecast system   Jongil Han, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and H. L. Pan and F. Yang   P1M.11 The precipitation mass sink in tropical cyclones   Gary M. Lackmann, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and R. M. Yablonsky   P1M.12 Relationships between mixed–phase microphysical collection and modeled precipitation in various regimes   Brian J. Gaudet, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; and E. A. Ritchie   P1M.13 Analytic solution of the deep continuity equation over complex terrain   Marco A. Nunez, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico; and E. Cruz   P1M.14 Reliability analysis of mass consistent models   Marco A. Nuñez, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico; and H. Juarez and C. Flores
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 2J Mesoscale Structure and Precipitation Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Chair: David M. Schultz, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
3:30 PM J2J.1 Keynote Talk: Tropical and Extratropical Transitions and Precipitation with Landfalling Hurricanes   Lance F. Bosart, SUNY, Albany, NY 4:00 PM J2J.2 Rapid intensification of hurricane Charley (2004) derived from WSR-88D data prior to landfall. Part I: GBVTD retrieval of the primary circulation and pressure tendencies   Wen-Chau Lee, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. M. Bell and P. R. Harasti 4:15 PM J2J.3 Rapid intensification of Hurricane Charley (2004) derived from WSR-88D data prior to landfall. Part II: HVVP adjustment for the environmental wind and central pressure retrieval   Paul R. Harasti, UCAR/NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. C. Lee and M. M. Bell 4:30 PM J2J.4 A dual-Doppler analysis of Hurricane Guillermo (1997): Interactions between the eye and eyewall during rapid intensification   Matthew D. Eastin, Central College, Pella, IA; and P. D. Reasor, F. D. Marks, and J. F. Gamache 4:45 PM J2J.5 A dual-Doppler analysis of Hurricane Guillermo (1997): Vortex resiliency in vertical shear flow   Paul D. Reasor, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. D. Eastin, F. D. Marks, J. F. Gamache, and M. L. Black 5:00 PM J2J.6 Kinematic and microphysical characteristics of a stratiform rain band observed in Tropical Storm Gabrielle at landfall   Dong-Kyun Kim, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp 5:15 PM J2J.7 Predicting orographic rainfall: the role of small mobile radars   Andrew Peace, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and G. L. Austin
	5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Monday Opening of Exhibits with Icebreaker Reception
	5:30 PM, Monday Sessions Conclude for the Day
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
	7:00 AM, Tuesday Registration Open from 7:00am–5:30pm
	8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 3J Field Work Aimed at Understanding the Organization of Convection (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Chair: Robert M. Rauber, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL
8:15 AM J3J.1 Keynote Talk: Global Shallow Moist Convection   Bjorn Stevens, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 8:45 AM J3J.2 First echo development in trade-wind cumulus   Charles A. Knight, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Rilling and J. Miller 9:00 AM J3J.3 Florida Convective Updraft Structure Using Dual Wavelength Airborne Radar Measurements   Gerald M. Heymsfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Belcher, L. Tian, L. Li, and A. Heymsfield 9:15 AM J3J.4 The diurnal cycle of rainfall and the identification of rainfall regimes within the North American monsoon of NW Mexico   D. A. Ahijevych, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Carbone, T. J. Lang, and A. V. Manzanilla 9:30 AM J3J.5 The stratiform region of an MCS on 19 June in TELEX 2004 observed with polarimetric and multi-Dopper radars, electric field soundings, and a lightning mapping array   D. Rust, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. MacGorman, T. J. Schuur, E. Bruning, P. Krehbiel, B. Rison, T. Hamlin, J. M. Straka, C. D. Payne, N. R. Ramig, I. Apostolakopoulos, M. Biggerstaff, L. D. Carey, and A. Caine 9:45 AM J3J.6 Radar analysis of long-lived trade wind cumulus clouds from the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean experiment (RICO)   Sabine Goeke, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. Colón Robles, R. M. Rauber, and J. B. Jensen
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado GH Session 2M WRF Model
Chair: Mark Stoelinga, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
10:30 AM 2M.1 Experiences with 0–36 hour Explicit Convective Forecasting with the WRF–ARW Model   Morris L. Weisman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. Wang and C. Davis 10:45 AM 2M.2 Evaluating the skill of daily explicit predictions of mesocyclones in multiple high–resolution WRF model forecasts during the 2005 SPC/NSSL Spring Program   Steven J. Weiss, SPC, Norman, OK; and J. S. Kain, L. J. Wicker, R. Davies-Jones, D. R. Bright, J. J. Levit, G. W. Carbin, and M. E. Baldwin 11:00 AM 2M.3 How much resolution is enough? Comparing daily WRF–ARW forecasts at 2 and 4 km grid spacing in severe convective weather environments during the 2005 SPC/NSSL Spring Program   John S. Kain, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. J. Weiss, M. E. Baldwin, K. K. Droegemeier, D. Bright, J. J. Levit, D. Weber, and K. Thomas 11:15 AM 2M.4 Diagnostic evaluation of WRF precipitation objects   Barbara G. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis and R. Bullock 11:30 AM 2M.5 Real–data numerical simulations of severe bow echoes observed during BAMEX   Dustan M. Wheatley, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and R. J. Trapp 11:45 AM 2M.6 Influences of Mesoscale Land–atmospheric Interactions on the 12-day Precipitation Episode During June 2002   Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Trier and K. Manning 12:00 PM 2M.7 WRF Simulation of the genesis of Hurricane Javier (2004) in the Eastern Pacific   Scott A. Braun, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
	12:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday Exhibits Open
	12:15 PM-1:15 PM, Tuesday Lunch
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 3J Field Work Aimed at Understanding the Organization of Convection (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
JP3J.1 Fine-Scale Observations of a Pre–Convective Convergence Line in the Central Great Plains on 19 June 2002   Benjamin Daniel Sipprell, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts   JP3J.2 Synergizing high–resolution EOS Terra satellite data and S–POLKA radar reflectivity to assess trade wind cumuli precipitation   Eric R. Snodgrass, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, L. Di Girolamo, and G. Zhao   JP3J.3 Oceanic shallow cumuli observations from ship–borne X- and W-Band radars during RICO   Ieng Jo, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and V. P. Ghate, E. Serpetzoglou, B. A. Albrecht, and P. Kollias   JP3J.4 Mesoscale Convective Systems occurred in Northwestern Mexico during NAME   Arturo Valdes-Manzanilla, Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico; and M. Cortez-Vazquez   JP3J.5 Radar observations during NAME 2004. Part I: Data products and quality control   Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, S. W. Nesbitt, G. Pereira, S. A. Rutledge, D. A. Ahijevych, and R. E. Carbone   JP3J.6 Radar observations during NAME 2004. Part II: Preliminary results   Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, D. Lerach, L. Nelson, S. W. Nesbitt, G. Pereira, S. A. Rutledge, D. A. Ahijevych, and R. E. Carbone   JP3J.7 The Moisture Route of Palo Duro Canyon   Kevin R. Walter, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss and A. Swift   JP3J.8 Melting-layer cloud observed during MR01-K05 cruise of Res/V Mirai   Kazuaki Yasunaga, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and K. Yoneyama, H. Kubota, H. Okamoto, A. Shimizu, H. Kumagai, M. Katsumata, N. Sugimoto, and I. Matsui   JP3J.9 Convective evolution in along–line shear   Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC   JP3J.10 Trade Wind Cumuli Statistics and the Impact of finite Resolution Measurements   Guangyu Zhao, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Di Girolamo   JP3J.11 Observed Mesoscale Variations in Thermodynamic Properties and Surface Fluxes over Ice-Covered Lake Erie   Mathieu R. Gerbush, Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich and N. F. Laird   JP3J.12 Ancillary observations for a first echo study: five million antenna camera digital images   Robert A. Rilling, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. VanAndel   JP3J.13 Diurnal variation of three-dimensional radar echoes and their possible role of preconditioning the atmospheric humidity   Tomoki Ushiyama, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change/Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan; and R. Shirooka, H. Kubota, T. Chuda, K. Yoneyama, M. Katsumata, H. Yamada, M. Fujita, N. Sato, K. K. Reddy, K. Takeuchi, and H. Uyeda   JP3J.14 High-resolution surface and tower observations of the southern Plains dryline during Project SONDE—2005   Christopher C. Weiss, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX   JP3J.15 Transition of the rainfall characteristics related to the moistening of land surface over the central Tibetan Plateau during GAME-Tibet IOP   Hiroyuki Yamada, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and H. Uyeda   JP3J.16 Dryline convergence and the initiation of deep moist convection   Michael P. Griesinger, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss   JP3J.17 CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY FOR AFRICA   Arlene Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Carbone and V. Levizzani JP3J.18 An investigation of the height distribution of tropical convection over northern Australia   Andrew P. Ballinger, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK JP3J.19 Mesoscale divergence profiles from VAD analysis of multiple Doppler radar deployments in the tropics   Brian Mapes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. L. Lin and P. Zuidema   JP3J.20 Characteristics of the Precipitating Systems during the 2002 Dry-to-Wet RACCI Field Campaign in the Amazon Region   Carlos Morales, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and L. A. Toledo Machado and M. A. Faus Silva Dias JP3J.21 Cloud and precipitation radar observations of eastern tropical Pacific ITCZ cloud vertical structure   Paquita Zuidema, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. Mapes, J. L. Lin, and C. Fairall   JP3J.22 Mass fluxes in East Pacific warm pool   Carlos López Carrillo, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and D. Raymond   JP3J.23 Three-dimensional lightning mapping observations as a complement to radar observations of storms   William Rison, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and P. Krehbiel, R. J. Thomas, and T. Hamlin   JP3J.24 The development and structure of an oceanic squall line system during the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment   Jian-Jian Wang, NASA/GSFC and GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and L. D. Carey   JP3J.25 Relation of Tropical Thunderstorm Cirrus Anvil Properties to Convective Core Intensities and Lifecycles   Chris J. Theisen, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and P. A. Kucera and M. R. Poellot   JP3J.26 Characterization of Storm Properties During the TroCCiBras Experiment   Ana M. Gomes, Instituto de Pesquisas Meteorológicas, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and G. Held   JP3J.27 Dynamics of Mesoscale Convective Systems Observed with a UHF Wind Profiler and a Polarimetric S-band Weather Radar   Michihiro Teshiba, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. D. Palmer, P. B. Chilson, A. Ryzhkov, and T. J. Schuur
	1:15 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 4J Radar Studies of Mesoscale Banded Structures (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Paper JP4.4 moved to J4.4A     JP4J.1 Raindrop Size Distributions and Z-R Relations in Coastal Rainfall for Periods With and Without a Radar Brightband   Brooks E. Martner, NOAA/ETL and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Yuter, A. White, D. E. Kingsmill, and F. M. Ralph   JP4J.2 A Modeling Study of the Along–front Precipitation Variability of a Pacific Narrow Cold Frontal Rainband   Mei Han, GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and S. A. Braun, P. O. G. Persson, and J. -. W. Bao   JP4J.3 Mesoscale structure in a coastal front: a case study   Frank P. Colby Jr., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and A. Hoell
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 2M WRF Model
P2M.1 Propagating nocturnal convection within a 7–day WRF–model simulation   Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis   P2M.2 Evaluation of COAMPS and WRF–ARW dynamic cores for topographic flow test problems   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Q. Jiang   P2M.3 WRF model simulations of a quasi-stationary, extreme–rain–producing mesoscale convective system   Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. H. Johnson   P2M.4 The WRF model as a tool to understand mesoscale processes over the poorly-sampled South American altiplano   Jose M. Galvez, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. Orozco and M. W. Douglas   P2M.5 Explaining rainfall and vegetation gradients along the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Andes using SALLJEX observations and WRF simulations   John F. Mejia, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. W. Douglas P2M.6 LAPS assimilation of Radar and Satellite data for Tropical Cyclone NWP   Patrick T. Welsh, Univ. of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL; and P. Bogenschutz   P2M.7 WRF simulations of orographic precipitation and air mass transformation over the Central Idaho Mountains   Joseph Galewsky, Univ.of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM   P2M.8 High-resolution WRF-simulated microphysical data during a severe weather event   Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI   P2M.9 Effects of explicit numerical diffusion in simulations of mesoscale circulations by the Advanced Research WRF Model   Jason C. Knievel, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. H. Bryan and J. P. Hacker   P2M.10 Investigating the relationship between water vapour convergence and severe convection using the WRF model at 1km resolution   James M. Done, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and X. Y. Huang and Y. H. Kuo   P2M.11 Disdrometer and Radar Observation-Based Microphysical Parameterization to Improve Weather Forecast   Guifu Zhang, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. Sun, E. A. Brandes, J. Dudhia, and W. Wang
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday Coffee break
	3:30 PM-5:45 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado GH Joint Session 4J Radar Studies of Mesoscale Banded Structures (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Chair: Isztar Zawadzki, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC Canada
3:30 PM J4J.1 Keynote Talk: Tropospheric Mesoscale Gravity Waves   Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 4:00 PM J4J.2 CHILL, Pariicle ID, and MM5: The role of the barrier jet in Meso-g-scale Precipitation distribution in an extreme snowstorm   Gregory S. Poulos, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Wesley, P. C. Kennedy, and S. A. Rutledge 4:15 PM J4J.3 Analysis of vertical motions in fine scale precipitation bands in winter cyclones using wind profiler doppler spectra   Marcia R. Estrem, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, K. R. Knupp, B. F. Jewett, J. T. Walters, and D. Phillips J4J.4 Examining the role of mesoscale features in the structure and evolution of precipitation regions in northeast winter storms   Matthew D. Greenstein, SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and D. J. Nicosia 4:30 PM J4J.4A (Formerly JP4.4) Some 3D aspects of a Striated Cloud Head over New Zealand including radar and raingauge data   Ian D. Miller, MetService of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand 4:45 PM J4J.5 Comparisons of Simulated Kinematic and Moisture Fields with Airborne In-situ and Doppler Radar Observations in a Convective Cold Front over the Eastern Pacific Ocean   P. O. G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Bao, S. A. Braun, D. P. Jorgensen, B. A. Walter, and M. Han 5:00 PM J4J.6 Observations and numerical simulations of narrow cold-frontal rainbands   Mark T. Stoelinga, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 5:15 PM J4J.7 The use of simulated radar reflectivity fields in the diagnosis of mesoscale phenomena from high-resolution WRF model forecasts   Steven E. Koch, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, Colorado; and B. S. Ferrier, M. T. Stoelinga, E. J. Szoke, S. J. Weiss, and J. S. Kain
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Tuesday Exhibitor Reception (with hors d'oeuvres)
	5:30 PM, Tuesday Oral Sessions Conclude for the Day
	6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 5J BAMEX (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
JP5J.1 The interaction of mesoscale convective systems with the Great Lakes during BAMEX   Lance F. Bosart, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and T. J. Galarneau   JP5J.2 An airborne dual–Doppler back–trajectory study of downdrafts in bow–echoes during BAMEX   William C. Straka, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton and R. L. McAnelly   JP5J.3 Bow echoes during BAMEX: assessing transitions in surface wind damage using WSR-88D data   Michael C. Kruk, Midwestern Regional Climate Center, Champaign, IL; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, and R. J. Trapp   JP5J.4 Explaining the variability of cloud microphysics in stratiform regions of BAMEX MCSs using high-resolution radar observations   Andrea M. Smith, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, B. F. Jewett, M. S. Timlin, and J. A. Grim   JP5J.5 Damaging Surface Wind Mechanisms within the 10 June 2003 Saint Louis Bow Echo Event during BAMEX   Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT; and C. Bouchard, R. J. Trapp, R. W. Przybylinski, and G. K. Schmocker   JP5J.6 Conditioning of the inflow environment by organized convection: An investigation based on BAMEX data   Gretchen L. Mullendore, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. G. Fovell   JP5J.7 An examination of the long-lived MCV of 10–13 June 2003   Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart   JP5J.8 Radar representation of Bow Echo Events during the first week of July 2003 concurrent with BAMEX   Nicholas D. Metz, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart   JP5J.9 Radar and profiler measurements of mesoscale and microscale flows within a heat burst   Kevin Knupp, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and N. A. Crook   JP5J.10 Paper JP5J.10 has been moved to session J5 BAMEX, New Paper Number J5.1     JP5J.11 BAMEX case study of the structure and evolution of the 26 June 2003 mini-bow   Justin T. Walters, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp   JP5J.12 Observations of cold pool properties in mesoscale convective systems during BAMEX   George H. Bryan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Ahijevych, C. Davis, S. B. Trier, and M. Weisman   JP5J.13 WRF Simulations of a Severe Squall Line: Comparisons against High Resolution BAMEX Observations   Bryan A. Guarente, Univ. of Illlinois, Urbana, IL; and B. F. Jewett, G. McFarquhar, and R. M. Rauber   JP5J.14 Observations of the 24 June 2003 Bow Echo Case during BAMEX   Dustin Phillips, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. Knupp   JP5J.15 Dual rear inflow jets within the 26 August 2003 derecho   Joseph A. Grim, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber
	6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 6J IHOP (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
JP6J.1 The dryline on 19 June during IHOP_2002: The thin-line structure and convection initiation   Hanne V. Murphey, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. M. Wakimoto, C. N. Flamant, and D. E. Kingsmill   JP6J.2 A High-Resolution Modeling Study of the 24 May 2002 Dryline Case during IHOP: Horizontal Convective Rolls and Convective Initiation   Ming Xue, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and W. J. Martin   JP6J.3 Vertical Velocity and Buoyancy Characteristics of Coherent Echo Plumes in the Convective Boundary Layer, Detected by a Profiling Airborne Radar   Qun Miao, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and B. Geerts   JP6J.4 The structure and dynamics of atmospheric bores and solitons as determined from remote sensing and modeling experiments during IHOP   Steven E. Koch, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, Colorado; and M. Pagowski, J. W. Wilson, F. Fabry, C. Flamant, W. Feltz, G. K. Schwemmer, and B. Geerts JP6J.5 Evaluation of WRF using In-situ Measurements from IHOP 2002   Sen Chiao, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and B. B. Demoz, M. Weldegaber, and E. Joseph   JP6J.6 Influence of surface characteristics on sensible and latent heat fluxes and boundary-layer mesoscale circulations   Margaret A. LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and F. Chen, J. G. Alferi, M. Tewari, B. Geerts, Q. Miao, R. L. Coulter, and R. L. Grossman
	6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 3M Mesoscale Processes, Dynamics, and Predictability
P3M.1 Paper P3M.1 has moved, New Paper Number is 3M.2A     P3M.1A Observations and simulations of mesoscale gravity waves generated in the extratropical baroclinic jet-front systems over North Atlantic   Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. L. Wu and S. Wang   P3M.2 An Investigation of Turbulent Processes in the Lower Stratosphere   Chad J. Ringley, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and M. L. Kaplan, Y. L. Lin, and P. S. Suffern   P3M.3 An Investigation of New York State Finger Lakes Snow Band Events   Ryan Sobash, Penn State Univ., State College, PA; and H. Carr and N. F. Laird   P3M.4 The Impact of Ice Cover on Two Lake-Effect Snow Events in the Eastern Great Lakes Region   Jason M. Cordeira, Univ. of Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and N. F. Laird   P3M.5 Quantifying the relative skill of observation-based and NWP-based probablistic forecasts of convection   James O. Pinto, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Mueller and S. S. Weygandt   P3M.6 On the importance of environmental factors in influencing the evolution of morning Great Plains MCS activity during the warm season   Carl E. Hane, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and D. L. Andra, J. A. Haynes, T. E. Thompson, and F. H. Carr   P3M.7 The sensitivity of valley boundary layer structure and thermally driven mountain flows to land cover change   Justin A. W. Cox, NOAA/CIRP, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh and C. D. Whiteman   P3M.8 Coastal precipitation enhancement over the Southeast U.S. due to mesoscale features induced by near-shore tropical cyclones   Alan F. Srock, SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart and J. Molinari   P3M.9 Paper P3M.9 has moved, New Paper Number is 3M4.A     P3M.10 Analysis of a complex rainfall episode in Catalonia on May 2005   Ramon Pascual Sr., Instituto Nacional de Meteorología, Barcelona, Spain; and A. Callado and M. Berenguer   P3M.11 Influence of the Apennines and Other Factors on Genoa Cyclone Movement During MAP   Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and A. M. Hoggarth and H. D. Reeves   P3M.12 Variations in drop–size distributions associated with the degree of baroclinicity of the environment   Karen E. Brugman, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. Schumacher P3M.13 The rapid decay of a low-level Jet during IHOP   Fernando Caracena, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and E. Tollerud, C. Lu, and B. Jamison   P3M.14 Effects of the landfall location and approach angle of a cyclone encountering a mesoscale mountain range   Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and L. C. Savage III and C. M. Hill
	6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 4M Mesoscale Applications Using Numerical Models
P4M.1 Analysis of the development and evolution of the 15–16 June 2002 Southern Plains severe MCS through high–resolution numerical forecasts   Daniel T. Dawson II, CAPS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Xue   P4M.2 Impacts of Model Errors and Ensemble Initiation on Mesoscale Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation   Zhiyong Meng, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and F. Zhang   P4M.3 Tephra dispersion modeling using MM5: Example from the Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua   Arlene Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. A. Byrne and C. Connor   P4M.4 Numerical investigation of the multi-scale processes inducing convection initiation for the 12 June 2002 IHOP_2002 case study   Sophie Bastin, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. M. Weckwerth, F. Chen, and K. Manning   P4M.5 MetEd: a rich resource for mesoscale-focused multimedia education and training on the web   Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO   P4M.6 The Kinematics and Dynamics of Extreme Warm–Frontal Passages   Kevin H. Goebbert, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and F. H. Carr and D. M. Schultz   P4M.7 The effects of organized upstream convection on downstream precipitation: Physical processes and model representation   Kelly M. Mahoney, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and G. M. Lackmann   P4M.8 Electrified 1D Cloud Model: Investigation of the Amazonian monsoon and dry–to–wet seasonal conditions for convection   Rachel Albrecht, Univ. of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and C. Morales, M. A. Silva Dias, and W. A. Petersen   P4M.9 Variable and Scale Dependent Mesoscale Predictability   Naifang Bei, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and F. Zhang
Wednesday, 26 October 2005
	7:30 AM, Wednesday Registration Open from 7:30am–12:15pm
	8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 5J BAMEX (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology)
Chair: Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT
8:15 AM J5J.1 Keynote Talk: BAMEX Observations of Mesoscale Convective Vortices   Christopher A. Davis, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. B. Trier 8:45 AM J5J.2 Understanding the generation of high winds associated with bow echoes: The Omaha bow echo during BAMEX   Roger M. Wakimoto, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and H. V. Murphey, D. P. Jorgensen, C. A. Davis, and N. T. Atkins 9:00 AM J5J.3 Rear-inflow structure in severe and non-severe bow-echo observed by airborne Doppler radar during BAMEX   David P. Jorgensen, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. V. Murphey and R. M. Wakimoto 9:15 AM J5J.4 Quad-Doppler and microphysical observations of the BAMEX 29 June 2003 MCS   Joseph A. Grim, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, D. P. Jorgensen, M. S. Timlin, B. F. Jewett, and A. M. Smith 9:30 AM J5J.5 Airborne Doppler radar observations of an MCV and spiral rainband   Michael M. Bell, NCAR and NPS, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Reasor, W. C. Lee, and M. T. Montgomery 9:45 AM J5J.6 Observations of the Horizontal and Vertical Variability of Cloud Hydrometeors in Stratiform Regions behind Bow Echoes: Implications for Mesoscale Models   Greg M. McFarquhar, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. S. Timlin, R. M. Rauber, B. F. Jewett, J. A. Grim, A. M. Smith, and D. P. Jorgensen
	9:30 AM-11:30 AM, Wednesday Exhibits Open
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-1:00 PM, Wednesday, Alvarado GH Session 3M Mesoscale Processes, Dynamics, and Predictability
Chair: Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
3M.1 SREPS: Multimodel Ensemble for the Short Range   Jose A. Garcia-Moya, Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, Madrid, Spain; and C. Santos, A. Callado, J. Simarro, and D. Santos 10:30 AM 3M.1A The effects of orography on the propagation and precipitation distribution of pre-existing mesoscale convective systems under different Froude number flow regimes   Heather Dawn Reeves, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. -. L. Lin 10:45 AM 3M.2 Paper 3M.2 has moved, New Paper Number is P3M.1A   11:00 AM 3M.2A A multistage error growth conceptual model for mesoscale predictability   Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and N. Bei, C. C. Epifanio, R. Rotunno, and C. Snyder 11:15 AM 3M.3 Observation-based 0-6 hr Probabilistic Forecasts   Cynthia K. Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. James and M. Dan 3M.4 The Influence of Vertical Shear on Observed Lake–Effect Snow Bands   Stephen K. Jackman, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois; and N. F. Laird and D. A. R. Kristovich 11:30 AM 3M.4A A study of coherent tropopause disturbances within the Northern Hemispheric circumpolar vortex   Joseph R. Kravitz, Univ. at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and A. R. Aiyyer 11:45 AM 3M.5 Numerical Simulations of Vertically Propagating Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere above a Hydrostatic Large Amplitude Surface Gravity Wave on December 12th, 2002   Paul Samuel Suffern, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and M. L. Kaplan and Y. L. Lin 12:00 PM 3M.6 The impact of superimposed low-level jets during the 2003 Presidents' Day winter storm   Michael T. Kiefer, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and M. L. Kaplan and Y. L. Lin 12:15 PM 3M.7 Surges in the Ross Ice Shelf Air Stream due to topographically trapped waves   Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and G. J. Tripoli
	12:00 PM, Wednesday Sessions Conclude for the Day
	4:30 PM, Wednesday Conference Event–Los Amigos Roundup (Transportation will be provided)
Thursday, 27 October 2005
	7:30 AM, Thursday Registration Open from 7:30am–5:30pm
	8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 6J IHOP (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology)
Chair: Roger M. Wakimoto, NCAR, Boulder, CO
8:15 AM J6J.1 Keynote Talk: Peeping through the keyhole at the mesoscale variability of humidity: Some IHOP_2002 observations and future challenges of radar refractivity mapping   Frederic Fabry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada 8:45 AM J6J.2 The boundary layer cumulus formation process near a cold frontal-dryline intersection on 24 May 2002 during IHOP   Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and E. N. Rasmussen, M. S. Buban, Y. P. Richardson, L. J. Miller, and R. M. Rabin 9:00 AM J6J.3 The structure and evolution of the dryline and surrounding boundary layer on 22 May 2002 during IHOP   Michael S. Buban, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK OK; and C. Ziegler, E. N. Rasmussen, and Y. P. Richardson 9:15 AM J6J.4 Convection initiation on 12 June 2002 during IHOP_2002   Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. V. Murphey, C. Flamant, C. R. Pettet, S. Bastin, and R. Wakimoto 9:30 AM J6J.5 Kinematic and moisture structure of a stationary cold front observed on 10 June 2002 during IHOP   Katja Friedrich, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. E. Kingsmill, C. N. Flamant, H. Murphey, and R. M. Wakimoto 9:45 AM J6J.6 Mesoscale moisture transport by the low-level jet during the IHOP field experiment   Edward Tollerud, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and F. Caracena, D. Bartels, S. Koch, B. Jamison, R. M. Hardesty, B. J. McCarty, W. A. Brewer, R. S. Collander, S. Albers, B. Shaw, D. Birkenheuer, and C. Kiemle
	9:30 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday Exhibits Open
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, Alvarado GH Session 4M Mesoscale Applications Using Numerical Models
Chair: Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK
10:30 AM 4M.1 Numerical simulation of waterspouts observed in the Tyrrhenian Sea   G. J. Tripoli, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. M. Medaglia, A. Mugnai, and E. A. Smith 10:45 AM 4M.2 Mesoscale forcing of marine atmospheric boundary layer clouds along the U.S. West Coast   Tracy Haack, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. A. Wetzel 11:00 AM 4M.3 Convective and orographic aspects in the formation of a pre–cyclogenic African easterly wave near the Ethiopian Highlands   Christopher M. Hill, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin 11:15 AM 4M.4 The mesoscale analysis and prediction of fire weather   Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI 11:30 AM 4M.5 Impact of land surface heterogeneities on atmospheric water vapor distribution during the IHOP_2002 29 May 2002 case   Sophie Bastin, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Drobinski, C. N. Flamant, F. Chen, and K. Manning 11:45 AM 4M.6 Simulation of a lake effect snowstorm with a cloud resolving numerical model   Anthony Liu, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore, T. Maesaka, and K. Tsuboki 12:00 PM 4M.7 A new dynamically adaptive mesoscale atmospheric model   Xudong Xiao, N.C. State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and D. S. McRae and H. A. Hassan
	12:15 PM-1:15 PM, Thursday Lunch
	12:30 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Exhibits Open
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Alvarado F and Atria Joint Poster Session 7J Coastal & Orographic Circulation Systems (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
JP7J.1 Preliminary observations of small scale wakes generated by complex terrain using a portable X-band radar   Kenichi Kusunoki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Murakami, N. Orikasa, A. Saito, H. Hashiguchi, Y. Ohigashi, and M. Saito   JP7J.2 Sensitivity of space-based precipitation measurements to changes in mesoscale features   Joseph Hoch, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli and M. Kulie   JP7J.3 The 29-30 January 2005 southeast Colorado snowstorm   Paul G. Wolyn, NOAA/NWSFO, Pueblo, CO   JP7J.4 Sierra Rotors: Comparison of model simulations and wind profiler observations of terrain-induced waves and rotors   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. J. Billings, S. A. Cohn, and W. O. J. Brown   JP7J.5 Final plans for the Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX)   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. P. Kuettner   JP7J.6 Structural characteristics of winter storms in southern Washington and northern Oregon: Prototypes for routine comparison between regional model output and WSR-88D radar observations   Sandra E. Yuter, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and B. A. Colle, C. Spooner, and T. Downing   JP7J.7 Wind variations around orographic rainband observed by wind profiler network in Japan   Yasuko Umemoto, Kyoto Univ., Uji, Japan; and M. Teshiba, H. Hashiguchi, and S. Fukao   JP7J.8 Onset of strong downslope winds during the Sierra Rotors Project   Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle   JP7J.9 Predicting rainfall in hilly terrain: the role of mesoscale processes and cloud microphysics   Geoffrey L. Austin, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; and J. Purdy   JP7J.10 Formation and Maintenance Mechanisms of the Stable Layer over the Po Valley during MAP IOP-8   Allison Hoggarth, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin and H. D. Reeves   JP7J.11 Synoptic and topographic variability of northern California precipitation characteristics in landfalling winter storms observed during CALJET   David E. Kingsmill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman, F. M. Ralph, and A. B. White
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 5M Orographic & Coastal Circulation
P5M.1 The Land and Lake Breezes of the Dongting Lake and the Effects on Precipitation   Biyuan Lin Sr., The Meteorological Observatory of Hunan, Changsha, Hunan, China; and X. Wang, N. Li, R. Cai, Z. Li, X. Wu, and L. Hai   P5M.2 Structure of the wake north of the Alps   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV   P5M.3 Maintenance of a mountain valley cold pool: Numerical study   Brian J. Billings, DRI, Reno, NV; and V. Grubisic and R. D. Borys   P5M.4 Nonhydrostatic mountain waves in flows with directional wind shear   James Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Q. Jiang   P5M.5 Understanding precipitation enhancement over Long Island, NY using WSR-88D and high resolution simulations   Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook Univ./SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and S. E. Yuter   5M.0 The Dynamics and Structure of Flow Through The Columbia River Gorge: The Results of Idealized and Case Study Simulations   Justin Sharp, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. Mass   P5M.7 On boundary layer separation in the lee of idealized topography   Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle   P5M.8 Effects of Moist Froude Number and Orographic Aspect Ratio on a Conditionally Unstable Flow over a Mesoscale Mountain   S.-H. Chen, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and Y. L. Lin, Z. Zhao, and H. D. Reeves   Poster P5M.9 Moved, New Paper Number 3M.1A     P5M.10 Assessing the frictional and baroclinic contributions to stratified wake formation: A parameter-space study   Jamie B. Smith, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. C. Epifanio   P5M.11 A look at the ensemble-mean structure of a breaking mountain wave   Tingting Qian, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. C. Epifanio   P5M.12 Katabatic flow along a differentially cooled sloping surface in a stratified fluid   Alan Shapiro, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and E. Fedorovich P5M.13 Ensemble–based simultaneous state and parameter estimation for an idealized nonlinear sea breeze model   Altug Aksoy, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and F. Zhang and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon   P5M.14 Large eddy simulation of the onset of the sea breeze   Marta Antonelli, Univ. of Genova, Genoa, Italy; and R. Rotunno
	1:15 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Alvarado F and Atria Poster Session 6M Idealized Modeling Studies
P6M.1 An Investigation of the Dynamics of Coherent Tropopause Disturbances Using a High Resolution Global Model   James S. Waller, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and P. Cunningham   P6M.2 Using surface pressure variations to study atmospheric disturbances generated by the diurnal heating   Yanping Li, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith   P6M.3 Influence of elevated heating on the Zagros Plateau (Iran) on circulations in Southwest Asia   Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith   P6M.4 Simulated precipitation structure of the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones   Elizabeth A. Ritchie, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM   P6M.5 Modeled mesoscale gravity waves: continuous spectrum and energy cascade   Chungu Lu, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Koch, F. Zhang, and N. Wang   P6M.6 Analysis and evolution of balance in unstable barotropic jets   Travis A. Smith, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. Cunningham   P6M.7 Nonlinear atmospheric adjustment to momentum forcing   Adam R. Edson, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and P. R. Bannon   P6M.8 Nonlinear atmospheric adjustment to thermal forcing   Paul F. Fanelli, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and P. R. Bannon
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:45 PM, Thursday, Alvarado GH Session 5M Orographic and Coastal Circulations (Oral)
Chair: Bradley F. Smull, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
3:30 PM 5M.0 The Dynamics and Structure of Flow Through The Columbia River Gorge: The Results of Idealized and Case Study Simulations   Justin Sharp, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. Mass 3:45 PM 5M.1 The response of statically unstable orographic clouds to small-scale topographic features   Daniel J. Kirshbaum, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Bryan, R. Rotunno, and D. R. Durran 4:00 PM 5M.2 Fog and low clouds in the coastal zone   William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Burk and S. Wang 4:15 PM 5M.3 Tip jets and barrier winds: A QuikSCAT climatology of high wind speed events around Greenland   G. W. K. Moore, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and I. A. Renfrew 4:30 PM 5M.4 Mountain Waves and Boundary Layers   Ronald Smith, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT 4:45 PM 5M.5 Sierra Rotors: A study of the IOP 8 rotor event   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. J. Billings 5:00 PM 5M.6 Sierra Rotors: A comparative study of two rotor events   Brian J. Billings, DRI, Reno, NV; and V. Grubisic 5:15 PM 5M.7 Examining the moisture effects on idealized flow past 2D hills   Matthias Steiner, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and R. Rotunno and W. C. Skamarock 5:30 PM 5M.8 Some nonlinear aspects of sea–breeze circulations   Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and K. R. Walter and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon
	5:30 PM, Thursday Sessions Conclude for the Day (Keynote Talks at 7:00pm)
	7:00 PM-8:30 PM, Thursday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 7J New Frontiers (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Organizer: Steven E. Koch, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO
7:00 PM J7J.1 Keynote Talk: Short-Range (0-3hr) Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting   John A. McGinley, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO 7:30 PM J7J.2 Keynote Talk: Operational Applications of Polarimetric Radar   Steven A. Rutledge, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO 8:00 PM J7J.3 Keynote Talk: New insights from millimeter-wave radars   Gabor Vali, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Friday, 28 October 2005
	8:15 AM-10:00 AM, Friday, Alvarado ABCD Joint Session 8J Coastal & Orographic Circulation Systems (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology and the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes)
Chair: Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO
8:15 AM J8J.1 Keynote Talk: Orographic Precipitation Process Studies: Recent Advances and Future Developments   David E. Kingsmill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO 8:45 AM J8J.2 Using synthetic aperture radar (SAR), modeling, and a SARJET field study to understand the terrain-enhanced flows along the southeast Alaskan coast   Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and J. B. Olson, N. Winstead, K. Loescher, G. Young, and N. A. Bond 9:00 AM J8J.3 Wintertime observations of channeled flow through a prominent gap along the northern California coast during CALJET and PACJET   Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, A. B. White, D. D. Parrish, J. S. Holloway, and D. Bartels 9:15 AM J8J.4 Innovations in monitoring and nowcasting orographic precipitation by radar   Urs Germann, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and G. Galli, A. Hering, K. Friedrich, P. Tabary, and C. N. James 9:30 AM J8J.5 Mountain wave structures occurring within a major orographic precipitation event: Part I. Analyses of airborne Doppler radar data   Bradley Smull, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK and Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Garvert and C. F. Mass 9:45 AM J8J.6 Mountain wave structures occurring within a major orographic precipitation event: Part 2. Evaluation of mesoscale model simulations   Matt Garvert, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. Smull and C. Mass
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Friday Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:45 PM, Friday, Alvarado GH Session 6M Idealized Modeling Studies
Organizer: Alan M. Shapiro, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
10:30 AM P6M.4 Simulated precipitation structure of the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones   Elizabeth A. Ritchie, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 6M.0 Use of simulated precipitation structure to predict the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones   Elizabeth A. Ritchie, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 10:45 AM 6M.1 Applications of the contraction-rate diagnostics for mesoscale processes   David M. Schultz, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. Cohen 11:00 AM 6M.2 Balanced dynamics and inertia-gravity wave generation in upper-tropospheric jets   Philip Cunningham, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and T. A. Smith and P. D. Hayes 11:15 AM 6M.3 The Vertical Shear Induced Secondary Circulation of Tropical Cyclones   Da-Lin Zhang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and C. Kieu 11:30 AM 6M.4 Non-modal growths of symmetric perturbations produced by paired normal modes   Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK 6M.5 A mechanism for convective initiation in advance of squall lines   Seung-hee Kim, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and R. G. Fovell and G. L. Mullendore 11:45 AM 6M.6 Sensitivity of Mesoscale Gravity Waves to the Baroclinicity of Jet-Front Systems   Shuguang Wang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and F. Zhang 12:00 PM 6M.7 Gravity-wave emission and propagation in a vortex dipole   C. Snyder, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Plougonven and D. J. Muraki
	12:00 PM, Friday 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes Adjourns

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