11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes

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Saturday, 22 October 2005

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 22 October 2005


Registration Open from 5:00pm–7:00pm

Sunday, 23 October 2005

7:00 AM-7:00 AM: Sunday, 23 October 2005


Registration Open from 7:00am–10:30am

8:00 AM-8:00 AM: Sunday, 23 October 2005


Educational Forum : "A Primer on Radar Analysis Techniques Used in Mesoscale Meteorology"

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 23 October 2005


Registration Open from 5:00pm–7:00pm

7:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 23 October 2005


NCAR EOL/Unidata Town Meeting

Monday, 24 October 2005

7:00 AM-7:00 AM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Registration Open from 7:00am–5:30pm

8:00 AM-8:00 AM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Joint Session 0J
Conference Introduction
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology; and the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes )
Organizer: Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Joint Session 1J
Assimilation of Radar Data in NWP Models (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology; and the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes )
Chair: Qin Xu, NOAA/NSSL
8:45 AM
J1J.2
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
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

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Session 1M
Mesoscale Model Development & Data Assimilation
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/FSL
10:45 AM
1M.2
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

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Lunch

1:15 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Joint Poster Session 1J
Assimilation of Radar Data in NWP Models (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )
JP1J.1
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

Handout (251.6 kB)

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

Handout (2.1 MB)

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

Handout (871.3 kB)

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

Handout (598.9 kB)

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

Handout (1.3 MB)

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

Handout (81.6 kB)

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

Handout (422.3 kB)

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

Handout (752.9 kB)

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

Handout (204.8 kB)

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

Handout (388.0 kB)

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

Handout (255.5 kB)

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

Handout (1.5 MB)

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


Poster Session 1M
Mesoscale Model Development & Data Assimilation
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
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

Handout (272.0 kB)

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

Handout (928.8 kB)

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

Handout (214.8 kB)

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.10
A mass–flux parameterization for shallow cumulus convection in the NCEP global forecast system
Jongil Han, SRG at NCEP/EMC, College Park, 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

Handout (399.5 kB)

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

Handout (771.9 kB)

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

Handout (518.7 kB)

P1M.14
Reliability analysis of mass consistent models
Marco A. Nuñez, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico; and H. Juarez and C. Flores

Handout (839.3 kB)


Joint Poster Session 2J
Mesoscale Structure and Precipitation Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )
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

Handout (1.3 MB)

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

Handout (564.5 kB)

JP2J.3
Wind fields of typhoon Songda (2004) observed by the Okinawa Doppler radar (COBRA)
Shinsuke Satoh, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Nagahama, H. Hanado, and K. Nakagawa

Handout (568.4 kB)

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

Handout (79.2 kB)

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

Handout (1.4 MB)

JP2J.7
Polarimetric radar observations of the structure of Tropical Cyclone Ingrid
Peter T. May, BMRC, Melbourne, Australia; and T. Keenan

Handout (408.2 kB)

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

Handout (114.5 kB)

JP2J.9
Numerical modeling of intense tropical cyclone Dina (2002) in the South West Indian Ocean using Meso-Nh model
Samuel Jolivet, LATMOS, Vélizy, France; and D. Barbary, F. Chane-Ming, F. Roux, and S. Westrelin

Handout (246.0 kB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Joint Session 2J
Mesoscale Structure and Precipitation Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology; and the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes )
Chair: David M. Schultz, NOAA/NSSL and CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma
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 Jr., 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, NOAA Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL; and M. D. Eastin, F. D. Marks Jr., J. F. Gamache, and M. L. Black
5:00 PM
J2J.6
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-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Sessions Conclude for the Day

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Opening of Exhibits with Icebreaker Reception

Tuesday, 25 October 2005

7:00 AM-7:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Registration Open from 7:00am–5:30pm

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Joint Session 3J
Field Work Aimed at Understanding the Organization of Convection (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )
Chair: Robert M. Rauber, Univ. of Illinois
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
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, 25 October 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Session 2M
WRF Model
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Mark Stoelinga, Univ. of Washington
10:30 AM
2M.1
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. B. 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

12:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Exhibits Open

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Lunch

1:15 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Joint Poster Session 4J
Radar Studies of Mesoscale Banded Structures (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )
JP4J.0
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

Handout (1007.0 kB)

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. Braun, P. O. G. Persson, and J. W. Bao

Handout (882.7 kB)

JP4J.3
Mesoscale structure in a coastal front: a case study
Frank P. Colby Jr., Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; and A. Hoell

Handout (1.2 MB)

1:15 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Poster Session 2M
WRF Model
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
P2M.1
Propagating nocturnal convection within a 7–day WRF–model simulation
Stanley B. Trier, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Davis

Handout (574.2 kB)

P2M.2
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

Handout (1.5 MB)

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

Handout (2.9 MB)

P2M.8
High-resolution WRF-simulated microphysical data during a severe weather event
Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

P2M.9
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

Handout (1.9 MB)


Joint Poster Session 3J
Field Work Aimed at Understanding the Organization of Convection (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )
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

Handout (545.0 kB)

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

Handout (663.6 kB)

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

Handout (237.0 kB)

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

Handout (141.4 kB)

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

Handout (369.4 kB)

JP3J.7
The Moisture Route of Palo Duro Canyon
Kevin R. Walter, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss and A. Swift

Handout (573.4 kB)

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

Handout (2.5 MB)

JP3J.9
Convective evolution in along–line shear
Matthew D. Parker, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC

Handout (590.6 kB)

JP3J.10
Trade Wind Cumuli Statistics and the Impact of finite Resolution Measurements
Guangyu Zhao, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Di Girolamo

Handout (541.6 kB)

JP3J.11
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

Handout (1.9 MB)

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

Handout (495.8 kB)

JP3J.16
Dryline convergence and the initiation of deep moist convection
Michael P. Griesinger, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. C. Weiss

Handout (642.5 kB)

JP3J.17
CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY FOR AFRICA
Arlene Laing, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Carbone and V. Levizzani

JP3J.20
Characteristics of the Precipitating Systems during the 2002 Dry-to-Wet RACCI Field Campaign in the Amazon Region
Carlos Morales, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and L. A. Toledo Machado and M. A. Faus Silva Dias

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

Handout (343.2 kB)

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

Handout (125.8 kB)

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

Handout (715.0 kB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Coffee break

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Joint Session 4J
Radar Studies of Mesoscale Banded Structures (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )
Chair: Isztar Zawadzki, McGill Univ.
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
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
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
5:15 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
J4J.4A

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Oral Sessions Conclude for the Day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Exhibitor Reception (with hors d'oeuvres)

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Poster Session 3M
Mesoscale Processes, Dynamics, and Predictability
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
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

Handout (303.7 kB)

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

Handout (502.3 kB)

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

Handout (381.0 kB)

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 Jr., J. A. Haynes, T. E. Thompson, and F. H. Carr

Handout (465.2 kB)

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, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. F. Bosart and J. Molinari

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

Handout (308.1 kB)

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

Handout (1.6 MB)

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

Handout (561.2 kB)


Poster Session 4M
Mesoscale Applications Using Numerical Models
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
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
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, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. M. Lackmann

Handout (636.0 kB)

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

Handout (578.9 kB)

P4M.9
Variable and Scale Dependent Mesoscale Predictability
Naifang Bei, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and F. Zhang


Joint Poster Session 5J
BAMEX (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )
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 Jr.

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

Handout (260.4 kB)

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

Handout (139.9 kB)

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

Handout (423.4 kB)

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

Handout (2.0 MB)

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, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, 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.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

Handout (257.3 kB)

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

Handout (2.7 MB)

JP5J.15
Dual rear inflow jets within the 26 August 2003 derecho
Joseph A. Grim, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. M. Rauber

Handout (319.6 kB)


Joint Poster Session 6J
IHOP (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )
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

Handout (2.7 MB)

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

Handout (2.0 MB)

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

Handout (693.1 kB)

Wednesday, 26 October 2005

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Registration Open from 7:30am–12:15pm

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Joint Session 5J
BAMEX
Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )
Chair: Nolan T. Atkins, Lyndon State College
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
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, NPS, Monterey, CA; 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, 26 October 2005


Exhibits Open

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-1:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Session 3M
Mesoscale Processes, Dynamics, and Predictability
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State University
11:00 AM
3M.3
Observation-based 0-6 hr Probabilistic Forecasts
Cynthia K. Mueller, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. James and M. Dan
11:45 AM
3M.6
The impact of superimposed low-level jets during the 2003 Presidents' Day winter storm
Michael T. Kiefer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and M. L. Kaplan and Y. L. Lin
12:00 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
12:30 PM
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
12:45 PM
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

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Sessions Conclude for the Day

4:30 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Conference Event–Los Amigos Roundup (Transportation will be provided)

Thursday, 27 October 2005

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Registration Open from 7:30am–5:30pm

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Joint Session 6J
IHOP
Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )
Chair: Roger M. Wakimoto, NCAR
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, 27 October 2005


Exhibits Open

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Session 4M
Mesoscale Applications Using Numerical Models
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Conrad L. Ziegler, NOAA/NSSL
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
11:00 AM
4M.3
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, 27 October 2005


Lunch

12:30 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Exhibits Open

1:15 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Poster Session 5M
Orographic & Coastal Circulation
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
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

Handout (155.3 kB)

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

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

Handout (693.0 kB)

P5M.9
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

Handout (105.4 kB)

P5M.14
Large eddy simulation of the onset of the sea breeze
Marta Antonelli, Univ. of Genova, Genoa, Italy; and R. Rotunno


Poster Session 6M
Idealized Modeling Studies
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
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

Handout (1.5 MB)

P6M.2
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

Handout (398.2 kB)

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

Handout (1.6 MB)

P6M.6
Analysis and evolution of balance in unstable barotropic jets
Travis A. Smith, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS; and P. Cunningham

Handout (312.6 kB)

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


Joint Poster Session 7J
Coastal & Orographic Circulation Systems (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Location: Alvarado F and Atria (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )
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

Handout (995.8 kB)

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

Handout (682.1 kB)

JP7J.3
The 29-30 January 2005 southeast Colorado snowstorm
Paul G. Wolyn, NOAA/NWSFO, Pueblo, CO

Handout (2.1 MB)

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

Handout (1.9 MB)

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

Handout (1.1 MB)

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

Handout (143.7 kB)

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

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Session 5M
Orographic and Coastal Circulations (Oral)
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Chair: Bradley F. Smull, University of Washington
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-5:30 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Sessions Conclude for the Day (Keynote Talks at 7:00pm)

7:00 PM-8:30 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Joint Session 7J
New Frontiers (Joint with 32Radar and 11Mesoscale)
Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes; and the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology )
Organizer: Steven E. Koch, NOAA/FSL
7:00 PM
J7J.1
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

Friday, 28 October 2005

8:15 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 28 October 2005


Joint Session 8J
Coastal & Orographic Circulation Systems
Location: Alvarado ABCD (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Hosts: (Joint between the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology; and the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes )
Chair: Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ETL
8:15 AM
J8J.1
8:45 AM
J8J.2
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
U. Germann, MeteoSwiss, Locarno-Monti, Switzerland; and G. Galli, A. M. 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

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Friday, 28 October 2005


Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:45 PM: Friday, 28 October 2005


Session 6M
Idealized Modeling Studies
Location: Alvarado GH (Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town)
Host: 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes
Organizer: Alan M. Shapiro, Univ. of Oklahoma
10:30 AM
P6M.4
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
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

6M.3
The Vertical Shear Induced Secondary Circulation of Tropical Cyclones
Da-Lin Zhang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and C. Kieu
12:15 PM
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
12:30 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-12:00 PM: Friday, 28 October 2005


11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes Adjourns