Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Session 1

Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Jennifer A. Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University

8:30 AM

1.1

A paleoclimatic perspective on contemporary Arctic climate (Invited Presentation)

Raymond S. Bradley, Climate System Research Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

9:00 AM

1.2

The Last Glacial Maximum climate over the Laurentide Ice Sheet: high-resolution simulations using Polar MM5

David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and E. R. Toracinta, R. J. Oglesby, H. Wei, J. Fastook, and T. Hughes

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

9:15 AM

1.3

Atmospheric response to modified CLIMAP ocean boundary conditions during the Last Glacial Maximum

E. Richard Toracinta, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and R. J. Oglesby and D. H. Bromwich

Presentation PDF (827.9 kB)

1.4

Variability and trends in the Hadley and Walker Circulations as expressed in a high elevation ice core from the Gulf of Alaska region

9:30 AM

1.5

Simulating the evolution of the Arctic climate during the last millennium

Hugues Goosse, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; and H. Renssen

Presentation PDF (643.4 kB)

9:45 AM

1.6

Explorers' logs from the 19th century provide a source for verifying proxy records

Kevin R. Wood, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland

Presentation PDF (426.9 kB)

10:00 AM

1.0a

Welcoming Remarks

Jennifer A. Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and C. F. Ropelewski

10:15 AM

1.6a

Coffee Break

Session 1

Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Chet F. Ropelewski, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction

10:45 AM

1.7

Decadal scale signals in the Arctic's atmospheric and oceanic systems (Invited Presentation)

Andrey Proshutinsky, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.8

Are temperature variations at Antarctic ice core sites representative of broad-scale climate variations?

John C. King, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and N. P. M. van Lipzig, W. M. Connolley, and J. C. Comiso

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (622.7 kB)

11:30 AM

1.9

Climate variability of the polar atmosphere based on historical radio sounding data

A. P. Makshtas, International Arctic Research Center, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and R. Colony, V. V. Maistrova, A. P. Nagurny, and S. V. Shoutilian

Presentation PDF (603.5 kB)

11:45 AM

1.10

Climate variability for Arctic Alaska

J. Curtis, Geophysical Institute, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and B. Hartmann and G. Wendler

Presentation PDF (773.2 kB)

12:00 PM

1.11

Climate trends and variability in Alaska since 1950

Martha D. Shulski, Universisty of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Wendler and B. M. Hartmann

Presentation PDF (209.5 kB)

12:15 PM

1.11a

Award Presentation

12:30 PM

1.11b

Lunch Break

Session 1

Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Uma S. Bhatt, IARC, Univ. of Alaska

1:30 PM

1.12

Regional, seasonal, and historic Arctic temperature change (Invited Presentation)

James E. Overland, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and M. C. Spillane and K. R. Wood

Presentation PDF (551.2 kB)

2:00 PM

1.13

Analysis of the climatology of extreme weather events affecting Barrow, Alaska

Elizabeth N. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch, M. R. Koslow, and C. Thornbrugh

2:15 PM

1.14

Structure of Variability of Surface Level Pressure above Arctic for 1958–1997

Oleg Y. Korneev, Geoecology Monitoring Center of Natural Resourses Ministry of Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

2:30 PM

1.15

A theory of long scale climatic oscillation, which explains global warming using a closed model of polar-tropical oceanic heat transfer

Livingston Davies, Flying Cloud Co., Duxbury, MA; and K. L. Davies

Presentation PDF (98.0 kB)

2:45 PM

1.16

Annual variability of heat in the Arctic mixed layer beneath pack ice from drifting buoy observations

Richard A. Krishfield, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA

Presentation PDF (451.5 kB)

3:00 PM

1.17

On the role of atmospheric dynamics in forming the climatic response to doubling CO2

Vladimir Alexeev, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

3:15 PM

1.17a

Coffee Break

Oral Briefing for Poster Session 1 (1 minute, 1 slide per poster)

Organizer: Axel Schweiger, University of Washington

Poster Session 1

General Posters with Reception

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Axel Schweiger, University of Washington

P1.1

Arctic people and climate change: opening the dialogue between indigenous knowledge and arctic science

Igor Krupnik, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Handout (1.2 MB)

P1.2

Energy content over high latitudes of Northern Hemisphere

Valery N. Khokhlov, Odessa State Environmental University, Odessa, Ukraine

Handout (213.7 kB)

P1.3

The NAO, low-frequency variability, and the CCSM

Kara A. Sterling, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK

P1.4

Transmission of solar radiation by a summer sea ice cover

Bonnie Light, APL, Seattle, WA; and T. C. Grenfell and D. K. Perovich

P1.5

Plans for a regional atmospheric reanalysis over the Greenland ice sheet: GREBIS - Greenland Reanalysis of the Energy Budget of the Ice Sheet

John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and C. Takeuchi, A. H. Lynch, and K. Steffen

P1.6

Land-atmosphere interactions in early Holocene Beringia

Aaron Rivers, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. Lynch, P. Bartlein, M. Edwards, P. Anderson, and L. Brubaker

P1.7

Evaluation of the NCEP/NCAR and ECMWF 15-yr reanalyses over the data sparse Arctic Ocean

Sheng-Hung Wang, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and J. A. Francis and D. H. Bromwich

Handout (629.2 kB)

P1.8

A 20-year data set of downwelling longwave flux at the Arctic surface from TOVS satellite data

Jennifer A. Francis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and A. Schweiger and J. Key

Handout (455.1 kB)

P1.9

Cloud Properties in the Winter Arctic from MODIS Data

Linong Yan, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. A. Francis

Handout (268.2 kB)

P1.10

Modeling a multi-layer cloud system observed during the FIRE Arctic Clouds Experiment using a new double-moment bulk microphysics scheme

Hugh Morrison, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. D. Shupe, J. A. Curry, and P. Zuidema

P1.11

A comparison of high-resolution ice-ocean model results with SHEBA data

Wieslaw Maslowski, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and A. Romanou, D. M. Holland, J. L. Clement, and W. Walczowski

Handout (366.7 kB)

P1.12

Melt water balance and surface temperature variations in the vicinity of the SHEBA station during spring and summer 1998

Thomas C. Grenfell, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. Light

P1.13

Variability in the Atlantic layer of the Arctic Ocean

Sookmi Moon, Institute of Marine Science/University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and M. Johnson

P1.14

Studying the Thermohaline Circulation with a Coupled Higher-Resolution Sea-Ice - Coarse-Resolution Ocean GCM

Joong-Tae Kim, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Stössel

Handout (235.9 kB)

P1.15

A new Lagrangian model of sea ice

R. W. Lindsay, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and H. L. Stern

Handout (1.0 MB)

P1.16

The impact of modelling the sea ice thickness distribution in a coupled climate model

Alison J. McLaren, Met Office, Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and C. F. Durman and H. T. Banks

P1.17

Scaling properties of the deformation of Arctic sea ice

Harry L. Stern, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. W. Lindsay and J. Weiss

P1.18

An idealized study of open water formation in sea ice

Nadja T. Lönnroth, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Haapala and A. Stössel

Handout (499.0 kB)

P1.19

A 20-year hindcast of Arctic sea ice using assimilated sea ice motion

Todd E. Arbetter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and C. S. Takeuchi and J. A. Maslanik

P1.20

Modelling the future of Canadian Arctic ice

Tessa Sou, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada; and G. Holloway, G. M. Flato, and T. Carrieres

Handout (111.3 kB)

P1.21

Greenland ice sheet interaction with HadCM3

Jeff K. Ridley, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks, United Kingdom; and P. Huybrechts and J. M. Gregory

P1.22

The Greenland Sea Ice Season 2002—The Observed Extremes Seen From Ice Center Perspectives

Keld Q. Hansen, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

Handout (259.5 kB)

P1.23

Historical April sea ice extent for the Barents Sea, 1850–2001

Inna Shapiro, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and R. Colony

Handout (83.9 kB)

P1.24

Associations of April Barents Sea ice extent with the Arctic Oscillation Index, 1950–2001

Timothy L. Shy, NOAA/NWS, Fairbanks, AK; and I. V. Shapiro and R. L. Colony

Handout (32.9 kB)

P1.25

Bimodality of Fast Ice Extent Distribution in the northeastern Kara Sea

Dmitry Divine, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromso, Norway; and A. Makshtas and R. Korsnes

Handout (377.9 kB)

P1.26

On the interannual variability of Alaskan climate in a regional climate system model

Wanli Wu, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch

P1.27

The real-time Arctic MM5 modeling system: Characteristics and performance for short-range Alaska regional and local forecast applications

Jeffrey S. Tilley, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Krieger and X. Meng

Handout (2.3 MB)

P1.28

Simulation of the atmospheric state over the Arctic River Basins with Polar MM5 and the NCAR Land Surface Model

Yan Ma, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and D. Bromwich and H. Wei

Handout (91.5 kB)

P1.29

High resolution regional climate simulations over Iceland using Polar MM5

Lesheng Bai, Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich and G. G. Bjarnason

Handout (2.2 MB)

P1.30

Modelling of the 1991 Greenland summer with the coupled atmosphere-snow regional model MAR

Xavier Fettweis, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium; and J. P. van Ypersele, H. Gallee, and F. Lefebre

Handout (409.6 kB)

P1.31

Sensitivity of Polar Boundary Layer Simulations to Changes in Model Horizontal and Vertical Resolution

P1.32

On The Evaluation of the Role of Large-Scale Control in Arctic Surface Heat Flux Parameterizations

Johnny Wei-Bing Lin, CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

P1.33

A comprehensive validation of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS)

Andrew J. Monaghan, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, J. G. Powers, Y. H. Kuo, and A. M. Cayette

Handout (2.9 MB)

P1.34

Anomalous upper-ocean characteristics in Marguerite Bay, western Antarctic Peninsula, in response to the 1997/8 ENSO

Michael P. Meredith, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and A. C. Clarke, I. A. Renfrew, J. C. King, and M. A. Brandon

P1.35

Use of the Antarctic Plateau as a calibration target for infrared satellite instruments

Von P. Walden, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and W. L. Roth, B. Halter, R. Stone, and D. Tobin

P1.36

A simulation of snow megadunes along the Dumont d'Urville—Dome C transect, Antarctica

Hubert Gallee, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement, Saint-Martin d'Heres Cedex, Grenoble, France

P1.37

Fast Tactical Integration Console (FAST TACTIC)

Paul A. Bienhoff, John Hopkins Univ., APL, Laurel, MD; and J. Smart

Handout (957.4 kB)

P1.38

Polar Clouds—Early Observations from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System

James D. Spinhirne, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Mahesh, S. P. Palm, D. L. Hlavka, J. R. Campbell, W. D. Hart, and E. J. Welton

P1.39

The Antarctic Standard Atmosphere

Ashwin Mahesh, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Ctr., Greenbelt, MD; and D. Lubin

P1.40

Arctic Sea Ice Changes and Future Access for Marine Navigation

Lawson W. Brigham, U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Arlington, VA; and M. S. Timlin and J. E. Walsh

Handout (1.1 MB)

P1.41

IMPACT OF VARIATIONS IN SNOWPACK ONSET AND DISAPPEARANCE DATES ON SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE IN THE ALASKAN ARCTIC

Feng Ling, National Snow and Ice Data Center/ Univ. of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and T. Zhang

Handout (160.0 kB)

P1.42

Representation of Antarctic Coastal Polynyas in Ocean Climate Models: A Justification for Assimilation of Satellite-Derived Ice Concentration?

Achim Stoessel, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and T. Markus

Handout (287.4 kB)

P1.2A

An update to the Arctic Ocean snow melt onset data set

Session 3

Short Temporal and/or Small Spatial Scale Processes

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Edgar L. Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)

8:30 AM

3.1

Sunlight and sea ice: on the partitioning of solar radiation by a sea ice cover (Invited Presentation)

Donald K Perovich, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

3.2

Modeling sea ice and melt ponds at SHEBA with the CCSM ice model

John W. Weatherly, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, Hanover, NH

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

3.3

Modeling surface exchange and heat transfer for the shallow snow cover at SHEBA

Rachel E. Jordan, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and E. L. Andreas, C. W. Fairall, A. A. Grachev, P. S. Guest, J. M. Hanesiak, D. K. Perovich, and P. O. G. Persson

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

9:15 AM

3.4

Cloud radiative forcing in Arctic polynyas: climatology, parameterization, and modeling

Erica L. Key, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. J. Minnett, R. H. Evans, and T. N. Papakyriakou

Presentation PDF (155.1 kB)

3.5

A comparison of SHEBA and North Slope of Alaska surface cloud forcing

9:30 AM

3.6

Effects of IFN entrainment from above the inversion on Arctic boundary clouds

William R. Cotton, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and G. Carrió and H. Jiang

Presentation PDF (257.3 kB)

9:45 AM

3.7

Shear-driven cloudy boundary layer in the Arctic

Jun Inoue, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; and B. Kosovic and J. A. Curry

Presentation PDF (463.1 kB)

10:00 AM

3.8

A numerical study of the structure of convective roll clouds associated with high latitude cold air outbreaks

Anthony Liu, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore and K. Tsuboki

10:15 AM

3.8a

Coffee Break

Session 2

Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University

8:30 AM

2.1

Large-scale atmospheric circulation modes affecting polar variability (Invited Presentation)

John C. Fyfe, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Victoria, BC, Canada; and A. H. Monahan

9:00 AM

2.3

Oceanic Teleconnections for Climate Changes in Arctic/Sub-Arctic and Tropical/Sub-Tropical Atlantic Oceans

Jiayan Yang, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

9:15 AM

2.4

Three modes of recent pan-Arctic multivariate change

James E. Overland, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and M. Spillane and N. N. Soreide

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

9:30 AM

2.5

Arctic Cyclone Activity and its Relationship with Large-scale Climate Leading Mode

Xiangdong Zhang, FRSGC/IARC, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. E. Walsh and M. Ikeda

9:45 AM

2.6

Relationships of Lemon Creek Glacier, Alaska and North Cascade glaciers mass balance to climate indices

Mauri S. Pelto, Nichols College, Dudley, MA

Presentation PDF (141.1 kB)

10:00 AM

2.7

Linking the northern hemisphere sea-ice reduction trend and the quasi-decadal Arctic sea-ice oscillation

Jia Wang, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and M. Ikeda, R. Gerdes, and S. Zhang

10:15 AM

2.8

Iceland-Greenland sea ice variability in the framework of the Arctic, North Atlantic and Barents oscillations

Martin W. Miles, Environmental Systems Analysis, Boulder, CO; and T. Jakobsson

10:30 AM

2.8a

Coffee Break

Session 2

Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Tom Lachlan-Cope, British Antarctic Survey

11:00 AM

2.9

The climate of the Greenland Ice Sheet as simulated by Polar MM5

Lin Li, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich and L. Bai

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

11:15 AM

2.10

Model study of the decadal variability of the Arctic Ocean—GIN Sea system

Dmitriy Dukhovskoy, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and M. Johnson and A. Proshutinsky

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

2.11

Spatial and Temporal Variability in Freshwater Inflow to the Arctic Ocean

Michael Rawlins, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; and R. Lammers, S. Frolking, A. Shiklomanov, and C. Vörösmarty

11:45 AM

2.12

Variability of Arctic fresh water and its impact on the North Atlantic Ocean

Cornelia Koeberle, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; and R. Gerdes, F. Kauker, and M. Karcher

12:00 PM

2.13

Transformation of Atlantic Water in the Barents Sea between 1948 and 2002

M. J. Karcher, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; and R. Gerdes, F. Kauker, C. Köberle, and U. Schauer

Presentation PDF (162.9 kB)

12:15 PM

2.14

Temperature-Salinity Oscillations, Sudden Transitions and Hysteresis in Laboratory Experiments and Layered Models

John A. Whitehead, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA

12:30 PM

2.14a

Lunch Break

Session 3

Short Temporal and/or Small Spatial Scale Processes (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Peter S. Guest, NPS

11:00 AM

3.9

Boundary-layer structure in the summertime high Arctic during the AOE2001

Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (640.1 kB)

11:15 AM

3.10

An analysis of static stability in the Arctic atmosphere

R. I. Cullather, NCAR and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch

Presentation PDF (255.5 kB)

11:30 AM

3.11

Turbulent transfer coefficients and roughness lengths over sea ice: The SHEBA results

Edgar L. Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and C. W. Fairall, A. A. Grachev, P. S. Guest, T. W. Horst, R. E. Jordan, and P. O. G. Persson

Presentation PDF (412.2 kB)

11:45 AM

3.12

Turbulence decay in the stable Arctic boundary layer

Andrey A. Grachev, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and C. W. Fairall, P. O. G. Persson, E. L. Andreas, P. S. Guest, and R. E. Jordan

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

12:00 PM

3.13

Roughness length for momentum and heat over Antarctica in a regional atmospheric climate model

C. H. Reijmer, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands; and E. van Meijgaard and M. R. van den Broeke

Presentation PDF (715.3 kB)

12:15 PM

3.14

Modeling surface interactions in the Arctic Ocean: accuracy vs. computational cost

Peter S. Guest, NPS, Monterey, CA; and E. L. Andreas, C. W. Fairall, A. A. Grachev, R. E. Jordan, and P. O. G. Persson

Presentation PDF (178.3 kB)

12:30 PM

3.14a

Lunch Break

Session 2

Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Muyin Wang, JISAO/Univ. of Washington

1:30 PM

2.15

Decadal Climate Variability associated with the Southern Annular Mode (Invited Presentation)

Martin Visbeck, LDEO Columbia University, Palisades, NY

2:00 PM

2.16

Improving Public Understanding of Arctic Climate Variations

Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland and J. Calder

Presentation PDF (129.6 kB)

2:15 PM

2.17

Coupled Oscillations in Antarctic Sea Ice, Ocean and Atmosphere

Mark R. Drinkwater, European Space Agency, Noordwijk ZH, Netherlands

2:30 PM

2.18

Mechanism studies of atmospheric teleconnections involving Antarctic Dipole Variability

Jiping Liu, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, New York, NY; and D. G. Martinson and X. Yuan

2:45 PM

2.19

Interannual Antarctic tropospheric circulation and precipitation variability (AAO, ENSO, etc.)

Christophe Genthon, CNRS / Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement, Grenoble, France; and G. Krinner and M. Sacchettini

Presentation PDF (585.1 kB)

3:00 PM

2.19a

Coffee Break

Session 3

Short Temporal and/or Small Spatial Scale Processes (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Janet M. Intrieri, NOAA/ETL

1:30 PM

3.15

Tidal effects on sea ice and ocean-air interaction

Laurence Padman, Earth & Space Research, Corvallis, OR

1:45 PM

3.16

Models for the closure of a coastal latent heat polynya

Nick R. T. Biggs, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom; and A. J. Willmott

2:00 PM

3.17

A summer lead in the Arctic Ocean during the SHEBA year

Anastasia Romanou, New York University, New York, NY; and D. M. Holland and M. G. McPhee

Presentation PDF (290.6 kB)

2:15 PM

3.18

The variation of temperature and salinity within Arctic leads during the summer

Clayton A. Paulson, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and W. S. Pegau and E. Skyllingstad

2:30 PM

3.19

Large-eddy simulation of turbulent processes in summertime leads

Eric D. Skyllingstad, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. A. Paulson and W. S. Pegau

Presentation PDF (277.1 kB)

2:45 PM

3.20

The Arctic Ocean snow mass budget

Stephen J. Déry, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York; and L. B. Tremblay

Presentation PDF (171.6 kB)

3:00 PM

3.20a

Coffee Break

Session 3

Short Temporal and/or Small Spatial Scale Processes (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Dana E. Lane-Veron, Rutgers University

3:30 PM

3.21

Pack Ice Surface Energy Changes at SHEBA Initiated by Late Summer Synoptic Forcing

P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and E. L. Andreas, C. W. Fairall, P. S. Guest, and D. K. Perovich

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

3:45 PM

3.22

Carbon dioxide exchange in the coastal ocean-sea ice-atmosphere system

Alexander P. Makshtas, International Arctic Research Center, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and I. P. Semiletov, E. L. Andreas, and K. J. Claffey

Presentation PDF (531.4 kB)

4:00 PM

3.23

Shelf dense water transport in the Beaufort Sea

Meibing Jin, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Wang

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (687.7 kB)

Session 2

Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Walter N. Meier, U.S. Naval Academy

3:30 PM

2.20

Inter El NiÑo variations in the winter atmospheric circulation of the South Pacific part I: observations

Stephen A. Harangozo, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; and T. A. Lachlan-Cope

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (275.5 kB)

3:45 PM

2.21

Inter El NiÑo variations in the atmospheric circulation of the South Pacific, part II—modelling

Tom A. Lachlan-Cope, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and S. Harangozo

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (152.2 kB)

4:00 PM

2.22

Mechanisms Forcing Antarctic Sea Ice Variability

Marika M. Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. M. Bitz and E. C. Hunke

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

4:15 PM

2.23

A simulation of the antarctic ice sheet mass balance

Hubert Gallee, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l'Environnement, Saint-Martin d'Heres Cedex, Grenoble, France

4:30 PM

2.24

Antarctic Sea Ice and a West Pacific Teleconnection in the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model

Keith M. Hines, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and C. C. Hennon and D. H. Bromwich

Conference Banquet—Dinner Cruise on Hyannis Harbor ***Please note the bus will depart for the harbor at 6:30p.m.

Session 4

Polar Weather

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: P. Ola G. Perrson, CIRES and NOAA/ETL

8:30 AM

4.1

Radiosonde temperature, humidity, and pressure response at low temperatures

Stephen R. Hudson, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. S. Town, V. P. Walden, and S. G. Warren

Presentation PDF (183.5 kB)

8:45 AM

4.2

Real-Time Mesoscale NWP in Support of Antarctic Science and Operations

Jordan G. Powers, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. W. Manning, Y. H. Kuo, and D. H. Bromwich

Presentation PDF (511.1 kB)

9:00 AM

4.3

The performance of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) for an intense summer storm in the Ross Sea

Andrew J. Monaghan, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, Y. H. Kuo, T. K. Wee, J. G. Powers, and A. M. Cayette

Presentation PDF (354.2 kB)

9:15 AM

4.4

Automatic weather station measurements in Marguerite Bay (West Antarctic Peninsula) during 2001–2002

Robert C. Beardsley, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and R. Limeburner, M. Caruso, J. Hyatt, and D. Liptzin

9:30 AM

4.5

The dynamics of idealised katabatic flow over a moderate slope and ice shelf

Ian A. Renfrew, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Presentation PDF (187.5 kB)

9:45 AM

4.6

On use of hydrostatic approximation over Greenland

Abha Sood, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; and P. Lemke

Presentation PDF (939.1 kB)

10:00 AM

4.7

Numerical studies of atmospheric Kelvin waves on the west coast of Greenland

Rebekah Martin, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore

10:15 AM

4.8

Arctic storm simulation with the Arctic MM5 model: performance validation

Jing Zhang, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. S. Tilley and X. Zhang

Presentation PDF (422.9 kB)

10:30 AM

4.8a

Coffee Break

Session 5

High-Latitude Feedbacks and Climate Sensitivity

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Stephen J. Vavrus, University of Wisconsin

8:30 AM

5.1

Modeling feedbacks in the Arctic climate system (Invited Presentation)

James R. Miller, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and G. L. Russell

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

5.2

The role of surface albedo feedback in climate variability and climate change (Invited Presentation)

Alex Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

9:30 AM

5.3

Multiyear and SHEBA-year simulations of Arctic ocean-atmosphere-ice interactions with a single column version of CCSM2

Richard E. Moritz, APL, Seattle, WA; and C. M. Bitz

9:45 AM

5.4

Arctic climate sensitivity simulated with the CCSM2: Local and remote effects on feedback processes

Cecilia M. Bitz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. E. Moritz and S. J. Vavrus

10:00 AM

5.5

Contributions of High-Latitude Feedbacks to Climate Model Sensitivity

Anthony J. Broccoli, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and B. J. Soden and S. A. Klein

Recorded Presentation

10:15 AM

5.6

Atmosphere-cryosphere feedbacks based upon wavelet decomposition of NCEP upper air data and passive microwave sea ice concentrations

Ellsworth F. LeDrew, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada; and C. Derksen

10:30 AM

5.6a

Coffee Break

Session 4

Polar Weather (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Jordan G. Powers, NCAR

11:00 AM

4.9

The AOE2001 meteorological experiment in the high Arctic

Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Jensen, S. Oncley, and P. O. G. Persson

Presentation PDF (2.7 MB)

11:15 AM

4.10

Aviation Weather across the Canadian Arctic

David Aihoshi, Meteorological Service of Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and T. Gaines and E. Hudson

Presentation PDF (261.9 kB)

11:30 AM

4.11

Large Scale Atmospheric Circulations and Polar Low Genesis over the Gulf of Alaska

Boniface J. Mills, University of Nebraska, Linclon, NE; and M. R. Anderson

Presentation PDF (248.8 kB)

11:45 AM

4.12

The Influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) on the weather of Alaska

Nicholas A. Bond, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. A. Vecchi

Presentation PDF (46.6 kB)

12:00 PM

4.13

Identification of an intra-month regime shift over the North Atlantic

Sudharshan Sathiyamoorthy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and K. Moore

12:15 PM

4.14

The Arctic summer circulation and the maintenance of Boreal-forest rainbets

T.-C.(Mike) Chen, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and J. H. Yoon

12:30 PM

4.15

Interannual variation of summer rainbelts along the Arctic frontal zones

Jin-Ho Yoon, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; and T. C. Chen

12:45 PM

4.15a

Lunch Break

Session 5

High-Latitude Feedbacks and Climate Sensitivity (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Cecilia Bitz, University of Washington

11:00 AM

5.7

Current understanding of the inseparable cloud-radiation and ice-albedo feedbacks (Invited Presentation)

J. O. Pinto, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

11:30 AM

5.8

Observed and Modeled Relationships Among Arctic Climate Variables

Yonghua Chen, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. A. Francis, J. R. Miller, and G. L. Russell

Presentation PDF (219.8 kB)

11:45 AM

5.9

The impact of cloud feedbacks on Arctic climate change forced by increased CO₂

Steve Vavrus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Presentation PDF (314.3 kB)

12:00 PM

5.10

Relationship between Arctic clouds and synoptic-scale variability

Alexander Avramov, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and E. Clothiaux, J. Y. Harrington, and J. Verlinde

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (177.3 kB)

12:15 PM

5.11

Effects of Arctic Haze on Clouds and the Surface Radiation Balance

Timothy J. Garrett, University of Utah, Salt Lake CIty, UT; and X. Dong, G. G. Mace, and C. Zhao

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (219.3 kB)

12:30 PM

5.12

Antarctic clouds and radiation in the NCAR climate models

Keith M. Hines, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, M. J. Iacono, and P. J. Rasch

Presentation PDF (421.0 kB)

12:45 PM

5.12a

Lunch Break

Session 6

New Polar Observations and Applications

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Von P. Walden, University of Idaho

1:45 PM

6.1

A New View of the Polar Regions from Space (Invited Presentation)

Jeffrey Key, NOAA, Madison, WI

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

6.2

Impact of cloud cover on Arctic sea ice surface melt (Invited Presentation)

S. V. Nghiem, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. Kwok, D. K. Perovich, and D. G. Barber

Presentation PDF (290.2 kB)

Session 5

High-Latitude Feedbacks and Climate Sensitivity (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL

1:45 PM

5.13

Bimodal Nature of Arctic Surface-Atmosphere Interaction

Kirstie L. Stramler, Columbia University, New York, NY; and A. D. Del Genio and W. B. Rossow

2:00 PM

5.14

The change of cloud liquid water path on temperature over polar areas

Bing Lin, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis and A. Fan

Presentation PDF (132.6 kB)

2:15 PM

5.15

Meteorological forcing of sea ice variability in the Southern Beaufort Sea

David G. Barber, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and J. Hanesiak and W. Chan

Presentation PDF (705.4 kB)

2:30 PM

5.16

Possible Feedbacks of Winter Sea Ice in the Greenland and the Barents Seas on the Local Atmosphere

Bingyi Wu, Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Wang

2:45 PM

5.17

Sensitivity study of Greenland topography and its potential impact on the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)

Lin Li, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich

Presentation PDF (2.1 MB)

3:00 PM

5.17a

Coffee Break

Session 7

New Polar Observations and Applications: Clouds

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Von P. Walden, University of Idaho

2:45 PM

7.1

Cloud Detection and Cloud Top Height Assignment over the Poles Using MISR and MODIS Level 1 and 2 Data Products

Eugene Clothiaux, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and L. Di Girolamo, J. P. Muller, A. Nolin, A. J. Braverman, D. DeCoste, D. M. Mazzoni, B. Yu, and T. Shi

3:00 PM

7.1a

Coffee Break

Session 5

High-Latitude Feedbacks and Climate Sensitivity (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL

3:30 PM

5.18

Upper Ocean Thermohaline Structure and its Temporal Variability in the Southeast Indian Ocean

Xiaojun Yuan, Columbia University, Palisades, New York

3:45 PM

5.19

Warm water formation in the midst of the Southern Ocean

Sophie Wacongne, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida; and K. G. Speer, R. Lumpkin, and V. Sadoulet

Presentation PDF (362.3 kB)

4:00 PM

5.20

Jeffrey S. Tilley, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and U. S. Bhatt, R. Colony, and C. Swingley

Presentation PDF (609.8 kB)

Session 7

New Polar Observations and Applications: Clouds (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Paquita Zuidema, NOAA/ETL

3:30 PM

7.2

Cloud Detection Capabilities over the Polar Regions from MISR

Michael Wilson, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Rockville, MD; and L. Di Girolamo

3:45 PM

7.3

Comparison of surface and satellite measurements of Arctic cloud properties

Taneil Uttal, NOAA/ERL, Boulder, CO; and S. Sun-Mack, P. Minnis, and J. Key

Presentation PDF (129.7 kB)

4:00 PM

7.4

Variability of Arctic Cloudiness from the TOVS Polar Pathfinder Data Set

Axel Schweiger, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Zhang and R. Lindsay

4:15 PM

7.5

Evaluating the principles of cloud remote sensing with AVHRR and MAS data over SHEBA

Xiaozhen Xiong, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Lubin, W. Li, and K. Stamnes

4:30 PM

7.6

Cloud climatology of the SHEBA year derived from an automated Arctic cloud mask

Douglas A. Spangenberg, AS&M, Inc., Hampton, VA; and V. Chakrapani and P. Minnis

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

4:45 PM

7.7

A High Spectral Resolution Lidar for cloud and aerosol optical measurements in the Arctic

Edwin W. Eloranta, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

5:00 PM

7.8

Assessing the representativeness of Barrow soundings using Aerosondes

J. O. Pinto, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Maslanik, J. Inoue, J. A. Curry, and G. J. Holland

Presentation PDF (171.2 kB)

Session 8

New Polar Observations and Applications: Assimilation

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Ronald W. Lindsay, University of Washington

8.1

Impact of data resolution on meteorological fields over the polar regions

Presentation PDF (163.9 kB)

8:30 AM

8.2

Assimilation of observed ice motions in a 2-D sea ice model

Walter N. Meier, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and T. E. Arbetter

8:45 AM

8.3

An investigation of anomalously low Arctic sea ice extent using assimilated sea ice motion

Todd E. Arbetter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and C. S. Takeuchi, A. H. Lynch, and J. A. Maslanik

9:00 AM

8.4

Estimating Arctic sea-ice deformation using data assimilation

Jinro Ukita, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. K. Liu and Y. Zhao

Presentation PDF (2.4 MB)

9:15 AM

8.5

High-Latitude Deep Water Formation From a Synthesis of Sea-Ice and Ocean Data

Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Zhang

Session 9

NEW POLAR OBSERVATIONS AND APPLICATIONS: CLOUDS (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Eugene Clothiaux, Penn State Univ.

8:30 AM

9.1

Atmospheric ice crystals over the Antarctic Plateau in winter

Von P. Walden, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and S. G. Warren and E. Tuttle

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

8:45 AM

9.2

Observations of Antarctic Fog Particles

Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. K. Wang and C. R. Stearns

Presentation PDF (239.0 kB)

9:00 AM

9.3

An Antarctic Cloud Mass Transport Climatology overview

Jessica A. Staude, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. R. Stearns, M. A. Lazzara, L. M. Keller, and S. A. Ackerman

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

9:15 AM

9.4

10 years of Antarctic composite images

Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. R. Stearns, J. A. Staude, and S. L. Knuth

Presentation PDF (765.5 kB)

9:30 AM

9.5

Satellite observations of polar precipitation using Aqua

Frederick W. Chen, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and A. M. Leckman and D. H. Staelin

Presentation PDF (525.9 kB)

9:45 AM

9.6

Tests of a satellite-based cloud initialization scheme for high latitude application in MM5

Xingang Fan, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. S. Tilley

Presentation PDF (541.0 kB)

10:00 AM

9.7

Studies of Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds from SHEBA/FIRE/ACE: May 1–10 Case Study

Paquita Zuidema, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and B. Baker, J. Intrieri, P. Lawson, S. Matrosov, and M. Shupe

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

Session 10

High-Latitude Model Intercomparisons and Innovations

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Ronald W. Lindsay, University of Washington

9:30 AM

10.1

The Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project: Recent Progress (Invited Presentation)

Amanda H. Lynch, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Curry and J. J. Cassano

10:00 AM

10.2

An Energy-Diagnostics Intercomparison of Coupled Ice-Ocean Arctic Models

Petteri Uotila, New York University, New York, NY; and D. M. Holland, S. Häkkinen, G. Holloway, N. Steiner, M. Steele, J. Zhang, and A. Proshutinsky

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

10:15 AM

10.3

INM RAS coupled Arctic Ocean\ sea ice model. The results of the AOMIP 31-year coordinated spin-up 1948–1978

Nikolai G. Yakovlev, Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Presentation PDF (585.3 kB)

10:30 AM

10.3a

Coffee Break

Session 11

New Polar Observations and Applications: Atmospheric Parameters

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Eugene Clothiaux, Penn State Univ.

10:15 AM

11.1

Northern Hemisphere summer Sea Level Pressure reconstructed from proxy-climate data

David E. Atkinson, Geological Survey of Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and K. Gajewski

Presentation PDF (424.7 kB)

10:30 AM

11.1a

Coffee Break

Session 10

High-Latitude Model Intercomparisons and Innovations (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

11:00 AM

10.4

SLMIP (surface layer model intercomparison project): Stable surface layer results

John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch

11:15 AM

10.5

Surface and boundary layer processes over the Arctic Ocean: Results from the Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ARCMIP)

John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch, A. Rinke, and J. Curry

11:30 AM

10.6

Evaluating model parameterizations of arctic processes

Steven D. Greenberg, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and A. R. Metcalf, J. Y. Harrington, and J. Verlinde

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (176.5 kB)

11:45 AM

10.7

The role of resolution in modeling the Arctic Ocean circulation and dynamics

Wieslaw Maslowski, NPS, Monterey, CA; and D. C. Marble, J. L. Clement, and W. Walczowski

Presentation PDF (695.9 kB)

10.8

Zonal asymmetries, teleconnections, and annular modes in a GCM

12:00 PM

10.9

A coupled ice-ocean model in the pan Arctic and North Atlantic Ocean: simulations of seasonal cycle

Jia Wang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and M. Ikeda and F. Saucier

12:15 PM

10.10

Two-dimensional unsteady polynya flux model solutions incorporating a parameterisation for the collection depth of consolidated new ice

Andrew J. Willmott, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom; and N. R. T. Biggs

12:30 PM

10.10a

Lunch Break

Session 11

New Polar Observations and Applications: Atmospheric Parameters (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Jeffrey R. Key, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

11:00 AM

11.2

Applications of neural networks in West Antarctic meteorology and climatology

David B. Reusch, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and R. B. Alley

Presentation PDF (429.3 kB)

11:15 AM

11.3

A Comparison of the TOVS temperature porfile iwht the ECMWF analysis and staion -observed data in middle and high southern latitudes

Chuanyu Xu, U.S. National Ice Center, Washington, DC and QSS Group, INC, Lanham, Maryland, Washington, DC; and C. Z. Zou, M. L. Van Woert, and X. Wu

Presentation PDF (693.7 kB)

11:30 AM

11.4

Study of Clear Sky, Low-Level Atmospheric Temperature Inversions Using Satellite Data

Yinghui Liu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key

Presentation PDF (568.1 kB)

11:45 AM

11.5

Comparison of NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis data with station data for the circum-polar coastal regime

David E. Atkinson, Geological Survey of Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and S. M. Solomon

Presentation PDF (772.7 kB)

12:00 PM

11.6

Atmospheric Wind retrievals from Satellite soundings over the Polar Plateau regions

Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and M. L. Van Woert and C. Xu

Presentation PDF (303.9 kB)

12:15 PM

11.7

Arctic upper-level winds from reanalyses and TOVS satellite retrievals

Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and E. Hunter

Presentation PDF (947.5 kB)

12:30 PM

11.7a

Lunch Break

Session 11

New Polar Observations and Applications: Atmospheric Parameters (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Taneil Uttal, NOAA/ERL/ETL

1:30 PM

11.8

Influence of the Error Covariance structure on satellite-derived atmospheric winds over the southern oceans

Xingren Wu, U.S. National Ice Center and QSS Group, Inc., Washington, DC; and C. Z. Zou, M. L. Van Woert, and C. Xu

Presentation PDF (278.4 kB)

1:45 PM

11.9

A new approach for obtaining advection profiles: Application to the SHEBA column

Hugh Morrison, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; and J. O. Pinto

Presentation PDF (56.5 kB)

Session 10

High-Latitude Model Intercomparisons and Innovations (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Wieslaw Maslowski, NPS

1:30 PM

10.11

Comparison and evaluation of AGCM Radiation Parameterizations in the Arctic

Dana E. Lane-Veron, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. O. Pinto and J. A. Curry

1:45 PM

10.12

Radiative effect of aerosols on the Arctic Climate during Spring

Rong-Ming Hu, University of Quebec, Montreal, QC, Canada; and E. Girard and J. P. Blanchet

Presentation PDF (534.7 kB)

2:00 PM

10.13

The Use of Equivalent Spheres to Model Scattering and Absorption of Radiation by Ice Clouds and Snow

Stephen G. Warren, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and T. C. Grenfell and S. P. Neshyba

2:15 PM

10.14

Modeling snowcover heterogeneity in polar regions

Stephen J. Déry, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and W. T. Crow, M. Stieglitz, and E. F. Wood

Presentation PDF (127.5 kB)

10.15

On the performance of two advanced land surface schemes as applied to simulations of Arctic land environments

Presentation PDF (919.4 kB)

2:30 PM

10.16

Off-line tests of the land surface model NOAH for Alaskan sites

Jing Zhang, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. S. Tilley

Presentation PDF (90.8 kB)

2:45 PM

10.17

Hydrological discharge over Greenland

Abha Sood, Alfred Wegener Institute Foundation for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; and P. Lemke

Presentation PDF (1.5 MB)

3:00 PM

10.17a

Coffee Break

Session 12

New Polar Observations and Applications: Surface Parameters

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Taneil Uttal, NOAA/ERL/ETL

12.1

Snow Melt on Sea Ice from Multispectral Satellite Data

2:01 PM

12.2

Greenland Albedo Variability

Julienne C. Stroeve, CIRES/ Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. Nolin

2:15 PM

12.3

Beaufort sea ice melt pond coverage from MODIS observations

Mark A. Tschudi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Maslanik and D. K. Perovich

Presentation PDF (95.0 kB)

2:30 PM

12.4

Recent surface melting in West Antarctica: Comparison of Remote and in-situ observations

Sarah B. Das, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA; and R. B. Alley

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

2:45 PM

12.5

A Climatology of Surface Albedo for the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone

Richard Brandt, State University of New York at Albany, Wilmington, NY; and S. G. Warren and A. P. Worby

3:00 PM

12.5a

Coffee Break

Session 12

New Polar Observations and Applications: Surface Parameters (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Julienne C. Stroeve, CIRES/ Univ. of Colorado

3:30 PM

12.6

Blowing snow on the Antarctic plateau

Ashwin Mahesh, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Ctr., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Eager, J. Campbell, and J. D. Spinhirne

3:45 PM

12.7

Ocean fronts around Alaska from satellite SST data

Igor M. Belkin, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and P. Cornillon and D. Ullman

Presentation PDF (1.5 MB)

4:00 PM

12.8

Sea ice motion products from microwave imagery

Walter N. Meier, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and T. Vermeychuk

4:15 PM

12.9

Evaluation of Passive Microwave Ice Concentrations using digitized operational Ice Charts

Tom A. Agnew, Meteorological Service of Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada; and S. Howell and M. Shokr

Presentation PDF (344.9 kB)

SHEBA Celebration Dinner—optional, extra ticket purchase required

Session 13

Observations of and explanations for recent and/or abrupt change

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Ian A. Renfrew, British Antarctic Survey

8:30 AM

13.1

Recent environmental changes in the Arctic and links with the atmospheric circulation (Invited Presentation)

Mark C. Serreze, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

9:00 AM

13.2

Arctic ocean change: what changes and what doesn't

Greg Holloway, Institute of Ocean Science, Sidney, BC, Canada

Presentation PDF (440.0 kB)

9:15 AM

13.3

The Arctic Ocean's response to the NAM

Gerd Krahmann, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and M. Visbeck

Presentation PDF (741.1 kB)

9:30 AM

13.4

Return of deep shelf/slope convection in the western Barents Sea?

Ursula Schauer, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; and B. Rudels, I. Fer, P. M. Haugan, R. Skogseth, G. Björk, and P. Winsor

Presentation PDF (383.7 kB)

9:45 AM

13.5

Greenland and Labrador Sea convection in an ocean-sea ice simulation 1948–2002

Rüdiger Gerdes, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, YT, Germany; and J. Hurka and M. Karcher

Presentation PDF (2.1 MB)

10:00 AM

13.6

Detecting Arctic climate change using KÖppen climate classification

Muyin Wang, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland

Presentation PDF (253.3 kB)

10:15 AM

13.7

Manifestations of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation shift of 1976 within Alaskan climatology

Brian Hartmann, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Wendler

Presentation PDF (309.3 kB)

10:30 AM

13.7a

Coffee Break

Session 13

Observations of and explanations for recent and/or abrupt change (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: David A. Robinson, Rutgers University

11:00 AM

13.8

Recent and future changes in Arctic sea ice simulated by the HadCM3 AOGCM (Invited Presentation)

Jeff K. Ridley, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks, United Kingdom; and J. M. Gregory, P. A. Scott, D. J. Cresswell, N. A. Rayner, C. Gordon, and D. M. H. Sexton

11:30 AM

13.9

Decreasing Arctic sea ice: Greenhouse gases versus variability and natural forcing (Invited Presentation)

John W. Weatherly, U. S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, Hanover, NH

Presentation PDF (325.5 kB)

12:00 PM

13.10

Recent Arctic Climate Trends Observed from Space and the Cloud-Radiation Feedback

Xuanji Wang, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

12:15 PM

13.11

Variability of the Arctic atmospheric moisture budget derived from TOVS satellite data

David Groves, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA; and J. Francis

Presentation PDF (642.4 kB)

12:30 PM

13.11a

Lunch Break

Session 13

Observations of and explanations for recent and/or abrupt change (Continued)

Host: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Sympsoium on High-Latitude Climate Variations

Organizer: Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University

1:30 PM

13.12

Recent Variabilty of Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover

David A. Robinson, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

1:45 PM

13.13

Atmospheric Response to Observed Arctic Summer Sea Ice

Uma S Bhatt, IARC/Frontier, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and M. A. Alexander, J. Walsh, J. Miller, M. Timlin, and J. Scott

2:00 PM

13.14

Modeling the ENSO modulation of Antarctic climate in the late 1990s with Polar MM5

David H. Bromwich, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Vicosa, Brazil; and A. J. Monaghan and Z. Guo

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

2:15 PM

13.15

Increasing Reflectivity of the Antarctic Ocean-Atmosphere System: Analysis of TOMS and Passive Microwave Data for 1979-1994

Dan Lubin, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA

2:30 PM

13.16

Strong ENSO variability in the Drake Passage in the 1990s

Ryan L. Fogt, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and D. H. Bromwich, K. M. Hines, Z. Guo, and J. F. Carrasco

Presentation PDF (2.0 MB)

2:45 PM

13.17

Recent temperature trends in the deep waters of the Weddell Sea

Robin Robertson, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and M. Visbeck and A. Gordon

3:00 PM

13.17a

Concluding Remarks

Jennifer A. Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and U. S. Bhatt

Session 13 Browse by Day

Monday, 12 May 2003

8:30 AM-10:44 AM: Monday, 12 May 2003

10:45 AM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 May 2003

1:30 PM-3:45 PM: Monday, 12 May 2003

3:45 PM-4:25 PM: Monday, 12 May 2003

4:25 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 12 May 2003

Tuesday, 13 May 2003

8:30 AM-10:59 AM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

8:30 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

11:00 AM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

7:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

Wednesday, 14 May 2003

8:30 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

11:00 AM-1:45 PM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

1:45 PM-2:45 PM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

1:45 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

2:45 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

Thursday, 15 May 2003

8:29 AM-9:29 AM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

10:15 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

11:00 AM-1:29 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

11:00 AM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

2:00 PM-3:29 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

Friday, 16 May 2003

8:30 AM-11:00 AM: Friday, 16 May 2003

11:00 AM-1:30 PM: Friday, 16 May 2003

1:30 PM-3:15 PM: Friday, 16 May 2003

Monday, 12 May 2003

8:30 AM-10:44 AM: Monday, 12 May 2003

10:45 AM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 May 2003

1:30 PM-3:45 PM: Monday, 12 May 2003

3:45 PM-4:25 PM: Monday, 12 May 2003

4:25 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 12 May 2003

Tuesday, 13 May 2003

8:30 AM-10:59 AM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

8:30 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

11:00 AM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

7:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 May 2003

Wednesday, 14 May 2003

8:30 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

11:00 AM-1:45 PM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

1:45 PM-2:45 PM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

1:45 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

2:45 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

3:30 PM-4:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 14 May 2003

Thursday, 15 May 2003

8:29 AM-9:29 AM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

10:15 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

11:00 AM-1:29 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

11:00 AM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

1:30 PM-2:00 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

2:00 PM-3:29 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 15 May 2003

Friday, 16 May 2003

8:30 AM-11:00 AM: Friday, 16 May 2003

11:00 AM-1:30 PM: Friday, 16 May 2003

1:30 PM-3:15 PM: Friday, 16 May 2003