Symposium on Connections Between Mesoscale Processes and Climate Variability
    

Session 2

 

Mesoscale and global-scale phenomena important to regional climate

 Chair: F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO
9:30 AM2.1Dynamical effect of land surface processes on summer precipitation over the United States and Mexico (Invited)  
Kingtse Mo, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Wu
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM2.2Meteorological characteristics and over-land impacts of atmospheric rivers affecting the West Coast of North America based on eight years of SSM/I satellite observations (Invited)  
Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, G. Wick, J. D. Lundquist, M. D. Dettinger, and D. R. Cayan
10:45 AM2.3The diurnal cycle of warm season rainfall and its relationship to the genesis and propagation of mesoscale events. (Invited)  
R. E. Carbone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. C. Chen, T. D. Keenan, A. G. Laing, V. Levizzani, A. J. Pereira, and J. D. Tuttle
11:00 AM2.4Mesoscale disturbances on the periphery of closed anticyclones: A link between mesoscale processes and climate variability  
Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. Bosart
11:15 AM2.5Local minimum of tropical cyclogenesis in the eastern Caribbean Sea.  
Owen H. Shieh, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and S. J. Colucci
11:30 AM2.6Evidence of forcing of Arctic regional climates by mesoscale processes  extended abstract wrf recording
P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and R. Stone
11:45 AM2.7An Investigation of the Climatic Variability and Forcing of Lake Champlain Lake-Effect Snow Systems  
Neil F. Laird, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; and J. Desrochers and M. Payer
12:00 PMLunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)  
1:30 PM2.8Self Similarity and Scale Interactions in Organized Tropical Convection (Invited)  
George N. Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO
2:00 PM2.9Westerly wind burst, MJO, and ENSO  
Chidong Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. Zavala-Garay
2:15 PM2.10Interactions between oceanic tropical instability waves and the tropical atmosphere from multi-year satellite observations  
Qiaoyan Wu, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and K. P. Bowman

Wednesday, 17 January 2007: 9:30 AM-2:30 PM, 206B

* - Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting

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