Session 2 | |||
Mesoscale and global-scale phenomena important to regional climate | |||
Chair: F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO | |||
9:30 AM | 2.1 | Dynamical 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 AM | Coffee Break | ||
10:30 AM | 2.2 | Meteorological 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 AM | 2.3 | The 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 AM | 2.4 | Mesoscale 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 AM | 2.5 | Local minimum of tropical cyclogenesis in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Owen H. Shieh, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and S. J. Colucci | |
11:30 AM | 2.6 | Evidence of forcing of Arctic regional climates by mesoscale processes P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and R. Stone | |
11:45 AM | 2.7 | An 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 PM | Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall) | ||
1:30 PM | 2.8 | Self Similarity and Scale Interactions in Organized Tropical Convection (Invited) George N. Kiladis, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO | |
2:00 PM | 2.9 | Westerly wind burst, MJO, and ENSO Chidong Zhang, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and J. Zavala-Garay | |
2:15 PM | 2.10 | Interactions 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* - Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting