Session: Land-Atmosphere Interactions Posters (87th AMS Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, 17 January 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Organizers: Deborah K. Nykanen, Minnesota State UniversityHatim Sharif and Zong-Liang Yang, Univ. of TexasBinayak Mohanty, Texas A&M UniversityAndrea N. Hahmann, NCAR

Papers:

P2.1

The Role of Precipitation in the Coupling of the Land Surface with the Atmosphere

Joseph G. Alfieri, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and D. Niyogi, P. D. Blanken, M. A. LeMone, and F. Chen

P2.2

Single column model analysis of land-atmosphere coupling strength

Sarith Mahanama, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. D. Koster, J. T. Bacmeister, P. Liu, M. J. Suarez, and R. H. Reichle

P2.3

Simulation-based Hydroclimatic Trends in the Arkansas/Red River Basin

Hatim Sharif, Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX; and N. L. Miller

P2.4

Sensitivity of local surface weather forecasts to initial soil moisture fields: case studies over the Mississippi Delta region

Georgy Mostovoy, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and V. Anantharaj

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

P2.5

Retrospective and real-time forcing data for the South American Land Data Assimilation System initiative

Luis Gustavo G. De Goncalves, NASA/GSFC and ORAU, Greenbelt, MD; and D. L. Toll, D. Herdies, E. Larroza, R. Borges, M. Bottino, J. Rozante, J. Shuttleworth, M. Rodell, B. A. Cosgrove, and J. Aravequia

P2.6

Influence of the soil moisture anomaly on the 1997 heavy precipitation in central of US

Yu Zhang, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

P2.7

Evaluation of the Land Surface Physics in Single Column Model and Their Impact on Seasonal Prediction

Yoo-Bin Yhang, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. Y. Hong

P2.8

Effects of the Tibetan snow on the East Asia summer monsoon with global and regional models

KyungHee Seol, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and S. Hong

Poster PDF (282.0 kB)

P2.9

Effects of Soil Moisture on Planetary Boundary Layer Structure: Numerical Simulations

Ning Zhang, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and H. Liu

P2.10

Distributed hydrological modeling in a micro-scale rainforest catchment in Central Amazonia, Brazil: DHSVM calibration

Luz Adriana Cuartas, National Institute for space research - INPE, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil; and J. Tomasella, C. A. Nobre, A. D. Nobre, C. D. Rennó, M. G. Hodnett, and M. Waterloo

P2.11

Correlation between precipitation, dust storms and Gulf of California moisture surges in the Paso del Norte region during the North American Monsoon

Astrid Y. Lozano, Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX; and J. Negrete, R. M. Fitzgerald, K. Apodaca, and D. V. R. Morris

P2.12

Comparison of AGRMET model results with in situ soil moisture data

Cynthia L. Combs, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. L. Rapp, A. S. Jones, and G. Mason

Poster PDF (297.6 kB)

P2.13

Climate-induced changes in surface energy budget in high latitudes for the past two decades: modeling studies

Heping Liu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and N. Zhang and Y. Zhang

P2.14

Assimilating MODIS Snow Cover Data for Global Snow Water Equivalent Estimation Using Ensemble Kalman Filter and An Improved Observational Operator