Program: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction (89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting )

16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Program Chairs: Edgar L. Andreas , NorthWest Research Associates, Inc. ; Ralph C. Foster , APL/Univ. of Washington ; William A. Perrie , Bedford Insitute of Oceanography

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Saturday, 10 January 2009

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2009

Student Conference Badge Pick-up Only

Sunday, 11 January 2009

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Annual Meeting Registration Begins

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Weatherfest

Location: Northballroom A (Phoenix Convention Center)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

First-Time Attendee Briefing

Location: Room 130 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards

Location: Room 130 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Fellows Reception

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Monday, 12 January 2009

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Registration Open

8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Presidential Forum

Location: Ballroom ABC (Phoenix Convention Center)

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Location: Phoenix Convention Center

10:55 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Variability of the American Monsoon (VAMOS) Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS): Part 1. Overview

Location: Room 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: C. R. Mechoso, Univ. of California

Papers:

10:55 AM

Welcoming Remarks

11:00 AM

1.1

The VOCALS Regional Experiment: Field activities and preliminary findings I

Robert Wood, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. R. Mechoso, C. S. Bretherton, R. A. Weller, B. A. Albrecht, P. Brown, H. Coe, P. H. Daum, C. W. Fairall, R. D. Garreaud, L. Gallardo, C. Grados, and G. Vaughan

http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/vocals/

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

1.2

The VOCALS Regional Experiment: field activities and preliminary findings II

Hugh Coe, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; and R. Wood, C. R. Mechoso, C. Bretherton, R. A. Weller, P. H. Daum, and B. A. Albrecht

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Lunch Break

Tim Oke Symp Luncheon

Location: Room 132A (Phoenix Convention Center)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Variability of the American Monsoon (VAMOS) Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS): Part 2. In Situ, Surface-Level Observations

Location: Room 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: C. R. Mechoso, Univ. of California

Papers:

1:30 PM

2.1

Surface Meteorology and Air-Sea Fluxes under the Stratus Clouds off Northern Chile

Robert A. Weller, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and C. W. Fairall

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Surface-layer and boundary-layer observations from the VOCALS-REX field program: Preliminary look at observations from the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown

Chris Fairall, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and D. E. Wolfe, S. Pezoa, S. P. De Szoeke, and S. E. Yuter

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Comparisons and contrasts of recent shipboard mean and covariance flux observations

Jeffrey Hare, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA ESRL, Boulder, CO; and A. Grachev, L. Bariteau, C. Fairall, D. Wolfe, and S. Pezoa

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

Surface flux observations for coupled model evaluation in the VOCALS region

Simon P. de Szoeke, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and D. A. Painemal, P. Zuidema, and C. W. Fairall

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Poster Session 1

POSTERS: Mesoscale and Regional-Scale Studies

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Papers:

P1.1

HiGEM: Small scale coupling of atmosphere and tropical instability waves in a high resolution coupled climate model

Len Shaffrey, NCAS-Climate, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and J. Harle

P1.2

Determination of the vector wind stress response to small-scale SST variability

Larry W. O'Neill, NRL Monterey, Monterey, CA; and D. Chelton

P1.3

Coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions in the tropical Southeast Pacific Ocean

Dian A. Putrasahan, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and H. Seo, A. J. Miller, and J. Roads

P1.4

Buoy Observations from the Windiest Location in the World Ocean, Cape Farewell, Greenland

G.W.K. Moore, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and R. S. Pickart and I. A. Renfrew

P1.5

A comparison of aircraft-based surface-layer observations over Denmark Strait and the Irminger Sea with meteorological analyses and QuikSCAT winds

Ian A. Renfrew, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom; and G. N. Petersen, D. A. J. Sproson, G. W. K. Moore, H. Adiwidjata, S. Zhang, and R. North

Poster PDF (423.6 kB)

P1.6

Great Lakes wintertime mesovortices and the example of February 20, 2008

Frank S. Dempsey, Pickering, ON, Canada

Poster PDF (664.6 kB)

P1.7

Preliminary look at boundary layer doppler wind lidar wind profiles from the Tropical Cyclone Structure, 2008 (TCS-08) experiment

Ralph C. Foster, APL/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. D. Emmitt, D. Carre, S. Greco, S. Wood, D. Eleutario, B. H. Tang, and M. Riemer

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

P1.8

Oceanic impacts on tropical cyclone intensity prediction using JMA high-resolution global atmospheric model

Hiroto Kitagawa, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

P1.9

A Study of Ocean-Atmospheric Interactions and Associated Tropical Cyclone/Hurricane Activity over the Gulf of Mexico using Coupled Atmospheric Modeling System (CAMS)

R. Suseela Reddy Jr., Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and D. Lu and Q. L. Williams

Poster Session 2

POSTERS: Satellite Observations of Air-Sea Interaction

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Papers:

P2.1

Remote sensing of high latitude open cell convection

Todd D. Sikora, Millersville University, Millersville, PA ; and G. S. Young, C. M. Fisher, and M. D. Stepp

P2.2

Wind speed and latent heat flux retrieved by simultaneous observation of multiple geophysical parameters derived by AMSR-E

Masanori Konda, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and H. Ichikawa and H. Tomita

Poster PDF (501.0 kB)

P2.3

Low-level wind jets in the Tsugaru Strait by high-resolution satellite observations and numerical simulations

Teruhisa Shimada, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; and H. Kawamura and W. Sha

Poster PDF (2.5 MB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Variability of the American Monsoon (VAMOS) Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS): Part 3. Mesoscale Meteorology and Oceanography

Location: Room 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Christopher W. Fairall, NOAA/ESRL/PSD

Papers:

4:00 PM

3.1

The PreVOCA model assessment

Matthew C. Wyant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. Wood, C. R. Mechoso, and C. S. Bretherton

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (252.0 kB)

4:15 PM

Clouds, continents, and the large scale circulation

Carlos R. Mechoso, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

3.2

Mesoscale observations in the Peruvian upwelling region: preliminary results from the VOCALS Peru cruise

Carmen Grados, Instituto del Mar del Peru, IMARPE, Callao, Callao, Peru; and Y. Silva, A. Chaigneau, G. Eldin, L. Vasquez, P. Ayon, M. Graco, S. Sanchez, and J. Ledesma

4:45 PM

3.3

Observations of oceanic mesoscale eddies in the VOCALS region

Peter Gaube, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and D. Chelton

5:00 PM

3.4

HiGEM: High resolution global coupled climate modelling in the South East Pacific

Len Shaffrey, NCAS-Climate, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and T. Toniazzo and J. Slingo

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

3.5

Ocean surface heat budget and ocean eddy transport in the South-East Pacific in a high-resolution coupled model

Thomas Toniazzo, NCAS-Climate, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and C. R. Mechoso, L. Shaffrey, and J. Slingo

5:30 PM

3.6

Inter-Hemispheric Influence of the Atlantic Warm Pool on the Southeast Pacific

Chunzai Wang, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and S. K. Lee, C. R. Mechoso, and D. B. Enfield

Recorded presentation

5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Sessions Adjourn for the Day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Remote sensing applied to air-sea interaction

Location: Room 128A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Ralph C. Foster, University of Washington

Papers:

8:30 AM

4A.1

The combined effect of surface rain and wind on scatterometer observations of surface roughness

David E. Weissman, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; and M. A. Bourassa

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

4A.2

Interrelationship between surface wind, surface wind stress, and sea surface temperature

Larry W. O'Neill, NRL Monterey, Monterey, CA; and D. Chelton and S. Esbensen

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

4A.3

Airborne Doppler radar measurement of the sea surface and winds in hurricanes

S.J. Frasier, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and T. Chu, J. McManus, R. Contreras, P. S. Chang, and J. Carswell

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

4A.4

Diurnally varying wind forcing and upper ocean temperature: Implications for the ocean mixed layer

Sarah T. Gille, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

9:30 AM

4A.5

Role of nearshore winds in connecting variability of river discharge with offshore bio-optical properties

Steven L. Morey, COAPS, Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa and D. S. Dukhovskoy

Recorded presentation

Basin-Scale Forcing of Synoptic Weather Patterns

Location: Room 128B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Ian Renfrew, University of East Anglia

Papers:

8:30 AM

4B.1

Synoptic scale changes in surface heat fluxes due to wind waves

Mark A. Bourassa, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

4B.2

A general theory for the spatial and transient behavior of the South Pacific Convergence Zone

Matthew J. Widlansky, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia; and P. J. Webster

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

4B.3

Left-hand rule for synoptic eddy and Low-frequency flow Interaction

Jong-Seong Kug, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and F. F. Jin, H. L. Ren, and J. Park

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

4B.4

Impact of midlatitude oceanic frontal zones on the atmospheric general circulation and its annular variability: Importance of "oceanic baroclinic adjustment"

Hisashi Nakamura, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Sampe, A. Goto, B. Taguchi, M. Nonaka, N. Komori, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, W. Ohfuchi, and S. P. Xie

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

4B.5

On the relationship between the surface and 850mb storm tracks

James Booth, Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and L. Thompson, K. A. Kelly, J. Patoux, and S. Dickinson

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Poster Session 3

POSTERS: Large-Scale Studies

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Papers:

P3.3 has been moved. New paper number 10.1A

P3.1

The memory of tropical cyclones in climate

Robert E. Hart, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and R. N. Maue

P3.2

Low-frequency oscilllations in the atmosphere induced by a mid-latitude SST front

Michael Ghil, Ecole Normale Sup�rieure, Paris, France

Poster PDF (703.9 kB)

P3.4

Estimates of global oceanic meridional heat transports using surface energy balance method

Masahisa Kubota, Tokai University, Shizuoka, Japan; and E. Yagi, E. Yokotagawa, A. Kimura, Y. Tsuchiya, and T. Sasaki

P3.5

Weakness of the air-sea thermal coupling during Indian Ocean Dipole mode in the 1990s

Masanori Konda, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and H. Kobayashi, T. Mochizuki, and M. Nagura

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

P3.6

Potential contributions of Tropical Instability Waves in change of eastern equatorial Pacific's climate

Balachandrudu Narapusetty, George Mason University, Calverton, MD; and B. P. Kirtman

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Monday's program)

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Joint Session 9

Satellite Observations of Air-Sea Interaction

Location: Room 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; and the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )

Cochairs: Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems; Ralph C. Foster, University of Washington

Papers:

11:00 AM

J9.1

Representation of air-sea turbulent fluxes from varying satellite methodologies

Carol Anne Clayson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

11:15 AM

J9.2

Using neural networks to improve surface temperature and humidity prediction with satellite measurements

J. Brent Roberts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson and F. R. Robertson

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J9.3

Evaluation and comparison of satellite-derived estimates of the gas transfer velocity with direct observations from research vessels

Darren L. Jackson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Wick

11:45 AM

J9.4

On the development of the eastern Pacific double ITCZ

Hirohiko Masunaga, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Development and use of global air-sea data sets

Location: Room 128B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Carol Anne Clayson, Florida State University

Papers:

1:30 PM

6B.1

Climate variability of air-sea heat, evaporation, and vector wind developed by OAFlux

Lisan Yu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

1:45 PM

6B.2

Sea surface fluxes and analysis: datasets and services at NCDC and WCRP

Huai-Min Zhang, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Reynolds, L. Shi, and C. W. Fairall

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (297.0 kB)

2:00 PM

6B.3

A Theoretical Framework for the Sampling Error Variance for Three Dimensional Climate Averages of ICOADS Monthly Ship Data

Mark L. Morrissey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. S. Greene

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

6B.4

CALIPSO Global Ocean Surface Roughness and Wind Speed Measurements and Potential Application

Yongxiang Hu, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and B. Lin

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

6B.5

Climate Variability as Identified in the New NOAA High Resolution SST Dataset

Michael A. Alexander, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and Y. O. Kwon and C. Frankignoul

Recorded presentation

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Ocean-atmosphere interactions and influences on tropical and extratropical storms: Part 1

Location: Room 128A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Ernesto Mu�oz, New Mexico Consortium

Papers:

1:30 PM

6A.1

Climate Changes and Atlantic Hurricane Activity

Chunzai Wang, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and S. K. Lee

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

6A.2

The possible role of hurricanes in the climate system

Aixue Hu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Meehl

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

6A.3

Spray-mediated enthalpy flux to the atmosphere and salt flux to the ocean in high winds

Edgar L. Andreas, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc., Lebanon, NH

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (476.8 kB)

2:30 PM

6A.4

Impact of a warm ocean eddy's circulation on hurricane-induced sea surface cooling with implications for hurricane intensity

Richard M. Yablonsky, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and I. Ginis

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

2:45 PM

6A.5

A Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model for Tropical Cyclone Studies � Boundary Layer Interactions and the Response to Tropical Cyclone Passage

Henry R. Winterbottom, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson and E. Chassignet

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Ocean-atmosphere interactions and influences on tropical and extratropical storms: Part 2

Location: Room 128A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: William A. Perrie, Bedford Insitute of Oceanography

Papers:

3:30 PM

7A.1

New strategies for comprehensive coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean modeling in tropical cyclones

Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and Y. Fan, T. Hara, and Z. Yu

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

7A.2

Comparisons of surface latent heat fluxes from numerical model simulations with those calculated from buoy observations

Donglian Sun, George Mason University, Fairfax, Viriginia

4:00 PM

7A.3

Spectra and cospectra of turbulence in the hurricane boundary layer over the ocean

Jun A. Zhang, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and W. M. Drennan

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

7A.4

Influence of an oceanic warm anomaly on the intensity of tropical cyclone Dora (2007) in the South West Indian Ocean

Guillaume Samson, Meteo-France/LACy, Sainte Clotilde, France; and D. Barbary, H. Giordani, G. Caniaux, and F. Roux

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (296.9 kB)

4:30 PM

7A.5

High-resolution numerical atmospheric and ocean simulations of Typhoon Maemi (September 2003)

Travis A. Smith, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS; and T. Campbell, R. Allard, J. Dykes, R. J. Small, and S. Riedlinger

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (410.5 kB)

4:45 PM

7A.6

Seasonal evolution of Aleutian Low-Pressure Systems: Implications for the North Pacific Ocean Sub-Polar Circulation

R. S. Pickart, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and G. W. K. Moore, A. Macdonald, I. A. Renfrew, J. E. Walsh, and W. S. Kessler

Recorded presentation

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

High-latitude air-sea interaction

Location: Room 128B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Edgar L. Andreas, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc.

Papers:

3:30 PM

7B.1

Recently Intensified Arctic Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean Interaction and Accelerated Sea Ice Reduction

Xiangdong Zhang, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

7B.2

Observed feedback between winter sea ice and the North Atlantic Oscillation

Gudrun Magnusdottir, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and C. Strong and H. Stern

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

7B.3

Simulation of Arctic Storms

Zhenxia Long, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; and W. Perrie and L. Zhang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

4:15 PM

7B.4

On the Nature of Upwelling Storms in the Western Arctic

R. S. Pickart, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and G. W. K. Moore

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

7B.5

Impacts of Air-Sea Fluxes on the Evolution of an Arctic �Bomb�

Lujun Zhang, Nanjing University and Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and W. Perrie and Z. Long

Poster PDF (920.2 kB)

4:45 PM

7B.6

Aircraft observations of the atmospheric boundary layer over the Ronne Polynya, Southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Emma Fiedler, University of East Anglia, Norwich, , United Kingdom; and I. Renfrew, T. Lachlan Cope, and J. C. King

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

5:00 PM

7B.7

A new estimate of air-sea buoyancy fluxes over the Southern Ocean by state estimate

Ivana Cerovecki, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and L. Talley, M. Mazloff, and J. McClean

Recorded presentation

5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Sessions Adjourn for the Day

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Sea-Surface Physics, Including Waves, Whitecaps, and Aerosol Generation: Part 1

Location: Room 128A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: William A. Perrie, Bedford Insitute of Oceanography

Papers:

8:30 AM

8.1

Validation of satellite-based estimates of whitecap coverage: Approaches and initial results

Magdalena D. Anguelova, NRL, Washington, DC ; and J. P. Bobak, W. E. Asher, D. J. Dowgiallo, B. I. Moat, R. W. Pascal, and M. J. Yelland

Poster PDF (936.5 kB)

8:45 AM

8.2

Effects of Bubbles and Sea Spray on Drag Coefficient in Hurricane Conditions

Alexander V. Soloviev, Nova Southeastern Univ., Dania Beach, FL; and R. Lukas

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

8.3

Impact of sea spray on air-sea fluxes: a physical model

James A. Mueller, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and F. Veron

9:15 AM

8.4

Evaluation and improvement of spray-modified air-sea enthalpy and momentum flux parameterizations for operational purricane prediction

J.-W. Bao, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and C. Fairall, S. A. Michelson, and L. Bianco

9:30 AM

8.5

Sea State dependent air-sea gas flux parameterization

Zachary VanKirk, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and J. Mueller and F. Veron

Recorded presentation

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Joint Session 8

Coastal Mesoscale Circulations-I

Location: Room 128B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; and the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes )

Chair: Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. Of California

Papers:

8:30 AM

J8.1

Influence of SST on atmospheric trapping layers

Tracy Haack, NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. T. Thompson

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J8.2

The contribution of dry surface air over land to the strength of radio frequency trapping layers in the sea breeze circulation

Robert E. Marshall, NSWCDD, Dahlgren, VA; and K. Horgan

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J8.3

Study of sea-breeze interactions which can produce strong warm-season convective winds in the Cape Canaveral area

Christopher J. Ander, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and A. J. Frumkin, J. P. Koermer, and W. P. Roeder

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (968.7 kB)

9:15 AM

J8.4

The Ambrose Jet: Climatology and Simulations of Warm-Season Coastally Enhanced Winds in the New York Bight Region

David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS/HPC, Camp Springs, MD; and B. A. Colle

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J8.5

The coastal oscillation

John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and A. McNeel

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

J8.6

The Evolution of a Convective Squall Line as it Crossed the Upwind Coast of Lake Erie

Thomas E. Workoff, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Location: Phoenix Convention Center

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Sea-Surface Physics, Including Waves, Whitecaps, and Aerosol Generation: Part 2

Location: Room 128A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Magdalena D. Anguelova, NRL

Papers:

10:30 AM

9.1

A Two-Scale Approximation for Nonlinear Energy Transfers in Wave Spectra

Will Perrie, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and D. T. Resio

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (30.5 kB)

10:45 AM

9.2

The impact of atmospheric model resolution on a coupled wind/wave forecast system

Katherine Howard, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and G. Zarillo, M. Splitt, S. Lazarus, S. Chiao, P. Santos, and D. Sharp

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (387.2 kB)

11:00 AM

9.3

Numerical simulations and observations of surface wave fields under an extreme tropical cyclone

Yalin Fan, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and I. Ginis

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

9.4

The contribution of wave breaking to air-sea interaction

J.M. Kleiss, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and W. K. Melville

11:30 AM

9.5

Numerical simulations of wind-wave spectra in the Gulf of Tehuantepec

Leonel Romero, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and W. K. Melville

11:45 AM

9.6

Speed factors and deflection angles of wind-driven flows at the sea surface

Yutaka Yoshikawa, RIAM, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan; and A. Masuda

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (516.6 kB)

Joint Session 10

Coastal Mesoscale Circulations-II

Location: Room 128B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; and the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes )

Chair: Todd D. Sikora, Millersville University

Papers:

10:30 AM

J10.1

Ocean mixed Layer Response to Gap Wind Scenarios

Qing Wang, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and N. Konstantinou, R. W. Garwood, S. Wang, K. Rados, J. Kalogiros, W. K. Melville, D. Khelif, and C. A. Friehe

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

J10.2

The role of major west coast capes in coastal summer high speed wind structure

Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and B. A. Vanhoff and D. Koracin

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

J10.3

A case study of a Greenland Lee Cyclogenesis Event and the Subsequent Spawning of a Tip Jet

Carling Hay, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore and R. S. Pickart

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J10.4

A Climatology of Cold Air Outbreaks over the Gulf of Mexico

Charlene Forgue, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson

11:30 AM

J10.5

Modeling of Cold-Air Outbreaks and Return Flow Over the Gulf of Mexico

Donald F. Van Dyke III, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson and E. Chassignet

11:45 AM

J10.6

Coastal mesoscale circulations induced by the interaction among the northeast winter monsoon, Kuroshio Current and mountains of Taiwan

Wu-ron Hsu, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and J. H. Tai

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Turbulent Air-Sea Flux Measurements from Aircraft

Location: Room 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Larry Mahrt, Oregon State University

Papers:

10.1

Air-sea interaction in the Gulf of Tehuantepec

1:45 PM

10.1A

The implementation of a prognostic sea surface skin temperature scheme into climate and weather models

Michael A. Brunke, Univ.of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and X. Zeng, V. Misra, and A. Beljaars

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

10.2

Direct measurements of momentum and enthalpy fluxes in the hurricane force wind regime

Jun A. Zhang, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and W. M. Drennan, J. R. French, and P. Black

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

10.3

Aircraft-based observations of air-sea fluxes over Denmark Strait and the Irminger Sea during high wind speed conditions

G. N. Petersen, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom; and I. A. Renfrew

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (204.6 kB)

2:30 PM

10.4

Air-sea interaction measurements from a new towed airborne platform

Djamal Khelif, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA; and C. A. Friehe, R. Bluth, J. Barge, T. Morse, and D. Bierly

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Poster Session 4

POSTERS: Small-Scale Studies

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Papers:

P4.1

A synoptic description of surface currents and winds at the Delaware Bay mouth

Philip A. Muscarella, College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and N. P. Barton, B. L. Lipphardt, Jr., D. E. Veron, K. C. Wong, and A. D. Kirwan, Jr.

P4.2

Satellite and in situ observations of marine boundary layer adjustment to an unstable-to-stable stratification transition

Ralph C. Foster, APL/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Vandemark, H. Stern, L. Mahrt, D. Vickers, W. M. Drennan, D. G. Long, P. Vachon, and P. Mourad

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

P4.3

Forecast Challenges and Lessons from the 2008 Saint Patrick's Day Super Swell

Mark Willis, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; and K. Korte and J. Elardo

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

P4.4

The Development of a Coastal Flood Nomogram for South Coastal Maine and the Seacoast of New Hampshire

P4.5

Oceanic whitecap coverage measured during UK-SOLAS cruises

Ben I. Moat, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; and M. J. Yelland and R. W. Pascal

Poster PDF (114.5 kB)

P4.6

The lake-atmosphere turbulent exchanges (LATEX) field measurement campaign

Elie Bou-Zeid, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and N. Vercauteren, U. Lemmin, H. Huwald, and M. B. Parlange

P4.7

High Wind Air-Sea Exchanges (HiWASE) - initial turbulent flux results from Station Mike

John Prytherch, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; and M. J. Yelland, R. W. Pascal, P. Taylor, B. I. Moat, I. Skjelvan, and C. Neill

http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/ooc/CRUISES/HiWASE/index.php

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

P4.8

Ship-borne Ozone Flux Measurements during GasExIII 2008

Ludovic Bariteau, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA ESRL, Boulder, Colorado; and E. K. Lang, D. Helmig, C. W. Fairall, J. E. Hare, L. Ganzveld, and J. Hueber

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

11A

Air-Sea Interaction Over Eddies and Fronts (contributions from the Western Boundary Current Working Group)

Location: Room 128A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Cochairs: Michael A. Alexander, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory; R. Justin Small, Naval Research Laboratory

Papers:

4:00 PM

11A.1

Ocean-atmosphere Coupling over Mid-latitude Ocean Fronts

W. Timothy Liu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Xie and P. P. Niiler

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

11A.2

Atmospheric response to the SST front associated with the Agulhas Return Current

Qingtao Song, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and D. Chelton and S. Esbensen

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

11A.3

Air-sea interactions in the Gulf Stream region from long-term in-situ observations

Sebastien P. Bigorre, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and R. A. Weller

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

11A.4

Air-sea heat exchanges characteristic to a prominent midlatitude oceanic front in the South Indian Ocean as simulated in a high-resolution coupled GCM

Masami Nonaka, JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; and H. Nakamura, B. Taguchi, N. Komori, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, and K. Takaya

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

11A.5

Damping of Tropical Instability Waves caused by the action of surface currents on stress

R. Justin Small, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS; and K. Richards, S. P. Xie, P. Dutrieux, and T. Miyama

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

11A.6

Mesoscale air-sea interaction and feedback in the western Arabian Sea

Hyodae Seo, IPRC/Univ. Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and R. Murtugudde, M. Jochum, and A. J. Miller

11B

In situ turbulent air-sea flux measurements, including gas exchange

Location: Room 128B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Jeffrey E. Hare, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL

Papers:

4:00 PM

11B.1

Parameterization of gas exchange from the southern ocean gas exchange experiment

Alejandro Cifuentes-Lorenzen, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT; and C. J. Zappa, L. Bariteau, J. B. Edson, W. McGillis, and C. W. Fairall

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

11B.2

Direct measurements of momentum and latent heat transfer coefficients during the GasExIII 2008 field program in the Southern Ocean: Comparisons with the COARE3.0 bulk flux algorithm

Chris Fairall, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and L. Bariteau, J. E. Hare, S. Pezoa, J. B. Edson, A. Cifuentes-Lorenzen, W. McGillis, and C. J. Zappa

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (327.8 kB)

4:30 PM

11B.3

Influence of Waves, Whitecaps, and Turbulence on Gas Transfer during the Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment

Christopher J. Zappa, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and A. Cifuentes-Lorenzen, W. R. McGillis, J. B. Edson, L. Bariteau, and C. W. Fairall

4:45 PM

11B.4

Wind stress under the presence of swell in moderate to strong wind conditions

Hector Garcia-Nava, CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico; and F. J. Ocampo-Torres, B. K. Haus, and I. Savelyev

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

11B.5

Turbulent transfer and mixing of trace gases in the Houston urban area and the surrounding coastal zone of Gulf of Mexico during TexAQS 2006

Andrey A. Grachev, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and L. Bariteau, C. W. Fairall, J. Hare, D. Helmig, J. Hueber, and E. K. Lang

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

11B.6

Mesoscale variability of sea-surface fluxes

Larry Mahrt, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and D. Khelif and C. A. Friehe

Recorded presentation

5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Sessions Adjourn for the Day

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Location: Northballroom (Phoenix Convention Center)

Thursday, 15 January 2009

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

12A

Coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions and their contribution to climate variability on all time scales: Part 1

Location: Room 128A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Gerald A. Meehl, NCAR

Papers:

8:30 AM

12A.1

Ocean-atmosphere coupling on different temporal and spatial scales

Lei Zhou, Columbia University, Palisades, NY; and R. Murtugudde

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

12A.2

Air-sea heat fluxes and the dynamics of intraseasonal variability

Adam H. Sobel, Dept of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics, and Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia Univ., new York, NY; and E. D. Maloney, G. Bellon, and D. M. W. Frierson

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

12A.3

Dynamics associated with simulated northward propagation of monsoon convection in the SNU CGCM

Daehyun Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and I. S. Kang

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

12A.4

An assessment of the Forecast Capability for BSISO by the NCEP Operational Global Forecast Systems

Mingyue Chen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Wang and A. Kumar

9:30 AM

12A.5

External influences on the variability of the monsoon

Sara Vieira, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and P. J. Webster

12B

Laboratory studies of air-sea exchange processes

Location: Room 128B (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Andrey Grachev, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL

Papers:

8:30 AM

12B.1

Quantifying rain-induced momentum exchange at the ocean surface

Emily L. Harrison, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE; and M. Buckley and F. Veron

8:45 AM

12B.2

Curvature Imaging of Breaking Wind-wave Characteristics in the Laboratory

Brian K. Haus, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and T. Hara

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

12B.3

Airflow separation above wind waves

Marc Buckley, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and J. Mueller and F. Veron

9:15 AM

12B.4

Empirical parameterization for wind-wave momentum flux in high winds

Ivan Savelyev, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. Haus and M. Donelan

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

12B.5

Laboratory Measurements of the Moist Enthalpy Transfer Coeffcient

Dahai Jeong, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. K. Haus, M. A. Donelan, and J. Zhang

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Wednesday's program)

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions and their contribution to climate variability on all time scales: Part 2

Location: Room 128A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Gerald A. Meehl, NCAR

Papers:

11:00 AM

13.1

Indian Ocean capacitor effect: El Nino's long grip on the Asian-western Pacific summer monsoon

Shang-Ping Xie, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and Y. Du, Y. Du, J. Hafner, J. Hafner, H. Tokinaga, K. Hu, T. Sampe, G. Huang, H. Tokinaga, and T. Sampe

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

13.2

Coupled air-sea interactions in the Western Pacific and large-scale climate variability

Ben P. Kirtman, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL

11:30 AM

13.3

The impact of the mean state on the ENSO simulation and prediction

Xiaohua Pan, George Mason Univ./COLA, Beltsville, MD; and J. Shukla and B. Huang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

11:45 AM

13.4

Mean state and SST variability of the South-Eastern Pacific: a model study

Thomas Toniazzo, NCAS-Climate, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

13.5

Seasonal Cycle-ENSO Interactions: Validation of Hypotheses

Heng Xiao, Dept. of Atmos. and Oceanic Sci., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and C. R. Mechoso

11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Hollingsworth Symp Luncheon

Location: Room 131AB (Phoenix Convention Center)

Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions and their contribution to climate variability on all time scales: Part 3

Location: Room 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Simon P. De Szoeke, NOAA/ESRL/PSD3

Papers:

1:30 PM

14.1

SST sensitivity of a global ocean-atmosphere coupled system to the parameterization of boundary layer clouds

Joao Teixeira, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and P. May, M. K. Flatau, and T. F. Hogan

1:45 PM

14.2

The Intra-Americas Sea springtime temperature dipole as fingerprint of remote influences

Ernesto Mu�oz, New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM; and C. Wang and D. B. Enfield

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

14.3

Free and forced variability of the tropical Atlantic Ocean: Role of the wind-evaporation-sea surface temperature (WES) Feedback

Salil Mahajan, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. Saravanan and P. Chang

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

14.4

Observed Impact of Subtropical-Midlatitude South Atlantic SST Anomalies on the Atmospheric Circulation

Qigang Wu, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

14.5

Modeling Atlantic tropical instability waves using a coupled regional climate model

Jen-Shan Hsieh, Department of Atmospheric science, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX; and C. Wen, P. Chang, and R. Saravanan

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

14.6

High-resolution simulations of air-sea interaction in the Mediterranean Sea

Richard Justin Orford Small, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and T. A. Smith, T. Campbell, R. Allard, J. Dykes, and J. Teixeira

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions and their contribution to climate variability on all time scales: Part 4

Location: Room 128AB (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 16th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction

Chair: Edgar L. Andreas, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc.

Papers:

3:30 PM

15.1

Low-frequency variability in a mid-latitude coupled model: Gulf Stream influence on the tropospheric jet

Michael Ghil, Ecole Normale Sup�rieure, Paris, France; and Y. Feliks and E. Simonnet

http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/tcd/

Poster PDF (23.6 kB)

3:45 PM

15.2

An enhancement of a coupled mode of variability in CCSM3 in the North Pacific owing to ocean model biases

LuAnne Thompson, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and Y. O. Kwon

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

15.3

The role of Rossby wave breaking in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Courtenay Strong, Univ. of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and G. Magnusdottir

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

15.4

Rethinking the Impacts of Atmosphere-Ocean Coupling

Sang-Ik Shin, U. of Colorado/CIRES/Climate Diagnostics Center and NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh

4:30 PM

15.5

Modelling the impact of polar mesoscale cyclones on ocean circulation

Alan Condron, Climate System Research Center, Amherst, MA; and G. Bigg and I. A. Renfrew

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (58.9 kB)

4:45 PM

15.6

Atmospheric conditions associated with oceanic convection in the south-east Labrador Sea

D.a.J. Sproson, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom; and I. Renfrew and K. Heywood

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (47.8 kB)

5:00 PM

Announce winners for best student papers

5:05 PM

Concluding remarks

5:15 PM-5:20 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

AMS 89th Annual Meeting Adjourns

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