89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

Joint Session 16: Boundary Layers and Turbulence Committee

Boundary Layers and Turbulence Committee

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Monday, 12 January 2009

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


Joint Session 11
Urban Canopy and Roughness Sublayers
Location: Room 124B (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment; and the Boundary Layers and Turbulence Committee )
Chair: Gail-Tirrell Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory

Papers:
  4:00 PM
J11.1
Measurements of concentration and dispersion in model urban canopies
Pablo Huq, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and L. White and S. Dharmavaram

  4:15 PM
J11.2
Estimates of air and pollutant exchange for street canyon in combined wind-buoyancy driven flow using the RANS renormalized group k-e turbulence model
Chun-Ho Liu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong; and W. C. Cheng and D. Y. C. Leung

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (339.7 kB)
  4:30 PM
J11.3
Urban canyon data analysis using a surface stress which incorporates the effects of canyon walls
Cheryl L. Klipp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (189.7 kB)
  4:45 PM
J11.4
LES analysis of turbulent boundary-layer flow over urban-like building arrays with various spatial arrangement and height distribution
Hiromasa Nakayama, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Takemi and N. Haruyasu

Poster PDF (263.6 kB)
 
J11.5
Temporal and spatial variability of the vertical transport of heat and carbon dioxide in the urban roughness sublayer

  5:15 PM
J11.5A
Eight stable urban environment characteristics
Gail-Tirrell Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM

Poster PDF (129.2 kB)
  5:30 PM
J11.6
Coherent structures within a North American street canyon
Sean C. Arms, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. M. Klein

  Recorded presentation

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

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


Joint Poster Session 1
Measurements in the Urban Environment
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Boundary Layers and Turbulence Committee; and the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations )
Cochairs: Petra M. Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma; C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:
 
JP1.1
Ecosystem respiration of suburban lawns and its response to varying management and irrigation regimes
Kate Liss, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and B. Crawford, A. Christen, C. Siemens, and R. S. Jassal

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
 
JP1.2
Observations of carbon dioxide concentrations in the greater Vancouver region
Ben Crawford, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and A. Christen

 
JP1.3
A Preliminary Study on the Response of Land Surface Temperatures to Changing Ocean Temperature Gradients along the New York City Area
J.E. Gonzalez, Santa Clara Univ., Santa Clara, CA; and A. Greenbaum and A. Bharth

 
JP1.4
Spectral characteristics of turbulence from rooftop meteorological stations in Washington, DC
Christoph A. Vogel, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and W. R. Pendergrass

Poster PDF (631.0 kB)
 
JP1.5
Spatial structure and scale feature of the atmospheric pollution source impact of city agglomeration
Xiangde Xu Sr., Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and Z. Meng Jr., G. Ding Sr., X. Zhou Sr., and X. Shi Jr.

 
JP1.6
2008 roadway sound barrier atmospheric tracer study
Kirk L. Clawson, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and R. Eckman, T. Pierce, R. Carter, D. Finn, S. Perry, and V. Isakov

 
JP1.7
Observing the urban mesoscale envronment: The Citizen Weather Observing Program
Gerald J. Creager, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and R. B. Chadwick, D. Helms, P. A. Miller, M. F. Barth, P. Gladstone, and S. S. Dimse

 
JP1.8
Design and deployment of traffic signal stations within the Oklahoma City Micronet
Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and P. Browder, K. Kesler, and J. B. Basara

http://okc.mesonet.org

Poster PDF (100.6 kB)
 
JP1.9
Improvement of Aerosol Retrieval and Resolution using a refined Surface Albedo Model based on Simultaneous MODIS and Sunphotometer Measurements
Min Min Oo, Optical remote Sensing Lab City College of New York, New York, NY; and M. Jerg, B. Gross, F. Moshary, and S. Ahmed

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)
 
JP1.10
The Characteristics Study on the Precipitable Water Vapor measured by the Ground-Based 12 –Channel Microwave Radiometer in Beijing
Hongyan Liu, Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China

 
JP1.11
Temperature correction algorithm for Geonor weighing gauge with three transducers
Harry H. Lamb, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and B. Persaud and H. Mouradian

Poster PDF (143.4 kB)

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


Joint Session 3
Measurements in the Urban Environment—II
Location: Room 124A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes; the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment; and the Boundary Layers and Turbulence Committee )
Cochairs: Petra M. Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma; C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:
  3:30 PM
J3.1
Development of an Innovative Laboratory for Research and Education in Urban Meteorology: An Overview of the NSF Career Project: ILREUM
Petra M. Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. C. Arms and J. M. Galvez

  Recorded presentation
  3:45 PM
J3.2
Scintillometry applied to urban studies: evaluation of scintillometer measurements made at a sub-urban site
Jose M. Galvez, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. M. Klein and S. Arms

  Recorded presentation
  4:00 PM
J3.3
An Analysis of the July and August 2008 Heat Wave Using Oklahoma City Micronet Observations
Kenneth C. Crawford, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, B. G. Illston, and A. J. Schroeder

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.7 MB)
  4:15 PM
J3.4
An analysis of observations from portable temperature and humidity sensors deployed across Oklahoma City
Amanda J. Schroeder, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
J3.5
Outdoor scale model experiment to evaluate the complete urban surface temperature
Sarah M. Roberts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and J. A. Voogt and T. R. Oke

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)
  4:45 PM
J3.6
Atmospheric stability in urban areas detected by ultrasonic anemometers
Martin Piringer, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, Austria

  Recorded presentation
  5:00 PM
J3.7
Measuring meteorology in urban areas—some progress and many problems
Ekaterina Batchvarova, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Sofia, Bulgaria; and S. E. Gryning

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (448.9 kB)
  5:15 PM
J3.8 has been moved. New paper number J9.1A

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

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


Joint Session 16
Boundary Layer and Turbulence Measurements in the Urban Environment
Location: Room 124A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Boundary Layers and Turbulence Committee; and the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations )
Chair: Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL

Papers:
  8:30 AM
J16.1
On the coupling between urban surface wind fields and skimming flow
Bruce B. Hicks, Metcorps, Norris, TN; and W. R. Pendergrass, C. A. Vogel, and R. S. Artz

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (415.2 kB)
  8:45 AM
J16.2
On the rooftop micrometeorology and heat islands of Washington and New York City
William R. Pendergrass, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and B. B. Hicks and C. A. Vogel

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (669.8 kB)
  9:00 AM
J16.3
Utilizing surface network data in urban dispersion models
William Callahan, AWS/WeatherBug, Germantown, MD; and B. B. Hicks, W. R. Pendergrass, and C. A. Vogel

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (428.9 kB)
  9:15 AM
J16.4
Quantifying the effects of rooftop modifications on building thermal environment through field measurements
Anthony Dominguez, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and J. Kleissl

  Recorded presentation
  9:30 AM
J16.5
Boundary layer dynamics over London as observed using Doppler lidar
Janet Barlow, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and T. M. Dunbar, E. Nemitz, C. R. Wood, M. W. Gallagher, F. Davies, and R. M. Harrison

  Recorded presentation
  9:45 AM
J16.6
Turbulence Characteristics in Oklahoma City Measured from an 83-meter PseudoTower
Sam Chang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and G. Huynh and D. Tofsted

  Recorded presentation
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