Session: Aerosol, Cloud, and Climate (91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, 26 January 2011: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

4E (Washington State Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; and the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry )

Cochairs:

Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ., Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC and Nicole Mölders, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

Papers:

693

Phase composition and seedability of cumulus clouds in the Camaguey meteorological site

Carlos Alberto Perez-Sanchez Sr., Camaguey Meteorological Center, Camaguey, Cuba; and D. Martinez, V. V. Petrov Sr., I. Pomares-Ponce, F. Gamboa-Romero, and B. P. Koloskov

Handout (2.8 MB)

694

Report on the Polarimetric Cloud Analysis and Seeding Test 3 (POLCAST3) Field Project

Korey Southerland, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and D. Delene, G. Mullendore, P. A. Kucera, and D. Langerud

695

Accounting for spatiotemporal variation of rainfall measurements in detecting ground-based sources of weather modification

Raymond Chambers, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; and S. Beare and S. Peak

696

An evaluation of the impact of the introduction of sea salt aerosol source and sink routines in the microphysics scheme of the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System

Stephen R. Herbener, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and G. G. Carrio and W. R. Cotton

697

Storm duration analysis using TITAN

Logan C. Dawson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. Tessendorf and C. Weeks

698

Numerical simulation of the accumulation zones and hail growth in hailstorms

Kailin Zheng, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and B. Chen

699

Comprehensive Analysis of Satellite and Other Observations from a Convective Clouds Merger

Yuquan Zhou Sr., Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science, Beijing, China; and M. Cai II

700

Urbanisation and maximum temperature

Harvey Stern, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and B. Campbell, M. Efron, J. Cornall-Reilly, and J. McBride

Manuscript (2.0 MB)

Handout (67.3 kB)

701

A Study of the Vertical Structure and Distribution of Cloud System in China from Upper-Air Observations

Yuquan Zhou Sr., Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science, Beijing, China; and J. Ou

702

Preventing Tornadogenesis—Concept for Thunderstorm Intervention

Lyle M. Jenkins, Jenkins Enterprises, Houston, TX

703

Can precipitation suppression due to anthropogenic aerosol pollution be detected using back trajectory methods?

Thomas H. Chubb, Monash University, Monash University, VIC, Australia; and S. T. Siems and M. J. Manton

704

Silver enrichment in rain from clouds in Israel under different seeding and cloud microstructure conditions

Assaf Zipori, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and D. Rosenfeld and Y. Erel

705

Examining the Connection between Particle Hygroscopicity and Immersion Freezing

Heike Wex, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany; and D. Niedermeier, S. Hartmann, T. Clauss, A. Kiselev, R. C. Sullivan, M. D. Petters, P. J. DeMott, P. Reitz, J. Schneider, and F. Stratmann

706

Evolution of summer thunderstorms in the Baltimore-Washington, DC metropolitan area

Cassie A. Stearns, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph, A. E. Reynolds, G. M. Heymsfield, D. Venable, and B. B. Demoz

707

Polarimetric Radar Analysis of Hygroscopic Seeding of Clouds in Eastern North Dakota

Paul A. Kucera, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Delene, C. A. Grainger, and D. Langerud

708

The effect of aerosols on the onset of precipitation

Kathryn Boyd, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow

709

The possible effects of aerosol on cloud and precipitation over the Korean peninsula

Hwan-Jin Song, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and B. J. Sohn

710

Aerosol impacts on cloud properties and precipitation variability over the Mid-Atlantic Region

Megan K. Payne, Howard University, Washington, DC; and E. Joseph and J. D. Fuentes

Handout (1.3 MB)

711

Aerosol effects on precipitaiton in a multiscale aerosol climate model

Minghuai Wang, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. J. Ghan, M. Ovchinnikov, R. Easter, X. Liu, Y. Qian, and E. I. Kassianov

712

Biomass burning aerosol effects on the diurnal cycle of convection: a numerical study in the dry season of South America

Longtao Wu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and H. Su and J. H. Jiang

Handout (1.3 MB)

713

Modeling Aerosol Direct and Indirect Effects in China

714

Aerosols in the marine boundary layer at the Azores AMF

Matthew C. Wyant, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. K. Fletcher, C. S. Bretherton, and R. Wood

715

Marine boundary layer albedo continuum investigations utilizing active and passive remote sensing data

Louise Leahy, Univerisity of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. Wood

716

The Earth's Energy balance inferred from A-Train observations

David Henderson, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. S. L'Ecuyer

Handout (5.8 MB)

717

Polarimetric radar analysis of rain drop size variability in clouds near Brisbane Australia

James W. Wilson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Knight, S. A. Tessendorf, and C. Weeks

718

Using WRF-Chem to understand interactions between synoptic and microphysical variability over the southeast Pacific

Rhea George, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. Wood

719

The effects of the hygroscopic seeding on the development of precipitation in convective clouds in the Three Rivers' Headstream regions

Zongzhen Yang, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and B. Chen and Y. Yin

720

Resolving both mixing and number of activated CCN in deep convective clouds

Eyal Freud, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and D. Rosenfeld

721

Aerosol, clouds and water vapor transport across the tropopause: observations and model results

Hui Su, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Jiang, X. Liu, and W. G. Read

722

Temperature fluctuations force low ice crystal concentration and sustained high supersaturation in tropopause cirrus

Donifan Barahona, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Nenes

723

Spatio-temporal variability of aerosol in the tropics and its relationship with the hydrological cycle

Manuel D. Zuluaga, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and C. D. Hoyos and P. J. Webster

724

Examining aerosol indirect effects on tropical deep convection

Rachel L. Storer, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. C. van den Heever

Handout (6.0 MB)

725

Large-eddy simulation of the VOCALS RF06 pocket of open cells: cloud macrostructure, entrainment and microphysical timescale

Andrew H. Berner, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. S. Bretherton, R. Wood, and P. N. Blossey

726

The effects of aerosol and meteorological conditions on low-level shallow clouds over East Asia

In-Jin Choi, Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and T. Nakajima and S. C. Yoon

727

Urban Aerosol Direct Effect on Surface Temperature

Menglin Jin, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and J. M. Shepherd and W. Zheng

Poster 728 moved. New Talk 3.3A scheduled for Wed. at 9:15am

729

The ARM Climate Research Facility—New Capabilities and the Expected Impacts on Climate Science and Modeling

Jimmy Voyles, PNNL, College Station, Texas; and J. H. Mather

Handout (6.6 MB)

730

Sensitivity of Aerosol-Meteorology Feedbacks in Convection-Permitting WRF/Chem Simulations to the Height of Idealized External Pollution Plumes

Zhan Zhao, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and L. M. Russell and M. S. Pritchard

732

Measurement of Interstitial Particles During the PLOWS and the GRIP Aircraft Campaigns

Arash Moharreri, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY; and P. Dubey, L. W. Craig, A. Schanot, D. C. Rogers, D. W. Toohey, B. E. Anderson, and S. Dhaniyala

731

Simulating desert dust influences on the 15–16 April 2003 severe storm outbreak

733

Evaluating Aerosol-Cloud and Cloud-Radiation interaction-simulations with a Single Column Model (SCM) using McRAS cloud physics with ARM data and satellite retrievals

Partha Bhattacharjee, NOAA, College Park, Prince Georges; and Y. Sud, R. Yang, and L. Oreopoulos

Manuscript (853.2 kB)

734

Numerical Study of the Impact of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions during Mesoscale Convective

Priyanka Roy, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and Z. Boybeyi

735

Global modeling of aerosol effects on cirrus clouds

Trude Storelvmo, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and D. Barahona and A. Nenes