Second Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres

Program Chairs: Mark I. Richardson , Ashima Research ; F. Michael Flasar , NASA/GSFC ; Claire E. Newman , Ashima Research

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Thursday, 10 January 2013

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8:45 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 10 January 2013

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Session 1
Planetary Atmospheres Part I
Location: Room 16B (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Second Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres
Cochairs: Mark I. Richardson, Ashima Research, Glendale, CA; Claire E. Newman, Ashima Research, Pasadena, CA; F. Michael Flasar, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
8:45 AM
1.1
Polar methane accumulation and rainstorms on Titan from simulations of the methane cycle
Alejandro Soto, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider, S. D. B. Graves, E. L. Schaller, and M. E. Brown

9:00 AM
1.2
Seasonal Changes in Middle-Atmosphere Circulation at Titan's Poles
Nicholas A. Teanby, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; and P. G. J. Irwin, C. A. Nixon, R. de Kok, S. Vinatier, A. Coustenis, E. Sefton-Nash, S. B. Calcutt, and F. M. Flasar

1.3
A New Titan GCM and Stratospheric Superrotation

9:30 AM
1.4
Wave-Mean Flow Interaction and Superrotation in High-Rossby-Number Atmospheres
Joao Rafael Dias Pinto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; and J. L. Mitchell
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 10 January 2013


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (Austin Convention Center)

11:00 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 10 January 2013

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Session 2
Planetary Atmospheres Part II
Location: Room 16B (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Second Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres
Cochairs: F. Michael Flasar, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; Claire E. Newman, Ashima Research, Pasadena, CA; Mark I. Richardson, Ashima Research, Glendale, CA
11:00 AM
2.1
Saturn's Stratospheric Response to the 2010 Great White Spot
Richard K. Achterberg, University of Maryland College Park, Greenbelt, MD; and L. N. Fletcher, B. E. Hesman, G. L. Bjoraker, B. J. Conrath, P. J. Gierasch, and F. M. Flasar
Recorded Presentation

2.2
Generation of Equatorial Superrotation and Multiple Jets in Giant Planet Atmospheres

11:30 AM
2.3
Equatorial Oscillations in the Atmospheres of the Giant Planets
F. Michael Flasar, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2013


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2013

Recording files available
Session 3
Planetary Atmospheres Part III
Location: Room 16B (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Second Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres
Cochairs: Claire E. Newman, Ashima Research, Pasadena, CA; Mark I. Richardson, Ashima Research, Glendale, CA; F. Michael Flasar, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
1:30 PM
3.1
Investigating the hydrology of ancient Mars
Alejandro Soto, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and M. I. Richardson and C. E. Newman

1:45 PM
3.2
The Martian Dust Cycle: Observations and Modeling
Melinda A. Kahre, NASA ARC, Moffett Field, CA

2:00 PM
3.3
Vertically Resolved Aerosol Climatology of Mars as Observed by the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer
T. H. McConnochie, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. D. Smith, J. H. Shirley, S. D. Guzewich, A. A. Pankine, R. J. Wilson, A. A. Kleinböhl, J. T. Schofield, D. Kass, and D. J. McCleese

2:15 PM
3.4
Meteorology of the MGCM-LETKF Mars Reanalysis
Steven J. Greybush, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. J. Wilson, R. N. Hoffman, M. J. Hoffman, Y. Zhao, T. Miyoshi, and E. Kalnay
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
3.5
Strategies for Analysis of Martian Dust
Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Greybush, R. Hoffman, J. S. Kang, R. J. Wilson, M. J. Hoffman, Y. Zhao, and T. Miyoshi
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
3.6
Simulation of Mars Dust Storms with a Limited Surface Dust Source and Self-determining Wind Stress Thresholds in the MarsWRF General Circulation Model
Claire E. Newman, Ashima Research, Pasadena, CA; and M. I. Richardson
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2013


Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2013


Coffee Break
Location: Levels 3 and 4 (Austin Convention Center)

Meet the President
Location: Room 1 (Austin Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2013

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Session 4
Planetary Atmospheres Part IV
Location: Room 16B (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Second Symposium on Planetary Atmospheres
Cochairs: Mark I. Richardson, Ashima Research, Glendale, CA; F. Michael Flasar, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; Claire E. Newman, Ashima Research, Pasadena, CA
3:30 PM
4.1
Midwinter Suppression of Baroclinic Storm Activity on Mars (and Earth) in Assimilated Observations and Models
Peter L. Read, Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; and L. Montabone, D. P. Mulholland, S. R. Lewis, and R. J. Wilson
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
4.2
Towards Interactive Retrievals for Mars Data Assimilation
Ross N. Hoffman, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and S. Greybush, D. Gombos, J. Eluszkiewicz, M. J. Hoffman, R. J. Wilson, K. Ide, and E. Kalnay
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
4.3
Large-Scale Extratropical Weather Systems in Mars' Atmosphere
Jeffery L. Hollingsworth, NASA ARC, Moffett Field, CA
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
4.4
Local Dynamics of Baroclinic Waves in the Martian Atmosphere
Istvan Szunyogh, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and M. J. Kavulich Jr., R. J. Wilson, and G. Gyarmati
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
4.5
Diurnal Features of Mars Reanalyses
Yongjing Zhao, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. J. Wilson, S. Greybush, R. Hoffman, and E. Kalnay

4:45 PM
4.6
Mars' Atmosphere from the Surface
Mark I. Richardson, Ashima Research, Pasadena, CA; and C. E. Newman

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2013


AMS 93rd Annual Meeting Adjourns
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