Session 2 Applications of Numerical Models to Weather and Climate Modification

Tuesday, 8 January 2013: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 9A (Austin Convention Center)
Host: 19th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification
Cochairs:
Paul A. Kucera, NCAR, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO and Bruce A. Boe, Weather Modification, Inc., N/a, Fargo, ND

Papers:
3:30 PM
2.1
Effects of Increased Horizontal Resolution on Resolving Convection and Convective Initiation
Mariusz Starzec, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and G. Mullendore, P. A. Kucera, D. Delene, and D. Langerud
3:45 PM
2.2
Utilizing Surface Observations and Modeling with HYSPLIT to Assess Low-Level Stability for the Targeting of Cloud Seeding Material
David P. Yorty, North American Weather Consultants, Sandy, UT; and W. Weston, M. Solak, and D. Griffith
4:00 PM
2.3
AgI cloud seeding effects as seen in WRF simulations
Lulin Xue, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Hashimoto, M. Murakami, S. Tessendorf, R. M. Rasmussen, E. Nelson, D. Breed, D. Blestrud, P. Holbrook, and S. Parkinson
4:15 PM
2.4
A real-time cloud seeding guidance system based on the WRF model
Sarah Tessendorf, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Xue, R. Rasmussen, D. Blestrud, P. Holbrook, and S. Parkinson
4:30 PM
2.5
Comparisons between WRF simulations and ground observed trace chemistry
Roy M. Rasmussen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Xue, S. Tessendorf, D. Blestrud, P. Holbrook, and S. Parkinson
4:45 PM
2.6
Seeding of Cirrus Clouds to Reduce Global Warming
David L. Mitchell, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. F. Mejia, M. Kuebbeler, U. Lohmann, and M. Xiao
5:00 PM
2.7
Land use change impacts on cloud and precipitation formation in the coastal regions of Sarawak, Malaysia
Udaysankar Nair, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. G. Fairman Jr., S. Cantonwine, J. S. Reid, and S. Christopher

5:15 PM
2.8
New York City's Summer 2010 Numerical Simulations using WRF's Building Energy Parameterization
Estatio Gutierrez, City College of New York, New York, NY; and J. Gonzalez, M. Arend, and B. Bornstein
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