85th AMS Annual Meeting

: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting

Sunday, 9 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


SUN 9 JAN

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-5:40 PM: Sunday, 9 January 2005


Conference Registration

Monday, 10 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005


MON 10 JAN

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005


Registration continues through Thursday, 13 January

8:55 AM-5:45 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005


Joint Session 1
Polar Coastal Processes (Joint with Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes and the 8th Conf on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes )
Organizers: Ruth H. Preller, NRL; Taneil Uttal, NOAA/Earth Systems Research Laboratory; Eric DeWeaver, University of Wisconsin; Stephen D. Burk, NRL

Papers:
  9:25 AM
Local, Regional and Hemispheric forcing of Polynyas: Experiences from the NOW and CASES research networks
David G. Barber, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and J. Lukovich and J. M. Hanesiak

  9:40 AM
  10:10 AM
Mesoscale modeling of the Antarctic atmosphere
David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and A. J. Monaghan

  10:40 AM
A development climatology of cyclones affecting the Alaskan coastal zone
Elizabeth N. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch

  11:10 AM
Climatology of the air-sea interaction associated with high wind events near Cape Farewell Greenland
Wataru Yanase, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and G. W. K. Moore

  11:25 AM
Storminess and coastal change in the Mackenzie-Beaufort region of the Northwest Territories, Canada (Invited Presentation)
Steven M Solomon, Geological Survey of Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and G. Manson and D. E. Atkinson

  11:55 AM
  12:10 PM
Hydrologic Regime and Change in the Large Northern Watersheds
Daqing Yang, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and D. L. Kane and B. Ye

  12:25 PM
Coastal and polar atmospheric regional modeling – how good are our models? (Invited Presentation)
Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

http://www.misu.su.se/~michaelt/home.html

  12:55 PM
Estimating Arctic snowfall with a land surface hydrology model
Jessie Ellen Cherry, Columbia University/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY; and S. J. Déry, L. -. B. Tremblay, and M. Stieglitz

  1:10 PM
  1:25 PM
Parameterizing the turbulent surface fluxes over summer sea ice
Edgar L. Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and P. O. G. Persson, R. E. Jordan, T. W. Horst, P. S. Guest, A. A. Grachev, and C. W. Fairall

  1:40 PM
Warm season processes at SHEBA
Kirstie L. Stramler, Columbia University, New York, NY; and A. D. Del Genio and W. B. Rossow

  1:55 PM
Welcoming Remarks
Ruth H. Preller, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS

  2:00 PM
Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

  2:30 PM
Lunch Break

  4:00 PM
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

  5:30 PM
Discharge and water chemistry of streams in NW Greenland (76°N, 68°W) (Formerly Paper Number JP1.7)
Birgit Hagedorn, University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space sciences & Quaternary Research Center, Seattle, WA; and R. S. Sletten and B. Hallet

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005


Joint Poster Session 1
Formal Poster Viewing - Polar Coastal Processes (Joint with Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes and the 8th Conf on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes )
Organizer: Peter S. Guest, NPS

Papers:
 
Freshwater distribution and its variability in the Arctic Ocean deduced from historical hydrochemistry
Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and N. Tanaka, S. Pivovarov, and L. Timokhov

Poster PDF (428.0 kB)
 
Meteorological conditions in Nares Strait and Smith Sound derived from a regional mesoscale model
Philip L. Barbour, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and R. M. Samelson

 
Turbulent mixing in the under-ice boundary layer in Van Mijenfjorden (Svalbard), melt season 2004.
Karolina Widell, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, 5007 Bergen, Norway; and I. Fer

 
The role of tides in Arctic ice/ocean climate
Greg Holloway, Institute of Ocean Science, Sidney, BC, Canada; and A. Proshutinsky

 
Modeling Bering Sea Tides
Congbiao Liu, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Wang and Z. Kowalik

 
Surface water and energy fluxes of the pan-Arctic land region based on a land surface model and ERA-40 reanalysis
Fengge Su, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. C. Adam, K. E. Trenberth, and D. P. Lettenmaier

 
Paper JP1.7 has been moved to Joint Session J1, New Paper Number J1.15A

 
Moisture transport and polar ice sheets variability
Wenqing Tang, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and W. T. Liu

 
Numerical investigation of the relationship between the Ross Iceshelf Air Stream (RAS) and katabatic flows
Amanda S. Adams, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli

 
An assessment of four model bulk aerodynamic algorithms used over sea ice
Michael A. Brunke, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and M. Zhou, X. Zeng, and E. L. Andreas

 
The Effect of the Sea Ice Zone on the Development of Boundary Layer Roll Clouds during Cold Air Outbreaks
Anthony Liu, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore, K. Tsuboki, and I. A. Renfrew

 
Mesoscale modeling during MPACE
Alexander Avramov, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and V. T. Yannuzzi, P. Q. Olsson, C. P. Bahrmann, J. Y. Harrington, and J. Verlinde

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)
 
Numerical simulations of cyclone interaction with the orography of Greenland
Rebekah Martin, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore

 
Barrier flow and tip jets: A QuikSCAT climatology of high wind speed events near Greenland
G. W. K. Moore, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and I. A. Renfrew

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005


Sessions End for the day

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005


FORMAL OPENING OF EXHIBITS WITH RECEPTION (CASH BAR)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005


Suki Manabe Symposium Banquet

Tuesday, 11 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


TUE 11 JAN

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


2
International Polar Year - Invited Presentations
Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Organizer: David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ.

Papers:
  8:30 AM
2.1
Update on Plans for the International Polar Year (Invited Presentation)
Sheldon Drobot, The National Academies, Washington, DC; and D. H. Bromwich

  8:45 AM
2.2
  9:15 AM
2.4
  9:30 AM
2.5
Canada and the International Polar Year (Invited Presentation)
Barry E. Goodison, MSC, Downsview, Ontario, Canada

9:45 AM-10:45 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Poster Session 1
International Polar Year - Poster Presentations (Observational Techniques, Programs, Products and Databases
Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Organizer: Janet M. Intrieri, NOAA/ETL

Papers:
 
Salinity of Sea Ice: In situ Measurements and Modelling
Dirk Notz, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and M. G. Worster

 
The High Efficiency Hyperspectral Imager – a new instrument for measurements of the Arctic surface
Peter J. Minnett, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and R. G. Sellar

Poster PDF (538.7 kB)
 
Surface-based Infrared Interferometers – versatile sensors for the IPY
Peter J. Minnett, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and M. Szczodrak and E. L. Key

Poster PDF (389.1 kB)
 
Measurement capabilities of the Polar Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (PAERI)
Von P Walden, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Idaho - Moscow, Moscow, ID; and M. S. Town and B. Halter

 
Surface radiation measurements in Arctic polynyas
Erica L. Key, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. J. Minnett

Poster PDF (25.7 kB)
 
Seaglider exploration of subpolar Atlantic climate
Charlie Eriksen, Univsersity of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. B. Rhines

 
Microphysical properties of Arctic mixed-phase clouds using ground-based remote sensors
Jennifer M. Comstock, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. J. Flynn, C. N. Long, R. T. Marchand, J. H. Mather, S. A. McFarlane, A. Mendoza, D. D. Turner, and K. Widener

Poster PDF (252.1 kB)
 
Observation of polar sudden stratospheric warming events using GPS radio occultation technique
Grace S. Peng, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and J. H. Hecht and R. L. Walterscheid

 
Mooring-based Arctic Ocean Observational System
Igor Polyakov, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK; and E. Carmack, B. Dickson, L. Fortier Sr., E. Hansen, M. Johnson, E. Fahrbach, C. Mauritzen, V. Ivanov, I. Dmitrenko, J. Walsh, M. Steele, L. Timokhov, and D. Walsh

Poster PDF (196.4 kB)
 
Detection of arctic cloud ice properties using submillimeter-wave radiometers
Sally G. Dowlatshahi, Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, Colorado; and A. J. Gasiewski, T. Uttal, M. Klein, E. R. Westwater, and D. Cimini

http://www.etl.noaa.gov/technology/gsr/

Poster PDF (316.2 kB)
 
Aerosols collected during the 19th Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition (CHINARE 19) and the Second Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition (CHINARE II)
Catherine F. Cahill, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and L. Chen and Z. Gao

 
Overview of the Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment (M-PACE)
Johannes Verlinde, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and J. Y. Harrington, G. M. McFarquhar, J. H. Mather, D. Turner, B. Zak, M. R. Poellot, T. Tooman, A. J. Prenni, G. Kok, E. Eloranta, A. Fridlind, C. Bahrmann, K. Sassen, P. J. DeMott, and A. J. Heymsfield

http://nsa.met.psu.edu/

Poster PDF (594.6 kB)
 
International Heliophysical Year
Joseph M. Davila, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and N. Gopalswamy and B. J. Thompson

 
Drifting station “North Pole-23”: scientific program, organization and invitation to collaboration
Ivan E. Frolov, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; and A. P. Makshtas, S. M. Priamikov, and V. T. Sokolov

 
Designing an Arctic Observing Network
Sheldon Drobot, The National Academies, Washington, DC; and C. Elfring

 
Atmospheric modeling over the Mackenzie, Kuparuk and Lena watersheds: A contribution to the NSF ARCSS Freshwater Initiative
John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and W. Gutowski, M. J. Shaw, and C. S. Takeuchi

 
Antarctic Regional Interactions Meteorology Experiment (RIME)
David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH

Poster PDF (56.7 kB)
 
Interannual variability in summer Beaufort Sea ice conditions
Sheldon Drobot, The National Academies, Washington, DC; and J. A. Maslanik

 
McMurdo Station, Antarctica fog climatology: 1973-1998
Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/fog.html

Poster PDF (38.0 kB)
 
Assimilation of RGPS data with the Trajectory Assimilation Model
R. W. Lindsay, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and H. L. Stern

 
Potential of AMSR-E derived sea ice motions for assimilation into sea ice models
Walter N. Meier, NSIDC/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (226.2 kB)
 
Development of the CWRF for Arctic Climate Applications
Julian X.L. Wang, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and X. Z. Liang, J. Pan, K. Kunkel, E. C. Hunke, and B. Lipscomb

 
Database for Ecological Studies of the Arctic Seas: Barents, Kara, Laptev, and White Seas (1810-2001)
Igor Smolynar, Ocean Climate Laboratory, NOAA/NESDIS/NODC, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Locarnini, R. Tatusko, T. Boyer, S. Levitus, G. Matishov, A. Zuyev, and V. Golubev

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)
 
Cloud cover climatology for the South Pole from surface-based infrared radiation measurements.
Michael S. Town, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and V. P. Walden and S. G. Warren

Poster PDF (973.7 kB)
 
Comparison of monthly mean cloud fraction and cloud optical depth determined from surface cloud radar, TOVS, AVHRR, and MODIS over Barrow, Alaska
Taneil Uttal, NOAA/Earth Systems Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and S. Frisch, X. Wang Sr., J. Key, A. Schweiger, S. Sun-Mack, and P. Minnis

Poster PDF (67.2 kB)
 
A climatology of the McMurdo, Antarctica region based on the AMPS archive
Andrew J. Monaghan, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, J. G. Powers, and K. W. Manning

Poster PDF (534.5 kB)
 
The AMPS Archive: an atmospheric resource for the Antarctic research community
Andrew J. Monaghan, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and J. G. Powers, D. H. Bromwich, and K. W. Manning

Poster PDF (407.2 kB)
 
Climate lessons from the first International Polar Year 1881-83
Kevin R. Wood, NOAA/PMEL and JISAO/U of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland

 
SEARCH Climate Indicators: Melt Onset and Other Cryospheric Data Products
Bruce Raup, University of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Fetterer, M. Parsons, M. Savoie, and K. Knowles

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


3
Polar Forecasting (Ice, Winds and Weather)
Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Organizer: James E. Overland, NOAA/PMEL

Papers:
  11:00 AM
3.1
  11:30 AM
3.3
Polar winds from satellite imagers for numerical weather prediction and climate applications
Jeffrey R. Key, Office of Research and Applications, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and D. A. Santek, C. S. Velden, J. M. Daniels, W. Bresky, and W. P. Menzel

  11:45 AM
3.4
An Improved Algorithm for Atmospheric Wind Retrievals from Satellite Soundings over the Polar Region
Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Zheng

  12:00 PM
3.5
Application of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model in Antarctica
Jordan G. Powers, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. W. Manning and M. M. Lambertson

Poster PDF (433.4 kB)

11:30 AM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Exhibits Open

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


4
The Polar Oceans (Circulations)
Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Organizer: Steve Vavrus, University of Wisconsin

Papers:
 
4.1
Arctic Straits: a high resolution model study

  1:45 PM
4.2
Deep Water Mixing in the Arctic Ocean induced by Geothermal Heat Flow
Peter Winsor, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and G. Bjork

  2:15 PM
Towards eddy permitting estimates of the global-ocean and sea-ice circulations (Formerly Paper Number P3.32)
Dimitris Menemenlis, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. Hill, A. Adcroft, J. M. Campin, B. Cheng, I. Fukumori, T. Lee, M. Steele, O. Wang, and J. Zhang

http://ecco.jpl.nasa.gov/cube_sphere/

2:15 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


5
The Polar Atmosphere - Precipitation
Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Organizer: Jeffrey S. Tilley, University of Alaska

Papers:
  2:15 PM
5.1
Bias adjustments to Arctic precipitation: A comparison of daily versus monthly bias adjustments
David R Legates, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and D. Yang, S. Quiring, K. Freeman, and T. Bogart

Poster PDF (472.3 kB)
  2:30 PM
5.2
Extreme precipitation events over Greenland: consequences to ice sheet mass balance
Jason Box, Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, OH; and L. Yang, J. C. Rogers, D. H. Bromwich, L. S. Bai, K. Steffen, J. C. Stroeve, and S. H. Wang

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


6
The Polar Atmosphere - Clouds, Radiation, Aerosols
Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Organizer: Jeffrey R. Key, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

Papers:
  3:30 PM
6.1
Properties of super-cooled water clouds over South Pole
Von P. Walden, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and M. E. Ellison, R. E. Brandt, M. S. Town, S. R. Hudson, and R. M. Jones

  3:45 PM
6.2
  4:00 PM
6.3
Arctic Mixed-phased Cloud Microphysical Properties Retrieved from Ground-based Active and Passive Remote Sensors
Zhien Wang, GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and K. Sassen, B. B. Demoz, and D. N. Whiteman

  4:15 PM
6.4
Application of a stochastic cloud model to mixed phase Arctic clouds: an overview
Joseph F. Brodie, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and D. E. Veron

  4:45 PM
6.6
Modeling clouds and radiation in the Arctic with a regional climate model
Klaus Wyser, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, 601 76 Norrköping, Sweden; and C. Jones, R. Döscher, and H. E. M. Meier

  5:00 PM
6.7
The NSA/SHEBA Cloud and radiation comparison study
Janet M. Intrieri, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and M. D. Shupe

  5:30 PM
6.9
CCN/IFN and the Arctic surface energy budget
Gustavo Carrió, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and H. Jiang and W. R. Cotton

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005


Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 12 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


WED 12 JAN

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


7
Atmospheric/Sea-Ice/Ocean Exchanges
Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Organizer: John A. Beesley, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Papers:
  8:30 AM
7.1
Determining wintertime heterogeneous pack ice characteristics and their impact on the aggregate atmospheric surface fluxes
P. O. G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and E. L. Andreas, J. -. W. Bao, C. W. Fairall, A. A. Grachev, P. S. Guest, and R. E. Jordan

  8:45 AM
7.2
Heat transfer in melt ponds
Eric D. Skyllingstad, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. Paulson

 
7.3
On the feedbacks between cloud dynamics and ice breeze

  9:15 AM
7.4
Sea ice impacts on GFS forecasts at high latitudes
Xingren Wu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC and SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Moorthi, K. Okamoto, and H. L. Pan

  9:30 AM

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


Presidential Forum

11:30 AM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


8
The Cryosphere - Sea Ice Extent
Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Organizer: Cecilia Bitz, University of Washington

Papers:
  1:30 PM
8.1
Attribution of Variability in Arctic Minimum Sea Ice Extent (Invited Presentation)
Jennifer A. Francis, Rutgers University, Highlands, NJ; and E. Hunter, J. R. Key, and X. Wang Sr.

  2:15 PM
8.3
Cause and Effect of Variations in Western Arctic Snow and Sea Ice Cover
Robert S. Stone, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado,, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Douglas, G. I. Belchansky, S. D. Drobot, and J. M. Harris

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


Poster Session 3
Formal Poster Viewing - Atmophere, Ice, Ocean
Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Organizer: James Pinto, University of Colorado

Papers:
 
Parameterizing snow albedo by means of ARM data measured at Barrow, Ak
Nicole Mölders, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and H. Luijting and K. Sassen

 
UV radiation in the southern seas in summer 2000
Gerd Wendler, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and B. Hartmann

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)
 
Increased exposure of Southern Ocean phytoplankton to UV radiation
Dan Lubin, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and K. R. Arrigo

 
Surface Cloud-longwave Radiation Relationships at SHEBA site from a Neural Network Approach
Yonghua Chen, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. R. Miller, J. A. Francis, and F. Aires

Poster PDF (39.0 kB)
 
On the sensitivity of cloud related radiative processes on the initiation and rate of melt over snow covered landfast sea ice
Xin Jin, Centre for Earth Observation Science, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and D. G. Barber

 
Observation of cloud properties and surface fluxes during the Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment
James Mather, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. Comstock, C. Flynn, C. N. Long, R. Marchand, S. McFarlane, A. Mendoza, D. Turner, K. Widener, J. Kay, and G. Zhang

Poster PDF (386.2 kB)
 
Arctic mixed-phase cloud properties derived from surface-based sensors at SHEBA
Matthew D. Shupe, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Y. Matrosov and T. Uttal

Poster PDF (207.5 kB)
 
On the extended lifetime of weakly forced mixed-phase clouds in the Arctic
J. O. Pinto, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and H. C. Morrison

 
Microphysical Influences on Modeled Arctic Roll Cloud Structure
Steven D. Greenberg, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. Y. Harrington

Poster PDF (296.5 kB)
 
Characterization of High Latitude Near-Surface Optical Turbulence - Phase I
Gail-Tirrell Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory, WSMR, NM; and B. Zak, D. Moudry, and K. Sassen

Poster PDF (142.8 kB)
 
Sources of biogenic aerosol particles over the central Arctic Ocean associated with the open lead surface microlayer
Caroline Leck, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and K. Bigg and M. Tjernström

Poster PDF (199.6 kB)
 
Characteristics of the turbulent boundary layer under drifting sea ice
Anders Sirevaag, Bjerknes Centre of Climate Research, University of Bergen, Norway; and M. G. McPhee and I. Fer

 
Surface Heat Fluxes over Lake Erie Pack Ice Fields
Mathieu R. Gerbush, University of Illinois, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Champaign, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich and N. F. Laird

Poster PDF (385.7 kB)
 
Variability and vertical structure of the summer Arctic boundary layer
Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and T. Mauritsen

http://www.misu.su.se/~michaelt/home.html

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
 
Sensitivity studies on satellite-based remote sensing of precipitation at high latitudes
Stefano Dietrich, CNR, 00133 Rome, Italy; and F. Baordo, C. Iori, C. M. Medaglia, A. Mugnai, E. Santorelli, G. J. Tripoli, A. S. Adams, and E. A. Smith

 
Investigating Antarctic Precipitation in the Ross Island Region From Various Observing Platforms
Shelley L. Knuth, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. J. Tripoli and C. R. Stearns

Poster PDF (554.1 kB)
 
Simulation of an Arctic extreme rain event using MM5/3DVAR at different horizontal resolutions
Xingang Fan, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. E. Walsh and J. S. Tilley

Poster PDF (590.5 kB)
 
Assimilation of MODIS retrievals with the MM5/3DVAR system in an Arctic extreme rain event
Xingang Fan, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. R. Krieger, X. Meng, R. W. Smith, and J. E. Walsh

Poster PDF (447.0 kB)
 
Antarctic Net Precipitation Estimates Using TOVS and NCEP-DOE Renalysis-2
Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Van Woert and C. Xu

 
Evaluation of Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) forecasts for different synoptic weather patterns
Luna M. Rodriguez-Manzanet, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR; and J. J. Cassano

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)
 
Paper P3.24 has been moved to Session 7, new paper number 7.3A

 
A study of coherent tropopause disturbances within the Northern Hemispheric circumpolar vortex
Joseph R. Kravitz, University at Albany/SUNY, New York, NY; and L. F. Bosart, D. Keyser, and A. R. Aiyyer

Poster PDF (527.6 kB)
 
The role of rheology in simulating sea-ice ridging
Jinlun Zhang, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. A. Rothrock

 
Sensitivity of simulated Greenland ice sheet mass balance terms to atmospheric model configuration
John J. Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. J. Shaw and C. S. Takeuchi

 
Assimilation of Observed Sea Ice Motion in Models: Error Analysis
Todd E. Arbetter, NSIDC/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and W. N. Meier

 
P3.29
Break-up of Giant Tabular Icebergs in North East Greenland

 
Diagnosing Atlantic Layer circulation and properties in AOMIP models
Greg Holloway, Institute of Ocean Science, Sidney, BC, Canada; and E. C. Hunke, M. Maltrud, and M. J. Karcher

 
California Currents of the Arctic Ocean
Greg Holloway, Institute of Ocean Science, Sidney, BC, Canada

 
Paper P3.32 has been moved to Session 4, New Paper Number P4.1A

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

3:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


Exhibits Open

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


9
The Cryosphere - Sea Ice Motion, Thickness and Properties
Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
Organizer: John W. Weatherly, U. S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab

Papers:
  4:00 PM
9.1
Estimating Sea-ice Transport Using the Advanced Sensor Microwave Imager (AMSR)
Tom A. Agnew, Meteorological Service of Canada, Downsview, ON, Canada; and J. Vandeweghe and P. Yu

  4:30 PM
9.3
On the way to assimilate satellite data into sea ice models
Valérie Dulière, UCL (Univerité catholique de Louvain-la-neuve), 1348 Louvain-la-neuce, Belgium; and T. Fichefet

  4:45 PM
9.4
Operational modeling of sea ice conditions in the marginal ice zone through the assimilation of satellite-derived ice concentration
Ted Maksym, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and L. Toudal, M. Coon, and M. L. Van Woert

  5:00 PM
9.5
Temporal and Regional Variations in Sea Ice Thickness in the Ross Sea during 1995 and 1998
Tracy L. DeLiberty, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and C. A. Geiger

Poster PDF (554.2 kB)
  5:15 PM
9.6
Melt Pond Coverage on Arctic Sea Ice from MODIS
Mark A. Tschudi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Maslanik and D. K. Perovich

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


Sessions End for the day

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


Exhibits Open

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005


AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 13 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Thursday, 13 January 2005


THUR 13 JAN

8:45 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 13 January 2005


10
Haurwitz lecture
Sponsor: 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Papers:
  8:45 AM
SUBPOLAR CLIMATE DYNAMICS
Peter B. Rhines, Univsersity of Washington, Seattle, WA

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 13 January 2005


Joint Poster Session 2
Formal Poster Viewing - High Latitude Climate Variability and Change (Joint with the Eight Conference on Polar Meteorology and the 16th symposium on Global Change & Climate Variations)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )
Organizer: Vladimir Alexeev, University of Alaska

Papers:
 
Using a global climate model to examine changes in Arctic permafrost
James R. Miller, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and G. L. Russell

 
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Carbon Flux on the North Slope of Alaska: A Study of the Barrow-Atqasuk-Ivotuk Region
Walter C. Oechel, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA; and H. Kwon, R. Zulueta, J. Verfaillie Jr., G. Kinoshita, J. Kimball, F. A. Heinsch, and S. Running

 
Characteristics of winter cyclone activity in the Northern North Atlantic
Maria A. Tsukernik, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. C. Serreze

 
The response of winter Arctic sea ice to Arctic Oscillation and dipole anomaly in the atmosphere
Jia Wang, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and B. Wu and J. E. Walsh

 
Mechanisms of decadal and interdecadal Arctic climate variability in the Community Climate System Model CCSM2
Hugues Goosse, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; and M. M. Holland

 
Investigating the Relationship Between Modeled Ice Extent and the AO/NAO
Todd E. Arbetter, NSIDC/CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Serreze

 
Investigating the climatic effects of the NAO over Greenland using Polar MM5
Michael Previdi, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and D. E. Veron

Poster PDF (498.1 kB)
 
Analyzing Low Frequency Variability in Atlantic Water using the CCSM3
Kara A. Sterling, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK; and U. Bhatt and I. Polyakov

 
Strong trends in the skill of the ERA-40 and NCEP/NCAR reanalyses in the high and middle latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere, 1958–2001
David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center/Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and R. L. Fogt

http://polarmet.mps.ohio-state.edu/PolarMet/PMGAbstracts/rfogt_final.pdf

 
Ice Ocean Model Forcing using ERA-40 Data.
Axel J. Schweiger, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. W. Lindsay and J. Zhang

 
Application of A mesoscale 3DVAR system at high latitudes as a step towards Arctic reanalysis
Jeffrey S. Tilley, Regional Weather Information Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and X. Fan and J. E. Walsh

Poster PDF (1015.0 kB)
 
Antarctic Net Precipitation Estimate from NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2
Chuanyu Xu, U.S. National Ice Center, Washington, DC and QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and C. Z. Zou and M. L. Van Woert

Poster PDF (311.9 kB)
 
A re-evaluation of upper tropospheric winds in reanalyses near Svalbard
David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and S. H. Wang

Poster PDF (444.6 kB)
 
Paper JP2.14 has been moved to Joint Session J4, New Paper Number J4.3A

 
High resolution regional climate simulations over Iceland using Polar MM5
David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and L. Bai and G. G. Bjarnason

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)
 
The Arctic boundary layer in six regional scale (ARCMIP) models
Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Žagar, G. Svensson, A. Rinke, K. Dethloff, J. Cassano, C. Jones, K. Wyser, and M. Shaw

http://www.misu.su.se/~michaelt/home.html

Poster PDF (376.0 kB)
 
Glaciers and Climate in Southern Alaska: present and future
Uma S. Bhatt, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Zhang, C. Lingle, W. Tangborn, and J. Tilley

Poster PDF (709.0 kB)
 
Ocean Dynamics in Recent Arctic Freshwater Changes
Xiangdong Zhang, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK

 
The thinning of arctic sea ice, 1988–2003: have we passed a tipping point?
R. W. Lindsay, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Zhang

Poster PDF (655.5 kB)
 
Locating and removing problematic data in the DMSP SSM/I data sets
Andrew L. Molthan, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson

Poster PDF (503.7 kB)
 
Developing a climate record for a glacial lake valley in Svalbard
Daniel Philip Lane, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

 
Climatology as the mean of two modes: an application to interior Alaska temperatures from medium range MOS
Timothy L Shy, NOAA/NWSFO, Fairbanks, AK; and R. Thoman and E. Stevens

Poster PDF (26.8 kB)
 
Climate variability of free atmosphere in the polar regions
Alexander P. Makshtas, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; and V. V. Maistrova and V. Alexeev

 
A time series analysis of multiyear sea ice in the central Arctic
Andrew J. Hamm, NASA/GSFC Greenbelt, MD and Northland College, Ashland, WI; and P. Gloersen

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)
 
Climate variability determined from Arctic Ocean snow melt onset dates
Mark R. Anderson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

 
Climatology of the winter surface temperature inversion in Fairbanks, Alaska
Brian Hartmann, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Wendler

Poster PDF (828.9 kB)
 
Dynamical Amplifier of Global Warming
Ming Cai, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

 
Footprint of the dynamical amplifier of global warmings at the TOA
Christelle Castet, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Cai

 
Advantages of T-mode Decomposition in Rotated Principal Component Analysis: Applications to the Arctic
Nathaniel C. Johnson, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and A. Avramov, E. E. Clothiaux, N. Shirer, J. Harrington, and J. Verlinde


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005


Joint Session 3
Climate of the Southern High Latitudes (Joint Session with the Eight Conference on Polar Meteorology and the 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change) ( parallel with Session 14)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography )
Organizer: Hugues Goosse, Universite Catholique de Louvain

Papers:
  11:00 AM
Reconstructing the mid-Twentieth Century climate of the Antarctic Peninsula region
John Turner, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Poster PDF (411.2 kB)
  11:15 AM
  11:30 AM
Decadal variability of the ENSO teleconnection to the South Pacific governed by coupling with the Antarctic Oscillation
Ryan L. Fogt, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich

  12:00 PM
Recent Sea Ice Variability and Its Association with Large-Scale Processes
Jiping Liu, School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and J. A. Curry

12:00 PM-3:45 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005


Exhibits Open

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005


Joint Session 4
Climate of the Northern High Latitudes (Joint Session with the Eight Conference on Polar Meteorology and the 16th Symposium on Global Change & Climate Variations) (parallel with Session 15)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography )
Organizer: Marika M. Holland, NCAR

Papers:
  1:30 PM
  2:00 PM
Simulations of Wintertime Arctic Air Surges into Middle Latitudes
Steve Vavrus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Walsh, W. L. Chapman, and D. Portis

 
J4.3
Arctic sea ice and its feedback on the atmospheric circulation

  2:30 PM
  2:45 PM
North Atlantic variability and self-organizing maps: early results
David B. Reusch, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and R. B. Alley

  3:00 PM
On adapting a next-generation mesoscale model for the polar regions (Formerly Paper Number JP2.14)
Keith M. Hines, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005


Coffee Break


Registration Desk Closes

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005


Joint Session 7
Mechanisms of Climate Change (Joint Session with the Eight Conference on Polar Meteorology and the 16th Symposium on Global Change & Climate Variations)
Sponsors: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography )
Organizer: James R. Miller, Rutgers University

Papers:
  3:30 PM
Future Polar Climate Change Simulations with the CCSM3
Warren M. Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Teng, G. A. Meehl, J. Arblaster, A. Hu, and L. Buja

  3:45 PM
Climate variability during the last millennium in the Arctic: a model-data comparison using ensemble simulations
Hugues Goosse, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; and H. Renssen, A. Timmermann, and R. S. Bradley

  4:00 PM
Building and using an Arctic climate information system
James E. Overland, NOAA/OAR/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and N. N. Soreide, M. C. Serreze, and J. Francis

http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/detect/

  4:15 PM
  4:30 PM
Sea ice forced climate change in a GCM
C. M. Bitz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. Hall, M. M. Holland, and R. W. Lindsay

  4:45 PM
What controls planetary albedo and its interannual variability?
Xin Qu, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; and A. Hall

  5:00 PM
Variability in the Arctic sea ice melt season
John W. Weatherly, U. S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, Hanover, NH; and D. K. Perovich and S. Nghiem

http://snow.usace.army.mil/

  5:15 PM
Influence of the sea ice thickness distribution on simulated polar climate
Marika M. Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. M. Bitz, J. L. Schramm, W. H. Lipscomb, and E. C. Hunke

3:45 PM-3:45 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005


Exhibits Close

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005


Conference Ends

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005


Ed Lorenz Symposium Banquet