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Monday, 7 August 2000
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Monday Conference Registration
Tuesday, 8 August 2000
	7:00 AM-5:00 PM, Tuesday Conference Registration
	8:30 AM-8:45 AM, Tuesday Welcoming Remarks
Organizer: Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV
	8:45 AM, Tuesday Session 0A Overview of Mesoscale Alpine Programme (MAP)
Organizers: Ronald Smith, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; Robert Houze, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
	9:15 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday Session 1 MAP: Orographic Precipitation
Organizer: F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO
9:15 AM 1.1 Two cases of heavy Rain on the Mediterranean Side of the Alps in MAP   Robert A. Houze, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Medina and M. Steiner 9:30 AM 1.2 Preliminary analyses of Dual-Doppler observations conducted with Ronsard and Monte-Lema radars during MAP   Jean-François Georgis, Laboratoire d'Aerologie, Toulouse, France; and F. Roux, M. Chong, and C. Michel 9:45 AM Coffee Break   10:15 AM 1.3 Airflow within major river valleys on the south side of the Alps as observed during the MAP Special Observing Period   Matthias Steiner, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and J. A. Smith, B. Smull, and R. A. Houze 10:30 AM 1.4 Contrasting stratification and mesoscale airflow in two heavy precipitation events observed in MAP   Bradley Smull, NOAA/NSSL and Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and O. Bousquet and M. Steiner 10:45 AM 1.5 Orographic air mass transformation   Ronald B. Smith, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and S. T. Skubis, Z. Kothavala, and S. Gray 11:00 AM 1.6 Mechanisms of intense alpine rainfall   Richard Rotunno, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Ferretti 11:15 AM 1.7 Lagrangian analysis of three heavy precipitation events during MAP   François Gheusi, Météo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. Stein 11:30 AM 1.8 Radar observations and numerical modeling of a mesoscale convective system over northeastern Italy on 4 October during MAP   Stephanie Pradier, Laboratoire d'Aerologie, Toulouse, France; and F. Roux and E. Richard 11:45 AM 1.9 Realtime finescale numerical weather prediction during the MAP field phase   R. Benoit, Enviornment Canada, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and C. Schär, P. Binder, S. Chamberland, H. C. Davies, M. Desgagné, C. Girard, D. Lüthi, D. Maric, E. Müller, P. Pellerin, J. Schmidli, C. Schwierz, M. Sprenger, A. Walser, S. Willemse, W. Yu, and E. Zala
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday Session 2 MAP: Gravity Waves and PV Banners
Organizer: Dale R. Durran, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
1:30 PM 2.1 Gravity Waves over Mt. Blanc   Robert B. Smith, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and S. T. Skubis, J. D. Doyle, A. S. Broad, H. Volkert, and C. Kiemle 1:45 PM 2.2 Lee Waves Generation over Complex Topography   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. B. Smith, S. T. Skubis, and G. S. Poulos 2:00 PM 2.3 Observations of potential vorticity banners during the Mesoscale Alpine Programme   Louisa B. Nance, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. -. L. Attie, B. Benech, B. R. Colman, J. D. Doyle, C. N. Flamant, V. Grubisic, J. Pelon, F. M. Ralph, R. Rotunno, C. Schär, R. B. Smith, and R. Steinacker 2:15 PM 2.4 Comparison of in-situ PV banner observations against high-resolution numerical simulations during MAP   Christoph Schär, Federal Institute of Technology, Climate Research, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; and M. Sprenger, D. Lüthi, R. Benoit, and Q. Jiang 2:30 PM 2.5 Bora driven PV banners over the Adriatic   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV 2:45 PM 2.6 The Mystery of the Mistral   Qingfang Jiang, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith and J. D. Doyle
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday Session 3 MAP: Gap flow
Organizer: Christoph Schär, Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Zürich Switzerland
3:30 PM 3.1 An overview of the GAP flow measurements within the Mesoscale Alpine Program (MAP)   Georg J. Mayr, Univ. of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and L. Armi, S. Arnold, R. M. Banta, M. Buchauer, A. Coals, L. S. Darby, E. Dreiseitl, D. R. Durran, T. Exner, C. N. Flamant, P. Frontero, S. Gabersek, G. Geier, A. Gohm, M. Hardesty, V. Horlacher, P. Jackson, R. Mayr, S. Mobbs, G. Mullendore, M. Munari, L. B. Nance, H. Puempel, R. Rigon, I. Vergeiner, J. Vergeiner, S. Vosper, C. D. Whiteman, D. Zardi, and C. Zingerle 3:45 PM 3.2 Gap-flow phenomena measured by Doppler lidar in the Wipptal during MAP   Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and L. S. Darby, A. Gohm, G. J. Mayr, and J. N. Howell 4:00 PM 3.3 Observation and modeling of a gap flow in the Wipp valley   Cyrille N. Flamant, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; and P. Drobinski, J. Dusek, P. H. Flamant, and J. Pelon 4:15 PM 3.4 A Preliminary Analysis of MAP Sounding Data Collected in the Wipp Valley   Sasa Gabersek, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran 4:30 PM 3.5 Observations of flow through a mountain pass   Samantha Arnold, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and A. Gohm, V. Horlacher, G. J. Mayr, S. Mobbs, J. Vergeiner, and S. Vosper 4:45 PM 3.6 Observations of thermally induced flows during MAP   Magdalena Rucker, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. M. Banta, D. G. Steyn, and L. Darby
	5:00 PM, Tuesday Ice Breaker Reception
Wednesday, 9 August 2000
	7:30 AM-5:00 PM, Wednesday Conference Registration Continues Through Friday, 11 August
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Wednesday Session 4 MAP: Foehn
Organizer: Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM 4.1 A Comparison of foehn flow in a major valley and its tributaries, a contribution to MAP   Reinhold Steinacker, Univ. of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and M. Dorninger, I. Gröhn, C. Häberli, A. Schmölz, and M. Spatzierer 8:45 AM 4.2 Evidence of flow-splitting in the Rhine Valley during the MAP field experiment by ground-based Doppler lidar and in-situ measurements   Philippe Drobinski, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France; and A. M. Dabas, P. H. Flamant, A. Delaval, M. Aupierre, P. Delville, C. Boitel, J. M. Donier, B. Romand, C. Loth, and C. Haeberli 9:00 AM 4.3 Crosswind measurements with scintillometers at 500 m above valley floor during foehn   Markus Furger, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland 9:15 AM 4.4 Foehn flow in the Austrian Alps interrupted by a cold front passage: Part I   Lisa S. Darby, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and A. Gohm, L. B. Nance, S. Gabersek, R. M. Banta, and S. Sandberg 9:30 AM 4.5 Foehn flow in the Austrian Alps interrupted by a cold front passage: Part II   Alexander Gohm, Univ. of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and G. J. Mayr, S. Mobbs, S. Arnold, J. Vergeiner, L. S. Darby, R. M. Banta, and S. Sandberg
	9:45 AM-10:15 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break
	10:15 AM-11:59 AM, Wednesday Session 5 Mountain Waves
Organizer: James Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA
10:15 AM 5.1 How the lee wave was discovered   Joachim Kuettner, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado 10:45 AM 5.2 An Overview of Mountain Wave Concerns for Advanced Aeronautical Vehicle Development   L. J. Ehernberger, NASA, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA 11:00 AM 5.3 Revisiting Queney's Flow over a Mesoscale Ridge   David J Muraki, New York Univ., Courant Institute, New York, NY 11:15 AM 5.4 Mountain wave drag due to trapped lee waves   Adrian S. Broad, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom 11:30 AM 5.5 A numerical model for lee wave forecasting   Simon Vosper, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and A. Doernbrack, S. Eckermann, and K. Carslaw 5.6 Mesoscale Forecasts of Stratospheric Mountain Waves in the Arctic   Andreas Dörnbrack, DLR Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Wessling, Germany 11:45 AM 5.6A The Dynamics of Mountain-Wave Induced Rotors   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. R. Durran
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:59 PM, Wednesday Session 6 Lee-side phenomena: Wakes and Downslope Winds
Organizer: Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV
1:30 PM 6.1 Regimes of orographic flow and direction of the drag couple on the rotating earth   Haraldur Ólafsson, Univ. of Iceland, Icelandic Meteorological Office and Institute for Meteorological Research, Reykjavík, Iceland 1:45 PM 6.2 Lee vortex formation in stratified flow over 3d ridges   Craig C. Epifanio, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. R. Durran 2:00 PM 6.3 Simulation of transient eddies and flow separation over the Isle of Arran   Jutta Thielen, UMIST, Manchester, United Kingdom; and A. Gadian, S. Vosper, and S. Mobbs 2:15 PM 6.4 Observation of Terrain-Induced Windshear around Hong Kong International Airport under stably stratified conditions   S.Y. Lau, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong; and C. M. Shun 6.5 Gap winds and downslope winds   Eugene Petrescu, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran 2:30 PM 6.5A Measurement of the mountain drag on South Georgia   Stephen Mobbs, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and P. Anderson 2:44 PM 6.6 A Mountain Wave Event West of the Colorado Park Range   Christopher N. Jones, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and J. D. Colton, R. McAnelly, and M. P. Meyers 2:59 PM Coffee Break   3:14 PM 6.7 Forecasting downslope windstorms at Boulder, Colorado: The empirical-statistical approach revisited   Pete Leptuch, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. M. Brown, H. B. Bluestein, E. Thaler, and M. Richman 3:29 PM 6.8 Diurnally Driven Summertime Winds in the Lee of the Sierra: the Washoe Zephyr   David Kingsmill, DRI, Reno, NV 3:44 PM 6.9 Sundowners: Santa Ynez Mountains Downslope Lee Heating Wind Events   Erik Klimczak, San Diego State Univ., San Diego, CA; and C. E. Dorman
	4:00 PM-4:45 PM, Wednesday Poster Session P1: Oral Briefing
	6:00 PM, Wednesday Poster Session 1 Poster Session P1: Poster Session with Buffet Dinner
P1.1 Calculating Moisture Budgets over the Alps Using Finite Elements   Leopold Haimberger, Univ. of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and C. Matulla and M. Dorninger   P1.2 Diagnosing convection during selected MAP-IOP cases   Manfred Dorninger, Univ. of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and H. Maurer and L. Haimberger   P1.3 A look at the 30 October 1999 south foehn event in the Wipptal   Louisa B. Nance, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and L. S. Darby and R. M. Banta   P1.4 Intercomparison of ultrasonic anemometers during the MAP Riviera project   Andreas Christen, Univ. of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; and E. van Gorsel, M. Andretta, P. Calanca, M. W. Rotach, and R. Vogt   P1.5 A new, simple model for thermally induced airflow in an Alpine valley   Friedrich Woelfelmaier, Univ. of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and R. Steinacker   P1.6 Numerical simulations of thermally forced 2-D flows in idealized valley cross-sections   Paolo Espa, Univ. of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; and S. Maddè   P1.7 Changes in the Alpine boundary layer during the solar eclipse of 11 August 1999   C. David Whiteman, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. Mayr, M. Furger, and E. Dreiseitl   P1.8 Evaluation of Atmospheric Boundary Layer dynamics in an alpine valley   Massimiliano de Franceschi, Univ. of Trento, Trento, Italy; and G. Rampanelli, D. Zardi, M. Tagliazucca, and F. Tampieri   P1.9 Dynamic and thermodynamic structure of an orographic squall line observed by means of Doppler radars during the MAP Experiment   Pierre Tabary, CETP/UVSQ/CNRS, Vélizy, France; and G. Scialom   P1.10 Space-time analysis of rainfall in relation to topography for heavy precipitation events observed during MAP   Matthias Steiner, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and J. A. Smith, M. L. Baeck, Y. Zhang, and R. A. Houze   P1.11 Thunderstorm Tracks and Their Relationship to Orography from an Alpine Lightning Composite   Manfred Dorninger, Univ. of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and A. Frank, A. Kann, and R. Steinacker   P1.12 Topographical modification of the marine atmospheric boundary layer by a bend in the west coast   Kathleen A. Edwards, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and D. P. Rogers, C. E. Dorman, and C. D. Winant P1.13 Onshore flow and coastally trapped disturbances: an idealised simulation   Zhiqiang Cui, Univ. of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and X. Cai   P1.14 Topographically trapped lows along the subtropical westcoast of South America. Part II: Mesoscale simulation of a typical episode.   Rene D. Garreaud, Univ. of Chile., Santiago, Chile   P1.15 The Generation of Propagating Gravity Wave by an Orographic Density Current   Fuqing Zhang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Koch   P1.16 Instability of a neutral eady wave and orography   Maurizio Fantini, ISAO-CNR, Bologna, Italy; and S. Davolio   P1.17 A diagnostic mean velocity potential equation and its application to lee cyclogeneses   Qiu-Shi Chen, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich   P1.18 Vortex shedding in strongly stratified flows past mountains   Simon Vosper, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and I. Castro, W. Snyder, P. Hayden, and S. Mobbs   P1.19 Poster Moved to Oral Presentation 5.6A     P1.20 Mountain-induced lee waves and rotor circulations   Chris Smith, UK Met. Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. S. Broad   P1.20A A Study of the Effect of Resolution on the Properties of Modelled Atmospheric Flow Over Orography   Lowri A. Davies, UK Met. Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. R. Brown   P1.21 The 26 January 1999 Windstorm over Southeast Colorado   Paul Wolyn, NOAA/NWS, Pueblo, CO   P1.22 Investigation on the relationship between wind direction and angle of air flow at the tower of Mount Washington Observatory, NH, from selected examples   Axel Bohnstedt, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum, Germany; and A. Pflitsch   P1.23 Simulations of the wind field for the summit area of Mount Washington taking into account different conditions of air flow during the measurement period of 60 years in the 20th century   Andreas Pflitsch, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum, Germany; and M. Ruschkowski   P1.24 Using a second order turbulent closure model for gravity waves   John D. Lindeman, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom   P1.25 Analyses and Numerical Studies of Mountain-Valley Circulations with 924-MHz Profilers   Elford G. Astling, West Desert Test Center, Dugway, UT   P1.26 Bias in mean vertical wind measured by VHF radars: significance of radar location relative to mountains   Richard M. Worthington, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO   P1.27 A Rare Tornadic Thunderstorm in Northeast Utah   Jeffery D. Colton, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction,, CO; and C. N. Jones and M. P. Meyers   P1.28 Significant Warming Induced by Downslope Winds near the Smoky Mountains   David M. Gaffin, NOAA/NWS, Morristown, TN   P1.29 Unexpected Heavy Snowfall Generated by Wave Activity across the Southern Appalachian Region   David M. Gaffin, NOAA/NWS, Morristown, TN; and S. S. Parker and P. D. Kirkwood   P1.30 Synoptic climatology of Rocky Mountain snowfall in the second phase of the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project   James A. Miller, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO   P1.31 Snow Forecasting on Remote Highways: Strategies and Performance Measurement   Gabor Fricska, MSC, Kelowna, BC, Canada; and K. Johnson   P1.32 A Southwest Colorado Mountain Flash Flood in an Enhanced Monsoonal Environment   Brian A. Avery, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and C. N. Jones, J. D. Colton, and M. P. Meyers   P1.33 Diurnal variation of water vapor over the central Tibetan Plateau during summer   Tsuneo Kuwagata, Tohoku National Agricultural Experiment Station, Morioka, Iwate, Japan; and A. Numaguti and N. Endo   P1.34 The relationship between the diurnal variation of the water vapor and topography over the Tibetan Plateau   Nobuhiko Endo, Frontier Research System for Global Change, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan P1.35 Torrential rainfall east to the Tibetan Plateau   Jian-Hua Qian, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Palisades, NY   P1.36 Seasonal characteristics of nocturnal cooling in relation to the downward long-wave radiation in a mountainous area, Central Japan   Yoshihiro Iijima, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., Tokyo, Japan; and M. Shinoda P1.37 Numerical Modeling study of hurricane boundary layer wind flow over mountainous terrain   Timothy E. Kasheta, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and C. -. B. Chang
Thursday, 10 August 2000
	8:00 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday Joint Session 1 Mountain Boundary Layers I (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Mountain Meteorology and the 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence)
Organizer: C. David Whiteman, PNNL, Richland, WA
8:00 AM J1.1 The turbulence structure and exchange processes in an Alpine valley: the MAP-Riviera project   Mathias W. Rotach, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Institute of Climate Research, Zürich, Switzerland; and P. Calanca, R. Vogt, D. G. Steyn, S. Graziani, and J. Gurtz 8:15 AM J1.2 The turbulence structure in an Alpine valley   Pierluigi Calanca, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland; and M. W. Rotach, M. Andretta, A. Weiss, R. Vogt, E. van Gorsel, and A. Christen 8:30 AM J1.3 Micrometeorological measurements at an alpine slope   Eva van Gorsel, Univ. of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; and A. Christen, E. Parlow, and R. Vogt 8:45 AM J1.4 Characterization of a complex measuring site for flux measurements   Thomas Foken, Univ. of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany; and A. Mangold, C. Rebmann, and B. Wichura 9:00 AM J1.5 Momentum balance of the near-surface flow over orography   Samantha Arnold, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and B. Gardiner, M. Hill, S. Mobbs, and S. Vosper 9:15 AM J1.6 Negative shear gusts in complex terrain   Jakob Mann, Risoe National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark 9:30 AM J1.7 Topographic Effects on Flux Measurements at Harvard Forest   Ralf M. Staebler, SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. R. Fitzjarrald, K. E. Moore, M. Czikowsky, and O. C. Acevedo
	9:45 AM-10:15 AM, Thursday Coffee Break
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday Joint Session 2 Air Quality, Mixing and Diffusion (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Mountain Meteorology and the 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence)
Organizer: Jerome D. Fast, PNNL, Richland, WA
10:15 AM J2.1 The VTMX program   J. Christopher Doran, PNNL, Richland, WA 10:30 AM J2.2 Canyon Drainage Induced Mixing over a Large Basin   James R. Stalker, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and J. E. Bossert, K. R. Costigan, D. L. Langely, and M. J. Brown 10:45 AM J2.3 Investigation of nocturnal and morning transition regimes in the El Paso area   Keeley R. Costigan, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and J. E. Bossert and D. L. Langley 11:00 AM J2.4 A comparison of moments extracted from wind profiler spectra with in situ measurements   William J. Shaw, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. M. Hubbe 11:15 AM J2.5 Vertical Pollutant Transport over Alpine Foothills   André S. H. Prévôt, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen-PSI, Switzerland; and M. Furger, J. Dommen, and B. Neininger 11:30 AM J2.6 Boundary Layer Processes affecting pollutant transport and dispersion over a Complex-Terrain Coastal Region   Sharon Zhong, PNNL, Richland, WA; and X. Bian, C. D. Whiteman, D. C. Ruffieux, and A. B. White 11:45 AM J2.7 MesoWest: Cooperative Mesonets in the Western United States   John D. Horel, NOAA Cooperation Institute for Regional Prediction/Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. E. Splitt, B. White, and L. Dunn
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:45 PM, Thursday Joint Session 3 Mountain Boundary Layers II (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Mountain Meteorology and the 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence)
Organizer: George S. Young, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA
J3.1 The wind climate in an arctic mountain valley   Birgitta Källstrand, Uppsala Univ., Uppsala, Sweden; and H. Bergström 1:30 PM J3.2 Advances in mesoscale modeling of katabatic flows over large ice sheets   John J. Cassano, Byrd Polar Research Center and Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, Z. Guo, and L. Li 1:45 PM J3.3 Observational requirements for describing boundary layer characteristics over a complex-terrain coastal region   S. Zhong, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. D. Fast and X. Bian 2:00 PM J3.4 Wind analysis in complex terrain   Steven M. Lazarus, NOAA/Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and C. M. Ciliberti and J. D. Horel 2:15 PM J3.5 Case Study of the Daytime Planetary Boundary Layer Modulation in a Desert Mountain Valley   Elford G. Astling, West Desert Test Center, Dugway, UT; and T. T. Warner and D. L. Rife 2:30 PM J3.6 Boundary layer effects on mountain gravity waves   Melinda S. Peng, NRL, Monterey, CA; and W. T. Thompson
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday Joint Session 4 Basin Boundary Layers (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Mountain Meteorology and the 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence)
Organizer: Jakob Mann, Risoe National Laboratory, Roskilde, WA Denmark
3:30 PM J4.1 Boundary Layer Characteristics in Phoenix and Their Effect on Vertical Transport and Mixing   Jerome D. Fast, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. C. Doran 3:45 PM J4.2 Wintertime cold air pools in the Columbia Basin   C. David Whiteman, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. Zhong, X. Bian, W. J. Shaw, J. M. Hubbe, and J. Mittelstadt 4:00 PM J4.3 Meteorological processes leading to cold pool formation and destruction in the Columbia Basin   Sharon Zhong, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. D. Whiteman, W. J. Shaw, J. M. Hubbe, and X. Bian 4:15 PM J4.4 Observations of a cold air pool in a remote mountain basin   Craig B. Clements, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman and J. D. Horel 4:30 PM J4.5 Analysis of the wind and temperature field in an alpine lake basin   Meinolf Kossmann, Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; and A. P. Sturman, P. Zawar-Reza, H. A. McGowan, A. J. Oliphant, I. F. Owens, and R. A. Spronken-Smith 4:45 PM J4.6 Spatial heterogeneity of surface energy exchange in an alpine catchment   Andrew J. Oliphant, Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; and A. P. Sturman and R. A. Spronken-Smith
Friday, 11 August 2000
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Friday Session 7 Orographic Clouds and Precipitation I
Organizer: Bradley F. Smull, NOAA/NSSL, Seattle, WA
8:30 AM 7.1 Preliminary Results from the Intermountain Precipitation Experiment   David M. Schultz, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and W. J. Steenburgh, R. J. Trapp, D. A. Kingsmill, and L. Dunn 8:45 AM 7.2 Validation of quantitative precipitation forecasts during IPEX   John D. Horel, NOAA/Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and L. Cheng and M. E. Splitt 9:00 AM 7.3 Orographic influences on the lake-effect snow of the Great Salt Lake   Daryl J. Onton, NOAA/Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 9:15 AM 7.4 An assessment of the utility of a local model for operational mountain snowfall predictions   Edward J. Szoke, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. Barjenbruch and E. Thaler 9:30 AM 7.5 Coupled model simulation of snowfall events over the Black Hills   Jianzhong Wang, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and M. R. Hjelmfelt and W. J. Capehart
	9:45 AM-10:15 AM, Friday Coffee Break
	10:15 AM-12:00 PM, Friday Session 8 Orographic Clouds and Precipitation II
Organizer: Matthias Steiner, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ
10:15 AM 8.1 Observations of orographically enhanced precipitation along the West Coast of the United States during the CALJET field program   Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, A. B. White, and P. O. G. Persson 10:30 AM 8.2 S-band radar observations of orographic rain during CALJET   Allen B. White, CIRES/Univ. of Coloado, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, P. J. Neiman, and D. A. Kingsmill 10:45 AM 8.3 Comparison of flooding in adjacent mountainous coastal watersheds during a land falling Pacific winter storm   F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman, D. A. Kingsmill, J. -. W. Bao, P. O. G. Persson, S. Michelson, and A. B. White 11:00 AM 8.4 Sensitivity of frontal circulations and precipitation to topographic forcing   Wendell A. Nuss, NPS, Monterey, CA; and D. K. Miller 11:15 AM 8.5 Mountain airflow dynamics, cloud physics, and precipitation   Qingfang Jiang, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith 11:30 AM 8.7 Orographically Induced Flash Floods on the Northern Italian Coast   Gregory J. Tripoli, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. Panegrossi, A. Mugnai, S. Dietrich, and E. A. Smith 11:45 AM 8.8 Observations and fine-grid simulations of an orographically-initiated convective event in northeastern Spain   Romualdo Romero, NOAA/ERL/NSSL, Norman, OK; and C. A. Doswell III
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Friday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Friday Session 9 Orographic Clouds and Precipitation III
Organizer: John Horel, NOAA, Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction, Salt Lake City, UT
1:30 PM 9.1 The Generation of Propagating Gravity Waves by a Mountain-Plains Solenoid (MPS)   Steven E. Koch, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO; and F. Zhang 1:45 PM 9.2 Mountain Cumulus initation along the front range   Thomas S. Haiden, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Boulder, CO 2:00 PM 9.3 Rocky Mountain summer convective activity under various flow regimes   Donna F. Tucker, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and N. A. Crook 2:15 PM 9.4 Thunderstorms in the Khumbu Himal, Spring 1999   Yolanda N. Rosoff, City College of New York, New York, NY; and E. E. Hindman and K. Koirala 2:30 PM 9.5 Heavy rainfall induced by a tropical depression over a mesoscale mountain range   Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and S. Chiao, T. A. Wang, M. L. Kaplan, B. W. Shen, G. Lai, C. P. Pu, and C. W. Lee 2:45 PM 9.6 The Central Mountain Range of Taiwan Island in Central Weather Bureau Non-hydrostatic Limited Area Model   Tzay-Ming Leou, Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan; and C. S. Liou
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Friday Coffee Break
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Friday Session 10 Coastal Barrier Effects
Organizer: Richard Rotunno, NCAR, Boulder, CO
3:30 PM 10.1 Blocking by California's coastal mountains in winter as revealed using island and coastal boundary-layer wind profilers   F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Neiman, P. O. G. Persson, and L. B. Nance 3:45 PM 10.2 Small-amplitude coastally trapped disturbances and the reduced-gravity shallow-water approximation   Dale R. Durran, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 4:00 PM 10.3 Transitions in supercritical flows along mountainous coastlines   Stefan Söderberg, Stockholm Univ., Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Tjernström 4:15 PM 10.4 Orographic Influences on Coastal Refractivity   Tracy Haack, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Burk and R. M. Hodur 4:30 PM 10.5 The Relationship Between the Catalina Eddy and Mountain Lee Side Effects   Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and E. Klimczak 4:45 PM 10.6 Topographically trapped lows along the subtropical west coast of South America. Part I: Climatology   Rene D. Garreaud, Univ. of Chile., Santiago, Chile
Saturday, 12 August 2000
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Saturday Session 11 Regional Climate Issues
Organizer: Keeley R. Costigan, LANL, Los Alamos, NM
8:30 AM 11.1 Effects of clouds, surface albedo and ozone variations on ultraviolet radiation climatology at Storm Peak Laboratory   Melanie A. Wetzel, DRI, Reno, NV; and R. D. Borys 8:45 AM 11.2 Winter time radiation and energy balance components and cloudiness in a mountainous valley   Esmaiel Malek, Utah State Univ., Logan, UT 9:00 AM 11.3 A Climatological Study of Wind Systems of the United States Intermountain West   Jebb Q. Stewart, NOAA/Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman, W. J. Steenburgh, and X. Bian 9:15 AM 11.4 Various measurement methods used to determine the local wind field on and around Mount Washington, New Hampshire   Andreas Pflitsch, Ruhr-Univ., Bochum, Germany; and K. L. Rancourt 9:30 AM 11.5 Invariance of the design storm in a region under a strong positive trend in annual rainfall in a middle-latitudes region in Argentina   Omar Abel Lucero, Instituto Nacional del Agua, and Univ. Nacional de Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
	9:45 AM-10:15 AM, Saturday Coffee Break
	10:15 AM-11:45 AM, Saturday Session 12 Treatment of Orography in GCMs and NWP Models
Organizer: Melinda S. Peng, NRL, Monterey, CA
10:15 AM 12.1 The Parameterization of Drag Induced by Stratified Flow over Anisotropic Orography   John F. Scinocca, Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; and N. A. McFarlane 10:30 AM 12.2 Towards a formulation of the impact of mesoscale orographic variability on a cloud-topped PBL for use in GCMs.   Rafael Terra, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and A. Arakawa and C. R. Mechoso 10:45 AM 12.3 A new terrain-following vertical coordinate suited for high-resolution NWP models over complex topography   Christoph Schär, Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland 11:00 AM 12.4 Model sensitivities affecting long-term simulations of precipitation   Keeley R. Costigan, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and J. E. Bossert, J. R. Stalker, and D. L. Langley 11:15 AM 12.5 Surface pressure data analysis in complex terrain   Michael E. Splitt, NOAA/Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. Blazek 11:30 AM 12.6 Sensitivity experiments with a high resolution data assimilation scheme   Carol M. Ciliberti, NOAA/Cooperative Institute for Regional Prediction and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and J. D. Horel and S. M. Lazarus
	11:45 AM, Saturday Closing Remarks

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