14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence

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Monday, 7 August 2000

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 7 August 2000


Conference Registration

Tuesday, 8 August 2000

7:00 AM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 August 2000


Conference Registration

8:30 AM-2:15 PM: Tuesday, 8 August 2000


Session 1
Surface Layers
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizer: Steven P. Oncley, NCAR
8:30 AM
1.1
Late-Morning Mixed Layer Temperature Budgets over a Midwest Watershed: CASES 97
Robert L. Grossman, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. A. LeMone, K. N. Liou, and K. Ikeda

8:45 AM
1.2
Mesoscale and diurnal variability of 2-m temperature and specific humitity in CASES-97
Margaret A. LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Grossman

9:00 AM
1.3
The LITFASS-98 experiment: Fluxes over a heterogeneous land surface
Frank Beyrich, German Weather Service, Lindenberg, Germany; and S. H. Richter, U. Weisensee, W. Kohsiek, F. Bosveld, H. Lohse, H. A. R. de Bruin, O. Hartogensis, J. Bange, and R. Vogt

9:30 AM
1.5
Turbulent characteristics of Internal Boundary Layers
John W. Glendening, NRL, Monterey, CA

9:45 AM
1.6
Probability distributions for scintillometer-derived values of the inner scale and the refractive index structure parameter and their implications for averaging
Edgar L Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and C. W. Fairall, P. O. G. Persson, and P. S. Guest

10:00 AM
1.7
Evaluation of a Turbulence Pressure Instrument using the budget of horizontal heat flux
James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Bedard Jr.

10:15 AM
1.8
Townsend’s hypothesis, coherent structures and Monin-Obukhov similarity
K. G. McNaughton, Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and Y. Brunet

10:45 AM
1.10
Measured and calculated heat flux above a freezing and melting ground
Mikael Magnusson, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

11:30 AM
1.0a
11:45 AM
1.5a
Coffee Break

12:15 PM
1.11a
A comparison of surface-layer and surface turbulent-flux observations over the Labrador Sea with ECMWF analyses and NCEP reanalyses (Formerly Paper P1.9)
Ian A. Renfrew, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and G. W. K. Moore, P. S. Guest, and K. Bumke

12:30 PM
1.12a
Time response characteristics for the atmosphere-plant-interaction, measured during the total solar eclipses in southern Germany on August 11, 1999 (Formerly paper P1.7)
Thomas Foken, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany; and T. Kartschall, F. Badeck, K. Waloszczyk, B. Wichura, and J. Gerchau

12:45 PM
1.12b
Lunch Break

1:45 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 8 August 2000


Session 2
Cloudy Bls
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizer: Bjorn Stevens, University of California
1:45 PM
2.1
Concept and first results of an airship-borne cloud turbulence system
Ulrich Teichmann, Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany; and H. Siebert

2:15 PM
2.3
Clear-Air Radiative cooling induced by the temperature inversion at cloud top
Margreet C. Van Zanten, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht, Netherlands; and P. G. Duynkerke

2:30 PM
2.4
Cloud transitions and decoupling in the shear-free stratocumulus-topped PBL
Bjorn Stevens, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

2:45 PM
2.5
Liquid Water Budgets of Numerically Simulated Non-Precipating Boundary Layer Clouds
Shouping Wang, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and Q. Wang and G. Feingold

3:30 PM
2.8
Treatment of buoyancy production at a cloudy-clear interface in a TKE model
Ricardo C. Muñoz, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and D. R. Stauffer and N. L. Seaman

3:45 PM
2.9
Combining the Massflux Approach with a Statistical Cloud Scheme
Geert Lenderink, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and A. P. Siebesma

4:00 PM
2.10
4:15 PM
2.11
Jensen's inequality and systematic biases in numerical simulations
Vincent E. Larson, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Wood, P. R. Field, J. C. Golaz, T. H. Vonder Haar, and W. R. Cotton

4:30 PM
2.5a
Coffee Break

5:00 PM
2.6a
An overview of cloudy boundary layers
Bjorn Stevens, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

5:15 PM
2.7a
A stochastic parcel model for shallow cumulus convection (Formerly paper 2.6)
Roel A. J. Neggers, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and H. J. Jonker and A. P. Siebesma

5:30 PM
2.11a
Sessions end for the day

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 August 2000


Ice Breaker Reception

Wednesday, 9 August 2000

7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 August 2000


Conference Registration Continues Through Friday, 11 August

8:00 AM-10:15 AM: Wednesday, 9 August 2000


Session 3
Entrainment
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizer: Jielun Sun, NCAR
8:00 AM
3.1
Stably Stratified Interfacial-Layer Turbulence
Martin J. Otte, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. C. Wyngaard

8:15 AM
3.2
Entrainment Drying of the Stratocumulus-Topped Boundary Layer
Qing Wang, NPS, Monterey, CA; and D. W. McDowell

8:30 AM
3.3
Boundary layer entrainment for different capping conditions
D. C. Lewellen, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV; and W. S. Lewellen

9:00 AM
3.5
Scaling Behavior of Entrainment in a TKE-l Turbulence Closure
Geert Lenderink, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and B. Holtslag

9:15 AM
3.6
Boundary Layer Effects on Frontogenesis
William Blumen, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

9:30 AM
3.7
Boundary layer dynamics and associated entrainment rates of heat and water vapor over a pasture site in amazonia
Jose D. Fuentes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and R. Heitz, A. Betts, M. Garstang, J. M. Sigler, B. Ferrier, and J. Halverson

9:45 AM
3.7a
Coffee Break

10:15 AM-4:45 PM: Wednesday, 9 August 2000


Session 4
Convective Boundary Layers (Bls)
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizers: Bert Holtslag, Wageningen Agricultural University; Bjorn Stevens, University of California
10:15 AM
4.1
Airborne radar observations of convective plumes in the boundary layer
David Leon, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

10:30 AM
4.2
10:45 AM
4.3
Observations of the afternoon transition
Alison W. Grimsdell, CIRES/University of Colorado, and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and W. M. Angevine

11:00 AM
4.4
Scalar Budgets in the Convective Boundary Layer
Kenneth J. Davis, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; and C. Yi, B. W. Berger, R. J. Kubesh, and P. S. Bakwin

11:15 AM
4.5
Characteristic length scales for reactants in a convective boundary layer
Jordi Vila-Guerau de Arellano, Wageningen University, Wageningen and KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and H. J. J. Jonker

11:30 AM
4.6
Adjoint Retrieval of Wind and Temperature Fields from a Simulated Convective Boundary Layer
Ching-Long Lin, Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research and University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and T. Chai and J. Sun

11:45 AM
4.7
Estimating the convective mixed layer height from surface-layer variables
Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and Y. L. Pichugina and C. J. Senff

12:00 PM
4.8
Modification of atmospheric surface-layer structure by large-scale convective wind gusts
D. Keith Wilson, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD

12:15 PM
4.9
Convective Transport Theory and Counter-Difference Fluxes
Roland B. Stull, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and E. Santoso

12:30 PM
4.10
Interactions of Deep Cumulus Convection and the Boundary Layer over the Southern Great Plains
Steven K. Krueger, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. M. Lazarus, Y. Luo, and K. M. Xu

12:45 PM
4.11
Post-frontal air mass modification
Jeffrey M. Freedman, SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. R. Fitzjarrald and K. E. Moore

1:00 PM
4.12
Using the CASES-97 Data to model land surface heterogeneity
Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Yates, H. Nagai, M. A. LeMone, R. L. Grossman, and K. Ikeda

1:15 PM
4.13
A simple model of the convective internal boundary layer and its application to surface heat flux estimates within polynyas
Ian A. Renfrew, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and J. C. King

1:30 PM
4.14
A model for Convective Boundary Layer development in an alpine valley
Dino Zardi, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and A. Spoladore and M. Tubino

1:45 PM
4.15
A Lagrangian Footprint Model for Stratifications Ranging from Stable to Convective
Natascha Kljun, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland; and M. W. Rotach and H. P. Schmid

2:00 PM
4.16
An Advection-Diffusion scheme for the convective boundary layer: description and 1d-results
A. Pier Siebesma, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and J. Teixeira

2:15 PM
4.17
An evaluation of MM5 surface fluxes and mixing depths during the Nashville Southern Oxidants Studies
Robert J. Zamora, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Bao, A. B. White, and M. Trainer

2:30 PM
4.6a
Discussion

2:45 PM
4.12a
Coffee Break

3:15 PM
4.6b
Lunch Break

4:45 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 9 August 2000


Session 9
CASES99 Experiment
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizer: Walter Bach, US Army Research Office
4:45 PM
9.1
CASES-99 Field Experiment: An Overview
Gregory S. Poulos, Colorado Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Fritts, W. Blumen, and W. D. Bach, Jr.

5:00 PM
9.2

6:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 August 2000


Poster Session 1
Surface
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
P1.1
Locally Stationary Analysis of Hurricane Windfields
James Dunyak, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and R. Howard, X. Gilliam, and R. E. Peterson

P1.2
Mixing Length in the Surface Layer matching the Similarity Theory in a single column TKE framework
Jacobo Orbe, Spanish National Meteorological Institute, Madrid, Spain; and J. Cuxart and J. L. Redelsperger

P1.3
Preliminary Results from the OASIS2000 Field Project
Christopher M. McAloon, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. J. Richardson, J. A. Brotzge, and T. W. Horst

P1.4
Site Characterization of the Texas Tech Wind Engineering Research Field Laboratory
Mark R. Conder, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and R. E. Peterson and D. A. Smith

P1.5
Sonic anemometer tilt correction algorithms
James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and S. P. Oncley and S. A. Stage

P1.6
Spectral dependence of the correction for path-smoothing by 3-D anemometers
F. D. Cropley, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and H. P. Schmid and C. S. B. Grimmond

P1.8
Investigation of Eddy Structure over Rough Surfaces in a Turbulent Channel Flow
Jie Cui, Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research and University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and V. C. Patel and C. L. Lin

P1.10
A comparison of wind prediction models for transitional flow regimes
Anna Gardner, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and C. Letchford and J. Schroeder

P1.11
Detecting Localized Periods of Concentrated Turbulence Using Wavelets
Xiaoning L. Gilliam, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and J. Dunyak and A. Doggett

P1.12
Experiences from one-year continuous operation of a large aperture scintillometer over a heterogeneous land surface
Frank Beyrich, German Weather Service, Lindenberg, Germany; and H. A. R. de Bruin and J. W. Schipper

P1.13
Flow Structures over Inhomogeneous Rough Surface under Near-Neutral Conditions
Ching-Long Lin, Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research and University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and J. W. Glendening

P1.14
Further Evaluation of the HRW Model using Conditional Sampling
Ronald M. Cionco, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and S. S. Chang

P1.15a
Characterizing Turbulence in Nonstationary Winds
James P. Dunyak, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and A. Doggett, X. Gilliam, and D. A. Smith


Poster Session 2
Cloudy
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
P2.1
An evaluation of cloud size distributions using LES
Roel A. J. Neggers, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and H. J. Jonker and A. P. Siebesma

P2.2
Cloud-topped boundary layer simulations with a single-column GCM
Sylvain Cheinet, Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, Paris, France; and Z. X. Li and H. Le Treut

P2.3
Cloud-topped continental boundary layer structure and behavior
Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White

P2.4
Coupling Boundary-Layer Thermals and Fair-Weather Cumuli
Larry K. Berg, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. B. Stull

P2.5
Discretization problem in modeling cloudy boundary layer growth using diffusion of conservative variables
Yves Delage, MSC, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and C. Girard and G. Pellerin


Poster Session 3
Entrainment
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
P3.1
Modeling the Interfacial Layer in Large-Scale Models
Martin J. Otte, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. C. Wyngaard, N. L. Seaman, and D. R. Stauffer

P3.2
Morning transition of the temperature profile close to the surface
Ricardo C. Muñoz, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and J. C. Wyngaard and D. R. Stauffer


Poster Session 4
Convective
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
P4.1
Large-Eddy Simulations of a Coupled PBL/Land-Surface System
Peter P. Sullivan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. G. Patton and C. H. Moeng

P4.2
Low-order models of a sheared convective boundary layer
Alexander Gluhovsky, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and C. Tong

P4.3
Numerical simulation of the interaction between the dryline and horizontal convective rolls
Steven E. Peckham, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and R. B. Wilhelmson, L. J. Wicker, and C. L. Ziegler

P4.4
Wind and Temperature Profiles in the Radix Layer
Roland B. Stull, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and E. Santoso

P4.5
Observations and numerical study of the morning transition: A case study from SOS99
Allen B. White, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and R. J. Zamora, K. J. Olszyna, C. A. Russell, B. D. Templeman, and J. W. Bao

P4.6
Predicting Joint Frequency Distributions In the Boundary Layer
Larry K. Berg, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; and R. B. Stull

P4.7
Response of the atmospheric moisture flux to the soil moisture
Jielun Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Mahrt, D. Vickers, I. MacPherson, and T. Jackson

P4.8
On development of convective boundary layer
Chuixiang Yi, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; and K. J. Davis, B. W. Berger, and P. S. Bakwin

P4.9
Intra-regional variability of CBL mixing depth as a function of wind speed near Nashville during SOS
Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White, C. J. Senff, and W. Angevine

P4.10
Influence of Large Scale Vertical Field on Convective Patterns: a Speculation from Swift-Hohenberg Model
Yasumasa Ookouchi, Yatsushiro National College of Technology, Yatsushiro, Japan; and T. Hada

P4.12
A Mass-Flux/K-Diffusion approach to the parameterization of the convective boundary layer: global model results
Joao Teixeira, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and A. P. Siebesma

P4.13
A numerical study of the effects of large eddies on photochemistry in the convective boundary layer
Jerold A. Herwehe, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and R. T. McNider and M. J. Newchurch

P4.14
Analysis of airborne data and identification of thermal structures with geostatistical techniques
G. Rampanelli, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and D. Zardi

P4.15
Evaluation of the drag coefficient for the Convective Boundary Layer
Dino Zardi, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and D. Rossi


Poster Session 5A
Dispersion
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence

Poster Session 5B
LAKE-ICE
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
P5B.1
The influence of a small lake on the mesoscale flow in a boreal forest boundary-layer
Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and P. Samuelsson

P5B.2
Surface-layer gust-structure derived from volume imaging lidar data and large eddy simulations
Edwin W. Eloranta, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. D. Mayor and G. J. Tripoli

P5B.3
Mesoscale Structures in the Lake-Induced Convective Boundary Layer
George S. Young, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and E. Hebble

P5B.5
Lake-ICE observations during wintertime cold air outbreaks over the Great Lakes Region
Peter J. Sousounis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. P. J. Scott

P5B.6
Idealized Model Simulations of Lake-Induced Mesoscale Vortices
Neil F. Laird, University of Illinois and ISWS, Champaign, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich and J. E. Walsh

P5B.7
Gravity waves can directly influence surface-layer wind stress in a convective boundary layer
Pierre D. Mourad, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. Winstead, T. Sikora, and D. Thompson

P5B.9
A plethora of atmospheric features imaged over the Great Lakes by SAR
Pierre D. Mourad, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. S. Winstead

P5B.10
A Lake-scale vortex over Lake Superior imaged by SAR and modeled by MM5: a preliminary study
Pierre D. Mourad, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and N. S. Winstead, N. F. Laird, and D. A. R. Kristovich

P5B.11
Eddy-resolving lidar measurements and numerical simulations of the convective internal boundary layer
Shane D. Mayor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. W. Eloranta and G. J. Tripoli


Poster Session 6A
Marine
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
P6A.1
Spatial and temporal variability of lower-tropospheric flow over the East Pacific cold tongue
Leslie M. Hartten, CIRES/University of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and N. A. Bond and K. S. Gage

P6A.2
Small scale Langmuir circulations
Tetsu Hara, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI; and D. G. Zuykov

P6A.3
P6A.4
Pre- and Post- Sea-Breeze Frontal Lines—A Meso-gamma Scale Analysis Over South Israel
Pinhas Alpert, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; and M. Rabinovich-Hadar

P6A.5
Orographically and thermally forced coastal marine boundary layer structure and dynamics
Stephen D. Burk, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. Haack and R. M. Hodur

P6A.6
Momentum flux in off-shore flow
Dean Vickers, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and L. Mahrt, J. Sun, and T. Crawford

P6A.7
Large-Eddy Simulations of a High Wind Hurricane-Like Boundary Layer
Shouping Wang, USRA, Huntsville, AL; and E. W. McCaul, Jr. and K. R. Knupp

P6A.9
AUV Surveys of a Shallow Subtropical Water Column Beneath a Cold Atmospheric Front
Manhar R. Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; and M. Brennan, M. Chernys, K. Holappa, R. G. Lueck, and S. Monismith

P6A.10
An Old and Improved Bulk Algorithm for Air-Sea Fluxes: COARE2.6a
E. F. Bradley, CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra, Australia; and C. W. Fairall, J. E. Hare, and A. A. Grachev

P6A.11

Poster Session 6B
Urban
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
P6B.3
Urban heat island observations over Nashville in 1999
Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White, C. J. Senff, M. Trainer, and R. M. Banta


Poster Session 6C
Vegetative
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
P6C.1
Developments in a land surface scheme used for regional climate simulations in SWECLIM
Patrick Samuelsson, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and B. Bringfelt and S. Gollvik

P6C.2
Representation of the canopy conductance in modelling the surface energy budget
Reinder Jan Ronda, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and A. A. M. Holtslag and H. A. R. de Bruin

P6C.3
Temporal and spatial variability of mean flow and turbulence characteristics over a deciduous forest
Hong-Bing Su, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and H. P. Schmid, C. S. B. Grimmond, C. S. Vogel, and P. S. Curtis

P6C.4
The EBEX 2000 Field Experiment
Steven P. Oncley, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Foken, R. Vogt, C. Bernhofer, H. Liu, Z. Sorbjan, A. Pitacco, D. Grantz, and L. Riberio


Poster Session 7
Stable
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
P7.1
Vertical Structure and Intermittent Turbulence of Nocturnal Stable Boundary Layer
Fengjun Yu, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and N. Berman, H. Fernando, and E. Pardyjak

P7.2
Turbulence intermittency in the stable boundary layer
Jielun Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Burns, D. H. Lenschow, and G. Oosterhuis

P7.3
Turbulence spectra and vertical profiles of energy dissipation rate and temperature structure parameter in thin turbulent layers embedded in a stably stratified environment
Andreas Muschinski, CIRES/University of Colorado and NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Worthington, R. G. Frehlich, M. L. Jensen, and B. B. Balsley

P7.4
Highly-resolved LES of the stable boundary layer over terrain
Ronald J. Calhoun, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and R. T. Cederwall, D. E. Stevens, and R. L. Street

P7.5
A Theoretical Study on the role of turbulent erosion in the breakup of cold air pools in basins
Xindi Bian, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. D. Whiteman, S. Zhong, and R. Mayr

P7.6
Analysis of different Stable Boundary Layer evolutions
C. Yagüe, Spanish National Meteorological Institute, Madrid, Spain; and G. Morales, J. Cuxart, and E. Terradellas

P7.7
Observations of stable nocturnal boundary layers over the heterogeneous surface of northern Alabama
Justin T. Walters, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. R. Knupp


Poster Session 8
Polar
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence

Poster Session 9
CASES99
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
P9.1
The TLS (Tethered Lifting System) used to measure in situ turbulence during the CASES-99 campaign
Michael L. Jensen, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. B. Balsley, R. G. Frehlich, R. R. Worthington, R. Rodriguez, and A. Muschinski

P9.2
The role of inertial oscillations in the generation of nocturnal LLJs during CASES99
Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

P9.3
Radiative flux divergence measurements durning CASES-99
S. P. Burns, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun, A. C. Delany, S. P. Oncley, and T. W. Horst

P9.4
Radar observations of stable boundary layer during CASES'99
Türker Ince, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and J. Li, F. J. Lopez-Dekker, A. L. Pazmany, and S. J. Frasier

P9.5
Thermocouple temperature measurements from the CASES-99 main tower
Sean P. Burns, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun

P9.7
Doppler lidar observations of internal gravity waves, shear instabilities and turbulence during CASES-99
R. K. Newsom, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. M. Banta, J. Otten, W. L. Eberhard, and J. K. Lundquist

P9.8
Coherent pressure disturbances during CASES-99
C. J. Nappo, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and D. L. Auble, E. Dumas, J. Cuxart, G. Morales, C. Yague, and E. Terradellas

P9.9
Calibration of Fine-Wire Turbulence Sensors for the CIRES TLS (Tethered Lifting System) at CASES99
Rod Frehlich, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. L. Jensen, R. Worthington, A. Muschinski, and B. Balsley

P9.10
Formation and evolution of the nocturnal LLJ and surface-layer vertical mixing in the SBL during CASES-99
Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and R. K. Newsom and J. K. Lundquist


Poster Session 10
Methods
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
P10.1
Implementation of a TKE based turbulence scheme in the Operational HIRLAM Mesoscale Model
J. Cuxart, Spanish National Meteorological Institute, Madrid, Spain; and J. Calvo

P10.2
P10.4
The correlation velocity: On the possibility to measure fluxes of latent and sensible heat with radar wind profilers and sodars
Andreas Muschinski, CIRES/University of Colorado and NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and V. I. Tatarskii

Thursday, 10 August 2000

8:00 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 10 August 2000


Joint Session 1
Mountain Boundary Layers I
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Mountain Meteorology; and the 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence )
Organizer: C. David Whiteman, PNNL
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, 10 August 2000


Coffee Break

10:15 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 10 August 2000


Joint Session 2
Air Quality, Mixing and Diffusion
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Mountain Meteorology; and the 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence )
Organizer: Jerome D. Fast, PNNL
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
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, 10 August 2000


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Thursday, 10 August 2000


Joint Session 3
Mountain Boundary Layers II
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Mountain Meteorology; and the 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence )
Organizer: George S. Young, Penn State Univ.
1:45 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

2:15 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

2:30 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

2:45 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, 10 August 2000


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 10 August 2000


Joint Session 4
Basin Boundary Layers
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Mountain Meteorology; and the 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence )
Organizer: Jakob Mann, Risoe National Laboratory
3:30 PM
J4.1
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

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 10 August 2000


Sessions end for the day

Friday, 11 August 2000

8:00 AM-10:14 AM: Friday, 11 August 2000


Session 5A
Dispersion
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizer: Jakob Mann, Risø
8:00 AM
5A.1
Particulate Matter dispersion modeling in Alpine valleys
Peter de Haan, INFRAS Ltd., Bern, Switzerland

8:15 AM
5A.2
Statistics of surface adherence time in atmospheric dispersion of tracer gases
John D. Wilson, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and T. K. Flesch

8:30 AM
5A.3
Subfilter-scale scalar transport for large-eddy simulation
Fotini V. Katopodes, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; and R. L. Street and J. H. Ferziger

8:45 AM
5A.4
The performance of Lagrangian stochastic models in uniform shear flow
Brian L. Sawford, CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Vic., Australia; and P. K. Yeung

9:00 AM
5A.5
Lagrangian Modeling of Mean and Fluctuating Concentrations from Sources in the Convective Boundary Layer
Jeffrey C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. P. Sullivan and C. H. Moeng

9:15 AM
5A.7
Mixing of Reactive Gases in the Convective Boundary Layer
Gé H. L. Verver, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and H. V. Dop and A. A. M. Holtslag

9:30 AM
5A.6a
Measurements of a gust front passage and its effect on ozone levels (Formerly Paper P5A.1)
Lisa S. Darby, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Brewer, R. Marchbanks, E. Williams, C. J. Senff, R. M. Banta, and W. D. Neff

9:45 AM
5A.7a
Coffee Break

8:00 AM-9:14 AM: Friday, 11 August 2000


Session 5B
Lake-ICE Experiment
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizer: George Young, Penn State University
8:00 AM
5B.1
In Situ and Airborne Doppler Radar Investigations of Lake-Effect Boundary Layer Circulations
David A. R. Kristovich, ISWS, Champaign, IL; and N. F. Laird and M. R. Hjelmfelt

8:15 AM
5B.3
The impact of additional rawinsonde observations on a mesoscale model simulation of a lake-effect snow event
Christopher P. J. Scott, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and P. J. Sousounis

8:30 AM
5B.4
Coherent structures and transitional patterns in convective boundary layers
Ernest M. Agee, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and S. Zurn-Birkhimer and A. Gluhovsky

8:45 AM
5B.5
Numerical simulation of boundary layer development and convective structure over Lake Michigan during Lake-ICE
Liyu Guo, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and M. R. Hjelmfelt, D. A. R. Kristovich, and W. J. Capehart

9:00 AM
5B.2a
Multi-scale analysis of in-cloud vertical velocity derived from 94-GHz Doppler radar (Formerly paper P5B.3)
Natasha L. Miles, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and D. M. Babb and J. Verlinde

10:15 AM-4:45 PM: Friday, 11 August 2000


Session 6A
Marine and Oceanic Bls
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizer: Steven Anderson, WHOI
10:15 AM
6A.1
On the effects of sea state on momentum flux
William M. Drennan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and H. C. Graber and M. A. Donelan

10:30 AM
6A.2
Breaking of surface gravity waves and air-sea momentum flux
Tetsu Hara, University of Rhode Island , Narragansett, RI; and S. E. Belcher and N. Scott

10:45 AM
6A.3
Similarities and differences in spatial scales of wind forcing of the ocean surface measured in situ, and the ocean's response to that forcing as imaged by SAR
Pierre D. Mourad, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. C. Vandemark, T. L. Crawford, J. Sun, and L. Mahrt

11:00 AM
6A.4
Near-surface streaks: comparison of LES with theory
Ralph C. Foster, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. Drobinski

11:15 AM
6A.5
Simulations of Stratified Turbulent Flow over Moving Waves
Peter P. Sullivan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. McWilliams

11:30 AM
6A.6
The turbulent kinetic energy budget over sea
Anna Sjöblom, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; and A. S. Smedman

11:45 AM
6A.7
Downward Flux of Moisture over the Ocean
James B. Edson, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and R. C. Beardsley, W. R. McGillis, J. E. Hare, and C. W. Fairall

12:00 PM
6A.8
Long term measurement of turbulent fluxes at sea
Jeffrey E. Hare, CIRES/University of Colorado and NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and C. W. Fairall and J. Otten

12:15 PM
6A.9
Observations of mesoscale variability in marine surface-layer momentum flux events
Pierre D. Mourad, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. A. Walter, T. L. Crawford, J. Sun, and L. Mahrt

12:45 PM
6A.11
Spectral Transfer of Velocity-Salinity Correlation for Inhomogeneous Turbulence for Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Sukaran Ram Patel, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil; and E. M. da Silva

1:00 PM
6A.12
Stratified boundary layers during swell
Anna Rutgersson, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden; and A. S. Smedman and U. Högström

1:15 PM
6A.13
Interaction of a stable marine atmospheric boundary layer with a low-level jet
William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Shapiro and N. A. Bond

1:30 PM
6A.14
Momentum transfer over the coastal zone
Jielun Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Vandemark, L. Mahrt, D. Vickers, T. Crawford, and C. S. Vogel

1:45 PM
6A.15
Air-sea flux measurements from a buoy in a coastal ocean region
Paul A. Frederickson, NPS, Monterey, CA; and K. L. Davidson

2:00 PM
6A.16
Scintillation in the coastal atmospheric surface layer
Guy Potvin, Defence Research Establishment Valcartier, Val-Bélair, PQ, Canada; and D. Dion, J. L. Forand, C. Zeisse, P. A. Frederickson, and K. Davidson

2:15 PM
6A.17
California and Oregon Humidity and Coastal Fog
Jessica D. Lundquist, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and T. B. Bourcy

2:30 PM
6A.18
Profiler Observations of the Boundary Layer within Hurricanes Georges and Earl during Landfall
Kevin R. Knupp, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. Walters, D. Massey, and E. W. McCaul Jr.

2:45 PM
6A.19
Comparison of marine boundary layer turbulence structure in high wind conditions in different regions of maritime storms
Bernard A. Walter, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and P. O. G. Persson

3:00 PM
6A.7a
Lunch Break

4:30 PM
6A.13a
Coffee Break

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Friday, 11 August 2000


Session 6B
Urban Bls
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizer: Ken Davis, Penn State University
2:00 PM
6B.3
An Evaluation of Boundary Conditions for Modeling Urban Boundary Layers
David E. Stevens, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and R. J. Calhoun, S. T. Chan, and R. L. Lee

2:15 PM
6B.1a
A k-epsilon Turbulence Closure Model for Urban Atmospheric Boundary Layer (Formerly paper P6B.1)
Thanh Ca Vu, Saitama University, Urawa, Saitama, Japan; and Y. Ashie and T. Asaeda

2:30 PM
6B.2a
Experimental study on mean flow and turbulence characteristics in an urban roughness sublayer (Formerly Paper P6B.2)
Petra Kastner-Klein, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland; and M. W. Rotach and E. Fedorovich

2:15 PM-4:45 PM: Friday, 11 August 2000


Session 6C
Vegetative Canopies
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizer: Ken Davis, Penn State University
2:15 PM
6C.1
On the influence of a forest canopy on top-down and bottom-up diffusion in the planetary boundary layer
Edward G. Patton, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and P. P. Sullivan and K. J. Davis

2:30 PM
6C.2
Conditional sampling and compositing of coherent structures in a large-eddy simulation of canopy turbulence
Li Wang, University of California, Davis, CA; and R. H. Shaw, K. T. Paw U, and E. G. Patton

2:45 PM
6C.3
A Numerical Simulation of Nocturnal Wave-like Motions over Forests
Xinzhang Hu, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and X. Lee and D. E. Stevens

3:00 PM
6C.4
Nighttime Turbulence Statistics and Trace Gas Exchange in a Mixed Deciduous Forest
H. P. Schmid, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and H. B. Su, C. S. Vogel, and P. S. Curtis

3:15 PM
6C.5
3:30 PM
6C.6
Fluxes of the stable carbon isotope 13C above a spruce forest measured by hyperbolic relaxed eddy accumulation method
Bodo Wichura, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany; and N. Buchmann and T. Foken

3:45 PM
6C.7
Wind speed and air temperature scaling within and just above a crop canopy
A. F. G. Jacobs, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and B. J. van de Wiel and A. A. M. Holtslag

4:15 PM
6C.9
4:30 PM
6C.3a
Coffee Break

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Friday, 11 August 2000


Sessions end for the day

Saturday, 12 August 2000

7:00 AM-7:00 AM: Saturday, 12 August 2000


FRI 11 AUG

8:00 AM-1:30 PM: Saturday, 12 August 2000


Session 7
Stable Bls
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizer: Ric Cederwall, LLNL
8:00 AM
7.1
8:15 AM
7.2
A subgrid-scale model for the large-eddy simulation of atmospheric boundary layer
Feng Ding, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. P. S. Arya and Y. L. Lin

8:30 AM
7.3
Testing subgrid parametrizations for LES through experiments
Peter G. Duynkerke, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands; and P. J. Jonker and A. van Dijk

8:45 AM
7.4
9:00 AM
7.5
Study of the non-stationary behaviour of the Stable Boundary layer in SABLES 98: spectral and wavelet methods
G. Morales, Spanish National Meteorological Institute, Madrid, Spain; and E. Terradellas, J. Cuxart, and C. Yagüe

9:15 AM
7.6
One-Demensional Simulations of Stable Boundary Layer as observed in SABLES98
B. Vukelic, Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia; and J. Cuxart

9:30 AM
7.7
A new nocturnal boundary layer model
Kyung-Ja Ha, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea, Republic of (South); and L. Mahrt

9:45 AM
7.8
Very stable boundary layers: are they boundary layers?
Larry Mahrt, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

10:00 AM
7.9
Combined lidar and in-situ measurements of waves in the stable night-time boundary layer above Kansas
Richard M. Worthington, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Banta, R. K. Newsom, J. K. Lundquist, M. L. Jensen, A. Muschinski, R. G. Frehlich, and B. B. Balsley

10:15 AM
7.10
Wavelet Analysis of Thermocouple Measurements During CASES-99
Gerrit Oosterhuis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and J. Sun and S. Burns

10:30 AM
7.11
Intermittent Turbulence and Oscillations in the stable boundary layer: a System Dynamics Approach
Bas J. H. van de Wiel, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. J. Ronda, A. F. Moene, H. A. R. De Bruin, and A. A. M. Holtslag

10:45 AM
7.12
11:00 AM
7.13
Nocturnal pollutant transport and LLJ structure during SOS-99 in Nashville
Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and C. J. Senff, W. A. Brewer, L. S. Darby, and W. Angevine

11:15 AM
7.14
First-order turbulence modelling for the stratified atmospheric boundary layer
Bruno Abart, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France; and J. F. Sini and P. G. Mestayer

11:30 AM
7.7a
Coffee Break

12:00 PM
7.14a
Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:30 PM: Saturday, 12 August 2000


Session 8
Polar Bls
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizer: Walter Bach, US Army Research Office
1:30 PM
8.1
Stable Surface-layer Flux Profile Relationships in the Arctic from the SHEBA Experiment
C. W. Fairall, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and P. O. G. Persson, E. L. Andreas, and P. S. Guest

1:45 PM
8.2
Modelled and observed phenomena's in a marginal ice zone
Mikael Magnusson, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; and A. S. Smedman and J. Rost

2:15 PM
8.4
Large-Eddy Simulation of an Arctic stable cloudy boundary layer
Qiuqing Zhang, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. K. Krueger

2:30 PM
8.5
Two-Dimensional Cloud Resolving Modeling of Arctic Leads Based upon Mid-Winter Sheba Conditions
Michael A. Zulauf, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. K. Krueger

2:45 PM
8.6
Wind tunnel study of various stable boundary layers: The Effects of Temperature Profiles on SBL Flow Structures
Yuji Ohya, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan; and T. Uchida and T. Karasundani

3:00 PM
8.6a
Coffee Break

3:20 PM
8.6b
Student Awards

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Saturday, 12 August 2000


Session 10
Methods
Host: 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence
Organizer: Walter Bach, US Army Research Office
3:30 PM
10.1
Analysis of Turbulence Intermittency Using Variable Interval Reynolds Time Averaging
George Treviño, CHIRES Inc., San Antonio, TX; and E. L. Andreas

3:45 PM
10.2
4:00 PM
10.3
The atmospheric influence on the flow downstream wind turbines
Mikael Magnusson, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

4:15 PM
10.4
Performance of a three-dimensional ultrasonic anemometer/thermometer for turbulence measurements
Holger Siebert, Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany; and A. Muschinski

4:30 PM-4:30 PM: Saturday, 12 August 2000


Conference Ends