Session 1 MAP: Orographic Precipitation

Tuesday, 8 August 2000: 9:15 AM-12:00 PM
Host: Ninth Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Organizer:
F. Martin Ralph, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Meteorological Applications and Assessment Division, Boulder, CO

Papers:
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
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

10:00 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

10:15 AM
1.5
Orographic air mass transformation
Ronald B. Smith, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and S. T. Skubis, Z. Kothavala, and S. Gray

10:30 AM
1.6
Mechanisms of intense alpine rainfall
Richard Rotunno, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. Ferretti

10:45 AM
1.7
Lagrangian analysis of three heavy precipitation events during MAP
François Gheusi, Météo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. Stein

11:00 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

11:15 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

11:30 AM
1.2A
Coffee Break

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