Session 6 Lee-side phenomena: Wakes and Downslope Winds

Wednesday, 9 August 2000: 1:30 PM-3:59 PM
Host: Ninth Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Organizer:
Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Atmospheric Sciences Division, Reno, NV

Papers:
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

2:31 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

2:46 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

3:01 PM
6.8
Diurnally Driven Summertime Winds in the Lee of the Sierra: the Washoe Zephyr
David Kingsmill, DRI, Reno, NV

3:16 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

3:31 PM
6.5A
Measurement of the mountain drag on South Georgia
Stephen Mobbs, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and P. Anderson

3:45 PM
6.6A
Coffee Break

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