Session 4 |
| | boundary layers: stable, and convective, and transitional (Parallel with Sessions 5 and 6) |
| | Organizers: João Teixeira, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; Branko Kosovic, LLNL, Livermore, CA
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| 8:00 AM | 4.1 | An intercomparison of large-eddy simulations of the stable boundary layer  
Robert J. Beare, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and M. MacVean, A. A. M. Holtslag, J. Cuxart, I. Esau, J. C. Golaz, M. Jimenez, M. F. Khairoutdinov, B. Kosovic, D. C. Lewellen, T. S. Lund, J. K. Lundquist, A. McCabe, A. Moene, Y. Noh, S. Raasch, and P. P. Sullivan |
| 8:15 AM | 4.2 | Single-column model intercomparison for a stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer
Joan Cuxart, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; and B. Holtslag |
| 8:30 AM | 4.3 | Modelling the evolution of the nocturnal boundary layer for three different nights in CASES-99
Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and B. Van de Wiel and A. A. M. Holtslag |
| 8:45 AM | 4.4 | Simulation of the GABLS stable boundary layer intercomparison case using one-dimensional turbulence
Alan R. Kerstein, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA; and S. Wunsch |
| 9:00 AM | 4.4a | Energy similarity—a new turbulence closure model for stable boundary layers (formally paper number J2.8)
Thorsten Mauritsen, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and G. Svensson, S. Zilitinkevich, L. Enger, and B. Grisogono |
| 9:15 AM | 4.5 | The Arctic boundary layer in six regional scale (ARCMIP) models
Michael Tjernström, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Zagar, G. Svensson, J. J. Cassano, K. Dethloff, C. G. Jones, S. Pfeifer, A. Rinke, T. Semmler, M. Shaw, and K. Wyser |
| 9:30 AM | 4.6 | Vertical heat transfer in the lower atmosphere over the Arctic Ocean during clear-sky periods
Jeffrey D. Mirocha, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. Kosovic and J. A. Curry |
| 9:45 AM | 4.7 | Observation of intermittent turbulence over Arctic sea-ice
A.C. Kroonenberg, van den, Aerospace Systems/Technical Univ., Braunschweig, Germany; and T. Spiess and J. Bange |
| 10:00 AM | 4.8 | Semi-collapsed and advective stable boundary layers
Larry Mahrt, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and D. Vickers |
| 10:15 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:45 AM | 4.9 | Turbulence kinetic energy budgets and dissipation rates in disturbed stable boundary layers
Julie K. Lundquist, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and M. Piper and B. Kosovic |
| 11:00 AM | 4.10 | Low-level jet properties and turbulence below the jet during the Lamar Low-Level Jet Project
Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and N. D. Kelley and Y. L. Pichugina |
| 11:15 AM | 4.11 | Nocturnal low-level jet characteristics over southern Colorado
Yelena L. Pichugina, Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta, N. D. Kelley, S. P. Sandberg, J. L. Machol, and W. A. Brewer |
| 11:30 AM | 4.12 | New England coastal boundary layer modeling
Mark Zagar, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Tjernström and W. M. Angevine |
| 11:45 AM | 4.13 | Measurements of stable boundary layers in an urban environment
Rod Frehlich, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and Y. Meillier, M. L. Jensen, B. B. Balsley, R. Sharman, and T. Warner |
|  | 4.14 | The stable boundary layer and the ‘accumulation layer’
Ricardo K. Sakai, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. R. Fitzjarrald, R. Da Silva, M. J. Czikowsky, J. M. Freedman, and A. Tsoyref |
| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 1:30 PM | 4.15 | Modelling the 1D stable boundary layer with an Ε - l turbulence closure
Wensong Weng, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. A. Taylor |
| 1:45 PM | 4.16 | Modeling the Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer with a Third-order Closure Model
Anning Cheng, NASA, Hampton, VA; and K. M. Xu |
| 2:00 PM | 4.17 | Limit of very strong stability: frictionless concept
A. A. Grachev, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and E. L. Andreas, C. W. Fairall, P. S. Guest, and P. O. G. Persson |
| 2:15 PM | 4.18 | Stable boundary layer decoupling: towards a linear stability analysis
Bas J. H. Van de Wiel, Wageningen University and Research-Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands; and A. F. Moene and G. J. Steeneveld |
| 2:30 PM | 4.19 | Large eddy simulation of a weakly stable boundary layer using dynamic subgrid-scale models
Thomas S. Lund, Colorado Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and P. P. Sullivan and G. S. Poulos |
| 2:45 PM | 4.20 | Influences on the height of the stable boundary layer as seen in LES
Branko Kosovic, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. K. Lundquist |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM | 4.21 | Large-eddy simulation of stably stratified canopy turbulence
Edward G. Patton, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. P. Sullivan |
| 3:45 PM | 4.22 | Role of the shear and inversion strength during sunset turbulence over land: characteristic length scales
David Pino, Technical University of Catalonia, Castelldefels, Spain; and H. J. J. Jonker, J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, and A. Dosio |
| 4:00 PM | 4.23 | Momentum and scalar transport during the decay of CBL turbulence
David R. Fitzjarrald, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. M. Freedman, M. J. Czikowsky, R. K. Sakai, O. C. Acevedo, and O. L. L. Moraes |
| 4:15 PM | 4.24 | The humidity structure of the convective boundary layer - six weeks measurements with a ground-based Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL)
Barbara Hennemuth, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorolgy, Hamburg, Germany; and K. Ertel |
| 4:30 PM | 4.25 | Laboratory experiments of entrainment in dry convective boundary layers
Harm J. J. Jonker, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and T. Heus, E. Hagen, and H. V. Dop |
| 4:45 PM | 4.26 | Interpreting GCMs with Mixed Layer Theory
Kiran Bhaganagar, Univ of California, Los Angeles, CA; and B. Stevens |
| 5:00 PM | 4.27 | Mixing layer height derived from radiosoundings and ground-based lidar - comparison and assessment
Barbara Hennemuth, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorolgy, Hamburg, Germany; and A. Lammert |