| Sunday, 21 May 2006 | 
 | 5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday  Conference Registration | 
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| Monday, 22 May 2006 | 
 | 7:00 AM, Monday  Conference Registration Continues Through Thurs 25 May | 
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 | 8:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session 1 Stable Boundary Layers 1 (Joint Between 17BLT and 27AgForest) | 
Cochairs: Branko Kosovic, LLNL, Livermore, CA; Monique Y. Leclerc, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA 
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 | 8:30 AM |  | Welcoming Remarks   
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 | 8:45 AM | J1.1 | Optimizing the NBL budget technique for trace gas flux measurement    Ian B. Strachan, McGill University, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada; and M. Leclerc, E. Pattey, N. Mathieu, and L. A. Wittebol |  
 | 9:00 AM | J1.2 | Turbulent carbon exchange in very stable conditions      Otávio C. Acevedo, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil; and O. Moraes, D. R. Fitzjarrald, R. K. Sakai, M. Czikowski, L. Mahrt, and L. E. Medeiros |  
 | 9:15 AM | J1.3 | Influence of low-level jets on nocturnal CO2 flux measurements    Anandakumar Karipot, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA; and M. Y. Leclerc, G. Zhang, G. Hendrey, K. Lewin, J. Nagy, and G. Starr |  
 | 9:30 AM | J1.4 | The very stable boundary layer in flat versus complex terrain: CASES-99 versus T-REX    Gregory S. Poulos, NCAR, Boulder, CO |  
 | 9:45 AM | J1.5 | Shallow Boundary Layers and Suppressed Vertical Mixing in the Very Stable Boundary Layer with a Weak LLJ      Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and L. Mahrt, D. Vickers, J. Sun, B. B. Balsley, Y. L. Pichugina, and E. J. Williams |  
 | 10:00 AM |  | Coffee Break   
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 | 10:30 AM | J1.6 | Observations of stratified atmospheric shear-driven turbulence at low and high Richardson numbers      Thorsten Mauritsen, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and G. Svensson |  
 | 10:45 AM | J1.7 | Classification of Low-Level Jets at Cabauw      P. Baas, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and F. C. Bosveld and H. Klein Baltink |  
 | 11:00 AM | J1.8 | Structure and formation of the highly stable marine boundary layer over the Gulf of Maine      Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. Hare, C. W. Fairall, D. E. Wolfe, W. A. Brewer, and A. B. White |  
 | 11:15 AM | J1.9 | The turbulent structure of the polar stable boundary layer: Wavelet transformation and multiresolution flux decomposition      Aline C. Van den Kroonenberg, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany; and J. Bange |  
 | 11:30 AM | J1.10 | Identifying coherent structures in stable boundary layer flows    Xiaoning Gilliam, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and S. Basu |  
 | 11:45 AM | J1.11 | Influence of nocturnal low-level jets on eddy-covariance fluxes over a tall forest canopy    Thara Prabha, University of Georgia, Griffin, Georgia; and M. Leclerc, A. Karipot, D. Y. Hollinger, and E. Mursch Radlgruber |  
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 | 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday  Lunch Break | 
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 | 1:30 PM-6:00 PM, Monday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Session 1 Shear and Convectively Driven Boundary Layers | 
Chair: Jordi Vila-Guerau de Arellano, Wageningen University, Wageningen Netherlands 
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 | 1:30 PM | 1.1 | Secondary instability of Ekman layer rolls      Thomas Dubos, IPSL / Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Palaiseau, France; and C. Barthlott, C. Fesquet, and P. J. Drobinski |  
 | 1:45 PM | 1.2 | Turbulence anisotropy carried by streaks in the neutral atmospheric surface layer      Thomas Dubos, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Palaiseau, France; and P. Drobinski and P. Carlotti |  
 | 2:00 PM | 1.3 | Turbulence spectra above the surface friction layer in a convective boundary layer      K. G. McNaughton, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and R. Clement and J. B. Moncrieff |  
 | 2:15 PM | 1.4 | The spectral dynamics of TKE and scalar variance in clear convective and cloud topped boundary layers    Harm J.J. Jonker, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands |  
 | 2:30 PM | 1.5 | Doppler lidar measurements of vertical velocity spectra, length scales, and coherence in the convective planetary boundary layer      Donald H. Lenschow, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Lothon and S. D. Mayor |  
 | 2:45 PM | 1.6 | The Exchange of Carbon Dioxide between the Atmospheric Boundary Layer and the Free Atmosphere: Observational and LES Study      Monica Górska, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and J. Vilŕ-Guerau de Arellano and M. A. LeMone |  
 | 3:00 PM |  | Coffee Break   
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 | 3:30 PM | 1.7 | On the entrainment law at the top of the convectively-driven atmospheric boundary layer      Charles Chemel, CNRS/UJF/INPG, Grenoble, France; and C. Staquet and J. P. Chollet |  
 |   | 1.8 | Observations of boundary layer structures from CSIP    Lindsay Joanne Bennett, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and A. M. Blyth |  
 | 3:45 PM | 1.8A | Wildfire evolution in the convective boundary layer (Formerly P5.1)      Ruiyu Sun, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. K. Krueger, M. A. Zulauf, M. A. Jenkins, and J. J. Charney |  
 |   | 1.9 | Boundary layer features influencing convection inititiation on 12 June 2002 during IHOP_2002    Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. V. Murphey, C. Flamant, and C. R. Pettet |  
 | 4:00 PM |  | Presentation 1.9A moved. New Poster Presentation P4.4A   
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 | 4:01 PM | 1.9B | An Evaluation of Boundary-Layer Characteristics Predicted by MM5 (Formerly Poster P4.4)    Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. Zhong |  
 | 4:15 PM | 1.10 | Mechanisms responsible for complex structure in a convective boundary layer      Jeffrey M. Freedman, Atmospheric Information Services, Albany, NY; and D. R. Fitzjarrald, R. K. Sakai, and M. J. Czikowsky |  
 | 4:30 PM | 1.11 | Airborne measurements in the early-morning shallow convective boundary layer      Jens Bange, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany; and T. Spieß |  
 | 4:45 PM | 1.12 | Internal gravity waves during the morning transition of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: observations and laboratory experiments     Nicolas Arnault, École Polytechnique/CNRS, Palaiseau, France; and J. M. Chomaz and P. H. Flamant |  
 | 5:00 PM | 1.13 | Aircraft observations of marine boundary layer structure in the Monterey Bay      John Kalogiros, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece; and Q. Wang, S. R. Ramp, G. Buzorius, and H. H. Jonsson |  
 | 5:15 PM | 1.14 | Examining the nesting-LES capability using the WRF model    Chin-Hoh Moeng, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Dudhia and J. Klemp |  
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 | 5:30 PM, Monday  Sessions End for the Day | 
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| Tuesday, 23 May 2006 | 
 | 8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Rousseau Suite Session 2 Cloudy Boundary Layers 1 | 
Chair: David A. R. Kristovich, ISWS, Champaign, IL 
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 | 8:00 AM | 2.1 | Influence of convective clouds on the turbulence structure of the boundary layer measured by Doppler Lidar    Andreas Wieser, Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe / Universitaet Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; and R. Huckle, N. Kalthoff, and U. Corsmeier |  
 | 8:15 AM | 2.2 | The diurnal cycle of the summer cloud-capped Arctic boundary layer      Michael Tjernström, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO |  
 | 8:30 AM | 2.3 | A simple parameterization for detrainment in shallow cumulus     Wim C. De Rooy, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands; and A. P. Siebesma |  
 | 8:45 AM | 2.4 | The influence of the sub-cloud moisture field on cloud size distributions and the consequences for entrainment      Harm J.J. Jonker, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and R. A. Verzijlbergh, T. Heus, and A. P. Siebesma |  
 | 9:00 AM | 2.5 | Large-eddy simulation of evaporatively driven entrainment in cloud-topped mixed layers    Takanobu Yamaguchi, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. A. Randall |  
 | 9:15 AM | 2.6 | Entrainment rate and droplet sedimentation in stratocumulus-capped mixed layers    Christopher S. Bretherton, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. N. Blossey and J. Uchida |  
 | 9:30 AM | 2.7 | Entrainment and the fine structure of the stratocumulus cloud top      Qing Wang, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and M. S. Horner, S. Wang, and J. Kalogiros |  
 | 9:45 AM | 2.8 | Why do descending Shells around Cumulus Clouds exist?      Thijs Heus, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. J. J. Jonker |  
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 | 8:15 AM-11:15 AM, Tuesday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session 2 Roughness Sublayer Turbulence: Vegetative Canopies (Joint between 17BLT and 27AgForest) | 
Chair: Edward G. Patton, NCAR, Boulder, CO 
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 | 8:15 AM | J2.1 | Eddy structure near the plant canopy interface      Roger H. Shaw, University of California, Davis, CA; and J. J. Finnigan, E. G. Patton, and L. Fitzmaurice |  
 | 8:30 AM | J2.2 | Numerical investigation of coherent structures in a forest edge flow    Sylvain Dupont, INRA , UR1263 EPHYSE, Villenave d'Ornon, France; and Y. Brunet |  
 | 8:45 AM | J2.3 | Large-Eddy Simulation of the Roughness Sublayer within and above Forest Canopies and Its Transition to the Outer Regions of the Atmospheric Boundary Layers      Hong-Bing Su, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and E. G. Patton |  
 | 9:00 AM | J2.4 | Flow simulation of turbulent and mean advective velocity and scalar fields across a canopy edge     Young-San Park, University of California, Davis, CA; and K. T. Paw U |  
 | 9:15 AM | J2.5 | Impact of an imposed wall-jet on canopy turbulence and the net ecosystem-atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide    Shaolin Mao, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, and Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA; and E. (. G. Patton, Z. G. Feng, and E. E. Michaelides |  
 | 9:30 AM | J2.6 | The impact of a dense canopy on the wind profile and evolution of the boundary layer      Ian N. Harman, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia; and J. J. Finnigan |  
 | 9:45 AM | J2.7 | Flow Structure and Turbulence in a Model Plant Canopy     Weihong Zhu, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and R. van Hout and J. Katz |  
 | 10:00 AM |  | Coffee Break   
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 | 10:30 AM | J2.8 | Comparing spectra and cospectra in nearly flat terrain with those in the roughness sublayer above the Amazon forest      Osvaldo Luiz Leal De Moraes, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil; and D. R. Fitzjarrald, O. C. Acevedo, R. K. Sakai, M. Czikowsky, R. Da Silva, H. Zimermann, and L. E. Medeiros |  
 | 10:45 AM | J2.9 | A turbulence kinetic energy budget analysis in a windtunnel model canopy      Wusi Yue, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and W. Zhu, C. Meneveau, M. B. Parlange, H. S. Kang, and J. Katz |  
 |   | J2.10 | Large-eddy simulation of tracer gas transport and dispersion within and above a successively thinned loblolly pine canopy    Steven L. Edburg, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and D. Stock, B. Lamb, and H. Thistle |  
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 | 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday  Coffee Break | 
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 | 11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Session 3 Roughness Sublayer Turbulence: Urban Canopies | 
Chair: Jeffrey C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 
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 | 11:00 AM | 3.1 | Turbulence and channeling in a simple urban environment      Taylor Ray Cole, University of California, Riverside, CA; and X. Li, C. Eising, and M. Princevac |  
 | 11:15 AM | 3.2 | Numerical and experimental investigations of atmospheric flow in urban canopies    Elie Bou-Zeid, The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology/EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; and J. Overney, Y. H. Tseng, I. Kiener, M. B. Parlange, and C. Meneveau |  
 | 11:30 AM | 3.3 | LES Estimation of Environmental Degradation at the Urban Heat Island due to Densely-Arrayed Tall Buildings     Tetsuro Tamura, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan; and J. Nagayama, K. Ohta, T. Takemi, and Y. Okuda |  
 | 11:45 AM | 3.4 | Boundary layer development over a heterogeneous urban canopy    Janet Barlow, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom |  
 | 12:00 PM | 3.5 | Influence of buildings and trees on turbulence parameters in the urban roughness sublayer      Cheryl L. Klipp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD |  
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 | 12:15 PM-1:45 PM, Tuesday  Lunch Break | 
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 | 12:15 PM-1:45 PM, Tuesday  Lunch Break | 
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 | 1:45 PM-3:15 PM, Tuesday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session 3 Scalar Transport, Chemistry and Diffusion (Joint between 17BLT and 17BioAero) | 
Chair: Harm J.J. Jonker, Delft University of Technology, Delft Netherlands 
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 | 1:45 PM | J3.1 | Turbulent transport of 222-Rn and its short-lived daughters in convective boundary layers      Jean-François Vinuesa, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy; and S. Galmarini |  
 | 2:00 PM | J3.2 | Transport and chemical transformations influenced by shallow cumulus over land      Jordi Vilŕ-Guerau de Arellano, Wageningen Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands; and S. W. Kim, M. C. Barth, and E. G. Patton |  
 | 2:15 PM | J3.3 | The Influence of PBL Parameterizations on the Distributions of Chemical Species in a Mesoscale Chemical Transport Model, WRF-Chem     Si-Wan Kim, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado & NOAA/ESRL/CSD, Boulder, CO; and S. A. McKeen, E. Y. Hsie, M. K. Trainer, G. J. Frost, G. A. Grell, and S. E. Peckham |  
 | 2:30 PM | J3.4 | Lagrangian modeling of dispersion in the stable boundary layer      Jeffrey C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and E. G. Patton and P. P. Sullivan |  
 | 2:45 PM | J3.5 | Coupling Lagrangian surface layer and convective boundary layer models to describe aerial dispersal of particles released near the ground      Matthew T. Boehm, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and D. E. Aylor |  
 | 3:00 PM | J3.6 | Joint Observational Research on Nocturnal Atmospheric Dispersion of Aerosols: The JORNADA study      David R. Miller, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and A. L. Hiscox, C. J. Nappo, J. Wang, D. Zajic, Y. Yee, E. D. Creegan, R. M. Cionco, R. E. Dumais, and J. B. Ross |  
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 | 1:45 PM-3:15 PM, Tuesday, Boardroom Session 4 Subfilter/Subgrid-Scale Fluxes: Measurement and Modeling | 
Chair: Fernando Porté-Agel, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 
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 | 1:45 PM | 4.1 | Subfilter scale fluxes in the marine surface layer: Results from the Ocean Horizontal Array Turbulence Study (OHATS)      Peter P. Sullivan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. B. Edson, T. W. Horst, J. C. Wyngaard, and M. Kelly |  
 | 2:00 PM | 4.2 | Investigation of subgrid-scale scalar flux and its production rate using measurement data (HATS)      Qinglin Chen, Clemson University, Clemson, SC; and C. Tong |  
 | 2:15 PM | 4.3 | Geometric Alignments of the SGS Force in the Atmospheric Surface Layer    Chad Higgins, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and C. Meneveau and M. B. Parlange |  
 | 2:30 PM | 4.4 | Effects of sub-filter scale turbulence models on vertical velocity structure in neutral boundary-layer flow      Francis L. Ludwig, Stanford University, Stanford, CA; and F. K. Chow and R. L. Street |  
 | 2:45 PM | 4.5 | Dynamic models for subgrid-scale transport and mixing of reactants in atmospheric turbulent reacting flows      Fernando Porté-Agel, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; and J. F. Vinuesa |  
 | 3:00 PM | 4.6 | A-priori laboratory study of subfilter-scale models for LES over heterogeneous land surfaces      Matthew A. Carper, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; and F. Porté-Agel and L. Chamorro |  
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 | 3:15 PM-3:45 PM, Tuesday  Coffee Break | 
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 | 3:45 PM-5:15 PM, Tuesday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Session 5 Land Surface Heterogeneity | 
Chair: Francis L. Ludwig, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 
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 | 3:45 PM | 5.1 | Scalar similarity functions: the influence of surface heterogeneity and entrainment      Arnold F. Moene, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and D. Schüttemeyer and O. K. Hartogensis |  
 | 4:00 PM | 5.2 | Evaluating Sub-Grid Variability of Surface Fluxes with a Cellular Automata Version of the Wet-Dry DaisyWorld Model      Dennis Baldocchi, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and J. Dorsey and M. Leclerc |  
 | 4:15 PM | 5.3 | EVA_GRIPS and LITFASS-2003: What have we learned ?    Frank Beyrich, German Meteorological Service, Lindenberg, Germany; and H. T. Mengelkamp, F. Ament, J. Bange, F. H. Berger, H. A. R. De Bruin, T. Foken, G. Heinemann, B. Hennemuth, C. Heret, S. Huneke, W. Kohsiek, J. P. Leps, C. Liebethal, H. Lohse, M. Mauder, W. M. L. Meijninger, S. Raasch, C. Simmer, T. Spieß, A. Tittebrand, J. Uhlenbrock, and P. Zittel |  
 | 4:30 PM | 5.4 | Mesoclimate at the Tapajós-Amazon river confluence      David R. Fitzjarrald, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center/University at Albany and State University of New York, Albany, NY; and R. K. Sakai, O. Moraes, O. C. Acevedo, and M. Czikowsky |  
 | 4:45 PM | 5.5 | Coriolis effects in katabatic flow along a differentially cooled sloping surface in a stratified fluid    Alan Shapiro, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and C. Wall and E. Fedorovich |  
 | 5:00 PM | 5.6 | Effects of soil moisture heterogeneity on boundary layer flow with coupled groundwater, land-surface, and mesoscale atmospheric modeling      Fotini Katopodes Chow, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and S. J. Kollet, R. M. Maxwell, and Q. Duan |  
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 | 5:15 PM, Tuesday  Sessions End for the Day | 
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 | 6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday  William D. Evans Sternwheeler Cruise Event | 
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| Wednesday, 24 May 2006 | 
 | 8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session 4 Stable Boundary Layers 2 (Joint between 17BLT and 27 AgForest) | 
Chair: Gunilla Svensson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 
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 | 8:00 AM | J4.1 | Intermittent Turbulence in Stable Boundary Layers and Its Influence on Turbulence Parameterization    Jielun Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. P. Burns |  
 | 8:15 AM | J4.2 | Intermittent bursting of turbulence in a stable boundary layer with low-level jet      Yuji Ohya, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan; and R. Nakamura and T. Uchida |  
 | 8:30 AM | J4.3 | Influence of intermittency on similarity theory    Larry Mahrt, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and D. Vickers |  
 | 8:45 AM | J4.4 | An episode of intermittent turbulence in the nightime PBL during the JORNADA field study      Carmen J. Nappo, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and D. R. Miller, A. L. Hiscox, E. Creegan, Y. Yee, and D. Zajic |  
 | 9:00 AM | J4.5 | Study of an observed Low-Level Jet through Large-Eddy Simulations      Joan Cuxart, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; and M. A. Jiménez Cortés |  
 | 9:15 AM | J4.6 | A Formula for the Depth of the Stable Boundary Layer: Evaluation and Dimensional Analysis      Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and B. J. H. Van de Wiel and A. A. M. Holtslag |  
 | 9:30 AM | J4.7 | Consequences of the large-scale subsidence rate on the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer over the Arctic Ocean, as seen in large-eddy simulations    Jeffrey D. Mirocha, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and B. Kosovic |  
 | 9:45 AM | J4.8 | Instability of the stable boundary layer?      Bas J. H. Van de Wiel, Wageningen University and Research-Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands; and A. F. Moene, G. J. Steeneveld, and A. A. M. Holtslag |  
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 | 8:00 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Rousseau Suite Session 6 Cloudy Boundary Layers 2 | 
Chair: Harm J.J. Jonker, Delft University of Technology, Delft Netherlands 
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 | 8:00 AM | 6.1 | A minimalist bulk stratocumulus - trade cumulus boundary layer model    Sungsu Park, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. S. Bretherton |  
 | 8:15 AM | 6.2 | A simple model of subtropical stratocumulus feedbacks on climate sensitivity    Peter Caldwell, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. S. Bretherton |  
 | 8:30 AM | 6.3 | GCSS/WGNE Pacific Cross-section Intercomparison (GPCI): turbulence and clouds in climate and weather prediction models    Joao Teixeira, NATO Undersea Research Centre, La Spezia, Italy; and S. Cardoso, P. M. A. Miranda, C. Jakob, P. M. M. Soares, A. P. Siebesma, R. Neggers, C. Hannay, H. Kitagawa, M. Koehler, A. Lock, P. Marquet, D. Mironov, B. Ritter, D. Stokes, E. Van Meijgard, and M. Zhao |  
 | 8:45 AM | 6.4 | A GCSS intercomparison of large-eddy simulations of a drizzling stratocumulus-topped marine boundary layer    Andrew S. Ackerman, NASA/GISS, New York, NY |  
 |   | 6.5 | Evaluation of a buoyancy sorting scheme for cumulus convection with Large Eddy Simulation results    A. Pier Siebesma, Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands |  
 | 9:00 AM | 6.6 | Boundary Layer and Deep Convective Clouds Simulated by a Multi-scale Modeling Framework    Anning Cheng, LRC, Hampton, VA; and K. M. Xu |  
 | 9:15 AM | 6.7 | Lifecycle analysis of cumulus clouds using a 3D virtual reality environment      Thijs Heus, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; and H. J. J. Jonker, E. J. Griffith, and F. H. Post |  
 | 9:30 AM | 6.8 | A LES study of wind-shear effect on turbulent structure of stratocumulus clouds      Shouping Wang, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA; and J. C. Golaz and Q. Wang |  
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 | 10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday  Coffee Break | 
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 | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Session 7 Experimental Methods | 
Chair: Cheryl L. Klipp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD 
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 | 10:30 AM | 7.1 | Vertical profiles of velocity variances and TKE using Doppler-lidar scan data      Yelena Pichugina, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta and A. W. Brewer |  
 | 10:45 AM | 7.2 | Validation of fluxes of an extra large aperture scintillometer at Cabauw using Sky Arrow aircraft flux measurements      Arnold F. Moene, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and W. M. L. Meijninger, W. Kohsiek, B. Gioli, F. Miglietta, and F. Bosveld |  
 | 11:00 AM | 7.3 | Large aperture scintillometer intercomparison    Jan Kleissl, University of California, San Diego, LA Jolla, CA; and K. Fleming, J. Cheney, S. H. Hong, and J. Hendrickx |  
 | 11:15 AM | 7.4 | Comparison of 'M2AV' unmanned airborne meteorological measurements with remote sensing and the Helipod       Thomas Spiess, Aerospace Systems/Technical Univ., Braunschweig, Germany; and J. Bange |  
 | 11:30 AM | 7.5 | Attenuation of Scalar Fluxes Measured with Horizontally-Displaced Sensors      T. W. Horst, NCAR, Boulder, CO |  
 | 11:45 AM | 7.6 | A re-examination of density effects in eddy covariance measurements of CO2 fluxes      H. P. Liu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS |  
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 | 1:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session 5 Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation (Joint between 17BLT and 27AgForest | 
Cochairs: Ching-Long Lin, Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research and University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Ronald J. Dobosy, NOAA/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN 
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 | 1:30 PM | J5.1 | Seasonal and interannual variability in carbon exchange along a boreal black spruce chronosequence: Tower-based observations and MODIS-driven predictions using the Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model    Allison L. Dunn, Harvard University & University of Manitoba, Cambridge, MA; and M. Pathmathevan, G. Winston, A. McMillan, B. D. Amiro, M. Goulden, and S. C. Wofsy |  
 | 1:45 PM | J5.2 | Scaling surface energy fluxes in a tall-grass prairie using large aperture scintillometer and MODIS data      Nathaniel A. Brunsell, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and J. M. Ham |  
 | 2:00 PM | J5.3 | Retrieval of Micro scale Flow Structures from Dual-Doppler Lidar Data Measured in the Urban Boundary Layer      Quanxin Xia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and C. L. Lin, R. Calhoun, and R. K. Newsom |  
 | 2:15 PM | J5.4 | Parameter Estimation in a Land-Surface Model Using Atmospheric Data Assimilation: Finding Distributions for Use in an Ensemble Prediction System      Joshua P. Hacker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Pagowski and D. Rostkier-Edelstein |  
 | 2:30 PM | J5.5 | Linking the Seasonal Variation of Vegetation Indices to Tower Flux Measurements    Matthias Falk, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and D. D. Baldocchi, S. Ma, S. L. Ustin, and I. R. Mercado |  
 | 2:45 PM | J5.6 | Evaluation of surface flux maps over the southern Great Plains in IHOP    Kenneth J. Davis, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and K. Craig, S. L. Kang, J. R. Mecikalski, and F. Chen |  
 | 3:00 PM | J5.7 | Estimating land vegetation conditions using surface radiation flux measurements    Tim Wilson, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and T. P. Meyers |  
 | 3:15 PM | J5.8 | Estimates of boundary layer profiles by means of ensemble-filter assimilation of near surface observations in a parameterized PBL      Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hacker and M. Pagowski |  
 | 3:30 PM | J5.9 | Determining the ground heat flux using a variational technique      Reinder Ronda, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and F. C. Bosveld |  
 | 3:45 PM | J5.10 | An evaluation of estimations of atmospheric turbulence from coherent Doppler lidar data      Anupama Mattegunta, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. Calhoun, H. J. S. Fernando, and A. Wieser |  
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 | 1:30 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, Rousseau Suite Session 8 GEWEX Atmospheric Boundary Layer Study (GABLS) | 
Chair: Joăo Teixeira, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA 
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 | 1:30 PM | 8.1 | Single column modeling of the diurnal cycle based on CASES99 data – GABLS second intercomparison project      Gunilla Svensson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. A. M. Holtslag |  
 | 1:45 PM | 8.2 | Exploring variability of model results in the GEWEX Atmospheric Boundary Layer Study (GABLS)      Albert A.M. Holtslag, Meteorology and Air Quality, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and G. J. Steeneveld and B. J. H. van de Wiel |  
 | 2:00 PM | 8.3 | Large-eddy simulation of stable boundary layers: a case study    Sukanta Basu, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and W. Anderson |  
 | 2:15 PM | 8.4 | Single-column modeling versus mesoscale modeling for an episode with three diurnal cycles in CASES99     E.I.F. De Bruijn, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and A. B. C. Tijm and G. J. Steeneveld |  
 | 2:30 PM | 8.5 | Implementation of the quasi-normal scale elimination theory in models of ABLs     Boris Galperin, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; and S. Sukoriansky and V. Perov |  
 | 2:45 PM | 8.6 | Large-Eddy simulation of the diurnal cycle of the atmospheric boundary layer using boundary conditions derived from CASES-99    Vijayant Kumar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and M. B. Parlange, C. Meneveau, and G. Svensson |  
 | 3:00 PM | 8.7 | Surface cooling predictions of the coupled NMM/WRF PBL and Noah land surface schemes      Frank R. Freedman, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. I. Janjic and M. Ek |  
 | 3:15 PM | 8.8 | Mesoscale Model Intercomparison and Observational Evaluation for Three Contrasting Diurnal Cycles in CASES99: Focus on the Stable Boundary Layer      Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and T. Mauritsen, E. I. F. de Bruijn, G. Svensson, and A. A. M. Holtslag |  
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 | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday  Formal Poster Viewing and Reception (Cash Bar) | 
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 | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan Joint Poster Session 1 Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation (Joint between 17BLT and 27AgForest) | 
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 | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan Joint Poster Session 2 Roughness Sublayer Turbulence (Jointbetween 17BLT and27AgForest) | 
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 | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan Joint Poster Session 3 Scalar Transport, Chemistry and Diffusion (Joint between 17BLT and 17BioAero) | 
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 | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan Joint Poster Session 4 Stable Boundary Layers and Intermittency (Joint between 17BLT and 27AgForest) | 
 |   | JP4.1 | Turbulence Profiles in the Weakly Stable Boundary Layer with a Strong LLJ    Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and Y. L. Pichugina and W. A. Brewer |  
 |   | JP4.2 | Surface heterogeneity effects on regional-scale fluxes in stable boundary layers: an LES study     Rob Stoll, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; and F. Porté-Agel |  
 |   | JP4.3 | Sensitivity of the surface layer nocturnal energy balance closure to soil heat flux estimation    Luiz Eduardo Medeiros, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, Albany, NY; and D. R. Fitzjarrald, O. C. Acevedo, M. J. Czikowsky, R. K. Sakai, and O. Moraes |  
 |   | JP4.4 | Sensible heat budgets for stable nocturnal boundary layers over weakly heterogeneous terrain    Reina Nakamura, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and L. Mahrt |  
 |   | JP4.5 | Quasi-wavelet formulations of turbulence with intermittency and correlated field properties     D. Keith Wilson, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and G. H. Goedecke and V. E. Ostashev |  
 |   | JP4.6 | On the Excess Mixing in NWP Models in Stable Boundary Layers: the Possible Role of Orographic generated Sub-grid Gravity Wave Drag     Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and A. A. M. Holtslag, C. J. Nappo, and L. Mahrt |  
 |   | JP4.7 | Measurements of the diurnal cycle of temperature, humidity, wind, and carbon dioxide in a subalpine forest during the Carbon in the Mountains Experiment (CME04)     Sean P. Burns, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun, S. P. Oncley, A. C. Delany, B. Stephens, D. E. Anderson, D. Schimel, D. Lenschow, and R. Monson |  
 |   | JP4.8 | Energy-similarity -- a new turbulence closure model for the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer     Thorsten Mauritsen, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and G. Svensson, S. Zilitinkevich, I. Esau, L. Enger, and B. Grisogono |  
 |   | JP4.9 | Observations of velocity variance in the stable boundary layer     Dean Vickers, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and L. Mahrt |  
 |   | JP4.10 | Katabatic wind over gentle slope on the Majorca Island     Daniel Martínez Villagrasa, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; and J. Cuxart Rodamilans and M. A. Jiménez Cortés |  
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 | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan Joint Poster Session 5 Turbulence over Complex Terrain (Joint between 17BLT and 27AgForest) | 
 |   | JP5.1 | Topographycal Effect on Soil Respiration in Mountanious Catchment    Koji Tamai, Forestry & Forest Products Research Institute, Kumamoto, Japan |  
 |   | JP5.2 | The role of clearcuts and spatial disturbances on the downwind canopy layer flow and turbulence    Gengsheng Zhang, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA; and M. Y. Leclerc, A. Karipot, C. Thomas, and T. Foken |  
 |   | JP5.3 | The role of advection on CO2 flux measurements at the Cabauw tall tower, The Netherlands     Cindy Werner, Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Taupo, New Zealand; and F. C. Bosveld, A. Vermeulen, and E. Moors |  
 |   | JP5.4 | On the sensitivity of Lagrangian Stochastic footprint modeling to within canopy flow statistics derived from Wavelet analysis     Mathias Göckede, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. Thomas, T. Markkanen, M. Mauder, J. Ruppert, and T. Foken |  
 |   | JP5.5 | Modeling of the forest gaps-forest interaction     Andrey Sogachev, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, POBox 68, Finland; and M. Y. Leclerc, A. Karipot, G. Zhang, and T. Vesala |  
 |   | JP5.6 | Mesoscale basin flows in the nocturnal boundary-layer: modeling and verification     Antonio Mira Navarro, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; and J. Cuxart, A. Luque, and J. A. Guijarro |  
 |   | JP5.7 | Evaluation of dynamic subgrid-scale models in large-eddy simulations of turbulent flow over a two-dimensional sinusoidal hill     Feng Wan, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; and F. Porté-Agel |  
 |   | JP5.8 | An LES study on the CBLs over heterogeneous land surfaces    Songlak Kang, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and K. J. Davis |  
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 | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan Poster Session 1 Cloudy Boundary Layers (Poster) | 
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 | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan Poster Session 2 Experimental Methods (Poster) | 
 |   | P2.1 | Scalar spectra in the near-dissipation range derived from structure functions     Arnold F. Moene, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and A. Van Dijk |  
 |   | P2.2 | Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observations at Cabauw in the Netherlands     Fred Bosveld, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and A. Vermeulen, E. Moors, H. W. J. Russchenberg, A. Apituley, R. Uijlenhoet, G. De Leeuw, A. F. Moene, and C. Werner |  
 |   | P2.3 | A novel method for the study of near-surface turbulence using 3-d hot-film anemometry: OTIHS     Gregory S. Poulos, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Semmer, J. Militzer, and G. Maclean |  
 |   | P2.4 | An Approach for Estimating Kinematic Heat Flux Loss due to Air-parcel Expansion/Compression in the Surface Layer     Heping Liu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS |  
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 | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan Poster Session 3 GEWEX Atmospheric Boundary Layer Study (GABLS) (Poster) | 
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 | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan Poster Session 4 PBL Parameterizations and Larger-Scale Modelling (Poster) | 
 |   | P4.1 | Simulation of Marine Latent Heat Fluxes in the Unified Model     John M. Edwards, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom |  
 |   | P4.2 | Numerical model of baroclinic turbulence beyond quasi-geostrophic equilibrium    Iordanka Panayotova, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA |  
 |   | P4.3 | Entrainment parameterization based on entrainment zone Richardson number     Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA ESRL, Boulder, CO |  
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 |   | P4.4A | An observational and numerical study of boundary layer structure in a Gulf Coast Environment (Formerly P5.3 and 1.9A)    Sharon Zhong, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and H. J. In, C. B. Clements, M. D. Jang, A. Quishi, and C. -. B. Lee |  
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 | 4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan Poster Session 5 Shear and Convectively Driven Boundary Layers | 
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| Thursday, 25 May 2006 | 
 | 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session 6 Turbulence Over Complex Terrain 1 (Joint between 17BLT and 27AgForest) | 
Cochairs: Tom Horst, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Brian D. Amiro, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada 
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 | 8:00 AM | J6.1 | A Case for a Combined Mesoscale and Climate Model Boundary Layer Parameterization Improvement Project    Eric P. Grimit, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. C. Foster, C. S. Bretherton, L. K. Berg, T. P. Ackerman, C. Mass, and J. R. McCaa |  
 | 8:15 AM | J6.2 | A Wind Tunnel Study of Flow Characteristics near Model Swine Production and Manure Storage Facilities      Thomas J. Sauer, USDA/ARS, Ames, IA; and J. L. Hatfield, F. L. Haan, and J. H. Prueger |  
 | 8:30 AM | J6.3 | Comparison of turbulent statistics and spectra at two heights over a semi-arid grassland surface      John H. Prueger, USDA/ARS, Ames, IA; and L. E. Hipps, W. Eichinger, R. L. Scott, W. P. Kustas, and J. L. Hatfield |  
 | 8:45 AM | J6.4 | Estimates of Horizontal Advection Using Field Measurements in a Crop Canopy      John Kochendorfer, University of California, Davis, CA; and K. T. Paw U and Y. S. Park |  
 |   | J6.5 | Flow fields on and around a semi-arid Sky Island    Constance M. Brown-Mitic, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and M. Leclerc |  
 | 9:00 AM | J6.6 | Impact of terrain heterogeneity on near-surface turbulence: long-term investigation at SIRTA observatory      Clément Fesquet, IPSL, Palaiseau, France; and C. Barthlott, P. Drobinski, T. Dubos, C. Pietras, and M. Haeffelin |  
 |   | J6.7 | Wind Channeling in the Hudson Valley, NY     Ricardo K. Sakai, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. R. Fitzjarrald, C. Walcek, M. J. Czikowsky, and J. M. Freedman |  
 | 9:15 AM | J6.8 | Response of the Hudson Valley boundary layer to diurnal forcing during a case of rotating geostrophic wind      David R. Fitzjarrald, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center/University at Albany and State University of New York, Albany, NY; and R. K. Sakai, J. M. Freedman, and M. J. Czikowsky |  
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 | 10:00 AM | J6.9 | Modeling canopy turbulent flow over complex terrain      Chuixiang Yi, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Monson, Z. Zhai, D. E. Anderson, A. Turnipseed, S. Burns, and B. Lamb |  
 | 10:15 AM | J6.10 | An evaluation of several turbulence closure schemes for modelling thermally induced slope flows      Xiurong Sun, CRESS, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; and W. Weng and P. A. Taylor |  
 | 10:30 AM | J6.11 | Flow over a forested hill: Canopy-atmosphere interactions      Andrew N. Ross, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom |  
 | 10:45 AM | J6.12 | Turbulent flow over isolated ridges; influence of vegetation      Edward Garrett Patton, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. P. Sullivan and K. W. Ayotte |  
 | 11:00 AM | J6.13 | Oscillatory flow regimes in turbulent katabatic flows retrieved from direct numerical simulations    Evgeni Fedorovich, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro |  
 | 11:15 AM | J6.14 | The influence of large wind farms on the atmospheric boundary layer    Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; and D. W. Keith |  
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 | 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday  Side Meeting: The Gewex Atmospheric Boundary Layer Study (GABLS): Current Status and Future Directions will meet in the Rousseau Suite | 
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 | 12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday  Lunch Break | 
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 | 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session 7 Land Surface/PBL/Cloud Coupling (Joint between 17BLT and 27 AgForest) | 
Chair: Shouping Wang, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA 
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 | 1:30 PM | J7.1 | The effect of land surface characteristics on simulated boundary layer meteorology    Fang-Yi Cheng, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and D. W. Byun |  
 | 1:45 PM | J7.2 | Surface wind variability due to convection over land    Steven K. Krueger, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and P. Bogenschutz, M. A. Zulauf, and M. A. Jenkins |  
 | 2:00 PM | J7.3 | Influence of Land Cover, Soil Moisture, and Terrain on the Horizontal Distribution of Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxesin Southeast Kansas during IHOP_2002 and CASES-97    Margaret A. LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and F. Chen, J. Alfieri, and R. L. Grossman |  
 |   | J7.4 | Impact of land surface processes on boundary layer evolution     William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and H. Jin and T. R. Holt |  
 |   | J7.5 | Study land use effect on boundary layer meteorological characteristics    Fang-Yi Cheng, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and D. W. Byun |  
 | 2:15 PM | J7.6 | Evaluation of a new parameterization for fair-weather cumulus      Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. B. Stull |  
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 | 3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday  Coffee Break | 
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 | 3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Session 9 PBL Parameterizations and Larger-Scale Modelling | 
Chair: Joăo Teixeira, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA 
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 | 3:30 PM | 9.1 | Are observed wind speeds too high?    Diane Strassberg, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. A. LeMone and T. Warner |  
 | 3:45 PM | 9.2 | How can we describe the entrainment processes in sheared convective boundary layers?: a large-eddy simulation and mixed-layer theory/model comparison study      David Pino, Technical University of Catalonia, Castelldefels, Spain; and J. Vilŕ-Guerau de Arellano and S. W. Kim |  
 | 4:00 PM | 9.3 | Tests of transilient versus flux-gradient turbulence parameterizations for the prediction of surface layer wind profiles      Robert Conzemius, Windlogics, Inc., Grand Rapids, MN |  
 | 4:15 PM | 9.4 | Parameterization of momentum fluxes and pressure terms in a PBL mass-flux model     Cara-Lyn Lappen, Colorado State University, Durango, CO; and D. A. Randall |  
 | 4:30 PM | 9.5 | Behavior of WRF PBL schemes and land-surface models in 1D simulations during BAMEX      Mariusz Pagowski, NOAA/GSD and CIRA, Colorado State University, Boulder, CO; and J. P. Hacker and D. Rostkier-Edelstein |  
 | 4:45 PM | 9.6 | Cloud - SST feedback simulated from GCM and comparison with observations    Sungsu Park, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. S. Bretherton |  
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 | 5:00 PM, Thursday  17th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence Adjourns | 
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