27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (Expanded View)

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Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 21 May 2006
5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday
Conference Registration
 
Monday, 22 May 2006
7:00 AM, Monday
Conference Registration Continues Through Thurs 25 May
 
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
8:30 AMWelcoming Remarks  
8:45 AMJ1.1Optimizing 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 AMJ1.2Turbulent carbon exchange in very stable conditions  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AMJ1.3Influence 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 AMJ1.4The very stable boundary layer in flat versus complex terrain: CASES-99 versus T-REX  
Gregory S. Poulos, NCAR, Boulder, CO
9:45 AMJ1.5Shallow Boundary Layers and Suppressed Vertical Mixing in the Very Stable Boundary Layer with a Weak LLJ  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AMJ1.6Observations of stratified atmospheric shear-driven turbulence at low and high Richardson numbers  extended abstract wrf recording
Thorsten Mauritsen, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and G. Svensson
10:45 AMJ1.7Classification of Low-Level Jets at Cabauw  extended abstract wrf recording
P. Baas, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and F. C. Bosveld and H. Klein Baltink
11:00 AMJ1.8Structure and formation of the highly stable marine boundary layer over the Gulf of Maine  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AMJ1.9The turbulent structure of the polar stable boundary layer: Wavelet transformation and multiresolution flux decomposition  extended abstract wrf recording
Aline C. Van den Kroonenberg, Technical University Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany; and J. Bange
11:30 AMJ1.10Identifying coherent structures in stable boundary layer flows  
Xiaoning Gilliam, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and S. Basu
11:45 AMJ1.11Influence 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
 
9:15 AM-3:15 PM, Monday, Rousseau Suite
Session 1 Surface Energy Balance and Climate Studies (This session is being held in honor of Dr. Wolfgang Baier, Ottawa, Canada)
Cochairs: David L. Spittlehouse, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Victoria, BC Canada; William J. Massman, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO
9:15 AM1.1Association of Indian monsoon rainfall and its relationship with El-Nino/Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) over India during 1940-2000  
C. V. Singh, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
1.2Variability of air temperature over topographical complex territory at microscale  
Anna Dalla Marta, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; and S. Orlandini and M. Mancini
9:30 AM1.3The Oklahoma Mesonet: decision-support products for agriculture and natural resources using a mesoscale automated weather station network  extended abstract wrf recording
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK; and A. J. Sutherland
9:45 AM1.4The utilizing of radio telemetry system in forest meteorology  extended abstract wrf recording
Grzegorz, Benedykt Durlo, Agricultural Univ. in Cracow, Cracow, Poland
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM1.5Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) Application for the Occurrence Date Prediction of Each Phenological Stage in Wheat Using Climatic Data  extended abstract
Babak Safa, Sepahan Kara Company, Isfahan, Iran; and A. Liaghat
10:45 AM1.6Surface energy components, CO2 flux and canopy resistance from a rice paddy in Taiwan  extended abstract wrf recording
Jeng-Lin Tsai, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; and B. J. Tsuang, P. S. Lu, M. H. Yao, and H. Y. Hsieh
11:00 AM1.7Seasonal Variation of Turbulence Characteristics in and above a Mixed Hardwood Forest Observed at the UMBS AmeriFlux Site  
Hong-Bing Su, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and H. P. Schmid, C. S. Vogel, and P. S. Curtis
11:15 AMPaper 1.8 Moved. New Paper Number is P1.6  
11:16 AM1.8AA field methodology to evaluate sonic anemometer angle of attack errors  
Tilden P. Meyers, NOAA/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and M. Heuer
11:30 AM1.9The simulation of water vapor and carbon dioxide fluxes over irrigated farmland by modified soil-plant-atmosphere model (mSPA)  extended abstract wrf recording
Young-Hee Lee, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea; and J. Kim and J. Hong
11:45 AM1.10Relations between environmental conditions and the ability to close the energy balance  extended abstract
Lawrence E. Hipps, Utah State University, Logan, UT; and J. H. Prueger, W. E. Eichinger, and W. P. Kustas
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM1.11Attempt to close the energy balance for the LITFASS-2003 experiment  extended abstract wrf recording
Thomas Foken, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany; and M. Mauder, C. Liebethal, F. Wimmer, F. Beyrich, S. Raasch, H. A. R. De Bruin, W. M. L. Meijninger, and J. Bange
1:45 PM1.12Summerfallow trends and climate in the Canadian Prairies  extended abstract wrf recording
Samuel Gameda, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and B. Qian, C. A. Campbell, and R. Desjardins
2:00 PM1.13Short-term forecasting of reference evapotranspiration using limited area models and time series techniques  extended abstract wrf recording
Bachisio Arca, Institute of Biometeorology, Sassari, Italy; and D. Spano, R. L. Snyder, M. Fiori, and P. Duce
2:15 PM1.14Statistical analysis of oat yields in relation to weather in Saskatchewan, Canada  
Jon Warland, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
2:30 PM1.15Remote quantification of plume aerosol concentrations over agricultural and forest canopies  extended abstract wrf recording
April L. Hiscox, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and D. R. Miller and C. J. Nappo
2:45 PM1.16On maize pollen transport in the atmospheric boundary layer  
Yves Brunet, INRA-Ephyse, Villenave d'Ornon, France
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday
Coffee Break
 
3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Monday, Rousseau Suite
Session 2 local micro-climates
Chair: Tilden P. Meyers, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN
3:30 PM2.1Impact of savanna burning on surface properties and feedbacks to local and regional climate  
Jason Beringer, Monash University, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; and K. Görgen, L. B. Hutley, A. H. Lynch, A. Marshall, and N. J. Tapper
3:45 PM2.2Long term consequences of a controlled slash burn and slash mastication to soil moisture and CO2 at a southern Colorado site  extended abstract wrf recording
William J. Massman, US Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Frank, A. E. Jimenez Esquilin, M. E. Stromberger, and W. D. Shepperd
4:00 PM2.3Evaluating Rainfall Interception in an Urban Forest  
Cesar Veliz, GHCC, Queretaro, Mexico; and E. Gonzalez, A. Guevara, E. Ventura, M. A. Dominguez, and N. M. Ramos
4:15 PM2.4Effects of controlled burns on the bulk density and thermal conductivity of soils at a southern Colorado site  extended abstract wrf recording
William J. Massman, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Frank
4:30 PM2.5Contribution of dew to the water budget and ecology of a grassland area in the Netherlands  extended abstract wrf recording
A. F. G. Jacobs, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands; and B. G. Heusinkveld, A. A. M. Holtslag, and S. Berkowicz
4:45 PM2.6Annual water balance of high elevation forest and clearcut sites  extended abstract wrf recording
David L. Spittlehouse, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Victoria, BC, Canada
 
5:00 PM, Monday
Sessions End for the Day
 
5:15 PM, Monday
Side Meeting for the Canadian Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology to be held in the Rousseau Suite
 
5:15 PM, Monday
Side Meeting: The Canadian Society of Agriculture and Forest Meteorology will meet on Mon. at 5:15pm in the Rousseau Suite. All are welcome.
 
Tuesday, 23 May 2006
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
8:15 AMJ2.1Eddy structure near the plant canopy interface  extended abstract wrf recording
Roger H. Shaw, University of California, Davis, CA; and J. J. Finnigan, E. G. Patton, and L. Fitzmaurice
8:30 AMJ2.2Numerical investigation of coherent structures in a forest edge flow  
Sylvain Dupont, INRA , UR1263 EPHYSE, Villenave d'Ornon, France; and Y. Brunet
8:45 AMJ2.3Large-Eddy Simulation of the Roughness Sublayer within and above Forest Canopies and Its Transition to the Outer Regions of the Atmospheric Boundary Layers  extended abstract wrf recording
Hong-Bing Su, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; and E. G. Patton
9:00 AMJ2.4Flow simulation of turbulent and mean advective velocity and scalar fields across a canopy edge  extended abstract
Young-San Park, University of California, Davis, CA; and K. T. Paw U
9:15 AMJ2.5Impact 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 AMJ2.6The impact of a dense canopy on the wind profile and evolution of the boundary layer  extended abstract wrf recording
Ian N. Harman, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia; and J. J. Finnigan
9:45 AMJ2.7Flow Structure and Turbulence in a Model Plant Canopy  extended abstract
Weihong Zhu, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and R. van Hout and J. Katz
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AMJ2.8Comparing spectra and cospectra in nearly flat terrain with those in the roughness sublayer above the Amazon forest  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AMJ2.9A turbulence kinetic energy budget analysis in a windtunnel model canopy  extended abstract wrf recording
Wusi Yue, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and W. Zhu, C. Meneveau, M. B. Parlange, H. S. Kang, and J. Katz
J2.10Large-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
 
12:15 PM-1:45 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break
 
1:45 PM-3:15 PM, Tuesday, Rousseau Suite
Session 3 Water/Carbon Cycle Relationships
Chair: Dennis Baldocchi, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1:45 PM3.1Continuous isotope signal of water balance in a northeastern forest in the United States  
Kyounghee Kim, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and X. Lee
2:00 PM3.2Ecohydrological impacts of woody plant encroachment within a semiarid riparian environment  
Russell L. Scott, USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ; and T. E. Huxman and D. G. Williams
2:15 PM3.3Interannual variability of water use efficiency in an old-growth forest under drought conditions  extended abstract wrf recording
Matthias Falk, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and K. T. Paw U, S. Wharton, and M. Schroeder
2:30 PM3.4Long-term carbon exchange in an old-growth temperate rain forest  extended abstract wrf recording
R. David Pyles, University of California, Davis, CA; and S. Wharton, L. Xu, K. T. Paw U, M. Falk, M. Schoeder, and J. Kochendorfer
2:45 PM3.5Net Ecosystem Exchange, Evapotranspiration and Canopy Conductance in a Riparian Forest  extended abstract wrf recording
John Kochendorfer, University of California, Davis, CA; and K. T. Paw U and E. G. Castillo Aranda
3:00 PM3.6The impact of water stress on carbon exchange in two contrasting stand-age coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest  extended abstract wrf recording
Sonia Wharton, University of California, Davis, CA; and M. Schroeder, M. Falk, and K. T. Paw U
 
3:15 PM-3:45 PM, Tuesday
Coffee Break
 
3:45 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, Rousseau Suite
Session 4 Trace Gas Fluxes Including NH3, Aerosols, CH4, N2O etc
Chair: Jonathan M. Welles, LI-COR BioSciences, Lincoln, NE
3:45 PM4.1Tower-based N2O flux measurements following liquid dairy manure applications over a forage field  
Elizabeth Pattey, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and L. G. Blackburn, I. B. Strachan, and C. Forget
4:00 PM4.2Total ozone deposition and sink distribution in a grass canopy  
Christof Ammann, Agroscope FAL, Zurich, Switzerland; and M. Jäggi, A. Neftel, and J. Fuhrer
4:15 PM4.3Gaseous mercury in background forest soil in the northeastern United States  
Jeffrey M. Sigler, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and X. Lee
4:30 PM4.4Airborne and ground-level characterization of the ammonia plume from a beef cattle feedlot  
Ralf M. Staebler, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and S. M. Li, K. Hayden, C. Mihele, and S. McGinn
4:45 PM4.5Measurement of CO2 carbon Isotope fluxes from conventional and no-till agricultural fields  
G. B. Drewitt, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada; and J. Warland and C. Wagner-Riddle
 
5:00 PM, Tuesday
Sessions End for the Day
 
6:30 PM-8:30 PM, Tuesday
William D. Evans Sternwheeler Cruise Event
 
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
8:00 AMJ4.1Intermittent Turbulence in Stable Boundary Layers and Its Influence on Turbulence Parameterization  
Jielun Sun, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. P. Burns
8:15 AMJ4.2Intermittent bursting of turbulence in a stable boundary layer with low-level jet  extended abstract wrf recording
Yuji Ohya, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan; and R. Nakamura and T. Uchida
8:30 AMJ4.3Influence of intermittency on similarity theory  
Larry Mahrt, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and D. Vickers
8:45 AMJ4.4An episode of intermittent turbulence in the nightime PBL during the JORNADA field study  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AMJ4.5Study of an observed Low-Level Jet through Large-Eddy Simulations  extended abstract wrf recording
Joan Cuxart, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; and M. A. Jiménez Cortés
9:15 AMJ4.6A Formula for the Depth of the Stable Boundary Layer: Evaluation and Dimensional Analysis  extended abstract wrf recording
Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and B. J. H. Van de Wiel and A. A. M. Holtslag
9:30 AMJ4.7Consequences 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 AMJ4.8Instability of the stable boundary layer?  extended abstract wrf recording
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
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break
 
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
1:30 PMJ5.1Seasonal 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 PMJ5.2Scaling surface energy fluxes in a tall-grass prairie using large aperture scintillometer and MODIS data  extended abstract wrf recording
Nathaniel A. Brunsell, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and J. M. Ham
2:00 PMJ5.3Retrieval of Micro scale Flow Structures from Dual-Doppler Lidar Data Measured in the Urban Boundary Layer  extended abstract wrf recording
Quanxin Xia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and C. L. Lin, R. Calhoun, and R. K. Newsom
2:15 PMJ5.4Parameter Estimation in a Land-Surface Model Using Atmospheric Data Assimilation: Finding Distributions for Use in an Ensemble Prediction System  extended abstract wrf recording
Joshua P. Hacker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Pagowski and D. Rostkier-Edelstein
2:30 PMJ5.5Linking 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 PMJ5.6Evaluation 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 PMJ5.7Estimating land vegetation conditions using surface radiation flux measurements  
Tim Wilson, NOAA/ERL/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and T. P. Meyers
3:15 PMJ5.8Estimates of boundary layer profiles by means of ensemble-filter assimilation of near surface observations in a parameterized PBL  extended abstract wrf recording
Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Hacker and M. Pagowski
3:30 PMJ5.9Determining the ground heat flux using a variational technique  extended abstract wrf recording
Reinder Ronda, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and F. C. Bosveld
3:45 PMJ5.10An evaluation of estimations of atmospheric turbulence from coherent Doppler lidar data  extended abstract wrf recording
Anupama Mattegunta, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. Calhoun, H. J. S. Fernando, and A. Wieser
 
4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday
Formal Poster Viewing and Reception (Cash Bar)
 
4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan
Joint Poster Session 1 Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation (Joint between 17BLT and 27AgForest)
 JP1.1Lidar observations of the boundary layer using an aerosol and ozone profiler  extended abstract
Hugo Michael Anthony Ricketts, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; and G. Vaughan, E. G. Norton, and D. P. Wareing
 JP1.2Estimating surface heat fluxes and related parameters by combining satellite brightness temperature and a heat budget model over a semi-arid steppe  extended abstract
Dai Matsushima, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino, Japan
 
4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan
Joint Poster Session 2 Roughness Sublayer Turbulence (Jointbetween 17BLT and27AgForest)
 JP2.1Numerical simulations of the urban boundary layer observed during Joint Urban 2003  
Jocelyn Mailhot, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Bélair, A. Lemonsu, and L. Tong
 JP2.2Large-eddy simulation of forest edge flow with ARPS  
Sylvain Dupont, INRA - EPHYSE, Villenave d'Ornon, France; and Y. Brunet
 
4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan
Joint Poster Session 4 Stable Boundary Layers and Intermittency (Joint between 17BLT and 27AgForest)
 JP4.1Turbulence 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
 JP4.2Surface heterogeneity effects on regional-scale fluxes in stable boundary layers: an LES study  extended abstract
Rob Stoll, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; and F. Porté-Agel
 JP4.3Sensitivity 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
 JP4.4Sensible 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
 JP4.5Quasi-wavelet formulations of turbulence with intermittency and correlated field properties  extended abstract
D. Keith Wilson, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and G. H. Goedecke and V. E. Ostashev
 JP4.6On the Excess Mixing in NWP Models in Stable Boundary Layers: the Possible Role of Orographic generated Sub-grid Gravity Wave Drag  extended abstract
Gert-Jan Steeneveld, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and A. A. M. Holtslag, C. J. Nappo, and L. Mahrt
 JP4.7Measurements of the diurnal cycle of temperature, humidity, wind, and carbon dioxide in a subalpine forest during the Carbon in the Mountains Experiment (CME04)  extended abstract
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
 JP4.8Energy-similarity -- a new turbulence closure model for the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer  extended abstract
Thorsten Mauritsen, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and G. Svensson, S. Zilitinkevich, I. Esau, L. Enger, and B. Grisogono
 JP4.9Observations of velocity variance in the stable boundary layer  extended abstract
Dean Vickers, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and L. Mahrt
 JP4.10Katabatic wind over gentle slope on the Majorca Island  extended abstract
Daniel Martínez Villagrasa, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; and J. Cuxart Rodamilans and M. A. Jiménez Cortés
 
4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan
Joint Poster Session 5 Turbulence over Complex Terrain (Joint between 17BLT and 27AgForest)
 JP5.1Topographycal Effect on Soil Respiration in Mountanious Catchment  
Koji Tamai, Forestry & Forest Products Research Institute, Kumamoto, Japan
 JP5.2The 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
 JP5.3The role of advection on CO2 flux measurements at the Cabauw tall tower, The Netherlands  extended abstract
Cindy Werner, Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Taupo, New Zealand; and F. C. Bosveld, A. Vermeulen, and E. Moors
 JP5.4On the sensitivity of Lagrangian Stochastic footprint modeling to within canopy flow statistics derived from Wavelet analysis  extended abstract
Mathias Göckede, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. Thomas, T. Markkanen, M. Mauder, J. Ruppert, and T. Foken
 JP5.5Modeling of the forest gaps-forest interaction  extended abstract
Andrey Sogachev, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, POBox 68, Finland; and M. Y. Leclerc, A. Karipot, G. Zhang, and T. Vesala
 JP5.6Mesoscale basin flows in the nocturnal boundary-layer: modeling and verification  extended abstract
Antonio Mira Navarro, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; and J. Cuxart, A. Luque, and J. A. Guijarro
 JP5.7Evaluation of dynamic subgrid-scale models in large-eddy simulations of turbulent flow over a two-dimensional sinusoidal hill  extended abstract
Feng Wan, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; and F. Porté-Agel
JP5.8An LES study on the CBLs over heterogeneous land surfaces  
Songlak Kang, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and K. J. Davis
 
4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan
Poster Session 1 Surface Energy Balance and Climate Studies
 P1.1Turbulent fluxes produced by a prescribed burn of a large prairie  
Sharon Zhong, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and C. Clements, G. Aumann, and B. E. Potter
 P1.2Surface energy balances of Canadian boreal forests following fire  extended abstract
Alison Sass, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and B. D. Amiro and A. L. Orchansky
 P1.3Simulation of stable carbon isotope dynamics of a C4 crop canopy  
Jianmin Zhang, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; and T. J. Griffis and J. M. Baker
 P1.4Practical application of the surface renewal method  
R. L. Snyder, University of California, Davis, CA; and D. Spano, P. Duce, and K. T. Paw U
 P1.5Multiple regression analyze the relationship between crop size of cereals (winter wheat, winter rye) and weather conditions, verified with the cross validation test  
E. Draganska, Warmia & Mazury University, Olsztyn, Poland; and Z. Szwejkowski
 P1.6Evapotranspiration measurements for a semi-arid wetland in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, USA (Foremerly Paper 1.8)  
Frank E. Anderson, University of California, Davis, CA; and R. L. Snyder and J. Z. Drexler
 
4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan
Poster Session 2 Water/Carbon Cycle Relationships
 P2.1Direct observation of the evaporation of intercepted water over an old-growth forest in the eastern Amazon region  extended abstract
Matthew J. Czikowsky, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. R. Fitzjarrald, O. Moraes, R. K. Sakai, O. C. Acevedo, R. Silva, L. E. Medeiros, and L. R. Hutyra
 
4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan
Poster Session 3 Trace Gas Fluxes Including NH3, Aerosols, CH4, N2o Etc.
 P3.1Examining the greenhouse gas budget of two agroecosystems grown under contrasting management scenarios  
T.K. Bavin, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; and T. J. Griffis and J. M. Baker
 
4:30 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday, Toucan
Poster Session 4 Net CO2 Exchange
 P4.1When do replanted sub-boreal clearcuts become net sinks for CO2?  
Arthur L. Fredeen, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada; and T. G. Pypker and J. D. Waughtal
 P4.2Net ecosystem exchange from a cattail marsh within the Mer Bleue wetland complex in Ontario, Canada  
Marie-Claude Bonneville, McGill University, Ste Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada; and I. B. Strachan, E. R. Humphreys, and N. T. Roulet
 P4.3Ecosystem co2 flux over two years for a 200-year-old Chinese broad-leaved korean pine mixed forest  
Junhui Zhang, Institute of Applied Ecology/Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning, China; and S. Han
 P4.4Correcting apparent off-season CO2 uptake due to surface heating of an open path gas analyzer: progress report of an ongoing study  extended abstract
G.G. Burba, LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, NE; and D. J. Anderson, L. Xu, and D. K. McDermitt
 P4.5CO2 Concentration and Flux in a California's Oak/Grass Savanna  extended abstract
Siyan Ma, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and D. Baldocchi and T. Hehn
 P4.6An alternative approach for WPL: contribution from water vapor  extended abstract
Heping Liu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
 P4.7A perspective on carbon dioxide flux measurements using an open-path infrared gas analyzer in cold environments  extended abstract
Brian D. Amiro, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and A. L. Orchansky and A. Sass
 
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
8:00 AMJ6.1A 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 AMJ6.2A Wind Tunnel Study of Flow Characteristics near Model Swine Production and Manure Storage Facilities  extended abstract wrf recording
Thomas J. Sauer, USDA/ARS, Ames, IA; and J. L. Hatfield, F. L. Haan, and J. H. Prueger
8:30 AMJ6.3Comparison of turbulent statistics and spectra at two heights over a semi-arid grassland surface  extended abstract wrf recording
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 AMJ6.4Estimates of Horizontal Advection Using Field Measurements in a Crop Canopy  extended abstract wrf recording
John Kochendorfer, University of California, Davis, CA; and K. T. Paw U and Y. S. Park
J6.5Flow fields on and around a semi-arid Sky Island  
Constance M. Brown-Mitic, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and M. Leclerc
9:00 AMJ6.6Impact of terrain heterogeneity on near-surface turbulence: long-term investigation at SIRTA observatory  extended abstract wrf recording
Clément Fesquet, IPSL, Palaiseau, France; and C. Barthlott, P. Drobinski, T. Dubos, C. Pietras, and M. Haeffelin
J6.7Wind Channeling in the Hudson Valley, NY  extended abstract
Ricardo K. Sakai, University at Albany/SUNY, Albany, NY; and D. R. Fitzjarrald, C. Walcek, M. J. Czikowsky, and J. M. Freedman
9:15 AMJ6.8Response of the Hudson Valley boundary layer to diurnal forcing during a case of rotating geostrophic wind  extended abstract wrf recording
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
9:30 AMCoffee Break  
10:00 AMJ6.9Modeling canopy turbulent flow over complex terrain  extended abstract wrf recording
Chuixiang Yi, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Monson, Z. Zhai, D. E. Anderson, A. Turnipseed, S. Burns, and B. Lamb
10:15 AMJ6.10An evaluation of several turbulence closure schemes for modelling thermally induced slope flows  extended abstract wrf recording
Xiurong Sun, CRESS, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; and W. Weng and P. A. Taylor
10:30 AMJ6.11Flow over a forested hill: Canopy-atmosphere interactions  extended abstract wrf recording
Andrew N. Ross, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
10:45 AMJ6.12Turbulent flow over isolated ridges; influence of vegetation  extended abstract wrf recording
Edward Garrett Patton, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. P. Sullivan and K. W. Ayotte
11:00 AMJ6.13Oscillatory flow regimes in turbulent katabatic flows retrieved from direct numerical simulations  
Evgeni Fedorovich, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. Shapiro
11:15 AMJ6.14The influence of large wind farms on the atmospheric boundary layer  
Amanda S. Adams, Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; and D. W. Keith
 
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
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break
 
1:00 PM-5:15 PM, Thursday, Rousseau Suite
Session 5 Net CO2 Exchange
Cochairs: Russell L. Scott, USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ; Andrew Sukyer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
1:00 PM5.1Water, energy and carbon fluxes from the world's tallest anigosperm (Eucalyptus regnans) at Wallaby Creek, south-eastern Australia  
Jason Beringer, Monash University, Monash, Victoria, Australia; and L. B. Hutley, M. Kilinc, A. D. McGuire, and I. McHugh
1:15 PM5.2Short-Term Response of Soil Respiration to Rain Events in Temperate Forests  
Hui-Ju Wu, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT; and X. Lee
1:30 PM5.3Separating the corn from the beans: conditional sampling from airborne turbulence measurements to assess the contribution of individual components to the bulk flux  extended abstract wrf recording
R. J. Dobosy, NOAA/ARL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and S. Kirby and D. Williamson
1:45 PM5.4Seasonality and inter-annual forest—atmosphere carbon and water exchanges in a Portuguese Eucalyptus plantation (Mediterranean climate)  extended abstract wrf recording
Joăo António Gomes da Silva Mateus, Tecnical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal; and G. P. A. Pita and A. M. Rodrigues
2:00 PM5.5Seasonal and interannual variability of ecosystem respiration in maize-soybean cropping systems  
Andrew E. Suyker, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and S. B. Verma
2:15 PM5.6Potential impact of future climate changes on net carbon exchange in an old-growth temperate rainforest  
R. David Pyles, University of California, Davis, CA; and K. T. Paw U and S. Wharton
2:30 PM5.7Observations of canopy light penetration and net ecosystem exchange of CO2 under different sky conditions in a mid-western mixed deciduous forest  extended abstract wrf recording
Andrew J. Oliphant, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA; and W. Rose, H. P. Schmid, and S. Grimmond
2:45 PM5.8Net ecosystem productivity of a boreal aspen forest during and following drought  
Praveena Krishnan, NOAA, Oak Ridge, TN; and A. Black, N. J. Grant, A. G. Barr, E. (. H. Hogg, R. Jassal, and K. Morgenstern
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM5.9A marked pulse in annual gross ecosystem productivity detected by E-C measurements in Indiana: is it real or due to a bug?  extended abstract wrf recording
H. P. Schmid, Research Center Karlsruhe, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; and D. Dragoni, C. A. Wayson, R. Toriumi, and C. S. B. Grimmond
5.10Monitoring Carbon, Heat, and Water Vapor turbulent fluxes over an Agricultural Field in Western Amazon  extended abstract
Ricardo K. Sakai, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center/University at Albany and State University of New York, Albany, NY; and D. R. Fitzjarrald, O. Moraes, M. J. Czikowsky, O. C. Acevedo, R. Silva, and T. Beldini
3:45 PM5.11Evaluation of uncertainty in eddy covariance measurements within Fluxnet-Canada  extended abstract wrf recording
Kai Morgenstern, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and T. A. Black and Z. Nesic
4:00 PM5.12Energy and CO2 exchanges of a Mediterranean shrubland ecosystem  extended abstract wrf recording
Donatella Spano, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; and P. Duce, C. Sirca, P. Zara, S. Marras, S. Pisanu, A. Arca, and A. Ventura
4:15 PM5.13Effect of soil moisture conditions on CO2 exchange and carbon budget of managed grassland in central Europe  
Christof Ammann, Agroscope FAL, Zurich, Switzerland; and A. Neftel, C. Flechard, and J. Fuhrer
4:30 PM5.14Deriving the distribution of carbon dioxide surface fluxes using concentratons at a tall and an Eulerian transport model  
Reinder Ronda, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands; and A. Dolman and A. Meesters
4:45 PM5.15Net ecosystem CO2 exchange of two peatlands with contrasting vegetation in northern Alberta, Canada  extended abstract wrf recording
Aaron J. Glenn, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; and L. B. Flanagan, K. H. Syed, and P. J. Carlson
 
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
1:30 PMJ7.1The effect of land surface characteristics on simulated boundary layer meteorology  
Fang-Yi Cheng, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and D. W. Byun
1:45 PMJ7.2Surface 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 PMJ7.3Influence 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
J7.4Impact of land surface processes on boundary layer evolution  extended abstract
William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and H. Jin and T. R. Holt
J7.5Study land use effect on boundary layer meteorological characteristics  
Fang-Yi Cheng, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and D. W. Byun
2:15 PMJ7.6Evaluation of a new parameterization for fair-weather cumulus  extended abstract wrf recording
Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. B. Stull
 
5:15 PM, Thursday
27th Conference on Agriculture and Forest Meteorology Adjourns
 

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