Session: Turbulence Over Complex Terrain 1 (Joint between 17BLT and 27AgForest) (17th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and the 17th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology)

Thursday, 25 May 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence; and the 27th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology )

Cochairs:

Tom Horst, NCAR, Atmospheric Technology Department (NCAR), Boulder, CO and Brian D. Amiro, University of Manitoba, Soil Science, Winnipeg, MB

Papers:

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

Recorded presentation

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 Jr., and J. H. Prueger

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (176.1 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (49.3 kB)

J6.5

Flow fields on and around a semi-arid Sky Island

9:15 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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (636.2 kB)

J6.7

Wind Channeling in the Hudson Valley, NY

Presentation PDF (256.5 kB)

9:45 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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1021.6 kB)

10:00 AM

J6.9

Modeling canopy turbulent flow over complex terrain

Chuixiang Yi, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY; and R. Monson, Z. Zhai, D. E. Anderson, A. Turnipseed, S. Burns, and B. Lamb

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (445.7 kB)

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (356.4 kB)

10:30 AM

J6.11

Flow over a forested hill: Canopy-atmosphere interactions

Andrew N. Ross, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom