17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change/15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics/13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Session 1

Tropical Dynamics

Location: Ballroom B (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Organizer: Ming Cai, Florida State University

8:30 AM

1.1

Self-Similarity in Organized Tropical Convection

George N. Kiladis, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and K. H. Straub and P. T. Haertel

Recorded presentation

8:50 AM

1.2

Characterizing the ITCZ in the central to eastern Pacific on synoptic timescales in observations

Chia–chi Wang, Taipei, Taiwan; and G. Magnusdottir

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.9 MB)

9:10 AM

1.3

Regulation of tropical deep convection by boundary layer momentum dynamics and free tropospheric thermodynamics

Adam H. Sobel, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and J. D. Neelin

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.4

Connections between PV Intrusions and Tropical Convection

Beatriz Funatsu, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and D. W. Waugh

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (241.5 kB)

9:50 AM

1.5

Precipitation fronts and tropical wave dynamics

Olivier Pauluis, New York Univ., New York, NY; and D. M. Frierson and A. J. Majda

Recorded presentation

Session 1

new results from the AURA satellite

Location: Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: Steven Pawson, NASA/GSFC

8:30 AM

1.1

Welcoming Remarks

8:35 AM

1.2

Overview of the EOS-Aura Mission

Mark Schoeberl, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. R. Douglass and E. Hilsenrath

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

1.3

The Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer on Aura

Michael R. Gunson, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. Beer

9:30 AM

1.4

The Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS MLS) on the Aura satellite

Joe W. Waters, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and L. Froidevaux, R. S. Harwood, R. F. Jarnot, H. M. Pickett, W. G. Read, R. E. Cofield, M. J. Filipiak, N. J. Livesey, G. L. Manney, M. L. Santee, H. C. Pumphrey, and D. L. Wu

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1.5

Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI): First results

Pieternel Levelt, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, Netherlands; and P. Siegmund, E. Hilsenrath, G. W. Leppelmeier, J. Tamminen, B. Van den Oord, P. K. Bhartia, and A. Malkki

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

1.6

Scientific information recovered from the partially obstructed HIRDLS instrument

John Gille, University of Colorado and NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Lambert, J. Barnett, T. Eden, D. Kinnison, M. J. Alexander, and S. Massie

11:00 AM

1.7

The Aura Validation Experiment (AVE)

Paul A. Newman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. W. Fahey, R. R. Friedl, M. N. Ross, M. Schoeberl, and E. J. Jensen

Recorded presentation

11:25 AM

1.8

Summary of the Polar AVE Mission

Mark Schoeberl, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Jensen

Recorded presentation

11:50 AM

1.4a

Coffee Break

12:10 PM

1.8a

Lunch Break

Session 2

Mixing Processes

Location: Ballroom B (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Organizer: Keith Ngan, McGill

2.1

The role of shear instability in thermohaline intrusions

10:50 AM

2.2

Destruction of potential vorticity by winds

Leif N. Thomas, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (159.2 kB)

11:10 AM

2.3

Impact of stability on the gas transfer through the skin layer at the air-sea interface

Christoph Zuelicke, Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kuehlungsborn, Germany

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

2.4

Studying "effective diffusivities" in the ocean using tracer stirring and adjoint techniques

David Ferreira, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. Marshall

Recorded presentation

11:50 AM

2.5

Interactive ocean mixing

Robert Lindsay Korty, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. Scott and K. Emanuel

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 1

dynamics and Changes of climate modes, including annular modes (Joint with Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variations)

Location: Ballroom D (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Organizers: Annmarie Eldering, JPL; Toshiki Iwasaki, Tohoku Univ.

10:30 AM

J1.1

The direct effect of stratospheric variability on the tropospheric circulation

David W. J. Thompson, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO

11:00 AM

J1.2

The quasi-two-day wave in a middle atmosphere GCM

Diane Pendlebury, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Recorded presentation

11:20 AM

J1.3

The Northern Annular Mode: Atlantic vs. Pacific

Scott J. Eichelberger, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

11:40 AM

J1.4

Variability of the Antarctic Oscillation during the Twentieth Century

Julie M. Jones, GKSS Research Centre, Geesthacht, Germany; and M. Widmann

12:00 PM

J1.5

Seasonality of Synoptic Eddy Feedback and Arctic Oscillation/North Atlantic Oscillation

Lin-Lin Pan, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and F. F. Jin

Recorded presentation

12:20 PM

J1.6

Rossby-wave/orographic dynamics of the northern hemisphere

Peter B. Rhines, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

12:40 PM

J1.7

Opposing effects of reflective and non–reflective planetary wave breaking on the NAO

John T. Abatzoglou, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and G. Magnusdottir

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (271.1 kB)

1:00 PM

J1.8

Maintenance of the annular mode patterns in a simple atmospheric general circulation model

Michael J. Ring, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. A. Plumb

1:20 PM

J1.9

Low frequency variability induced by continents and potential vorticity sources

Daniel Hodyss, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and T. Nathan

1:40 PM

J1.10

Dynamics of the interannual variability of the winter Pacific storm track

Yanjuan Guo, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and E. K. M. Chang

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

J1.11

Does the position of the Southern Ocean westerly winds represent a negative feedback on anthropogenic carbon dioxide?

Joellen Russell, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and K. W. Dixon, A. Gnanadesikan, R. J. Stouffer, and R. Toggweiler

2:20 PM

J1.12

Intraseasonal dynamical evolution of the Northern Annular Mode

Brent A. McDaniel, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and R. X. Black

Recorded presentation

2:40 PM

J1.4a

Lunch Break

4:15 PM

J1.9a

Coffee Break

Session 2

mesopheric and Thermospheric science (Including TIMED)

Location: Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia

1:45 PM

2.1

Using TIMED to Characterize the Ozone and Thermal Structure in the Middle Atmosphere

Anne K. Smith, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. R. Marsh, M. G. Mlynczak, and J. M. Russell III

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

2.2

Solar heating, chemical heating, and infrared cooling of the mesosphere as revealed by the SABER experiment

Martin G. Mlynczak, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and F. J. Martin-Torres, C. Mertens, J. M. Russell III, B. T. Marshall, L. Gordley, and E. Remsberg

Recorded presentation

Session 3

Stochastic Modeling

Location: Ballroom B (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Organizer: F. Kwasniok, Univ. of Oldenburg

1:45 PM

3.1

The stochastic parametric mechanism for generation of surface water waves by wind

Petros J. Ioannou, Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece; and B. Farrell

Recorded presentation

2:05 PM

3.2

Systematic Reduced Stochastic Climate Models of Atmospheric Low-Frequency Variability

Christian Franzke, New York Univ., New York, NY; and A. J. Majda

Recorded presentation

2:25 PM

3.3

Extracting low-order stochastic models from data

Daan Crommelin, New York Univ., New York, NY; and E. Vanden-Eijnden

Recorded presentation

Session 3

General middle atmosphere session (radiation/chemistry/transport)

Location: Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

Organizer: John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia

2:35 PM

3.1

Forecasting of the dynamics and composition of the 2004-2005 Arctic vortex

Steven Pawson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. W. Tan, S. R. Kawa, J. E. Nielsen, and A. M. Da Silva

Recorded presentation

2:55 PM

3.2

Cold tracer parameterizatio of heterogeneous ozone loss in a global NWP model

Lawrence Coy, Naval Research Laboratory, E.O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Washington, DC; and D. Allen, J. P. McCormack, S. Eckermann, D. Lary, and T. Hogan

Recorded presentation

3:15 PM

3.3

UT/LS mixing determined from in situ and satellite ozone measurements in the region of the subtropical jet

E. A. Ray, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and K. H. Rosenlof, A. F. Tuck, and D. Parrish

Recorded presentation

3:35 PM

3.4

Variability of the Lagrangian turbulent diffusion in the lower stratosphere in the lower stratosphere

Bernard Legras, LMD/IPSL= Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique / Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, 75231 PARIS Cedex 05, France; and I. Pisso, G. Berthet, and F. Lefevre

Recorded presentation

3:55 PM

3.5

Application of the University of Wisconsin Nonhydrostatic Modeling System (UWNMS) to large scale interaction between the Northern and Southern hemispheres

Marek J. Rogal, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI; and M. H. Hitchman, M. L. Buker, and I. Stajner

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

3.2a

Coffee Break

Session 4

Thermohaline flows

Location: Ballroom B (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Organizer: Anand Gnanadesikan, Johns Hopkins University

2:45 PM

4.1

Glacial climate variability and millenial scale oscillations

Geoffrey K. Vallis, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and J. Loving

3:05 PM

4.2

Limitation of large-scale ocean transport by small-scale mixing

Paola Cessi, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and W. R. Young

Recorded presentation

3:25 PM

4.3

Large scale circulation and convective buoyancy losses

Claudia Pasquero, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and J. Adkins and A. Ingersoll

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

4.4

Sandstrom's theorem and the energetics of horizontal convection

William R. Young, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA

4:05 PM

4.2a

Coffee Break

Poster Session 1

Fluid Dynamics Posters I

Location: Thomas Paine B (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

P1.1

What does Sandstrom's Theorem tell us about the ocean overturning circulation?

Anand Gnanadesikan, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

P1.2

Turbulent mixing underneath surface waves

Genglin Tang, NASA GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA; and S. R. Long and N. E. Huang

Handout (603.6 kB)

P1.3

Two dimensional ageostrophic secondary circulation at ocean fronts due to vertical mixing and large scale deformation

Takeyoshi Nagai, Univ. of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, MA; and A. Tandon

P1.4

Sensitivity of ocean's climate to diapycnal diffusivity in a coupled model

Fabio Dalan, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and P. H. Stone, I. V. Kamenkovich, and J. R. Scott

P1.5

Nonlinear Stochastic Low-Order Models of Atmospheric Low-Frequency Variability

F. Kwasniok, Univ. of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

P1.6

Efficiency of mixing in thin stratified layers

P1.7

DNS of reduced equations for rotationally constrained nonhydrostatic flows

Michael Sprague, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and K. Julien, E. Knobloch, and J. Werne

P1.8

Daily to decadal sea surface temperature variability driven by state-dependent stochastic heat fluxes

Philip Sura, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and M. Newman and M. Alexander

P1.9

Buoyant plumes in a cross flow: Numerical simulations and laboratory experiments

Philip Cunningham, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL

P1.10

A study of oceanic mixing processes: strong wind regime

Li-Wen Wang, National Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan; and H. H. Chia, X. Li, and C. H. Sui

P1.11

A study of oceanic mixing processes: moderate wind regime

Chung-Hsiung Sui, National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and H. H. Chia, L. W. Wang, and H. Liu

Joint Poster Session 1

DYNAMICS AND CHANGES OF CLIMATE MODES, INCLUDING ANNULAR MODES (JOINT WITH MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE, FLUID DYNAMICS AND CLIMATE VARIATIONS)-POSTER

Location: Riverside (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

JP1.1

On the Zonal Structure of the Annular Modes

Paul J. Kushner, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. Lee

JP1.2

Interference of extratropical surface climate anomalies induced by El Niño and stratospheric sudden warmings

Masakazu Taguchi, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. L. Hartmann

Handout (279.2 kB)

JP1.3

A seasonally lagged response to the NAO in the North Pacific

Hongxu Zhao, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and K. Moore

JP1.4

Thermal equlibration of planetary waves and the definition of the "cold ocean-warm land " (COWL) pattern

Franco Molteni, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; and F. Kucharski

JP1.5

Solar cycle modulation of the Southern Annular mode

Yuhji Kuroda, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and K. Kodera and K. Shibata

JP1.6

Simulation of recent climate change in Antarctic polar region

Barbara Grassi, Univ. of L'Aquila, Coppito -L'Aquila, Italy; and G. Redaelli and G. Visconti

JP1.7

Relation of atmospheric blocking to regional and hemispheric modes of variability

Cornelia B. Schwierz, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and M. Croci-Maspoli, S. C. Scherrer, C. Appenzeller, and H. C. Davies

JP1.8

Multiplicity of ENSO

Fei-Fei Jin, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and L. Bejarano

JP1.9

Is the North Atlantic Oscillation a breaking wave?

Christian Franzke, New York Univ., New York, NY; and S. Lee and S. B. Feldstein

JP1.10

Forcing Patterns of Northern Hemisphere Low-Frequency Flow

Christian Franzke, New York Univ., New York, NY

JP1.11

Impact of changes in the westerly wind position on Southern Ocean circulation in the GFDL coupled model

Joellen Russell, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and A. Gnanadesikan and R. Toggweiler

JP1.12

Interdecadal variations of East Asian summer monsoon northward propagation and its influence on summer precipitation over east China

Zhihong Jiang, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and S. Yang

JP1.13

Eddy-mean flow interactions in atmospheric angular momentum changes with global warming

Bin Yu, AES, Downsview, ON, Canada; and G. Boer

JP1.14

Earlier spring in East Asia associated with Arctic Oscillation

Su Jong Jeong, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Kwanak gu, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. Jeong and C. H. Ho

JP1.15

Diagnosis of global energetics based on wave-mean-flow interactions

Toshiki Iwasaki, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan; and S. Uno

JP1.16

Coupled simulations obtained by the UCLA AGCM with a new PBL parameterization and the MIT global OGCM

Gabriel C. Boezio, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA

Handout (2.9 MB)

JP1.17

Arctic Oscillation Analyzed as a Singular Eigenmode of the Global Atmosphere

H. L. Tanaka, Univ. of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

JP1.18

Analytical and Numerical Analyses for Synoptic Eddy and Low-Frequency Flow Feedback

Lin Lin, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and F. F. Jin

JP1.19

A non-linear expression of the North Atlantic Oscillation in the North Pacific

Hongxu Zhao, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and K. Moore

JP1.20

A composite study of sub-monthly circulation features over East Asia during late summer

Ken-Chung Ko, National Kaohsiung Normal Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan

JP1.21

A case of two way reinforcement between mean flow and eddy anomalies: variability of the Southern Hemisphere winter split flow

Xiaosong Yang, Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY; and E. K. M. Chang

JP1.22

Consistency of recent European summer climate trends and extremes with future regional climate projections

Jeremy Pal, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; and F. Giorgi and X. Bi

JP1.23

On the relationship between internal variability and climate predictability (formerly paper P2.16)

Seok-Woo Son, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. Lee

Poster Session 1

NEW RESULTS FROM THE AURA SATELLITE (poster)

Location: Thomas Paine A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

P1.1

The development of the Arctic polar vortex in fall 2004: analyses of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder observations

P1.2

Mechanisms of Water Vapor Transport to the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere over the Tibetan Plateau and the nearby Regions

P1.3

Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Early Validation Results

Lucien Froidevaux, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and N. J. Livesey, W. G. Read, Y. B. Jiang, C. Jimenez, M. J. Filipiak, M. Schwartz, M. L. Santee, H. C. Pumphrey, J. Jiang, D. L. Wu, G. L. Manney, B. Drouin, J. W. Waters, E. J. Fetzer, P. F. Bernath, C. D. Boone, K. A. Walker, K. W. Jucks, G. C. Toon, J. J. Margitan, B. Sen, C. R. Webster, L. E. Christensen, J. W. Elkins, E. Atlas, R. A. Lueb, and R. Hendershot

P1.4

Temperature, Water Vapor, and Clouds in the Upper Troposphere: Observations from TES and AIRS

Annmarie Eldering, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. J. Fetzer

P1.5

Comparisons of OMI total ozone with SBUV/2 and NCEP GFS assimilations

Shuntai Zhou, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and C. S. Long, L. E. Flynn, T. Beck, and A. J. Miller

P1.6

Case Studies of Middle Atmospheric Gravity Waves Resolved in EOS Aura and EOS Aqua Satellite Radiances and High-Resolution High-Altitude Global Numerical Weather Prediction Models

Stephen Eckermann, NRL, Washington, DC; and D. L. Wu, J. Jiang, J. Ma, D. Broutman, P. Preusse, B. Lawrence, A. Stephens, and T. F. Hogan

P1.7

Aura Microwave Limb Sounder observations of the 2004-2005 Arctic winter: Polar processing in the lower stratosphere

Michelle L. Santee, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and G. L. Manney, L. Froidevaux, N. J. Livesey, W. G. Read, M. J. Schwartz, J. W. Waters, H. C. Pumphrey, and I. Mackenzie

P1.8

Aura Microwave Limb Sounder observations of the 2004-2005 Arctic winter: ozone evolution and chemical loss.

Gloria L. Manney, JPL and New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM; and L. Froidevaux, M. L. Santee, N. J. Livesey, J. W. Waters, I. Mackenzie, and H. C. Pumphrey

Poster Session 2

Mesospheric and thermospheric science--Posters

Location: Thomas Paine A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

P2.1

The semiannual oscillation of diurnal tides in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere and their dependence on forcing and wind coupling processes

Norbert Grieger, Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kuehlungsborn, Germany, Ostseebad Kuehlungsborn, Germany; and G. Schmitz, U. Achatz, E. Becker, and H. Schmidt

P2.2

Forcing of the Mesospheric Semi-Annual Oscillation in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model

Jadwiga H. Beres, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. R. Garcia

Poster Session 3

General middle atmosphere session (radiation/chemistry/transport)--posters

Location: Thomas Paine A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere

P3.0

The 2004/05 northern hemisphere polar winter through the eyes of a chemistry/transport model

S. Randolph Kawa, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. R. Douglass, S. Pawson, T. McGee, P. A. Newman, Z. Zhu, K. Hoppel, R. Bevilacqua, M. L. Santee, L. Froidevaux, and J. W. Waters

P3.1

Using the Two-scale method to calibrate Rossby wave breaking statistics

Marcus Lee Büker, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. H. Hitchman, R. B. Pierce, A. S. Huesmann, and G. J. Tripoli

P3.4

A molecular view of atmospheric temperature

Adrian F. Tuck, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and S. J. Hovde and T. P. Bui

P3.5

Stratospheric Impacts of the Autumn 2003 Solar Storms

Yvan J. Orsolini, NILU, Kjeller, Norway; and G. L. Manney, M. L. Santee, and C. Randall

P3.6

Ozone in the near-tropopause region: Comparison of NASA Global Modeling Initiative simulations with SAGE II and ozonesonde climatologies

David B. Considine, LRC, Hampton, VA; and J. A. Logan and P. H. Wang

P3.2S

The roles of transports in seasonal variation of total ozone amount

Kazuyuki Miyazaki, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; and T. Iwasaki, K. Shibata, and M. Deushi

P3.3S

Diagnosis of meridional ozone transport based on mass weighted isentropic zonal means

Kazuyuki Miyazaki, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; and T. Iwasaki

Handout (1.0 MB)

Session 5

Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions

Location: Ballroom B (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Organizer: Edmund K.M. Chang, SUNY at Stony Brook

8:30 AM

5.1

The partitioning of the poleward heat transport between the ocean and the atmosphere

Arnaud Czaja, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. Marshall

Recorded presentation

8:50 AM

5.2

Sea surface temperature variability along the path of the Antarctic circumpolar current

Ariane Verdy, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. Marshall and A. Czaja

Recorded presentation

9:09 AM

5.3

Paper moved to Poster Sesion P3, new paper number P3.12

9:10 AM

5.4

On forcing ocean models with scatterometer-derived winds

Thomas Duhaut, McGill, Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. Straub

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 2

the global tropopause (Joint with Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variations)

Location: Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Organizer: Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL

8:30 AM

J2.1

Variability of the global tropopause derived from radiosondes and GPS satellite observations

William J. Randel, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Seidel

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J2.2

Potential vorticity homogenization and the extratropical tropopause

Thomas Birner, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Recorded presentation

9:20 AM

J2.3

Empirical spectral relationship of potential temperature and streamfunction on the tropopause

Christos M. Mitas, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and W. A. Robinson

Recorded presentation

9:40 AM

J2.4

The role of frontogenesis in cyclogenesis at the tropopause

Aarnout Van Delden, Utrecht Univ., Utrecht, Netherlands

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

J2.4a

Coffee Break

Joint Session 3

predictability of the climate system (Joint with Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variations)

Location: Ballroom D (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Organizers: Gregory J. Hakim, Univ. of Washington; Laura Pan, NCAR; Peter Siegmund, KNMI

J3.1

The role of applied climate education in managing climate change in Australia (Will not be presenting at the conference)

8:50 AM

J3.2

Evaluation of regional cloud feedbacks using Single Column Models

Anthony D. Del Genio, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and A. B. Wolf and M. S. Yao

Recorded presentation

9:09 AM

J3.3

On the use of the Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem to predict climate sensitivity

Daniel B. Kirk-Davidoff, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD

Recorded presentation

9:29 AM

J3.4

Local and global climate feedbacks: Application to global warming experiments in models with widely-varying global climate sensitivity

Markus Stowasser, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and K. P. Hamilton and G. J. Boer

9:49 AM

J3.5

The MJO problem in GCMs: What are the missing physics?

J.L. Lin, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO

Presentation PDF (62.3 kB)

10:09 AM

J3.6

Information theory and predictability for low frequency variability

Rafail Abramov, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; and A. Majda

10:29 AM

J3.7

How reliable are long runs of climate models?

Alice M. Grimm, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil; and A. Sahai and C. F. Ropelewski

10:49 AM

J3.8

Dependence of Flow Regime Properties on SST: Validation of large ensemble AGCM simulations and Reanalysis pdf

David M. Straus, George Mason Univ., Calverton, MD; and S. Corti and F. Molteni

Recorded presentation

11:09 AM

J3.9

Applying a physical understanding of variability mechanisms to climate change prediction over West Africa

Kerry H. Cook, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

J3.10

A numerical weather prediction approach to assessing the stratospheric impact on tropospheric predictability

11:49 AM

J3.6a

Coffee Break

12:09 PM

J3.10a

Robust and non-robust atmospheric circulation responses to global warming (Formerly Paper JP3.3)

Michael Sigmond, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. J. Kushner

Recorded presentation

12:29 PM

J3.10b

Lunch Break

Session 6

Mid-latitude Dynamics

Location: Ballroom B (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Organizer: F. Javier Sáez de Adana, Cornell University

9:30 AM

6.1

Storm tracks and synoptic eddy dynamics in NASA model simulations

Dennis P. Robinson, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and R. X. Black

Recorded presentation

9:50 AM

6.2

Differences between the seasonal cycles in the distribution of precipitation around cyclones in the western North Pacific and Atlantic

Edmund K. M. Chang, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and S. Song

Recorded presentation

10:10 AM

6.3

Quasi-periodic poleward propagation of zonal mean anomalies

Sukyoung Lee, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. W. Son, K. Grise, and S. B. Feldstein

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

6.4

Impacts of differential surface friction upon the relative intensity of the Atlantic and Pacific storm tracks

Mankin Mak, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL

10:49 AM

6.5

Paper moved to Poster Sesison P2, new paper number P2.28

10:50 AM

6.6

The Role of Deformation and Potential Vorticity in Southern Hemisphere Blocking Onsets

Li Dong, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and S. J. Colucci

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (58.9 kB)

11:10 AM

6.7

Dynamical Amplifier of Thermodynamical Radiative Forcings and the High-latitude Surface Warming (formerly paper JP6.7)

Ming Cai, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. Zhang

11:50 AM

6.5A

Dynamics of the midlatitude tropopause height (formerly paper JP2.3)

Seok-Woo Son, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. Lee

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6.2a

Coffee Break

Joint Session 4

water vapor in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (Joint with Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variations)

Location: Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

10:30 AM

J4.1

Convective organization, tropical cyclones and climate sensitivity

Dennis L. Hartmann, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. Regulski

Recorded presentation

10:50 AM

J4.2

An evaluation of the UWNMS treatment of water vapor transport and cirrus formation in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere

Monica K. Harkey, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. H. Hitchman

Recorded presentation

11:10 AM

J4.3

Lagrangian calculations of tropical troposphere-to-stratosphere transport and implications for seasonal, interannual and longer-term variation of stratospheric water vapor

Stephan Fueglistaler, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. H. Haynes

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J4.4

Interannual variations in the dehydration of the Southern Polar stratosphere: microphysical modeling and POAM III observations

Craig Benson, NRL, Washington, DC; and K. Drdla, G. Nedoluha, E. Shettle, K. Hoppel, and R. Bevilacqua

11:50 AM

J4.5

Seasonal variability of water vapor in the LMS during SPURT

Cornelius Schiller, Forschungszentrum Julich, Jülich, Germany; and G. Günther, M. Krebsbach, and P. Konopka

Recorded presentation

12:10 PM

J4.5a

Lunch Break

Joint Session 5

SPARC-CLIVAR interaction (Joint with Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variations)

Location: Ballroom D (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Organizer: Piers M. de F. Forster, Univ. of Reading

1:45 PM

J5.1

WCRP JSC View on SPARC-CLIVAR

V. Ramaswamy, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

2:00 PM

J5.2

SPARC view on SPARC-CLIVAR interaction

Alan O'Neill, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks, United Kingdom

2:15 PM

J5.3

CLIVAR take on SPARC-CLIVAR interaction

Tony J. Busalacchi, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD

2:30 PM

J5.4

Modelled changes to tropospheric circulation associated with changes in stratospheric water vapour

Manoj Joshi, Hadley Centre, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and A. J. Charlton and A. Scaife

Recorded presentation

2:50 PM

J5.5

Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling and Climate Change

Mark P. Baldwin, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA

Recorded presentation

3:10 PM

J5.6

ENSO, stratospheric warmings and recent trends in winter climate

Dennis L. Hartmann, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. Quadrelli, M. Taguchi, and J. M. Wallace

Recorded presentation

3:30 PM

J5.3a

OPEN DISCUSSION

4:00 PM

J5.3b

Coffee Break

Joint Poster Session 2

THE GLOBAL TROPOPAUSE--POSTER (JOINT WITH MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE, FLUID DYNAMICS AND CLIMATE VARIATIONS

Location: Riverside (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics )

JP2.1

Life cycles of tropopause polar vortices

Steven M. Cavallo, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and G. J. Hakim

JP2.2

Effects of convection on the Tropical Tropopause Layer -- a model study

JP2.3

paper moved to Fluid Dynamics Session 6, new paper number 6.5A

JP2.4

Characterization of the chemical transition across the extratropical tropopause using AIRS data

Laura Pan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Gettelman, W. J. Randel, D. Kinnison, and J. C. Wei

Joint Poster Session 3

Predictability of the Climate System -POSTERS (JOINT WITH MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE, FLUID DYNAMICS AND CLIMATE VARIATIONS)

Location: Riverside (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics )

JP3.1

Wind shear effects on anvil clouds: missing physics in climate models?

Jialin Lin, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and B. Mapes

JP3.2

The variability of East Asian summer monsoon in IPCC SRES scenario simulations

Eun-Jeong Lee, MRI, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. J. Baek and W. T. Kwon

JP3.4

Predictability of seasonal mean monsoon

V. Krishnamurthy, COLA, IGES, Calverton, MD

JP3.5

Isolating Microscale from Mesoscale Observations

Matthew J. Haugland, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

JP3.6

Error growth in baroclinic waves

Gregory J. Hakim, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. R. Stevens

JP3.7

Community Climate Action Plans: a survey of grassroots climate change activism in New England

JP3.8

Coherent pattern of african dust and precipitation using SVD analysis

Xiaoyu Liu, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL

JP3.9

Relative impact of local and remote SST forcing on the climate predictability

Cheng-Ta Chen, National Taiwan Normal Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

JP3.10

The climate sensitivity and its components diagnosed from Earth radiation budget data

Piers M. de F. Forster, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

Joint Poster Session 4

Water vapor in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere--Poster (JOINT WITH MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE, FLUID DYNAMICS AND CLIMATE VARIATIONS

Location: Riverside (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

JP4.1

Tropical tropopause-level thin cirrus coverage revealed by ICESat/GLAS

Andrew Dessler, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. P. Palm

JP4.2

The Radiative Signature of Upper Tropospheric Moistening

Brian Soden, NOAA/GFDL and Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ

JP4.3

Dehydration in the tropical tropopause layer of a cloud-resolving model

Thomas Birner, Univ. of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and C. Küpper, J. Thuburn, and G. C. Craig

JP4.4

Changes in stratospheric water vapor

Karen H. Rosenlof, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and K. Aikin

JP4.5

A Climatology of Ice Supersaturation Conditions in the Upper Troposphere

Andrew Gettelman, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Joint Poster Session 5

Gravity waves--Poster-- (JOINT WITH MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE, FLUID DYNAMICS AND CLIMATE VARIATION

Location: Riverside (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

JP5.1

Spontaneous generation of inertia-gravity waves in a rotating stratified flow

Thomas W. N. Haine, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and P. D. Williams and P. L. Read

JP5.2

Paper moved, new paper number JP5.23A

JP5.3

Internal wave breaking: P.S.I. vs self–acceleration

B. R. Sutherland, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Handout (258.7 kB)

JP5.4

Paper moved to Joint Session 6, new paper number J6.9A

JP5.5

The GCM response to current parameterizations of non-orographic gravity wave drag

John Scinocca, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling & Analysis, Victoria, BC, Canada; and C. McLandress

JP5.6

How Rossby waves break: Preliminary results from POLYMODE

Kurt L. Polzin, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA

JP5.7

Balanced dynamics and inertia-gravity wave generation in upper-tropospheric jets

Philip Cunningham, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL

JP5.8

Parameter sweep experiments on gravity wave radiation from unsteady rotational flows in f-plane shallow water system

Norihiko Sugimoto, Keio University, Japan; and K. Ishioka

JP5.9

Experiments on rotating and reflecting gravity wave beams

JP5.10

Resonant instability of large-amplitude topographic gravity waves

David J. Muraki, Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada; and Y. Lee and C. Epifanio

JP5.11

Potential uncertainties in using the hodograph method to retrieve gravity wave characteristics from individual soundings

Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. Wang and R. Plougonven

JP5.12

Explicit simulation of mesospheric gravity-wave drag in an idealized GCM with high vertical resolution

Erich Becker, Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kuehlungsborn, Germany; and G. Schmitz

JP5.13

Statistical properties of inertia-gravity waves associated with poleward breaking Rossby waves

Christoph Zuelicke, Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kuehlungsborn, Germany; and D. Peters

JP5.14

Paper moved, new paper number JP5.25A

JP5.15

On the energetics of mean-flow interactions with thermally dissipating gravity waves

Rashid A. Akmaev, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

JP5.16

Observations and simulations of gravity waves in the lower stratosphere

Dong L. Wu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and S. Eckermann, A. J. Mannucci, T. P. Lane, J. H. Jiang, and J. W. Waters

JP5.17

Investigation of Internal Wave Fields using Eulerian and Lagrangian Formulations

Gary Klaassen, York Univ., Toronto, ON, Canada; and L. Sonmor

JP5.18

An updated parameterization of convective gravity waves induced by diabatic and nonlinear forcings

Hye-Yeong Chun, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. S. Goh and I. S. Song

JP5.19

Gravity wave climatology in the middle atmosphere

Patricia Minthorn Franke, Univ.of Illinois and Colorado Research Associates, Urbana, IL

JP5.20

Impacts of gravity wave drag induced by cumulus convection in the middle atmosphere

In-Sun Song, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. Y. Chun, R. R. Garcia, and B. A. Boville

JP5.21

On the propagation and upscale development of explicity simulated convectively-coupled gravity waves

Stefan N. Tulich, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and B. Mapes

JP5.22

The sensitivity of above-cloud gravity wave breaking and turbulence to background flow conditions

Todd P. Lane, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Sharman

JP5.23

Optimal Perturbations to Inertia-Gravity-Wave Packets

Ulrich Achatz, Universitaet Rostock, Kuehlungsborn, Germany; and G. Schmitz

JP5.24

Observations of mesoscale gravity waves in unbalanced flow

John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and G. P. Ellrod

JP5.25

Importance of propagation effects in determining the characteristics of inertia-gravity waves generated by jets and fronts

Riwal Plougonven, Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom; and C. Snyder and D. J. Muraki

JP5.26

Gravity wave dynamics in rotating shallow water

David J. Muraki, Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada; and A. McKenzie

JP5.27

Characteristics of inertia-gravity waves observed by rawinsonde during the passage of deep convective systems in the Korean Peninsula

Jung-Suk Goh, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. Y. Chun and I. S. Song

JP5.28

Rossby-inertia-bouyancy instability in baroclinic vortices (formerly paper P2.15)

Daniel Hodyss, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and D. S. Nolan

JP5.23A

Optimal perturbations to monochromatic gravity waves and their possible role in the formation of thin turbulent layers in the mesosphere (formerly paper JP5.2)

Ulrich Achatz, Leibniz-Institut fuer Atmosphaerenphysik an der Universitaet Rostock, Kuehlungsborn, Germany

JP5.25A

Spontaneous generation and propagation of inertia-gravity waves in baroclinic lifecycles(formerly paper JP5.14)

Riwal Plougonven, Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom; and C. Snyder

Session 7

Climate Regimes and Climate Studies

Location: Ballroom D (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Organizer: Christian Franzke, New York Univ.

8:30 AM

7.1

Studies of the mean climate and variability of an atmosphere and ocean on an aqua-planet

John Marshall, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and J. M. Campin and D. Ferreira

8:50 AM

7.2

The impact of extratropical diabatic heating due to latent heat release on climate

Amy B. Solomon, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and P. D. Sardeshmukh

Recorded presentation

9:10 AM

7.3

Nonlinear dynamics of the elongation-contraction mode of the Gulf-Stream and Kuroshio extension systems

Francois Primeau, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and D. Newman

9:30 AM

7.4

Multiplicative noise and non-Gaussianity: A paradigm for atmospheric regimes?

Philip Sura, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and M. Newman, C. Penland, and P. Sardeshmukh

Recorded presentation

7.5

Cloud-resolving model simulations of a mock Walker circulation and its climate sensitivity

10:10 AM

7.5a

The Continuum Properties of Northern Hemisphere Teleconnection Patterns (Formerly Poster P2.1)

Christian Franzke, New York University, New York, NY; and S. B. Feldstein

Joint Session 6

gravity waves (Joint with Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variations)

Location: Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Organizers: Patricia Minthorn Franke, Univ.of Illinois and Colorado Research Associates; Eric A. Ray, NOAA/AL; Jadwiga H. Beres, NCAR

8:30 AM

J6.1

Gravity Waves in the Middle Atmosphere: An Introductory Overview of Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges

Stephen Eckermann, NRL, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J6.2

Interaction between gravity waves and the 2-day wave in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model

Jadwiga H. Beres, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. R. Garcia

Recorded presentation

9:20 AM

J6.3

On the Importance of Momentum Conservation in the Parameterization of Gravity Wave Drag in Atmospheric Models

Tiffany A. Shaw, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and T. G. Shepherd

Recorded presentation

9:40 AM

J6.4

Observations and numerical simulations of inertia-gravity waves and shearing instabilities in the vicinity of a jet stream

Todd P. Lane, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. D. Doyle, R. Plougonven, M. A. Shapiro, and R. D. Sharman

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

J6.5

Conditions that Inhibit the Radiation of Inertia-Gravity Waves from a Cyclone

David A. Schecter, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. T. Montgomery

10:20 AM

J6.6

Momentum transport by gravity waves in a stochastically driven jet

Nikolaos Bakas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografos, Greece

Recorded presentation

10:40 AM

J6.7

Laboratory generation of internal waves from rough topography

Dawn A. Aguilar, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and B. R. Sutherland

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (506.8 kB)

11:00 AM

J6.8

Internal wave tunnelling in stratified shear flows

Geoffrey L. Brown, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and J. Nault and B. R. Sutherland

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (264.3 kB)

11:20 AM

J6.9

Axisymmetric intrusions

Josh Nault, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and B. R. Sutherland

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (183.7 kB)

11:40 AM

J6.10

Observations, modeling and dynamics of mesoscale gravity wave generated from midlatitude baroclinic jet-front systems

Fuqing Zhang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. L. Wu and S. Wang

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

J6.11

Transient Mountain Waves and Their Interaction with Large Scales

Chih-Chieh Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. J. Hakim and D. R. Durran

Recorded presentation

12:50 PM

J6.9A

Wave capture and wave-vortex duality for internal gravity waves (formerly paper JP5.4)

Oliver Buhler, New York Univ., New York, NY; and M. McIntyre

12:20 PM

J6.4a

Coffee Break

1:05 PM

J6.9b

Lunch Break

Joint Session 7

tropical-extratropical interactions (including the QBO) (Joint with Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variations)

Location: Ballroom D (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Organizers: Matthew H. Hitchman, University of Wisconsin; Katie Coughlin, University of Washington; Stefan Fueglistaler, Univ. of Washington

10:30 AM

J7.1

Atmospheric dynamics of the zonally symmetric extratropical response to ENSO

Walter A. Robinson, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

J7.2

The roles of the Hadley circulation and downward control in tropical upwelling

Tiehan Zhou, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and M. A. Geller and K. P. Hamilton

Recorded presentation

J7.3

Teleconnection from Tropics to Northern Extratropics Through a Southerly Conveyor

11:40 AM

J7.4

Stratospheric channels of Rossby wave–triggered inertial instability

John A. Knox, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and V. L. Harvey

Presentation PDF (284.6 kB)

12:00 PM

J7.5

Rossby wave breaking in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: Seasonal and QBO dependences

Amihan S. Huesmann, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. H. Hitchman

12:20 PM

J7.6

QBO-like Oscillations in Dynamical Core Experiments

Christiane Jablonowski, NCAR, Boulder, CO

12:40 PM

J7.7

extratropical / tropical interactions in an GCM ideal predictability study

David M. Straus, COLA, Calverton, MD; and D. Paolino

Recorded presentation

1:00 PM

J7.8

Equatorially Trapped Middle Atmosphere Response to Global-Scale Forcing

Marvin A. Geller, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY

Recorded presentation

1:20 PM

J7.9

Eddy life cycles and the midlatitude respons to ENSO

Nili Harnik, Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv, Israel; and M. A. H. Wittman

Recorded presentation

1:40 PM

J7.10

Investigating links between wave driving and tropical lower stratospheric temperatures using simple dynamical models

Peter H. Haynes, Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and D. Sankey

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

J7.11

Connections among Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, Stratospheric Sudden Warming and Solar Cycle

Katie Coughlin, RMS, Longon, United Kingdom; and K. K. Tung

Recorded presentation

2:20 PM

J7.12

Diagnosis of subtropical humidity dynamics using tracers of last saturation

Joseph Galewsky, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and A. H. Sobel and I. M. Held

4:15 PM

J7.5a

Why are reinsurers interested in climate research?(Formerly Poster JP6.3)

Richard J. Murnane, Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Garrett Park, MD

2:40 PM

J7.5a

Lunch Break

4:35 PM

J7.9a

Coffee Break

Joint Session 8

stratosphere-troposphere Coupling (Joint with Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variations)-PART 1

Location: Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Organizer: Thomas Birner, Univ. of Reading

3:45 PM

J8.1

Issues in stratosphere-troposphere coupling

Theodore G. Shepherd, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

4:15 PM

J8.2

The excitation of the barotropic mode of a columnar vortex and wave-2 sudden warmings

Gavin Esler, University College, London, United Kingdom; and R. K. Scott and L. Polvani

Recorded presentation

4:35 PM

J8.3

Stratospheric signals associated with propagating tropical convection

George N. Kiladis, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and K. H. Straub

Recorded presentation

Session 8

Madden-Julian Oscillation

Location: Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Organizer: Amy B. Solomon, NOAA/CIRES/CDC

8:30 AM

8.1

A New Multi-Scale Model for the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Andrew Majda, New York Univ., New York, NY; and J. Biello

8:50 AM

8.2

The nonlinear character of MJO/Oceanic Kelvin wave interactions about the ENSO cycle

Paul E. Roundy, CIRES/Univ or Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and G. N. Kiladis

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (232.3 kB)

9:10 AM

8.3

The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)-like structure obtained with a global cloud resolving model NICAM (Nonhydrostatic ICosahedral Atmospheric Model)

Shin-ichi Iga, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan; and H. Tomita, H. Miura, T. Nasuno, and M. Satoh

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

8.4

The Birth and Death of the MJO: An Observational Study

James J. Benedict, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. A. Randall

Presentation PDF (2.8 MB)

Joint Session 9

STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING (JOINT WITH MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE, FLUID DYNAMICS AND CLIMATE VARIATIONS)-PART 2

Location: Ballroom D (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Organizer: Andrew J. Charlton, Columbia University

8:30 AM

J9.1

Stratospheric influences on sea-level cyclogenesis and anticyclogenesis

Stephen J. Colucci, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

8:50 AM

J9.2

Stratospheric Influence on Baroclinic Development

Matthew A. H. Wittman, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and L. M. Polvani and A. J. Charlton

Recorded presentation

9:10 AM

J9.3

Stratosphere-troposphere mass exchange estimated from advection-diffusion of a tracer

Noboru Nakamura, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL

9:30 AM

J9.4

Responses of the Atmospheric Centers of Action to the Solar Cycle in the East and West phases of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

Sultan Hameed, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and J. N. Lee

9:50 AM

J9.5

Downward propagation of dynamical signals in the middle atmosphere

Steven Charles Hardiman, DAMTP, Univ. of Cambridge, UK, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and P. H. Haynes

Session 9

Eddy Interactions, Jets, and Turbulence

Location: Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Organizer: Oliver Buhler, New York University

9:50 AM

9.1

Vortex Evolution by Straining: Theory and Application to Cyclone/Anticyclone Asymmetry in Interior Flow Regimes

Michael T. Montgomery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and J. C. McWilliams and L. P. Graves

10:10 AM

9.2

Why do baroclinic eddies increase the temperature gradient?

Walter A. Robinson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

9.3

Merger and Alignment of QG Ellipsoidal Vortices

Neil Martinsen-Burrell, University of Colorado; and K. Julien and J. B. Weiss

10:50 AM

9.4

Turbulence scaling in moist climates of an idealized general circulation model

Paul A. O'Gorman, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and T. Schneider

11:10 AM

9.5

The sensitivity of global ocean circulation to Southern Ocean winds and eddies

Anand Gnanadesikan, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and R. Hallberg

11:30 AM

9.6

Statistics of optimal perturbations in quasigeostrophic turbulence

Timothy DelSole, COLA, Calverton, MD

11:50 AM

9.7

Scaling laws and phase transitions of atmospheric macroturbulence

Tapio Schneider, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

12:10 PM

9.1a

Coffee Break

12:30 PM

9.6a

Lunch Break

Joint Session 10

climate variability and trends (Joint with Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variations)(especially Middle Atmosphere)

Location: Ballroom D (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Organizers: Eugene C. Cordero, Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology; Fred Kucharski, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics; Richard B. Neale, NOAA/CIRES/CDC

10:30 AM

J10.1

Decadal interactions between the western tropical Pacific and the North Atlantic Oscillation

Fred Kucharski, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Trieste, Italy; and F. Molteni and A. Bracco

10:50 AM

J10.2

Climatology and Changes of Extra-Tropical Storm Tracks and Cyclone Activity: Comparison of ERA-40 with NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis for 1958-2001

Xiaolan L. Wang, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and V. R. Swail and F. W. Zwiers

Recorded presentation

11:10 AM

J10.3

On the effect of the Arctic Oscillation on the Northern hemisphere anticyclones

Lily Ioannidou, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and P. M. K. Yau

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J10.4

Characterizing convective inhibition during the sub–tropical mid–summer droughts

Richard B. Neale, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and B. Mapes

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (203.2 kB)

11:50 AM

J10.5

Changes in the NAO distribution in high resolution PRUDENCE time-slice climate change experiments

Erika Coppola, CETEMPS, L'Aquila, Italy; and F. Kucharski and F. Giorgi

12:10 PM

J10.6

Widening trend of the Hadley cell during the past 40 years

Thomas Reichler, ANL, Salt Lake City, Utah; and I. Held

Recorded presentation

12:30 PM

J10.7

Causes of recent changes in the strength of the Hadley cell.

Christos M. Mitas, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and A. Clement

Recorded presentation

12:50 PM

J10.8

The influence of sea surface temperatures on the Northern winter stratosphere: Ensemble simulations with the MAECHAM5 model

Elisa Manzini, National Institute for Geophysics and Volcanology, Bologna, Italy; and M. A. Giorgetta, M. Esch, L. Kornblueh, and E. Roeckner

1:10 PM

J10.9

Stratospheric variability and trends in IPCC model simulations

Eugene Cordero, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA

Recorded presentation

1:30 PM

J10.10

Distribution functions of a spurious trend in finite length dataset with natural variability: statistical considerations and a numerical experiment with a global circulation model

Seiya Nishizawa, RIKEN, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and S. Yoden

Recorded presentation

1:50 PM

J10.11

Mutual interactions between secular trends and modes of variability in a changing climate

Grant Branstator, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Selten

2:10 PM

J10.12

An updated assessment of stratospheric temperature trends

William J. Randel, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

J10.13

Mysteries of the tropical lower stratosphere: trends and cycles

George C. Reid, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO

2:50 PM

J10.5a

Lunch Break

4:25 PM

J10.10a

Coffee Break

Session 10

Large Scale Dynamics I

Location: Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Organizer: Steven B. Feldstein, Penn State Univ.

2:05 PM

10.1

Compensation in the heat balance of outcroppping isotherms

Arnaud Czaja, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and G. Boccaletti

2:25 PM

10.2

Forward modeling of barotropic and baroclinic tides present and past

Brian K. Arbic, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

2:45 PM

10.3

Shear instability in a shallow water system with implication to Venus atmosphere

Shin-ichi Iga, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan; and Y. Matsuda

Recorded presentation

3:05 PM

10.4

Meridional flow of source driven abyssal currents

G. E. Swaters, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

3:25 PM

10.5

The limiting form of zonally asymmetric inertial instability

Stephen D. Griffiths, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

10.6

Physics and dynamics of density compensated temperature and salinity anomalies

4:05 PM

10.4a

Coffee Break

Joint Poster Session 6

Tropical-Extratropical Interactions (Including the QBO) (Joint with the Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variations)-Poster

Location: Riverside (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

JP6.1

Tropical stratospheric zonal winds in ECMWF ERA-40 reanalysis, rocketsonde data, and rawinsonde data

Mark P. Baldwin, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and L. J. Gray

JP6.2

Dynamical Processes Controlling the Distribution of Southern Hemisphere Column Ozone

Matthew H. Hitchman, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. J. Rogal, A. S. Huesmann, and I. Stajner

JP6.4

Influence of the Madden-Julian oscillation on cold surges in East Asia

Jee-Hoon Jeong, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and C. H. Ho and B. M. Kim

JP6.5

Footprint of the Dynamical Amplifier of Global Warming at the TOA

Christelle Castet, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. Cai

JP6.6

Extratropical sensitivity to tropical sea surface temperatures

Prashant D. Sardeshmukh, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Barsugli and S. I. Shin

JP6.7

Paper moved to Session 6, in the 15th Fluid Dynamics Conference. New paper number 6.7

JP6.8

Discriminants of global stratospheric variability related to the equatorial QBO and the 11-year solar cycle

Charles D. Camp, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. K. Tung

JP6.9

A new look at the midlatitude-MJO teleconnection in the Northern Hemisphere winter

Baek-Min Kim, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and G. H. Lim and K. Y. Kim

Joint Poster Session 7

STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE COUPLING (JOINT WITH MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE, FLUID DYNAMICS AND CLIMATE VARIATIONS)-POSTER

Location: Riverside (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

JP7.1

The response of the coupled stratosphere-troposphere system to impulsive forcing from the troposphere

Thomas Reichler, ANL, Salt Lake City, Utah; and P. J. Kushner and L. M. Polvani

JP7.2

Behavior of planetary waves before and after stratospheric sudden warming events in several phases of the equatorial QBO

Yoko Naito, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and S. Yoden

JP7.3

Vortex-vortex interactions in the winter stratosphere

Richard K. Scott, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and D. G. Dritschel

JP7.4

Vertical spatial modulation of forced planetary waves in an atmosphere with stratospheric ozone heating: implications for stratosphere -troposphere coupling

Terry Nathan, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and E. Cordero

JP7.5

Stratospheric polar cap mean height and temperature as extended-range weather predictors

Peter Siegmund, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands

JP7.6

Pyro-cumulonimbus: a newly discovered mechanism for troposphere-to-stratosphere injection

Michael Fromm, NRL, Washington, DC; and R. Servranckx, R. Bevilacqua, and G. Yue

JP7.7

Predictability of stratospheric sudden warming events in the Northern Hemisphere

Toshihiko Hirooka, Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan; and T. Ichimaru and H. Mukougawa

JP7.8

Polar Vortex Oscillation: A View from an Isentropic PV-Latitude Lagrangian Coordinate

Ming Cai, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and R. C. Ren

JP7.9

Is stratospheric variability uniquely controlled by tropospheric wave forcing?

Richard K. Scott, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and L. M. Polvani

JP7.10

Interdiurnal and intraseasonal variability of the coupling between troposphere and stratosphere

Nour-Eddine Omrani, Univ. of Kiel, Kiel, Germany; and M. Latif and M. A. Giorgetta

JP7.11

Diagnosing the stratosphere-to-troposphere flux of Ozone

Juno Hsu, Univ. of California, Irvine, CA; and M. Prather and O. Wild

JP7.12

Deep convective influence on the Asian summer monsoon and associated tracer variability observed with AIRS

Mijeong Park, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. J. Randel

JP7.13

Changes in the Brewer-Dobson circulation due to the increased CO₂ - Radiation and SST induced effects

Chihiro Kodama, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan; and T. Iwasaki, K. Shibata, and S. Yukimoto

JP7.14

A new look at stratospheric warming events in reanalysis datasets and numerical models

Andrew J. Charlton, Columbia Univ., New York, NY; and L. Polvani

JP7.15

A distinctive dynamical feature of the lowermost stratosphere

Joint Poster Session 8

Climate Variability and Trends - POSTERS (JOINT WITH MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE, FLUID DYNAMICS AND CLIMATE VARIATIONS)

Location: Riverside (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics )

JP8.1

The NAO, the AO, and global warming: How closely related?

Judah Cohen, AER, Lexington, MA; and M. Barlow

JP8.2

The MJO simulation of 14 IPCC AR4 coupled climate models: Structure and feedback analysis

Jia-Lin Lin, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and B. Mapes and K. Weickmann

JP8.3

The 1976 transition in precipitation over the Americas: the influence of tropical SST

Huei-Ping Huang, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and R. Seager and Y. Kushnir

JP8.4

Spring onset in the Northern Hemisphere: A role for the stratosphere?

Robert X. Black, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and B. A. McDaniel and W. A. Robinson

JP8.5

Simulation of a low-level westerly jet and its role in West Africa precipitation variability

Christina M. Patricola, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; and K. H. Cook

JP8.6

Regional or local? An analysis of trends and extremes on long-term Mexican precipitation

Marco A. Salas-Flores, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico; and P. D. Jones

JP8.7

Decadal Temperature, Rainfall and Hydrological Trends Over the Greater Horn of Africa

Jared Bowden, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC; and F. H. M. Semazzi, R. Anyah, B. Onol, and A. Tawfik

Handout (1.2 MB)

JP8.8

On the spatial and temporal structure of the NAO and annular modes

Edwin P. Gerber, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ; and G. K. Vallis

JP8.9

Interdecadal-Scale Correlation between Global SSTA and Climate Anomaly of China

Xiaoxia Zhou, Nanjing Univ. of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China; and P. Wang

JP8.10

Increase in storm track activity during the second half of the twentieth century, and its potential impacts on atmosphere-ocean CO2 exchange

Edmund K. M. Chang, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and Y. Guo

JP8.11

Has Canada Experienced More Frequent Adverse or Fair Weather Since 1953?

Xiaolan L. Wang, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada

JP8.12

Dynamics of the Shallow Return Flow in ITCZ Regions

David S. Nolan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and C. Zhang

JP8.13

Different relationship between decadal polar temperature and eddy heat flux in the lower stratosphere in mid-winter from early spring

Dongjoon Kim, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and W. Choi and H. Lee

JP8.14

Observational requirements for climate monitoring of upper-air temperature

Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Free

JP8.15

Combining representations of entrainment and organization to better model atmospheric variability

Richard B. Neale, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and B. Mapes

Handout (1.3 MB)

JP8.16

Assessment of trends in surface and upper air temperatures at various locations in Canada

Lucie A. Vincent, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and E. Milewska

Handout (207.4 kB)

JP8.17

Analyses of Temperature Variations in the Middle Atmosphere on Pressure vs. Altitude Surfaces

JP8.18

An Assessment of the Interannual Variability of the Latent Heat Flux From NWP reanalyses Over the Tropical Pacific.

Xiangze Jin, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and L. Yu and R. A. Weller

JP8.19

Middle atmosphere chemical transport model evaluation with long-term data sets

Richard Stolarski, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. R. Douglass and S. E. Strahan

Poster Session 2

Fluid Dynamics Posters II

Location: Thomas Paine B (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

P2.2

Zonal jets and anisotropic turbulence in natural and laboratory flows

Boris Galperin, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; and S. Sukoriansky and N. Dikovskaya

P2.3

Wavelength scaling of the drag coefficient of the ocean surface

Paul Hwang, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS

P2.4

Vortex cores, circulation cells, and filaments in 2D and 3D quasi-geostrophic turbulence

Mark R. Petersen, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and J. Weiss and K. Julien

P2.5

Moisture flux and condensation in turbulent flows

Paul A. O'Gorman, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and T. Schneider

P2.6

The vertical Advection of angular Momentum during the austral polar Vortex Splitting of September 2002

Dieter H. W. Peters, University of Rostock, Kühlungsborn, Mecklenburg, Germany; and C. Zülicke and P. N. Vargin

P2.7

The Intrinsic Sensitivity of the Wave-Merger Problem

Zhiyuan Liu, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and P. J. Roebber

Handout (152.9 kB)

P2.8

The interpretation of upscale temperature flux in multiscale models of the equatorial troposphere

Joseph A. Biello, New York University, New York, NY; and A. Majda

P2.9

The interaction of a wave with a vortex in 2-D rotating shallow water

Richard K. Scott, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and L. M. Polvani and O. Buhler

P2.10

The impact of outflow branches from a tropical cyclone on the life-cycle of baroclinic-wave

P2.11

Stratified turbulence dominated by vortical motion and the effects of weak rotation

Michael L. Waite, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; and P. Bartello

P2.12

Simulation and Diagnostics of a Near-Equator Tropical Cyclone

Tieh-Yong Koh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore; and H. Lim

P2.13

Self-organization of atmospheric macroturbulence into critical states of weak nonlinearity

Tapio Schneider, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and C. C. Walker

P2.14

Scaling baroclinic eddy fluxes: vortices and energy balance

Andrew F. Thompson, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and W. R. Young

P2.15

Paper moved to Joint Poster Session 5, new paper number JP5.28

P2.16

Paper moved to Joint Poster Session 1, new paper number JP1.23

P2.17

On the Parametrically driven surface waves in rectangular containers

Chanthy Iek, NASA, Cleveland, OH

P2.18

On the double cascade of energy and enstrophy in QG turbulence

Eleftherios Gkioulekas, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. K. Tung

Handout (60.1 kB)

P2.19

Nature of the differences in the intraseasonal variability of the Pacific and Atlantic storm tracks: A diagnostic study

Yi Deng, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and M. Mak

P2.20

Moisture-coupled travelling waves for a simplified tropical climate model

Samuel N. Stechmann, New York University, New York, NY; and A. Majda

P2.21

Interactions between near-inertial motion and unstable barotropic jets

P2.22

Experiments and Documentation Performed to Predict the Depths of Rivers: Detailed Analysis of the Watershed and Its Surroundings

Jonathan Paul Karman Maciel, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT

P2.23

Dynamical Processes of Equatorial Atmospheric Angular Momentum (formerly paper P2.23)

Steven B. Feldstein, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA

P2.24

Closure theory for the effective diffusivity tensor in forced beta-plane turbulence

K. Shafer Smith, New York University, New York, NY

P2.25

Aspect ratio effects in quasi-2D turbulence

Keith Ngan, McGill, Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. Straub and P. Bartello

P2.26

Ageostrophic relative vorticity forcing in the upper troposphere associated with the onset of blocking in the Southern Pacific

F. Javier Sáez de Adana, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; and S. J. Colucci

P2.27

A simple multi-cloud convective parametrization for tropical superclusters

Boualem Khouider, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; and A. Majda

P2.28

Dynamics of the Southern Hemisphere spiral jet and storm track (formerly paper 6.5)

Lindsey N. Williams, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and S. Lee and S. W. Son

Poster Session 3

Fluid Dynamics Posters III

Location: Thomas Paine B (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

P3.1

What are the sources of mechanical damping in Matsuno–Gill type models?

Jialin Lin, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and B. Mapes

Handout (50.6 kB)

P3.2

Wave-driven vortex dynamics on barred beaches

Andrea K. Barreiro, New York University, New York, NY

P3.3

The vertical scale of the Eady problem in the presence of a surface mixed layer

Pablo Zurita-Gotor, UCAR and NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

P3.4

The HLLC Riemann solver applied to atmospheric flow simulations

Nash'at Ahmad, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and Z. Boybeyi

P3.5

Solution of Poisson Equation on Unstructured Grids

Jozsef Bakosi, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and Z. Boybeyi, J. Lindeman, and N. Ahmad

P3.6

Response of idealized Hadley circulations to seasonally varying heating

Christopher C. Walker, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider

P3.7

Nonlinear shallow water model with WTG approximation

Bo Zhou, Columbia University, New York, NY

P3.8

Meridional Asymmetries in Large-Scale Atmospheric Dynamical Phenomena

Iordanka Panayotova, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and K. L. Swanson

P3.9

Local Lagrangian and Eulerian available energetics in moist atmospheres

Peter R. Bannon, Penn State University, University Park, PA

P3.10

Asymptotic Solutions to the Axisymmetric Moist Hadley Circulation

Samuel P. Burns, Columbia University, New York, NY; and A. H. Sobel and L. M. Polvani

P3.11

A new method for 3D cloud-resolving simulations of large- scale atmospheric circulation

Zhiming Kuang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

P3.12

The ocean's memory of the atmosphere: residence-time distribution and water-mass ventilation (formerly paper 5.3)

Francois W. Primeau, University of California, Irvine, CA; and M. Holzer

Joint Poster Session 9

Stratosphere chemistry/radiation/climate feedback processes--POSTER (Joint with Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variation)

Location: Riverside (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; and the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics )

Organizer: Piers M. de F. Forster, Univ. of Reading

JP9.1

The response of the QBO to zonal-mean ozone perturbations consistent with the 11-year solar cycle

Eugene Cordero, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and T. Nathan

JP9.2

Properties of water complexes and their effect on atmospheric radiative transfer

Veronica Vaida, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

JP9.3

Past and future changes in the dynamical containment of Antarctic ozone depletion modelled using a chemistry-climate model

Gregory Bodeker, Bodeker Scientific, New Zealand; and H. Struthers and P. Huck

JP9.4

Choosing meteorological variables to be assimilated into off-line CTM driven by GCM for ozone reanalysis

Kazuyuki Miyazaki, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan; and T. Iwasaki, K. Shibata, M. Deushi, and T. T. Sekiyama

JP9.5

A new linearized ozone photochemistry scheme for high altitude NWP and climate models

John McCormack, Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC; and D. E. Siskind, S. Eckermann, L. Coy, and D. Allen

JP9.6

A model study of the effect of ozone depletion on lower-stratospheric structure

Mark A. Olsen, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Stolarski, M. L. Gupta, J. E. Nielsen, and S. Pawson

Joint Session 11

stratosphere chemistry/radiation/climate feedback processes (Joint with Middle Atmosphere, Fluid Dynamics and Climate Variations)

Location: Ballroom D (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; and the 17th Conference on Climate Variability and Change )

Organizers: Gregory Bodeker, Bodeker Scientific; Veronica Vaida, University of Colorado

10:30 AM

J11.1

Simulation of historical stratospheric temperature trends by the GFDL coupled atmosphere-ocean models

M. Daniel Schwarzkopf, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and V. Ramaswamy

10:50 AM

J11.2

Separating the chemical And dynamical contributions to ozone change

A. R. Douglass, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. S. Stolarski and P. A. Newman

11:10 AM

J11.3

Interannual variations and trends of total ozone at northern midlatitudes: Correlation with stratospheric EP flux and potential vorticity

Lon L. Hood, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and B. E. Soukharev

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (371.3 kB)

11:30 AM

J11.4

Observations and modeling of low ozone pockets in stratospheric anticyclones

V. Lynn Harvey, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and C. E. Randall and G. L. Manney

Recorded presentation

11:50 AM

J11.5

The role of mid-latitude planetary waves in predicting the severity of Antarctic ozone depletion

Petra E. Huck, Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; and A. J. McDonald and G. Bodeker

Recorded presentation

12:10 PM

J11.6

Simulating the response of stratospheric ozone to specified increases in greenhouse gas concentrations between 1979 and 2060

Michel S. Bourqui, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada

Recorded presentation

12:30 PM

J11.7

SPARC CCMVal comparison of radiation schemes

Piers M. de F. Forster, Univ. of Reading, Reading, England

12:50 PM

J11.8

The inability of tropical lower stratospheric ozone to recover in a chemistry-radiation-dynamics model

Joan E. Rosenfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Schoeberl

1:10 PM

J11.9

Radiative and transport characteristics of 3D greenhouse gases

Charles L. Curry, MSC, Victoria, BC, Canada

Recorded presentation

1:30 PM

J11.10

The evolution of winter stratospheric dynamics and temperatures in the presence of a weak surface temperature gradient.

Robert Lindsay Korty, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Recorded presentation

1:50 PM

J11.5a

Lunch Break

Session 11

Large-Scale Dynamics II

Location: Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA)

Host: 15th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Organizers: Dieter H. W. Peters, University of Rostock; Thomas Reichlar, Univ. of Utah

10:30 AM

11.1

Instability and wave propagation in compressible quasi-geostrophic dynamics

Richard K. Scott, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and D. G. Dritschel

10:50 AM

11.2

Influences of baroclinic eddies on the Hadley cell

Christopher C. Walker, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Schneider

Recorded presentation

11:10 AM

11.3

Ensemble estimation of balanced dynamics

Gregory J. Hakim, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

11.4

Vertical modes in a moist convecting atmosphere

Matthew E. Peters, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. S. Bretherton

Recorded presentation

11:50 AM

11.5

On the available energy of symmetric circulations

Sorin Codoban, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and T. G. Shepherd

Recorded presentation

12:10 PM

11.6

Eddies and thermally forced meridional overturning circulations

Simona Bordoni, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; and T. Schneider and B. Stevens

12:30 PM

11.7

Nonlinear Thermally Forced Circulations in Three Dimensions

Timothy J. Dunkerton, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA

12:50 PM

11.8

A parameter sweep experiment on quasi-periodic variations of the polar vortex due to wave-wave interaction in a barotropic model

Yasuko Hio, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and S. Yoden

1:10 PM

11.9

Distributed forcing of forecast and assimilation error systems

Brian Farrell, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and P. J. Ioannou

Recorded presentation

1:30 PM

11.10

Energy Transports in an Idealized Moist GCM

Dargan M. Frierson, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and I. Held and P. Zurita-Gotor

Recorded presentation

1:50 PM

11.11

Dynamics of error growth in an NWP system

H. C. Davies, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and M. Didone and M. Sprenger

2:10 PM

11.5a

Lunch Break

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Thursday, 16 June 2005

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8:30 AM-10:10 AM: Thursday, 16 June 2005

9:50 AM-2:05 PM: Thursday, 16 June 2005

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 16 June 2005

2:05 PM-4:25 PM: Thursday, 16 June 2005

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 16 June 2005

4:35 PM-4:35 PM: Thursday, 16 June 2005

Friday, 17 June 2005

8:30 AM-8:30 AM: Friday, 17 June 2005

8:30 AM-10:30 AM: Friday, 17 June 2005

10:30 AM-1:15 PM: Friday, 17 June 2005

10:30 AM-3:45 PM: Friday, 17 June 2005