Program: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography (6th Conference on Polar Meteorlogy and Oceanography and the 11th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere)

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Sunday, 13 May 2001

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Sunday, 13 May 2001

SUN 13 MAY

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 13 May 2001

Conference Registration

Monday, 14 May 2001

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Monday, 14 May 2001

MON 14 MAY

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 14 May 2001

Conference Registration Continues through Friday, 18 May

8:30 AM-8:30 AM: Monday, 14 May 2001

Welcoming Remarks: Jennifer A. Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

8:45 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 14 May 2001

Session 1

Observed Polar Changes and Possible Causes

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Jennifer A. Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers Univ.

8:45 AM

1.1

The submarine record of Arctic sea ice draft: what is it telling us? (INVITED)

D. Andrew Rothrock, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Presentation PDF (164.0 kB)

9:15 AM

1.2

Sea Ice and Ice Temperature Variability as Observed by Microwave and Infrared Satellite Data

Josefino C. Comiso, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

9:30 AM

1.3

A comparison of feedback processes in the Arctic during past and future warm climates

Steve Vavrus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

9:45 AM

1.4

Mechanisms in the Development of Anomalous Sea Ice Extent in the Western Arctic: A Case Study

Amanda H. Lynch, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Maslanik and J. J. Cassano

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 14 May 2001

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-11:59 AM: Monday, 14 May 2001

Session 1

Observed Polar Changes and Possible Causes: Continued

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Miles McPhee, McPhee Research Company

10:30 AM

1.5

The Loss of Decades Old Sea Ice Plugs in the Canadian Arctic Islands

T. A. Agnew, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and B. Alt, R. De Abreu, and S. Jeffers

10:45 AM

1.6

Arctic Ocean/Sea-ice Response to Climate Variability in a Coupled Model

Xiangdong Zhang, IARC, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and M. Ikeda

Presentation PDF (397.3 kB)

11:00 AM

1.7

Possible dynamic and thermal causes for the recent decrease in sea ice in the Arctic Basin

Alexander P. Makshtas, IARC, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and S. V. Shoutilin and E. L. Andreas

1.8

Using wavelet analysis to examine four-dimensional changes in sea ice and relating these to atmospheric patterns

11:15 AM

1.9

Southern Ocean Sea Ice Processes Associated with the Southern Oscillation

Ronald Kwok, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Comiso

11:30 AM

1.10

Coastal polynyas in the southern Weddell Sea: variability of the surface energy budget

Ian A. Renfrew, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and J. C. King and T. Markus

Presentation PDF (570.8 kB)

11:45 AM

1.8a

Satellite-Observed Changes in Energy Advection within the Arctic (formerly paper number 1.19)

Jennifer A. Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and R. Cermak

Presentation PDF (789.9 kB)

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Monday, 14 May 2001

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 14 May 2001

Session 1

Observed Polar Changes and Possible Causes: Continued

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Josefino C. Comiso, NASA/GSFC

1:30 PM

1.11

Relationships between fast ice and local meteorological conditions at Davis Station, East Antarctica: A case study

Petra Heil, IARC, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

Presentation PDF (118.2 kB)

1:45 PM

1.12

Interannual variability of Arctic Ocean temperature and salinity fields for fifties-eighties by spectral analysis method

Oleg M. Pokrovsky, Main Geophysical Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia; and L. A. Timokhov

2:00 PM

1.13

Coherence and trends of anomalies in Barents Sea hydrographic data and Arctic atmospheric systems

Sarah Zimmermann, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and M. Johnson

Presentation PDF (18.9 kB)

2:15 PM

1.14

Temperature Decadal Change over Polar Region as seen from TOVS and NCEP Reanalysis

Muyin Wang, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. E. Overland and N. A. Bond

Presentation PDF (337.6 kB)

2:30 PM

1.15

A new data set for monitoring snowmelt onset over Arctic sea ice

Mark R. Anderson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and S. D. Drobot

2:45 PM

1.16

Is the dramatic surface warming observed in the Antarctic Peninsula also present throughout the troposphere?

Gareth J. Marshall, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 14 May 2001

Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 14 May 2001

Session 1

Observed Polar Changes and Possible Causes: Continued

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Ronald Kwok, JPL

3:30 PM

1.17

The effect on southern hemisphere circulation and Antarctic coastal climate of changing baroclinicity

Bradley F. Murphy, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and P. Pettre and I. Simmonds

Presentation PDF (471.4 kB)

3:45 PM

1.18

Antarctic Changes Associated with Global Warming towards Equilibrium for Different Levels of Stabilisation of Greenhouse Gases

Xingren Wu, Antarctic CRC and Australian Antarctic Division, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; and W. F. Budd

Presentation PDF (205.6 kB)

3:59 PM

1.19

Paper moved to number 1.8A.

4:00 PM

1.20

Spatial and temporal variations in monthly averaged cloud cover based on AVHHR Polar Pathfinder data

Sheldon Drobot, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Maslanik and C. Fowler

4:15 PM

1.21

Regional and temporal variations in arctic cloudiness

John A. Beesley, National Ice Center, Washington, DC

Presentation PDF (95.9 kB)

4:30 PM

1.22

Greenland precipitation variability in recent years retrieved by an initialization dynamic method and its relation to atmospheric circulation

Qiu-Shi Chen, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich and L. Bai

Presentation PDF (556.4 kB)

4:45 PM

1.23

Cyclone Activity around the Greenland Ice Sheet for Last 50 Years

Lin Li, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich

Presentation PDF (283.9 kB)

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 14 May 2001

Sessions end for the day

Tuesday, 15 May 2001

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Tuesday, 15 May 2001

TUE 15 MAY

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 15 May 2001

Session 2

Large-scale Atmospheric Circulations, Oscillations, and Interactions

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Uma Bhatt, IARC, Univ. of Alaska

8:30 AM

2.1

Hemispheric modes, regimes and forced change (INVITED)

John C. Fyfe, Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Victoria, BC, Canada

9:00 AM

2.2

Signals of ENSO in the atmospheric circulation around the Antarctic Peninsula

John Turner, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and G. J. Marshall

9:15 AM

2.3

Relating West Antarctic surface meteorology to the large-scale atmospheric circulation

David B. Reusch, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and R. B. Alley

Presentation PDF (521.9 kB)

9:30 AM

2.4

Intraseasonal development of a West Pacific pole to pole teleconnection during late austral winter

Keith M. Hines, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

9:45 AM

2.5

ARCMIP: Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project

Amanda H. Lynch, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Curry

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 15 May 2001

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Tuesday, 15 May 2001

Session 2

Large-scale Atmospheric Circulations, Oscillations, and Interactions: Continued

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Michael L. Van Woert, National Ice Center

10:30 AM

2.6

Impacts of Winter Arctic Oscillation on the Siberian High, the East Asian Winter Monsoon, and Sea-Ice Extent

Jia Wang, IARC, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and B. Wu

10:45 AM

2.7

The Arctic Oscillation as the driver of spring warmings

James E. Overland, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and M. Wang and N. A. Bond

Presentation PDF (1003.9 kB)

2.8

The influence of the Arctic Oscillation on the atmospheric moisture budget

2.9

Simulation of mass and moisture transport in a regional climate model of the Arctic

11:30 AM

2.10

Spatial and temporal variability of Arctic Basin precipitation

David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and S. H. Wang and E. N. Cassano

Presentation PDF (2.8 MB)

11:45 AM

2.11

Towards prediction of snowmelt onset over Arctic sea ice

Sheldon Drobot, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. R. Anderson

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 15 May 2001

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Tuesday, 15 May 2001

Session 2

Large-scale Atmospheric Circulations, Oscillations, and Interactions: Continued

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Steve Vavrus, Univ. of Wisconsin

1:30 PM

2.12

Influence of the Aleutian-Icelandic low seesaw on the Arctic Oscillation

Meiji Honda, IGCR, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Nakamura and J. Ukita

1:45 PM

2.13

Interactions between the Odden sea ice peninsula and the North Atlantic Oscillation

Laura E. Chasmer, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada; and E. F. LeDrew

Presentation PDF

2:00 PM

2.14

Atmospheric regional climate simulations over Greenland with the Polar MM5

John J. Cassano, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich

2:45 PM-2:45 PM: Tuesday, 15 May 2001

Poster Session P1: Oral Briefing (1 Minute/1 Viewgraph)

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 15 May 2001

Poster Session 1

Formal Viewing with Reception (Cash Bar)

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Mark R. Anderson, Univ. of Nebraska

P1.1

The effects of keels and frozen leads on under ice turbulence

Eric D. Skyllingstad, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. Paulson, W. S. Pegau, T. Stanton, and M. McPhee

Handout (159.0 kB)

P1.2

Nested Character of Arctic Thermohaline Intrusions

David Walsh, IARC, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and E. Carmack

Handout (239.1 kB)

P1.3

Observations of the optical properties of the upper ocean during SHEBA

W. S. Pegau, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. A. Paulson

Handout (92.5 kB)

P1.4

Ocean Circulation and Shelf-basin Exchanges in the Canada Basin from a High Resolution Model

Waldemar Walczowski, NPS, Monterey, CA; and W. Maslowski, D. C. Marble, and A. J. Semtner

Handout (571.3 kB)

P1.5

Inter-seasonal and inter-decadal variability of freshwater and heat content in the Arctic Ocean

Inna Shapiro, IARC, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Wang, R. Colony, and M. Ikeda

Handout (439.9 kB)

P1.6

Modeling the surface energy budget and the temperature structure of snow and brine-snow at Ice Station Weddell

Rachel E. Jordan, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and E. L. Andreas and A. P. Makshtas

P1.7

Historical variability in the Arctic sea ice extent

Roger Colony, IARC, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and I. Shapiro

Handout (932.9 kB)

P1.8

Microwave radiometer observations of integrated atmospheric water vapor and cloud liquid water at ARM's NSA site using new Absorption Models

Brad W. Orr, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and T. Uttal

Handout (47.4 kB)

P1.9

Single-column model simulations of arctic cloudiness and surface radiative fluxes during the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic (SHEBA) experiment

Cecile Hannay, IARC, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and U. S. Bhatt and J. Y. Harrington

Handout (68.8 kB)

P1.10

An Assessment of long-term surface solar flux measurements in polar regions for trend detection

Marc Chiacchio, AS&M, Inc., Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse, Jr

Handout (133.5 kB)

P1.11

Airborne spectral reflectance observations at SHEBA from NCAR's Multichannel Cloud Radiometer (MCR)

Mark A. Tschudi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. K. Laursen

P1.12

An LES study of ice microphysical influences on roll cloud structure and dynamics off-ice flow

Jerry Y. Harrington, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and P. Q. Olsson

Handout (124.0 kB)

P1.13

Effects of Ozone Column and Ozone Profiles on Global Spectral Ultraviolet Irradiance at the South Pole

Germar H. Bernhard, Biospherical Instruments Inc., San Diego, CA; and C. R. Booth and J. C. Ehramjian

P1.14

OPERATIONAL USE OF POLAR ORBITTING SATELLITE IMAGERY IN THE PRAIRIE AVIATION AND ARCTIC WEATHER CENTRE

Steve Ricketts, MSC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and E. Hudson

Handout (299.3 kB)

P1.15

An arctic meteorology and climate atlas on CD-ROM

Florence M. Fetterer, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO; and V. Radionov

Handout (12.0 kB)

P1.16

Further Experiments in Mesoscale Ensemble Forecasting in the Western Arctic

Jeffrey S. Tilley, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Ke, J. Long, and E. L'Herault

Handout (46.4 kB)

P1.17

Is there a correlation between synoptic activity and ice divergence in the Cosmonaut Sea?

T. E. Arbetter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. H. Lynch and D. A. Bailey

P1.18

Long-term variability of the free atmosphere in the Arctic

Valentina V. Maistrova, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; and A. P. Nagurny, R. Colony, and A. P. Makshtas

P1.19

On the Antarctic surface mass balance in atmospheric GCMS

Christophe Genthon, LGGE/CNRS, Saint Martin d'Hères, France; and G. Krinner

P1.20

Sensitivity of Antarctic Precipitation to Sea Ice Concentrations in a General Circulation Model

John W. Weatherly, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, Hanover, NH

Handout (69.2 kB)

P1.21

A comparison of surface-layer and surface turbulent-flux observations over the Labrador Sea with ECMWF analyses and NCEP reanalyses

Ian A. Renfrew, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and G. W. K. Moore, P. S. Guest, and K. Bumke

P1.22

Arctic Surface Temperature: A Comparison among Satellite Retrievals and Conventional Observations

Yonghua Chen, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and J. Miller and J. A. Francis

Handout (404.2 kB)

P1.23

Boundary layer mean and turbulence properties over the Arctic ocean during the spring and summer seasons

Qing Wang, NPS, Monterey, CA; and S. Wang and S. Fan

P1.24

Data Management for Arctic Research Field Projects: Progress and Prospects

Gregory Stossmeister, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Moore

P1.25

General circulation and transport in the pan Arctic and North Atlantic Ocean

Meibing Jin, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Wang, F. J. Saucier, and M. Ikeda

P1.26

Horizontal Variations in the Net Heat Flux of a Springtime Freezing Lead

James O. Pinto, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. Alam, J. A. Maslanik, and R. S. Stone

Handout (91.6 kB)

P1.27

A modeling and observational investigation of North Atlantic SST anomalies and their effects on Eurasian snow cover

Kristi R. Arsenault, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. H. Bromwich and K. M. Hines

P1.28

Antarctic mesoscale prediction system (AMPS): A Case Study from the 2000/2001 field season

David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, OH; and A. J. Monaghan, J. J. Cassano, J. G. Powers, Y. H. Kuo, and A. Pellegrini

Handout (851.5 kB)

P1.29

Comparison of cloud properties at a coastal and inland site at the North Slope of Alaska

J. C. Doran, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. C. Barnard, S. Zhong, and C. Jakob

Handout (26.0 kB)

P1.30

Modeling the Energy Budget of the Arctic Ocean

James R. Miller, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; and G. L. Russell

P1.31

Observations of Surface Heat Fluxes During the Spring Melt on the North Slope of Alaska

William J. Shaw, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. M. Hubbe, A. J. Drake, and J. C. Doran

P1.32

Polar Cloud and Climate Observations by the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System

James D. Spinhirne, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Mahesh, E. J. Welton, J. R. Campbell, S. P. Palm, W. Hart, and D. Hlavka

P1.33

Late Holocene climate fluctuation in South Greenland and disappearance of the Norse culture

P1.34

The Greenland Crest as a Test laboratory for Iceshield-Air Interaction Processes

George W. Weidner, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

P1.35

Siple Dome Snow Temperatures, 1999-2001

George W. Weidner, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 15 May 2001

Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 16 May 2001

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Wednesday, 16 May 2001

WED 16 MAY

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 16 May 2001

Joint Session 1

Air-Sea Interactions in High Latitudes (Joint with the Sixth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and the 11th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere)

Hosts: (Joint between the 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 11th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere )

Organizer: Xubin Zeng, Univ. of Arizona

8:00 AM

J1.1

SEAFLUX: Ocean Surface Turbulent Flux Project (Invited)

Judith A. Curry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and W. B. Rossow, J. Schulz, and R. Weller

8:30 AM

J1.2

Polar-tropical interactions involving the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica (INVITED)

David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and K. M. Hines

Presentation PDF (440.1 kB)

9:00 AM

J1.3

Sea ice response to wind forcing from AMIP models (INVITED)

Cecilia M. Bitz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. C. Fyfe, G. M. Flato, and R. E. Moritz

Presentation PDF (578.6 kB)

9:30 AM

J1.4

What is the Role of the Sensible Heat Flux on the Surface Heat Budget of Multi-Year Sea Ice? (INVITED)

Peter S. Guest, NPS, Monterey, CA; and O. P. G. Persson, E. L. Andreas, and C. W. Fairall

Presentation PDF (173.1 kB)

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 16 May 2001

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 16 May 2001

Joint Session 1

Air-Sea Interactions in High Latitudes: Continued

Hosts: (Joint between the 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 11th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere )

Organizer: Jennifer A. Francis, Rutgers Univ.

10:30 AM

J1.5

Cloud Forcing of Turbulent and Radiative Surface Energy Budgets on the Arctic Ice Cap: One Year of Data from the SHEBA Experiment (INVITED)

C. W. Fairall, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Intrieri, M. Shupe, P. Guest, E. L. Andreas, and O. P. G. Persson

11:00 AM

J1.6

Measurements of the Surface Energy Budget on Multi-Year Ice at SHEBA

P. Ola G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and C. W. Fairall, E. L. Andreas, and P. S. Guest

Presentation PDF (110.4 kB)

11:15 AM

J1.7

Turbulent fluxes and air-ice coupling in the Baltic Air-Sea-Ice Study

Jouko Launiainen, Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Helsinki, Finland

Presentation PDF (64.2 kB)

11:30 AM

J1.8

Atmospheric effects on marginal ice zone sea ice concentrations from passive microwave algorithms

Walter N. Meier, U.S. National Ice Center, Washington, DC; and S. Andersen

11:45 AM

J1.9

Atmospheric forcing of the Cosmonaut Sea polynya

David A Bailey, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and T. E. Arbetter and A. H. Lynch

Presentation PDF (288.1 kB)

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 16 May 2001

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 16 May 2001

Joint Session 1

Air-Sea Interactions in High Latitudes: Continued

Hosts: (Joint between the 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 11th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere )

Organizer: James Pinto, Univ. of Colorado

1:30 PM

J1.10

Atmospheric forcing of the Ross Sea Polynya during summer

David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and A. J. Monaghan, A. N. Rogers, M. L. Van Woert, and K. R. Arrigo

Presentation PDF (187.3 kB)

1:45 PM

J1.11

Simulating Arctic Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions with a Single Column Model Version of the Community Climate System Model

Richard E. Moritz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. M. Bitz and A. Rivers

2:00 PM

J1.12

Evaluation of three low-order boundary layer parameterizations in a new single column thermodynamic model using SHEBA field data

Jeff Mirocha, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Curry

2:15 PM

J1.13

Response of high resolution coupled sea ice/ocean model to the assimilation of ice motion fields derived from microwave satellite imagery

Donald R. Stark, NPS, Monterey, CA

Presentation PDF (86.8 kB)

2:30 PM

J1.14

Improved treatment of surface processes in a dynamic-thermodynamic sea ice model

T. E. Arbetter, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Curry and A. Alam

2:45 PM

J1.15

Evaluation of Surface Bulk Turbulent Flux Models using SHEBA Data

Afshan Alam, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Curry

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 16 May 2001

Coffee Break

3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Wednesday, 16 May 2001

Joint Session 1

Air-Sea Interactions in High Latitudes: Continued

Hosts: (Joint between the 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 11th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere )

Organizer: Michael A. Alexander, NOAA-CIRES, Climate Diagnostics Center

J1.16

Depictions of surface moisture fluxes in high northern latitudes in reanalyses and a regional climate model

J1.17

Regional atmosphere-ocean-ice climate modelling over Eastern Canada

3:45 PM

J1.18

Atmosphere-ocean-ice interaction processes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: numerical study with a coupled model

Philippe Gachon, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, PQ, Canada; and F. J. Saucier and R. Laprise

Presentation PDF (196.8 kB)

4:00 PM

J1.19

The Impact of Arctic Sea Ice Variability on the Atmosphere

Uma S. Bhatt, IARC, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and M. A. Alexander, J. Walsh, M. Timlin, and J. Miller

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

4:15 PM

J1.20

Troposphere response to SST anomalies in the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave in the Southern Ocean

Warren B. White, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and S. C. Chen

4:30 PM

J1.21

Wind-forced currents as a linkage between the Laptev Sea (Siberia) and the Arctic Ocean

Igor A. Dmitrenko, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; and J. A. Hölemann, S. A. Kirillov, S. L. Berezovskaya, H. Eicken, and H. Kassens

Presentation PDF (152.1 kB)

4:45 PM

J1.22

Variability of Deep Water Formation and Convection in the North Atlantic: A Model Study

Johann H. Jungclaus, Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany; and U. Mikolajewicz and H. Haak

Presentation PDF (3.6 MB)

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 16 May 2001

Sessions end for the day

7:00 PM-7:00 PM: Wednesday, 16 May 2001

CONFERENCE BANQUET

Thursday, 17 May 2001

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Thursday, 17 May 2001

THUR 17 MAY

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 17 May 2001

Session 3a

Sea Ice Properties: Observed and Modeled (Parallel with Session 3B)

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Ron Lindsay, APL, Univ. of Washington

8:30 AM

3a.1

Observations and modeling of structural-optical properties in first-year sea ice (INVITED)

Bonnie Light, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Presentation PDF (80.6 kB)

9:00 AM

3a.2

The role of melt ponds in the evolution of Arctic summer pack ice albedos (INVITED)

Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and D. K. Perovich and T. C. Grenfell

9:30 AM

3a.3

Thermodynamic Ice Model Simulations of SHEBA: Initialization and Albedo Sensitivities

John W. Weatherly, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, Hanover, NH

Presentation PDF (143.3 kB)

9:45 AM

3a.4

Evaluation of the Year 2000 Arctic Ice Pack Using MODIS

Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa, Emergent Information Technologies, Inc., Boulder, CO; and G. R. Scharfen

Presentation PDF (50.2 kB)

Session 3b

Polar Cloud Properties: Observed and Modeled (Parallel with Session 3A)

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Von P. Walden, Univ. of Idaho

8:30 AM

3b.1

Comparison of SHEBA and NSA Cloud Properties for April, May, June and July

Taneil Uttal, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO

Presentation PDF (80.7 kB)

8:45 AM

3b.2

A comparison of cloud properties at Barrow and SHEBA during the summer of 1998

James C. Barnard, PNNL, Richland, WA; and J. C. Doran, S. Zhong, and C. N. Long

Presentation PDF (71.4 kB)

9:00 AM

3b.3

Arctic stratus cloud properties deduced from ground-based measurements at DOE ARM NSA site

Xiquan Dong, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and G. G. Mace

9:15 AM

3b.4

An Analysis of ice crystal number concentration versus Aerosol Related Parameters and Supersaturation during FIRE.ACE

I. Gultepe, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. A. Isaac

9:30 AM

3b.5

Arctic and Antarctic cloud properties from simultaneous lidar and spectral measurements

Ashwin Mahesh, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. D. Spinhirne and V. P. Walden

9:45 AM

3b.6

Retrieval of cloud optical properties over the South Pole from AVHRR data

Joannes Berque, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. Lubin and R. C. J. Somerville

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 17 May 2001

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-11:34 AM: Thursday, 17 May 2001

Session 3a

Sea Ice Properties: Observed and Modeled: Continued (Parallel with Session 3B)

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Marika M. Holland, NCAR

3a.5

A new data set for Arctic sea ice motion, deformation, and thickness from the Radarsat Geophysical Processor System

3a.6

High Resolution Automated Sea Ice Cover Analysis

10:46 AM

3a.7

Parallel Climate Model Simulations with a Dynamic-Thermodynamic Ice Thickness Distribution Model

John W. Weatherly, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab., Hanover, NH; and C. M. Bitz and E. C. Hunke

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11:01 AM

3a.8

Assimilation of Ice Thickness Information into a Sea Ice Model

Ronald W. Lindsay, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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3a.9

On the Response of the Arctic Ocean ice thickness distribution to changes in external forcing

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11:31 AM

3a.10

Seasonal variation in a transient response of sea-ice thickness to perturbed thermal forcing

Jinro Ukita, NASA/GSFC and University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and D. G. Martinson

11:46 AM

3a.5a

Ice Velocity Assimilation, Its Impact on Ice Deformation, and Comparisons with RGPS

Ronald W. Lindsay, APL, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Thursday, 17 May 2001

Session 3b

Polar Cloud Properties: Observed and Modeled: Continued (Parallel with Session 3A)

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Keith M. Hines, Ohio State Univ.

10:30 AM

3b.7

Development of a daytime polar cloud mask using theoretical models of near-infrared bidirectional reflectance for ARM and CERES

Qing Trepte, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and R. F. Arduini, Y. Chen, S. Sun-Mack, P. Minnis, D. A. Spangenberg, and D. R. Doelling

10:45 AM

3b.8

Development of an automated Arctic cloud mask using clear-sky satellite observations taken over the SHEBA and the ARM NSA Sites

Douglas A. Spangenberg, AS&M, Inc., Hampton, VA; and V. Chakrapani, D. R. Doelling, P. Minnis, and R. F. Arduini

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3b.9

The Potential for Estimating Cloud Liquid Water Path over Sea Ice from Airborne Passive Microwave Measurements

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11:15 AM

3b.10

Evaluation of a bulk cloud microphysics model in simulating low-level arctic mixed-phase clouds using a new single column model

Hugh Morison, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Curry

11:30 AM

3b.11

Single-column model studies for improving the representation of Antarctic cloud cover

Sam F. Iacobellis, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. Lubin and R. C. J. Somerville

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3b.12

Numerical simulations of the Sensitivity of Mixed-Phase Arctic Stratus to Ice Forming nuclei

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12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 17 May 2001

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 17 May 2001

Session 4a

Upper-Ocean/Sea Ice Exchanges (Parallel with Session 4B)

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: John W. Weatherly, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab.

1:30 PM

4a.1

The influence of ice-ocean coupling feedbacks on Arctic sea ice variability

Marika M. Holland, NCAR, Boulder, CO

1:45 PM

4a.2

The Antarctic Dipole and its predictability

Xiaojun Yuan, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY; and D. Martinson

2:00 PM

4a.3

Wind-forced interannual sea ice and water mass changes on the Ross Sea continental shelf

Michael L. Van Woert, National Ice Center, Washington, DC

2:15 PM

4a.4

Early summer heating of the upper ocean in the vicinity of SHEBA

Miles G. McPhee, McPhee Research Company, Naches, WA; and G. A. Maykut, C. M. Bitz, and R. E. Moritz

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2:30 PM

4a.5

Modeling the influence of sea ice on solar heating in the upper ocean during the SHEBA experiment

Cecilia M. Bitz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. E. Moritz, M. G. McPhee, and G. A. Maykut

2:45 PM

4a.6

Summertime oceanic fluxes at SHEBA: observations and steady 2-D modelling

Daniel R. Hayes, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. H. Morison and M. G. McPhee

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1:30 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 17 May 2001

Session 4b

Cloud-Radiation Interactions (Parallel with Session 4A)

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Jeffrey R. Key, NOAA/NESDIS

1:30 PM

4b.1

Have model, need forcings. Towards the development of accurate radiative forcing fields for sea ice model experiments (INVITED)

Axel J. Schweiger, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. W. Lindsay

2:00 PM

4b.2

A global climate modeling study of Antarctic cloud radiative processes

Keith M. Hines, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and M. J. Iacono, P. J. Rasch, and D. H. Bromwich

Presentation PDF (38.1 kB)

4b.3

A comparison of the NCEP forecast model with SHEBA observations

2:15 PM

4b.4

Evaluation of GCM radiation codes using SHEBA data

Dana E. Lane, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. O. Pinto and J. A. Curry

2:30 PM

4b.5

Numerical simulations of lead-generated clouds and their effect on large-scale surface fluxes

Michael A. Zulauf, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. K. Krueger

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2:45 PM

4b.6

Aggregate-area radiative flux bias corrections over sea ice

Xuanji Wang, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key

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3:00 PM

4b.7

The South Pole Atmospheric Radiation and Cloud Lidar Experiment (SPARCLE)

Von P. Walden, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and S. G. Warren, J. D. Spinhirne, A. Heymsfield, R. E. Brandt, P. Rowe, M. S. Town, S. Hudson, and R. M. Jones

Presentation PDF (156.1 kB)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 17 May 2001

Coffee Break

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 17 May 2001

Session 4a

Upper-Ocean/Sea Ice Exchanges: Continued (Parallel with Session 4B)

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Jinro Ukita, NASA/GSFC and Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County

3:30 PM

4a.7

Is ocean heat flux enhanced under rapidly growing ice?

Miles G. McPhee, McPhee Research Company, Naches, WA

Presentation PDF (75.1 kB)

3:45 PM

4a.8

The summertime thermohaline evolution of an Arctic lead: Heat budget to the surface layer

C. A. Paulson, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and W. S. Pegau

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4:00 PM

4a.9

Internal Waves and Ocean Mixing in the Western Arctic: Observations from the SHEBA Drift

Robert Pinkel, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and C. Halle

4:15 PM

4a.10

Momentum exchange and Reynolds stress estimates in an underice boundary layer during SHEBA

Christopher Halle, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and R. Pinkel

4:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 17 May 2001

Sessions end for the day

Friday, 18 May 2001

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Friday, 18 May 2001

FRI 18 MAY

8:00 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 18 May 2001

Session 5a

Atmosphere-Surface Exchanges and Forcings (Parallel with Session 5B)

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Ola P. G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL

8:00 AM

5a.1

Overview of the SHEBA Project (INVITED)

Richard E. Moritz, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. M. Bitz and A. Rivers

8:30 AM

5a.2

Evaluation of strategies for conducting atmospheric single column model experiments for SHEBA

James Pinto, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Curry

Presentation PDF (91.6 kB)

8:45 AM

5a.3

Evaluation of a single column model using SHEBA data

Afshan Alam, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Curry

9:00 AM

5a.4

The air-ice drag coefficient measured for a year over Arctic sea ice

Edgar L Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH; and C. W. Fairall, P. S. Guest, and O. P. G. Persson

9:15 AM

5a.5

Applications of the Aerosonde to Long-Term Observations in the Arctic

Judith Curry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Maslanik

9:30 AM

5a.6

Dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of large-scale atmospheric response to anomalous sea-ice extent in the Sea of Okhotsk

Meiji Honda, IGCR, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Nakamura

9:45 AM

5a.7

Role of sea-ice in the air mass transformation over the southwestern region of the Sea of Okhotsk during cold air outbreaks

Jun Inoue, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; and M. Honda and M. Kawashima

Presentation PDF (170.9 kB)

Session 5b

Polar Weather Forecasting (Parallel with Session 5A)

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Jeffrey S. Tilley, Univ. of Alaska

8:00 AM

5b.1

The International Antarctic Weather Forecasting Handbook

John Turner, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and S. Pendlebury

8:15 AM

5b.2

Numerical weather prediction in East Antarctica

Neil D. Adams, Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre and Bureau of Meteorology, Kent Town, Australia

Presentation PDF (684.7 kB)

8:30 AM

5b.3

Unstructured grid Antarctic weather forecast system

David P. Bacon, SAIC, McLean, VA; and N. N. Ahmad, Y. Jin, and R. A. Sarma

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

8:45 AM

5b.4

The Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System

Jordan G. Powers, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. H. Kuo, J. F. Bresch, J. J. Cassano, D. H. Bromwich, and A. Cayette

9:00 AM

5b.5

Verification of Polar MM5 Simulations of Antarctic Atmospheric Circulation

Zhichang Guo, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich and J. J. Cassano

Presentation PDF (784.2 kB)

9:15 AM

5b.6

A case study of Polar MM5 Usage for Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction in the Antarctic: Upper Boundary Condition

Helin Wei, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and D. H. Bromwich, Y. H. Kuo, and T. K. Wee

Presentation PDF (221.4 kB)

9:30 AM

5b.7

High-latitude cloud-drift winds from MODIS

Jeffrey R. Key, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden and D. Santek

9:45 AM

5b.8

Topographic forcing of the Antarctic wind field

Thomas R. Parish, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 18 May 2001

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Friday, 18 May 2001

Session 5a

Atmosphere-Surface Exchanges and Forcings: Continued (Parallel with Session 5B)

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: John A. Beesley, National Ice Center

10:30 AM

5a.8

Estimation of surface heat flux based on radiosonde observation in the southwestern part of the Sea of Okhotsk under ice-covered condition

Katsushi Iwamoto, Hokkaido University, Sappro, Japan; and Y. Tachibana, M. Honda, and K. Takeuchi

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

10:45 AM

5a.9

Fall warming events on the Arctic Slope of Alaska

Peter Q. Olsson, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK

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11:00 AM

5a.10

Mesoscale simulations of cold season Alaskan atmosphere-surface interactions using the PSU/NCAR MM5 model coupled to the NOAH-LSM land surface model

Jing Zhang, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. S. Tilley

Presentation PDF (145.9 kB)

11:15 AM

5a.11

Simulating the climate and surface mass balance of Greenland with a regional climate model

Bradley F. Murphy, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and I. Marsiat and P. Valdes

Presentation PDF (126.8 kB)

11:30 AM

5a.12

The use of satellite-derived skin temperature for soil moisture initialization in the Penn State/NCAR mesoscale model (MM5)

Jeffrey S. Tilley, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Zhang

Presentation PDF (744.7 kB)

11:45 AM

5a.13

Thermal impact of soil freezing on the Siberian climate

Gerhard Krinner, LGGE/CNRS, Saint Martin d'Hères, France; and E. Poutou and C. Genthon

10:30 AM-12:30 PM: Friday, 18 May 2001

Session 5b

Polar Weather Forecasting: Continued (Parallel with Session 5A)

Host: 6th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: John Cassano, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado

5b.9

Use of a neural network for a classification of wind regimes in the Central Victoria Land and their relative coupling with the synoptic description provided by the ECMWF model

10:45 AM

5b.10

Katabatic winds in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Thomas H. Nylen, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and A. G. Fountain and P. T. Doran

11:00 AM

5b.11

A simulation of an extreme katabatic wind event

Hubert Gallée, Laboratoire d'étude des Transferts en Hydrologie et Environnement, Grenoble, France; and G. Wendler and O. Brasseur

11:15 AM

5b.12

A ceiling and visibility prediction system suitable for Antarctic flight operations

David A. Braaten, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and D. F. Tucker

Presentation PDF (15.9 kB)

11:30 AM

5b.13

A mesoscale model for operative forecast according to ICAO requirement for air navigation: simulation in the Area of Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica

F. Fattori Speranza, National Program Research Antarctica ENEA, Roma, Italy; and P. Coppola, H. Gallée, P. Grigioni, and A. Pellegrini

11:45 AM

5b.14

On the Performance of the AFWA version of the PSU/NCAR MM5 model for short-range forecasting in Alaska, the Western Arctic and North Pacific

Jeffrey S. Tilley, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Long, C. Weatherby, and E. L'Herault

Presentation PDF (87.1 kB)

12:00 PM

5b.15

Climatology and Forecasting Hazaradous Weather in Canada's Northwest Territories and Nunavut

Steve Ricketts, MSC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and E. Hudson

Presentation PDF (131.9 kB)

12:15 PM

5b.16

Numerical simulation of an Arctic ground blizzard

Stephen J. Déry, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada; and M. K. Yau

12:30 PM-12:30 PM: Friday, 18 May 2001

Conference Ends

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