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Sunday, 27 August 2006
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday Conference Registration
Monday, 28 August 2006
	7:30 AM, Monday Registration continues through Friday, 1 September
	9:00 AM-10:15 AM, Monday, Ballroom South Session 1 Orographic Precipitation: Part I
Chair: Ronald B. Smith, Yale Univeristy, New Haven, CT
9:00 AM 1.1 Lessons on orographic precipitation from MAP (invited)   R. Rotunno, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. A. Houze 9:30 AM 1.2 Preparatory investigations to the COPS experiment   Evelyne Richard, CNRS/UPS, Toulouse, France 1.4 Airborne radar observations of flow and microphysical structure over mountainous terrain   David Leon, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 9:45 AM 1.3 Orographic precipitation development in stratified flow, as documented by airborne mm-wave radar transects along the mean flow   Bart Geerts, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and H. McIntyre
	10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday Coffee Break
	10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Ballroom South Session 2 Orographic Precipitation: Part II
Chair: Evelyne Richard, Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Toulouse France
10:45 AM 2.1 The spacing of orographic rainbands triggered by small-scale terrain   Daniel J. Kirshbaum, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. H. Bryan and R. Rotunno 11:00 AM 2.2 Sensitivity of orographic precipitation to changing soil moisture and ambient conditions   Sandrine Anquetin, CNRS, Grenoble, France; and E. Yates and V. Mano 11:15 AM 2.3 Two-dimensional idealized simulations of the impact of multiple windward ridges on orographic precipitation   Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook University / SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11:30 AM 2.4 Idealized simulations of orographic precipitation across complex, evolving topography   Joseph Galewsky, Univ.of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 11:45 AM 2.5 Radar observations of intense orographic precipitation associated with typhoon Xangsane (2000)   Cheng-Ku Yu, Chinese Culture Univ., Taipei, Taiwan; and L. W. Cheng
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, Ballroom South Session 3 Orographic Precipitation: Part III
Chair: Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
3.1 A multi-season statistical analysis of orographic rainfall in California's coastal mountains using a GPS sensor, 915-MHz wind profiler, and rain gauges   Paul J. Neiman, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory/Physical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, A. B. White, S. I. Gutman, and K. Holub 1:30 PM 3.2 A tailored observational campaign for orographic precipitation—STOPEX   Idar Barstad, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and Univ. of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; and J. Reuder 1:45 PM 3.3 Effects of cyclone track on precipitation distribution along the California Coastal Range and Sierra Nevada   Barrett Smith II, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin and H. D. Reeves 2:00 PM 3.4 Differential flow blocking along the Sierra Nevada mountains and its effect on the precipitation distribution   Heather Dawn Reeves, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. lin and R. Rotunno
	2:30 PM, Monday Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Ballroom North Poster Session 1 Precipitation and Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain
Chair: Sharon Zhong, University of Houston, Houston, TX
P1.1 Overview of the Sierra Hydrometeorology Atmospheric River Experiment (SHARE)   David Kingsmill, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Yuter, B. A. Colle, R. A. Houze, B. Geerts, D. P. Lettenmaier, P. J. Neiman, G. S. Poulos, R. B. Smith, B. F. Smull, W. J. Steenburgh, and M. Steiner   P1.2 Validation by a new gauge-based daily grid precipitation dataset of daily precipitation climatology over Monsoon Asia simulated by MRI/JMA 20-km-mesh AGCM   Akiyo Yatagai, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan; and P. Xie and A. Kitoh   P1.3 Improving rainfall retrieval algorithms over mountainous regions using multi-sources remotely sensed and lightning data   Ali S. Amirrezvani, NOAA-CREST, New York, NY; and S. Mahani and R. Khanbilvardi   P1.4 Estimation of Orographic Precipitation Distribution Using Orographic Moisture Flux in the South-Eastern Alps   Uros Strajnar, Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia   P1.5 Variability in Windward and Leeward Orographic Precipitation Ratios   Erik Crosman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Boatman, B. Hansen, S. Houser, E. James, A. Moller, C. Neuman, J. Reynolds, N. Roth, S. Sharples, T. West, K. Wilson, J. Steenburgh, and J. Horel   P1.6 The effect of upstream stability on the formation and movement of precipitation systems over idealized terrain   Heather Dawn Reeves, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. L. Lin   P1.7 The 4–5 December 2001 IMPROVE-2 event: Orographic flow and precipitation structures and evaluation of model microphysics   Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook University / SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and Y. Lin, C. P. Woods, and B. F. Smull   P1.8 New Snow Density Across An Elevational Gradient in the Park Range of Northwestern Colorado   David B. Simeral, DRI, Reno, NV; and R. D. Borys and M. A. Wetzel   P1.9 A 3D Snow depth Analysis over complex terrain   Reinhold Steinacker, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and G. Stein   P1.10 Modeling solar radiation in Arizona's Meteor Crater   C. David Whiteman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. Kahler   P1.11 Linking CO2 Surface Fluxes to Concentrations in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Over Mountainous Terrain   Stephan F.J. De Wekker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. Stephens, S. Aulenbach, and D. Schimel   P1.12 The role of near-surface temperature data sets in Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX) analyses   Maura Hahnenberger, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. D. Whiteman   P1.13 High-resolution modeling of the nighttime boundary layer evolution in the Owens Valley: Sensitivity studies   Juerg Schmidli, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. S. Poulos   P1.14 WRF ARW modeling for T-REX at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory   Robert E. Dumais Jr., U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and P. A. Haines, T. Henmi, and E. Colón   P1.15 Alpine pumping as seen by a RADAR-RASS and simulation with the MM5 model   Siegfried Vogt, Institut f. Meteorologie u. Klimaforschung , Forschungszentrum, Karlsruhe, Germany; and L. Gantner   P1.16 Unsteadiness in the Prandtl model of the katabatic flow due to Coriolis effects   Ivana Stiperski, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Zagreb, Croatia; and I. Kavcic, D. R. Durran, and B. Grisogono   P1.17 Super-high-resolution numerical simulation of atmospheric turbulence in an area of complex terrain   P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, Ballroom South Session 4 Orographic Precipitation: Part IV
4:00 PM 4.1 Orographic Precipitation and Water Vapor Fractionation over the southern Andes (Invited)   Ronald B. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT; and J. Evans 4:15 PM 4.2 Dynamics vs. aerosol induced warm-phase microphysics and orographic precipitation   Andreas Dieter Muehlbauer, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; and U. Lohmann 4:30 PM 4.3 Analysis of microphysical data in an orographic environment to evaluate a polarization radar-based hydrometeor classification scheme   Sabine Goeke, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. M. Plummer 4:45 PM 4.4 Model aerosol sensitivity studies and microphysical interactions in an orographic snowfall event   Stephen M. Saleeby, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. D. Borys, M. A. Wetzel, D. B. Simeral, M. P. Meyers, W. R. Cotton, R. L. McAnelly, N. Larson, and E. Heffernan 5:00 PM 4.5 Small-scale gradients in climatological precipitation on the Olympic Peninsula   Justin R. Minder, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and A. M. Anders, D. Durran, and G. H. Roe 5:15 PM 4.6 Orographic Enhancements in Precipitation: Preliminary Work Toward Construction of An Improved Global Monthly Precipitation Climatology   Mingyue Chen, RS Information System, Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and P. Xie, J. Janowiak, and V. E. Kousky
	5:30 PM, Monday Sessions end for the day
	6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Monday Ice Breaker Reception - Sponsored by Campbell Scientific
Tuesday, 29 August 2006
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Ballroom South Session 5 Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain: Part I
Chair: Tina Katopodes Chow, Univ. of Californina, Berkeley, CA
8:30 AM 5.1 The Meteor Crater Experiment, METCRAX 2006   C. David Whiteman, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Hahnenberger, S. Hoch, S. Zhong, A. Muschinski, and D. C. Fritts 8:45 AM 5.2 Results from Mesoscale Modeling and Measurements of Temperature, Moisture, and Wind on a Mountain Slope   Elford G. Astling, West Desert Test Center, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Laufenberg 9:00 AM 5.3 Comparison of wavelet and eddy-covariance techniques for computation of fluxes in intermittent turbulence over a mountain basin   Sandra Cardon, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY; and R. D. Kelly, D. Leon, D. Vickers, and L. Mahrt 9:15 AM 5.4 Katabatic flow over long slopes: Velocity scaling, flow pulsations and effects of slope discontinuities   H. J. S. Fernando, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and M. Princevac, J. C. R. Hunt, and C. Dumitrescu 9:30 AM 5.5 Internal gravity waves generated by katabatic flows in a valley and induced mixing   Charles Chemel, CNRS/UJF/INPG, Grenoble, France; and C. Staquet and M. Tavernier 9:45 AM 5.6 High wind events in the lee of the Sierra Nevada—are they downslope windstorms?   Sharon Zhong, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and J. Li, C. D. Whiteman, and X. Bian
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Ballroom South Session 6 Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain: Part II
Chair: C. David Whiteman, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
10:30 AM 6.1 Elevated layering in the Owens Valley observed during T-REX   Stephen Mobbs, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and G. S. Poulos, R. Burton, J. Schmidli, J. McQuaid, B. Brooks, V. Smith, F. Perry, and C. D. Whiteman 10:45 AM 6.2 Morning Breakup of a Nocturnal Cold Pool   Marko Princevac, University of California, Riverside, CA; and H. J. S. Fernando and A. Mills 11:00 AM 6.3 Analysis of cold pool formation and erosion in the owens valley region of california   Adam J. Christman, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. Calhoun, A. Wieser, and H. J. S. Fernando 11:15 AM 6.4 Investigation of anti-winds in Owens Valley, California through observations and high-resolution simulations   Fotini Katopodes Chow, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA; and M. H. Daniels and C. D. Whiteman 11:30 AM 6.5 Observations of diurnal mountain valley flow utilizing dual Doppler lidar virtual tower technique   Charles Retallack, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. Calhoun, A. Wieser, M. Weissmann, A. Dörnbrack, and H. J. S. Fernando 11:45 AM 6.6 Turbulence in the stable near-surface atmosphere in the complex terrain of Owens Valley, California during T-REX   Gregory S. Poulos, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Schmidli
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Tuesday, Ballroom South Session 7 Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain: Part III
Chair: Stephan F. J. De Wekker, NCAR, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 7.1 High-resolution modeling of the nighttime boundary layer evolution in the Owens Valley: Comparison to observations   Juerg Schmidli, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. S. Poulos 1:45 PM 7.2 Effects of soil moisture initialization on simulations of atmospheric boundary layer evolution in Owens Valley   Megan H. Daniels, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and F. K. Chow and G. S. Poulos 2:00 PM 7.3 Estimations of the dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy using sonics, 3-d hot-films, and Doppler lidar during TREX   Ronald Calhoun, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and G. S. Poulos and H. J. S. Fernando 2:15 PM 7.4 Using diurnal surface pressure variations to study the atmospheric circulation in Owens Valley   Yanping Li, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT; and R. B. Smith and V. Grubisic
	2:30 PM, Tuesday Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Tuesday, Ballroom North Poster Session 2 Mountain Waves, Rotors, Foehn, Wakes and Blocking
Chair: Reinhold Steinacker, Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Vienna Austria
P2.1 Numerical simulations of mountain waves and rotors observed during T-REX   Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and P. Sheridan, S. Mobbs, and R. Burton   P2.2 Moisture and Sierra Waves: Observations and modeling   Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle   P2.3 UK FAAM BAe-146 research flights during T-REX   Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and P. Sheridan, P. Brown, D. Kindred, S. Mobbs, R. Burton, J. McQuaid, B. Brooks, A. Woolley, and R. Purvis   P2.4 Sierra Rotors: A comparative study of three mountain wave and rotor events   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. J. Billings   P2.5 Operational forecast support by National Weather Service Forecast Office in Las Vegas, Nevada during the Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment   Stanley Czyzyk, NOAA/NWSFO, Las Vegas, NV; and K. Runk   P2.6 Hydraulic-jump rotors: Favorable environments for their formation   Rolf F. Hertenstein, Northwest Research Associates CoRA Division, Boulder, CO; and J. P. Kuettner   P2.7 The signature of waves and rotors in wind profiler observations   Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. O. J. Brown, V. Grubisic, and B. Billings   P2.8 Climatology of westerly wind events in the lee of the Sierra Nevada   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and M. Xiao   P2.9 The roles of surface heating and cooling in rotor formation   Victoria H. Smith, University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; and W. Thurston and S. D. Mobbs   P2.10 Observations and high-resolution simulations of a severe turbulence and downslope windstorm event   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. A. Bond and Q. Jiang   P2.11 Three Dimensional Structure of Rotors During T-REX   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and Q. Jiang   P2.12 A look at the ensemble-mean structure of a breaking mountain wave   Tingting Qian, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. C. Epifanio   P2.13 Climatology of mountain waves over eastern Canada   Ivan Dube, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada   P2.14 Is severe Adriatic bora associated with tropopause fold?   Zvjezdana Bencetic Klaic, Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and D. Belusic   P2.15 Lee vortex shedding in vertically non-uniform flows   Lucas M. Harris, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran and G. J. Hakim   P2.16 A Numerical Study of an in-situ Adriatic Mesocyclone: Formation and Development   Kristian Horvath, Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia; and Y. -. L. Lin and B. Ivancan-Picek   P2.17 Assessing the frictional and baroclinic contributions to stratified wake formation   Jamie B. Smith, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. C. Epifanio and T. Qian   P2.18 Application of a microwave radiometer to study terrain-induced airflow disturbances at the Hong Kong International Airport   P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and C. M. Shun   P2.19 Synoptic response to mountain gravity waves encountering directional critical levels   Armel Martin, CNRS, Paris, France; and F. Lott   P2.20 The Influence of Transient Mountain Waves on a Localized Barotropic Jet   Dale R. Durran, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. C. Chen and G. J. Hakim
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, Ballroom South Session 8 Foehn, Mountain Wakes, and Upstream Blocking
Chair: Richard Rotunno, NCAR, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 8.1 The Applicability of Hydraulic Theory to Gap Winds Observed in the Wipp Valley   Dale R. Durran, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and T. Maric 4:15 PM 8.2 Washoe Zephyr—A daytime downslope wind in the lee of Sierra Nevada   C.B. Clements, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and S. Zhong, J. Li, X. Bian, and S. DeWekker 4:30 PM 8.3 A comparison of two coastal barrier jets along the southeast Alaskan coast during the SARJET field experiment   Joseph B. Olson, Stony Brook University / SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and B. A. Colle, N. S. Winstead, and N. A. Bond 4:45 PM 8.4 Twin peaks: stable flow past two identical mountains   Helen Wells, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and S. Webster and A. Brown 5:00 PM 8.5 Large-scale flow responses to mountain gravity waves breaking in the mid-troposphere   Armel Martin, CNRS, Paris, France; and F. Lott 5:15 PM 8.6 Classification of cyclogenesis over Apennine mountains and Adriatic Sea   Yuh-Lang Lin, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and K. Horvath and B. Ivancan-Picek
	5:30 PM, Tuesday Sessions end for the day
Wednesday, 30 August 2006
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Ballroom South Session 9 Mountain Waves and Rotors: Part I
Chair: James Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA
8:30 AM 9.1 Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment (Invited)   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. D. Doyle 8:45 AM 9.2 Dual Doppler lidar observations during T-REX   Martin Weissmann, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, Wessling, Germany; and R. Calhoun, A. Dörnbrack, and A. Wieser 9:00 AM 9.3 Visualizing Atmospheric Phenomena in Mountainous Terrain with a Surface-based Scanning Aerosol Lidar. First Results of REAL from T-REX   Stephan F. J. De Wekker, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. D. Mayor, S. M. Spuler, B. M. Morley, D. J. Kirshbaum, G. S. Poulos, and T. M. Weckwerth 9.4 Structure of horizontal and vertical rotors as observed by Doppler lidar   Robert M. Banta, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and L. S. Darby 9:15 AM 9.5 ISS Observations of Mountain Waves and Rotors during T-REX   William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. A. Cohn, V. Grubisic, S. Mayor, and S. de Wekker 9:30 AM 9.6 Quick look of optical turbulence measurements in the T-REX campaign   George Y. Jumper, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA; and J. R. Roadcap, P. Tracy, D. J. Mattes, and J. W. Myers
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Ballroom South Session 10 Mountain Waves and Rotors: Part II
Chair: Hans Volkert, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt, Wessling Germany
10:30 AM 10.1 A summary of the Sierra Rotors wave and rotor events   Brian J. Billings, DRI, Reno, NV; and V. Grubisic and M. Xiao 10:45 AM 10.2 Atmosperhic rotors: Aircraft in situ and cloud radar measurements in T-REX   Vanda Grubisic, DRI, Reno, NV; and L. Armi, J. P. Kuettner, S. J. Haimov, L. Oolman, R. R. Damiani, and B. J. Billings 11:00 AM 10.3 Surface-based observations of rotors and flow separation during T-REX   Stephen Mobbs, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and R. Burton, I. Brooks, B. Brooks, F. Perry, M. Hill, V. Smith, R. Grant, M. Weissmann, and A. Doernbrack 11:15 AM 10.4 Three dimensional characteristics of mountain waves generated by the Sierra Nevada   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. B. Smith, V. Grubisic, J. B. Jensen, Q. Jiang, and W. A. Cooper 11:30 AM 10.5 Mountain Waves entering the Stratosphere: New aircraft data analysis techniques from T-Rex   Ronald B. Smith, Yale Univeristy, New Haven, CT; and B. Woods, J. Jensen, W. Cooper, J. D. Doyle, Q. Jiang, and V. Grubisic 11:45 AM 10.6 Modeling of mountain waves in T-REX   Steven Koch, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and L. R. Bernardet, B. D. Jamison, and J. M. Brown
	12:00 PM, Wednesday Sessions end for the day
	1:00 PM, Wednesday Conference Event (Details to follow)
Thursday, 31 August 2006
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Ballroom South Session 11 Mountain Waves and Rotors: Part III
Chair: Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter United Kingdom
8:30 AM 11.1 How mountain meteorology profitted from field experiments: A condensed view from seven decades of research   Hans Volkert, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt, Wessling, Germany 8:45 AM 11.2 Investigation of vertical mixing during mountain wave activity from trace gas analysis   Ilana B. Pollack, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. L. Campos, A. J. Weinheimer, J. B. Jensen, L. Pan, S. Schauffler, J. D. Doyle, and V. Grubisic 9:00 AM 11.3 Chemical transition between stratosphere and troposphere in the presence of mountain waves   Laura Pan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Schauffler, B. Ridley, B. Randel, I. Pollack, T. Campos, A. Weinheimer, D. Rodgers, J. Kuettner, V. Grubisic, and J. D. Doyle 9:15 AM 11.4 Effects of boundary layer turbulence on mountain waves   Eric D. Skyllingstad, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 9:30 AM 11.5 Impact of the Boundary Layer on mountain waves and wave drag   Qingfang Jiang, UCAR Visiting Scientist, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Doyle and R. B. Smith 9:45 AM 11.6 A comparison of parametrized and explicitly resolved gravity wave momentum fluxes over the European Alps   Stuart Webster, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and A. Brown and S. A. Smith
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, Ballroom South Session 12 Mountain Waves and Rotors: Part IV
Chair: Lisa S. Darby, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO
10:30 AM 12.1 A resonant instability of steady mountain waves   David J. Muraki, Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada; and Y. Lee and C. C. Epifanio 10:45 AM 12.2 Some instability issues relating to flow past complex terrain   Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and D. J. Muraki and Y. Lee 11:00 AM 12.3 A theoretical study of waves forced by isolated topography   Lucy J. Campbell, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and L. Nikitina 11:15 AM 12.4 Resonant waves over double bell shaped orography   Ivana Stiperski, Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia; and V. Grubisic 11:30 AM 12.5 Flow separation and rotor formation beneath trapped lee waves   Simon Vosper, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and P. Sheridan and A. Brown 11:45 AM 12.6 Observations of lee waves and rotors downwind of the Pennines   Peter Sheridan, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and V. Horlacher, G. Rooney, P. Hignett, S. Mobbs, and S. Vosper
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday Lunch
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Thursday, Ballroom South Session 13 Mountain Waves and Rotors: Part V
Chair: Craig C. Epifanio, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
1:30 PM 13.1 Current & future challenges in diagnosing/forecasting mountain waves over eastern Canada   Ivan Dube, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada 1:45 PM 13.2 Numerical Investigations of the Evolution of Mountain-Induced Turbulence Along the Colorado Rockies on 9 December 1992   David R. Vollmer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. -. L. Lin and M. L. Kaplan 2:00 PM 13.3 Simulations of mountain waves and lee vortices using an explicit, semi-Lagrangian numerical model   Wu-ron Hsu, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and M. E. Hsieh and W. Y. Sun 2:15 PM 13.4 Observations and numerical modeling of sub and super-critical flow at White Sands Missile Range   P. a. Haines, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and D. J. Grove, W. Y. Sun, and W. R. Hsu
	2:30 PM, Thursday Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday, Ballroom North Poster Session 3 Forecasting, Climate and Air Quality
Chair: Bradley J. Snyder, MSC, Vancouver, BC Canada
P3.1 Forecasting mixed-layer height over complex terrain   Daniel E. Zumpfe, NOAA/NWS, Great Falls, MT; and M. Chamberlain, J. Daniels, J. Kyle, M. Meyers, J. Snook, and K. Zeller   P3.2 Representativity of air quality monitoring stations   Johannes Vergeiner, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and F. Obleitner, E. Griesser, A. Weber, and A. Gohm   P3.3 Boundary layer structure in the Inn Valley during high air pollution (INNAP)   Alexander Gohm, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; and F. Harnisch and A. Fix   P3.4 Airborne observations of aerosols and trace chemical species during T-REX   Barbara Brooks, Institute for Atmospheric Science, Leeds, United Kingdom; and J. McQuaid, S. Mobbs, and S. Vosper   P3.5 Characteristics of gravity wave breaking predictability   James D. Doyle, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. A. Reynolds and Q. Jiang   P3.6 A high resolution modelling study of a severe weather event over the Southern Alps of New Zealand   Stuart Webster, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and M. J. Uddstrom and H. Oliver   P3.7 An evaluation of the impact of RAWS observations on surface objective analyses over the western United States   David T. Myrick, University of Utah and NOAA/CIRP, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel   P3.8 An evaluation of post-processing methods to correct surface forecast biases in the NAM model over the western U.S   William Y. Y. Cheng, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh   P3.9 Contributions of orographic and diabatic processes to rapid frontogenesis over the western United States   Gregory West, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. Neuman and W. J. Steenburgh   P3.10 Comparison of Quantitative Precipitation Estimates and Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts in Mountainous Terrain   Serena J. Chew, DRI, Reno, NV   P3.11 Analysis of an extreme precipitation episode over the central subtropical Andes using ETA/PRM regional model   Maximiliano Viale, Programa Regional de Meteorología, Ciudad de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina; and F. A. Norte   P3.12 A Forecaster challenge: Convectively enhanced winds in a strongly forced synoptic environment in complex terrain   M. Meyers, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and J. LaDue, J. Pringle, and C. Cuoco   P3.13 Variations in the Diurnal Range of Surface Temperature over the Western United States   Brian Olsen, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel   P3.14 Links between the mountain torque and the arctic oscillation in the LMDz general circulation model   Francois Lott, CNRS, Paris, France; and L. Goudard and A. Martin   P3.15 Axial atmospheric angular momentum budget at diurnal and sub-diurnal periodicities   Francois Lott, CNRS, Paris, France; and O. DeViron, P. Viterbo, F. Vial, and A. Martin   P3.16 Analysis of some meteorological variables recorded at 4000 m in the Argentinian subtropical Andean region   MaríA. Elizabeth Castañeda, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and N. Ratto   P3.17 Wet deposition quality from Caspian Sea lowland forests up to 2200 meters altitude   Ali Salahi, George-August University, Goettingen, Niedersachsen, Germany; and S. Geranfar and S. Banej-Shafii   P3.18 A Regional Atmospheric Continuous CO2 Observing Network in the Rocky Mountains (Rocky RACCOON)   Britton Stephens, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. F. J. De Wekker, D. Schimel, and A. Watt   P3.19 A new concept for high resolution temperature analysis over complex terrain   Benedikt Bica, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and R. Steinacker, C. Lotteraner, and M. Suklitsch   P3.20 A climatological investigation of the diurnal patterns of precipitation over the complex terrain of western Colorado   Jeffery D. Colton, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO; and J. Ramey, B. Avery, and M. Meyers P3.21 Close Association between day-to-day Fluctuation of Atmospheric Pressure and Blood Pressure in Community-Dwelling People   kiyohito Okumiya, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan; and M. Ishine, T. Wada, and K. Matsubayashi
	4:00 PM-5:15 PM, Thursday, Ballroom South Session 14 Climate and Air Quality
Chair: Gregory S. Poulos, NCAR, Boulder, CO
4:00 PM 14.1 Alpine Air Mass Climatology and its Relation to the changing Snow Line   Reinhold Steinacker, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 4:15 PM 14.2 Sensitivity of snow cover duration to regional temperature in the Rocky Mountains   Lucia Maria Wielke, Univ. of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and M. Hantel 4:30 PM 14.3 Air mass dependence of extreme temperature minima in the Gstettneralm Sinkhole with regard to global climate change   Benedikt Bica, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; and R. Steinacker 4:45 PM 14.4 The modulation of canyon flows by larger-scale influences   Lisa S. Darby, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Banta 5:00 PM 14.5 Atmospheric transport and dispersion of the Mountain Pine Beetle in British Columbia, Canada   Peter L. Jackson, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada; and Y. Wen and J. Bai
	5:15 PM, Thursday Sessions end for the day
Friday, 1 September 2006
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Friday, Ballroom South Session 15 Forecasting Mountain Weather: Part I
Chair: Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS, Grand Junction, CO
8:30 AM 15.1 Climatology of Strong Cold Fronts over the Western United States   W. James Steenburgh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. C. Shafer 8:45 AM 15.2 The mesoscale predictability of terrain induced flows   P. Alexander Reinecke, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. R. Durran 9:00 AM 15.3 Statistical modeling of downslope windstorms in Boulder, Colorado   Andrew E. Mercer, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. B. Richman, H. B. Bluestein, and J. M. Brown 9:15 AM 15.4 An Operational Technique Used to Detect “Mountain Wave Signatures”: A Forecast Methodology for Severe Westerly Winds in the Mountains of West Texas   T. Todd Lindley, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and C. Lindsey and J. Cupo 9:30 AM 15.5 MM5 simulations of diurnal winds and moisture transport in the Mt. Everest area of the Nepal Himalayas: Some initial findings   Yolanda N. Rosoff, City College of New York, New York, NY; and K. Y. Kong and E. E. Hindman 9:45 AM 15.6 Influence of Model Resolution in High-Mountain Regions: a Verification against Observations in Selected Case-Studies   Raffaele Salerno, Centro Epson Meteo, Cinisello Balsamo, Italy
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Friday Coffee Break
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Friday, Ballroom South Session 16 Forecasting Mountain Weather: Part II
Chair: W. James Steenburgh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
10:30 AM 16.1 Estimating Observational Uncertainty in Surface Temperature over Complex Terrain   John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and D. T. Myrick and C. D. Whiteman 10:45 AM 16.2 The first MSC/COMET mountain weather course   Bradley J. Snyder, MSC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and C. Doyle, D. A. Wesley, J. D. Cummine, and M. Meyers 11:00 AM 16.3 Meteorological Preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games   Chris Doyle, EC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. L. Scott, S. Gravel, G. A. Isaac, and P. Joe 11:15 AM 16.4 A Mesoscale Heavy Snow Event Over the Grand Mesa of Western Colorado   P. Frisbie, NOAA/NWSFO, Grand Junction, CO; and T. Lindquist and M. Meyers 11:30 AM 16.5 Very short-term QPFs for summer convection over complex terrain areas using the NCAR RTFDDA system: a comparison with NCEP NAM and RUC operational forecasts in New Mexico and Arizona   Yubao Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Warner, W. Yu, R. G. Bullock, and B. G. Brown 11:45 AM 16.6 The Demonstration Phase of MAP: D-Phase   Mathias W. Rotach, Swiss Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology, Zurich, Switzerland; and M. Arpagaus
	12:00 PM, Friday Conference Adjourn

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