Session 15 Forecasting Mountain Weather: Part I

Friday, 1 September 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 12th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair:
Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS, National Weather Service Grand Junction, Colorado, Grand Junction, CO

Papers:
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

Presentation PDF (421.2 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (903.8 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (384.3 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (2.3 MB)

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