Session 5 Boundary Layers in Complex Terrain: Part I

Tuesday, 29 August 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 12th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Chair:
Tina Katopodes Chow, Univ. of Californina, Berkeley, CA

Papers:
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

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