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Sunday, 9 January 2000

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7:30 AM-9:30 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2000


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Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2000


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Conference Registration

Monday, 10 January 2000

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7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000


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Conference Registration Continues through Friday, 14 January

8:55 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000


Session 1
Modeling and data assimilation
Host: 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere
Organizer: M. Joan Alexander, Colorado Research Associates
8:55 AM
1.1
Development of an isentropic coordinate model of the middle atmosphere
Joon-Hee Jung, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and C. S. Konor and A. Arakawa

9:10 AM
1.2
A numerical simulation study of the major stratospheric warming and subsequent flow recovery during the winter of 1979
Joon-Hee Jung, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and C. S. Konor and C. R. Mechoso

9:25 AM
1.3
The spectrum of middle atmospheric motions predicted by three-dimensional general circulation models
John N. Koshyk, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and K. Hamilton

9:40 AM
1.4
More experiences with a middle atmosphere GCM
Theodore G. Shepherd, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

9:55 AM
1.5
Three dimensional model simulations of constituent transport in the lowermost stratosphere
Anne R. Douglass, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. E. Strahan, C. H. Jackman, and R. B. Rood

1.6
Analysis of low ozone in the 1997 Southern Hemisphere

10:25 AM
1.7
A comparison of ozone transport and chemistry models using the GEOS ozone assimilation system
Ivanka Stajner, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. B. Rood

10:40 AM
1.8
Improvements in stratospheric data assimilation
Lawrence Coy, General Sciences Corp, Greenbelt, MD; and A. R. Douglass, R. B. Rood, S. E. Strahan, J. E. Nielsen, and S. D. Steenrod

10:55 AM
1.9
Assimilation of ozone data in the context of observation system simulation experiments
Paul-Antoine Michelangeli, Environment Canada, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and S. Pellerin, S. Edouard, G. Brunet, J. McConnell, J. Kaminski, and J. Hahn

1.10
Assimilation of satellite data in 3-D CTMs using sub-optimal Kalman filter

11:30 AM
1.4A
Coffee Break

11:25 AM
1.0a
Welcoming Remarks

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000


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Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000


Session 2
Applying Environmental Science to Societal Needs in the New Millennium
Host: 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere
Organizer: Linnea M. Avallone, University of Colorado
1:30 PM
2.1
The "Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion, 1998": A Summary and Perspective
Daniel L. Albritton, NOAA/Aeronomy Lab., Boulder, CO

2:15 PM-4:45 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000


Session 3
Trace constituents and long-term variability
Host: 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere
Organizer: Mark P. Baldwin, Northwest Research Associates
2:15 PM
3.1
Data sets available for stratospheric studies
Nancy A. Ritchey, Computer Sciences Corporation, Hampton, VA; and W. P. Chu and K. Hoppel

2:30 PM
3.2
Variations in the stratospheric transport circulation 1991-1998 and effects on methane concentrations
M. Joan Alexander, Colorado Research Associates, Boulder, CO; and J. R. Holton and K. H. Rosenlof

2:45 PM
3.3
Mechanisms for the extra-tropical QBO phenomenon
Ka-Kit Tung, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. S. Kinnersley

3:00 PM
3.4
Stratospheric Temperature Trends from Small Rockets Between 1969-1995
F. J. Schmidlin, NASA/GSFC, Wallops Island, VA

3:15 PM
3.5
Model Analysis of Multi-Platform Measurements in the Stratosphere
Michael Y. Danilin, AER, Cambridge, MA; and M. K. W. Ko, M. L. Santee, Y. Sasano, and K. Jucks

3:30 PM
3.6
Increasing CO2 coupled with other anthropogenic perturbations: Effects on ozone and other trace gases
Joan E. Rosenfield, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

3:45 PM
3.7
HRDI observations of the O2(0,0) Atmospheric band nightglow: a seven-year climatology
Julie F. Kafkalidis, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and G. M. Fall and P. B. Hays

4:00 PM
3.8
Evaluating spatial and temporal ozone distributions in the Pacific using Schools of the Pacific Climate and Rainfall Experiment observations
Michael D. Klatt, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. Postawko

4:15 PM
3.3A
Coffee Break

4:45 PM-4:45 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000


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Sessions end for the day

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000


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Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2000


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Fujita Banquet

Tuesday, 11 January 2000

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8:30 AM-2:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000


Session 4
Dynamics, transport, and mixing
Host: 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere
Organizers: Robert X. Black, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gloria Manney, JPL
8:30 AM
4.1
Planetary Wave Interactions in the Antarctic Stratosphere
Mark Harvey, Cooperative Research Centre for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology, Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia

8:45 AM
4.2
Observed evolution of vertical planetary wave structure in relation to the propagation characteristics of the basic state
Nili Harnik, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. S. Lindzen

9:00 AM
4.3
Saturation of vertically propagating Rossby waves
Constantine Giannitsis, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. S. Lindzen

9:15 AM
4.4
Westward Traveling Hemispheric Modes and Modes in a Continuous Spectrum of Atmospheric Oscillations
Boris E. Stepanov, Novosibirsk State Technical Univ., Novosibirsk, Russia

9:30 AM
4.5
A study of the nonlinear evolution of symmetric inertial instability and the resulting redistribution of mass and momentum
David A. Ortland, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and T. J. Dunkerton

9:45 AM
4.6
Inertially Unstable Temperature Structures in the Middle Atmosphere: A Re-examination
John A. Knox, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN

10:00 AM
4.6a
Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 10:00 a.m.-2:15 p.m.)

10:30 AM
4.6b
WALTER ORR ROBERTS LECTURE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE (Special President's Symposium on Environmental Applications) Title: Emerging Environmental Issues: A Global Perspective Speaker: R. E. (Ted) Munn, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

11:30 AM
4.6c
WMO PRESENTATION (Special President's Symposium on Environmental Applications) Title: Meteorology and the Environment-The WMO Perspective Speaker: John W. Zillman, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland

12:15 PM
4.6d
Conference Luncheon (Speaker: D. James Baker, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Administrator for NOAA, Silver Spring, MD)

2:15 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000


Session 4
Continued
Host: 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere
2:15 PM
4.7
Eddy dissipation rates derived from observations of propagating diurnal tides
Elsayed R. Talaat, APL, Laurel, MD; and R. S. Lieberman

2:30 PM
4.8
Seasonal evolution of ozone-methane correlations in the polar regions
David Sankey, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

2:45 PM
4.9
Variability of stratospheric ozone and aerosol in 1995 to 1997 derived from SAGE II and HALOE measurements
Cheng-Hsuan Lu, SUNY, Albany, NY; and G. K. Yue, G. L. Manney, and V. A. Mohnen

3:00 PM
4.10
Climatology of Wave Breaking and Mixing in the Northern Hemisphere Summer Stratosphere
Richard E. Wagner, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and K. P. Bowman

3:15 PM
4.11
Variability of the "tropical pipe" boundaries in the stratosphere
Jessica L. Neu, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and L. C. Sparling and R. A. Plumb

3:30 PM
4.12
Lobe Dynamics and Transport in the Stratosphere
Kenneth P. Bowman, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX

3:45 PM
4.13
Comparison of Arctic and Antarctic winter-to-summer transition in the stratosphere
Douglas R. Allen, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and N. Nakamura

4:00 PM
4.14
Stratospheric aerosol transport out of the tropics observed by the High Resolution Doppler Imager
David A. Ortland, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA

4:15 PM
4.11a
Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 3:30-7:30 p.m.)

4:45 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2000


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Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 12 January 2000

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10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2000


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Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.)

11:15 AM-11:15 AM: Wednesday, 12 January 2000


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Remote Sensing Lecture Title: Remote Sensing from Space Using Occultation and Lidar Techniques Speaker: M. Patrick McCormick, Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2000


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Lunch Break

2:00 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2000


Joint Session 2
Joint Session with the 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere and the 10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology (Invited Oral Presentation)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere )
Organizer: Kenneth Bowman, Texas A&M Univ.
2:00 PM
J2.1
Ozone profiling with UV and visible limb scatter data
David E. Flittner, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and R. D. McPeters and B. M. Herman

2:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2000


Joint Session 3
Panel Discussion on New Sounder and Imagers for NPOESS, METOP, SSMIS (Joint with 10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography & 11th Conference on Middle Atmosphere)
Hosts: (Joint between the 10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere )

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2000


Joint Poster Session 2
Joint Poster Session (Joint with the 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere and the 10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere; and the 10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )
Organizer: Kenneth Bowman, Texas A&M Univ.
JP2.1
A data assimilation technique for determining tidal and zonal mean structure in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere from satellite measurements of wind and temperature
David A. Ortland, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA

JP2.2
How well can satellite retrievals resolve the vertical structure of planetary waves?
Nili Harnik, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and R. S. Lindzen

JP2.3
Middle Atmosphere Temperature Profiles from SSMIS
Barbara A. Burns, GenCorp Aerojet, Azusa, CA

JP2.4
Ozone Observations from Five Satellite Instruments in November 1994
Gloria L. Manney, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and H. A. Michelsen, F. W. Irion, M. R. Gunson, R. M. Bevilacqua, N. J. Livesey, J. M. Russell III, and J. M. Zawodny

JP2.5
HNO3 measurements from MLS on the UARS and EOS CHEM satellites
Michelle L. Santee, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and G. L. Manney, N. J. Livesey, J. W. Waters, F. W. Irion, M. R. Gunson, M. J. Filipiak, J. B. Kumer, and A. E. Roche

JP2.6
The use of ATOVS - AMSU data in NCEP stratospheric analyses
Melvyn E. Gelman, NOAA/CPC, Camp Springs, MD; and A. J. Miller, C. S. Long, J. D. Wild, J. J. R. Lin, M. D. Goldberg, and A. L. Reale

JP2.7
An Intense Midwestern Cyclone: Fine-scale Comparison of Model Analysis with TOMS Total Ozone Data
William A. Gallus Jr., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and M. A. Olsen, J. L. Stanford, and J. M. Brown


Poster Session 1
Poster Session P1 (With Coffee Break - Exhibit Hours 3:00-7:30 p.m.)
Host: 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere
Organizer: Kenneth P. Bowman, Texas A&M University
P1.1
Simple and Accurate Potential Temperature-Altitude Relationships for the Middle Atmosphere
John A. Knox, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN

P1.2
Principal components of stratospheric circulation and trace constituents from UKMO analyses and HALOE observations
Timothy J. Dunkerton, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA

P1.3
Studies of stratospheric tropical-midlatitude transport using UARS data
Stacey K. McIlwaine, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and L. M. Avallone

P1.4
Break up of the Arctic vortices: timing and mixing
Ping-Ping Rong, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and D. W. Waugh

P1.5
Observations and modeling of transport during the December 1998 stratospheric major warming
Gloria L. Manney, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and R. M. Bevilacqua, W. A. Lahoz, A. O'Neill, and J. M. Russell III

P1.6
TRENDS IN LOWER STRATOSPHERIC ZONAL WINDS, ROSSBY WAVE BREAKING BEHAVIOR, AND COLUMN OZONE AT NORTHERN MID-LATITUDES
L. L. Hood, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and S. Rossi and M. Beulen

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2000


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Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2000


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AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 13 January 2000

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8:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 13 January 2000


Session 5
Gravity waves
Host: 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere
Organizer: John N. Koshyk, Univ. of Toronto
8:30 AM
5.1
Evidence for inertia-gravity waves in HRDI mesospheric winds
Ruth S. Lieberman, Colorado Research Associates, Boulder, CO

8:45 AM
5.2
High resolution simulation of observed cases of stratospheric gravity wave breakdown
Daniel Marc Landau, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and M. G. Wurtele and L. J. Ehernberger

9:00 AM
5.3
Sources of gravity waves simulated by a high-resolution GCM
Kaoru Sato, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan; and M. Takahashi

9:15 AM
5.4
Gravity wave focusing in the middle atmosphere
Len Sonmor, Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS, Canada; and G. P. Klaassen

9:30 AM
5.5
Effects of varying tropospheric wind shear on the spectrum of gravity waves generated by tropical convection
Jadwiga H. Beres, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. J. Alexander and J. R. Holton

5.6
The stability of inertio-gravity waves

10:00 AM
5.7
A study of the interactions of tides and gravity waves
David A. Ortland, NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and M. J. Alexander

10:15 AM
5.6a
Coffee Break

9:00 AM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2000


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Exhibit Hours

10:45 AM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2000


Session 6
Dynamical and chemical coupling between the troposphere and middle atmosphere
Host: 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere
Organizer: Lawrence Coy, General Sciences Corp
10:45 AM
6.1
An Introduction to SOWER/Pacific
Fumio Hasebe, Ibaraki Univ., Mito, Ibaraki, Japan; and M. Shiotani, H. Voemel, N. Nishi, M. Fujiwara, M. Niwano, S. Oltmans, T. Ogawa, and K. Gage

11:00 AM
6.1a
Coffee Break

11:15 AM
6.1b
Bernard Haurwitz Memorial Lecture Title: Cloud Feedback in the Climate System: The Role of Marine Boundary Layer Clouds Speaker: Conway Leovy, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

12:00 PM
6.1c
Lunch break

1:30 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2000


Session 6
Continued
Host: 11th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere
1:30 PM
6.2
Dynamic coupling of the middle atmosphere and troposphere: Potential vorticity inversions of the Arctic Oscillation
Robert X. Black, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

1:45 PM
6.3
Downward Propagation of the Arctic Oscillation from the Stratosphere to the Troposphere
Mark P. Baldwin, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and T. J. Dunkerton

2:00 PM
6.4
The role of equatorial waves in stratosphere-troposphere exchange
Masatomo Fujiwara, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Takahashi

2:15 PM
6.5
Vertically propagating stratospheric waves associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation
George N. Kiladis, NOAA/ERL/AL, Boulder, CO; and K. A. Harris and G. C. Reid

2:30 PM
6.6
The response to the tropical intraseasonal oscillation in the tropopause region
Philip W. Mote, Northwest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA; and H. L. Clark and T. J. Dunkerton

2:45 PM
6.7
On the latitudinal extent of upwelling caused by the extratropical wave pump
Jonathan Kinnersley, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and K. K. Tung

3:00 PM
6.8
Re-examination of age-of-air in the middle atmosphere
Xun Zhu, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD; and J. H. Yee and D. F. Strobel

3:15 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2000


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