Program: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere (83rd Annual)

12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

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Saturday, 8 February 2003

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Saturday, 8 February 2003

SAT 8 FEB

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 8 February 2003

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Saturday, 8 February 2003

Conference Registration*

Sunday, 9 February 2003

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

SUN 9 FEB

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 9 February 2003

Conference Registration

Monday, 10 February 2003

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

MON 10 FEB

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Conference Registration (continues through Thursday, 13 February)

9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Tropical Atlantic coupled variability

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Organizer: Tom Delworth, NOAA/GFDL

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Observational basis for air-sea interaction in the tropical Atlantic

James A. Carton, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Grodsky

9:30 AM

1.2

Observing and modeling tropical Atlantic atmosphere-ocean interaction

Yochanan Kushnir, Columbia Universtiy, Palisades, NY; and R. Seager and J. C. H. Chiang

10:00 AM

1.3

The interaction of coupled ocean-atmosphere variability in the Atlantic and the Pacific

Richard Kleeman, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, NY; and S. Raynaud

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

10:45 AM-2:15 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

extratropical atmosphere-ocean interaction

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Organizers: Yochanan Kushnir, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University; Niklas Schneider, IPRC/University of Hawaii

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

The Atlantic thermohaline circulation and climate

Thomas L. Delworth, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

11:15 AM

2.2

Pacific Decadal Air Sea Interaction

Niklas Schneider, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA

11:45 AM

2.3

Nonlinear NAO responses to the North Atlantic SST tripole

Shiling Peng, NOAA/CIRES/CDC, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Robinson and S. Li

12:00 PM

2.4

Revisiting the effects of surface fluxes on rapid marine cyclogenesis

Wendell A. Nuss, NPS, Monterey, CA; and D. K. Miller

Poster PDF (246.6 kB)

12:15 PM

2.5

Impact of sea spray on numerical simulation of extratropical hurricanes

Weibiao Li, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and W. Perrie, E. L. Andreas, J. Gyakum, and R. McTaggart-Cowan

Poster PDF (296.9 kB)

12:30 PM

2.6

Investigation of 2–3 Feb 1998 California extratropical storm using COAMPS^TM

Brian J. Gaudet, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. M. Schmidt

Poster PDF (1000.7 kB)

12:45 PM

2.7

A proposed mechanism for the regulation of minimum mid-tropospheric temperatures in the Arctic

T. N. Chase, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. Herman, R. A. Pielke Sr., X. Zeng, M. Tsukernik, and M. Leuthold

1:00 PM

2.4a

Lunch Break

2:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Poster Session 1

Extratropical Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Papers:

P1.1

Air-Sea Interaction Processes in Warm and Cold Sectors of Extratropical Cyclonic Storms Observed During FASTEX

Ola P. G. Persson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. E. Hare, C. W. Fairall, and W. D. Otto

Poster PDF (378.4 kB)

P1.2

Identification of intra-annual regime shifts over the North Atlantic and their impact on air-sea fluxes over the basin

P1.3

Improved modeling of east Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean mid latitude cyclones

Bruce W. Buckley, Bureau of Meteorology, West Perth, WA, Australia; and L. M. Leslie

P1.4

Interactions between the GEM atmospheric model and an ice-ocean model of the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Pierre Pellerin, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and H. Ritchie, F. Saucier, and F. Roy

Poster PDF (48.2 kB)

Poster Session 2

Tropical Atlantic Coupled Variability

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Papers:

P2.1

Atmospheric Response to Tropical Atlantic SST Anomalies: Role of Planetary Boundary Layer Adjustment

P2.2

Effect of climatological ITCZ on interhemispheric coherence of climate variability

Hideki Okajima, SOEST, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. P. Xie and A. Numaguti

P2.3

Modeling Climate Variability in Tropical Atlantic Atmosphere

Jiande Wang, COLA, Calverton, MD; and J. A. Carton

Poster PDF (583.3 kB)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Part 1: Air-sea Fluxes and interfacial processes

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Organizer: Hemantha W. Wijesekera, Oregon State University

Papers:

4:00 PM

3.1

Bulk Parameterization of Air-Sea Fluxes: Updates and Verification for the COARE Algorithm

C. W. Fairall, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and E. F. Bradley, J. E. Hare, A. A. Grachev, and J. B. Edson

4:30 PM

3.2

The Performance of Sea Surface Turbulent Flux Algorithms Over the Global Oceans

Michael A. Brunke, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and C. W. Fairall, X. Zeng, L. Eymard, and J. A. Curry

Poster PDF (695.5 kB)

4:45 PM

3.3

Evaluation and Improvement of Bulk Aerodynamic Algorithms at High Wind Speeds

Brenda L. Mulac, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Curry

5:00 PM

3.4

An algorithm to predict the turbulent air-sea fluxes in high-wind, spray conditions

Edgar L Andreas, U.S. Army, Hanover, NH

Poster PDF (134.4 kB)

5:15 PM

3.5

Parameterization of Wind Gustiness for the Computation of Ocean Surface Fluxes at Different Spatial Scales

Xubin Zeng, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and Q. Zhang, D. Johnson, and W. -. K. Tao

Poster PDF (108.8 kB)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Sessions End for the Day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 10 February 2003

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

Tuesday, 11 February 2003

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

TUE 11 FEB

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Part 2: Air-sea Fluxes and interfacial processes

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Organizer: Michael A. Brunke, University of Arizona

Papers:

8:30 AM

4.1

On the spatial and temporal variability of waves and fluxes

William Drennan, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and H. Graber and M. Donelan

8:45 AM

4.2

Variability of Marine Surface Fluxes over Shoaling Waves Measured with Air-Sea Interaction Spar Buoys

Hans C. Graber, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and M. A. Donelan and W. M. Drennan

9:00 AM

4.3

Study of Drag Coefficient as a Function of Atmospheric Turbulence and Ocean Wave State

Tamara K. Grimmett, NOAA/ERL, Idaho Falls, ID; and G. H. Crescenti, T. L. Crawford, and D. C. Vandemark

Poster PDF (478.6 kB)

9:15 AM

4.4

Evaluation of boundary layer parameters estimated from 3 years of observational data collected in the Gulf of Mexico using an algorithm developed during the Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere Coupled-Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment

Clinton P. MacDonald, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and D. S. R. Hanna and D. P. T. Roberts

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Poster Session 3

Air-Sea Fluxes and Interfacial Processes

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Papers:

P3.1

A parameterization of the Air-Sea Momentum Flux for Moderate to Strong Wind Conditions

Denis Bourras, JPL, Pasadena, CA

P3.2

Air-sea fluxes in NCEP's global forecast system

Glenn H. White, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD

Poster PDF (881.0 kB)

P3.3

Energy balance over the Tropical Atlantic Ocean

Amauri P. Oliveira, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and J. E. Hare, A. A. Grachev, J. Soares, S. A. Bacellar, A. J. Machado, and A. M. Espinosa

Poster PDF (79.0 kB)

P3.4

Improved satellite-based estimates of the near surface specific humidity for air-sea flux computations

Gary A. Wick, NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and D. J. Serke

P3.5

Sea surface roughness: high winds and short fetches

Peter K. Taylor, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; and M. J. Yelland

Poster PDF (224.1 kB)

P3.6

Version 2 Goddard Satellite-Based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF-2)

Shu-Hsien Chou, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Nelkin, J. Ardizzone, R. M. Atlas, and C. L. Shie

Joint Poster Session 3

Air-Sea Interaction and the Water Cycle (Joint with the Symposium on Observing and Understanding the Variability of Water in Weather and Climate and 12th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere; and the Observing and Understanding the Variability of Water in Weather and Climate )

Papers:

JP3.1

The Air-Sea Moisture Transfer Coefficient for Wind Speed from 0 to 20 ms^-1

C. W. Fairall, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and E. F. Bradley and J. B. Edson

Poster PDF (323.5 kB)

JP3.2

Decadal salinity changes in the California Current

Niklas Schneider, SIO, La Jolla, CA; and E. Di Lorenzo and P. P. Niiler

JP3.3

On the enhancement of evaporation from a large northern lake by the entrainment of warm, dry air

Peter D. Blanken, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and W. R. Rouse and W. M. Schertzer

JP3.4

Variability of freshwater flux derived from satellite data

Masahisa Kubota, Tokai University, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan; and G. Haruta and Y. Yasuda

Poster PDF (180.9 kB)

Poster Session 4

Monsoon-Ocean Interaction

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Papers:

P4.1

Indian Continental Rainfall and Indian Ocean SST

Gabriel A. Vecchi, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. E. Harrison

P4.2

Sensitivity of the atmospheric boundary layer and circulation to sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of California: Results of a MM5 modeling study

Dorothea Ivanova, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. L. Mitchell

Poster PDF (541.2 kB)

Poster Session 5

Microscale and Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Papers:

P5.1

The effect of model initialised scatterometer data on the prediction of maritime cyclogenesis

Lance M. Leslie, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. S. Speer and R. F. Abbey Jr.

Poster PDF (165.0 kB)

P5.2

Modelling the interactions between Sea Breezes and Valley Breezes

Giovanni Latini, Ancona University, Ancona, Italy; and R. Cocci Grifoni, G. Passerini, and S. Tascini

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)

P5.3

Long range oil spill trajectory research to determine the optimal mix of real–time forecasts and climatology for various temporal and spatial scales

Marc K. Hodges, NOAA/HAZMAT, Seattle, WA

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P5.4

First Look at Wind Stress and Wind Stress Curl along California and Northern Baja California

Darko Koracĭn, DRI, Reno, NV; and C. E. Dorman and R. Sundararajan

Poster PDF (564.4 kB)

P5.5

Application of Land Surface Data Assimilation to Simulations of Sea Breeze Circulations

Scott Mackaro, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. Lapenta, R. Suggs, R. McNider, G. Jedlovec, B. Carroll, and K. G. Blackwell

P5.6

A very high resolution simulation of Tropical Storm Allison, June 2001

Bob A. Weinzapfel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie

http://weather.ou.edu/~bobwein/Allison.html

P5.7

A Study of Air-Sea Interactions, Hurricane Predictive index, and Associated Tropical Storm Barry Over The Gulf of Mexico

Jamese D. Sims, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and J. D. Jones and R. S. Reddy

Poster PDF (98.6 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing With Coffee Break

11:00 AM-2:43 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Observations of air-sea interaction (in situ and satellite)

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Organizer: Gary A. Wick, NOAA/ERL/ETL

Papers:

11:00 AM

5.1

Direct observations of atmospheric boundary layer response to SST variations associated with tropical instability waves over the eastern equatorial Pacific

Hiroshi Hashizume, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and S. P. Xie, M. Fujiwara, M. Shiotani, T. Watanabe, Y. Tanimoto, W. T. Liu, and K. Takeuchi

11:15 AM

5.2

Estimation of the surface stress in the eye wall of hurricanes using WSR-88D radar data

Steven Businger, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and F. Marks, P. Dodge, J. A. Businger, and I. Morrison

Poster PDF (742.3 kB)

11:30 AM

5.3

Air-sea flux estimation in high wind boundary layers: a Coupled Boundary Layer Air-Sea Transfer (CBLAST) experiment for 2003-04

Peter G. Black, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL

11:45 AM

5.4

Meridional Wind and Surface Stress Oscillations in the Marine Boundary Layer Induced by Easterly Waves over the Tropical Pacific

Andrey A. Grachev, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and C. W. Fairall, J. E. Hare, and B. B. Stankov

Poster PDF (559.0 kB)

12:00 PM

5.5

Pre– and post–sea breeze frontal lines –A meso–ã scale analysis over south Israel

Pinhas Alpert, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; and M. Rabinovich-Hadar

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

5.6

Seasonal and interannual variability in global satellite-derived latent heat fluxes

12:16 PM

5.7

Skin temperature measurements on small bodies of water

Robert J. Kurzeja, Savannah River Technology Center, Aiken, SC; and M. M. Pendergast

Poster PDF (62.2 kB)

12:30 PM

5.8

Models for skin-bulk SST differences applied to infrared satellite radiometer data

Lisa A. Horrocks, Met Office, Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and R. W. Saunders, A. C. Stuart-Menteth, I. S. Robinson, T. J. Nightingale, and A. O'Carroll

12:45 PM

5.9

Momentum and Heat Flux effects on West Florida Shelf temperatures

Jyotika I. Virmani, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL; and R. He and R. H. Weisberg

1:00 PM

5.10

Scaled temperature spectra in the unstable oceanic surface layer

Hemantha W. Wijesekera, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and C. A. Paulson and E. D. Skyllingstad

Poster PDF (210.5 kB)

5.11

Air-Sea Heat Exchange along the Northern Sea Surface Temperature Front in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

1:15 PM

5.12

Heat budget of the California Current from satellite and in situ observations

Kathleen A. Edwards, APL, Seattle, WA; and K. A. Kelly

1:30 PM

5.5a

Lunch Break

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30–6:30P.M.)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Monsoon-ocean interaction

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Organizer: Bin Wang, IPRC University of Hawaii

Papers:

3:30 PM

6.1

The coupled nature of intraseasonal and interannual monsoon variability

Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

4:00 PM

6.2

Atmosphere-ocean variations in the Indo-Pacific sector during ENSO episodes

Ngar-Cheung Lau, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

4:30 PM

6.3

Coupling between northward propagating instraseasonal oscillations and sea-surface temperature in the Indian Ocean

Xiouhua Fu, IPRC, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang, T. Li, and J. McCreary

4:45 PM

6.4

Role of the Indian Ocean SST anomalies in the coupling of the Atmosphere and Ocean

C. Perigaud, California Institute of Technology/JPL, Pasadena, CA; and D. J. Neelin and J. McCreary

http://

Poster PDF (31.0 kB)

5:00 PM

6.5

The coupled monsoon-ocean mode and its impacts on asian-australian monsoon

Bin Wang, IPRC University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and R. Wu and T. Li

5:15 PM

6.6

Spatial and Temporal Structure of the Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation and its Mechanism

Tim Li, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and P. Liu and B. Wang

5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Special Address. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA, Washington, DC

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 February 2003

Sessions End for the Day

Wednesday, 12 February 2003

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

WED 12 FEB

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Joint Session 10

Water Cycle-Atmospheric Chemistry Linkages(Joint with the 12th Conf on interactions of the sea and atmosphere, 5th Conf on atmospheric chemistry: gases, aerosols, and clouds, and the 17th conference on hydrology)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere; the 17TH Conference on Hydrology; and the 5th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry: Gases, Aerosols, and Clouds )

Papers:

8:30 AM

J10.1

Design and evaluation of the coupled MM5/TOPLATS modeling system for a Texas air quality exceedance episode

Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. N. McHenry, C. J. Coats Jr., and A. Trayanov

Poster PDF (612.3 kB)

8:45 AM

J10.2

Soil moisture effects on gaseous exchanges between the atmosphere and the biosphere

Yihua Wu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Peters-Lidard, R. Dennis, and P. Finklestein

Poster PDF (95.9 kB)

9:00 AM

J10.3

Temperature Sensitivity of a Micrometerologically-Based Air-Sea Gas Transfer Parameterization

Jeffrey E. Hare, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and C. W. Fairall, W. R. McGillis, B. Ward, and R. Wanninkhof

Poster PDF (164.8 kB)

9:15 AM

J10.4

The role of extratropical storms in air-sea gas transfer

Will Perrie, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and W. Zhang and Z. Long

Poster PDF (457.6 kB)

9:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Coffee Break in the Ballroom Foyer, 2nd Level, Promenade

10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Presidential Forum: Administration Priorities in Climate Change Research and Technology

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Simpsons Symposium—A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Joint Session 2

Scatterometer Observations of Air-Sea interaction (Joint Session between the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere and the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere; and the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )

Organizer: Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL

Papers:

1:30 PM

J2.1

The Best Winds for Ocean Models??

James J. O'Brien, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Bourassa

Poster PDF (592.8 kB)

2:00 PM

J2.2

Satellite Observations of Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Over SST Fronts

Dudley B. Chelton, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and S. P. Xie

2:30 PM

J2.3

Biological responses of the sea to typhoons

I-I Lin, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and W. T. Liu

Poster PDF (587.0 kB)

1:30 PM-4:15 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Micro–Scale and Mesoscale air-sea interaction

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Organizer: Pinhas Alpert, Tel-Aviv University

Papers:

1:30 PM

8.1

LES modeling of the cross-equatorial trade boundary layer along 95W

Simon P. de Szoeke, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. S. Bretherton

1:45 PM

8.2

Improving landfall forecasts for tropical cyclones moving parallel to the coastline

Bradford S. Barrett, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie

2:00 PM

8.3

A study of air-sea interactions and associated tropical hurricane activity over Gulf of Mexico using satellite data and numerical modeling

R. Suseela Reddy, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and A. Schwartz, P. Remata, J. D. Sims, and R. L. Miller

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

2:15 PM

8.4

Coastal wind anomalies and their impact on surface fluxes and processes over the Eastern Pacific during summer

Ragothaman Sundararajan, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. Koraĉin and M. Tjernström

Poster PDF (113.9 kB)

2:30 PM

8.5

June gloom and heavy fogs: oceanic influences on bummer California summers

Steve LaDochy, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; and J. Brown and W. Patzert

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

2:45 PM

8.6

Mesoscale forcing of ocean waves during Gulf Stream North Wall Events

John A. Okon, NPS, Monterey, CA; and W. A. Nuss

Poster PDF (104.4 kB)

3:00 PM

8.7

Interaction between atmosphere and ocean–ice regional models over the Gulf of St.Lawrence, Canada

Manon Faucher, Meteorological Service of Canada, Montréal, Quebec, Canada; and D. Caya, F. J. Saucier, and R. Laprise

Poster PDF (810.1 kB)

3:15 PM

8.8

Westerly flow cold air outbreak over Lake Michigan during Lake-ICE

Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and E. M. Agee

Poster PDF (422.6 kB)

3:30 PM

8.9

Development of the Land Plume and its Structure during INDOEX (1999)

Matthew Simpson, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Raman

Poster PDF (284.9 kB)

3:45 PM

8.6a

Coffee Break in exhibit hall (exhibits open 1:30–6:30)

2:30 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Joint Poster Session 2

Scatterometer Observations of Air-Sea Interaction (Joint Poster Session between the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere; and the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography )

Organizers: Kathryn A. Kelly, University of Washington; Robert A. Brown, University of Washington

Papers:

JP2.1

Wind stress in the Oregon and California coastal zone from the QuikSCAT scatterometer and models

Natalie Perlin, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and D. B. Chelton, R. M. Samelson, and P. L. Barbour

JP2.2

Ocean Currents Inferred from Differences Between QuikSCAT and TAO Winds

Kathryn A. Kelly, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and S. Dickinson and G. C. Johnson

JP2.3

Online Analysis and Visualization of TRMM and QuikSCAT Products

Zhong Liu, George Mason Univ./CEOSR Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Chiu, W. Teng, and H. Rui

Poster PDF (418.8 kB)

JP2.4

QuikSCAT analysis of marine atmospheric fronts

Jérôme Patoux, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Brown

http://pbl.atmos.washington.edu

Poster PDF (971.7 kB)

JP2.5

Rich Structures of Cold Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction

Shang-Ping Xie, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

JP2.6

Satellite observations of air-sea interaction during a Santa Ana event

Hua Hu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and W. T. Liu

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

JP2.7

Sverdrup transport calculation using Satellite scatterometer wind products in the North Pacific

Kunihiro Aoki, Tokai University, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan; and K. Kutsuwada and D. Fukata

http://

Poster PDF (226.2 kB)

JP2.8

Monitoring a Piteraq Storm System Using DMSP Imagery and QuikSCAT Wind Data

Boniface J. Mills, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and M. R. Anderson

Poster PDF (473.0 kB)

JP2.9

Evaluating the Quikscat/Seawinds radar for measuring rainrate over the oceans using collocations with NEXRAD and TRMM

David E. Weissman, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; and M. A. Bourassa and J. Tongue

Poster PDF (248.5 kB)

JP2.10

Development of scatterometer–derived research–quality surface pressures for the Southern Ocean

Kyle A. Hilburn, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa and J. J. O'Brien

Poster PDF (258.8 kB)

JP2.11

Characteristics of the air-sea interface inferred from analysis of geophysical model functions

Ellen E Lettvin, APL, Seattle, WA; and S. Dickinson

JP2.12

Analysis of midlatitude storms with winds and pressures from QuikSCAT

Robert A. Brown, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Patoux

http://pbl.atmos.washington.edu

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

JP2.13

A Direct Surface Wind Stress Algorithm for the SeaWinds Scatterometer

Mark A. Bourassa, COAPS/Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and D. E. Weissman

Poster PDF (195.8 kB)

JP2.14

Global pressure fields from scatterometer winds

Jerome Patoux, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. C. Foster and R. A. Brown

http://pbl.atmos.washington.edu

Poster PDF (111.8 kB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibits open 1:30–7:30P.M.)

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Joint Session 5

Air-Sea interaction and the water cycle (Joint with the Symposium on Observing and understanding the variability of water in weather and Climate and the 12th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere; and the Observing and Understanding the Variability of Water in Weather and Climate )

Organizer: Yolande L. Serra, JISAO/Univ. of Washington

Papers:

3:30 PM

J5.1

Cloud microphysics, atmospheric water, and air-sea interactions—a connection?

Steven Sherwood, Yale University, New Haven, CT

4:00 PM

J5.2

A case study of the Intertropical Convergence Zone at the ocean surface with high resolution satellite data

Scott Curtis, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and R. F. Adler and G. J. Huffman

Poster PDF (46.2 kB)

4:15 PM

J5.3

Onset of the 2002 North American Monsoon: Relation to Gulf of California Sea Surface Temperatures

David L. Mitchell, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. C. Ivanova and K. Redmond

Poster PDF (4.0 MB)

4:30 PM

J5.4

Effects of precipitation on the tropical western Pacific ocean using a coupled single–column model

Carol Anne Clayson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Poster PDF (942.3 kB)

4:45 PM

J5.5

Precipitation and freshwater lens formation in the tropical western Pacific

Jon Schrage, Creighton University, Omaha, NE; and C. A. Clayson

Poster PDF (907.7 kB)

5:00 PM

J5.6

Natural and artificial rain enhancement by sea spray

Ronen Lahav, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; and D. Rosenfeld

Poster PDF (217.9 kB)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Joint Poster Session 4

Air-Sea and QuikSCAT Applications (Joint Poster Session between 12 Conference on Satellite Meteorology and 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere )

Organizer: Frank M. Monaldo, Johns Hopkins University APL

Papers:

JP4.1

Use of Quik Scat imagery in the diagnosis and detection of Gulf of Tehuantepec wind events 1999–2002

Hugh D. Cobb III, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/TPC, Miami, FL; and D. P. Brown and R. Molleda

Poster PDF (55.2 kB)

JP4.2

QuikSCAT Satellite Comparisons with Near-Shore Buoy Wind Data off the US West Coast

Mark H. Pickett, NOAA/Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory, Pacific Grove, CA; and W. Tang, L. K. Rosenfeld, and C. H. Wash

JP4.3

Quikscat spatial resolution and Pacific Ocean model results

Eric C. Hackert, ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. M. Tse and T. J. Busalacchi

JP4.4

Wind and sea surface pressure fields from the SeaWinds scatterometer and their impacts in NWP

Shannon R. Davis, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa, R. M. Atlas, J. Ardizzone, E. Brin, D. Bungato, and J. J. O'Brien

Poster PDF (201.7 kB)

JP4.5

Scatterometer-based correction of forecast-model coastal winds

JP4.6

Improved quality control for QuikSCAT near real-time data

S. Mark Leidner, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and R. N. Hoffman and M. C. Cerniglia

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

JP4.7

Operational Use of QuikSCAT winds in NCEP GDAS

T.-W Yu, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Washington, DC

Poster PDF (241.6 kB)

JP4.8

QuikSCAT SeaWinds ocean surface wind processing and distribution

Lei Shi, SeaSpace Corporation, Poway, CA; and R. L. Bernstein

Poster PDF (507.6 kB)

JP4.9

Results of QuikScat high wind data validation

Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and F. J. Wentz

JP4.10

Normalized radar cross-section (NRCS) patterns from QuikSCAT—A new analysis tool over the tropical oceans

Roger T. Edson, Anteon Corporation and Univ. of Guam, Mangilao, Guam; and P. S. Chang

Poster PDF (217.0 kB)

JP4.11

Validation of QSCAT Vector Winds with Air-Sea Interaction Spar

Hans C. Graber, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and M. Caruso, V. J. Cardone, and M. A. Donelan

JP4.12

Change of the brightness temeprature in the microwave region due to the relative wind direction

Masanori Konda, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and A. Shibata

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

JP4.13

Variability of skin - bulk sea surface temperature difference

Stephen Hallsworth, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, United Kingdom

JP4.14

Finding the true temperature of the ocean surface

Elizabeth C. Kent, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; and A. Kaplan and P. K. Taylor

Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

JP4.15

A global study of diurnal warming using satellite derived sea surface temperature

A. C. Stuart-Menteth, School of Ocean & Earth Science, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom; and I. S. Robinson and P. G. Challenor

JP4.16

Accuracy of satellite derived latent heat flux

Hiroyuki Tomita, Tokai Univ., Shizuoka, Japan; and M. Kubota

Poster PDF (515.4 kB)

JP4.17

Comparison of latent and sensible heat fluxes over tropical oceans observed by TRMM and DMSP satellites

Alice Fan, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and B. Lin

Poster PDF (381.8 kB)

JP4.18

High resolution satellite-derived surface turbulent fluxes over the global ocean

Abderrahim Bentamy, IFREMER, Plouzane, France; and J. F. Piolle and A. M. Nunez

JP4.19

Improving merchant ship air temperatures using an analytical model of heating errors

David I. Berry, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom; and E. C. Kent and P. K. Taylor

Poster PDF (632.0 kB)

JP4.20

Assessing Ocean Buoy Shortwave Observations using Clear-Sky Model Calculations

Duane E. Waliser, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and M. Medovaya, R. A. Weller, and M. McPhaden

http://terra.msrc.sunysb.edu

Poster PDF (12.1 kB)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Sessions End for the Day

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Reception (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 February 2003

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 13 February 2003

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

THUR 13 FEB

8:30 AM-2:15 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

RED SEAS Experiments

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Organizer: Kenneth D. Anderson, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center

Papers:

8:30 AM

9.1

Air-sea interaction effects on microwave propagation over the sea during the rough evaporation duct (RED) Experiment

Kenneth D. Anderson, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, CA; and P. Frederickson and E. Terrill

http://sunspot.spawar.navy.mil/red

Poster PDF (337.6 kB)

8:45 AM

9.2

EM Propagation Over the ocean: Analysis of RED Experiment Data

Tihomir Hristov, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and C. Friehe

Poster PDF (155.2 kB)

9:00 AM

9.3

Air-sea interaction processes observed from buoy and propagation measurements during the RED Experiment

Paul A. Frederickson, NPS, Monterey, CA; and K. L. Davidson, K. D. Anderson, S. M. Doss-Hammel, and D. Tsintikidis

Poster PDF (495.5 kB)

9:15 AM

9.4

Evaluation of coarse mode sea-salt flux parameterizations through shipboard eddy-correlation methods coupled with vertical profile data

Jeffrey S. Reid, NRL/SPAWAR Systems center, Montery, CA; and B. Brooks, H. H. Jonsson, T. Hirstov, K. A. Anderson, and E. A. Reid

Poster PDF (217.8 kB)

9:30 AM

9.5

Airborne measurements of wave breaking in RED - kinematics and statistics

W. Kendall Melville, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and P. Matusov and E. Terrill

9:45 AM

9.6

Aerosols, bubbles and sea spray production studies during the RED experiments

Gerrit De Leeuw, TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory, The Hague, Netherlands; and M. Moerman, L. Cohen, B. Brooks, M. Smith, and E. Vignati

Poster PDF (586.4 kB)

10:00 AM

9.7

Marine Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Structure and Air-Sea Fluxes Under Moderate Trade Winds Regime

Djamal Khelif, University of California, Irvine, CA; and C. A. Friehe

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

10:15 AM

9.8

Infrared Propagation in the Marine Atmospheric Surface Layer: Extinction and Refraction

Dimitri Tsintikidis, SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego, CA; and S. M. Doss-Hammel, P. A. Frederickson, and K. L. Davidson

Poster PDF (391.2 kB)

10:30 AM

9.9

Speciation of Organic Aerosols and their Relationship to Light Scattering during RED

Kathleen K. Crahan, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. A. Hegg, D. S. C. overt, and H. Jonsson

Poster PDF (62.8 kB)

10:45 AM

9.10

Passive polarimetric remote sensing of the sea surface during RED: Comparison of microwave radiometric signatures with air-sea interaction measurements

Steven C. Reising, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and J. Pons, W. E. Asher, A. Camps, and N. Duffo

11:00 AM

9.11

Sea-salt size-distributions from breaking waves: implications for marine aerosol production and optical extinction measurements during SEAS

Antony Clarke, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and V. Kapustin, S. Howell, K. Moore, B. Lienert, S. Masonis, T. Anderson, D. Covert, K. Shifrin, and I. Zolotov

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

11:15 AM

9.12

Lidar Observed Scattering Fields Over Bellows Beach, Oahu During the SEAS Experiment

John N. Porter, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and B. Lienert, S. K. Sharma, and E. Lau

11:30 AM

9.13

Aerosol Phase Function and Size Distributions From Polar Nephelometer Measurements During the SEAS Experiment

John Porter, UH, HIGP, Honolulu, HI; and B. Lienert and S. K. Sharma

11:45 AM

9.5a

Formal poster viewing session with coffee break

1:00 PM

9.10a

Lunch Break

9:00 AM-9:00 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Simpsons Symposium—A Tribute to Robert and Joanne Simpson

9:45 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Joint Poster Session 1

ENSO and Global-Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Coupling (Joint with the 14th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations and the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere; and the 14th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )

Papers:

JP1.1

Tropical Ocean Recharge Mechanism for Climate Variability: A Unified Theory for Decadal and ENSO Modes

Xiaochun Wang, JPL/Caltech, Pasadena, CA; and F. F. Jin, Y. Wang, and Y. Chao

Poster PDF

JP1.2

The nonlinear ENSO mode and its interdecadal changes

Aiming Wu, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and W. W. Hsieh

Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

JP1.3

MJO forecast with the NCEP MRF model: Necessity of the inclusion of an interactive ocean

Wanqiu Wang, SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Saha and R. Kistler

JP1.4

Influences of air-sea coupling and continental monsoons on the climate of the tropical Pacific

Xiouhua Fu, IPRC, Honolulu, HI; and B. Wang

JP1.5

Large-Scale Characteristics Associated with Spring Heavy Rain Events over Taiwan in the Warm and Non-warm Episodes

Zhihong Jiang, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and G. T. J. Chen and M. C. Wu

Poster PDF (84.6 kB)

JP1.6

A null hypothesis of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Matthew Newman, NOAA/ERL/CDC, Boulder, CO

JP1.7

A Near-Annual Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Mode in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean

Soon-Il An, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and F. F. Jin, J. S. Kug, and I. S. Kang

Poster PDF (629.4 kB)

Poster Session 6

Red Seas Experiments and Active Remote Sensing of Air-Sea Interaction

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Papers:

P6.1

The use of kite observations to study air–sea interaction– controlled atmospheric surface layer profiles during the RED Experiment

Kenneth L. Davidson, NPS, Monterey, CA; and P. S. Guest, D. L. Mabey, P. A. Frederickson, K. D. Anderson, S. M. Doss-Hammel, and D. Tsintikidis

Poster PDF (705.4 kB)

P6.2

The Retrieval of the Horizontal Profile of the Aerosol Particle Size Distribution from Lidar Data

Ilia G. Zolotov, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; and K. Shifrin

Poster PDF (345.7 kB)

P6.3

The contribution of coastal aerosol from breaking waves to visible and IR light–extinction over a 10km optical path during RED

Anthony Clarke, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and V. Kapustin, S. Howell, and K. Moore

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

P6.4

Sea spray aerosol fluxes measured on R/P FLIP during the RED project

P6.5

Near-Surface Scintillation in the Marine Atmospheric Layer during the RED Field Campaign

Stephen M. Doss-Hammel, SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego, CA; and D. Tsintikidis, P. A. Frederickson, and K. L. Davidson

Poster PDF (233.9 kB)

P6.6

Near real time measurement of sea-salt aerosol during the SEAS campaign: Comparison of emission based sodium detection with an aerosol volatility technique

A. J. Hynes, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and P. Campuzano-Jost, H. Maring, C. D. Clark, D. S. Covert, S. Howell, V. Kapustin, A. Clarke, and E. S. Saltzman

Poster PDF (334.3 kB)

P6.7

Flux–profile relations over the open ocean

Carl A. Friehe, University of California, Irvine, CA; and T. Hristov

Poster PDF (204.6 kB)

P6.8

EDDY CORRELATION MEASUREMENTS OF THE PRIMARY MARINE AEROSOL SOURCE

E. D. Nilsson, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; and M. Mårtensson, S. van Ekeren, G. de Leeuw, M. Moerman, C. O'Dowd, R. Flanagan, and M. Geever

P6.9

Characterizing bubble and surface wave processes during the Rough Evaporation Duct Experimement

Eric J. Terrill, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla,, CA; and W. K. Melville

P6.10

Estimating underwater acoustical parameters from space-based synthetic aperture radar imagery

Dan L. Hutt, Defence R&D Canada - Atlantic, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and P. W. Vachon

Poster PDF (410.4 kB)

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-4:15 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Active Remote Sensing of air-sea interaction

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Organizer: Todd D. Sikora, United States Naval Academy

Papers:

1:30 PM

10.1

Monitoring Surface Wind Structure with Spaceborne SAR: development of a SAR user Guide

Robert C. Beal, SSARGASSO Associates, Ellicott City, MD

http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/sar/stormwatch/user_guide/

Poster PDF (661.9 kB)

2:00 PM

10.2

SAR Measurement of two dimensional Sea Surface Elevation Fields on a global Scale

Susanne Lehner, German Aerospace Center, Remote Sensing Technology Center, Wessling, Germany; and J. Schulz-Stellenfleth, J. C. Nieto Borge, and W. Rosenthal

2:15 PM

10.3

SAR measurement of mesoscale wind fields on a global scale

Jochen Horstmann, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and S. Tobias, W. Koch, and S. Lehner

2:30 PM

10.5

Automated estimation of wind vectors from SAR

Christopher C. Wackerman, Veridian Systems Division, Ann Arbor, MI; and W. G. Pichel and P. Clemente-Colon

Poster PDF (152.7 kB)

2:45 PM

10.6

Wind fields derived from SAR during storm conditions

William Perrie, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and P. Vachon and B. Toulany

3:00 PM

10.7

Critical examination of a method for estimating the buoyancy flux from SAR imagery

Ralph C. Foster, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and M. Wyant and T. D. Sikora

3:15 PM

10.8

A comparison of model output with SAR imagery of a polar low over the Labrador Sea

Rebekah Martin, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore and P. Vachon

3:30 PM

10.9

Comparison of high-resolution SAR image wit QuikSCAT wind measurements(Formerly paper number JP4.21)

Francis Michael Monaldo, Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD

3:45 PM

10.5a

Coffee Break in exhibit hall (Exhibits open 1:30–6:00)

2:15 PM-2:45 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

General Sessions

Sponsor: 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere

Papers:

2:15 PM

11.1

Sea fog off the California Coast: Historical perspective and climatology

John Lewis, NOAA/NSSL and DRI, Norman, OK; and D. Koracin and K. Redmond

Poster PDF (47.5 kB)

2:30 PM

11.2

Why did the Pentagon Become Interested in Polar Warming?

Ronald E. Doel, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall open 1:30-6:30 p.m.)

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Thursday, 13 February 2003

Joint Session 1

ENSO and Global-scale atmosphere-ocean coupling (Joint with the 14th Symposium on Global Change & Climate Variations and the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere )

Sponsors: (Joint between the 12th Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere; and the 14th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations )

Papers:

3:30 PM

J1.1

Will Global warming Induce a Permanent El Nino? (It has happened before!)

George Philander, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.

4:00 PM

J1.2

Linkages between El Niño and Recent Tropical Warming

Fei-Fei Jin, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. -. I. An, A. Timmermann, and J. Zhao

Poster PDF (698.2 kB)

4:15 PM

J1.3