Chairs: Gary A Wick, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States and Andrew Martin, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Convener: F Martin Ralph, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, United States
Co-conveners: Daniel Rosenfeld, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Duane Edward Waliser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and Kimberly A Prather, University of California San Diego, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, La Jolla, United States
OSPA Liaison: Sarah B Kapnick, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Atmospheric River Model Simulation Diagnostics and Performance Metrics (14194)
Duane Edward Waliser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Bin Guan, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Jinwon Kim, Korean Meteorological Administration, Seoguipo, South Korea, L Ruby Leung, Pac NW National Lab, Richland, WA, United States and F Martin Ralph, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, United States
Future of landfalling atmospheric rivers with extreme precipitation in British Columbia (16514)
Valentina Radic, University of British Columbia, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Brian Menounos, Geological Survey of Canada Pacific, Sidney, BC, Canada, Alex J Cannon, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada and Caroline Gi, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Extreme daily precipitation in the Northern Sierra Precipitation 8-Station index: The combined impact of landfalling atmospheric rivers and the Sierra barrier jet (13731)
Jason M Cordeira, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, United States, F Martin Ralph, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, United States, Paul J Neiman, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States and Mimi Abel, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
The Inland Penetration of Atmospheric Rivers over Western North America: A Lagrangian Analysis (7850)
Jonathan J Rutz, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, William J Steenburgh, University of Utah, Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States and F Martin Ralph, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, United States
Moisture Pathways into the US Intermountain West Associated with Heavy Winter Precipitation Events (13339)
Michael A Alexander1, James D Scott2, Dustin J Swales3, Mimi Abel4, Kelly M Mahoney2 and Catherine Anne Smith5, (1)NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (2)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States, (3)NOAA, OAR/GSL, Boulder, United States, (4)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States
Total Water Vapor Transport Observed in Twelve Atmospheric Rivers over the Northeastern Pacific Ocean Using Dropsondes (11676)
F Martin Ralph1, Sam Iacobellis2, Paul J Neiman3, Jason M Cordeira4, J. Ryan Spackman5, Duane Edward Waliser6, Gary A Wick7, Allen B White8 and Chris W Fairall7, (1)Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, United States, (2)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, United States, (5)Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (7)NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (8)NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
A New Marine Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (M-AERI) for Shipboard Atmospheric and Oceanic Observations (20418)
Jonathan Gero1, Robert O Knuteson2, Denny Hackel1, Fred A Best3, Ray Garcia1, Coda Phillips1, Henry E Revercomb4, William Kolby Smith5, Eric Verret6, Stephane M Lantagne6 and Claude B Roy6, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (2)University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, United States, (4)University of Wisconsin Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI, United States, (5)University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)ABB Ltd., Quebec, QC, Canada
Investigating Atmospheric Rivers using GPS PW from Ocean Transits (27345)
Vanessa Almanza, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, James H Foster, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, United States and Steven Businger, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Atmospheric Sciences, Honolulu, United States
Assessing the Ability of IR Sounders to Detect Atmospheric Rivers and Related Extreme Flooding Events (28786)
Jacola Roman, University of WI, Madison AOS/SSEC, Madison, WI, United States, Robert O Knuteson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States, Steven A Ackerman, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI, United States and Henry E Revercomb, University of Wisconsin, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI, United States
