A53O:
Observations, Predictions, and Predictability of the Atmosphere over Complex Terrain II

Friday, 19 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  Harindra Joseph Fernando, Univ of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States and Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Primary Conveners:  Joshua Hacker, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
A53O-01
 
Atmospheric Predictability: Why Butterflies Are Not Important
Dale R Durran, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States and Mark Gingrich, Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA, United States
1:58 PM
A53O-02
 
Deepwave2014; Observing Gravity Waves from the Troposphere to the Mesosphere
Ronald B Smith1, David C Fritts2, James D Doyle3, Stephen D Eckermann4, Michael J Taylor5, Andreas Dörnbrack6, Michael Uddstrom7, Alison D Nugent1 and Christopher Kruse1, (1)Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, (2)GATS Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, (3)NRL, Monterey, CA, United States, (4)Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (5)Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States, (6)German Aerospace Center DLR, Oberphaffenhofen, Germany, (7)NIWA National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
2:16 PM
A53O-03
 
Exploring Gravity Wave Predictability and Dynamics in Deepwave
James D Doyle1, David C Fritts2, Ronald B Smith3, Stephen D Eckermann4, Michael J Taylor5, Andreas Dörnbrack6, Michael Uddstrom7, Carolyn A. Reynolds1, Alex Reinecke1 and Qingfang Jiang1, (1)NRL, Monterey, CA, United States, (2)GATS Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, (4)Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (5)Utah State Univ, Logan, UT, United States, (6)German Aerospace Center DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (7)NIWA National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
2:28 PM
A53O-04
 
Mixing Induced By Slope and Valley Flow Collisions in Complex Terrain
Harindra Joseph Fernando1, Christopher M Hocut1, Quiang Zhong1, Sebastian Hoch2, Laura Leo1, Silvana Di Sabatino1, Eric Pardyjak3 and Charles D Whiteman2, (1)Univ of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (2)University of Utah, Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (3)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
2:40 PM
A53O-05
 
A Numerical SImulation of the Goshen Tornado Observed During Vortex 2: An Orogenic Convective System
Gregory J Tripoli1, Scott T Trevorrow1 and Marcus Büker2, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (2)Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, United States
2:52 PM
A53O-06
 
Near-Surface Wind Predictions in Complex Terrain with a CFD Approach Optimized for Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows
Natalie S Wagenbrenner1, Jason Forthofer1, Bret Butler1 and Kyle Shannon2, (1)Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, Missoula, MT, United States, (2)GCS Research, Missoula, MT, United States
3:04 PM
A53O-07
 
Evaluation and Advancement of Similarity Scalings for a Steep Alpine Slope
Holly J Oldroyd1, Eric Pardyjak2, Chad W Higgins3 and Marc B Parlange1,4, (1)EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, (2)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (4)University of British Columbia, Civil Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada
3:16 PM
A53O-08
 
Development of Satellite-based Climatology of Low-level Cloud and Fog in Mountain Terrain
Yajuan Duan and Ana Paula Barros, Duke University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, NC, United States
3:28 PM
A53O-09
 
Characteristics of the frequency and distribution of fog events over the Salt Lake and Heber Valleys
Zhaoxia Pu and Derek Galen Hodges, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
 
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