Chairs: F Martin Ralph, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Kimberly A Prather, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Conveners: F Martin Ralph, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Co-conveners: Daniel Rosenfeld, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Duane Edward Waliser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Kimberly A Prather, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
OSPA Liaisons: Sarah B Kapnick, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
1:55 PM
CalWater 2 – Precipitation, Aerosols, and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers Experiment
J. Ryan Spackman1, F Martin Ralph2, Kimberly A Prather3, Daniel R Cayan3, Paul J DeMott4, Michael D Dettinger2, Chris W Fairall5, L. Ruby Leung6, Daniel Rosenfeld7, Steven A Rutledge4, Duane Edward Waliser8 and Allen B White5, (1)Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (5)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)PNNL / Climate Physics, Richland, WA, United States, (7)Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, (8)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
2:10 PM
Computation of Air-Sea Fluxes in Five Atmospheric Rivers over the Northeast Pacific Using Dropsonde Observations
Chris W Fairall1, Byron Blomquist1, Chelle L Gentemann2, F Martin Ralph3, J. Ryan Spackman1, Janet M Intrieri1 and Allen B White1, (1)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA, United States, (3)Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
2:25 PM
Dominant Factors Controlling the Hydrometeorology of Northern California: Landfalling Atmospheric Rivers and Sierra Barrier Jets
Paul J Neiman1, F Martin Ralph2, Mimi Hughes3,4, Ellen Sukovich3,4, David E. Kingsmill4, Robert J Zamora1 and Benjamin J Moore5, (1)NOAA/Earth System Research Lab, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory/CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)SUNY Albany, Albany, NY, United States
2:55 PM
Poleward Tropical Moisture Transport and its Link to Four Sequential Extreme Weather Events over North America in October 2007
Lance F Bosart, SUNY Albany, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Albany, NY, United States, Jason M Cordeira, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, United States, Heather M. Archambault, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States and Benjamin J Moore, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY, United States
