Chairs: Gary A Wick, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States and Andrew Martin, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 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
Atmospheric River Model Simulation Diagnostics and Performance Metrics
Duane Edward Waliser1, Bin Guan2, Jinwon Kim2, L. Ruby Leung3 and F Martin Ralph4, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)Pac NW National Lab, Richland, WA, United States, (4)Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Future of landfalling atmospheric rivers with extreme precipitation in British Columbia
Valentina Radic1, Brian Menounos2, Alex J Cannon3 and Caroline Gi1, (1)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada, (3)University of Victoria, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Advancing the Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM) to Accommodate Atmospheric River Influences Using a Hierarchical Estimation Structure
Chengmin Hsu, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Robert Cifelli, NOAA ESRL, Physical Science Division, Boulder, CO, United States, Robert J Zamora, NOAA/OAR R/PSD2, Boulder, CO, United States and Timothy Schneider, NOAA Boulder, ESRL Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO, United States
The Impacts of California’s San Francisco Bay Area Gap on Precipitation Observed in the Sierra Nevada during Hmt and Calwater
Allen B White1, Paul J Neiman2, Jessie Creamean2, Timothy Coleman2, F Martin Ralph3 and Kimberly A Prather4, (1)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (4)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
Extreme daily precipitation in the Northern Sierra Precipitation 8-Station index: The combined impact of landfalling atmospheric rivers and the Sierra barrier jet
Jason M Cordeira, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, United States, F Martin Ralph, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Paul J Neiman, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States and Mimi Hughes, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Moisture Pathways into the US Intermountain West Associated with Heavy Winter Precipitation Events
Michael A Alexander1, James D Scott2, Dustin J Swales3, Mimi Hughes3, Kelly M Mahoney2 and Catherine Anne Smith2, (1)NOAA Denver, DENVER, CO, United States, (2)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Total Water Vapor Transport Observed in Twelve Atmospheric Rivers over the Northeastern Pacific Ocean Using Dropsondes
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 Fairall8, (1)Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, 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, Pasadena, CA, United States, (7)NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
A New Marine Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (M-AERI) for Shipboard Atmospheric and Oceanic Observations
P Jonathan Gero1, Robert O Knuteson1, Denny Hackel1, Fred A Best1, Ray Garcia1, Coda Phillips1, Henry E Revercomb1, William L Smith1, Eric Verret2, Stephane M Lantagne2 and Claude B Roy2, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (2)ABB Ltd., Quebec, QC, Canada
Assessing the Ability of IR Sounders to Detect Atmospheric Rivers and Related Extreme Flooding Events
Jacola Roman1, Robert O Knuteson2, Steven A Ackerman2 and Henry E Revercomb3, (1)University of WI, Madison AOS/SSEC, Madison, WI, United States, (2)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
