Chairs: Andrew Martin, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Gary A Wick, NOAA/ESRL, 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
Interannual Variations in Aerosol Sources and Their Impact on Orographic Precipitation over California’s Central Sierra Nevada
Jessie Creamean1, Andrew P Ault2, Allen B White1, Paul J Neiman1, Patrick Minnis3 and Kimberly A Prather4, (1)NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)Nasa Larc, Hampton, VA, United States, (4)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
The Dominant Snow-forming Process in Warm and Cold Mixed-phase Orographic Clouds: Effects of Cloud Condensation Nuclei and Ice Nuclei
Jiwen Fan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, Daniel Rosenfeld, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, L. Ruby Leung, Pac NW National Lab, Richland, WA, United States and Paul J DeMott, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Atmospheric Rivers and the Connection to Heavy Rainfall Events in the Southeastern U.S.
Kelly M Mahoney, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Darren L Jackson, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Ellen Sukovich, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory/CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, Gary A Wick, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States, Paul J Neiman, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, Robert Cifelli, NOAA ESRL, Physical Science Division, Boulder, CO, United States, Allen B White, NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Benjamin J Moore, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY, United States
Classification of atmospheric river events on the U.S. west coast using a trajectory model
Ju-Mee Ryoo1, Duane Edward Waliser2, Darryn W Waugh3, Sun Wong2, Eric J Fetzer2 and Inez Y Fung1, (1)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, United States
Arctic and Tropical Influence on Extreme Precipitation Events, Atmospheric Rivers, and Associated Isotopic Values in the Western U.S.
Staryl E McCabe-Glynn1, Kathleen R Johnson1, Yuhao Zou1, Jeffrey M Welker2, Courtenay Strong3, Jonathan J Rutz4, Jin-Yi Yu1, Kei Yoshimura5, Scott L Sellars1 and Ashley E Payne1, (1)University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, (2)University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, United States, (3)University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (4)NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Atmospheric Rivers in Southeast Alaska and British Columbia: The Bella Coola Event of 2010 and Alaska Events of 2012
David Anthony Lavers, UCSD/Scripps Institution of Oceanography/Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, CA, United States, F Martin Ralph, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Paul J Neiman, NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, Gary A Wick, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States, Carven Allen Scott, National Weather Service Alaska Region Headquarters, Environmental Scientific Services Division, Anchorage, AK, United States, Douglas McCollor, BC Hydro, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Thomas White, British Columbia Ministry of the Environment, Vancouver, BC, Canada
