Primary Conveners: James A Renwick, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Conveners: Daniel J Kirshbaum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, Ali Behrangi, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and German Poveda, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Chairs: German Poveda, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia and James A Renwick, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
OSPA Liaisons: Ali Behrangi, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Improved Understanding of an Extreme Rainfall Event at the Himalayan Foothills (58607)
Prabhakar Shrestha, University of Bonn, Meteorological Institute, Bonn, Germany, A P Dimri, Jawaharlal Nehru University, School of Environmental Sciences, Delhi, India, Annika Schomburg, DWD, Offenbach, Germany and Clemens Simmer, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Enhanced Orographic Tropical Rainfall: An Study of the Colombia's rainfall (62728)
Victor Manuel Peñaranda Vélez1, Carlos David Hoyos Ortiz1,2 and Oscar J Mesa1, (1)Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Departamento de Geociencias y Medio Ambiente / Geoscience and Environment Department, Medellín, Colombia, (2)Sistema de Alerta Temprana del Valle de Aburra (SIATA), Medellín, Colombia
First Evaluation of Day-1 IMERG products using the best-available hourly rain gauge network over the Tibetan Plateau (64653)
Yingzhao Ma1, Guoqiang Tang1, Di Long1, Lingzhi Zhong2, Yan Shen3, Wei Wan1, Yang Hong4 and HydroSky, (1)Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, (2)Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China, (3)National Meteorological Information Center of China, Beijing, China, (4)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States
Characteristics of Heavy Snowfall and Snow Crystal Habits in the ESSAY (Experiment on Snow Storms At Yeongdong) Campaign in Korea (69122)
Seong Dae Kyeong1, Seo Won Seok1,2, Seung-Hee Eun1, Byung-Gon Kim1, Ko A Reum1, Lee Gyu Min1, Hye-rim Jeon1, Choi Byoung Choel1 and Young-san Park3, (1)Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, South Korea, (2)Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea, (3)National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seogwipo-si, South Korea
Incorporating Orographic Effects on Precipitation into Downscaled GCM Output (75511)
Collin Cronkite-Ratcliff, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Steven W Hostetler, USGS Central Region Offices Denver, Denver, CO, United States and Jonathan D Stock, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States
The Chilean Coastal Orographic Precipitation Experiment Pilot Project (CCOPE-2015): Overview and Preliminary Results (78759)
Justin R Minder1, Adam Massmann1, Sara Fults2, David E. Kingsmill3, Jefferson Snider4, Rene D Garreaud5, Aldo Montecinos6 and Raul Alfredo Valenzuela7, (1)University at Albany State University of New York, Albany, NY, United States, (2)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (3)NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory/CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)University of Wyoming, Atmospheric Science, Laramie, WY, United States, (5)University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, (6)University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile, (7)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Evaluation of Ground Radar Snowfall Products Using SNOTEL Measurements over Mountainous Regions in Western United States (83257)
Yixin Wen1, Pierre Kirstetter2, Jonathan J Gourley3, Yang Hong1 and Ali Behrangi4, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (2)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, CIMMS, Norman, OK, United States, (3)National Severe Storms Lab, Oklahoma City, OK, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States