A53I:
Observations for Improving Polar Weather and Climate Predictions II

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Session ID#: 16336

Session Description:
Credible modeling of present-day energy and moisture budgets provides a basis for prognostic assessments of future climate conditions. One of the key factors contributing to model prediction bias in the Polar regions is lack of sufficient near-surface observations that would allow for a more thorough evaluation and improvement of targeted parameterizations. In this session we invite contributions that use observations (paleo, in-situ, suborbital and space-borne) to help guide improvements in model parameterizations and predictions of atmospheric state, cloud fields, surface fluxes and sea-ice. We encourage abstract submissions using observations from recent campaigns (e.g., AWARE, ARISE, MIZOPEX, OIB). We welcome contributions related to development of new or improved observationally based products that can advance model representations of cloud fields, sea-ice/ice sheets or other modeled fields. Contributions that inform on future field missions and/or on development of new space borne sensors that can improve Polar weather and climate predictions are also sought.
Primary Convener:  Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States
Conveners:  Jennifer E Kay, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, William L Smith Jr, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States and Sebastian Schmidt, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
Chairs:  Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, Sebastian Schmidt, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States and William L Smith Jr, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States
Index Terms:

0738 Ice [CRYOSPHERE]
3337 Global climate models [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3339 Ocean/atmosphere interactions [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3349 Polar meteorology [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Recent Observational Efforts Using the DOE ARM Observatory at Oliktok Point, Alaska (Invited) (126331)
Gijs de Boer1, Matthew Shupe2, Allison C McComiskey3, Jessie Creamean4, Christopher R Williams5, Sergey Y Matrosov6, Amy Solomon7, David D Turner8, Matthew Norgren9, Maximilian Maahn10, Dale Lawrence6, Brian M. Argrow11, Scott E Palo12, Doug Weibel6, Nathan Curry13, Tevis Nichols14, Phillip D'Amore6, William Finamore13, Mark Ivey15, Albert Bendure15, Beat Schmid16 and Sebastien Biraud17, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States, (2)CIRES/University of Colorado/NOAA PSL, Boulder, United States, (3)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)CIRES/NOAA, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)University of Colorado Boulder, Smead Aerospace Engineering Science, Boulder, United States, (6)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States, (8)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (9)University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (10)University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States, (11)University of Colorado at Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, United States, (12)University of Colorado Boulder, Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (13)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (14)Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, Boulder, United States, (15)Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (16)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (17)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Toward a Tighter Coupling between Models and Observations of Arctic Energy Balance (124292)
Tristan S L'Ecuyer, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI, United States
Validating CERES Surface Irradiances in the Arctic with Airborne Radiometer Measurements from the ARISE Campaign (157374)
Joseph Corbett, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States, Anthony Bucholtz, Naval Research Lab Monterey, Marine Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States, Seiji Kato, NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, United States, Fred G Rose, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), Hampton, VA, United States and William L Smith Jr, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
Evaluation and Improvement of Polar WRF simulations using the observed atmospheric profiles in the Arctic seasonal ice zone (192635)
Axel J B Schweiger, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Polar Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States and Zheng Liu, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States; University of Washington, Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States
Arctic Aerosols and Climate Change: A Time Series Analysis at Barrow, Alaska (190103)
Audrey Kaye Taylor1, Patricia Quinn2, Timothy S Bates3, Kristen Schulz4 and Lucia Upchurch3,4, (1)University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Wilmington, NC, United States, (2)NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)University of Washington Seattle Campus, CICOES, Seattle, WA, United States, (4)NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA, United States
Observations of Surface Momentum, Heat, Moisture and Radiation Exchange Over Snow-Covered Land and Sea Ice During YOPP (126323)
R. Chawn Harlow1, Ed W Blockley2, Ian M Brooks3, Richard Essery4, Sean Milton2, Ian Renfrew5 and Simon Vosper2, (1)Met Office United Kingdom, Exeter, United Kingdom, (2)Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom, (3)University of Leeds, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, Leeds, United Kingdom, (4)University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9, United Kingdom, (5)University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich, United Kingdom
The Rise of the Antarctic Weather Station Network: Technology, Research, Forecasting, and Modeling (Invited) (131077)
Matthew A. Lazzara, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Antarctic Meteorological Research and Data Center, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, United States; Madison Area Technical College, Department of Physical Sciences; School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Madison, United States and The AWS Team, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI, United States; Madison Area Technical College, Department of Physical Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Madison, WI, United States
The ARM West Antarctic Radiation Experiment (AWARE) (165672)
Ryan C Scott, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, United States, Dan Lubin, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, David H Bromwich, The Ohio State University, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, United States, Andrew M Vogelmann, Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, United States, J Verlinde, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA, United States and Lynn M Russell, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

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