Oral Programme NWP4/AW15

NWP4/AW15

Host country topical session: Mountain Meteorology (co-organized)
Convener: Marco Arpagaus  | Co-Conveners: Mathias Rotach , Michael Sprenger 
Oral Programme
 / Thu, 16 Sep, 08:30–18:00  / Room E1.2
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Thu, 16 Sep, 16:00–17:00  / Poster Area P5

Thursday, 16 September 2010
Room E1.2
Chairperson: Michael Sprenger
Local wind systems (valley and gap winds, foehn)

08:30–09:00
EMS2010-412
Mechanisms of along-valley winds and heat exchange over mountainous terrain (solicited)
J. Schmidli
09:00–09:15
EMS2010-83
Analysis of the thermal structure of the "Ora del Garda" wind from airborne and surface measurements
L. Laiti, D. Zardi, and M. de Franceschi
09:15–09:30
EMS2010-32
Dynamics of Heat Lows over elevated terrain
T. Spengler and R.K. Smith
09:30–09:45
EMS2010-361
Large Eddy Simulation over three-dimensional mountain topography
M. Diebold, C. Higgins, M. Lehning, E. Bou-Zeid, and M. B. Parlange
09:45–10:15
EMS2010-678
Downslope windstorms and gap winds during T-REX (solicited)
G. J. Mayr and L. Armi
10:15–10:30
EMS2010-404
The Interruption of Alpine Foehn by a Cold Front. Part I: Observations
A. Gohm, G. J. Mayr, L. S. Darby, and R. M. Banta
Coffee Break
11:00–11:15
EMS2010-460
Foehn diagnosis and model comparison
B. Duerr, M. Sprenger, O. Fuhrer, K. Burri, T. Gutermann, P. Hächler, A. Neururer, H. Richner, and R. Werner
Mountain waves (lee-waves, rotors, and wave-induced turbulence)

11:15–11:30
EMS2010-338
Trapped lee wave interference over double ridges
I. Stiperski and V. Grubišić
11:30–11:45
EMS2010-334
Laboratory experiments on mountain-induced rotors
C. Knigge, D. Etling, A. Paci, and O. Eiff
11:45–12:00 EMS2010-578
Mountain waves near the tropopause (withdrawn)
J. McHugh and R. Sharman
12:00–12:15
EMS2010-378
Empirical method for the prediction of mountain wave turbulence
R. Sharman and T. Keller
Precipitation initiation and enhancement

12:15–12:45
EMS2010-799
COPS and D-PHASE: QPF research in low-mountain regions on precipitation statistics, predictive skills of models, and high-impact weather events (solicited)
V. Wulfmeyer, H.-S. Bauer, A. Behrendt, T. Schwitalla, M. Dorninger, M.W. Rotach, and M. Arpagaus
12:45–13:00
EMS2010-664
Convective intitiation over a heated mountain: mechanisms and predictability
D. Kirshbaum
Lunch Break
14:00–14:15
EMS2010-238
Orographic precipitation enhancement by boundary-layer turbulence: evidence from vertically pointing airborne cloud radar data
B. Geerts and Q. Miao
14:15–14:30
EMS2010-76
Mesoscale Analysis and Modeling of a Severe Thunderstorm and its Interaction with Foehn-dried Air at the Northern Alpine Slope.
M. Stoll and D. Leuenberger
Fluxes and diffusion over complex terrain

14:30–14:45
EMS2010-294
Mesoscale impacts of effective horizontal resolution in a convection-permitting model
W. Langhans, J. Schmidli, and C. Schär
14:45–15:00
EMS2010-118
Seasonal variations of latent and sensible heat fluxes in complex terrain
O. Liechti and R. Thehos
15:00–15:15
EMS2010-240
The characteristics and mechanisms of persistent temperature inversions in the U.S. Intermountain West
S. Zhong, X. Bian, X. Xu, C. D. Whiteman, and J. Horel
Applications of NWP and statistical methods

15:15–15:45
EMS2010-85
The COST 731 Action and the MAP D-PHASE Initiative - Overview on Main Outcomes (solicited)
A. M. Rossa
15:45–16:00
EMS2010-566
Modeling snow drift in the turbulent boundary layer
G. Lieberherr, C. Groot Zwaaftink, J. Overney, M. Diebold, N. Vercauteren, M. Lehning, and M.B. Parlange
Poster Session & Coffee Break
17:00–17:15
EMS2010-550
Statistical weather forecasting in the Swiss Alps by means of the Analogs method
P. Horton, M. Jaboyedoff, and R. Metzger
Nowcasting and verification

17:15–17:30
EMS2010-126
Evaluation of precipitation nowcasting techniques for the Alpine region
L. Panziera, P. Mandapaka, A. Atencia, A. Hering, U. Germann, M. Gabella, and M. Buzzi
17:30–17:45
EMS2010-174
Evaluation of precipitation forecasts over the Alps using the D-PHASE multi-model ensemble
T. Weusthoff, M. Arpagaus, and M.W. Rotach
17:45–18:00
EMS2010-353
Intercomparison of two meteorological models, COSMO and WRF, for verification of QPF over Italy
e. oberto, m. milelli, f. pasi, and b. gozzini