Papers Presented at the Twelfth PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Model
Users' Workshop
NCAR
June 24 - 25, 2002
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June 24, 2002
Session 1: MM5 Modeling System Development
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MM5 Current Status and Plans
Jimy Dudhia (National Center for Atmospheric
Research)
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MM5 Pre-Processing Programs Update
Wei Wang (National Center for Atmospheric
Research)
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Modifications to INTERPF for Antarctic Forecast
Kevin Manning and Jimy Dudhia (National Center
for Atmospheric Research)
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Session 2: 4DVAR Data Assimilation Development
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MM5v3-based 4DVAR: Current Status and Future Plans
Frank H. Ruggiero, Donald Norquist (Air Force
Research Laboratory), Thomas Nehrkorn, George D. Modica, Mark
Cerniglia (Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.),
John G. Michalakes (National Center for Atmospheric Research),
and Xiaolei Zou (Florida State University)
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4DVAR Development Using an Automatic Code Generator: Application
to MM5v3
Thomas Nehrkorn, George Modica, Mark Cerniglia
(Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.), Frank Ruggiero
(Air Force Research Lab), John Michalakes (National Center
for Atmospheric Research), and Xiaolei Zou (Dept. of Meteorology,
Florida State University)
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Impact of a Digital Filter as a Weak Constraint in MM5
4DVAR
Tae-Kwon Wee and Ying-Hwa Kuo (UCAR COSMIC
Project)
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Session 3: MM5 Application in Polar Regions
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Evaluation of Operational Weather Forecasts for Antarctica
from Polar MM5-AMPS
David H. Bromwich, Andrew J. Monaghan, and
He-Lin Wei (Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University)
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High Resolution LGM Simulations over the Laurentide Ice
Sheet Using Polar MM5
E. Richard Toracinta (Byrd Polar Research
Center, The Ohio State University), David H. Bromwich (Byrd
Polar Research Center and Atmospheric Sciences Program, The
Ohio State University), and He-Lin Wei (Byrd Polar Research
Center, The Ohio State University)
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A Case Study of the Impact of the Upper Boundary Condition
in Polar MM5 Simulations over Antarctica
Helin Wei (Byrd Polar Research Center, The
Ohio State University), David H. Bromwich (Byrd Polar Research
Center and Atmospheric Sciences Program, The Ohio State University),
Le-Sheng Bai (Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University),
Ying-Hwa Kuo, and Tae-Kwon Wee (MMM Division, National Center
for Atmospheric Research)
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Validation of Surface Fluxes from a New Surface Layer
Module in MM5 with SHEBA Observations
J.-W. Bao (Environmental Technology Laboratory/NOAA),
R. David Pyles (Cooperative Institute for Research in the
Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Colorado), S. A. Michaelson,
P. O. G. Persson (NOAA/ETL and CIRES, Univ. of Colorado),
and J. W. Wilczak (NOAA/Environmental Technology Laboratory)
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Validation of Simulated Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL)
Structure Using a New Surface Layer Module with SHEBA Observations
R. David Pyles, S. A. Michaelson, J.-W. Bao,
P. Ola G. Persson, and J. W. Wilczak (Environmental Technology
Laboratory and CIRES, Univ. of Colorado)
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Session 4: Model Testing and Verification
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Development and Evaluation of a Real-Time FDDA and Forecast
System for Year-2002 SLC Olympics
Yubao Liu, Simon Low-Nam, Rong-Shyang Sheu,
Laurie Carson, Daran Rife, Mei Xu, Hsiao-ming Hsu, Chris Davis,
Tom Warner (NCAR/RAP), James Bowers (U.S. Army Dugway Proving
Ground, WDTC, Dugway,Utah), and George Bieberbach (U.S. Defense
Threat Reduction Agency, Washington, D. C.)
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Evaluation of a Rapidly Relocatable High-Resolution Numerical
Model and Data Assimilation System for Meteorological Nowcasting
David R. Stauffer, Nelson L. Seaman, Anthony
J. Schroeder, Aijun Deng, Annette M. Gibbs, and Glenn K. Hunter
(The Pennsylvania State University)
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Successes and Problems in Developing a Real-Time MM5 Forecast
System
Todd A. Hutchinson, Steven J. Honey, and
Stephen Marshall (Weather Services International, Billerica,
Massachusetts)
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Validation of MM5 with AERI Observations over the Southern
Great Plains ARM Site
Derek J. Posselt, Wayne F. Feltz (Cooperative
Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University
of Wisconsin-Madison), and David D. Turner (CIMMS, University
of Wisconsin-Madison and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
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Long Term Verification of the Realtime MM5 over the Northeast
U.S.
Brian A. Colle, Joseph B. Olson (Institute
for Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheres, SUNY-Stony Brook),
and Jeffrey S. Tongue (NOAA/NWSFO)
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Ultra-High Resolution Simulations of the Columbia Gorge
- Verification Challenges and Problems
Justin Sharp and Clifford Mass (University
of Washington)
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Validation of High-Resolution Simulations with MM5 System
Haraldur Olafsson and Olafur Rognvaldsson
(University of Iceland, Iceland Meteorological Office and
Institute for Meteorological Research)
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MM5 Fine Grid Scale Simulations for the Support of the
Athens Greece 2004 Olympic Games: Evaluation of the First
Year of Operational Activities
V. Kotroni and K. Lagouvardos (National Observatory
of Athens, Institute of Environmental Research, Greece)
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Modeling of Extreme Wind Events Using MM5: Approach and
Verification
Peter S. Dailey and John Keller (AIR Worldwide
Corp.)
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Evaluation and Verification of MM5 Forecasts over the
Indian Region
Someshwar Das (National Center for Medium
Range Weather Forecasting, New Delhi)
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Effects of Orography on Mesoscale ENSO Precipitation Anomalies
in the Western U.S.
L. Ruby Leung, Yun Qian, Xindi Bian, and
Allen Hunt (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
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Mesoscale Convective Systems During SCSMEX Simulations
with a Regional Climate Model and a Cloud-Resolving Model
W.-K. Tao (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center),
Y. Wang (Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University
of Maryland), J.-H. Qian (International Research Institute
for Climate Prediction, Palisades, NY), C.-L. Shie (Goddard
Earth Sciences and Technology Center, University of Maryland),
W. K.-M. Lau (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center), and R. Kakar
(NASA/Headquarters, Washington DC)
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Session 5: Poster Session Introduction
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MM5 simulations of the 24 September 1999 tornadic events
in the outer rainband with Typhoon Bart (1999)
Jun Yoshino Hirohiko Ishikawa, and Hiromasa
Ueda (Kyoto University, Japan)
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High-resolution simulation of Hurricane Bonnie Storm structure
and effects of vertical shear
Scott A. Braun (NASA)
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Simulation of surface temperature inversions in complex
terrain and implementation of slope irradiance
Gard Hauge (Geophysical Institute, University
of Bergen), and Lars R. Hole (Norwegian Institute for Air
Research)
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An evaluation of real-time forecasts from weather-chemistry
forecasting model using observations from the TEXAS AQS 2000
field experiment
S. A. Michelson (NOAA/Environmental Technology
Laboratory and CIRES, Univ. of Colorado), J.-W. Bao (NOAA/Environmental
Technology Laboratory), S. A. McKeen (NOAA/Aeronomy Laboratory
and CIRES, Univ. of Colorado), A. White (NOAA/Environmental
Technology Laboratory), and G. A. Grell (NOAA/Forecast Systems
Laboratory)
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Mesoscale modeling investigation of air-sea interaction
over Gulf of Mexico for a case study of Hurricane Gordon
R. Suseela Reddy (Atmospheric Sciences, Jackson
State University)
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Objective comparisons between the realtime MM5 and NCEP
Eta over the Eastern U. S.
Joseph B. Olson, Brian A. Colle, and Jeffrey
S. Tongue (SUNY-Stony Brook and NOAA/NWS)
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Graupel effect on the precipitation amount in KMA Regional
models
Yei-Sook Lee and Jeong-Seok Ko (Numerical
Weather Prediction Division, Korea Meteorological Administration)
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Using mesoscale meteorological models as tools to forecast
pollen concentrations
Robert Pasken (Saint Louis University) and
Joseph Pietrowicz (KMOV-TV)
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Evaluation of NWP model output of near-surface variables
Dingchen Hou (George Mason University)
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Uncertainty in numerical weather forecasting via ensembles
of initialization
Yulia Gel, Adrian Raftery, and Tilmann Gneiting
(University of Washington)
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High resolution simulation of strong wind in complex terrain
- application for land use
O. Rognvaldsson and H. Olafsson (University
of Iceland)
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Regional climate simulation of the 1998 summer flood over
East Asia
Dong-Kyou Lee, Dong-Hyun Cha, and Hyun-Suk
Kang (School of Earth & Environmental Science, Seoul National
University, Korea)
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JUNE 25, 2002
Session 6: Application in Air Quality
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Application of MM5 to Air Quality Modeling of SOS/Nashville-1999
Jonathan Pleim (NOAA/ARL)
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Validation of Physical Processes in MM5 for Photochemical
Model Input. The Houston 2000 Ozone Episode
John W. Nielsen-Gammon (Texas A & M University)
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Design and Evaluation of the Coupled MM5/TOPLATS Modeling
System for a Texas Air Quality Exceedance Episode
C. D. Peters-Lidard (NASA/Goddard Space Flight
Center), J. N. McHenry, and C. J. Coats (Environmental Modeling
Center, MCNC-North Carolina Supercomputing Center)
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Real-Time Forecast of Atmospheric Pollutants over Europe
and Germany
Hermann J. Jakobs, Elmar Friese, Michael
Memmesheimer, and Adolf Ebel (Rhenian Institute for Environmental
Research at the University of Cologne, Germany)
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Validation of Air Quality Forecasts from MM5-CHEM
W. M. Angevine, S. McKeen (NOAA and CIRES,
Univ. of Colorado), and G. Grell (NOAA/Forecast Systems Laboratory)
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Wintertime Stagnation Episodes near Pocatello Idaho
Bart Brashers (MFG Inc)
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Effects of Soil Moisture Treatment in MM5 on the Land-Sea
Breeze Simulation
Fang-Yi Cheng, Seung-Bum Kim, and Deawon
Byun (Department of Geosciences, University of Houston)
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Testing of Mesoscale Meteorological Models as a Tool to
Forecast Pollen Concentrations
Joseph Pietrowicz (KMOV-TV) and Robert Pasken
(Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis
University)
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Implementation of an Urban Canopy Parameterization for
Fine-Scale Simulations
Tanya L. Otte (Atmospheric Sciences Modeling
Division/NOAA/ARL) and Avraham Lacser (Israel Institute for
Biological Research)
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Session 7: Case Studies
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The Application of the MM5 to Tropical Cyclogenesis at
Cloud-Resolving Resolution
Jordan G. Powers and Christopher A. Davis
(National Center for Atmospheric Research)
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Rain Forecast of Cumulus Parameterization Schemes in the
Taiwan Area
Ming-Jen Yang (Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences,
Chinese Culture University)
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MM5 Model Validation Under Different Cumulus Parameterizations
Rene Lobato (Mexican Institute of Water Technology),
C. Cario, N. Hernandez (Mexican Weather Service), and R. E.
Morales (University of Veracruz)
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Sensitivity of Explicitly Simulated Convection to Mother
Domain Cumulus Parameterization Schemes
Alfred M. Klausman, Francoise Robe, Mahesh
Phadnis, and Joseph Scire (Earth Tech, Inc.)
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JOINT SESSION WITH WRF WORKSHOP - JUNE 25, 2002
Session J1: Application of 3DVAR
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Initial Results Using WRF 3DVAR in MM5 Applications
D. M. Barker, A. J. Bourgeois, Y.-R. Guo,
W. Huang, and Q.-N. Xiao (National Center for Atmospheric
Research)
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Application of MM5 3DVAR System for Heavy Rain Case over
Korea Peninsula
Y.-R. Guo (National Center for Atmospheric
Research), D.-H. Shin (Korea Meteorological Administration,
Korea), J.-H. Lee (Seoul National University, Korea), Q.-N.
Xiao, D. M. Barker, and Y.-H. Kuo (National Center for Atmospheric
Research)
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DVAR Assimilation of GPS and Meteorological Observations
in MM5 During the December 14th Snow Storm Event over the
Northern Mediterranean Sea
L. Cucurull, F. Vandenberghe (National Center
for Atmospheric Research), E. Vilaclara (Servei Meteorologic
de Catalunya, Spain), A. Rius (Institut d'Estudis Espacials
de Catalunya, Spain), and J. More (Servie Meteorologic de
Catalunya, Spain)
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A Comparison Between Assimilating SSM/I Retrieved Data
and Assimilating SSM/I Radiance
S.-H. Chen (University of California at Davis),
F. Vandenberghe (National Center for Atmospheric Research),
G. Petty (University of Wisconsin), and J. Bresch (National
Center for Atmospheric Research)
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Session J2: Model Evaluation
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Issues in Mesoscale Verification: Implications of the
Verification of High Resolution MM5 Forecasts over the Northwest
Pacific
Cliff Mass, Dave Ovens, Eric Grimit, and
Mark Albright (Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, University of
Washington)
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The IMPROVE Project Creating Observational Data Sets for
the Verification and Improvement of Microphysical Schemes
Mark T. Stoelinga, Peter V. Hobbs, Clifford
F. Mass, John D. Locatelli, Robert A. Houze (University of
Washington), Brian A. Colle (State University of New York
at Stony Brook), Bradley Colman (National Weather Service),
and Nicholas A. Bond (NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory)
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Verification of WRF and MM5 over Complex Terrain in Hawaii
Duane Stevens, Kevin Roe (University of Hawaii),
Joe Klemp, and Chris Davis (National Center for Atmospheric
Research)
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A Novel Approach to Parameterization of Unresolved Precipitation
in Numerical Models. A WRF and MM5 Application
Mariusz Pagowski, George Grell, and Deszo
Devenyi (NOAA/Forecast Systems Laboratory)
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The Case for Using High-Order Numerical Methods in Mesoscale
and Cloudscale NWP
Bill Skamarock (National Center for Atmospheric
Research)
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