Workshop Program for the Eleventh PSU/NCAR MM5 Users' Workshop
Foothills Laboratory
NCAR
June 25 - June 27 2001
PROGRAM
Monday, June 25
Session 1: MM5 Modeling System Development
8:30 - 9:45
Recent development and plans for MM5 Version 3.5 and beyond
Jimy Dudhia, NCAR/MMM
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Current status and plans for MM5 V3.5 on MM5 pre- and post-
processors
Wei Wang, NCAR/MMM
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A modified diffusion scheme for simulations over complex
terrain
Guenther Zaengl, Meteorological Institute University of
Munich, Germany
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Idealized baroclinic wave simulation with MM5 and its applications
Fuqing Zhang, Rich Rotunno, Chris Snyder, Chris Davis,
and Wei Wang, NCAR
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10:15 - 11:00
Solar and thermal infrared radiation parameterizations for
use in atmospheric models (Invited talk)
Ming-Dah Chou, Climate and Radiation Branch, NASA/Goddard
Space Flight Center
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Session 2: Climate Applications
11:00 - 12:30
Development of the MM5 for climate modeling over Africa
Edward K. Vizy and Kerry H. Cook Department of Earth and
Atmospheric Sciences Cornell University
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Modeling African easterly waves using MM5
Jen-Shan Hsieh and Kerry Cook Cornell University
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Toward High Resolution Climate Simulations of the Last Glacial
Maximum Using the Polar MM5
E. Richard Toracinta, David H. Bromwich Byrd Polar Research
Center,
John J. Cassano CIRES University of Colorado, and Zhichang
Guo Byrd Polar Research Center
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Effects of soil moisture anomalies on the North American
Monsoon System
Jianjun Xu and Eric Small, Dept. of Earth Environmental
Science,
New Mexico Institute of Mining Technology
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Assessment of the Sensitivity in Moisture Transport and Regional
Climate Statistics to Convective Parameterization in the North
American Monsoon
David J. Gochis, W.James Shuttleworth, and Zong-Liang Yang,
Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources Univ. of Arizona
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Session 3: Numerical Weather Prediction
1:30 - 3:00
Current MM5 Development and Operations at Headquarter Air
Force Weather Agency
Scott A. Hausman, AFWA
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Operational MM5 Mesoscale Data Assimilation System (MDAS)
Using Parallelized Multi-Variate Optimal Interpolation (MVOI)
At Air Force Weather Agency
Robert T. Swanson Jr, Michael D. McAtee, Richard L. Ritz,
AFWA
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MM5-based mesoscale modeling and model output statistics
(MOS) for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
W. James Steenburgh, Daryl J. Onton, Andrew J. Siffert,
and Linda Cheng, University of Utah Department of Meteorology
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Using an Operational MM5 in the Fire Weather Forecast Process
within West Texas and Southeast New Mexico
Chris Smallcomb, National Weather Serivce Midland TX
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High Resolution Weather Modeling in the Hawaiian Islands
Roe Kevin P., Stevens Duane and McCord Carol, Maui High
Performance Computing Center (MHPCC)
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Verification of the Eta and real-time MM5 over the Eastern
U.S.
Brian A. Colle, Joseph B. Olson, Jeffrey S. Tongue, State
University of New York at Stony Brook
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3:30 - 4:45
Streamflow and snowpack forecasting in the Pacific Northwest
using MM5 and a distributed hydrological model.
Westrick, K., P. Storck, and C. Mass, Dept of Atmospheric
Sciences, UW
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Long-Term MM5 Verification Implications for Physical Parameterizations
Cliff Mass, David Ovens, Mark Albright, U. of WA.and Brian
Colle SUNY Stony Brook
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Ensemble Forecast during the Mei-Yu Season
Ming-Jen Yang Chinese Culture Univ. Ben J.-D. Jou National
Taiwan Univ. Pay-Liam Lin National Central Univ. Fang-Ching
Chien National Taiwan Normal Univ. Jen-Hsin Teng Central Weather
Bureau Hui-Chuan Lin Civil Aeronautic Administration
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Real-Time MM5 Forecasting for Antarctica
J.G. Powers, J.F. Bresch, Y-.H. Kuo, NCAR/MMM, J.J. Cassano
and D.H. Bromwich
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Session 4: Poster Session Introduction
4:45 - 5:00
An improved upper radiative boundary condition
Guenther Zaengl, Meteorological Institute University of
Munich
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Evaluation of a nonlocal K-Scheme using the MM5
Kiran Alapaty (MCNC) and Madhavi Alapaty (MASC)
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Evaluation of a Surface Data Assimilation Technique using
the MM5
Kiran Alapaty (MCNC) Nelson Seaman (PSU) et al.
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Evaluation of the timing and strength of MM5 and Eta surface
trough passages over the Eastern Pacific
Brian A. Colle, State University of New York at Stony Brook,
C. F. Mass, and D. Ovens, University of Washington
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5:00 - 6:30 Reception and Poster Session (continued)
Tuesday, June 26
Session 5: Model Physics for Moist Processes. Part I.
8:30 - 10:00
Explicit microphysical parameterization (Invited talk)
Bill Hall, MMM/NCAR
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Evaluation of MM5 precipitation and microphysics over the
Wasatch Mountains during IPEX IOP3
Brian A. Colle, W. James Steenburgh, Justin A. W. Cox,
and David E. Kingsmill
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Explicit initialization of clouds and precipitation and
implications for microphysical parameterizations
Brent L. Shaw and Paul J. Schultz, Forecast Systems Lab,
NOAA
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The Impact of Microphysics and radiation on Simulation of
Heavy Precipitation Events
W.-K. Tao, NASA/GSFC
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Session 5: Model Physics for Moist Processes. Part II.
10:30 - 12:30
Convective parameterizations: Problems and approaches, now
and then (Invited talk)
Georg Grell, Forecasting System Laboratory, NOAA
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Track and Intensity Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Diana
(1984) Sensitivity to MM5 Physical Parameterizations
C. A. Davis and J. G. Powers NCAR L. F. Bosart University
at Albany SUNY
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Parameterization Impacts on a Simulation of Hurricane Opal(1995)
Romine Glen S. and Wilhelmson Robert B. of the University
of Illinois
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A comparison study of precipitation processe schemes in simulation
of
East Asia heavy rainfall
Dong-Kyou Lee, National University of Seoul, Korea
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High-resolution simulation of Hurricane Danny (1997): Comparison
with radar observations
Y.-H. Kuo, W. Wang, Q.-H. Zhang, MMM/NCAR, W.-C. Lee and M.
Bell, ATD/NCAR
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Session 6: Model Physics for PBL and Surface (8)
1:30 - 3:30
Boundary Layers and Their Models: A Taxonomy (Invited
talk)
Bjorn Stevens, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University
of California Los Angeles
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Updates and evaluation of the PX-LSM in MM5
J. Pleim (NOAA/ARL) and A. Xiu (MCNC)
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Observational evaluation of PBL parameterizations modelled
by MM5
Vila-Guerau de Arellano J., Vellinga O., Holtslag A.A.M, Wageningen
University, Bosveld F. C.(KNMI), Duivendaal
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On the sensitivity of simulated subArctic wintertime inversions
to PBL parameterization
Jeffrey S. Tilley and Cynthia Weatherby, University of Alaska
Fairbanks
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High Resolution Simulations of Hurricane Floyd using MM5
Coupled with a Wave Model
Joseph Tenerelli, Shuyi Chen, Wei Zhao, and Mark Donelan,
RSMAS, University of Miami
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Impact of land surface fluxes simulation on meteorological
modeling for an air pollution episode in the Lower Fraser
Valley
Dazhong Yin, Weimin Jiang, Helmut Roth, and Don Singleton,
Institute
for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology National
Research Council Canada
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The influence of boundary layer and surface parameterizations
on simulations of terrain-induced flows in the Salt Lake Valley
S. Zhong and J. D. Fast Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Toward improvement of sea-ice physics in MM5 for the Arctic
regional modeling
Jing Zhang, Jeffrey S. Tilley, Geophysical Institute University
of Alaska Fairbanks, Xiangdong Zhang, International Arctic
Research Center University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Initialization of soil fields for MM5 LSM simulations
Kevin Manning (NCAR/RAP), and Fei Chen (NCAR/RAP)
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4:45 - 5:30
Discussion (PBL and other physics in the model)
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Session 7: Data Processing and Assimilation
8:30 - 10:30
Development of a Tropical Cyclone Bogussing Scheme for the
MM5 System.
S. Low-Nam and C. Davis - NCAR/MMM
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An impact study of supplementary soundings on MM5 simulations
Fang-Ching Chien, Dept. of Earth Sciences National Taiwan
Normal University
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High-resolution MM5 simulation with refined land use categories
for Hong Kong.
J. Sai-Lap LAM, Alexis K.H. LAU and Jimmy C.H. FUNG, Center
for Coastal and Atmospheric Research, Hong Kong University
of Science Technology
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An Inverse Technique for Indirect Assimilation of Soil Moisture
Availability using the MM5
Kiran Alapaty (MCNC) Devdutta Niyogi(NCSU) and Madhavi Alapaty(MASC)
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An Observing-System Simulation Experiment to Evaluate NPOESS
Impact
Joel B. Mozer (AFRL/VSBL) Susan Triantafillou (Radex Inc.
for AFRL/VSBL)
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Effect of the penalty terms on MM5 4DVAR system
Yong-Run Guo, and Bill Kuo, NCAR/MMM
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An MM5V3-based 4DVAR system developed for distributed-memory
parallel computers
Frank H. Ruggiero, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force
Research Laboratory, George D. Modica, Thomas Nehrkorn, Mark
Cerniglia, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Xiaolei
Zou, Department of Meteorology, Florida State University,
and John G. Michalakes, NCAR/Argonne National Laboratory
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Session 8: General Discussion
WRF Update - Klemp, J., NCAR
General Discussion
12:30 Meeting Adjourned
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