Program

Polar Weather and Climate Week, June 4–8, 2016

TimeEvent
Saturday June 4

International Workshop on Coupled Modeling of Polar Environments (June 4-5, 2016)

0900 - 0920 Arrival and registration
0920 - 0930 Opening remarks and introductions
David Bromwich
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
Coupled Modeling 0930-1100 (30 minute presentation with 10 minute discussion)
Chairperson: David Bromwich
0930 - 1010 The Regional Arctic System Model (RASM) for Studying High Resolution Climate Changes in the Arctic
Mark Seefeldt
1010 - 1050 Modeling Polar Clouds of the ARISE and ASCOS projects
Keith Hines
1050 - 1110 Break
1110 - 1150 Ice Effect on Wave Propagation in the Marginal Ice Zone
Hayley Shen
1150 - 1320 Lunch
Coupled Modeling continued 1320-1440
Chairperson: Keith Hines
1320 - 1400 Progress towards the development of a coupled ice sheet/ocean/sea ice model
Ben Galton-Fenzi
1400 - 1440 Coastal Antarctic polynyas: A coupled process requiring high model resolution in the ocean and atmosphere
Mike Dinniman
1440 - 1500 Break
1500 - 1540 Developing a coupled atmosphere-ice-ocean modeling system for investigation of Antarctic sea ice and bottom water formation
Jeff Willison
1540 - 1620 Polar COAWST
David Bromwich and Lesheng Bai
1620 - 1700 Air-sea interactions during an Arctic storm
Zhenxia Long
1700 Adjourn
1830 Dinner at China Dynasty
Sunday June 5

International Workshop on Coupled Modeling of Polar Environments (June 4-5, 2016)

1000-1015 Oral Poster Summaries
1000 - 1005 Preliminary evaluation of the effective viscoelastic parameters for the Arctic marginal ice zone under various sea states
Sukun Cheng 
1005 - 1010 A preliminary study to investigate the biogeophysical impact of desertification on climate based on different latitudinal bands
Ye Wang
1010 - 1015 Developing a coupled atmosphere-ice-ocean modeling system for investigation of Antarctic sea ice and bottom water formation dynamics
Jeff Willison
1015 - 1100 Poster Viewing
1100 - 1120 Break
1120 - 1200 Open Discussion of the Feasibility of a Community-Based Polar Coupled Model
1200 - 1330 Lunch
1330 - 1500 Open Discussion Continued
1500 - 1520 Break
1520 - 1700 Open Discussion Continued
1700 Adjourn
1800 - 2000 Icebreaker at Hilton Garden Inn Columbus-University Area
Monday June 6

Year of Polar Prediction in the Southern Hemisphere (YOPP-SH) Planning Meeting (June 6th, 2016)

0830–0900 Arrival and registration for AMOMFW and YOPP
0900–0910 Opening remarks and introductions for AMOMFW and YOPP
David Bromwich
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
0910–1200 — State of the YOPP-SH (12 minute presentation with 3 minute discussion)
Chairperson: Steve Colwell
0910–0925 Overview of Ongoing and Planned Coordination Activities for the Year of Polar Prediction - An Update from the ICO
Kirstin Werner, Thomas Jung, Helge Gößling, Stefanie Klebe, and Winfried Hoke
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
0925–0940 Planned Observational Campaigns over the Southern Oceans for Determining the Role of Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation in the Climate System: SOCRATES, MARCUS and MICRE
Greg McFarquhar
University of Illinois
0940–0955 Japanese plan for YOPP-SH
Naohiko Hirasawa
National Institute of Polar Research
0955–1010 YOPP-SH Implementation Plan of KOPRI
Sang-Jong Park
Korea Polar Research Institute
1010–1030 Break
1030–1200 — State of the YOPP-SH continued
Chairperson: Greg McFarquhar
1030–1045 BAS contributions to YOPP-SH
Steve Colwell
British Antarctic Survey
1045–1100 USA contributions to YOPP-SH
David Bromwich
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
1100–1115 German contributions to YOPP-SH
Gert König-Langlo
Alfred Wegener Institute
1115–1130 Australian contributions to YOPP-SH
Scott Carpentier
Bureau of Meteorology – Australia
1130–1145 Potential Italian contributions to YOPP-SH operational period
Vito Vitale
ISAC-CNR
1145–1200 Brazilian contributions to YOPP-SH
Flavio Justino
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
1200–1330 Working YOPP-SH Lunch at Byrd
1330–1430 YOPP-SH Open Discussion on Collaborative Activities
1430 Adjourn — YOPP-SH Planning Meeting
1430–1450 Break
Transition to 11th Antarctic Meteorological Observation, Modeling & Forecasting Workshop
Monday June 6

The 11th Antarctic Meteorological Observation, Modeling & Forecasting Workshop (June 6–8th, 2016)

1450–1640 — AMPS (15 minute presentation with 5 minute discussion)
Chairperson: John Cassano
1450–1510 AMPS Update — June 2016
Kevin Manning
NCAR
1510–1530 MPAS Testing in AMPS
Jordan Powers
NCAR
1530–1550 Polar WRF
David H. Bromwich, Keith M. Hines, Lesheng Bai, and Sheng-Hung Wang
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
1550–1620 AMPS Discussion
1620 Adjourn
1900 Dinner, 2 location choices:

Figlio Wood-Fired Pizza (Info/Directions)
1369 Grandview Ave
Columbus, OH 43212

Strongwater Food and Spirits (Info/Directions)
401 W Town St
Columbus, OH 43215

Tuesday June 7
0900–1020 — Automatic weather station networks
Chairperson: Jordan Powers
0900–0920 The 2015-2016 UW-Madison Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program Field Season: Fixing AWS from McMurdo to West Antarctica
David Mikolajczyk, Lee Welhouse, Matthew Lazzara, Carol A. Costanza, Mark Seefeldt, George Weidner, and Linda M. Keller
AMRC, SSEC, UW-Madison
0920–0940 Antarctic Peninsula & Halley region AWS update 2015-16
Rosey Grant, Steve Colwell, John Law, Mairi Simms
British Antarctic Survey
0940–1000 Antarctic Meteorological Cyberinfrastructure: A Path To Sustainability
Matthew A. Lazzara and Carol A. Costanza
AMRC, SSEC, UW-Madison
1000–1020 Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Observing Networks: The Next Challenge for Antarctica
Matthew Lazzara
AMRC, SSEC, UW-Madison
1020–1040 Break
1040–1200 — In-situ observations for model verification
Chairperson: Matthew Lazzara
1040–1100 Observations and modeling of planetary boundary layer over marginal ice zone of Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica during late summer
Pranab Deb
British Antarctic Survey
1100–1120 South Pole AMPS Temperature Comparison
Carol Costanza, Matthew A. Lazzara, and Linda M. Keller
AMRC, SSEC, UW-Madison
1120–1140 A Numerical Simulation of Blizzard caused by Polar Low at King Sejong Station, Antarctica
Hataek Kwon
Korea Polar Research institute
1140–1200 Precipitation Behavior as Measured In-situ by an Acoustic Depth Gauge (ADG) and Simulated by Two Re-Analyses Models at Fleming Glacier, Antarctic Peninsula
Jorge Carrasco
University of Magallanes
1200–1330 Lunch at Byrd with a Tour and Organizing Committee Meeting
1330–1410 — In-situ observations for model verification continued
1330–1350 A Self-Organizing Map Based Evaluation of the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System Using Observations from a 30-m Instrumented Tower on the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
John Cassano, Melissa A. Nigro, Jonathan Wille, David H. Bromwich, and Matthew A. Lazzara
University of Colorado
1350–1410 NWP performance during the grounding of the RV Aurora Australis, Mawson station, 2016
Scott Carpentier
Bureau of Meteorology–Australia
1410–1510 — Antarctic observation studies
Chairperson: Art Cayette
1410–1430 Data Stuff
Steve Colwell
British Antarctic Survey
1430–1450 Using the Data Publisher PANGAEA for Meteorological Observations from Antarctica
Gert König-Langlo, Hannes Grobe, Rainer Sieger, and Amelie Driemel
Alfred Wegener Institute
1450–1510 Employing Verification Metrics to Improve TAF Forecasting in Antarctica
Joseph Snarski
SPAWAR Office of Polar Programs
1510–1520 Break
1520–1620 — Oral Poster Summaries
1520–1523 AMOMFW: The Possibility of a Pronounceable Conference Acronym
Lee Welhouse
AMRC, SSEC, UW-Madison
1523–1526 World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Interests in Antarctica
Steve Colwell
British Antarctic Survey
1526–1529 Spatial and temporal variability of the rainfall distribution over my country in relation to the El-Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Birhanu Liben
National Meteorological Agency - Ethiopia
1529–1532 ENSO in the Absence of SAM during the Scott South Pole Expedition
Lee Welhouse
AMRC, SSEC, UW-Madison
1532–1535 A Comparison of Automatic Weather Station Measurements at Dome C, Antarctica
Steven Fons
AMRC, SSEC, UW-Madison
1535–1538 A Numerical Simulation Study of Strong Wind Events at Jangbogo Station, Antarctica
Sang-Jong Park
Korea Polar Research Institute
1538–1541 Satellite impact on the analysis of southern hemisphere blocking climatology and variability
Baek-Min Kim
Korea Polar Research Institute
1541–1544 Optimizing an AWS: learning from the practice on field
Lorenzo Dr Silvestri
ENEA - Territorial and Production Systems Sustainability Department (Italy)
1544–1547 Moisture transport across the Southern Ocean
Maria Tsukernik
Brown University
1547–1550 AMPS Tabular Forecast Verification
Jeffrey Johnson
SPAWAR Office of Polar Programs
1550–1553 The Implications of Climate Change on Antarctic International Relations
Jiyoon Sophia Seol and Matthew Lazzara
AMRC, SSEC, UW-Madison
1553–1740 Poster Viewing
1740 Adjourn
11th AMOMFW sessions continue on Wednesday at 1430
1900 Dinner at the Columbus Brewing Company Restaurant (Info/Directions)
525 Short St
Columbus, OH 43215
Wednesday June 8

International Symposium on Atmospheric Boundary Layers in High Latitudes (June 8th, 2016)

See below for: 11th AMOMFW

0830 - 0840 Opening remarks and introductions
0840 - 0955 Antarctic Boundary Layers (15 minute presentation with 5 minute discussion)
Chairperson: David Bromwich
0840 - 0900 Stable boundary layer regimes at Dome C, Antarctica (Remote Presentation)
Etienne Vignon
0900 - 0920 GABLS4, an intercomparison of models in extremely stable conditions over Antarctica (Remote Presentation)
Fleur Couvreux
0920 - 0940 The Dry Valley micro-climate as seen by an infrared camera and unmanned aerial meteorological observations
Marwan Katurji
0940 - 1000 Evaluation of the AMPS Boundary Layer Simulations on the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica with Tower and SUMO UAV Observations
Jonathan Wille
1000 - 1020 Break
1020-1155 Polar Boundary Layers
Chairperson: Jonathan Wille
1020 - 1040 Strong gap flows and SBL structures in northwest Greenland
Guenther Heinemann
1040 - 1100 Use of small unmanned aircraft to study high latitude boundary layers
Gijs de Boer
1100 - 1120 Atmospheric boundary layer in the Antarctic and Arctic sea ice zone
Alexandra Weiss
1120 - 1140 Surface Turbulent Heat Flux in the Arctic System Reanalysis
F. Justino, A. B. Wilson, D.H. Bromwich, A. Avila, Le-Sheng Bai and Sheng-Hung Wang
1140 - 1200 Improving the depiction of topographically-forced winds near Greenland with the Arctic System Reanalysis
Aaron B. Wilson, G.W. Kent Moore, David. H. Bromwich, Le-Sheng Bai, Ian Renfrew
1200 - 1330 Lunch
1330 - 1345 Oral Poster Summaries
1330–1335 Atmospheric observations at the Amundsen-Nobile Climate Change Tower in Ny-Ålesund Svalbard
Angelo Viola, Mauro Mazzola, Francesco Tampieri, Christian Lanconelli, and Vito Vitale
ISAC-CNR
and
The vertical structure in the atmospheric boundary layer at Ny Alesund
Angelo P. Viola2, Francesco Tampieri2, Mauro Mazzola2, Taejin Choi1 , and Vito Vitale1
1 KOPRI Korea, 2 ISAC-CNR Italy
1335–1340 Aircraft measurements over Arctic leads
Gert König-Langlo
Alfred Wegener Institute
1340–1345 The impact of atmospheric forcing during active convection in the Labrador Sea
Lena Schulze
Florida State University
1345–1420 Poster Viewing
1420 Adjourn — International Symposium on Atmospheric Boundary Layers in High Latitudes
1420–1430 Break
Transition to 11th Antarctic Meteorological Observation, Modeling & Forecasting Workshop (continued)
Wednesday June 8

Continued: The 11th Antarctic Meteorological Observation, Modeling & Forecasting Workshop (June 6–8th, 2016)

1430-1550 Research
Chairperson: Steve Colwell
1430 - 1450 Regional atmospheric circulation and control over near-surface temperature of the Ross Sea coastline of Antarctica
Marwan Katurji
1450 - 1510 Mesocyclone activity over the Southern Ocean from satellite infrared mosaics for winter 2004
Polina Verezemskaya
1510 - 1530 A Case Study of the July 9th, 2015 McMurdo Storm
Billy Tate
1530 - 1550 A study of the atmospheric boundary layer in the Weddell Sea using a wind lidar
Guenther Heinemann
1550 - 1610 Break
1610-1730 West Antarctica
Chairperson: Scott Carpentier
1610 - 1630 The ARM West Antarctic Radiation Experiment (AWARE)
Dan Lubin
1630 - 1650 Major melt event in West Antarctica in January 2016. Part 1: The small picture
Jonathan Wille
1650 - 1710 Major melt event in West Antarctica in January 2016. Part 2: The big picture
Julien Nicolas
1710 Adjourn — 11th AMOMFW