The 10th Antarctic Meteorological Observation, Modeling, & Forecasting Workshop June 17 - 19, 2015 — Cambridge, UK

The 10th Antarctic Meteorological Observation, Modeling, and Forecasting Workshop
Scott Polar Research Institute
Cambridge, UK
17 June 2015 — 19 June 2015

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

1800 - 2200 Informal Icebreaker
The Grain Store, 69-76 Regent St.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

0830 - 0900 Arrival and Registration
0900 - 0920 Opening Remarks and Introductions
Steve Colwell
British Antarctic Survey
Session:
Chair:
Automatic weather station networks
Steve Colwell
0920 - 0940 The 2014-2015 Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Network Update (Abstract)
Lee J. Welhouse, Matthew A. Lazzara, David E. Mikolajczyk, Linda M. Keller, George A. Weidner, John J. Cassano, Carol A. Costanza, Elin A. McIlhattan, and Andrew G. Slater
University of Wisconsin
0940 - 1000 The 2015-2016 Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Network Field Plan (Abstract)
Matthew A. Lazzara, Lee J. Welhouse, Linda M. Keller, George A. Weidner, John J. Cassano, and Mark W. Seefeldt
University of Wisconsin
1000 - 1020 Antarctic Peninsula Automatic Weather Station Network 2014-15 Field Season Review (Abstract)
Rosey Grant, Steve Colwell, Petra Mildeova, and Mairi Simms
British Antarctic Survey
1020 - 1040 Over 20 years of Energy Balance Observations on Antarctica using Automatic Weather Stations (Abstract)
Carleen Reijmer, Michiel Van den Broeke, Paul Smeets, and Wim Boot
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht
1040 - 1100 BREAK
Session:
Chair:
Antarctic Meteorological Observations
Rosey Grant
1100 - 1120 Precipitation measurements at Rothera research station in Antarctica (Abstract)
Steve Colwell
British Antarctic Survey
1120 - 1140 High Resolution Atmospheric Measurements by Controlled Meteorological Balloons in Coastal Areas of Antarctica (Abstract)
Lars R.Hole, Alexis P. Bello Paul B. Voss
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
1140 - 1200 Can we get one or more Antarctic GCOS Reference Upper Air Network sites? (Abstract)
Peter Thorne, Greg Bodeker, Ruud Dirksen, Michael Sommer
Maynooth University
1200 - 1330 LUNCH
Recommendations and directions will be provided by organizers
Session:
Chair:
Antarctic Meteorological Observations (cont'd)
Rosey Grant
1330 - 1350 Activities at the Meteorological Observatory of the Antarctic Research Station Neumayer (Abstract)
Gert Koenig-Langlo, Bernd Loose, and Holger Schmitosen
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Session:
Chair:
Antarctic Logistic
Jordan Powers
1350 - 1410 Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions (Abstract)
Celine NyhanMarc De Keyser
ALE
1410 - 1430 Updates about the project of a gravel runway near Mario Zucchelli station (ita) (Abstract)
Stefano Dolciand Paolo Grigioni
ENEA, Rome, Italy
1430 - 1450 Antarctic meteorological cyberinfrastructure sustainability (Abstract)
Matthew A. Lazzara, Carol A. Costanza, Steven W. Fons, and Linda M. Keller
University of Wisconsin
1450 - 1510 The future of the USAP Antarctic internet data distribution system (Abstract)Andrew B. Archer and Matthew A. Lazzara
Antarctic Support Contract and AMRC
1510 - 1530 BREAK
Session:
Chair:
Antarctic Observation Studies
David H. Bromwich
1530 - 1550 The surface climatology of the Ross Ice Shelf Antarctica (Abstract)
Carol A. Costanza, Matthew A. Lazzara, Linda M. Keller, and John J. Cassano
University of Wisconsin
1550 - 1610 Estimating Boundary Layer Depth at the South Pole Using Only Standard Meteorological Data to use in the Interpretation of Nitric Acid Concentrations (Abstract)
William D. Neff and D. D. Davis
Unviersity of Colorado
1610 - 1630 The radiative engery balance, surface layer climate and turbulent exchange over Pine Island Glacier (Abstract)
Georges Djoumna and David M. Holland
New York University Abu Dhabi
1630 - 1650 Conclusions based on 3-years of tropospheric ozone measurements co-located at AWS sites (Abstract)
Mark W. SeefeldtLars E. Kalnajas, Allison M. Burg, and Matthew A. Lazzara
University of Colorado

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Session:
Chair:
AMPS Update
John Cassano
0900 - 0920 AMPS Update - June 2015 (Abstract)
Kevin W. Manning and Jordan G. Powers
Mesoscale and Microscale Laboratory NCAR Boulder, CO
0920 - 0940 Assimilation of AIRS Version 6 Data in AMPS (Abstract)
Jordan G. Powers, Priscilla A. Mooney, and Kevin W. Manning
Mesoscale and Microscale Laboratory NCAR Boulder, CO
0940 - 1000 The OSU AMPS Database and Antarctic NWP (Abstract)
Sheng-Hung WangDavid H. Bromwish
The Ohio State University
Session:
Chair:
In-situ observations for model verification
Matthew Lazzara
1000 - 1020 A SOM-based Assessment of AMPS Surface Layer Forecasts Using Observations from the RIS Tall Tower AWS (Abstract)
John J. Cassano and Melissa Nigro
University of Colorado
1020 - 1040 An evaluation of AMPS and MetUM high-resolution forecasts of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica (Abstract)
Andrew Orr Amelie Kirchgaessner, John King, Mark Weeks, Alan Gadian, and Peter Kuipers
British Antarctic Survey
1040 - 1100 BREAK
Session:
Chair:
In-situ observations for model verification (cont'd)
Lee Welhouse
1100 - 1120 Analysis of the AMPS-Polar WRF Boundary Layer Performance at the Alexander Tall Tower! (Abstract)
Jonathan D. Willie and David H. Bromwich
The Ohio State University
1120 - 1140 Validation of near-surface variables simulated by Polar WRF over West Antarctica (Abstract)
Pranab Deb, Andrew Orr, Scott Hosking, and John Turner
British Antarctic Survey
1140 - 1200 Meteorological observations in Antarctic: over sea ice in winter 2013 and in Dronning Maud land in summer 2014-2015 (Abstract)
Priit Tisler, Marius O. Jonassen, Rostislav Kouznetsov, Leena Leppanen, Panu Lahtinen, Roberta Pirazzini, and Timo Vihma
Finnish Meteorological Institute
1200 - 1330 LUNCH
Session:
Chair:
Antarctic Operations Forecasting
Kevin Manning
1330 - 1350 Antarctic weather service delivery - A focus on best practice and sustainability (Abstract)
Scott Carpentier
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
1350 - 1410 A Review of the January 2015 Whiteout Landings at Williams Field, Antarctica (Abstract)
Jeffery J. Johnson
Scientific Research Corporation, Charleston, SC
1410 - 1430 Sceince to operations cooperatives for Antarctic weather forecasting (Abstract)
Arthur Cayette
SPAWAR, Charleston, SC
1430 - 1450 A Statisitical Analysis of Horizontal Visibility at Pegasus Field, Antarctica (Abstract)
Joey Snarski
Scientific Research Corporation, Charleston, SC
Session:
Chair:
Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP)
David Bromwich
1450 - 1510 The Polar Prediction Project and the Year of Polar Prediction (Abstract)
Helge F. Goessling, Thomas Jung, and the PPP Steering Group
Alfred Wegener Institute
1510 - 1530 Australian considerations for observations during the Year of Polar Prediction (Abstract)
Scott Carpentier
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
1530 - 1610 Break and Poster Session
Session:
Chair:
Research
Arthur Cayette
1610 - 1630 Optimal Radiosonde Locations for Weather and Climate Observation in Antarctica (Abstract)
Natalia Hryniw, Gregory J. Hakim, Guillaume S. Mauger, Karin A. Bumbaco
University of Washington
1630 - 1650 Precipitation at Dome F and Dome C, Antarctica: a study with a unique data set and an equally unique mesoscale modeling system (AMPS) (Abstract)
E. Schlosser, A. Dittmann, B. Stenni, V. Masson-Delmotte, J. G. Powers, K. W. Manning, M. G. Duda, A. Cagnati, and K. Fujita
University of Innsbruck
1650 - 1710 Meteo on skis: an innovative and easier way to deploy and service automatic weather stations in Antarctica (Abstract)
Philippe DordhainCharles Amory
Antarctic consultant-Easberg
1830 Group Dinner
The Granta, 14 Newnham Terrace

Friday, June 19, 2015

Session:
Chair:
Research
Scott Carpentier
0900 - 0920 Simulating anomalous high-southern latitude atmospheric circulation mutually forced by the Southern Annual Mode and El Nino flavours (Abstract)
Aaron B. Wilson David H. Bromwich, and Keith M. Hines
The Ohio State University
0920 - 0940 Testing Recent and Future GCM Expressions of Antarctic Surface Melting Conditions (Abstract)
David B. Reusch
New Mexico Tech
0940 - 1000 Investigation of cloud precipitation in AMPS (Abstract)
Karen Pon and David H. Bromwich
The Ohio University
1000 - 1020 GABLS4 models intercomparison experiment: presenation of the case and first results with LMDZ5 model (Abstract)
E. Vignon, E. Bazile, F. Couvreux, P. Le Moigne, C. Genthon, O. Traull, H. Barral, G. Canut, A. A. M. Holtslag, G. Svensson, T. Vihma, M. P. Lefebvre, and F. Hourdin
Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de L'Environnement
1020 - 1040 Antarctic cloud mass meridional transport (Abstract)
Joseph J. Nettesheim, Matthew A. Lazzara, Linda M. Keller, and Maria Tsukernik
University of Wisconsin
1040 - 1100 BREAK
Session:
Chair:
Research
Elisabeth Schlosser
1100 - 1120 Variability and Trends in the Southern Hemisphere High Latitude, Quasi-Stationary Planetary Waves (Abstract)
John Turner
Brititsh Antarctic Survey
1120 - 1140 Composite Anaylsis of the Effects of El Nino Southern Oscillation events on Antarctica (Abstract)
Lee Welhouse, Matthew Lazzara, Matt Hitchman, Linda Keller, and Greg Tripoli
University of Wisconsin
1140 - 1200 Aerodynamical adjustment of the snow surface in coastal Adelie Land, East Antarctica (Abstract)
Charles Amory, Hubert Gallee, Florence Naaim, and Alexandre Trouvilliez
Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de L'Environnement
1200 - 1220 High resolution AMPS wrf case study on the Casey Thunderstorm (Abstract)
Scott Carpentier
Australian Bureau of Meteorology
1220 - 1240 The Microphysics of Clouds over the Antarctic Peninsula (Abstract)
Constantino Listowski and Tom Lachlan-Cope
British Antarctic Survey
1240 - 1250 Closing Remarks