1st Antarctic Meteorological Observations, Modeling, and Forecasting Workshop. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA 13-15 June 2006
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Tuesday 13 June 2006


9:00 am Opening Remarks and Introductions - Jordan G. Powers


Session 1: Developments in Antarctic Real-Time Modeling

Chair: James E. Frodge, SPAWAR


09:15 am Neil D. Adams - Continued Developments in Numerical Weather Prediction and Weather Forecasting in Support of the Australian Antarctic Program


09:30 am Kevin W. Manning - AMPS Status and Update


09:45 am Michael G. Duda and Kevin Manning - Improvements to AMPS Processing for Enhanced User Support


10:00 am Ryan L. Fogt - The AMPS Pseudo-Satellite Product


10:15 – 10:45 am Break


Session 2a: Antarctic Modeling Evaluation and Verification

Chair: Neil D. Adams, Australian Bureau of Meteorology


10:45 am Ralf Brauner - Use of AMPS in Queen Maud Land Area


11:00 am Ian T. Hunter - 2005/6 Relief Voyage to the South African Base in Antarctica


11:15 am John J. Cassano and Mark W. Seefeldt - Evaluation of AMPS Forecasting for Varied Synoptic Regimes


11:30 am James E. Frodge and Rolf Hennig - South Pole Temperature Forecasting: Issues and Impacts


11:45 am Ryan L. Fogt, David H. Bromwich, and G. Esteban Vazquez - The Moisture Performance in AMPS: A Comparison between GPS-Extracted and AMPS-Predicted Precipitable Water Vapor


12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch


Session 2b: Antarctic Model Evaluation and Verification

Chair: Ralf Brauner, Deutscher Wetterdienst


1:30 pm David H. Bromwich, Keith M. Hines, and Le-Sheng Bai - Development and Validation of Polar WRF


1:45 pm Kevin W. Manning - Early Comparison of MM5 and WRF Time Series to AWS Observations


Session 3a: Antarctic NWP Research and Applications

Chair:David H. Bromwich, Byrd Polar Research Center

2:00 pm Elisabeth Schlosser, Hans Oerter, Carleen H. Reijmer, and Valerie Masson-Delmotte - The Study of the 180-Temperature Relationship at an Antarctic Coastal Station


2:15 pm Daniel F. Steinhoff, David H. Bromwich, and Michelle M. Lambertson - A Dynamical Investigation of the May 2004 McMurdo, Antarctica Severe Wind Event Using AMPS


2:30 pm Bill Kuo - Applications of GPS Radio Occulation Data over the Antarctic


2:45 - 3:15 pm Break


Session 3b: Antarctic NWP Research and Applications

Chair: John J. Cassano


3:15 pm Jordan G. Powers, Syed R.H. Rizvi, and Michael G. duda - The Impact of MODIS Winds on AMPS WRF Forecasts


3:30 pm Syed R.H. Rizvi, Dale M. Barker, Jordan G. Powers, and Michael G. Duda - Impact of Background Error Statistics and MODIS Wind for AMPS


3:45 pm David H. Bromwich - IPY Update


Session 4: Community Updates, Feedback, and Discussion

Chair: Jordan G. Powers and Kevin W. Manning


AMPS User Feedback

-Product needs and suggestions

-Output and product dissemination

-Archive use


Open Discussion: NWP Support for Antarctic Science and Operations

-International issues and needs in NWP and forecasting support

-Possible collaborations in Antarctic NWP, forecasting, and research


5:00 pm Adjourn for the Day


Wednesday 14 June 2006


Session 5: Status Report of USAP Projects

9:00 am Charles Stearns - Opening Remarks


9:15 am George Weidner - AWS 2005-06 Field Overview


9:35 am Matthew Lazzara - Status Report on the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center


10:15 am – 10:45 am Break


Session 6 Status Report of Other Projects

10:45 am Arthur M. Cayette - Meteorological Systems for USAP Operations


11:00 am Neil D. Adams - The Casey Automatic Weather Station (AWS) Network


11:20 am Steven R. Colwell - Automatic Weather Station Servicing by BAS for Summer 2005/2006


11:40 am Umberto Gentili, P. Grigoni, A. Iaccarino, and Andrea Pellegrini - New Functionalities and Performance of the Database Accessible from the Web of Meteo-Climatological Observatory Data in Antarctica


12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch


Session 7 Using Data

1:30 pm Mark Seefeldt - Quality Control of Automatic Weather Station Data


1:50 pm William Straka - Satellite-Derived Wind, Cloud, and Surface Products at Direct Broadcast


02:20 pm Kathie Hill - The South Pole Meteorological Comparison and CLIMAT Message Projects


2:40 pm Shelley L. Knuth - The 2005-06 Antarctic Iceberg Season


3:00 – 3:30 pm Break


Session 8a Strictly Science

3:30 pm Mark Seefeldt - A Description of the Ross Ice Shelf Air Stream (RAS) Based on AWS Observations


4:00 pm William Neff - On The Use of AWS Stations to Interpret High Nitrogen Oxide Episodes at the South Pole


4:30 pm George Weidner - Discussion: Need for AWS in upcoming field season


5:00 pm Adjourn for the day


Thursday 15 June 2006


Session 8a Strictly Science, Continued

9:15 am Matthew Lazzara - VISITview: Collaborative Weather Discussion


9:30 am Casey Donahue - NASA Proposal for the Demonstration of Predator-B UAV Flights Over Antarctica


10:00 am David Bromwich - IPY Update


10:15 – 10:45 am Break


10:45 am Matthew Lazzara - Discussion for Antarctic IDD


11:15 am Jordan Powers - Needs for AMPS


11:45 am Workshop close


Posters

Circulation-Induced Changes in Polar Net Precipitation in the 20th and 21st Centuries based on IPCC Model Data
John J. Cassano, Petteri Uotila, Amanda Lynch, and Richard Cullather


Modeling the Coastal Current along the West Antarctic Peninsula: The Effect of Precipitation
John M. Klinck, Michael S. Dinniman, and Robert C. Beardsley


Development of the WRF Adjoint Modeling System and Its Application to the Investigation of the May 2004 McMurdo, Antarctica Severe Wind Event