2nd Antarctic Meteorological Observations, Modeling, and Forecasting Workshop.
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Rome, Italia 26-28 June 2007
Links to Presentations
Tuesday 26 June 2007
9:00 am Welcome - Dr. Jordan G. Powers and Dr. Andrea Pellegrini
Session 1: Overview of Long-Term Projects
Chair: Steven R. Colwell, British Antarctic Survey
09:15 am Michael Carmody - An Introduction to Raytheon Polar
09:30 am Matthew A. Lazzara, Shelley L. Knuth, Jonas Asuma, and Charles R. Stearns - Status Report from the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center
09:45 am Lorenzo De Silvestri, Stefano Dolci, Umberto Gentili, P. Grigioni, and Andrea Pellegrini - Current Status of the Italian Meteo-Climatological Observatory
10:00 am Gert Konig-Langlo - The Meteorological Observatory of Neumayer
10:15 – 10:45 am Break
Session 2: Overview of Antarctic Field Projects
Chair: Jonathan E. Thom, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:45 am Gijs de Boer and Edwin W. Eloranta - The University of Wisconsin Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar: Opportunites and Past Results
11:00 am Vincent Guidard, F. Rabier, V.H. Peuch, Christophe Genthon, F. Vial, A. Hertzog, P. Cocquerez, David Parsons, Dale M. Barker, Jordan G. Powers, and Terrence F. Hock - The International Project Concordiasi
11:15 am Lucia Agnoletto, Andrea Pellegrini, and Maurizio Busetto - Environmental and Atmospheric Data Distribution at Concordia/Dome C
11:30 am Stefania Argentini, Ilaria Pietroni, Giangiuseppe Mastrantonio, Angelo Viola, and Igor Petenko - Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observations
11:45 am Steven R. Colwell and Catherine M. Moore - Antarctic Peninsula Automatic Weather Station Servicing by BAS for Summer 2006/2007 and an Update on the READER Project
12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch
Session 3: Collection and Utilization of Antarctic Datan
Chair: Shelley L. Knuth, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1:30 pm Matthew A. Lazzara, Kevin W. Manning, Robert Vehorn, Timothy Reitano, Steve Richards, Robert Mullenax, Mark W. Seefeldt, and Daniel F. Steinhoff - Discussion on the Antarctic Internet Data Distribution (Antarctic-IDD) System
1:45 pm Lucia Agnoletto, Lorenzo DeSilvestri, and Andrea Pellegrini - METdata: An Integrated Data Acquisition System for Operational Meteorological Data
2:00 pm William D. Neff - Arguments for Improvements in the Surface Observing Network over the Interior of Antarctica
2:15 pm George A. Weidner, Jonathan E. Thom, and Matthew A. Lazzara - Review of 2006-07 AWS Field Season and the Future
2:30 pm Matthew A. Lazzara - Discussion on Needs for Upcoming AWS Field Season
3:00 - 3:30 pm Break
Session 4: Snow Measurement Processes
Chair: Christophe Genthon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
3:30 pm Shelley L. Knuth, Gregory J. Tripoli, Jonathan E. Thom, George A. Weidner, and Charles R. Stearns - Estimation of Snow Accumulation in Antarctica Using Automatic Acoustic Depth Gauge Measurements
3:45 pm Katherine C. Leonard, Douglas R. MacAyeal, Jonathan E. Thom, and L. Bruno Tremblay - Drifting Snow Measurements on the McMurdo Ice Shelf
4:00 pm Gerit Birnbaum, Ralf Brauner, Johannes Freitag, Gert Konig-Langlo and Carleen Tijm-Reijmer - Strong Wind and Heavy Precipitation Events on the Antarctic Plateau: Observations from Kohnen Station, Dronning Maud Land
4:15 pm Christophe Genthon, Patrick Wagnon, D. Six, and P. Anderson - Coastal Blue-ice Meteorological Observations and Mass Balance Modeling
4:30 pm General Discussion
5:00 pm Adjourn for the Day
Wednesday 27 June 2007
Session 5: Science Using Ground-Based and Satellite Measurements
Chair: Matthew A. Lazzara, University of Wisconsin-Madison
9:00 am Igor Petenko, Stefania Argentini, Ilaria Pietroni, and Angelo Viola - Temperature Behavior During Winter in Antarctica
9:15 am Kazue Suzuki, Takashi Yamanouchi, Naohiko Hirasawa, and Hideaki Motoyama - Moisture Transport to Syowa Station and Dome Fuji Station, Antarctica
9:30 am Guenther Heinemann, S. Willmes, J. Bareiss, and C. Haas - MEDAntS: A Long-term Data Set for the Annual Onset on Snowmelt on Antarctic Sea Ice
9:45 am Shelley L. Knuth, Douglas R. MacAyeal, Jonathan E. Thom, and Linda M. Keller - Antarctic Icebergs Status Report 2006-2007
10:00 am Michael S. Town, Von P. Walden, and Stephen G. Warren - Using the Surface Energy Balance at the South Pole to Understand the Antarctic Stable Boundary Layer
10:15 - 10:45 am Break
Session 8: Developments in Antarctic NWP
Chair: Andrea Pellegrini, PNRA
10:45 am Neil D. Adams and Jordan G. Powers - Advances in Numerical Weather Prediction and Weather Forecasting Systems in Support of the Australian Antarctic Program
11:00 am Kevin W. Manning, Michael G. Duda, and Jordan G. Powers - AMPS Update June 2007
11:15 am Dale M. Barker, Hui Shao, Syed Rizvi, Qingnong Xiao, and Jordan G. Powers - Application of WRF's Variational Data Assimilation System (WRF-Var) in AMPS
11:15 am David H. Bromwich and Keith M. Hines - Development and Testing of Polar WRF
12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch
Session 7: Antarctic Weather Forecasting and Model Applications
Chair: Neil D. Adams, Australian Bureau and Meteorology
1:30 pm Jordan G. Powers, Vickie Johnson, and Dolores Kiessling - Challenging Forecasts for a Challenging Environment: An Educational Module for Antarctic Weather and Forecasting
1:45 pm Hans-Joachim Moller - Requirements for Weather Forecasting at Dronning Maud Land
02:00 pm Giuseppe DeRossi, Lorenzo DeSilvestri, Stefan Dolci, and Andrea Pellegrini - Current Status of Meteorological Observations Related to Air Operations at Mario Zucchelli Station and Concordia Station
2:15 pm Tony Evans - The Aircrew Perspective of Antarctic Weather
2:30 pm John J. Cassano - Use of Synoptic Weather Pattern Identification in Operational Weather Forecasting in the Antarctic
2:45 pm Mark W. Seefeldt and John J. Cassano - An Evaluation of the Low-Level Wind Field Across the Ross Ice Shelf
3:00 – 3:30 pm Break
Session 7: Antarctic Weather Forecasting and Model Applications (continued)
3:30 pm General Discussion on Forecasting and Applications
3:45 - 4:30 pm Poster Session
4:30 pm Adjourn for the day
Thursday 28 June 2007
Session 9: Models and Tools in Antarctic Research
Chair: David H. Bromwich, The Ohio State University
9:00 am David B. Reusch and Richard B. Alley - Nonlinear (Paleo)climatology: Studying Polar Climate with Self-Organizing Maps
9:15 am Sefano Dietrich, Francesca DiPaola, and Elena Santorelli - On Combining AMSU and Polar MM5 Outputs to Detect Precipitating Clouds over Antarctica
9:30 am Elisabeth Schlosser, Jordan G. Powers, Michael G. Duba, and Kevin W. Manning - The Precipitation Regime of Dronning Maud Land Antarctica, Derived from AMPS Archive Data
9:45 am Daniel F. Steinhoff, David H. Bromwich, and Ryan L. Fogt - The Impact of the Adelie Land Katabatic Wind Regime on Coastal Cyclogenesis
10:00 am Andrew J. Monaghan and David H. Bromwich - Do topographically-induced Vortices in the Lee of the Ross Island Contribute to Mesoscale Cyclogensis?
10:15 – 10:45 am Break
Session 10: Antarctic Modeling and Model Evaluationh
Chair: John J. Cassano, University of Colorado
10:45 am Giulia Clai and Andrea Pellegrini - Comparison of the MAR Model to AWS Observations
11:00 am Hubert Gallee - Validation of the Regional Climate Model at Dome C
11:15 am Ryan L. Fogt and David H. Bromwich - Atmospheric Moisture and Cloud Cover Characteristics Forecast by AMPS
11:30 am Guenther Heinemann and Heike Hebbinghaus - The Impact of Snow Microphysics on the Simulation of the ABL and Snowdrift Over Polar Ice Sheets
11:45 am John M. Klinck and Michael S. Dinniman - The Importance of High Spatial Resolution for Models of Antarctic Coastal Circulation
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch
Session 11: Community Discussion and Feedback
Chair: Jordan G. Powers and Kevin W. Manning
1:30 - 3:15 pm
Open Discussion: NWP Support for Antarctic Science and Operations
- International issues and needs in NWP and forecasting support
- International collaboration in Antarctic NWP, forecasting, and research
Open Discussion: Topics from Workshop Group
AMPS User Feedback
- Product needs and suggestions
- Output and product dissemination
Closing Remarks
Posters
Status of the Australian Automatic Weather Station (AWS) Network in Support of Flying Operations
Neil D. Adams
Experimental Antarctic Ensemble System
Neil D. Adams
Weather on the Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
Andrew Bliss and Kurt Cuffey
Experiments and Solutions in the Installation of AWS on Snow and Ice
Lorenzo De Silvestri
Astronomical Site Testing at Dome C Using Meteorological and Atmospheric Data
Daniela Galilei, Luca Valenziano, and Co-Authors
Surface Mass Balance of the Antarctic Ice Sheet with the RCM MAR
Hubert Gallee
Small-Scale Winds, Polynyas, and Ocean Properties in the Ross Sea
Mahmoud Kamel, Y. Sinan Husrevoglu, Michael S. Dinniman, and John M. Klinck
Wintertime Katabatic Event and Polynya at Terra Nova Bay: A Study by Eta Model Simulations and AMSR-E Images
Sandra Morelli, Giada Casini, and Flavio Parmiggiani
The Italian Remote Sensing Data Archive: A Prototype Architecture, from DBRMS to WEB Distribution
Alessandro Piscini and Luca Simonetti
Weather Forecast Activity at MZS, Terra Nova Bay: Automated Antarctic ECMWF Data Processing and Distribution Management
Alessandro Piscini and Massimo Bider
Preliminary Upper-Air Verification of Polar WRF in AMPS
Daniel F. Steinhoff and David H. Bromwich
Evaluation of Williams Field Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAFS) during the 2006-07 Field Season
Daniel F. Steinhoff and David H. Bromwich
