Several University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies researchers are scheduled to present or have their research presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
The conference is in New Orleans from Dec. 11-15.
CIMMS presenters are scheduled Sunday through Thursday, presenting posters, papers and more.
For the full NWA scheduled, check out the program. Abstract and papers name may differ from what is published below. A CIMMS specific schedule is as follows:
Monday, Dec. 11, 2017
- From 8-10 a.m. “AE11A: Thunderstorm Electrification, Lightning, and General Topics in Atmospheric and Space Electricity I” with convener Kristin Calhoun from OU CIMMS and others
- 8 a.m.-12:20 p.m. session A11C: Cloud-Aerosol-Radiation-Climate Interactions in the Southeast Atlantic II Posters with Chair Greg McFarquhar to include the following papers with CIMMS authors/co-authors:
- A11C-1887: Observations of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions with Varying Vertical Separation between Biomass-Burning Aerosols and Stratocumulus Clouds over the South East Atlantic with MacFarquhar
- A11C-1892: Intercomparison of Microphysical Properties Derived from In-Situ Cloud and Remote Sensing Probes over the South East Atlantic Ocean with McFarquahr
- A11C-1907: Model-Observation Comparisons of Biomass Burning Smoke and Clouds Over the Southeast Atlantic Ocean with McFarquhar
- 8 a.m.-12:20 p.m. session A11I: Microphysical and Macroscopic Properties of Ice Clouds and Mixed-Phase Clouds and Interactions with Aerosols: Linking in Situ, Remote Sensing Observations and Multiscale Models I Posters to include the following papers with CIMMS authors/co-authors:
- 10:20 a.m.-12:20 p.m. session AE12A: Thunderstorm Electrification, Lightning, and General Topics in Atmospheric and Space Electricity II with convener/chair Kristin Calhoun from OU CIMMS and others
- 1:43 p.m. AE13B-01: Microphysics and Electrification of Weakening and Intensifying Simulated Hurricanes (Invited) with Alexandre Fierro as part of the 1:40-3:40 p.m. session AE13B: High-Resolution Observations and Modeling of Physical Phenomena Involved in Cloud Electrification and Lightning
- 1:40 p.m. A13K-01: A Framework for Characterizing how Ice Crystal Size Distributions, Mass-Dimensional and Area-Dimensional Relations Vary with Environmental and Aerosol Properties (Invited) with McFarquhar as part of the 1:40-3:40 p.m. session A13K Microphysical and Macroscopic Properties of Ice Clouds and Mixed-Phase Clouds and Interactions with Aerosols: Linking in Situ, Remote Sensing Observations and Multiscale Models II
- 3:40-6 p.m. session AE13A: Thunderstorm Electrification, Lightning, and General Topics in Atmospheric and Space Electricity I Posters with convener/chair Calhoun from OU CIMMS and others
- AE13A-2233: An 11-Year Climatology of Storms in Which Most Cloud-to-Ground Flashes Lower Positive Charge by Kristin Calhoun and Alexander Eddy
- 1:40-6:00 p.m. session A13E: Mesoscale Convective Systems: Observations and Modeling at Various Scales II Posters with the following:
- A13E-2118: Simulating a Mesoscale Convective System Using New Fast Spectral Bin Microphysics: Size Distributions in the Convective and Stratiform areas by Alexander Ryzhkov
- A13E-2119: Simulating a Mesoscale Convective System Using New Fast Spectral Bin Microphysics: The Major Ice Hydrometeor and Aerosol Effects by Ryzhkov
- A13E-2121: Impacts of a Stochastic Ice Mass-Size Relationship on Squall Line Ensemble Simulations by McFarquhar
- A13E-2125: Deep Convective Transport in Cumulus-Parameterized and Cloud-Resolved WRF-Chem Simulations of an MCS and Storms from Different Convective Regimes during the DC3 Field Campaign by Alexandre Fierro
Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017
- 8-10 a.m. during session A21P: Radar-Driven Advances in Understanding and Modeling Clouds and Precipitation I
- 8:30 a.m.: A21P-03 Assimilation of ZDR Columns for Improving the Spin-Up and Forecasts of Convective Storms (Invited) by Jacob Carlin and Ryzhkov
- 9 a.m.: A21P-05: Polarimetric radar convective cell tracking reveals large sensitivity of cloud precipitation and electrification properties to CCN by Pengfei Zhang and Ryzhkov
- 10:20 a.m.-12:20 p.m. session AE22A: Thunderstorm Electrification, Lightning, and General Topics in Atmospheric and Space Electricity III session with convener/chair Calhoun from OU CIMMS and others.
- 1:40- 6 p.m. session AE23B: Thunderstorm Electrification, Lightning, and General Topics in Atmospheric and Space Electricity II Posters session with convener/chair Calhoun from OU CIMMS and others.
Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017
- 8 a.m.- 12:20 p.m. in session A31A: Advances in Radar Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation: Microphysical Retrievals, Estimation, and Hydrometeorological Applications II Posters with
A31A-2153 Enhance the accuracy of radar snowfall estimation with Multi new Z-S relationships in MRMS system by Youcun Qi - As part of session A31G: Radar-Driven Advances in Understanding and Modeling Clouds and Precipitation II Posters
- 10:20 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. in session H32C: Global Precipitation Measurement, Validation, and Applications II
- 10:50 presentation of H32C-03 Characterization of Ice and Snow In-Situ Properties During the Main Weather Regimes Observed in The Olympic Mountain Experiment with McFarquhar
Friday, Dec. 15, 2017
- 8 a.m.- 12:20 p.m. in session A51A: Atmospheric Boundary Layer Processes and Turbulence IV Posters
- 8 a.m.- 12:20 p.m. in session A51F: Quantifying Tropospheric Ozone’s Present-Day Distribution and Trends from the Perspective of Human Health, Climate, and Ecosystem Productivity II Posters
- 1:40-3:40 p.m. during session IN53D: The Joint Polar Satellite System: Providing New Data and Product Applications for Better Global Earth Observation II
- 2:25 p.m. the presentation of IN53D-04 Results from Evaluations of Gridded CrIS/ATMS Visualization for Operational Forecasting with Michael Bowlan
To learn more about the conference, exhibitors and the programs, visit the website or see the full schedule.