Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) Users’ Workshop 2005

 

Thursday, June 9, 2005

 

1:30 Opening Remarks

         Arthur M. Cayette, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston

         Jordan G. Powers, National Center for Atmospheric Research

 

Session 1: AMPS Developments

Session Chair: Jordan G. Powers

 

1:45  Real-Time AMPS Forecasts— 2005 Update

         Kevin W. Manning, Michael G. Duda, and Jordan G. Powers

         National Center for Atmospheric Research

 

2:05  USGS Digital Raster Graphic Products and RAMP Elevation Data in

         AMPS

         Michael G. Duda and Kevin W. Manning

         National Center for Atmospheric Research

 

2:25  Variational and Ensemble Data Assimilation in AMPS

         Dale M. Barker

         National Center for Atmospheric Research

 

2:45  AMPS— Future Directions

         Kevin W. Manning and Jordan G. Powers

         National Center for Atmospheric Research

 

3:00–3:30  Break

 

Session 2: Verification and Evaluation

Session Chair: Arthur M. Cayette

 

3:30  An Evaluation of Clouds Forecast by AMPS

         Ryan L. Fogt and David H. Bromwich

         Polar Meteorology Group, Byrd Polar Research Center

         The Ohio State University

 

3:50  Use of AMPS and Other Numerical Weather Forecast Products for Dronning Maud

         Land Weather Forecast Service

         Ralf Brauner

         Deutscher Wetterdienst

 

4:10  Extreme Winds and Rapid Degeneration of the May 2004 McMurdo

         Antarctica Storm: Analysis Using the AMPS Forecast Model, AWS Data, and

         MODIS Data

         Daniel F. Steinhoff and David H. Bromwich

         Polar Meteorology Group, Byrd Polar Research Center

         The Ohio State University

 

4:30  Recent High-Latitude Climate Variability from a Nonlinear Perspective

         David B. Reusch

         Pennsylvania State University

 

4:50  Precipitable Water Vapor from GPS in Antarctica: Opportunities from the     

         TAMDEF GPS Network, Victoria Land.

         Esteban Vasquez1, Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska1, Terry Wilson2, and

         Michael Willis2

         1Geodetic and Geoinformation Science

         2Dept. of Geological Sciences

         The Ohio State University

 

5:10  Workshop Adjourned for Day

 

 

Friday, June 10, 2005

 

Session 3: Antarctic NWP Research

Session Chair: David H. Bromwich

 

9:00  A Brief Investigation of Atmospheric Model Performance with Mesoscale

         Cyclogenesis in the Terra Nova Bay - Ross Island Region

         Rolf D. Hennig

         Aviation Technical Services, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Charleston

 

9:15  WRF Simulations of the May 2004 Extreme Wind Event at McMurdo

         Jordan G. Powers

         National Center for Atmospheric Research

 

9:35  An Evaluation of WRF Over the Greenland Ice Sheet

         Keith M. Hines, David H. Bromwich, and Jason E. Box

         Polar Meteorology Group, Byrd Polar Research Center

         The Ohio State University

 

9:55  S-MAR Project: Actual OpMet and Scientific Results

         Giulia Clai1, P.F. Coppola2, and A. Pellegrini3

          1 ENEA- Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, Energia e Ambiente

              2 Italian Air Force Weather Service

              3 PNRA SCrl

 

10:15–10:40  Break

 

10:40  Regional Ocean Circulation Models in the Antarctic:  The Need for Mesoscale

           Atmospheric Forcing

           Michael S. Dinniman1, John M. Klinck1, Yusuf Sinan Hüsrevoğlu1, and Robert C.              

           Beardsley2

           1Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University

           2 Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

 

11:00  RIME and IPY Update

          David H. Bromwich

          Polar Meteorology Group, Byrd Polar Research Center

          The Ohio State University

 

 

Session 4: User Feedback and Community Discussion

Session Chairs: Kevin W. Manning and Jordan G. Powers

 

11:10  AMPS User Feedback

– Product needs and suggestions

– IDD and output/product dissemination

 

11:40  Open Discussion

– International needs and collaborations

– Community interactions in Antarctic NWP, forecasting, and research

– Coordination with AMRC and AWS efforts

 

12:15  Workshop Adjourned

 

 

Posters

 

S-MAR Project: Actual OpMet and Scientific Results

         Giulia Clai1, P.F. Coppola2, and A. Pellegrini3

          1 ENEA- Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, Energia e Ambiente

              2 Italian Air Force Weather Service

              3 PNRA SCrl

 

Relative Performance of Self-Organizing Maps and Principal Component Analysis   

         in Pattern Extraction from Synthetic Climatological Data

         David B. Reusch

         Pennsylvania State University

 

Evaluation of Antarctic Mesocale Prediction System (AMPS) Forecasts for Different      

          Synoptic Weather Patterns

John J. Cassano1 and Luna M. Rodriguez-Manzanet2

1University of Colorado/CIRES

2University of Puerto Rico