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The 2nd VOCALS Science Meeting was held 12-14 July 2009
at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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Sunday, 12 July 2009

Plenary 1 - Welcome and VOCALS Status
09:00 Welcome and Meeting Goals       Mechoso/Wood/
Bretherton
09:10 Review of VOCALS Hypotheses Mechoso
09:30 Summary of VOCALS-REx Operations
Wood
09:50
VOCALS Master Archive at NCAR/EOL
Williams

        NSF C-130 data assessment
          NSF C-130 special notes
Schanot

VOCALS UK data summary
Allen
10:00-10:30
Break

Breakout 1A- Regional scale perspective (physical)


MBL variability, synoptic forcing, upsidence wave Garreaud

Synoptic scale forcing of the VOCALS REx region  Toniazzo

Subseasonal variability of low cloud radiative properties over the SE Pacific
George

PreVOCA model assessment results and plans for next phase 
Wyant

NCEP GFS modeling
Pan

Evaluation of COAMPS real-time forecast
S. Wang

Seasonal/interannual variability of the diurnal pulsing of 6+ years of satellite-derived cloud liquid water
O'Neill

Breakout 1B - Physical, chemical, and optical properties of aerosols


Paranal/Paposo aerosol and cloud observations
Krejci

Data Availability and Intercomparison Periods from the G-1
Springston

Cloud water chemistry during VOCALS-REx
Beem

Marine Organic Aerosol in the Remote Southeast Pacific MBL
Russell

Carboxylic Acids, Sulfates, and Organosulfates in Processed Continental Organic Aerosol over the SE Pacific
Hawkins

Aerosol measurements at Paposo
Chand

Studying the Influences of Continental Aerosols in the Sc-Clouds and the MBL of the South Pacific Ocean
Fochesatto
12:20-13:30
Lunch

Breakout 2A - Heavy drizzle and POCS


Modeling of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions, Drizzle and the formation of open cells
Feingold

The RF06 POC case study
Wood

POC initiation mechanisms - Internal gravity waves
Allen

Comparison of POC flights using radar, lidar, and in-situ data from the NSF C-130
Leon

Cloud and precipitation structures observed by shipboard instruments
Yuter

Cloud-resolving modeling of open and closed cellular structures and their interactions
H. Wang

Breakout 2B - Regional scale perspective (microphysical/chemical/aerosol)


Regional circulation and cloud droplet number concentration variability
Painemal

Mesoscale modeling of marine stratocumulus and cloud-aerosol interactions
Fast

Concentrations during VOCALS-REx and emissions inventory development/improvement
Spak

Analysis of cloud properties with in-situ and satellite data, comparison with CAM3.1
Brunke

Remote sensing measurements from the Dornier 228
Labrador

Aircraft observations and model validation
Abel
15:20-15:40
Break

Breakout 3A - Platform and instrument intercomparisons


Discussion and very short presentations
Freitag

Cross-Platform Synthesis of Cloud Microphysical Data
Chaung

Fast-FSSP measurements
Burnet

Breakout 3B - Coupled system and large scale modeling


Coupled climate system in the SEP with focus on Sc using regional climate modeling and data analysis
Sun

Coupled climate modeling
Shaffrey

Stratocumulus modeling
Gadian

Climate modeling and simulation
Mechoso

Dynamics and modeling of the low-level jet off the Chilean coast
Jiang

The diurnal upsidence wave
Rahn
Monday, 13 July 2009

Breakout 4A - Ocean-Atmosphere-Land processes


Ocean properties across the SEP 
Moffat (for  Straneo)

The role of eddies in the ocean heat balance
Moffat

Overview of work on Ocean data Assimilation, Ocean-Atmosphere Coupled Modeling
Miller

Eddy-resolving high-resolution ocean model of VOCALS domain
Subramanian

Coupled ocean-atmosphere modeling
Putrashan

Measurements from the R/V José Olaya during VOCALS REx
Grados

Breakout 4B - 20°S Cross Section Mission Analysis


20°S NSF C-130 mission synthesis
Bretherton

20°S composition and satellite cloud fields
Allen

Cloud and aerosol measurements on the BAe-146
Coe

Boundary layer structure along 20°S on the BAe-146
Barrett

Ship observations of boundary layer structure and variability along 20°S
deSzoeke
10:00-10:30
Break


Breakout 5A - Marine boundary layer structure and dynamics


Liquid water paths from the C-130 and R/V Brown
Zuidema

Doppler lidar measurements from the R/V Brown
Brewer

Ship-based doppler lidar studies of atmospheric decoupling under a Sc-topped MBL
Tucker

Turbulence Measurements from the CIRPAS Twin Otter
Khelif

Atmospheric measurements on board the R/V Olaya and atmospheric modeling results
Takahashi

Parameterization of Sc and Sc-shallow Cu transition in the Southeastern Pacific
Xiao

Breakout 5B - Physical, chemical, and optical properties of aerosols 2


Aerosol and cloud droplet residue composition and size distributions
Anderson

Aerosol physics, optics, chemistry
Covert

Aerosol Physiochemical Properties and Dynamics during VOCALS: Advection, Removal and Entrainment
Clarke

Aerosol effects on cloud microphysics
Twohy

Chemical composition and sources of coastal marine aerosol particles
Y-N Lee

Aerosol scattering and absorption
Sedlacek
12:10-13:30
Lunch


Breakout 6A - Ocean-atmosphere-land processes 2


Vocals ocean, air-sea flux
Weller

Air-sea fluxes, cloud microphysics, cloud-aerosol interactions
Fairall

Oceanography, marine trace gas production and biology
Hind

Two-way coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction in the VOCALS area using COAMPS/NCOM
Hong

Modeling of stratocumulus and air-sea interaction
Sun

Boundary Layer structure and Chemistry
Bandy

Overview of the SO2 and DMS measurements on the C-130 and R/V Brown
Blomquist

Direct observations of reactive trace gases over the eastern Pacific ocean
Volkamer

Direct measurement of the sea-to-air flux of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) on board of R/V Ronald H. Brown
Yang

Breakout 6B - Aerosol-cloud-drizzle interactions


Overview of the DOE G-1 measurements 
Daum

Aerosol-cloud Interactions in coastal marine Sc -nbsp;Overview of Twin Otter observations
Albrecht

Aerosol, cloud, drizzle data from Twin Otter flights
Zheng

Cloud microphysics and drizzle fluxes
Rossiter

What controls stratocumulus drizzle and entrainment?
Chuang

Fast FSSP measurements 
Burnet

Aerosol size distributions and activation
Kleinmann

High-speed cloud microphysics
Senum

Examining cloud-scale processes using LEM, comparison with aircraft measurements
Cook

CCN, Aerosol and Cloud Droplets
Snider

Impact of giant aerosols on drizzle formation
Jensen
Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Synthesis -  Summaries


Breakout 1A



Breakout 1B



Breakout 2A



Breakout 2B



Breakout 3B



Breakout 4A



Breakout 4B



Breakout 5A



Breakout 5B



Breakout 6A



Breakout 6B



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