3rd VOCALS Science Meeting
March 21-23 2011, University of Miami
AGENDA
09:00-09:10: Mechoso, C. R. and R Wood: Welcome
09:10-09:30: Wood, R. and C. R. Mechoso: Summary of VOCALS, meeting goals and organization
09:30-09:45: Bretherton, C.: A synthesis of published VOCALS studies on marine boundary layer and cloud structure along 20°S
09:45-10:00: Coe, H.: A synthesis of studies on particulate composition in the VOCALS-REx region
10:30-10:45: Brenguier, J: Optical thickness and liquid water path: k coefficient aerosol/cloud/radiation
10:45-11:00: Berner, A: LES Modeling of VOCALS RF06: Dynamics, Entrainment, and Microphysical Feedbacks
11:00-11:15: Leon, D: Drizzle and mesoscale organization in SEP stratocumulus
11:15-11:30: Brewer, A: Characterization of sub-cloud vertical velocity distributions and precipitation-driven outflow dynamics using a ship-based, scanning Doppler lidar during VOCALS-REx
11:30-11:45: De Szoeke, S: Vertical structure and surface radiative effects of marine stratocumulus clouds from 7 years of ship observations
11:45-12:00 Poster summaries (Bretherton, Zuidema, Wilcox)
13:00-13:15: Fairall, C: Cloud microphysics and turbulence from the PSD Wband Radar and the CSD Lidar
13:15-13:30: Mechem, D: Numerical simulation of heavily drizzling cloud regimes in VOCALS
13:30-13:45: Yuter, S: Observations of the life cycle of marine stratocumulus drizzle cells
13:45-14:00: Burleyson, C.: Observations of the diurnal cycle of marine stratocumulus clouds and precipitation
14:00-14:15: Zheng, X: Boundary layer, cloud, and aerosol variability in the southeast Pacific coastal marine stratocumulus during VOCALS-REx
14:15-14:30 Theme 1 Discussion
14:30-14:45: Theme 1 Discussion
14:45-15:00: Theme 1 Discussion
15:30-15:45: Clarke, A: Aerosol Dynamics over the VOCALS region: Sources, Entrainment, Nucleation and CCN
15:45-16:00: Anderson, J: Transport and mixing of polluted aerosols above and below cloud during VOCALS-REx from an individual-particle perspective
16:00-16:15: Huebert, B: DMS as an integrator of dynamic, chemical, and biological processes during VOCALS
16:15-16:30: Kazil, J: Chemical, aerosol, and cloud processes in closed and open cells
16:30-16:45: George, R: Using WRF-Chem to understand interactions between synoptic and microphysical variability during VOCALS
16:45-17:00: Yang, Q: Investigating impacts of aerosols on marine stratocumulus clouds observed during VOCALS-REx using WRF-Chem simulations
17:00-17:15: Poster Summaries (Matrai, Clarke for Shank, Clarke for Freitag)
17:15-17:30: Poster Summaries (Gadian (1), Terai (1), Terai (2))
08:30-08:45: Wood, R.: Precipitation as a driver of cloud droplet concentration variability along 20°S
08:45-09:00 Brunke, M: Investigations of aerosol-cloud-precipitation processes in observations and models at The University of Arizona
09:00-09:15 Jensen, J: Variability of giant sea-salt aerosol particles during the VOCALS campaign
09:15-09:30: Painemal, D: Remote sensing investigation of the first aerosol indirect effect during VOCALS-REx
09:30-09:45 Spak, S: Simulating aerosol radiative forcing and impacts on marine stratocumulus
09:45-10:00 Poster Summaries (Goubanova , Gadian (1), Gadian (2))
10:30-10:45: Theme 2 Discussion
10:45-11:00: Theme 2 Discussion
11:00-11:15: Theme 2 Discussion
11:15-11:30: Putrashan, D: SST-wind stress coupling and impact of mesoscale SST features on atmospheric boundary layer off the coast of Peru and Chile
11:30-11:45: Subramanian, A.: Results from data assimilation experiments and adjoint sensitivity studies in the South East Pacific.
11:45-12:00: Poster Summaries (Bretherton for Wang, Holte)
13:00-13:15: Fairall, C: Surface fluxes in the VOCALS region
13:15-13:30: Zappa, J.: Measurements of upper-ocean turbulence and air-sea interaction during VOCALS REx
13:30-13:45: Farrar, T.: Influence of oceanic processes on SST and upper-ocean heat content
13:45-14:00: Grados, C.: From large-scale to submesoscale dynamics in the VOCALS region
14:00-14:15: deSzoeke, S.: Simulation of Surface Fluxes in the Tropical Pacific
14:15:14:30 Mechoso, C.: A discussion of the processes that maintain a cool ocean surface under the stratus decks of the Southeast Pacific
14:30-14:45: Medeiros, B: Southeast Pacific stratocumulus in CAM4 and CAM5
14:45-15:00: Abel, S: The representation of drizzle in the Met Office Unified Model
15:30-15:45: Barrett, P: Boundary layer thermodynamics and decoupling in the South Eastern Pacific along 20° South.
15:45-16:00: Allen, G: Gravity waves observed as a causal mechanism for transition from closed to open cellular convection in the remote South East Pacific
16:00-16:15: Garreaud, R.: Climatology of the VOCALS region and diurnal
cycle
16:15-16:30: Toniazzo, T: Processes regulating the seasonal changes in the SEP during the Southern Hemisphere spring
16:30-16:45: Garrreaud, R: VOCALS-CUpEx: The Chilean Upwelling Experiment
16:45-17:00: Bretherton, C.: VOCA
17:00-17:15: Themes 3 and 4 Discussion
17:15-17:30: Themes 3 and 4 Discussion
The rapporteurs will review notable findings in the context VOCALS hypotheses. Have they been verified? What work remains to be done?
08:30-08:55: Theme 1
08:55-09:20: Theme 2
09:20-09:45: Theme 3
09:45-10:00: Theme 4
10:30-10:45: Meitín, J.: VOCALS Support Office
10:45-11:00: Williams, S. and L. Cully: The VOCALS Database
11:00-11:10: Agency Representatives (M. Patterson US CLIVAR)
11:10-12:00: General Discussion: Publications? Future Activities? [Wood/Mechoso]
Noon: Meeting Closes
Session Chairs/Rapporteurs
Theme 1. PBL and Clouds [Bretherton, Zuidema]
Theme 2. Gases, aerosols and Cloud related Processes [Coe, Clarke]
Theme 3. Upper Ocean Physics and Biology. Eddies, Air-Sea Interaction [Farrar, Grados]
Theme 4. Modeling and Basic Issues (Garreaud, deSzoeke)
Poster
Session (Posters will be on
display on Monday and Tuesday)
Bretherton, C.: Marine boundary layer decoupling in VOCALS-REx
Freitag, S.: Trajectory Visualizations of In-situ Tracers of Continental Aerosol Sources in Google Earth: Relationships to Aerosol and Clouds over the SEP
Gadian, A.: Numerical modelling of a stratocumulus over the South-East Pacific with WRF. (1)
Gadian, A.: Numerical modelling and observation of the cloud aerosol interactions. (2)
Goubanova, K.: Modes of covariability between SST and wind stress intraseasonal anomalies in the Humboldt and Benguela upwelling systems
Holte, J.: Eddy Observations from VOCALS-REx.
Medeiros, B. "Southeast Pacific stratocumulus in CAM4 and CAM5"
Shank, L.: Organic carbon and non-refractory aerosol over the remote southeast pacific: oceanic and combustion sources
Terai, C.: Cold pools and aerosols under stratocumuli (1)
Terai, C.: Susceptibility of drizzle in stratocumulus to aerosol perturbations (2)
Wilcox, E.: Evaluation of satellite lower-tropospheric humidity retrievals and relationships with boundary layer clouds
Zuidema, P.: Aircraft millimeter-wavelength retrievals of cloud liquid water path during VOCALS