Chukchi/Beaufort Seas Mesoscale Meteorology Study Midterm Project Meeting

November 18-19, 2010
417 Syun-Ichi Akasofu Building
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

Participants

Basu,Soumik (IARC, UAF)
Crowley, Heather (BOEMRE)
Damiana Tom (AECOM Environment)
Eicken, Hajo (Geophysical Institute UAF)
Elleman, Robert (EPA)
Hay, Brian (Computer Science, UAF)
Hines, Keith (Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University)
Hinzman, Larry (IARC, UAF, director)
Horowitz, Warren (BOEMRE)
Hufford, Gary (NOAA/NWS, Anchorage Forecast Office)
Krieger, Jeremy (GI, UAF)
Lai, Ron (BOEMRE)
Moreira, Paula (IARC, UAF)
Mahoney, Andy (Geophysical Institute, UAF)
Hajo Eicken (Geophysical Institute UAF)
Olsson, Peter (Alaska State Climate Center, UAA)
Polyakov, Igor (IARC, UAF)
Raye, Robert (Shell)
Scott, Carven (NOAA/NWS Anchorage Forecast Office)
Shulski, Martha (University of Nebraska Lincoln)
Shulski/graduate student (University of Nebraska Lincoln)
Smith, Caryn (BOEMRE)
Steven, Eric (NOAA/NWS Fairbanks Forecast Office)
Thomas, Brad (ConocoPhillips)
Weingartner, Tom (IMS, UAF)
Wong, Herman (EPA)
Yetsko, Chris (ConocoPhillips)
Zhang, Jing (North Carolina A&T State University)
Zhang, Xiangdong (IARC, UAF)

Agenda

Thursday, November 18, 2010
Introduction
9:00-9:10Meeting Introduction
Xiangdong Zhang
9:10-9:20Welcome
Larry Hinzman
9:20-9:40Project Introduction
Warren Horowitz

Data Collection, QA/QC, Analysis
9:40-10:20Meteorological data collection and quality control techniques and results (metedata, & summary statistics)
Martha Shulski
10:20-10:40UAF/MMS Buoy Deployment in 2009
Jing Zhang
10:40-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-11:40Surface wind associated with intense, mesoscale polar low system
Paula Moreira
11:40-12:00Discussion on Data Collection Effort
12:00-1:30Lunch Break
1:30-2:15Climatology of the Beaufort and Chukchi Sea Coast using in-situ observations
BJ Baule
2:15-3:00Chukchi/Beaufort Seas surface wind climatology, variability, and extremes from reanalysis data: 1979-2009
Xiangdong Zhang
3:00-3:20Coffee Break
3:20 -5:00Discussion on Data Collection & Wind Climatology
Analysis & Day 1 Wrap-up
Friday, November 19, 2010
Chukchi/Beaufort Seas Meteorology and Wind Field Modeling
9:00-9:40Optimizing WRF model configuration for the Chukchi/Beaufort Seas meteorology and surface wind field modeling
Jing Zhang
9:40-10:20Toward producing a state-of-the-art reanalysis wind field over Chukchi/Beaufort Seas via WRF-Var data assimilation system: the assimilation of in-situ and satellite retrieved surface and up-air observations
Jeremy Krieger
10:20-10:40Database compiling, storage, metadata, applicationa development
Brian Hay
10:40-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-11:20Student's Trip to North Slope Sponsored by ConocoPhillips
Soumik Basu
11:20-12:00Discussions on Modeling Work & Database
12:00-1:30Lunch Break
1:30-2:15Validation of 2009 Chukchi/Beaufort Seas wind field reanalyzed by the WRF and WRF-Var modeling system
Jeremy Krieger
2:15-2:40WRF modeled 2009 Chukchi/Beaufort Seas meteorology and surface wind field
Jing Zhang
2:40-3:00Coffee Break
3:00-5:00Discussions on 1-year Simulation & Future Work & Meeting Wrap-up