• to support education and research in mountain meteorology and climate
• to promote international research and educational exchanges focused on mountain meteorology and climate.

2006

• Photos of 2006 activities


• February 1, 2006 Seminar by Dr. Olivier Liechti, President, Analysen & Konzepte, Winterthur, Switzerland:
  "Meteorological flight plans for soaring and their verification"
  Web-based videos from Dr. Liechti's seminar:
  Swiss Soaring Nationals 2004 - Dent de Broc (©Orion, Ramseier Daniel, author),
  WMV format (27 Mb)
  Swiss TV News Report (in Swiss German) ©SMBirrfeld 2004 "Sportpanorama", Regula Spänni SF DRS),
  WMV format (87 Mb)


• February-May 2006, Travel funds for student participation in the Terrain-Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX) in Owens Valley, California
  20-12 February 2006: Greg West
  11-18 Mar 2006: Jenny Esker and Erik Crossman
  29 Apr- 3 May 2006: Greg West and Lisa Verzella
  


• Student practicum, Spring 2006
  This practicum focused on professional development topics and provided an informal forum for the discussion of the students' research progress, with advice from faculty and other students.
  
  12 Jan, Kickoff meeting
  26 Jan, Maura Hahnenberger (student), "The Upcoming Meteor Crater Experiment"
  01 Feb, Olivier Liechti (visiting scientist), "Practical Aspects of Weather Forecasting for Soaring"
  09 Feb, Erik Crosman (student), "Great Salt Lake Research"
  16 Feb, Jim Steenburgh (faculty), "Proposal Writing"
  08 Mar, Greg West (student), "Research Progress"
  30 Mar, Colby Neumann (student), "Masters Thesis Research"
  06 Apr, Dave Myrick (student), "Ph.D. Research Progress"
  20 Apr, Dave Whiteman (faculty), "The Peer Review Process for Journal Articles"
  


• August 27 - September 1, 2006, travel funds for attendance of the American Meteorological Society's 12th Conference on Mountain Meteorology in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  Chad Kahler, UU undergraduate student, co-author of poster presentation entitled "Modeling Solar Radiationn in Arizona's Meteor Crater"
  Sebastian Hoch, UU post-doc, co-author of oral presentation entitled "The Meteor Crater experiment - METCRAX 2006"
  


• September 2006 seminars, travel funds
  September 5, 2006: Ivana Stiperski, Ph.D. student, University of Croatia, Zagreb, "Mountain Meteorology Research in Croatia"
  September 5, 2006: Benedikt Bica, Ph.D. student, University of Vienna, Austria, "Investigation of Extreme Temperature inversions in the Gruenloch Sinkhole - A Review of Current Research Activities at the IMG-Vienna"
  


• October 2006 Travel funds for student participation in the Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX) at Meteor Crater, Arizona
  10-15 October 2006: graduate students Christy Wall and Leigh Jones
  


• December 7-8, 2006 travel funds for visit from Prof. Tina Katopodes Chow, University of California, Berkeley to plan, with Dr. Jim Steenburgh, a Short Course on Mountain Meteorlogy to be held in August 2008 at Whistler, BC in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society's 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology.
  


• December 7, 2006 Seminar by Prof. Tina Katopodes Chow, University of California, Berkeley:
  "Beyond meso-scale: large-eddy simulation of atmospheric flow over steep terrain"
  

2007

• Photos of 2007 activities


• 5 Feb, Dr. Greg Poulos (faculty, NCAR), "The Challenge of Mountain Meteorological Field Experiments and the Creative Use of NSF Facilities", Powerpoint Presentation (19 MB)
  


• Spring 2007 practicum activities
  This practicum focused on professional development topics and provides an informal forum for the discussion of the students' research progress, with advice from faculty and other students.
  
  Feb 26, Maura Hahnenberger (student) and Sebastian Hoch (post-doc), "Experience the Full Impact: The Small Fragments of METCRAX You Will Never Hear of Again"
  Mar 12, Greg West (student), "Orograhic Effects on Fronts"
  Mar 26, Dave Whiteman (faculty), "Mountain Meteorology Phenomena, Illustrated"
  Apr 9, Erik Crosman (student), "Great Salt Lake Studies"
  Apr 23, Colby Neuman (student), "My Research"
  


• Summer 2007, Dr. Matthias Hornsteiner, from the University of Munich, and his student, Meike Zwanzger, visited the group from mid-July through mid-September. Dr. Hornsteiner applied a drainage flow model developed at the Deutsche Wetterdienst to the Salt Lake Valley and the Meteor Crater. Meike worked on her master's thesis studying thunderstorm tracks in southern Germany.
  


• Aug 7, Dr. Matthias Hornsteiner, U. Munich, "Formation of Extreme Cold-Air Pools in Basins and Sinkholes".
  


• Fall 2007 practicum activities
  This practicum focused on professional development topics and provides an informal forum for the discussion of the students' research progress, with advice from faculty and other students.
  
  
• Aug 29, summary of conferences and workshops attended recently:
  
  Weather Analysis and Forecasting Conference - Greg West
  Conference on Alpine Meteorology, France - Maura Hahnenberger
  IUGG meeting, Italy - Sebastian Hoch
  Short Course on Mesoscale Meteorology and Predictability, Finland - Dave Whiteman
  WRF Workshop and Great Lakes Conference - Erik Crosman
  
  Sep 17, Trevor Alcott (student), "Snow Densities at Alta"
  Oct 1, Colby Neuman (student), "Intermountain Cyclogenesis Research"
  Oct 24, Dr. Thomas Haiden, Austrian Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, "Do We Understand Atmospheric Cooling in Basins?""
  Oct 29, Wendy Wagner (student), "Observations of a Snow Surface: For Nordic and Alpine Ski Race Courses"
  Nov 12, Dan Tyndall (student), "The Real-Time Nov 29, Jim Steenburgh (faculty), "Forecasting Orographic Precipitation"
  




2008



• Photos of 2008 activities


• 4 January, Announcement of travel funds available to UU graduate students for Mountain Meteorology Workshop and Conference of August 2008
  



• Spring 2008 practicum activities
  This practicum focused on professional development topics and provides an informal forum for the discussion of the students' research progress, with advice from faculty and other students.
  
  
• Feb 4 Maura Hahnenberger (student), "Cold Air Pools in Basins and Valleys - A Review"
  Feb 11 Greg West (student), "Tax Day Storm - Trajectories and Analyses"
  Feb 25 Dr. Meinolf Kossmann (German Weather Service), "Nocturnal drainage wind modeling using KLAM_21" Powerpoint Presentation (26 MB)
  Mar 3 Erik Crosman (student), "Observational and Numerical Study of the Great Salt Lake Breeze"
  Mar 17 Dr. Bernhard Mayer (German Aerospace Establishment), "1- and 3-D radiative transfer modeling, with applications to three-dimensional topography"
  Mar 24 Leigh Jones (student), "Wasatch Snowfall"
  Mar 31 Dr. Heather Reeves (Post-doc Fellow, NSSL/FRDD), "Dynamic forcing and mesoscale variability of heavy precipitation events over the Sierra Nevada mountains"