Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment (Expanded View)

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Program Chairpersons:
David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ.
Fei Chen, NCAR
Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder

Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 1 August 2010
5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday
Registration Begins
 
Monday, 2 August 2010
7:30 AM-5:45 PM, Monday
Registration continues through 6 August, 2010
 
9:00 AM-9:15 AM, Monday, Red Cloud Peak
Plenary Session 1 Introductory Remarks by AMS President (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, the Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment, and the 29th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
Speaker: Margaret LeMone, NCAR, Boulder, CO
 
9:15 AM-10:00 AM, Monday, Red Cloud Peak
Joint Session 1 Observations in Complex and Urban Terrain and Canopies I (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, the Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment, and the 29th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
Cochairs: Nathaniel A. Brunsell, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; Branko Kosovic, NCAR, Boulder, CO
9:15 AMJ1.1Doppler lidar observations of urban boundary layer dynamics in London, UK   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Janet F. Barlow, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and T. M. Dunbar, C. R. Wood, E. Nemitz, M. W. Gallagher, and R. M. Harrison
9:30 AMJ1.2Direct observations of the turbulence kinetic energy budget within an orchard canopy   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Steven P. Oncley, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. J. Massman and E. G. Patton
9:45 AMJ1.3An observational study of turbulence inside a close basin   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and P. J. Fu, X. Bian, C. D. Whiteman, and T. Horst
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, Shavano Peak Foyer
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Red Cloud Peak
Joint Session 2 Observations in Complex and Urban Terrain and Canopies II (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, the 29th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and the Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment)
Cochairs: Nathaniel A. Brunsell, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
10:30 AMJ2.1Scaling properties of biologically active scalar concentration fluctuations in the surface layer over a managed peatland   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Matteo Detto, UCB, Berkeley, CA; and D. D. Baldocchi and G. G. Katul
10:45 AMJ2.2Mixing Processes in the Nocturnal Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Their Impacts on Urban Ozone Concentrations and Heat Island Intensity  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Petra M. Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. K. Lundquist and J. B. Basara
11:00 AMJ2.3Space-time variability of subcanopy horizontal advection in moderately complex terrain  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Christoph K. Thomas, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
11:15 AMJ2.4Impact of gravity waves on the turbulent exchange above a forest site  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Andrei Serafimovich, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany; and C. J. Nappo and T. Foken
11:30 AMJ2.5Eddy covariance methodologies revisited for urban measurements   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Annika Iida Nordbo, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and L. Järvi and T. Vesala
11:45 AMJ2.6The effect of tilt-corrections on fluxes and 3D wind statistics over sloping, forested terrain   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Sean P. Burns, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun, S. P. Oncley, D. H. Lenschow, and R. K. Monson
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 1 Urban Climate
Organizers: Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Chair: David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ., Portland, OR
1:30 PM1.1Thermal differentiation of "local climate zones" using temperature observations from urban and rural field sites  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Iain Douglas Stewart, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and T. Oke
1:45 PM1.2Long-term surface-atmosphere interaction measurements in Helsinki, Finland   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Leena Järvi, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and Ü. Rannik, I. Mammarella, A. I. Nordbo, and T. Vesala
2:00 PM1.3Urban Heat Island Effects and Human Comfort in a Mild Cfb Climate: Exploring Long Term Observations by Hobby Meteorologists in The Netherlands  extended abstract
G.J. Steeneveld, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and S. Koopmans, L. W. A. van Hove, and A. A. M. Holtslag
2:15 PM1.4Impacts of urban albedo increase on local air temperature at daily through annual time scales: Model results and synthesis of previous work  extended abstract
Scott Krayenhoff, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and J. A. Voogt
2:30 PM1.5Local tree removal in residential neighborhoods: temperature changes detected by satellite   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Anita Walz, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
2:45 PM1.6Sustainable urban water management for improved micro-climates – the ‘Cities as Water Supply Catchments' research program   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Andrew Coutts, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and J. Beringer, M. Loughnan, and N. Tapper
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, Shavano Peak
Coffee Break
 
3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 2 Urban Climate II
Organizers: Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Chair: David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ., Portland, OR
3:30 PM2.1Analysis of the urban thermal fingerprint of a small city in an alpine valley  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Lorenzo Giovannini, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and D. Zardi and M. de Franceschi
3:45 PM2.2The Role of Aerosols on Precipitation for the New York Metro Region   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Jorge E. Gonzalez, NOAA/CREST, New York, NY; and N. Hosannah and B. Gross
4:00 PM2.3Does the Summer Heavy Rainfall Climatology over east United States show Urbanization Impacts?   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Ming Lei, Purdue University and Indiana State Climate Office, West Lafayette, IN; and D. Niyogi, C. Kishtawa, J. M. Shepherd, and J. Entin
4:15 PM2.4Influence of urban land cover dynamics on precipitation in the city of Kolkata, India   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Chandana Mitra, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA
4:30 PM2.5Aerosol Effects on Urban Convection and Precipitation  
Ji-Young Han, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and J. J. Baik and A. Khain
4:45 PM2.6Changing temperature inversion characteristics in the U.S. Southwest and relationships to large-scale atmospheric circulation   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Adriana Bailey, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; and T. N. Chase, J. J. Cassano, and D. Noone
5:00 PM2.7A quantitative description of the Oklahoma City urban heat island   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Amanda J. Schroeder, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, B. G. Illston, and P. M. Klein
5:15 PM2.8Source area scale variations in urban snow cover and its impact on the radiation budget   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
B. E. Nanni, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and J. A. Voogt
 
6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Shavano Peak and Castle Peak
Formal Poster Viewing and Reception
 
6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Shavano Peak
Poster Session 1 Urban Posters - General
Organizers: Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO
 P1.1Influence of mean radiant temperature on thermal comfort of humans in idealized urban environments  extended abstract
Andreas Matzarakis, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, , Germany
 P1.2Photochemical and transport effects on NOx and ozone concentrations in Seoul during the 22 July 2009 solar eclipse  
Kyung-Hwan Kwak, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and Y. H. Ryu and J. J. Baik
 P1.3Evaluation of urban effect based on the spatial and temporal characteristics of rainfall in Seoul, Korea  
Yeon-Hee Kim, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and D. Y. Choi and D. E. Chang
 P1.4Contribution of Land Use Changes to Near Surface Air Temperatures during recent Summer Extreme Heat Events in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area  
Susanne Grossman-Clarke, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and J. A. Zehnder, T. Loridan, and S. Grimmond
P1.5Adaptive Optimization of Urban Layout for Air Quality using a GPU Cluster  
Pete Willemsen, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN; and D. E. Johnson, J. Clark, A. Larson, and E. Pardyjak
 
6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Shavano Peak
Poster Session 2 Urban Posters - Biometeorology and Energy/Water Balances
 P2.1Variations of atmospheric CO2 at urban and residential sites within Syracuse, N.Y  extended abstract
Shannon M. Buckley, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY; and M. J. Mitchell and P. J. McHale
 P2.2Surface Energy Balance Observations and Carbon Dioxide Exchange in the Centre of an European Metropolitan City  
Simone Kotthaus, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; and S. Grimmond
 P2.3Single-source urban evaporation-interception scheme (SUES-2): recent developments  
Leena Järvi, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; and S. Grimmond
 P2.4Measuring evapotranspiration in urban irrigated lawns  
Kira B. Shonkwiler Arnold, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; and D. J. Bremer and J. Ham
 
6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Shavano Peak
Poster Session 3 Urban Posters - Computational Fluid Dynamics
 P3.1Large‐eddy simulation of the cross-ventilation behavior in an array of low‐rise buildings  
James O.P. Cheung, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and C. H. Liu
 P3.2A Numerical Investigation of Flow and Scalar Dispersion within 3x3 Building Arrays  
Seung-Bu Park, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and J. J. Baik, M. Princevac, X. Li, and H. Pan
 P3.3A numerical experiment on the characteristics of flow and pollutant dispersion using a CFD model coupled with the WRF model  
Jae Won Choi, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea, Busan, ., South Korea; and J. J. Kim and D. Y. Kim
 P3.4The effect of an apartment complex on flow and dispersion an urban area  
Young Su Lee, Pukyong National University, Busan, ., South Korea; and J. J. Kim
 P3.5Numerical Simulation of Atmospheric Turbulence within and above a Cubical Canopy  extended abstract
Atsushi Inagaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. C. L. Castillo, Y. Yamashita, and M. Kanda
 
6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Shavano Peak
Poster Session 4 Urban Posters - Global Climate Change
 P4.1Comparison between impacts of global climate change and urbanization on local climate in Tokyo metropolitan area, Japan  
Sachiho A. Adachi, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan; and F. Kimura, H. Kusaka, H. Ueda, and T. Inoue
 P4.2Dependence of long-term temperature trends on wind and precipitation at urban stations in Japan  extended abstract
Fumiaki Fujibe, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan
 
6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Shavano Peak
Poster Session 5 Urban Posters - Urban Heat Island
P5.1A synoptic climatology of urban heat island intensity in Hong Kong  
Melissa A. Hart, Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 P5.2The winter heat island of a mid-sized city: Jackson, MI  
Maria Carmen Moreno Sr., University of Barcelona (Spain), Barcelona, Spain; and D. Mast
 P5.3Projection of Change in Urban Heat Island Intensity of Tokyo Metropolitan Area during Winter  extended abstract
Masayuki Hara, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; and H. Kusaka, F. Kimura, and Y. Wakazuki
 P5.4White , black, or green? The role of roof design in affecting the urban heat island  
Adam Scherba, Portland State Univ., Portland, OR; and S. Moody and D. J. Sailor
 
6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Shavano Peak
Poster Session 6 Urban Posters - Urban Parameterizations
 P6.1Application of the ACASA model in urban environments: two case studies  
Serena Marras, University of Sassari; CMCC, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, IAFENT Division, Sassari, Italy; and D. Spano, R. D. Pyles, M. Falk, R. L. Snyder, and K. T. Paw U
 P6.2Recent developments and evaluation of the LUMPS-NARP urban land surface scheme  
Thomas Loridan, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; and S. Grimmond, B. Offerle, D. Young, T. E. L. Smith, and L. Järvi
 P6.3Snow, vegetation, and asymmetric canyons in the Canadian version of the Town Energy Balance (TEB) urban-canopy scheme  
Maria Abrahamowicz, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Bélair, S. Leroyer, N. Gauthier, S. Z. Husain, J. Mailhot, and A. Lemonsu
 P6.4Estimation of the formation and evolution of surface temperatures in the urban canopy layer: using SOLENE model and its assessment  
Joon Ho Lee, Research Institute on Urban Sciences and Techniques, IRSTV FR CNRS 2488, Nantes, France; and P. G. Mestayer
 P6.5Evaluation of urban surface parameterizations using measurements during the Texas Air Quality 2006 field campaign  
Sang-Hyun Lee, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. W. Kim, W. M. Angevine, C. J. Senff, and S. C. Tucker
 P6.6Improving surface-layer forecasting in urban environments with a mesoscale atmospheric model  
Syed Zahid Husain, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Bélair, S. Gaudreault, and J. Mailhot
 
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Red Cloud Peak
Joint Session 3A Observations in Complex and Urban Terrain I (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, the Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment, and the 29th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
Chair: Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
9:00 AMJ3A.1An urban flux tower for atmospheric turbulence and trace gas flux studies   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Gunnar W. Schade, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. H. Park and I. Boedeker
9:15 AMJ3A.2Multiresolution Reynolds stress analysis of urban canyon turbulence  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Cheryl L. Klipp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
9:30 AMJ3A.3Inferring turbulent exchange processes in an urban street canyon from high-frequency thermography   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Andreas Christen, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and J. A. Voogt
9:45 AMJ3A.4MicroPoem: experimental investigation of birch pollen emissions  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Dominik Michel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; and R. Gehrig, M. W. Rotach, and R. Vogt
 
9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Torrey's Peak I&II
Joint Session 3C Observing and Modeling Boundary Layers Over Complex Urban and Terrain Environments for Energy Applications (Joint between the Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment and the 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence)
Chair: Jan Kleissl, University of California, san diego, La Jolla, CA
9:00 AMJ3C.1A study of the urban boundary layer considering different urban canopy parameterizations and high resolution urban canopy parameters with WRF (the case of Houston)   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Francisco Salamanca, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain; and A. Martilli, M. Tewari, and F. Chen
9:15 AMJ3C.2A numerical study of the urban boundary layer over Madrid during the DESIREX (2008) campaign with WRF   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Francisco Salamanca, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain; and A. Martilli and C. Yagüe
9:30 AMJ3C.3Modeling urban convection heat transfer by coupling Large eddy simulation with an energy balance model   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Long Sun, University of California, san diego, La Jolla, CA; and J. Kleissl
9:45 AMJ3C.4Urban Simulators to Study Energy and Urban Heat Island Implications   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Neda Yaghoobian, Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. Kleissl
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday, Shavano Peak
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Tuesday, Red Cloud Peak
Joint Session 4A Observations in Complex and Urban Terrain II (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, the Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment, and the 29th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
Chair: Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
10:30 AMJ4A.1Comparison of temperature structure parameter measurements by UAV and scintillometer during LITFASS-2009   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Sabrina Martin, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany; and J. Bange, F. Beyrich, and O. K. Hartogensis
10:45 AMJ4A.2Determination of surface heterogeneity from surface temperature maps   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Yvonne Breitenbach, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and J. Bange
11:00 AMJ4A.3Turbulent fluxes from weight-shift microlight aircraft over transitional grassland of Inner Mongolia   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Stefan Metzger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; and W. Junkermann, L. Wang, K. Butterbach-Bahl, X. H. Zheng, and T. Foken
11:15 AMJ4A.4Wind-tunnel experiments of stably-stratified boundary layers over a steep 2-D hill   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Wei Zhang, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN; and F. Porté-Agel
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Torrey's Peak I&II
Joint Session 4C Observing and Modeling Boundary Layers Over Complex Urban and Terrain Environments for Energy Applications II (Joint between the Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment and the 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence)
Chair: Jan Kleissl, University of California, san diego, La Jolla, CA
10:30 AMJ4C.1A numerical study of an urban breeze and its interaction with convective cells  
Young-Hee Ryu, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and J. J. Baik
10:45 AMJ4C.2Decoupled stable air above London, UK   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Curtis R. Wood, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and J. F. Barlow, S. E. Belcher, and S. I. L. D. Bohnenstengel
11:00 AMJ4C.3Development of a fast-response building-resolving urban energy model   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Chad Allen, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Clark, E. Pardyjak, and P. Willemsen
11:15 AMJ4C.4The effect of stability on estimated variations of advected moisture in the Canyon Air Temperature (CAT) model  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Evyatar Erell, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel; and I. Eliasson, S. Grimmond, B. Offerle, and T. Williamson
11:30 AMJ4C.5Effects of Solar Photovoltaic Panels on Roof Heat Transfer   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Anthony Dominguez, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and J. Kleissl, M. Samady, and J. C. Luvall
J4C.6Impact Analysis on Wind Flow by Urban Development: Numerical Experiment Using CFD_NIMR_SNU Model  
Kyoungmi Cho, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and H. J. Koo, K. R. Kim, and Y. J. Choi
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-2:45 PM, Tuesday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 3 Weather Forecasting for Urban Areas
Chair: Sylvia I. Bohnenstengel, University of Reading, Reading, Berks. United Kingdom
1:30 PM3.1Investigation Of Air Flow Characteristics In Istanbul Using Omega Model   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Yasemin Ezber, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey; and O. L. Sen, Z. Boybeyi, and M. Karaca
1:45 PM3.2Sensitivity experiments in determining urban effects on precipitation patterns  
Hiroyuki Kusaka, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan; and K. Nawata and F. Kimura
2:00 PM3.3Two paradigms for setting the urban heat island   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Sylvia I. L. D. Bohnenstengel, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and S. E. Belcher
2:15 PM3.4International Urban Energy Balance Models Comparison Project: JULES-URBAN models, any winners?   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Maggie Hendry, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and M. Best, M. Gouvea, S. Grimmond, and A. Porson
2:30 PM3.5Evaluation of the surface parameterization JULES across a range of urban environments with varying vegetation plan area fractions   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Mariana Gouvea, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; and S. Grimmond and M. J. Best
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Shavano Peak
Coffee Break
 
3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Tuesday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 4 Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion in Urban Areas
Chair: Steven R. Hanna, Harvard Univ., Boston, MA
3:30 PM4.1Observed tracer concentrations in downtown Oklahoma City and Manhattan – variations with downwind distance and ratios of rooftop to surface concentrations  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and R. Britter and J. Chang
3:45 PM4.2Linkage of an operational mesoscale model to an urban emergency assessment system for prediction of windborne contaminants   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Teddy R. Holt, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. P. Boris, G. Patnaik, D. A. Geiszler, W. T. Thompson, and J. Cook
4:00 PM4.3A large eddy simulation study of pollutant dispersion in urban areas  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Valentina Stocca, University of Trieste, Italy, Trieste, Italy; and V. Armenio
4:15 PM4.4Analysis of spatial representativeness of urban monitoring stations using steady CFD-RANS simulations  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Jose Luis Santiago, CIEMAT Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid, Spain; and M. A. Parra, A. Martilli, F. Martin, and J. M. Santamaria
4:30 PM4.5Development of a coupled CFD-photochemistry model and its use in studying reactive pollutant dispersion in street canyons   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Kyung-Hwan Kwak, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and J. J. Baik
4:45 PM4.6Effects of Thermal Stratifications on the Flow and Pollutant Dispersion in Urban Street Canyons: a Large-Eddy Simulation Approach   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Wai Chi Cheng, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, , Hong Kong; and C. H. Liu
5:00 PM4.7Urban form optimization for air quality applications using simulated annealing and genetic algorithms   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Bhagirath Addepalli, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Pardyjak, P. Willemsen, and D. E. Johnson
 
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
9:00 AM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Unscheduled Time / Conference Break
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 5 Global Climate Change and Urbanization I
Chair: Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1:30 PM5.1Urban climate in the 21st century   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Keith Oleson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Bonan and J. Feddema
1:45 PM5.2Impact of global climate change on urban climate and air quality  
Wilhelm Kuttler, Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
2:00 PM5.3Probabilistic climate change projections for UK cities   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Mark McCarthy, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and M. Sanderson and P. Falloon
2:15 PM5.4Urban climate prediction in 2070's by the WRF model with 3-km horizontal resolution: The three major metropolitan areas in Japan  
Hiroyuki Kusaka, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan; and T. Takata, S. A. Adachi, M. Hara, F. Chen, M. Tewari, J. Dudhia, and F. Kimura
2:30 PM5.5Cooling maximum-temperatures in the urbanized coastal Los Angeles air basin during 1969-2005: 12 monthly-averages and extreme values   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
R. Bornstein, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and J. Favors, B. Lebassi, and J. E. Gonzalez
2:45 PM5.6The Changing Climate and National Building Codes and Standards  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Heather Auld, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Klaassen, R. E. Morris, S. Fernandez, S. Eng, and V. Cheng
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, Shavano Peak
Coffee Break
 
3:30 PM-4:45 PM, Wednesday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 6 Global Climate Change and Urbanization II
Chair: Andreas Christen, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
3:30 PM6.1Investigation of Long-Term Impacts of Urbanization when Considering Global Warming for a Coastal Tropical Region   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Jorge E. Gonzalez, NOAA/CREST, New York, NY; and D. E. Comarazamy, J. Luvall, D. Rickman, and T. Smith
3:45 PM6.2Modeling the Impacts of Urbanization vs. Global Warming in California Southern Coast Air Basin   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Jorge E. Gonzalez, The City College of New York, New York, NY; and B. Lebassi and R. D. Bornstein
4:00 PM6.3Comparing an urban metabolism model to long-term CO2 eddy-covariance measurements  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Andreas Christen, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and N. Coops, B. Crawford, R. Kellett, K. Liss, T. Oke, I. Olchovski, R. Tooke, M. van der Laan, and J. A. Voogt
4:15 PM6.4Impacts of Anthropogenic Land Cover Changes on Regional Rainfall   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Dev Niyogi, Purdue University and Indiana State Climate Office, West Lafayette, IN
4:30 PM6.5Urban impact on air quality in RegCM/CAMx couple for MEGAPOLI project - high resolution sensitivity study   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Tomas Halenka, Charles University, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic; and P. Huszar and M. Belda
 
4:45 PM-5:45 PM, Wednesday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 7 Extreme Weather
Chair: J. Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA
4:45 PM7.1The Role of Synoptic, Mesoscale, and Urban Forcing on the Historic Atlanta, Georgia Floods of 2009   wrf recordingRecorded presentation wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and T. L. Mote, S. E. Nelson, P. N. Knox, S. McCutcheon, J. Dowd, and M. Roden
5:00 PM7.2Oklahoma City: A Testbed for Studying Severe Weather in an Urban Zone   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman and R. Hluchan
5:15 PM7.3Observations of an Unusual Wind Storm in Oklahoma City   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Mason Rowell, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. Harrison, C. Thomason, and J. B. Basara
5:30 PM7.4PCAPS (Persistent Cold-Air Pool Study)- An upcoming study of persistent wintertime inversions in Utah's Salt Lake Basin   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
C. David Whiteman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel and S. Zhong
 
Thursday, 5 August 2010
9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Red Cloud Peak
Joint Session 6 Modeling in Heterogeneous, Complex, and Urban Terrain I (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, the Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment, and the 29th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
Chair: Robert Conzemius, Windlogics, Inc., Grand Rapids, MN
9:00 AMJ6.1Forest canopy sub-layer turbulence and atmospheric coupling in a wildland fire model   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
A. S. Bova, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and G. Bohrer
9:15 AMJ6.2Long-distance edge effects in a pine forest with a large and sparse trunk space: in situ and numerical experiments   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Sylvain Dupont, UR1263, EPHYSE, INRA, Villenave d'Ornon, France; and J. M. Bonnefond, M. R. Irvine, E. Lamaud, and Y. Brunet
9:30 AMJ6.3Large-Eddy Simulations on the Effects of Drag Force of Trees : A real case study  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Pierre Aumond, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and V. Masson and C. Lac
9:45 AMJ6.4A dynamic model for large-eddy simulation of boundary layer flow over rough, multiscale surfaces   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
William Anderson, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and C. Meneveau
 
9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 8 Urban Parameterizations in Mesoscale and Regional Models I
Chair: Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO
9:00 AM8.1A dynamic urban canopy parameterization based on CFD microscale modeling   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Alberto Martilli, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid, Spain; and J. L. Santiago
9:15 AM8.2The single-layer urban canopy model in WRF V3.2: recent amendments and offline evaluation using the MOSCEM optimization algorithm with field observations   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Thomas Loridan, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; and S. Grimmond, S. Grossman-Clarke, F. Chen, M. Tewari, K. W. Manning, A. Martilli, H. Kusaka, and M. Best
9:30 AM8.3Simple models and sensor networks to study flow and energy transport in urban canopies   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Zhi-Hua Wang, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. Bou-Zeid and J. A. Smith
8.4Observed and simulated impacts of anthropogenic heat on air temperatures in downtown Tokyo and Osaka  
Yukihiro Kikegawa, Meisei University, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Ohashi, T. Ihara, and H. Kondo
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday, Shavano Peak
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, Thursday, Red Cloud Peak
Joint Session 7 Modeling in Heterogeneous, Complex, and Urban Terrain II (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, the 29th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and the Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment)
Chair: Robert Conzemius, Windlogics, Inc., Grand Rapids, MN
10:30 AMJ7.1Modeling pollen flow in complex terrain using a Lagrangian dispersion model   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Brian J. Viner, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and R. W. Arritt
10:45 AMJ7.2Modeling of boundary layer processes affecting ozone in the complex terrains of California during PreCalNex 2009 field campaign   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
S.-W. Kim, CIRES, U. of Colorado and ESRL, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and S. -. H. Lee, W. Angevine, M. Trainer, C. Senff, A. O. Langford, R. Alvarez, R. Banta, and R. M. Hardesty
11:00 AMJ7.3Interactions between boundary layer flow and gentle topography covered by vegetation  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Ian N. Harman, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia; and J. J. Finnigan, E. G. Patton, and R. H. Shaw
11:15 AMJ7.4Toward Improvements to the COAMPS Urban Canopy Parameterization Scheme   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. R. Holt
11:30 AMJ7.5Katabatic flow induced by a top-hat profile of down-slope surface cooling   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Alan Shapiro, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. A. Burkholder and E. Fedorovich
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 9 Urban Parameterizations in Mesoscale and Regional Models II
Chair: Alberto Martilli, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid Spain
10:30 AM9.1Coupling of the WRF and ACASA models for urban environments: two case studies   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Matthias Falk, University of California, Davis; CMCC, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, IAFENT Division, Davis, CA; and R. D. Pyles, S. Marras, D. Spano, R. L. Snyder, and K. T. Paw U
10:45 AM9.2Numerical Simulations of Sea Breeze Circulations and Urban Heat Islands in NYC with a High Resolution Urban-Mesoscale Model (uWRF)   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Estatio J. Gutiérrez, City College of New York, New York, NY; and J. E. Gonzalez, R. D. Bornstein, M. Arend, F. Moshary, and A. Martilli
11:00 AM9.3Interactions between city and mesoscale sea-breeze circulations in the Greater Houston area: A study with the coupled WRF-urban model   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
F. Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Miao, M. Tewari, and H. Kusaka
11:15 AM9.4Off-line Numerical Weather Prediction over Montreal with the Canadian Urban Modeling System   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Sylvie Leroyer, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Belair, J. Mailhot, and I. B. Strachan
11:30 AM9.6Implementation and testing of the building energy parameterization model (BEP) in the Climate Local Model (CLM)  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Sebastian Schubert, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany; and S. Grossman-Clarke and A. Martilli
 Paper 9.5 has been moved. New poster number P6.6  
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 10 Urban Canopy and Roughness Sublayers I
Chair: Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM10.1Doppler lidar observations of the coherent structures in the internal boundary layer  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Ryoko Oda, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Iwai, Y. Murayama, S. Ishii, K. Mizutani, T. Itabe, N. Tsunematsu, I. Yamada, N. Matayoshi, D. Matsushima, W. Sha, T. Yamazaki, and T. Iwasaki
1:45 PM10.2Urban energy fluxes in built-up downtown areas and variations across the urban area, for use in dispersion models  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and E. Marciotto and R. Britter
2:00 PM10.3Field observation according to the urban redevelopment in the norh-west region of Seoul   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Hae-Jung Koo, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and K. R. Kim, T. H. Kwon, K. Cho, and Y. J. Choi
2:15 PM10.4Observational studies of turbulent transfer processes across the urban canopy  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Jose M. Galvez, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. M. Klein, S. C. Arms, and B. L. Bridges
2:30 PM10.5Interactions between coherent structures and the urban canopy shear layer   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Sean C. Arms, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. M. Klein and O. Coceal
2:45 PM10.6Urban turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rates as influenced by nocturnal low-level jets  
Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Shavano Peak
Coffee Break
 
3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 11 Urban Canopy and Roughness Sublayers II
Chair: Petra M. Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
3:30 PM11.1PIV measurements of mean and instantaneous flow structures within and above an outdoor urban-like canopy layer   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Hiroshi Takimoto, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and A. Sato, S. Onomura, and M. Kanda
3:45 PM11.2Spatially integrated measurements of sensible heat flux using scintillometry   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Mariana Gouvea, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; and S. Grimmond
4:00 PM11.3Active Turbulence over an Outdoor Reduced Urban Scale Model  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Atsushi Inagaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Kanda
4:15 PM11.4Flow and pollutant dispersion at urban street intersections: a large-eddy simulation   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Xianxiang Li, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore, Singapore; and J. S. Ng, T. Y. Koh, R. Britter, L. K. Norford, and D. Entekhabi
4:30 PM11.5Large-eddy simulation of pollutant transport in the urban canopy layer over 2D idealized street canyons   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Colman C.C. Wong, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong; and C. H. Liu
4:45 PM11.6Numerical Investigation of Pollutant Transfer Coefficient in Street Canyons of Different Aspect Ratios   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Tracy N.H. Chung, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and C. H. Liu
 
6:00 PM-9:00 PM, Thursday
29AgForest/19BLT/9Urban Joint Banquet
 
Friday, 6 August 2010
9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Friday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 12 Biometeorology and Public Health in Urban Areas
Chair: Gordon M. Heisler, USDA Forest Service, Syracuse, NY
9:00 AM12.1Use of a mobile platform for assessing urban heat stress in The Netherlands   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
B.G. Heusinkveld, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and A. A. M. Holtslag, L. W. A. vanHove, C. M. J. Jacobs, G. J. Steeneveld, J. A. Elbers, and E. J. Moors
9:15 AM12.2Application of Joint Urban 2003 observations for assessment of morbidity outcomes during a heat wave   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Heather G. Basara, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, P. Klein, and B. G. Illston
12.2Body temperature and psychological variations during thermal comfort modelling of a human exercising in an outdoor environment  
Jennifer K. Vanos, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada; and J. S. Warland, N. A. Kenny, and T. J. Gillespie
9:30 AM12.3Population exposure calculations using QUIC   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Matthew A. Nelson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Friday, Shavano Peak
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-11:15 AM, Friday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 13 Biometeorology and Public Health in Urban Areas II
Chair: Gordon M. Heisler, USDA Forest Service, Syracuse, NY
10:30 AM13.1Dependence of mean radiant temperature within urban structures on three-dimensional radiation flux densities  
Helmut Mayer, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany, Freiburg, , Germany; and J. Holst
10:45 AM13.2Application of the RayMan model in urban environments  extended abstract
Andreas Matzarakis, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, , Germany
11:00 AM13.3Modeling influences of tree cover change on below-canopy urban air temperature   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Gordon M. Heisler, USDA Forest Service, Syracuse, NY; and D. Nowak, A. Ellis, I. Yesilonis, and E. Greenfield
 
11:15 AM-12:00 PM, Friday, Crestone Peak I & II
Session 14 Energy and Water Balances
Chair: Tim Oke, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
11:15 AM14.1Magnitudes and Multi-year Trends of Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in the Denver, Colorado Urban Ecosystem   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Dean E. Anderson, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO; and K. Powell and G. Szanko
11:30 AM14.2The Suburban Energy Balance in Shunyi, Beijing City  
Junxia Dou, Institute of Urban Meteorology/CMA, Beijing, China; and W. Liu, S. Miao, Y. Wang, and C. Su
11:45 AM14.3Urban water balance in Vancouver: impacts of changes in land cover  
Leena Jarvi, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; and S. Grimmond, T. Loridan, T. R. Oke, A. Christen, and B. Crawford
 
12:00 PM-12:05 PM, Friday
Conference Ends
 

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