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Program Chairpersons:
Julie Pullen, NRL
William T. Thompson, NRL
Darko R. Koracin, DRI

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Sunday, 9 September 2007
	5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday Conference Registration
Monday, 10 September 2007
	7:30 AM-5:00 PM, Monday Registration continues through Thursday, 13 September
	8:45 AM-11:30 AM, Monday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session J1 Plenary: Coastal-Urban Interactions and Vulnerabilities in the Areas of Weather, Climate, and Air Quality (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment and the Seventh Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes)
Cochairs: Bob Bornstein, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; Julie Pullen, NRL, Monterey, CA
8:45 AM J1.1A Introductory Remarks   Jason K.S. Ching, NOAA, Research Triangle park, NC 9:15 AM J1.1 Climate change impacts on coastal urban areas   Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA/GISS, New York, NY 9:45 AM J1.2 Challenges in Coupled Air-Sea-Land Modeling of Hurricanes and Applications in Coastal and Urban Environment   Shuyi S. Chen, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL 10:15 AM J1.3 Environmental Impacts of Urbanization in Tropical Coastal Zones   Jorge E. Gonzalez, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 10:45 AM J1.4 Developing an Integrated Ocean Observing System for Improved Mitigation of the Impacts of Coastal Hazards and Climate Change on Coastal Communities   Thomas C. Malone, Univ. of Maryland, Arlington, VA 11:15 AM J1.5A Mesoscale Disturbances Over Manila and Adjacent Coastal Areas Due to Diurnal heating of the Ground   Mariano A. Estoque, Manila Observatory, Quezon City, Philippines   J1.5 moved. New paper number J2.9
	11:30 AM-1:00 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session J2 Characterizing the Urban and Coastal Climate: Thermal and Boundary Layer Structure and Atmospheric Responses (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment and the Seventh Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes)
Cochairs: Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY; T.R. Oke, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
1:00 PM J2.1 Comparison of the urban heat island signatures of two Texas cities: Dallas and Houston   Lisa S. Darby, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and C. Senff 1:15 PM J2.2 1984-2005 UHI trend over Montreal, Canada, using high resolution Landsat imagery and surface station data   Philippe Martin Sr., EC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and Y. Baudouin and M. Beauchemin 1:30 PM J2.3 Assessing causes in spatial variability in urban heat island magnitude   Melissa Hart, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and D. J. Sailor 1:45 PM J2.4 Investigating the relationship between urban landuse and precipitating convective systems over the Atlanta region   Willis Otieno Shem, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and M. J. Shepherd 2:00 PM J2.5 Climate Change and New York City   Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA/GISS, New York, NY; and R. M. Horton 2:15 PM J2.6 A comparison of modeled and observed urban surface temperatures in Toulouse, France   Mark Moscicki, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and J. A. Voogt 2:30 PM J2.7 Empirical modeling and mapping of below-canopy air temperatures in Baltimore, MD and vicinity   Gordon M. Heisler, USDA Forest Service, Syracuse, NY; and J. Walton, I. Yesilonis, D. Nowak, R. Pouyat, R. H. Grant, S. Grimmond, K. Hyde, and G. Bacon 2:45 PM J2.8 Impacts of low land use on a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest under a Changing Coastal Climate   Isaac Torres, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR; and J. E. Gonzalez and D. E. Comarazamy 3:00 PM J2.9 Urban Growth Impacts on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation, Restoration and Health in the Mobile Bay, Alabama Area (Formerly J1.5)   Dale A. Quattrochi, MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and M. G. Estes, M. Al-Hamdan, H. Johnson, J. Hodgson, R. Thom, and D. Woodruff
	3:15 PM, Monday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
	6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday, Macaw/Cockatoo Icebreaker Reception and Formal Poster Viewing (Cash Bar)
	6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday, Macaw/Cockatoo Poster Session P1 7Coastal Posters
Chair: Christopher N. K. Mooers, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL
P1.1 has been moved. New paper J6.3A     P1.2 Developing a simple 2D ocean model for the evaluation of the MM5 results over Bodega Bay   Adam Kochanski, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. Koracin and C. E. Dorman   P1.3 The sea/land breeze hodographs along the northern Croatian coast   Maja Telišman Prtenjak, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and B. Grisogono   P1.4 Etesians vs. sea-land breezes over the eastern Adriatic   Zvjezdana B. Klaic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and Z. Pasarić   P1.5 Verification of LES warm rain microphysics and observational uncertainty   Yefim L. Kogan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Corrao and H. Gerber   P1.6 Two way interactive air-sea coupling - setup and case study   Sasa Gaberšek, UCAR, Monterey, CA; and S. Chen, T. Campbell, P. May, H. Jin, R. Hodur, and R. Allard   P1.7 Synoptic characteristics of fogs over the Incheon International Airport area in Korea   Kim Chang Ki, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and S. S. Yum   P1.8 Resonantly coupled devastating air-sea event in the east Adriatic: The atmospheric component   Danijel Belusic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and B. Grisogono and Z. B. Klaic   P1.9 Influences of orography on the Adriatic sirocco wind   Danijel Belusic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and Z. Pasaric and Z. B. Klaic   P1.10 The coastal boundary layer diurnal cycle along north-central Chile: observations and model sensitivities   Ricardo Muñoz, Univ. of Chile, Santiago, Chile; and R. Garreaud   P1.11 Mesoscale model predictions of typhoon structure and motion in the western Pacific during October 2004   Ramesh Vellore, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. R. Koracin and J. Lewis   P1.12 Low-level clouds in the Southern California Bight: Sensitivity studies in mesoscale models   Gretchen L. Mullendore, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and A. Hall, X. Qu, and J. C. McWilliams   P1.13 Simulation of transport and dispersion of pollutants from elevated point sources in Mississippi Gulf coast using a Mesoscale atmospheric dispersion modeling system   Venkata Srinivas Challa, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and J. Indracanti, L. D. White, C. Patrik, J. H. Young, R. I. Huge, and A. Yerramilli   P1.14 Analysis of offshore deep convection within landfalling hurricanes just prior to tornadogenesis   Matthew D. Eastin, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC; and M. C. Link and H. B. Anderson   P1.15 The Quiberon 2006 experiment : description and first results on the sea-breeze local behaviour   Sophie Barré, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France; and I. Calmet, O. Herlédant, P. Iachkine, J. M. Kobus, P. G. Mestayer, C. De Nomazy, T. Piquet, O. Quillard, and J. M. Rosant
Tuesday, 11 September 2007
	8:30 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session J3 Plenary: Advancing our Modeling Capabilities (Tools) (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment and the Seventh Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes)
Cochairs: William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ., Portland, OR
8:30 AM J3.1 An overview of advanced urbanization of mesoscale models   Alberto Martilli, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid, Spain 9:00 AM J3.2 Challenges in developing advanced urban parameterization schemes for the community WRF model   Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Tewari, S. Miao, Y. Liu, B. Bornstein, J. Ching, and H. Kusaka 9:30 AM J3.3 Urbanized mesoscale coastal modeling and ensemble approaches   Teddy R. Holt, NRL, Monterey, CA J3.4 Real time modeling of coastal urban areas   Alexander Baklanov, Danish Meteorological Institute, København, Denmark 10:00 AM J3.4A High-resolution simulations of the urban atmosphere in sea-breeze conditions   Isabelle Calmet, Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides, Nantes, France; and S. Leroyer and P. G. Mestayer
	10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Macaw/Cockatoo Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Boardroom Session 1 Advancing our modeling capabilities/tools: coastal regions—I
CoChair: John Cook, NRL, Monterey, CA
11:00 AM 1.1 (Invited Talk) Problems in operational prediction of return flow   John Lewis, NOAA/NSSL and DRI, Norman, OK 11:30 AM 1.2 (Invited Talk) A Coupled Air-Sea Mesoscale Data Assimilation and Prediction System for U.S. Navy Operations   John Cook, NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Frost, G. Love, J. Pullen, Q. Zhao, R. Allard, T. Campbell, J. Dykes, P. Martin, P. Posey, C. Rowley, D. A. Geiszler, J. Kent, S. Potts, D. Martinez, P. May, and L. N. McDermid
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Keynote Session KS1 Award, Recognition and Guest Luncheon Speaker (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment and the Seventh Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes)
Moderator: David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ., Portland, OR
12:00 PM KS1.1 Landsberg Award Presentation to Tim Oke   David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ., Portland, OR 12:15 PM KS1.2 Recognition to Mariano A. Estoque   David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ., Portland, OR 12:30 PM KS1.3 A Perfect Storm?—Population Growth, Climate Change and the Urban Environment   Walter F. Dabberdt, Vaisala. Inc., Boulder, CO
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Tuesday, Boardroom Session 2 Advancing our modeling capabilities/tools: coastal regions—II
Chair: Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA
1:30 PM 2.1 Numerical simulation of pulsating bora wind gusts   Danijel Belusic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and M. Zagar and B. Grisogono 1:45 PM 2.2 Interaction of river discharge and salty water intrusion near a river mouth under hurricane wind forcing   Machuan Peng, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and L. Pietrafesa, S. Bao, and H. Liu 2.3 Sea Fog Modelling over the Lunenburg Bay (Atlantic Canada) with GEM: Sensitivity to Microphysics Parameterizations   J.-F. Miao, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; and H. Ritchie 2:00 PM 2.4 High-resolution air-sea modeling of the Philippines winter monsoon   Julie Pullen, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Doyle, P. May, C. Chavanne, and P. Flament
	2:15 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, Boardroom Session 3 Advancing our modeling capabilities/tools: US West Coast
Cochairs: Tracy Haack, NRL, Monterey, CA; Danijel Belusic, Andrija Mohorovicic Geophysical Institute, Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb Croatia
2:15 PM 3.1 (Invited Talk) A near real-time, coupled bio-physical model for the US west coast: skill assessment   John C. Kindle, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and I. Shulman, S. DeRada, J. Jolliff, B. Penta, R. Arnone, and S. Anderson 2:45 PM 3.2 (Invited Talk) The cause of the over water, summer wind speed maximum about the Pt Conception Sharp Coastal Bend   Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and D. Koracin 3:15 PM Coffee Break   3:45 PM 3.3 The roles of wind stress and wind stress curl in forcing the ocean dynamics in a coastal bay   Darko Koracin, DRI, Reno, NV; and A. Kochanski, C. E. Dorman, and J. Pringle 4:00 PM 3.4 The effect of the stability of the atmospheric boundary layer on the coastal upwelling over the California coast   Adam Kochanski, DRI, Reno, NV; and D. Koracin, G. Beg Paklar, and C. E. Dorman 4:15 PM 3.5 Oceanic Circulation in the Southern California Bight   Changming Dong, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and M. Blaas, A. Hall, M. Hughes, and J. C. McWilliams 4:30 PM 3.6 Air-sea interaction along the California coast and offshore waters   Tracy Haack, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. B. Chelton, J. Pullen, J. Doyle, and M. Schlax 4:45 PM 3.7 Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover on Regional Summer Time Coastal Cooling and Inland Warming in Central California   Jorge E. González, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; and B. Lebassi and R. Bornstein
	5:00 PM, Tuesday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
	6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Tuesday, Macaw/Cockatoo Reception and Formal Poster Viewing (Cash Bar)
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
	8:30 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session J4 Plenary: Observations and Forecasting in Urban Coastal Zones (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment and the Seventh Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes)
Cochairs: Darko R. Koracin, DRI, Reno, NV; Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
8:30 AM J4.1A Observations of atmospheric processes in urban coastal regimes   Sue Grimmond, King's College London, London, United Kingdom 9:00 AM J4.2 DCNet: National Capital Region testbed   William R. Pendergrass, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Oak Ridge, TN; and B. B. Hicks 9:30 AM J4.3 The urban ocean observatory – Urban ocean observations and forecasting in the New York Harbor   Thomas O. Herrington, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ; and A. Blumberg and M. S. Bruno 10:00 AM J4.4 Sea breeze, coastal front, and urban environment   Hiroaki Kondo, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan   J4.1 moved to Tues. Luncheon
	10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Wednesday, Macaw/Cockatoo Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Boardroom Session 5 Coastal ocean and atmosphere forecasting systems—I
CoChair: John Lewis, NOAA/NSSL and DRI, Norman, OK
11:00 AM 5.1 (Invited Talk) Prototyping a Real-Time Ocean Forecasting System off the U.S. West Coast   Yi Chao, California Institute of Technology/JPL, Pasadena, Califonia 11:30 AM 5.2 (Invited Talk) Some lessons learned with quasi-operational coastal ocean nowcast/forecast systems   Christopher N. K. Mooers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and I. Bang, X. Wu, and J. Fiechter
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday, Boardroom Session 6 Coastal ocean and atmosphere forecasting systems—II
Chair: Robert E. Marshall, NSWCDD, Dahlgren, VA
1:30 PM 6.1 A Nowcast/Forecast System for Circulation in the Strait of Hormuz   Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and T. Clem 1:45 PM 6.2 A study of the effects of data assimilation on mesoscale meteorological modeling in the Beaufort Sea region   Don Morton, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center / University of Montana, Missoula, MT; and J. R. Krieger, X. Fan, M. Shulski, J. Zhang, and A. Klene 2:00 PM 6.3 Sea Breeze Circulations Influencing Radio Frequency System Performance around California Baja Sur   Robert E. Marshall, NSWCDD, Dahlgren, VA 2:15 PM 6.4 Study of Meso-Scale Coastal Circulations in Mississippi Gulf coast with Mesonet Observations and Modeling   Venkata Srinivas Challa, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and J. Indracanti, L. .. D. White, S. Sharma, J. M. Baham, M. K. Rabarison, and A. Yerramilli 2:30 PM 6.5 (Invited Talk) Toward forecasting and understanding the mechanisms of extremes in urban areas   Keiko Takahashi, JAMSTEC, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan; and M. Ohdaira, R. Onishi, and T. Sugimura
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, Macaw/Cockatoo Coffee Break
	3:30 PM, Wednesday Session 7 Coastal ocean and atmosphere observations & analyses-1 (MOVED TO SESSION 8)
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, Boardroom Session 8 Coastal ocean and atmosphere observations & analyses—II
Cochairs: Mirko Orlic, Andrija Mohorovicic Geophysical Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb Croatia; Keiko Takahashi, JAMSTEC, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama Japan
3:30 PM 8.1A (Invited Talk) Periodic upwelling/downwelling observed in the Adriatic Sea   Mirko Orlic, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; and G. Beg Paklar, V. Dadic, N. Leder, H. Mihanovic, M. Pasaric, and Z. Pasaric 4:00 PM 8.1 Model-based analyses in support of inverse-acoustic sensing of coastal oceans: implications for coupled ocean-acoustic modeling and forecasting   Paul C. Etter, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Baltimore, MD 4:15 PM 8.2 Aircraft observations of a coastally trapped wind reversal off the California coast   David A. Rahn, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 4:30 PM 8.3 The initiation of high speed summer coastal winds along the US West Coast   Clive E. Dorman, SIO/Univ. Of California, La Jolla, CA; and B. A. Vanhoff and D. Koracin 4:45 PM 8.5 Elastic backscatter lidar and in situ observations of sea-breeze fronts in Dixon, California   Shane D. Mayor, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. M. Spuler, B. M. Morley, S. C. Himmelsbach, R. A. Rilling, T. M. Weckwerth, E. G. Patton, and D. H. Lenschow 8.4 Satellite analysis of the Juan de Fuca Eddy, a persistent oceanic feature in the Pacific Northwest   Kathleen A. Edwards, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and B. M. Hickey 5:00 PM 8.6 Expanding the NOAA Profiler Network: Technology evalutation and new applications for the coastal environment   Allen B. White, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Ralph, J. R. Jordan, C. W. King, D. J. Gottas, P. J. Neiman, L. Bianco, and D. E. White
	5:00 PM, Wednesday Sessions Adjourn for the Day
	7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday Conference Banquet on the William D. Evans Sternwheeler Cruise (Departs from the Hotel Dock / Cash Bar Onboard)
Thursday, 13 September 2007
	8:30 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session J5 Plenary: Modeling for Emergency Response and Air Quality in Urban-Coastal Areas (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment and the Seventh Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes)
Chair: Jason Ching, NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC
8:30 AM J5.1 Perspective on Air Quality and Dispersion Modeling Tools for Advanced Urban and Coastal Applications   Roger W. Brode, EPA/OAQPS/AQAD/AQMG, Research Triangle Park, NC 9:00 AM J5.2 Physical modeling and its role towards improving understandings of transport and dispersion as relevant to urban -coastal area   Petra Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. Leitl and M. Schatzmann 9:30 AM J5.3 Modeling high ozone episodes in the Houston-Galveston area: Lessons learned and remaining problems   Daewon W. Byun, University of Houston, Houston, TX 10:00 AM J5.4 Transport and dispersion modeling for emergency response in urban-coastal areas   Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM
	10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Macaw/Cockatoo Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, Kon Tiki Ballroom Joint Session J6 Coastal and Urban Dispersion and Air Quality (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes and the Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment)
Cochairs: Darko R. Koracin, DRI, Reno, NV; Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
11:00 AM J6.1 (Invited Talk) Emergency Response Modeling for Coastal Cities – NCAR Activities   Thomas Warner, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Swerdlin 11:15 AM J6.2 (Invited Talk) Mixing heights, mixing strength, and surface fluxes over Galveston Bay and Gulf of Mexico   Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. C. Tucker, C. W. Fairall, L. Bariteau, D. E. Wolfe, M. Zagar, and W. A. Brewer   J6.3 moved. New paper number J3.4   11:30 AM J6.3A Investigation of a sea breeze front in an urban environment   William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Pullen and T. R. Holt   J6.4 moved. New paper number P2.15   11:45 AM J6.4A New parameterizations of Pasquill-Gifford atmospheric dispersion parameters in Gaussian models for coastal and complex terrain (Formerly 11.5)   Kyungsun Park, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
	12:00 PM, Thursday 7th Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes Adjourns

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