Session 1 Topics on Boundary Layer Meteorology and Atmospheric Dispersion

Monday, 29 January 2024: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
316 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 23rd Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
Erik D. Kabela, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN

Papers:
8:30 AM
1.1
Evaluation of NWS Operational Weather Model Planetary Boundary Layer Heightsusing the Unified Ceilometer Network
Jeffery T. McQueen, NWS, College Park, MD; and R. Delgado, Y. Wu, J. Anderson, H. C. Huang, J. Huang, P. S. Bhattacharjee, L. Pan, R. Montuoro, and I. Stajner

8:45 AM
1.2
Enhancing Air Quality Forecasts in City Environments: Characterizing the Impacts of Boundary Layer and Urban Schemes in Numerical Weather Prediction Models
Leo Matak, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and M. Momen

9:00 AM
1.3
A CFD Analysis of Urban Wind Conditions and Wildfire Smoke Dispersion for Downtown Montreal
Quinn Dyer-Hawes, McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada; and D. Romanic, Y. Huang, J. R. Gyakum, and P. Douglas

9:15 AM
1.4
Handling Input Data Gaps in Modeling Accidental releases of Hazardous Chemicals during Transportation
Steven R. Hanna, PhD, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME

9:30 AM
1.5
Utilization of the sensor network, remote sensing measurements, and the microscale LES model PALM for the air quality assessment in polluted urban area
Jaroslav Resler, The Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech republic; and P. Krc, J. Geletič, P. Bauerová, J. Keder, A. Šindelarová, O. Vlček, W. Patino, H. Reznicek, M. Bureš, K. Eben, M. Belda, J. Radovic, V. Fuka, R. Jareš, M. Sühring, and I. Ezau

9:45 AM
1.6
The Importance of Boundary Layer Wind Veer for Urban Transport and Dispersion of Contaminants: Implementation of a New 1D RANS Scheme into the QUIC Modeling System
Paolo Giani, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN; and K. Lamer, P. Crippa, and M. Brown

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