Program: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment (29th Conf. on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/19th Symp. on Boundary Layers and Turbulence/Ninth Symp. on the Urban Environment (1-6 August 2010))

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

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Sunday, 1 August 2010

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 1 August 2010

Registration Begins

Monday, 2 August 2010

7:30 AM-5:45 PM: Monday, 2 August 2010

Registration continues through 6 August, 2010

9:00 AM-9:15 AM: Monday, 2 August 2010

Plenary Session 1

Introductory Remarks by AMS President

Location: Red Cloud Peak (Keystone Resort)

Hosts: (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

9:15 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 2 August 2010

Joint Session 1

Observations in Complex and Urban Terrain and Canopies I

Location: Red Cloud Peak (Keystone Resort)

Hosts: (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; Fei Chen, NCAR; Branko Kosovic, NCAR

9:15 AM

J1.1

Doppler lidar observations of urban boundary layer dynamics in London, UK

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

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

J1.2

Direct observations of the turbulence kinetic energy budget within an orchard canopy

Steven P. Oncley, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and W. J. Massman and E. G. Patton

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

J1.3

An observational study of turbulence inside a close basin

Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and P. J. Fu, X. Bian, C. D. Whiteman, and T. Horst

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 2 August 2010

Coffee Break

Location: Shavano Peak Foyer (Keystone Resort)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 2 August 2010

Joint Session 2

Observations in Complex and Urban Terrain and Canopies II

Location: Red Cloud Peak (Keystone Resort)

Hosts: (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; Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder; Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL

10:30 AM

J2.1

Scaling properties of biologically active scalar concentration fluctuations in the surface layer over a managed peatland

Matteo Detto, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Berkeley, CA; and D. D. Baldocchi and G. G. Katul

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

J2.2

Mixing Processes in the Nocturnal Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Their Impacts on Urban Ozone Concentrations and Heat Island Intensity

Petra M. Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. K. Lundquist and J. B. Basara

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (889.7 kB)

11:00 AM

J2.3

Space-time variability of subcanopy horizontal advection in moderately complex terrain

Christoph K. Thomas, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (197.3 kB)

11:15 AM

J2.4

Impact of gravity waves on the turbulent exchange above a forest site

Andrei Serafimovich, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany; and C. J. Nappo and T. Foken

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (660.8 kB)

11:30 AM

J2.5

Eddy covariance methodologies revisited for urban measurements

Annika Iida Nordbo, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and L. Järvi and T. Vesala

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J2.6

The effect of tilt-corrections on fluxes and 3D wind statistics over sloping, forested terrain

Sean P. Burns, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Sun, S. P. Oncley, D. H. Lenschow, and R. K. Monson

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 2 August 2010

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 2 August 2010

Session 1

Urban Climate

Location: Crestone Peak I & II (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Organizers: Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder; Fei Chen, NCAR

Chair: David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ.

1:30 PM

1.1

Thermal differentiation of "local climate zones" using temperature observations from urban and rural field sites

Iain Douglas Stewart, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and T. Oke

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (685.5 kB)

1:45 PM

1.2

Long-term surface-atmosphere interaction measurements in Helsinki, Finland

Leena Järvi, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and Ü. Rannik, I. Mammarella, A. I. Nordbo, and T. Vesala

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

1.3

Urban Heat Island Effects and Human Comfort in a Mild Cfb Climate: Exploring Long Term Observations by Hobby Meteorologists in The Netherlands

G.J. Steeneveld, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and S. Koopmans, L. W. A. van Hove, and A. A. M. Holtslag

Presentation PDF (289.2 kB)

2:15 PM

1.4

Impacts of urban albedo increase on local air temperature at daily through annual time scales: Model results and synthesis of previous work

Scott Krayenhoff, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and J. A. Voogt

Presentation PDF (106.7 kB)

2:30 PM

1.5

Local tree removal in residential neighborhoods: temperature changes detected by satellite

Anita Walz, Marshall University, Huntington, WV

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

1.6

Sustainable urban water management for improved micro-climates – the ‘Cities as Water Supply Catchments' research program

Andrew Coutts, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and J. Beringer, M. Loughnan, and N. Tapper

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Monday, 2 August 2010

Coffee Break

Location: Shavano Peak (Keystone Resort)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 2 August 2010

Session 2

Urban Climate II

Location: Crestone Peak I & II (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Organizers: Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder; Fei Chen, NCAR

Chair: David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ.

3:30 PM

2.1

Analysis of the urban thermal fingerprint of a small city in an alpine valley

Lorenzo Giovannini, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and D. Zardi and M. de Franceschi

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (418.8 kB)

3:45 PM

2.2

The Role of Aerosols on Precipitation for the New York Metro Region

Jorge E. Gonzalez, NOAA/CREST, New York, NY; and N. Hosannah and B. Gross

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

2.3

Does the Summer Heavy Rainfall Climatology over east United States show Urbanization Impacts?

Ming Lei, Purdue University and Indiana State Climate Office, West Lafayette, IN; and D. Niyogi, C. Kishtawa, J. M. Shepherd, and J. Entin

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

2.4

Influence of urban land cover dynamics on precipitation in the city of Kolkata, India

Chandana Mitra, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

2.5

Aerosol Effects on Urban Convection and Precipitation

Ji-Young Han, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. J. Baik and A. Khain

4:45 PM

2.6

Changing temperature inversion characteristics in the U.S. Southwest and relationships to large-scale atmospheric circulation

Adriana Bailey, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; and T. N. Chase, J. J. Cassano, and D. Noone

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

2.7

A quantitative description of the Oklahoma City urban heat island

Amanda J. Schroeder, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, B. G. Illston, and P. M. Klein

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

2.8

Source area scale variations in urban snow cover and its impact on the radiation budget

B. E. Nanni, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and J. A. Voogt

Recorded Presentation

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 2 August 2010

Formal Poster Viewing and Reception

Location: Shavano Peak and Castle Peak (Keystone Resort)

Poster Session 1

Urban Posters - General

Location: Shavano Peak (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Organizers: Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder; Fei Chen, NCAR

P1.1

Influence of mean radiant temperature on thermal comfort of humans in idealized urban environments

Andreas Matzarakis, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, , Germany

Handout (320.9 kB)

P1.2

Photochemical and transport effects on NOx and ozone concentrations in Seoul during the 22 July 2009 solar eclipse

Kyung-Hwan Kwak, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and Y. H. Ryu and J. J. Baik

P1.3

Evaluation of urban effect based on the spatial and temporal characteristics of rainfall in Seoul, Korea

Yeon-Hee Kim, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and D. Y. Choi and D. E. Chang

P1.4

Contribution 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

P1.5

Adaptive Optimization of Urban Layout for Air Quality using a GPU Cluster

Poster Session 2

Urban Posters - Biometeorology and Energy/Water Balances

Location: Shavano Peak (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

P2.1

Variations of atmospheric CO2 at urban and residential sites within Syracuse, N.Y

Shannon M. Buckley, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY; and M. J. Mitchell and P. J. McHale

Handout (258.6 kB)

P2.2

Surface 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

P2.3

Single-source urban evaporation-interception scheme (SUES-2): recent developments

Leena Järvi, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; and S. Grimmond

P2.4

Measuring evapotranspiration in urban irrigated lawns

Kira B. Shonkwiler Arnold, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; and D. J. Bremer and J. Ham

Poster Session 3

Urban Posters - Computational Fluid Dynamics

Location: Shavano Peak (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

P3.1

Large‐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

P3.2

A Numerical Investigation of Flow and Scalar Dispersion within 3x3 Building Arrays

Seung-Bu Park, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. J. Baik, M. Princevac, X. Li, and H. Pan

P3.3

A 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, ., Korea, Republic of (South); and J. J. Kim and D. Y. Kim

P3.4

The effect of an apartment complex on flow and dispersion an urban area

Young Su Lee, Pukyong National University, Busan, ., Korea, Republic of (South); and J. J. Kim

P3.5

Numerical Simulation of Atmospheric Turbulence within and above a Cubical Canopy

Atsushi Inagaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. C. L. Castillo, Y. Yamashita, and M. Kanda

Handout (1.8 MB)

Poster Session 4

Urban Posters - Global Climate Change

Location: Shavano Peak (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

P4.1

Comparison between impacts of global climate change and urbanization on local climate in Tokyo metropolitan area, Japan

Sachiho A. Adachi, JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan; and F. Kimura, H. Kusaka, H. Ueda, and T. Inoue

P4.2

Dependence of long-term temperature trends on wind and precipitation at urban stations in Japan

Fumiaki Fujibe, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan

Handout (1.3 MB)

Poster Session 5

Urban Posters - Urban Heat Island

Location: Shavano Peak (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

P5.1

A synoptic climatology of urban heat island intensity in Hong Kong

P5.2

The winter heat island of a mid-sized city: Jackson, MI

Maria Carmen Moreno Sr., University of Barcelona (Spain), Barcelona, Spain; and D. Mast

P5.3

Projection of Change in Urban Heat Island Intensity of Tokyo Metropolitan Area during Winter

Masayuki Hara, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; and H. Kusaka, F. Kimura, and Y. Wakazuki

Handout (1.5 MB)

P5.4

White , 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

Poster Session 6

Urban Posters - Urban Parameterizations

Location: Shavano Peak (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

P6.1

Application 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

P6.2

Recent 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

P6.3

Snow, 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

P6.4

Estimation 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

P6.5

Evaluation 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

P6.6

Improving 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, 3 August 2010

Joint Session 3A

Observations in Complex and Urban Terrain I

Location: Red Cloud Peak (Keystone Resort)

Hosts: (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

9:00 AM

J3A.1

An urban flux tower for atmospheric turbulence and trace gas flux studies

Gunnar W. Schade, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. H. Park and I. Boedeker

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

J3A.2

Multiresolution Reynolds stress analysis of urban canyon turbulence

Cheryl L. Klipp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (161.9 kB)

9:30 AM

J3A.3

Inferring turbulent exchange processes in an urban street canyon from high-frequency thermography

Andreas Christen, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; and J. A. Voogt

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

J3A.4

MicroPoem: experimental investigation of birch pollen emissions

Dominik Michel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; and R. Gehrig, M. W. Rotach, and R. Vogt

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.8 MB)

Joint Session 3C

Observing and Modeling Boundary Layers Over Complex Urban and Terrain Environments for Energy Applications

Location: Torrey's Peak I&II (Keystone Resort)

Hosts: (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

9:00 AM

J3C.1

A study of the urban boundary layer considering different urban canopy parameterizations and high resolution urban canopy parameters with WRF (the case of Houston)

Francisco Salamanca, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain; and A. Martilli, M. Tewari, and F. Chen

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

J3C.2

A numerical study of the urban boundary layer over Madrid during the DESIREX (2008) campaign with WRF

Francisco Salamanca, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain; and A. Martilli and C. Yagüe

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

J3C.3

Modeling urban convection heat transfer by coupling Large eddy simulation with an energy balance model

Long Sun, University of California, san diego, La Jolla, CA; and J. Kleissl

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

J3C.4

Urban Simulators to Study Energy and Urban Heat Island Implications

Neda Yaghoobian, Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. Kleissl

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Coffee Break

Location: Shavano Peak (Keystone Resort)

10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Joint Session 4A

Observations in Complex and Urban Terrain II

Location: Red Cloud Peak (Keystone Resort)

Hosts: (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

10:30 AM

J4A.1

Comparison of temperature structure parameter measurements by UAV and scintillometer during LITFASS-2009

Sabrina Martin, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany; and J. Bange, F. Beyrich, and O. K. Hartogensis

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

J4A.2

Determination of surface heterogeneity from surface temperature maps

Yvonne Breitenbach, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; and J. Bange

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

J4A.3

Turbulent fluxes from weight-shift microlight aircraft over transitional grassland of Inner Mongolia

Stefan Metzger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; and W. Junkermann, L. Wang, K. Butterbach-Bahl, X. H. Zheng, and T. Foken

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J4A.4

Wind-tunnel experiments of stably-stratified boundary layers over a steep 2-D hill

Wei Zhang, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN; and F. Porté-Agel

Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Joint Session 4C

Observing and Modeling Boundary Layers Over Complex Urban and Terrain Environments for Energy Applications II

Location: Torrey's Peak I&II (Keystone Resort)

Hosts: (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

10:30 AM

J4C.1

A numerical study of an urban breeze and its interaction with convective cells

Young-Hee Ryu, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. J. Baik

10:45 AM

J4C.2

Decoupled stable air above London, UK

Curtis R. Wood, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and J. F. Barlow, S. E. Belcher, and S. I. L. D. Bohnenstengel

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

J4C.3

Development of a fast-response building-resolving urban energy model

Chad Allen, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Clark, E. Pardyjak, and P. Willemsen

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J4C.4

The effect of stability on estimated variations of advected moisture in the Canyon Air Temperature (CAT) model

Evyatar Erell, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel; and I. Eliasson, S. Grimmond, B. Offerle, and T. Williamson

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (507.0 kB)

11:30 AM

J4C.5

Effects of Solar Photovoltaic Panels on Roof Heat Transfer

Anthony Dominguez, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and J. Kleissl, M. Samady, and J. C. Luvall

Recorded Presentation

J4C.6

Impact Analysis on Wind Flow by Urban Development: Numerical Experiment Using CFD_NIMR_SNU Model

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Session 3

Weather Forecasting for Urban Areas

Location: Crestone Peak I & II (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Chair: Sylvia I. Bohnenstengel, University of Reading

1:30 PM

3.1

Investigation Of Air Flow Characteristics In Istanbul Using Omega Model

Yasemin Ezber, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey; and O. L. Sen, Z. Boybeyi, and M. Karaca

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

Sensitivity experiments in determining urban effects on precipitation patterns

Hiroyuki Kusaka, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan; and K. Nawata and F. Kimura

2:00 PM

3.3

Two paradigms for setting the urban heat island

Sylvia I. L. D. Bohnenstengel, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and S. E. Belcher

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

3.4

International Urban Energy Balance Models Comparison Project: JULES-URBAN models, any winners?

Maggie Hendry, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and M. Best, M. Gouvea, S. Grimmond, and A. Porson

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

3.5

Evaluation of the surface parameterization JULES across a range of urban environments with varying vegetation plan area fractions

Mariana Gouvea, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; and S. Grimmond and M. J. Best

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Coffee Break

Location: Shavano Peak (Keystone Resort)

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Session 4

Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion in Urban Areas

Location: Crestone Peak I & II (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Chair: Steven R. Hanna, Harvard Univ.

3:30 PM

4.1

Observed tracer concentrations in downtown Oklahoma City and Manhattan – variations with downwind distance and ratios of rooftop to surface concentrations

Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and R. Britter and J. Chang

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.8 MB)

3:45 PM

4.2

Linkage of an operational mesoscale model to an urban emergency assessment system for prediction of windborne contaminants

Teddy R. Holt, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. P. Boris, G. Patnaik, D. Geiszler, W. T. Thompson, and J. Cook

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

4.3

A large eddy simulation study of pollutant dispersion in urban areas

Valentina Stocca, University of Trieste, Italy, Trieste, Italy; and V. Armenio

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (805.8 kB)

4:15 PM

4.4

Analysis of spatial representativeness of urban monitoring stations using steady CFD-RANS simulations

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (460.9 kB)

4:30 PM

4.5

Development of a coupled CFD-photochemistry model and its use in studying reactive pollutant dispersion in street canyons

Kyung-Hwan Kwak, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. J. Baik

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

4.6

Effects of Thermal Stratifications on the Flow and Pollutant Dispersion in Urban Street Canyons: a Large-Eddy Simulation Approach

Wai Chi Cheng, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, , Hong Kong; and C. H. Liu

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

4.7

Urban form optimization for air quality applications using simulated annealing and genetic algorithms

Bhagirath Addepalli, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Pardyjak, P. Willemsen, and D. E. Johnson

Recorded Presentation

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

9:00 AM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Unscheduled Time / Conference Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Session 5

Global Climate Change and Urbanization I

Location: Crestone Peak I & II (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Chair: Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University

1:30 PM

5.1

Urban climate in the 21st century

Keith Oleson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Bonan and J. Feddema

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

5.2

Impact of global climate change on urban climate and air quality

Wilhelm Kuttler, Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

2:00 PM

5.3

Probabilistic climate change projections for UK cities

Mark McCarthy, UK Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and M. Sanderson and P. Falloon

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

5.4

Urban 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 PM

5.5

Cooling maximum-temperatures in the urbanized coastal Los Angeles air basin during 1969-2005: 12 monthly-averages and extreme values

R. Bornstein, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and J. Favors, B. Lebassi, and J. E. Gonzalez

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

5.6

The Changing Climate and National Building Codes and Standards

Heather Auld, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Klaassen, R. E. Morris, S. Fernandez, S. Eng, and V. Cheng

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (303.9 kB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Coffee Break

Location: Shavano Peak (Keystone Resort)

3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Session 6

Global Climate Change and Urbanization II

Location: Crestone Peak I & II (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Chair: Andreas Christen, University of British Columbia

3:30 PM

6.1

Investigation of Long-Term Impacts of Urbanization when Considering Global Warming for a Coastal Tropical Region

Jorge E. Gonzalez, NOAA/CREST, New York, NY; and D. E. Comarazamy, J. Luvall, D. Rickman, and T. Smith

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

6.2

Modeling the Impacts of Urbanization vs. Global Warming in California Southern Coast Air Basin

Jorge E. Gonzalez, The City College of New York, New York, NY; and B. Lebassi and R. D. Bornstein

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

6.3

Comparing an urban metabolism model to long-term CO2 eddy-covariance measurements

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.5 MB)

4:15 PM

6.4

Impacts of Anthropogenic Land Cover Changes on Regional Rainfall

Dev Niyogi, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

6.5

Urban impact on air quality in RegCM/CAMx couple for MEGAPOLI project - high resolution sensitivity study

Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ., Prague, Prague, Czech Republic; and P. Huszar and M. Belda

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM-5:45 PM: Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Session 7

Extreme Weather

Location: Crestone Peak I & II (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Chair: J. Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia

4:45 PM

7.1

The Role of Synoptic, Mesoscale, and Urban Forcing on the Historic Atlanta, Georgia Floods of 2009

Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and T. L. Mote, S. E. Nelson, P. N. Knox, S. McCutcheon, J. Dowd, and M. Roden

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

7.2

Oklahoma City: A Testbed for Studying Severe Weather in an Urban Zone

Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. L. Heinselman and R. Hluchan

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

7.3

Observations of an Unusual Wind Storm in Oklahoma City

Mason Rowell, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. Harrison, C. Thomason, and J. B. Basara

Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM

7.4

PCAPS (Persistent Cold-Air Pool Study)- An upcoming study of persistent wintertime inversions in Utah's Salt Lake Basin

C. David Whiteman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. D. Horel and S. Zhong

Recorded Presentation

Thursday, 5 August 2010

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 5 August 2010

Joint Session 6

Modeling in Heterogeneous, Complex, and Urban Terrain I

Location: Red Cloud Peak (Keystone Resort)

Hosts: (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.

9:00 AM

J6.1

Forest canopy sub-layer turbulence and atmospheric coupling in a wildland fire model

A. S. Bova, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and G. Bohrer

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

J6.2

Long-distance edge effects in a pine forest with a large and sparse trunk space: in situ and numerical experiments

Sylvain Dupont, UR1263, EPHYSE, INRA, Villenave d'Ornon, France; and J. M. Bonnefond, M. R. Irvine, E. Lamaud, and Y. Brunet

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

J6.3

Large-Eddy Simulations on the Effects of Drag Force of Trees : A real case study

Pierre Aumond, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and V. Masson and C. Lac

Recorded Presentation

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9:45 AM

J6.4

A dynamic model for large-eddy simulation of boundary layer flow over rough, multiscale surfaces

William Anderson, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX; and C. Meneveau

Recorded Presentation

Session 8

Urban Parameterizations in Mesoscale and Regional Models I

Location: Crestone Peak I & II (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Chair: Fei Chen, NCAR

9:00 AM

8.1

A dynamic urban canopy parameterization based on CFD microscale modeling

Alberto Martilli, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales and Tecnológicas, Madrid, Spain; and J. L. Santiago

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

8.2

The single-layer urban canopy model in WRF V3.2: recent amendments and offline evaluation using the MOSCEM optimization algorithm with field observations

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

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

8.3

Simple models and sensor networks to study flow and energy transport in urban canopies

Zhi-Hua Wang, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. Bou-Zeid and J. A. Smith

Recorded Presentation

8.4

Observed and simulated impacts of anthropogenic heat on air temperatures in downtown Tokyo and Osaka

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 5 August 2010

Coffee Break

Location: Shavano Peak (Keystone Resort)

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 5 August 2010

Joint Session 7

Modeling in Heterogeneous, Complex, and Urban Terrain II

Location: Red Cloud Peak (Keystone Resort)

Hosts: (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.

10:30 AM

J7.1

Modeling pollen flow in complex terrain using a Lagrangian dispersion model

Brian J. Viner, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA; and R. W. Arritt

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

J7.2

Modeling of boundary layer processes affecting ozone in the complex terrains of California during PreCalNex 2009 field campaign

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, C. Alvarez, R. Banta, and R. M. Hardesty

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

J7.3

Interactions between boundary layer flow and gentle topography covered by vegetation

Ian N. Harman, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Canberra, Australia; and J. J. Finnigan, E. G. Patton, and R. H. Shaw

Recorded Presentation

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11:15 AM

J7.4

Toward Improvements to the COAMPS Urban Canopy Parameterization Scheme

William T. Thompson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. R. Holt

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J7.5

Katabatic flow induced by a top-hat profile of down-slope surface cooling

Alan Shapiro, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. A. Burkholder and E. Fedorovich

Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 5 August 2010

Session 9

Urban Parameterizations in Mesoscale and Regional Models II

Location: Crestone Peak I & II (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Chair: Alberto Martilli, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales and Tecnológicas

10:30 AM

9.1

Coupling of the WRF and ACASA models for urban environments: two case studies

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

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

9.2

Numerical Simulations of Sea Breeze Circulations and Urban Heat Islands in NYC with a High Resolution Urban-Mesoscale Model (uWRF)

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

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

9.3

Interactions between city and mesoscale sea-breeze circulations in the Greater Houston area: A study with the coupled WRF-urban model

F. Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Miao, M. Tewari, and H. Kusaka

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

9.4

Off-line Numerical Weather Prediction over Montreal with the Canadian Urban Modeling System

Sylvie Leroyer, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Belair, J. Mailhot, and I. B. Strachan

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

9.6

Implementation and testing of the building energy parameterization model (BEP) in the Climate Local Model (CLM)

Sebastian Schubert, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany; and S. Grossman-Clarke and A. Martilli

Recorded Presentation

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11:45 AM

Paper 9.5 has been moved. New poster number P6.6

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 5 August 2010

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 5 August 2010

Session 10

Urban Canopy and Roughness Sublayers I

Location: Crestone Peak I & II (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Chair: Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder

1:30 PM

10.1

Doppler lidar observations of the coherent structures in the internal boundary layer

Ryoko Oda, Tokyo Institute of 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

Recorded Presentation

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1:45 PM

10.2

Urban energy fluxes in built-up downtown areas and variations across the urban area, for use in dispersion models

Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and E. Marciotto and R. Britter

Recorded Presentation

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2:00 PM

10.3

Field observation according to the urban redevelopment in the norh-west region of Seoul

Hae-Jung Koo, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. R. Kim, T. H. Kwon, K. Cho, and Y. J. Choi

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

10.4

Observational studies of turbulent transfer processes across the urban canopy

Jose M. Galvez, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. M. Klein, S. C. Arms, and B. L. Bridges

Recorded Presentation

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2:30 PM

10.5

Interactions between coherent structures and the urban canopy shear layer

Sean C. Arms, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. M. Klein and O. Coceal

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

10.6

Urban 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, 5 August 2010

Coffee Break

Location: Shavano Peak (Keystone Resort)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 5 August 2010

Session 11

Urban Canopy and Roughness Sublayers II

Location: Crestone Peak I & II (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Chair: Petra M. Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma

3:30 PM

11.1

PIV measurements of mean and instantaneous flow structures within and above an outdoor urban-like canopy layer

Hiroshi Takimoto, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and A. Sato, S. Onomura, and M. Kanda

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

11.2

Spatially integrated measurements of sensible heat flux using scintillometry

Mariana Gouvea, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; and S. Grimmond

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

11.3

Active Turbulence over an Outdoor Reduced Urban Scale Model

Atsushi Inagaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Kanda

Recorded Presentation

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4:15 PM

11.4

Flow and pollutant dispersion at urban street intersections: a large-eddy simulation

Xianxiang Li, MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore, Singapore; and J. S. Ng, T. Y. Koh, R. Britter, L. K. Norford, and D. Entekhabi

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

11.5

Large-eddy simulation of pollutant transport in the urban canopy layer over 2D idealized street canyons

Colman C.C. Wong, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong; and C. H. Liu

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

11.6

Numerical Investigation of Pollutant Transfer Coefficient in Street Canyons of Different Aspect Ratios

Tracy N.H. Chung, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and C. H. Liu

Recorded Presentation

6:00 PM-9:00 PM: Thursday, 5 August 2010

29AgForest/19BLT/9Urban Joint Banquet

Friday, 6 August 2010

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Friday, 6 August 2010

Session 12

Biometeorology and Public Health in Urban Areas

Location: Crestone Peak I & II (Keystone Resort)

Host: Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment

Chair: Gordon M. Heisler, USDA Forest Service

9:00 AM

12.1

Use of a mobile platform for assessing urban heat stress in The Netherlands

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

Recorded Presentation

12.2

Body temperature and psychological variations during thermal comfort modelling of a human exercising in an outdoor environment

9:15 AM

12.2

Application of Joint Urban 2003 observations for assessment of morbidity outcomes during a heat wave

Heather G. Basara, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara, P. Klein, and B. G. Illston

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

12.3

Population exposure calculations using QUIC

Matthew A. Nelson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown