Session 14 Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment

Program Chairs: Jason K. Ching , USEPA/ORD/NERL/AMD ; Robert Bornstein , San Jose State University ; David J. Sailor , Portland State Univ.

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Sunday, 9 September 2007

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5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 9 September 2007


Conference Registration

Monday, 10 September 2007

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7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Monday, 10 September 2007


Registration continues through Thursday, 13 September

8:45 AM-11:30 AM: Monday, 10 September 2007

Recording files available
Joint Session J1
Plenary: Coastal-Urban Interactions and Vulnerabilities in the Areas of Weather, Climate, and Air Quality
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Hosts: (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; Julie Pullen, NRL
8:45 AM
J1.1A
Introductory Remarks
Jason K.S. Ching, NOAA, Research Triangle park, NC
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
J1.1
Climate change impacts on coastal urban areas
Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA/GISS, New York, NY
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

10:15 AM
J1.3
Environmental Impacts of Urbanization in Tropical Coastal Zones
Jorge E. Gonzalez, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
J1.5 moved. New paper number J2.9

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: Monday, 10 September 2007


Lunch Break

1:00 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 10 September 2007


Session 1
Human Dimensions, Urban Climate, Planning, and Biometeorology I
Location: Boardroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Anthony J. Brazel, Arizona State University; Jay Golden, Arizona State Univ.
1:00 PM
1.1
The use of the Airborne Thermal/Visible Land Application Sensor (ATLAS) to Determine the Surface Energy Response for Urban Areas
Jeffrey C. Luvall, MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and D. Rickman and D. A. Quattrochi

1:30 PM
1.2
Using DyMSiM to model the response of important disease vectors to urban environments and climate in Tucson, Arizona
Cory W. Morin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and A. C. Comrie

1:45 PM
1.3
Climate Conditions Associated with Heat Related Emergency Dispatches
Donna A. Hartz, Arizona State Univ., Scottsdale, AZ; and A. Brazel and J. Golden

2:00 PM
1.4
Preliminary assessment of the air quality effects of trees: An urban forestry-based SIP measure in Sacramento, California
James R. Simpson, USDA Forest Service, Davis, CA; and E. G. McPherson

2:15 PM
1.5
A Decision Support System for Human Health Vulnerability to Urban Climate Change
Jay Golden, School of Sustainability & National Center of Excellence at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2:30 PM
1.6
Urban Heat Island Mitigation and Life Cycle CO2 Reduction by Installation of Urban Heat Island Countermeasures
Tomohiko Ihara, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Kikegawa, K. Oka, K. Yamaguchi, Y. Endo, and Y. Genchi

Presentation PDF (353.2 kB)

2:45 PM
1.7
Million trees LA canopy cover assessment
E. Gregory McPherson, Center for Urban Forest Research, US Forest Service, Davis, CA; and J. R. Simpson, Q. Xiao, and C. Wu

3:00 PM
1.8
Mesoscale and meso-urban modeling of heat islands and control: Evaluation of potential ozone air-quality impacts in California (Formerly 2.1)
Haider Taha, Altostratus, Inc., Martinez, CA; and R. Bornstein

Recording files available
Joint Session J2
Characterizing the Urban and Coastal Climate: Thermal and Boundary Layer Structure and Atmospheric Responses
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Hosts: (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; T.R. Oke, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia
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

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

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 Sr.

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
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (851.8 kB)

1:45 PM
J2.4
Investigating the relationship between urban landuse and precipitating convective systems over the Atlanta region
Willis Otieno Shem, ORNL, Oak RIDGE, TN; and M. J. Shepherd

Presentation PDF (1023.8 kB)

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
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (919.3 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (595.9 kB)

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
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

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, NASA, Huntsville, AL; and M. G. Estes Jr., M. Al-Hamdan, H. Johnson, J. Hodgson, R. Thom, and D. Woodruff
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM-3:45 PM: Monday, 10 September 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Macaw/Cockatoo (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

3:45 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 10 September 2007


Session 2
Human Dimensions, Urban Climate, Planning, and Biometeorology II
Location: Boardroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Jay Golden, Arizona State Univ.; Anthony James Brazel, Arizona State University
3:45 PM
Paper 2.1 moved. New paper 1.8

3:45 PM
2.2
Beyond the Standards: Designer air quality in 2050
Farhan Akhtar, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and M. E. Chang and A. G. Russell

4:00 PM
2.3
Urban climate and building design strategies for indoor comfort
Suryadevara Sachi Devi, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India; and A. V. Ramani

2.4
Suburbanization, Land Use Policy, and Heat Islands: A Case Study of the NY-NJ-CT Metropolitan Region

2.5
Regional Climate Change Induced by Land-Use Change and Implications for Air Quality in the Pearl River Delta, China

4:45 PM
2.5A
Large trees as a barrier between solar radiation and sealed surfaces: their capacity to ameliorate urban heat if planted strategically to shade pavement
Anita Walz, Marshall University, Huntington, WV; and W. H. Hwang

Presentation PDF (487.0 kB)

5:00 PM
2.6
Land use and Urban Heat Island Effect on Surface Air Temperature Change in Northeast China
Qingxiang Li, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China; and P. Si

5:15 PM
2.7
Urban design and thermal comfort: assessment of open spaces in Barra Funda, a brownfield site in São Paulo, by means of site measurements and predictive simulations
Denise Duarte, USP - University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; and J. Gonçalves and L. Monteiro

Presentation PDF (394.0 kB)

3:45 PM-5:45 PM: Monday, 10 September 2007

Recording files available
Session 3
Energy Exchange, Water Balances and Anthropogenic Fluxes
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Sue Grimmond, King's College London; James A. Voogt, Univ. of Western Ontario
3:45 PM
3.1
Thermo-radiative modeling and energy balance of the urban canopy: relations between simulated and measured temperatures
Aurélien Hénon, Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides, UMR CNRS 6598, NANTES, France; and P. G. Mestayer and D. Groleau
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (439.0 kB)

4:00 PM
3.2
Application of a sea-breeze index to evaluate the impact on urban energy balance fluxes
Aurore Porson, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology, Reading, United Kingdom; and S. Grimmond and D. G. Steyn

4:15 PM
3.3
A microscale three-dimensional urban energy balance model for studying surface temperatures
Scott Krayenhoff, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and J. A. Voogt

4:30 PM
3.4
Contribution of snow melt to the surface energy budget observed during the 2005 Montreal Urban Snow Experiment (MUSE)
Stéphane Bélair, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and A. Lemonsu, J. Mailhot, and F. Chagnon

4:45 PM
3.5
Interdisciplinary study of coupled water-biophysical-climate systems in a semi-arid urban environment
Steven Burian, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Pardyjak, C. Forster, S. Bush, I. Jeyachandran, P. Ramamurthy, M. Jensen, and N. Augustus
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (236.6 kB)

5:00 PM
3.6
A bottom-up approach for estimating latent and sensible heat emissions from anthropogenic sources
David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ., Portland, OR; and A. Brooks, M. Hart, and S. Heiple
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (625.1 kB)

5:15 PM
3.7
Estimation of urban heat fluxes in Shanghai from an airborne hyperspectral image: comparison of two models
Weidong Xu, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; and M. Wooster and S. Grimmond

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Monday, 10 September 2007


Icebreaker Reception and Formal Poster Viewing (Cash Bar)
Location: Macaw/Cockatoo (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Poster Session P1
Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment Poster Session 1
Location: Macaw/Cockatoo (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Chair: David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ.
P1.1
Development and evaluation of a vegetated urban canopy model for use in mesoscale models
Sang-Hyun Lee, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. U. Park and J. J. Baik

P1.2
Urban Application of an Alternative Flux Estimation Method
Christopher A. Biltoft, Adiabat Meteorological Services, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. R. Pardyjak

Handout (301.6 kB)

P1.3
Evaluation of the TEB urban model over Montreal in late winter and spring conditions
Aude Lemonsu, CNRM, CNRS-Météo France, Toulouse, France; and S. Bélair and J. Mailhot

P1.4
A coordinate system independent surface stress
Cheryl L. Klipp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD

Handout (1006.1 kB)

P1.5
Combining sub-facet scale urban energy balance and sensor-view models to investigate the dependence of effective thermal anisotropy on city structure
Scott Krayenhoff, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and J. A. Voogt

Handout (672.7 kB)

P1.6
A numerical study on flow in street canyons using a second-order turbulence closure model

P1.7
Study on the Effects of Various Relaxation Measures for Outdoor Thermal Environment in the Different Present Urban Blocks Using Coupled Simulation of Convection, Radiation and Conduction
Tsuchiya Takashi, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and R. Ooka, H. Chen, and H. Huang

Handout (609.3 kB)

Poster P1.8 Moved. New Paper 11.5A

P1.9
Airflow, building height diference and wind tunnel test
Alessandra Rodrigues Prata, FAUUSP-Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and A. B. Frota

Handout (713.8 kB)

P1.10
Implementation of a building energy model in an urban canopy parameterization
Francisco Salamanca, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain; and A. Krpo, A. Martilli, and A. Clappier

Handout (158.8 kB)

P1.11
An investigation of thermal effects on flow and dispersion in an idealized urban area using LES
Akshay Gowardhan, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and E. Pardyjak, I. Senocak, and M. Brown

P1.12
A fast urban dispersion model - evaluation and application
Rory P. Donnelly, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia; and T. J. Lyons

Poster P1.14 Moved. New Paper 14.1A

P1.15
Using autocorrelation to evaluate persistence forecasts for discrete wind vector fields in the National Capital Region
Christoph A. Vogel, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and W. R. Pendergrass

Handout (941.1 kB)

P1.16
The Environmental Prediction in Canadian Cities (EPiCC) Network
James A. Voogt, Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and T. R. Oke, S. Bélair, M. Benjamin, A. Christen, N. Coops, S. Grimmond, A. Lemonsu, J. Mailhot, V. Masson, I. McKendry, and J. Wang

P1.17
UrbaNet: publc/private partnership
William R. Pendergrass, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Oak Ridge, TN; and B. B. Hicks and R. S. Artz

P1.18
A knowledge-based mesonet siting/installation strategy in an urban, coastal setting

P1.19
Investigation of the Flow Structure around Step-Up, Step-Down, Deep Canyon and Isolated Tall Building Configurations using Wind-Tunnel PIV Measurements
Bhagirath Addepalli, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. J. Brown, E. R. Pardyjak, and I. Senocak

Tuesday, 11 September 2007

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8:30 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 11 September 2007


Joint Session J3
Plenary: Advancing our Modeling Capabilities (Tools)
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Hosts: (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; David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ.
8:30 AM
J3.1
An overview of advanced urbanization of mesoscale models
Alberto Martilli, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales and 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. K. 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

10:30 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

Presentation PDF (512.9 kB)

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 September 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Macaw/Cockatoo (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 September 2007

Recording files available
Session 4
Advanced Multiscale Urban Modeling
Location: Toucan (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Alberto Martilli, CIEMAT Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas; Aurore Porson, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology
11:00 AM
4.1
Progress Towards a Coupled Mesoscale and Microscale Modeling Capability
William Coirier, CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL; and S. Kim, S. Marella, J. Mayes, F. Chen, J. Michalakes, M. Bettencourt, and S. Miao
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (334.6 kB)

11:15 AM
4.2
Evaluation of the Canadian urban modeling system over Oklahoma City
Aude Lemonsu, CNRM, CNRS-Météo France, Toulouse, France; and S. Bélair and J. Mailhot
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
4.3
Preliminary results of CFD simulations for the scenario of a recent field study in an urban area
Ronald M. Cionco, Retired Meteorologist, Las Cruces, NM; and A. Huber and W. Tang
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

11:45 AM
4.4
An improved WRF for urban-scale and complex-terrain applications
Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; and F. K. Chow, J. D. Mirocha, and K. A. Lundquist

Presentation PDF (261.0 kB)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 September 2007

Recording files available
Keynote Speaker Session KS1
Award, Recognition and Guest Luncheon Speaker
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Hosts: (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.
12:00 PM
KS1.1
Landsberg Award Presentation to Tim Oke
David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ., Portland, OR
Recorded Presentation

12:15 PM
KS1.2
Recognition to Mariano A. Estoque
David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ., Portland, OR
Recorded Presentation

12:30 PM
KS1.3
A Perfect Storm?—Population Growth, Climate Change and the Urban Environment
Walter F. Dabberdt, Vaisala. Inc., Louisville, CO
Recorded Presentation

1:30 PM-3:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 September 2007

Recording files available
Session 5
Advanced Multiscale Urban Modeling II
Location: Toucan (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Alberto Martilli, CIEMAT Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas; Aurore Porson, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology
5.1
Hybrid method of LES and meso-scale meteorological model for heat island analysis in coastal urban area

1:45 PM
5.2
Evaluation of the inner-scaling similarity of turbulence over urban-like roughness derived from an outdoor scale model experiment
Atsushi Inagaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Kanda
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (336.6 kB)

2:00 PM
5.3
Implementation of an Urban Canopy Parameterization in WRF-chem. Preliminary results
Alberto Martilli, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain; and R. Schmitz
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (40.7 kB)

2:15 PM
5.4
Development and assessment of the second generation National Building Statistics Database
Steven Burian, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and N. Augustus, I. Jeyachandran, and M. J. Brown
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (185.8 kB)

2:30 PM
5.5
Observed and simulated effects of urban canopy on air temperatures in summer Tokyo
Yukihiro Kikegawa, Meisei University, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Ohashi and H. Kondo
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.0 MB)

2:45 PM
5.6
Profile conserving extension of an high-complexity urban surface exchange parametrization
Clive Muller, ETH, Lausanne, Switzerland; and O. Fuhrer, G. Fontannaz, and A. Clappier

3:00 PM
5.7
A New Approach for the Urbanization in the Unified Model
Aurore Porson, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology, Reading, United Kingdom; and P. Clark, I. N. Harman, and S. E. Belcher

3:15 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 11 September 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Macaw/Cockatoo (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

3:45 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 11 September 2007

Recording files available
Session 6
National Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (NUDAPT)
Location: Toucan (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Jason K. Ching, USEPA/ORD/NERL/AMD; Steve Burian, University of Utah
3:45 PM
6.1
National urban database and access portal tools (NUDAPT), a project overview
Jason Ching, NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (800.1 kB)

4:00 PM
6.2
Database features of the National Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (NUDAPT)
Steven Burian, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Brown, D. J. Sailor, R. M. Cionco, R. Ellefsen, M. Estes, and T. Hultgren
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (366.4 kB)

4:15 PM
6.3
Functional Demonstration of the National Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (NUDAPT)
Torrin Hultgren, Computer Sciences Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
6.4
UCP / MM5 Modeling in conjunction with NUDAPT: Model requirements, updates, and applications
Haider Taha, Altostratus, Inc., Martinez, CA; and J. K. S. Ching
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM
6.5
Effects of high-resolution building and urban data sets on the WRF/urban coupled model simulations for the Houston-Galveston areas
Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Tewari and J. K. Ching
Recorded Presentation

6.6
Influence of urban effects on air quality in Phoenix urban area simulated by modified MM5/Urbanized

5:15 PM
6.7
Automated urban land use and land cover classification for mesoscale atmospheric modeling over Canadian cities
Alexandre Leroux, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environmental emergency response division, Dorval, QC, Canada; and A. Lemonsu, J. Mailhot, and S. Belair
Recorded Presentation

6.8
Fine scale CMAQ modeling driven by urbanized MM5 and WRF models

5:45 PM
6.9
Microscale aspects of NUDAPT
Ronald M. Cionco, Retired, Las Cruces, NM; and R. Ellefsen
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (243.8 kB)

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 September 2007


Reception and Formal Poster Viewing (Cash Bar)
Location: Macaw/Cockatoo (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

Poster Session P2
Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment Poster Session 2
Location: Macaw/Cockatoo (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Chair: Jason K. Ching, USEPA/ORD/NERL/AMD
P2.1
A comparison of CO2 fluxes at two sites within the urbanized Salt Lake Valley
Prathap Ramamurthy, The City College of New York, New York, NY; and E. R. Pardyjak

Handout (1.6 MB)

P2.2
Quantifying the urban water supply impacts of climate change

P2.3
Progress in Understanding How Human Activity in Cities Affects Precipitation
J. Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and S. Burian, M. Jin, W. O. Shem, L. Hand, and C. Mitra

P2.4
The relation between land-cover and the urban heat island in Northeastern Puerto Rico
David J. R. Murphy, SUNY - College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY; and M. Hall, C. Hall, G. M. Heisler, and S. Stehman

Handout (674.1 kB)

P2.5
A study on the building wind impact assessment in Seoul, Korea
Kyoo-seock Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. C. Kim

Handout (2.5 MB)

P2.6
Impacts of urbanization in the coastal tropical city of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Daniel E. Comarazamy, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; and J. E. Gonzalez, J. C. Luvall, and D. Rickman

P2.7
Techniques to estimate urban canopy parameters using satellite data
Indumathi Jeyachandran, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. Burian, P. E. Dennison, G. Nash, and B. Dudley-Murphy

Handout (223.3 kB)

P2.8
Morning peak of air pollutant concentrations in urban areas: effect of time lag between emissions and turbulence
Ricardo Muñoz, Univ. of Chile, Santiago, Chile; and R. Schmitz

Handout (694.7 kB)

P2.9
Does the restoration of an inner-city stream in Seoul affect local climate?
Yeon-Hee Kim, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. J. Koo, K. R. Kim, B. C. Choi, and J. J. Baik

Poster P2.10 has been moved. New Paper 2.5A

P2.11
Study on air temperature fall by sea breeze and a simple evaluation method of urban heat island measure technology using upper weather data
Hideki Takebayashi, Department of Architecture, Graduate school of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan; and M. Moriyama

P2.12
Gulf coastal urban forest hazard assessment and remote sensing efforts after hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Kamran K. Abdollahi, SU Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Baton Rouge, LA; and Z. H. Ning, D. Collins, F. Namwamba, and A. Negatu

Handout (210.4 kB)

P2.13
Investigating the urban climate – air quality – human response system for a heat/air quality episode in Portland, Oregon
Melissa Hart, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and B. Bontempo, B. Bornstein, L. George, L. Kalkstein, D. J. Sailor, J. Semenza, H. Taha, and D. Wilson

Poster P2.14 has been moved. New Paper 11.4A

P2.15
Modeling the Effect of Iodide Distribution on Ozone Deposition to Seawater Surface (Formerly J6.4)
In-Bo Oh, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and D. W. Byun, H. C. Kim, S. Kim, and B. Cameron

Handout (405.9 kB)

P2.17
Nocturnal Boundary Layer Evolution in Houston during the TexAQS II Campaign
Bridget M. Day, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and C. B. Clements and B. Rappenglück

Wednesday, 12 September 2007

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8:30 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 12 September 2007

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Joint Session J4
Plenary: Observations and Forecasting in Urban Coastal Zones
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Hosts: (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; Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University
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
Recorded Presentation

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
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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

10:30 AM
J4.1 moved to Tues. Luncheon

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 12 September 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Macaw/Cockatoo (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 September 2007

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Session 7
Observing and Monitoring the Urban-Coastal Environment
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
CoChair: Walter F. Dabberdt, Vaisala. Inc.
11:00 AM
7.1
The importance of multiscale measurements for urban test beds
Samuel P. Williamson, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and W. D. Bach Jr., W. R. Pendergrass, and D. S. Andrus
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11:15 AM
7.2
Urban Dispersion Program: Urban measurements applied to emergency response
K. Jerry Allwine, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; and K. L. Clawson, J. E. Flaherty, J. H. Heiser, R. P. Hosker, M. J. Leach, and L. W. Stockham
Recorded Presentation

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7.3
Urban-rural comparison of carbon dioxide fluxes and concentrations in a coastal urban environment

11:45 AM
7.3A
Precipitation Averages, Seasonality, Volatility and Trends in U.S. Cities
Dave Friedberg, WeatherBill Inc., San Francisco, CA
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM
7.4
Comparison of measured and modelled wind and turbulence over London during the 2004 DAPPLE field campaign
Janet Barlow, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 September 2007


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 September 2007

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Session 8
Observing and Monitoring the Urban-Coastal Environment II
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
CoChair: Walter F. Dabberdt, Vaisala. Inc.
1:30 PM
8.1
Evaluation of a Comprehensive Meteorological/Dispersion Model with Data from a Shoreline Urban Field Study
Wenjun Qian, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA; and A. Venkatram and T. Zhan
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1:45 PM
8.2
Using NEXRAD wind retrievals as input to atmospheric dispersion models
Jerome D. Fast, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. K. Newsom, K. J. Allwine, Q. Xu, P. Zhang, J. H. Copeland, and J. Sun
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
8.3
Impact of Sea Surface Temperature on Sea Air Temperature in Tokyo Bay
Ryoko Oda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Kanda and R. Moriwaki
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8.4
Year-long measurements of C1-C3 halocarbons at an urban background site and their correlation with meteorological parameters

2:30 PM
8.5
Comparison of the time evolved spatial distribution of urban PM2.5 concentrations during burning and wind-blown high PM events in Yuma, AZ
Heather A. Holmes, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV; and S. O. Speckart and E. R. Pardyjak
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2:45 PM
8.6
C2-C6 Volatile organic compounds associated with traffic in the atmosphere of Ho Chi Minh City
Oliver Fuhrer, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; and D. Ho Minh, L. C. Belalcazar, and A. Clappier

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 September 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Macaw/Cockatoo (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 September 2007

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Session 9
Urban Turbulence and Boundary Layers
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah; James A. Voogt, Univ. of Western Ontario
3:30 PM
9.1
Similarity relations seen in Manhattan turbulence observations
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and Y. Zhou
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3:45 PM
9.2
A Comparison of Roughness Parameters for Oklahoma City from Different Evaluation Methods
Sam Chang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and G. Huynh

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4:00 PM
9.3
A conceptual model of turbulent dynamics over groups of buildings
Omduth Coceal, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and A. Dobre, T. G. Thomas, and S. E. Belcher
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
9.4
Effects of cooling near building roofs on flow and pollutant dispersion in urban street canyons
Jong-Jin Baik, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. H. Kwak and Y. S. Kang
Recorded Presentation

9.5
A physical scale model to study urban surface temperatures and radiation

4:45 PM
9.5A
Atmospheric flow decoupling and its effects on urban plume dispersion
Dennis Finn, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and R. G. Carter, J. Rich, and K. L. Clawson
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5:00 PM
9.6
Incident Wind Direction Effect on Plume Transport and Dispersion and Mean Wind and Turbulence Fields in an Urban Area: Evaluation of Joint Urban 2003 Field Experiment Data
Akshay Gowardhan, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and S. U. Pol and M. Brown
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5:15 PM
9.7
Elastic backscatter lidar observations of a gust front passage over Washington DC on 7 May 2004
Shane D. Mayor, California State University Chico, Chico, CA; and B. M. Morley, S. M. Spuler, S. Himmelsbach, D. Flanigan, T. M. Weckwerth, and T. Warner

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7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 12 September 2007


Conference Banquet on the William D. Evans Sternwheeler Cruise (Departs from the Hotel Dock / Cash Bar Onboard)

Thursday, 13 September 2007

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8:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 13 September 2007

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Joint Session J5
Plenary: Modeling for Emergency Response and Air Quality in Urban-Coastal Areas
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment; and the Seventh Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes )
Chair: Jason K. Ching, USEPA/ORD/NERL/AMD
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
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 13 September 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Macaw/Cockatoo (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 13 September 2007

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Joint Session J6
Coastal and Urban Dispersion and Air Quality
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Hosts: (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; Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University
11:00 AM
J6.1
(Invited Talk) Emergency Response Modeling for Coastal Cities – NCAR Activities
Thomas Warner, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. Swerdlin
Recorded Presentation

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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
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11:30 AM
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
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
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

11:00 AM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 13 September 2007

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Session 10
Urban Air Quality and Dispersion Studies
Location: Boardroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Daewon W. Byun, Institute for Multidimensional Air Quality Studies, University of Houston; Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants
11:00 AM
10.1
Evaluation of the HPAC dispersion model with the Joint Urban-2003 (JU2003) tracer observations
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and J. Chang, J. M. White, and J. F. Bowers
Recorded Presentation

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11:15 AM
10.2
Evaluation study of building-resolved urban dispersion models
Julia E. Flaherty, PNNL, Richland, WA; and K. J. Allwine, M. Brown, W. J. Coirier, S. C. Ericson, O. R. Hansen, A. Huber, S. Kim, M. J. Leach, J. D. Mirocha, R. K. Newsom, G. Patnaik, and I. Senocak
Recorded Presentation

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11:30 AM
10.3
Toward understanding the sensitivity of a fast response dispersion modeling system to real input data
Tony Favaloro, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. R. Pardyjak and M. Brown
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11:45 AM
10.4
The effects of uncertainties in boundary layer heights on urban dispersion during the daytime in Oklahoma City
John M. White, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and S. R. Hanna and J. F. Bowers
Recorded Presentation

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12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 13 September 2007


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 13 September 2007

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Session 11
Urban Air Quality and Dispersion Studies II
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Daewon W. Byun, Institute for Multidimensional Air Quality Studies, University of Houston; Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants
1:30 PM
11.1
Development of an immersed boundary method to resolve complex terrain in the Weather Research and Forecasting model
Katherine A. Lundquist, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and F. K. Chow, J. K. Lundquist, and J. D. Mirocha
Recorded Presentation

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1:45 PM
11.2
A urban boundary layer and dispersion parameterization for the LLNL NARAC modeling system: preliminary tests with the Joint Urban 2003 Field Project data set
Luca Delle Monache, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Weil, M. Leach, J. M. Leone, and G. A. Loosmore
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
11.3
Stochastic event reconstruction of atmospheric contaminant dispersion
Inanc Senocak, Boise State University, Boise, ID; and N. W. Hengartner, M. B. Short, and B. W. Daniel

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2:15 PM
11.4A
RAMS, MM5, and CAMx simulations of Middle-East ozone transboundary-transport
Erez Weinroth, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and S. Kasakseh and R. D. Bornstein
Recorded Presentation

11.4
Meteorological characteristics important in emergency response

2:45 PM
11.5 moved. New paper number J6.4A

2:45 PM
11.5A
Tests of a coupled diagnostic wind model and a Lagrangian stochastic dispersion model using the JU2003 data sets
Yansen Wang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and D. Garvey, L. Luces, and D. Knapp
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM
11.6
Simulations for a Houston ozone episode and the NYC DHS MSG tracer study with an urbanized version of MM5
Robert Bornstein, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and R. Balmori, E. Weinroth, and H. Taha
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
11.7
Contaminant transport and dispersion modeling in urban areas using two way coupling between mesoscale (WRF) and urban-scale (EULAG) models (Formerly 14.1)
Andrzej A. Wyszogrodzki, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen and S. Miao

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Session 12
Physical and Fine-Scale Modeling
Location: Boardroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Petra Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma; Michael J. Brown, LANL
1:30 PM
12.1
Evaluation of the QUIC-URB Wind Model using Wind-Tunnel Data for Step-Up Street Canyons
Bhagirath Addepalli, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. J. Brown, E. Pardyjak, and I. Senocak
Recorded Presentation

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1:45 PM
12.2
Investigation of Reynolds stresses in a 3D idealized urban area using large eddy simulation
Akshay Gowardhan, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and E. Pardyjak, I. Senocak, and M. J. Brown
Recorded Presentation

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2:00 PM
12.3
Large-eddy simulation of flow field and pollutant transport inside urban street canyons of hight aspect ratios
Xianxiang Li, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong; and C. H. Liu and D. Y. C. Leung
Recorded Presentation

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2:15 PM
12.4
Modeling flow and pollutant dispersion in an urban cubical cavity
Young-Hee Ryu, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. J. Baik
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
12.5
Building-Resolving Simulations of Dense Gas Dispersion
Branko Kosovic, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and G. Loosmore, S. Chan, and M. Jeffrey

2:45 PM
12.6
Evaluation of a fast-response pressure solver for a variety of building shapes and layouts
Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and A. Gowardhan and E. Pardyjak
Recorded Presentation

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3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 13 September 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Macaw/Cockatoo (Catamaran Resort Hotel)

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 13 September 2007

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Session 13
Physical and Fine-Scale Modeling II
Location: Boardroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
CoChair: David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ.
3:30 PM
13.1
Improved subfilter turbulence modeling for large eddy simulation using WRF
Jeffrey D. Mirocha, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and F. K. Chow, J. K. Lundquist, and K. A. Lundquist
Recorded Presentation

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3:45 PM
13.2
Mean flow pattern through a simple mock urban array – water channel experiments and modeling
Hansheng Pan, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA; and X. Li, M. J. Brown, J. J. Baik, S. B. Park, and M. Princevac
Recorded Presentation

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4:00 PM
13.3
Comparison between LES and RANS computations for the study of contaminant dispersion in the MUST field experiment
Anne Dejoan, CIEMAT Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid, Spain; and J. L. Santiago, A. Pinelli, and A. Martilli
Recorded Presentation

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4:15 PM
13.4
Spatial averaged properties of turbulent flow over staggered arrays of cubes with different packing densities: Analysis of the sectional drag coefficients
Jose Luis Santiago, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain; and O. Coceal, A. Martilli, and S. E. Belcher

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3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 13 September 2007

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Session 14
Urban Air Quality and Dispersion Studies III
Location: Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Daewon W. Byun, Institute for Multidimensional Air Quality Studies, University of Houston; Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants
3:30 PM
14.1 moved. New Paper 11.7

14.1A
Operational generation of urban wind fields to support transport and dispersion modeling

3:45 PM
14.2
Using video gaming technology to achieve low-cost speed up of emergency response urban dispersion simulations
Eric R. Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Singh, A. Norgren, and P. Willemsen

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4:00 PM
14.3
An operational event reconstruction tool used with biological agent collectors for source inversion applications
Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. D. Williams and G. E. Streit
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4:15 PM
14.4
Numerical Simulation of Air Pollution over Kanto area in Japan using the MM5/CMAQ Model -Comparison of Air Pollution Concentration between two different climatic days
Hong Huang, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and R. Ooka, M. Khiem, and H. Hayami
Recorded Presentation

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4:30 PM
14.5
Relation between fog formation and the number concentration of aerosol for Delhi, India
Swagata Payra, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, India; and M. Mohan
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