Program: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone (84th AMS Annual Meeting)

Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

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Saturday, 10 January 2004

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004

SAT 10 JAN

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2004

Short Course/Student Conference Registration

Sunday, 11 January 2004

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004

SUN 11 JAN

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2004

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2004

Conference Registration

Monday, 12 January 2004

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Mon 12 Jan

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Registration continues through Thursday, 15 January

9:00 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone (Room 611)

Location: Room 611

Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

Chair: Walter F. Dabberdt, Vaisala. Inc.

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Highlights and Challenges of Urban Meteorological Modeling

Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and K. C. Craig, A. Martilli, and S. Dupont

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.2

Forecasting Adverse Weather in the Baltimore MD -Washington DC Urban Zone: Detection and Predictability Issues

Steven M. Zubrick, NOAA/NWSFO, Sterling, VA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (99.7 kB)

10:00 AM

1.3

Nowcasting for urban areas by variational assimilation of Doppler radar and lidar radial wind data

Mei Xu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Crook, J. Sun, T. Warner, and S. Swerdlin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (292.2 kB)

10:15 AM

1.3a

Coffee Break in Poster Session Room

10:45 AM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Session 1: Continued

Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

Cochairs: Steven M. Zubrick, NOAA/NWSFO; Witold F. Krajewski, IIHR Hydrosciences and Engineering

Papers:

10:45 AM

1.4

The use of the Hydro-Nowcaster for Mesoscale Convective Systems and the Tropical Rainfall Nowcaster (TRaN) for landfalling tropical systems

Roderick A. Scofield, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski and J. C. Davenport

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

11:00 AM

1.5

A high-resolution, local-domain numerical modeling study of a flooding rainfall event associated with Tropical Storm Allison in June 2001 over Houston, Texas

Bob A. Weinzapfel, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

1.6

Status of NASA satellite, field observations, and numerical modeling addressing the impact of urbanization on short and long term precipitation variability

J. Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Manyin, S. Burian, and C. Garza

11:30 AM

1.7

The importance of total lightning in the future of weather nowcasting

Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and M. J. Murphy and R. L. Holle

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (955.8 kB)

11:45 AM

1.8

Planning, nowcasting, and forecasting lightning in the urban zone: The HEAT project 2005

Richard Orville, Texas A&M University, College Sation, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon, R. Zhang, and D. Collins

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

1.8a

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Session 1: Continued

Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

Chair: Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University

Papers:

1:30 PM

1.9

An analysis of severe convection in Central Oklahoma during Joint Urban 2003

Daniel R. Cheresnick, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (489.5 kB)

1:45 PM

1.10

The rapid evolution of convection approaching the New York City metropolitan region

Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and M. Charles

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

1.11

An objective nowcasting tool that incorporates geostationary satellite measurements

Robert M. Aune, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and R. Petersen

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (242.2 kB)

2:15 PM

1.12

Measured and modeled wind fields in an urban environment

Yansen Wang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and C. Williamson, G. Huynh, S. Chang, D. Ligon, and D. Garvey

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (561.3 kB)

1:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Joint Session 1

Flash Flood Forecasting in the Urban Environment (Joint with the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone and 18th Conf on Hydrology; Room 6E)

Location: Room 6E

Sponsors: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Hydrology; and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone )

Organizer: Robert S. Davis, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

1:30 PM

J1.1

Flash Flood Forecasting in Urban Drainage Basins (INVITED)

James A. Smith, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

J1.2

Locally modifying Flash Flood Guidance to improve the detection capability of the Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction Program

Robert S. Davis, NOAA/NWS, Pittsburgh, PA

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.6 MB)

2:15 PM

J1.3

Evaluation of Urban Hydrologic Prediction Accuracy for Real-time Forecasting Using Radar

Baxter E. Vieux, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. B. Bedient

Poster PDF (184.7 kB)

2:30 PM

J1.4

Sensitivity numerical experiments on ambient wind shear for cell mergers between convective cells in multicell thunderstorms

James R. Stalker, Regional Earth System Predictability Research, Inc., Santa Fe, NM

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

J1.5

Validation of Range Correction Algorithm Using Real-time Radar Data From Sterling, VA

Feng Ding, RS Information Systems/Hydrology Laboratory, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. J. Seo and D. H. Kitzmiller

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

3:00 PM

J1.6

High-resolution rainfall rate and DSD estimation from X-band polarimetric radar measurements

Marios Anagnostou, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and E. N. Anagnostou and W. F. Krajewski

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (645.1 kB)

3:15 PM

J1.7

Toward Integration of Satellite Precipitation Estimates into the Multi-sensor Precipitation Estimator Algorithm

Chandra Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. J. Seo

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (197.0 kB)

3:30 PM

J1.8

8 Km, Half-hourly Precipitation Estimates from Passive Microwave and IR Satellite Data

John E. Janowiak, CPC/NCEP/NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Joyce, P. A. Arkin, and P. Xie

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

J1.9

Uncertainty in fine-scale MPA precipitation estimates and implications for hydrometeorological analysis and forecasting

George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (131.0 kB)

4:00 PM

J1.3a

Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Joint Poster Session 1

FLASH FLOOD FORECASTING IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT POSTERS (JOINT WITH THE SYMP. ON PLANNING, NOWCASTING, AND FORECASTING IN THE URBAN ZONE and 18th Conf. on Hydrology; Hall 4AB)

Location: Hall 4AB

Sponsors: (Joint between the 18th Conference on Hydrology; and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone )

Organizer: Robert S. Davis, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

JP1.1

Derivation of a flood potential product using GIS and hydrological modeling: an investigation of the San Antonio summer flood of 2002

Marla R. Knebl, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and K. Hutchison and Z. L. Yang

JP1.2

A coupled Atmospheric and Hydrological Model to investigate the surface hydrology features of 1993 Mississippi flood event with GIS/RS applications

Suseela Reddy Remata, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and M. Vatti and P. Chigbu

JP1.3

Studying the diurnal cycle of convection using a TRMM-calibrated infrared rain algorithm

Andrew J. Negri, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, and M. Manyin

http://

JP1.4

A length-scale for the effects of sea-level variation on upstream

Thomas M. Hopson, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. J. Webster

Poster Session 1

Urban Zone Posters (Hall 4AB)

Location: Hall 4AB

Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

Papers:

P1.1

The Role of Weather Information for Homeland Security

P1.2

The Challenges of Forecasting and Nowcasting During Joint Urban 2003

Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Society and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. K. Hall Jr., R. G. Stewart, M. James, and R. Barnes

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

P1.3

Statistical analysis of numerical model output used for forecasting during Joint Urban 2003

Peter K. Hall Jr., Oklahoma Climatological Society and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

Poster PDF (488.7 kB)

P1.4

Simulation of the urban heat island effects over the Greater Houston Area with the high resolution WRF/LSM/Urban coupled system

Hiroyuki Kusaka, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Abiko, Japan; and F. Chen, J. W. Bao, M. Tewari, and H. Hirakuchi

Poster PDF (380.4 kB)

P1.5

NUMERICAL STUDY OF URBAN GROWTH EFFECTS ON SURFACE ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS OVER A COASTAL TROPICAL CITY

Pedro J. Mulero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayag�ez, PR; and A. Velazquez, J. E. Gonz�lez, and A. Winter

Poster PDF (370.2 kB)

P1.6

GURME�The WMO GAW Urban Research Meteorology and Environment Project

Liisa Jalkanen, WMO/AREP, Geneva, Switzerland; and G. R. Carmichael

Poster PDF (118.0 kB)

P1.7

Impact of Climate Change on U.S. Air Quality using Multi-scale Modeling with the MM5/SMOKE/CMAQ System

Jack Chen, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and J. Avise, J. Vaughan, B. Lamb, C. Mass, E. Salathe, A. Guenther, C. Wiedinmyer, S. O'Neill, S. Ferguson, N. Larkin, and D. McKenzie

Poster PDF (173.8 kB)

P1.8

The Florida GLOBE Partnership Program

Paul H. Ruscher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and W. R. Lusher

http://www.met.fsu.edu/REALM/

Poster PDF (95.1 kB)

P1.9

Assimilation of GOES IR data for urban meteorological modeling: evaluation of the importance of subgrid inhomogeneity

Sang-Ok Han, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and A. Pour Biazar, R. McNider, J. Nielsen-Gammon, W. Lapenta, K. Doty, and S. L. Haines

P1.10

AIRPACT Version 2: an air-quality forecast system for ozone, particulates and air-toxics for the Pacific Northwest

Joe Vaughan, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and J. Chen, J. Avise, B. Lamb, and H. Westberg

Poster PDF (275.3 kB)

P1.11

Integrated Urban Dispersion Modeling Capability

Branko Kosovic, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and S. T. Chan, A. M. Wissink, and R. D. Hornung

Poster PDF (48.2 kB)

P1.12

Estimating Daytime and Nighttime Population Distributions in U.S. Cities for Emergency Response Activities

Timothy N. McPherson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. Brown

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

P1.13

Improved Upwind Cavity Parameterizations for a Fast Response Urban Wind Model

N. L. Bagal, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. R. Pardyjak and M. J. Brown

Poster PDF (61.0 kB)

P1.14

DTRA Urban Dispersion Modeling Capability

John C. Pace, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Alexandria, VA; and J. F. Bowers

P1.15

Planning, Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

Elliot Abrams, AccuWeather Inc, State College, PA; and K. Reeves

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Air Quality Modeling and Forecasting: Part 1 (Room 611)

Location: Room 611

Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

Cochairs: Sanford Sillman, University of Michigan; Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware

Papers:

4:00 PM

2.1

Chemical Data Assimilation in Support of Air Quality Forecasting

Gregory R Carmichael, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and A. Sandu, D. Daescu, T. Chai, J. Seinfeld, P. Hess, and T. Anderson

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

2.2

Preliminary results of an ensemble air quality forecast system over the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia

Luca Delle Monache, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and R. B. Stull

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (94.5 kB)

4:45 PM

2.3

On the comparison of nesting of lagrangian air-pollution model SMOG to numerical weather prediction model ETA and eulerian CTM CAMx to NWP model MM5: ozone episode simulation

Tomas Halenka, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; and K. Eben, J. Bednar, J. Brechler, P. Jurus, and I. Vyoralkova

5:00 PM

2.4

Air Quality Nowcasting for the Issuance of Health Advisories in the Sacramento, California, Metropolitan Region

Alan Chan, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and T. S. Dye, C. P. MacDonald, C. B. Anderson, D. S. Miller, and J. L. Garlock

Poster PDF (381.3 kB)

5:15 PM

2.5

LES STUDY ON TURBULENT ORGANIZED STRUCTURES WITHIN AND ABOVE URBAN CANOPY

Manabu Kanda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Sessions end for the Day

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2004

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

Tuesday, 13 January 2004

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

TUE 13 JAN

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Air Quality Modeling and Forecasting: Part 2 (Room 611)

Location: Room 611

Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

Cochairs: Timothy S. Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc.; Gregory R. Carmichael, Univ. of Iowa

Papers:

8:30 AM

3.1

Sang-Mi Lee, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and S. Grossman-Clarke and H. J. S. Fernando

Poster PDF (210.6 kB)

8:45 AM

3.2

A physically-based statistical approach to predicting high ozone days in a coastal megacity

James Tobin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon

9:00 AM

3.3

CFD Modeling for Urban Air Quality Studies

R. L. Lee, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and L. J. Lucas, T. D. Humphreys, and S. T. Chan

9:15 AM

3.4

Meteorological conditions associated with the rapid transport of Canadian wildfire products into the Northeast during 5�8 July 2002

John R. Scala, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and C. Hain, W. M. MacKenzie Jr., and S. Bachmeier

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (434.7 kB)

9:30 AM

3.5

The Importance of Including Anthropogenic Heating in Mesoscale Modeling of the Urban Heat Island

David J. Sailor, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and H. Fan

Poster PDF (246.0 kB)

8:30 AM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Joint Session 2

Air Quality in Megacities (Joint with the Symp on Planning, Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone and Sixth Conf on Atmospheric Chemistry; Room 612)

Location: Room 612

Sponsors: (Joint between the Sixth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry: Air Quality in Megacities; and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone )

Chairs: V. R. Kotamarthi, ANL; John McHenry, MCNC

Papers:

8:30 AM

J2.1

Impacts of Asian Megacity Emissions on Regional Air Quality During Spring 2001

Sarath Guttikunda, World Bank, Washington, DC; and G. R. Carmichael, Y. Tang, N. Thongboonchoo, J. H. Woo, and L. Pan

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J2.2

An Urban Photochemistry Study in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile

Bernhard Rappengl�ck, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; and R. Schmitz, M. Bauerfeind, F. Cereceda-Balic, D. von Baer, Y. Silva, M. A. Rubio, E. Lissi, and P. Oyola

Poster PDF (403.7 kB)

9:00 AM

J2.3

Megacities as Sources of Black Carbon

Jeffrey S. Gaffney, ANL, Argonne, IL; and N. A. Marley

Poster PDF (296.0 kB)

9:15 AM

J2.4

Aerosol Properties and direct radiative forcing in Beijing in spring of 2001

Xiang-Ao Xia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and P. C. Wang and H. B. Chen

Poster PDF (154.5 kB)

9:30 AM

J2.5

Measurements of Ammonia in Mexico City using Near-IR TDLAS Open Path System

Nancy A. Marley, ANL, Argonne, IL; and J. S. Gaffney

Poster PDF (165.2 kB)

9:45 AM

J2.6

Use of a mobile laboratory to characterize in-use vehicle and other emission sources in Mexico City Metropolitan Area

J. T. Jayne, Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billrica, MA; and S. Herndon, T. Onasch, P. Mortimer, M. Canagaratna, C. E. Kolb, D. Worsnop, T. Rogers, B. Knighton, E. Dunlea, L. Marr, L. T. Molina, and M. Molina

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (120.7 kB)

10:00 AM

J2.7

Mixing height variations in a coastal megacity inferred from lidar, profiler, sonde, microwave temperature profiler, and aircraft

Christina Smith, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and C. Senff, J. Nielsen-Gammon, A. White, W. Angevine, C. Berkowitz, M. Mahoney, S. O. Han, and C. Doran

Recorded presentation

10:15 AM

J2.8

Study of the Photochemical Processes in the Houston-Galveston Metropolitan Airshed

Daewon W. Byun, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

J2.9

Photochemical Production Rates in Western Houston

Carl M. Berkowitz, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. W. Spicer and P. V. Doskey

Poster PDF (29.3 kB)

10:45 AM

J2.10

National Air Quality Forecasting Capability: First Steps toward Implementation

Paula M. Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and N. Seaman, K. Schere, R. A. Wayland, J. L. Hayes, and K. F. Carey

Poster PDF (130.6 kB)

11:00 AM

J2.11

Implementing the SMOKE Emissions Processing System with WRF-Chem: Progress and Early Results

John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC; and C. Coats, K. Schere, G. Grell, and R. Imhoff

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (43.0 kB)

11:15 AM

J2.12

Real-time Prediction of US Northeast Corridor Ozone: Results for 2001�2002 as a Benchmark for Future Forecasts Systems

John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. McKeen, W. F. Ryan, N. Seaman, J. Pudykiewicz, G. A. Grell, A. Stein, C. Coats, and J. Vukovich

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (70.1 kB)

11:30 AM

J2.13

Evaluation of the National Air Quality Forecast System (NAQFS): Summary of the Air Quality Forecasters Focus Group Workshop

William F. Ryan, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and P. Davidson, P. Stokols, and K. Carey

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

11:45 AM

J2.14

From raw air quality data to the nightly news: an overview of how EPA�s AIRNow program operates

Timothy S. Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and A. C. Chan, C. B. Anderson, D. E. Strohm, R. A. Wayland, and J. E. White

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (807.2 kB)

12:00 PM

J2.15

Comparisons between observations made during NEAQS and air quality forecasts from MM5 and WRF chemistry models

Steven E. Peckham, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Grell, S. A. McKeen, and R. Schmitz

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (350.1 kB)

12:15 PM

J2.16

Development and Evaluation of the NOAA/EPA Prototype Air Quality Model Prediction System

Jeff McQueen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Lee, M. Tsidulko, G. DiMego, T. Otte, J. Pleim, J. Young, G. Pouliot, B. K. Eder, D. Kang, K. Schere, J. Gorline, M. Schenk, P. Dallavalle, W. Shaffer, P. Davidson, and N. Seaman

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (443.6 kB)

12:30 PM

J2.17

Future of AIRNow and the Air Quality Index: beyond ozone mapping and forecasting

Richard A. Wayland, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. E. White, T. S. Dye, C. B. Anderson, A. C. Chan, and D. E. B. Strohm

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (217.4 kB)

12:45 PM

J2.18

Air quality modeling at coarse-to-fine scales in urban areas

Jason Ching, NOAA/ARL and U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. Dupont, J. A. Herwehe, T. Otte, A. Lacser, D. W. Byun, and R. Tang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (446.6 kB)

1:00 PM

J2.19

The Air Quality four-Panel Chart

William F. Ryan, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and G. M. Bridgers, D. D. Salkovitz, and C. A. Piety

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

1:15 PM

J2.20

Urban and regional air quality modelling in the Pacific Northwest

Xin Qiu, RWDI West Inc., Guelph, ON, Canada; and M. Lepage, J. W. Boulton, M. Gauthier, and C. Di Cenzo

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

1:30 PM

J2.5a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

2:45 PM

J2.10a

Lunch Break

4:15 PM

J2.15a

Coffee Break

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break.

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Modeling Urban Land Surfaces and Buildings: Part 1 (Room 611)

Location: Room 611

Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

Organizer: C. S. B. Grimmond, Indiana University

Papers:

11:00 AM

4.1

Global Urban-Scale Land-Atmosphere Modeling with the Land Information System

Christa D. Peters-Lidard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. V. Kumar, Y. Tian, J. L. Eastman, and P. R. Houser

http://lis.gsfc.nasa.gov

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (548.8 kB)

11:15 AM

4.2

Modelling our cities in weather forecasting

Martin Best, Met Office, Wallingford, United Kingdom

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (351.8 kB)

11:30 AM

4.3

Mesoscale simulations of the Urban Environment of Washington, DC: Comparison of COAMPS simulations to DCNet observations and sensitivity of plume transport to an Urban Canopy Parameterization

Teddy R. Holt, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. J. Shi

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (319.6 kB)

11:45 AM

4.4

Introduction of urban canopy parameterizations into MM5 to simulate urban meteorology at neighborhood scales

Sylvain Dupont, NOAA/ARL and U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. Ching and S. Burian

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

12:00 PM

4.5

A numerical simulation of air flows over an urban area: Verification of air flows over 2-d and 3-d obstacles with wind tunnel measurements

Ted Yamada, Yamada Scince & Art Corporation, Santa Fe, NM

Poster PDF (631.5 kB)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Urban Dispersion Modeling (Room 611)

Location: Room 611

Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

Chair: Michael J. Brown, LANL

Papers:

1:30 PM

5.1

Use of Urban Field Study Data

Steven R. Hanna, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; and J. C. Chang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (352.4 kB)

2:00 PM

5.2

Mesoscale and urban-scale modeling support for the Oklahoma City Joint-Urban 2003 field program

Scott Halvorson, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and Y. Liu, R. S. Sheu, J. Basara, J. Bowers, T. Warner, and S. Swerdlin

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (669.7 kB)

2:15 PM

5.3

Urban near-field dispersion

Martin J. Leach, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and J. H. Shinn, R. Leif, and G. Keating

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (333.8 kB)

2:30 PM

5.4

Wind-tunnel simulation of the Joint Urban 2003 Tracer Experiment

Petra Kastner-Klein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. Leitl, F. Pascheke, and M. Schatzmann

Poster PDF (396.8 kB)

2:45 PM

5.5

The New York City Urban Atmospheric Observatory�An Overview

R. Michael Reynolds, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; and R. D. Bornstein, S. R. Hanna, T. Oke, B. B. Hicks, and H. N. Lee

Recorded presentation

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Emergency Response (Room 611)

Location: Room 611

Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

Chair: Steven R. Hanna, Harvard School of Public Health

Papers:

3:30 PM

6.1

OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

Gayle Sugiyama, LLNL and University of California, Livermore, CA; and J. S. Nasstrom and R. L. Baskett

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (69.8 kB)

4:00 PM

6.2

Dispersion Modeling of Accidental Releases in Russia

Eugene Genikhovich, Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia

4:15 PM

6.3

Incorporation of chemical reactions into building-scale flow

Tom D. Humphreys, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and T. M. Jayaweera and R. L. Lee

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (151.9 kB)

4:30 PM

6.4

A Simplified CFD Approach for Modeling Urban Dispersion

Stevens T. Chan, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and T. D. Humphreys and R. L. Lee

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (334.8 kB)

4:45 PM

6.5

Modeling shelter-in-place including sorption on indoor surfaces

Wanyu R. Chan, University of California and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA; and P. N. Price, A. J. Gadgil, W. W. Nazaroff, G. Loosmore, and G. Sugiyama

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (531.8 kB)

5:00 PM

6.6

Testing of an Urban Lagrangian Dispersion Model Using Gaussian and Non-Gaussian Solutions

Balwinder Singh, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. D. Williams, E. R. Pardyjak, and M. J. Brown

http://

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (210.0 kB)

5:15 PM

6.7

Science into service during the 4 May 2003 tornado outbreak

Lisa R. Schmit, National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO, Pleasant Hill, MO; and M. Hudson and S. M. Fortin

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2004

Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 14 January 2004

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Wed 14 Jan

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Joint Session 3

Heat/Health Warning Systems: Part I (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; Room 619/620)

Location: Room 619/620

Sponsors: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone )

Chair: Robert E. Livezey, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

8:30 AM

J3.1

The development of improved heat/health warning systems

Laurence S. Kalkstein, Univervisity of Delaware, Newark, DE

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

J3.2

Heat watch-warning systems: Operational consideration and system design

Scott Sheridan, Department of Geography, Kent State University, Kent, OH

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J3.3

A National Heat/Health Warning System: Improvement over current system

Mark A. Tew, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. J. Brewer and R. E. Livezey

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (49.0 kB)

9:15 AM

J3.4

Use of heat/health warning systems in extreme climates: the Phoenix challenge

Anton F. Haffer, NOAA/NWSFO, Phoenix, AZ

Recorded presentation

Modeling Urban Land Surfaces and Buildings: Part 2 (Room 611)

Location: Room 611

Sponsor: Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone

Chair: Jeffrey C. Luvall, MSFC

Papers:

8:30 AM

7.1

Sensitivity of surface-atmosphere energy exchanges in urban areas derived from simulations

Sarah M. Roberts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and T. R. Oke, A. Lemonsu, C. S. B. Grimmond, and P. Jackson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (392.6 kB)

8:45 AM

7.2

Remote Sensing for Urban Microclimate Studies

Ruri Imamura, Forensic Consultant, San Francisco, CA; and P. G. Foschi

9:00 AM

7.3

Forecasting stability transitions and air flow around an urban building�Phase I

Gail-Tirrell Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory, WSMR, NM; and R. Cionco and M. Bustillos

Poster PDF (140.8 kB)

9:15 AM

7.4

Improved Velocity Deficit Parameterizations for a Fast Response Urban Wind Model

Eric R. Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. J. Brown and N. Bagal

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (60.6 kB)

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Fourth Presidential Policy Forum: Weather and National Security (Room 6AB)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Events; the The Norm Phillips Symposium; the 17th Conference on Probablity and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology; the Symposium on Space Weather; the 18th Conference on Hydrology; the 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology; the 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations; the Symposium on Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean; the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; and the Interactive Symposium on the Nexus of Coastal Urban Environments )

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Joint Session 8

Heat Health Warning Systems: Part II (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; Room 619/620)

Location: Room 619/620

Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; and the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology )

Chair: Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware

Papers:

1:30 PM

J8.1

General guidance for urban intervention in response to extreme heat events

Alan D. Perrin, EPA, Washington, DC; and J. P. Samenow and N. J. Dietsch

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

J8.2

Use of heat/health warning systems by the utility industry

Steve Lee, Entergy Services, Inc., Jackson, MS; and C. Chouest

2:00 PM

J8.3

Heat watch/warning wystems save lives: estimated costs and benefits for Philadelphia 1995�1998

Kristie L Ebi, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA; and T. J. Teisberg, L. Kalkstein, L. Robinson, and R. Weiher

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

J8.4

Changing Heat Wave Mortality in U.S. Cities

Robert E. Davis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and P. C. Knappenberger, P. J. Michaels, and W. M. Novicoff

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (268.8 kB)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Joint Poster Session 4

Heat/Health Warning Systems (Joint between the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; Hall 4AB)

Location: Hall 4AB

Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; and the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology )

Chair: Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware

Papers:

JP4.1

Forecast Considerations: Application of the Point Forecast Matrices in Heat/Health Warning Systems

Douglas C. Young, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Poster PDF (204.2 kB)

JP4.2

Procedures Established by the National Weather Service Forecast Office New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Louisiana Regarding the Operational Heat Stress Assessment System

Paul Trotter, NOAA/NWS, Baton Rouge, LA; and D. Griffin and M. Farver

Poster PDF (16.6 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Hall 4AB)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Joint Session 7

Joint Urban 2003 Field Study and Urban Mesonets (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems in the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; Room 618)

Location: Room 618

Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone; and the Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface )

Chair: Gayle A. Sugiyama, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Papers:

4:00 PM

J7.1

Overview of Joint Urban 2003�An Atmospheric Dispersion Study in Oklahoma City

K. Jerry Allwine, PNNL, Richland, WA; and M. J. Leach, L. W. Stockham, J. S. Shinn, R. P. Hosker, J. F. Bowers, and J. C. Pace

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

4:15 PM

J7.2

VARIABILITY OF SENSIBLE HEAT FLUXES IN A SUBURBAN AREA OF OKLAHOMA CITY

C. S. B. Grimmond, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and H. B. Su, B. Offerle, B. Crawford, S. Scott, S. Zhong, and C. Clements

http://

Poster PDF (432.5 kB)

4:30 PM

J7.3

Joint URBAN 2003 Street Canyon Experiment

Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and D. Boswell, G. Streit, M. Nelson, T. McPherson, T. Hilton, E. R. Pardyjak, S. Pol, P. Ramamurthy, B. Hansen, P. Kastner-Klein, J. Clark, A. Moore, D. Walker, N. Felton, D. Strickland, D. Brook, M. Princevac, D. Zajic, R. Wayson, J. MacDonald, G. Fleming, and D. Storwold

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (755.9 kB)

4:45 PM

J7.4

Measurements of net radiation, ground heat flux and surface temperature in an urban canyon

Frank J. Gouveia, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and M. J. Leach and J. H. Shinn

http://

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (167.4 kB)

5:00 PM

J7.5

Wind and Turbulence Observations in Joint Urban 2003

Young Yee, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and E. Vidal Jr., J. Yarbrough, E. Creegan, S. Elliott, D. Ligon, and D. Garvey

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (278.1 kB)

5:15 PM

J7.6

Observations of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate in the urban environment

Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; and J. H. Shinn and F. Gouveia

Poster PDF (786.5 kB)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Sessions end for the day

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2004

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 15 January 2004

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004

THUR 15 JAN

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004

Joint Session 5

Climate Change and Urban Areas (Joint with the Symp. on Planning, Nowcasting and Forecasting in the Urban Zone and 15th Symp. on Global Change and Climate Variations; Room 609/610)

Location: Room 609/610

Sponsors: (Joint between the 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations; and the Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone )

Chair: Dian J. Seidel, NOAA/ARL

Papers:

8:30 AM

J5.1

Detection of urban effects in the climate record

Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J5.2

Impact of land-use change and urbanization on climate

Ming Cai, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. Li and E. Kalnay

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (633.7 kB)

9:15 AM

J5.3

The impact of climate change on our cities

Martin Best, Met Office, Wallingford, United Kingdom; and R. Betts

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (99.2 kB)

9:30 AM

J5.4

Modeling future climate and air quality in the New York City metropolitan area

Kevin L. Civerolo, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY; and J. Biswas, C. Hogrefe, J. Rosenthal, K. Knowlton, B. Lynn, J. Y. Ku, R. Goldberg, C. Rosenzweig, and P. Kinney

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2004

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (Hall 4AB)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004

Registration Desk Closes

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2004

Norm Phillips Banquet

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