Session: 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) (84th AMS Annual Meeting)

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 Rappenglück, 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

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)