Program: Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry (87th AMS Annual Meeting)

Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Program Chair: Cara Campbell , Speaker to be Determined

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Sunday, 14 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 14 January 2007

Sun 14 Jan

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 14 January 2007

Short Course Registration

Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 14 January 2007

Conference Registration

Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Monday, 15 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Mon 15 Jan

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Registration continues through Thursday, 18 January

Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Plenary Session for the Presidential Forum (Presidential Forum will then run parallel to other sessions throughout the day)

Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Coffee Break

Location: Meeting Room Foyer (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

10:45 AM-2:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Joint Session 7

Measurements and Modeling of Aerosols (Joint with Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, Forum on Climate Change as Manifested by Changes in Weather, and 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)

Location: 212A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather )

CoChair: Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ.

Papers:

10:45 AM

J7.1

Improvements to Aerosol Size Distributions in CMAQ

Robert A. Elleman, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. S. Covert

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

J7.2

Simulating Secondary Organic Aerosol: Accuracy versus Computational Efficiency

Ping Liu, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. Zhang

J7.4

Coupling of CB05 gas-phase chemical mechanism with MADRID aerosol module in WRF/Chem

11:30 AM

J7.3

Size Distribution and Hygroscopic Properties of Agricultural Aerosols

Naruki Hiranuma, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. D. Brooks, B. W. Auvermann, and R. Littleton

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (423.4 kB)

11:45 AM

J7.5

Evaluation of the aerosol direct effect on a mesoscale simulation

Steven E. Peckham, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Grell, S. A. McKeen, J. D. Fast, R. Zaveri, and S. Chung

12:00 PM

Recognition of NASA Student Travel Award Winners in the field of Atmospheric Chemistry

12:15 PM

J7.5a

Lunch Break

1:45 PM

J7.6

Dust sandstorm dynamics analysis in Northern China by means of atmospheric, emission, dispersion modeling

Massimiliano Pasqui, Institute of Biometeorology and National Research Council/IBIMET-CNR, Firenze, FI, Italy; and L. Bottai, C. Busillo, F. Calastrini, G. Gualtieri, F. Guarnieri, P. Scalas, and L. Torriano

J7.7

Episodic particulate matter modeling in a semi-arid/arid area over the U.S./Mexico border: Incorporating a wind-blown dust emissions model into the MODELS-3/CMAQ system

2:15 PM

J7.8

The Instability associated with the Cross-Atlantic Transport of Saharan Dust and its Meteorological Implications

Sun Wong, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and A. E. Dessler, P. R. Colarco, and A. Da Silva

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (196.6 kB)

2:30 PM

J7.9

Comparison of AEROSE I and AEROSE II Surface Level Ozone Measurements and Ozonesonde Profiles within Saharan Dust and Biomass Burning Plumes

Michelle D. Hawkins, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and V. R. Morris, N. R. Nalli, and E. Joseph

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Poster Session 1

Atmospheric Chemistry Poster Session 1

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Papers:

P1.1

The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer: Instrument description and summary of 1st year of data

Don R. Collins, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and C. Spencer

P1.2

Investigation of the Saharan air layer (SAL) during NAMMA '06

Tamara L. Battle, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins and B. E. Anderson

P1.3

Estimating carbonaceous aerosol emissions from fires in boreal forests of North America in July 2004

Mariya Petrenko, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and M. Chin, T. Diehl, T. Kucsera, and A. J. Soja

P1.4

AEROSE: Ongoing field investigations of downwind transport of aerosols from Saharan and Sub-Saharan Africa across the Tropical Atlantic

Vernon R. Morris, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and M. Hawkins, N. Nalli, E. Joseph, M. Goldberg, P. J. Minnett, and L. Roldan

P1.5

The impact of regional meteorology on aerosol concentrations over the Great Lakes region

Heather L. Woods, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Holloway and S. N. Spak

P1.6

The effects of cloud attenuation on air quality: a comparison of model treatments

Patrick D. Dolwick, NOAA/OAR/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC

P1.7

Spatial, vertical, and temporal variability of aerosol concentration and properties in Houston

Crystal C. Reed, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and N. F. Taylor, C. Spencer, D. Axisa, and D. R. Collins

P1.8

Linking light extinction by aerosols to ambient relative humidity during MILAGRO

Runjun Li, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and D. R. Collins

P1.9

Linking chemical changes in soot and polyaromatics to cloud droplet formation

Laura E. Mason, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. Brooks

P1.10

Lagrangian trajectory analysis of episodes during the MILAGRO field campaign

Benjamin De Foy, St. Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO; and L. T. Molina

P1.11

Impacts of anthropogenic aerosols on ice nucleation and cloud formation

Adam P. Fornea, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and S. Brooks

P1.12

Flux measurement of trace gases and aerosols in Mexico City during the MILAGRO 2006 field campaign

Rasa Grivicke, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; and S. Pressley, B. Lamb, H. Westberg, E. Allwine, B. T. Jobson, E. Velasco, M. Alexander, J. L. Jimenez, and E. Nemitz

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Sessions end for the day

Tuesday, 16 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Tue 16 Jan

8:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Initial Results from MILAGRO and Texas2006

Location: 212A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Cochairs: Jeffrey S. Gaffney, Univ. of Arkansas; V. Rao Kotamarthi, ANL

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

Vertical variation of nocturnal nitrogen chemistry in Mexico City during MILAGRO

Jochen Stutz, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and L. Lawrence, O. Pikelnaya, and S. C. Hurlock

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

1.2

Aerosol Residence Times in Mexico City

Jeffrey S. Gaffney, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; and N. A. Marley, N. C. Sturchio, and N. Martinez

9:00 AM

1.3

Rain Event Impacts on Aerosol Optical Properties: Mexico City 2003 and 2006

Nancy A. Marley, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; and J. S. Gaffney

9:15 AM

1.4

Evolution of aerosol hygroscopicity in the Mexico City plume

Jason M. Tomlinson, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and R. Li, R. J. Osborn, and D. R. Collins

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

1.5

Airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar aerosol measurements during MILAGRO and TexAQS/GoMACCS

Richard A. Ferrare, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and C. A. Hostetler, J. W. Hair, A. L. Cook, D. B. Harper, S. Burton, A. Clarke, P. B. Russell, and J. Redemann

Poster PDF (268.6 kB)

9:45 AM

1.5a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM

1.6

Air Quality forecast using WRF/NMM-CMAQ during the TexAQS 2006

Pius C. Lee, NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and S. A. McKeen, J. McQueen, D. Kang, M. Tsidulko, S. Lu, H. M. Lin, G. DiMego, N. Seaman, and P. M. Davidson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (320.7 kB)

11:15 AM

1.7

Study of high pollution events in the Houston - Galveston area using CMAQ simulations with an extended version of SAPRC99 chemical mechanism

Beata Czader, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and D. W. Byun and S. Kim

11:30 AM

1.8

Trajectory Analysis for Source-receptor Relation of High O3 events over Houston/Galveston Area during Summer 2005

Fong Ngan, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Byun

11:45 AM

1.9

A numerical study to understand impact of meteorological fields on Houston's high O3 problem using CMAQ/MM5

Fang-Yi Cheng, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and S. T. Kim and D. W. Byun

Poster PDF (288.7 kB)

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Exhibits Open

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Lunch Break

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Arakawa Symposium Luncheon

Location: Marriott Rivercenter

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Joint Session 8

Air Quality and Climate Change (Joint with Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, Forum on Climate Change as Manifested by Changes in Weather, and 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change)

Location: 212A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; and the AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather )

CoChair: Brian K. Lamb, Washington State Univ.

Papers:

1:30 PM

J8.1

Assessment of Long-Term Impacts of Regional Climate Changes on Air Quality

Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and R. Leung

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

J8.2

Global climate change impacts on air quality in North America

Efthimios Tagaris, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and K. J. Liao, K. Manomaiphiboon, A. G. Russell, S. He, J. H. Woo, P. Amar, and L. R. Leung

http://presentation

Poster PDF (107.0 kB)

2:00 PM

J8.3

Impacts of Biogenic and Anthropogenic Emissions on Photochemical Oxidants over the Pearl River Delta Region, China

Xuemei Wang, Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; and L. Wenshi and Z. L. Yang

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

J8.4

A comparison of AURA/MLS CO measurement with 2 global chemical models

Jonathan Jiang, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and L. Neary, J. McConnell, H. Su, and J. Kaminski

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

5:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Wed 17 Jan

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Effects of Meteorology on Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Quality

Location: 212A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: Daewon W. Byun, Institute for Multi-dimensional Air Quality Studies, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Papers:

8:30 AM

2.1

Using Google Tools to Assimilate Atmospheric Chemistry and Meteorology Data

Perry J. Samson, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

2.2

Transition probabilities to characterize synoptic scale dynamics affecting local ozone composition

Scott Beaver, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA; and A. N. Palazoglu and S. Tanrikulu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (508.1 kB)

9:00 AM

2.3

Lake Breeze Effects on Air Quality in the Southern Ontario

Hong Lin, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and Q. Li, D. Sills, J. Brook, L. Alexander, and P. King

9:15 AM

2.4

A Numerical Study of Influences of Land-Use Change on Chemical Species over the Pearl River Delta Region, China

Xuemei Wang, Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; and W. Lin, L. Yang, R. Deng, and Z. L. Yang

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

2.5

Pacific Northwest regional air quality modeling and analysis of nitrogen, sulfur, ozone, and mercury atmospheric deposition

Mathew Porter, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; and J. Vaughan, J. Chen, J. Avise, and B. Lamb

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

2.6

Examining the sensitivity of meteorological and chemical predictions to explicit microphysics schemes

Ashley N. Queen, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. Zhang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (31.3 kB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Coffee Break

Location: Meeting Room Foyer (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

10:30 AM-2:15 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Air Quality Forecasting

Location: 212A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Cochairs: Steven E. Peckham, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado; Robert A. Elleman, Univ. of Washington

Papers:

10:30 AM

3.1

NOAA-EPA's National Air Quality Forecast Capability: Testing Expanded Capabilities

Paula M. Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. T. McQueen, R. Mathur, R. Draxler, R. A. Wayland, N. Seaman, and K. Carey

10:45 AM

3.2

Update to and Recent Performance of the NAM-CMAQ Modeling system at NCEP operations

Jeffery T. McQueen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and P. C. Lee, M. Tsidulko, S. Lu, G. DiMego, P. M. Davidson, and N. Seaman

11:00 AM

3.3

PBL and ozone verification in NAM-CMAQ modeling system at NCEP

Marina Tsidulko, SAIC/NOAA/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and G. Dimego, M. Ek, J. McQueen, and P. C. Lee

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (658.4 kB)

11:15 AM

3.4

On the development of linkage in the vertical coordinate between the WRF-NMM and CMAQ models

Hsin-mu Lin, STC and NOAA/ARL/ERL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Mathur, T. L. Otte, P. C. Lee, and J. Pleim

3.5

An Examination of WRF/Chem: Physical Schemes, Nesting Options, and Grid Resolutions

11:45 AM

3.6

Review of 2006 Numerical Air Quality Prediction Performance at Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems

John McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Raleigh, NC; and D. T. Olerud, W. T. Smith, J. Vukovich, R. E. Imhoff, and C. J. Coats

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

3.6a

Lunch Break (Cash & Carry Available in the Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM

3.7

Evaluation of the Airpact-3 Regional Air Quality Forecast System for Ozone and Speciated Aerosols

Jack Chen, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; and J. Vaughan, M. Porter, J. Avise, and B. Lamb

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3.8

AIRNow-Tech and AIRNow Gateway: A researcher's resource for air quality data

Timothy S. Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and N. D. Conatser, A. Chan, S. A. Jackson, J. E. White, and P. Dickerson

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3.9

Constraining tropospheric CO using ensemble-based data assimilation

Avelino F. Arellano Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and K. Raeder, J. Anderson, and P. Hess

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-6:45 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Exhibits Open

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Poster Session 2

Atmospheric Chemistry Poster Session 2

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Papers:

P2.1

TES atmospheric chemistry data available from the NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center

Linda A. Hunt, NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center, Hampton, VA; and M. T. Ferebee

http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (427.6 kB)

P2.2

Remote Measurements of Carbon Monoxide over North America and Europe during Summer-Fall 2004

Vickie S. Connors, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Hopkins, H. Reichle, G. Sachse, and W. McMillan

P2.3

Ozonesonde Campaign 2005 & 2006

Michael Woodman, Maryland Dept. of the Environment, Baltimore, MD; and D. Nguyen, D. Krask, M. Seybold, E. Joseph, V. Davis, R. M. Hoff, and R. Rogers

P2.4

Local-scale evaluation of MM5 meteorological fields for various air quality modeling applications

Jason Brewer, North Carolina State Univ./ U.S. EPA, Raleigh, NC; and P. D. Dolwick and R. Gilliam

P2.5

Development of Case Studies of Regional Poor Air Quality Episodes (Ozone) as Tools for Air Quality Forecasting

Bridget M. Bixby, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH; and K. M. Francoeur, L. Landry, M. J. Pierce, L. B. Avil�s, E. G. Hoffman, S. T. K. Miller, and J. Zabransky

Poster PDF (740.8 kB)

P2.6

Characterization of surface ozone concentrations in the United States

Joseph Pinto, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and M. Rizzo, L. McCluney, and T. Fitz-Simons

Poster PDF (407.1 kB)

P2.7

Characteristics of Mexico City cloud condensation nuclei

Robert J. Osborn, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and R. Li and D. R. Collins

P2.8

Analyses of Winds and PM2.5 Concentrations from the ClearSky Ensemble Smoke Dispersion Forecast System

Charleston Ramos, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; and J. Vaughan and B. Lamb

P2.9

An investigation of loadings to Lake Erie of speciated Hg emissions from a coal fired power plant through Numerical Simulation of air concentration and deposition of Hg species

Sreerama M. Daggupaty, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. Blanchard, C. Banic, and P. Cheung

P2.10

An Analysis of Meteorological Factors that Influence Boundary Layer Ozone Concentrations Using Ozonesonde Data from Valparaiso, Indiana, Pellston, Michigan and Houston, Texas

Ashley D. Mefferd, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; and G. Morris, C. Clark, and B. Johnson

http://physics.valpo.edu/ozone

Poster PDF (327.0 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Sessions end for the day

5:30 PM-6:45 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

7:00 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Location: Ballroom C123 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Thursday, 18 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Thur 18 Jan

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Exhibits Open

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Registration Desk Closes

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Exhibits Close

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Conference Ends

6:00 PM-9:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Rasmusson Symposium Banquet

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