11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry (Expanded View)

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Program Chairpersons:
Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ.
Brian Lamb, Washington State University

Compact View of Conference

Saturday, 10 January 2009
7:30 AM-10:00 AM, Saturday
Student Conference Badge Pick-up Only
 
Sunday, 11 January 2009
7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
Short Course Registration
 
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
Annual Meeting Registration Begins
 
3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, Room 130
First-Time Attendee Briefing
 
5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Hall 5
Fellows Reception
 
Monday, 12 January 2009
7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Registration Open
 
8:30 AM-10:15 AM, Monday, Ballroom ABC
Presidential Forum
 
10:15 AM-10:45 AM, Monday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
 
10:45 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Room 127A
Session 1 Field, laboratory, and modeling studies of air quality—I
Cochairs: J. R. Arnold, NOAA/ARL and USEPA/ORD/NERL, Seattle, WA; Crystal C. Reed, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
10:45 AM1.1A transboundary air quality study of pollution over the Gulf of Aqaba   wrf recording
Aiman Soleiman, Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, Aqaba, Jordan; and M. Abu-Allaban, B. Bornstein, M. Luria, and A. Gertler
11:00 AM1.2Ozone Profiles at Dakar Senegal during the summer of 2008   wrf recording
Gregory Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and S. Ndiaye, M. Gueye, R. Fitzhugh, and J. Smith
11:15 AM1.3Mapping small scale air pollution distribution using satellite observations in a large Canadian city  extended abstract wrf recording
Natividad Urquizo, City of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and D. Sptizer and W. Pugsley
11:30 AM1.4Numerical simulation of atmospheric loadings of mercury from a coal fired power plant to Lake Erie  extended abstract wrf recording
Sreerama M. Daggupaty, EC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and P. Blanchard, C. Banic, and P. Cheung
11:45 AM1.5Urban ozone over North America from soundings: Mixed influences from pollution, stratosphere, lightning and convection   wrf recording
Anne M. Thompson, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and A. M. Luzik, S. K. Miller, J. C. Witte, G. Morris, S. J. Oltmans, B. Rappenglueck, D. W. Tarasick, J. E. Yorks, and E. Joseph
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, Room 127A
Session 2 Field, laboratory, and modeling studies of air quality—II
Chair: Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
1:30 PM2.1The role of ship emissions for atmospheric composition and input in South Alaska National Parks   wrf recording
Stacy E. Porter, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and N. Mölders
1:45 PM2.2Multiscale Comparison of Air Quality Modeling for the 1996 Paso Del Norte Ozone event  
Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy, D. R. M. Fitzgerald, W. R. Stockwell, Q. L. Williams, and P. B. Tchounwou
2:00 PM2.3Sensitivity of gaseous and aerosol predictions to aerosol treatments in three-dimensional atmospheric models   wrf recording
Ying Pan, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. Zhang
2:15 PM2.4Improving chemical mechanisms through the analysis of Mid-Atlantic measurements of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides  
Tatiana Gonzalez, Howard University, Washington, DC; and W. R. Stockwell, W. S. Goliff, J. D. Fuentes, A. M. Thompson, D. Wang, E. Joseph, and B. F. Taubman
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Hall 5
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 1 Air quality modeling and evaluation (Joint between the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry and the Special Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions)
Cochairs: Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; Brian K. Lamb, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA
 JP2.1Effect of Marine Biogenic Organic Aerosols on Cloud Properties: Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) Study  
Jun Xu, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and N. Meskhidze, Y. Zhang, B. Gantt, S. Ghan, A. Nenes, X. Liu, R. Easter, and R. Zaveri
 JP1.1An investigation of positive and negative sampling artifacts for organic carbon in IMPROVE samplers  
Ashley D. Mefferd, University of California, Davis, CA; and J. R. Turner and A. M. Dillner
JP1.13Evaluation of 2002 multi-pollutant modeling platform using satellite measurements  
Kai Wang, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and S. Phillips, C. Jang, Y. Zhang, N. Possiel, and T. Fox
 JP1.2Satellite Data for Assessing Air Quality from the Atmospheric Science Data Center  
Nancy A. Ritchey, SSAI, Hampton, VA
 JP1.3Comparisons of observed and simulated atmospheric boundary layer diurnal cycle  
Sara A. Michelson, NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and I. V. Djalalova and J. W. Bao
 JP1.4Ice-core evidence of a pyrocumulonimbus wildfire in 1950  
Robert Field, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore, G. Holdsworth, and C. Tymstra
JP1.6Sensitivity of Aerosol Impact on Regional Meteorology to Simulated Aerosol Number and Size Distributions in East Asia  
Yaosheng Chen, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. Zhang and C. J. Jang
 JP1.5Examining the Governing Processes and Export of O3 and PM2.5 in the U.S.:  
Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and X. Y. Wen, K. Wang, and K. Vijayaraghavan
 JP1.7An Environmental Chamber Study of Atmospheric Reactions Involving Hydrogen Oxides and Nitrogen Oxides  
Amber M. Ortega, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and W. Brune
 JP1.8Modeling Dispersion of Buoyant Releases in an Urban Area  extended abstract
Qiguo Jing, University of California, Riverside, CA; and D. Pankratz, M. Princevac, and A. Venkatram
 JP1.9Simulating Air Quality in the Southeastern U.S.: Process Analyses and Responses to Future-Year Emissions  
Xiao-Huan Liu, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and K. Olsen, Y. Zhang, and W. X. Wang
 JP1.10WRF-Fire: A fire-atmosphere dynamics module for air quality modeling  
Kara Yedinak, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and J. L. Coen and B. Lamb
 JP1.11Research Experiences for Students in Senegal: Investigating Saharan Dust/Tropospheric Ozone Measurements during June 2008  
Rachel Fitzhugh, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and G. Jenkins
 JP1.12Identifying Trends in 8-Hour “Background” and “Locally Contributed” Ozone in Houston, Texas Controlling for Meteorological Conditions  
James Tobin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, Room 127A
Session 3 The use of surface and remote sensing measurements for air quality model evaluation
Cochairs: Brian K. Lamb, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; Raymond Hoff, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
4:00 PM3.1Enhancements in tropospheric CO from biogenic VOC emissions over North America and the western Atlantic Ocean using TES and MOPITT measurements   wrf recording
Yunsoo Choi, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and G. Osterman, A. Eldering, Y. Wang, and E. Edgerton
4:15 PM3.2Ozone Episodes in U.S.-Mexico Border Cities: Can Fusion of Satellite Information Improve Accuracy of Predictions?  extended abstract
Chune Shi, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and H. J. S. Fernando, E. Y. W. Seto, and J. P. Muller
4:30 PM3.3Increased availability of satellite remote sensing data for model evaluation through 3D-AQS   wrf recording
Raymond M. Hoff, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and A. I. Prados, H. Zhang, M. Kacenelenbogen, R. Delgado, S. Kondragunta, J. Szykman, F. Dimmick, B. Johns, C. Kittaka, J. A. Al-Saadi, J. Engel-Cox, S. Weber, A. Huff, A. Wimmers, and S. A. Ackerman
4:45 PM3.4Refined analysis of satellite tropospheric products for evaluation and improvement of the AIRPACT-3 air quality forecast system   wrf recording
Farren Herron-Thorpe, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and J. Vaughan, G. Mount, L. Emmons, and B. Lamb
5:00 PM3.5Meteorological, physical and numerical issues in modeling the long-range transport of mercury   wrf recording
Dorothy A. Durnford, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and A. Dastoor and D. Figueras-Nieto
5:15 PM3.6Evaluation of Smoke Plume Dispersion in Complex Terrain Using a Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model Driven by WRF Output  extended abstract wrf recording
Luke Thomas Peffers, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg and P. A. Rao
 
5:25 PM-5:30 PM, Monday
Sessions Adjourn for the Day
 
5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Hall 4
Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
 
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, Room 124A
Joint Session 1 Measurements in the Urban Environment (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment, the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Timothy R. Oke Symposium, the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations, the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, and the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data)
Cochairs: Henry Revercomb, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL, Pasadena, CA
8:30 AMJ1.1An Overview of the Oklahoma City Micronet  extended abstract wrf recording
Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and B. G. Illston, C. Fiebrich, R. McPherson, J. P. Bostic, P. Browder, D. Demko, C. Morgan, and K. Kessler
8:45 AMJ1.2Development of a NYC Meteorological Network with emphasis on vertical wind profiles in support of meteorological and dispersion models  extended abstract wrf recording
Mark Arend, City College of New York, New York, NY; and D. Santoro, B. Gross, F. Moshary, S. Ahmed, and S. Abdelazim
9:00 AMJ1.3Urban meteorological observations in Helsinki, Finland   wrf recording
David M. Schultz, Univ. of Helsinki/FMI, Helsinki, Finland; and W. F. Dabberdt, J. Damski, E. Gregow, L. Järvi, J. Koskinen, A. Meskanen, J. Poutiainen, H. Turtiainen, T. Vesala, and Y. Viisanen
9:15 AMJ1.4The Environmental Prediction in Canadian Cities (EPiCC) network   wrf recording
James A. Voogt, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and T. R. Oke, O. Bergeron, N. R. Goodwin, S. Leroyer, B. R. Crawford, E. Christensen, B. E. Nanni, R. Tooke, D. van der Kamp, D. Aldred, S. Bélair, F. Chagnon, A. Christen, N. Coops, J. Mailhot, I. McKendry, I. B. Strachan, J. Wang, M. Benjamin, S. Grimmond, A. Lemonsu, and V. Masson
9:30 AMJ1.5Phoenix Urban Flash Flood Study (PUFFS)  
Kenneth Howard, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and S. V. Vasiloff, C. Langston, J. Zhang, D. P. Jorgensen, and C. Dempsey
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Hall 5
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Monday's program)
 
11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday
Exhibits Open
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Hall 4
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
 
5:25 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday
Sessions Adjourn for the Day
 
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Room 126A
Joint Session 6 Lightning and Atmospheric Chemistry—I (Joint between the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data and the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry)
Chair: Kenneth E. Pickering, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD
8:30 AMJ6.1The influence of lightning NOx emissions on the summertime North American upper tropospheric ozone maximum   wrf recording
Owen R. Cooper, CIRES Univ. of Colorado/NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO
9:00 AMJ6.2Deep convective clouds and chemistry (DC3): Description of the field campaign and modeling of lightning NOx in the DC3 study areas   wrf recording
Mary C. Barth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Cantrell, S. A. Rutledge, W. Brune, C. Barthe, W. C. Skamarock, and M. Weisman
9:30 AMJ6.3Lightning and anthropogenic NOx sources over the U.S. and the western North Atlantic Ocean: Impact on tropospheric O3 from space borne observations   wrf recording
Yunsoo Choi, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and A. Eldering, G. Osterman, Y. Wang, D. Cunnold, Q. Yang, E. Bucsela, and K. E. Pickering
9:45 AMJ6.4NOx Production by Laboratory Simulated TLEs  extended abstract wrf recording
Harold Peterson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and M. P. Bailey, J. Hallett, and W. Beasley
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Room 124A
Joint Session 4 Modeling and Forecasting Urban Areas (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment, the Timothy R. Oke Symposium, the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, and the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
Chair: Gregory R. Carmichael, University of Iowa, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, Iowa City, IA
10:30 AMJ4.1Regional and Global Perspectives of Megacity Air Pollution   wrf recording
Gregory R. Carmichael, University of Iowa, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, Iowa City, IA
10:45 AMJ4.2GURME—the WMO GAW Urban Research Meteorology and Environment Project   wrf recording
Liisa Jalkanen, WMO/AREP, Geneva, Switzerland; and G. R. Carmichael
11:00 AMJ4.3Regional modeling and prediction of the extreme smoke episode in Buenos Aires, 15–20 April 2008   wrf recording
Ernesto Hugo Berbery, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay and H. Ciappesoni
11:15 AMJ4.4How well can we model the Houston area for air pollution studies?  extended abstract wrf recording
Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and M. Zagar and J. Brioude
J4.5Modeling of TexAQS–II Urban Air Quality Events  
Daewon W. Byun, Institute for Multi-dimensional Air Quality Studies, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and F. Ngan, H. C. Kim, S. T. Kim, and D. Lee
11:30 AMJ4.6NOAA-EPA's National Air Quality Forecast Capability: Recent Progress in Providing Guidance for Cities  
Paula Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. McQueen, R. Mathur, R. Draxler, R. A. Wayland, and I. Stajner
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Room 126A
Joint Session 8 Lightning and Atmospheric Chemistry—II (Joint between the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data and the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry)
Chair: Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
10:30 AMJ8.1Development of a lightning NOx algorithm for WRF-Chem   wrf recording
Amanda Hansen, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg, K. E. Pickering, and S. Peckham
10:45 AMJ8.2A NASA Model for Improving the Lightning NOx Emission Inventory for CMAQ  extended abstract
William Koshak, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and M. Khan, A. P. Biazar, M. Newchurch, and R. T. McNider
J8.3Lightning NOx emissions over the USA investigated using TES, NLDN, LRLDN, IONS data and the GEOS-Chem model  
Line Jourdain, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; and S. S. Kulawik, H. M. Worden, K. E. Pickering, J. Worden, and A. M. Thompson
11:00 AMJ8.4Improving techniques for satellite-based constraints on the lightning parameterization in a global chemical transport model   wrf recording
Lee Thomas Murray, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and D. J. Jacob, J. A. Logan, and W. Koshak
11:15 AMJ8.5The Impacts of Lightning NOx on Tropospheric Chemistry   wrf recording
Yuan Wang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. Zhang, Y. Diao, and X. Tie
11:30 AMJ8.6Lightning NOx production during the NASA TC4 experiment as observed by Aura/OMI   wrf recording
Kenneth E. Pickering, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Bucsela, T. Huntemann, R. C. Cohen, A. Perring, J. Gleason, R. Blakeslee, D. V. Navarro, I. M. Segura, A. P. Hernández, and S. Laporte-Molina
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Room 127A
Session 4 Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Gases and Aerosols
Cochairs: José D. Fuentes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; Brian K. Lamb, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA
10:30 AM4.1Influences of in-forest canopy chemical processing on regional air quality  
José D. Fuentes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and W. R. Stockwell, R. Forkel, Y. Zhang, and D. Wang
10:45 AM4.2Coupling vegetation, hydrological, and biogenic emission processes to improve modeling of isoprene emission  
Anil Kumar, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and F. Chen, D. Niyogi, E. Patton, A. Guenther, X. Wang, and U. Charusombat
11:00 AM4.3A Simple Model for Vertical Transport of Reactive Species in the Convective Atmospheric Boundary Layer  extended abstract wrf recording
Leif Kristensen, Risoe DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy; and D. H. Lenschow and D. Gurarie
11:15 AM4.4Factors Controllong CO2 Exchange in a Middle Latitude Forest  
Qilong Min, SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. Wu
11:30 AM4.5Measuring gaseous losses of nitrogen from irrigated crops   wrf recording
Shelley Pressley, Washington State Univesity, Pullman, WA; and M. Capiral, G. Mount, and B. Lamb
11:45 AM4.6Future Trend of Soil Organic Carbon over the U.S. Midwest Cropland   wrf recording
Zaitao Pan, St. Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO; and D. Andrade, J. Wimberley, N. McKinne, M. Segal, and E. Takle
 
11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Wednesday
Exhibits Open
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 127A
Session 5 Air quality and climate change—I
Chair: Jeffrey S. Gaffney, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
1:30 PM5.1Absorbing aerosols from agricultural burning and biomass emissions: Climate connections  extended abstract
Jeffrey S. Gaffney, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; and N. A. Marley
1:45 PM5.2Formation and transformation of humic-like substances (HULIS) in atmospheric aerosols: Relation to climate forcing  extended abstract
Nancy A. Marley, Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR; and J. S. Gaffney
2:00 PM5.3Nucleation and Growth of Nano-Sized Particles in the Atmosphere  
Renyi Zhang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and L. Wang, A. Khalizov, and J. Zheng
2:15 PM5.4The meteorology of aerosol particle formation events   wrf recording
David M. Schultz, Univ. of Helsinki/FMI, Helsinki, Finland; and L. Sogacheva, S. B. Mazon, and I. Riipinen
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Hall 5
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Hall 5
Joint Poster Session 2 Aerosol, climate, and biogeochemical cycles (Joint between the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry and the Special Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions)
Cochairs: Renyi Zhang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; Steven Peckham, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado & NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO
 JP2.2Chemical apportionment of direct aerosol radiative forcing in Korea  extended abstract
Jiyoung Kim, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Kim
 JP2.3Modeling the direct aerosol radiative forcing using in-situ, ground and satellite observations  
Falguni Patadia, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. Christopher
 JP2.4Regional modeling of particulate chemistry and cloud-aerosol interactions for the VOCALS model assessment  
Jerome D. Fast, PNNL, Richland, WA; and E. G. Chapman, W. Wang, R. Easter, and S. Ghan
 JP2.5Toward assessing the effect of aerosols on deep convection: A numerical study using the WRF-Chemistry model  extended abstract
Wendilyn J. Kaufeld, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and S. W. Nesbitt
 JP2.6A numerical study of aerosol recycling using WRF coupled with a bin microphysics scheme  extended abstract
Lulin Xue, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO; and A. Teller, R. Rasmussen, I. Geresdi, and Z. Pan
 JP2.7Space time variability of clouds, rainfall and aerosols in Central Nepal using satellite data  
Prabhakar Shrestha, Duke University, Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros
 JP2.8Examining the influence of complex terrain on aerosol transport across the Central Himalayas using a high resolution model  
Prabhakar Shrestha, Duke University, Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros
 JP2.9Observations of Saharan dust impacts on East Atlantic Convection Intensity and Tropical Cyclogenesis during NAMMA-06  
Aaron Pratt, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and G. Jenkins
 JP2.10Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol through Cloud Processing of Anthropogenic VOCs  
James W. Hutchings III, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and P. Herckes
 JP2.11An estimation method for male flower production of Japanese Cedar  extended abstract
Motoo Suzuki, Japan Meteorological Business Support Center, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Tonouchi, T. Kanazashi, and S. Fukusima
 JP2.12An analytic model of the vertical carbon dioxide rectifier effect  extended abstract
Vincent E. Larson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and H. Volkmer
 JP2.13Use of the MEGAN biogenic emission model on hemispheric and continental US domains for climate change and air quality analyses  
Alfredo Arroyo, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and R. Gonzalez, S. Chung, Y. Zhang, E. Salathe, C. Wiedinmyer, A. Guenther, and B. Lamb
 JP2.14Examining the impact of radiative absorption and scattering by atmospheric aerosols on WRF/Chem forecasts  
Steven E. Peckham, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Grell, S. A. McKeen, J. D. Fast, W. I. Gustafson, J. C. Barnard, and R. Zaveri
 JP2.15Analysis of Aerosol Number Size Distributions and Hygroscopic Growth Factors as functions of Ambient Relative Humidity during the North American Monsoon  extended abstract
Karina Apodaca, Howard University, Washington, DC; and V. R. Morris
 
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, Room 127A
Session 6 Air quality and climate change—II
Cochairs: Carey J. Jang, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; Jonathan E. Pleim, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC
4:00 PM6.1AIRS, OCO and Options for Future Global Greenhouse Gas Observations   wrf recording
Thomas Pagano, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and C. E. Miller, S. W. Boland, and M. Chahine
4:15 PM6.2CCN Predictions from Global WRF/Chem: Sensitivity to Activation Parameterizations, Gas-Phase Mechanisms, and Aerosol Modules  
Xin-Yu Wen, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. Pan, Y. Zhang, A. Nenes, S. Ghan, and R. Easter
4:30 PM6.3Development of the coupled 2-way WRF-CMAQ system   wrf recording
Jonathan E. Pleim, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and D. Wong, R. Mathur, R. Gilliam, J. Young, T. Otte, S. Roselle, F. Binkowski, and A. Xiu
4:45 PM6.4Analysis of current and projected air quality levels in Canada with AURAMS  extended abstract wrf recording
Veronique S. Bouchet, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Cousineau, L. P. Crevier, A. Duhamel, J. Racine, M. Sassi, and M. Moran
5:00 PM6.5Climate Change Impact on Air Quality in High Resolution Simulation for Central Europe in Project CECILIA  
Tomas Halenka, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic; and P. Huszar and M. Belda
5:15 PM6.6Aerosol Influences on Tornado Genesis  extended abstract wrf recording
David Lerach, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and B. Gaudet and W. R. Cotton
 
5:25 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday
Sessions Adjourn for the Day
 
5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Hall 4
Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
 
7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, Northballroom
AMS Annual Awards Banquet
 
Thursday, 15 January 2009
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, Room 127A
Session 7 Air quality forecasting
Chair: Steven E. Peckham, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
8:30 AM7.1Description and application of a state-of-the-art online multi-scale air quality and weather prediction model (WRF/Chem)  
Steven E. Peckham, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Grell and S. A. McKeen
8:45 AM7.2Apply the Air Quality Forecasting system to the Air Pollution caused by the Wildfire in California during the summer of 2008  
Hsin-mu Lin, STC, Hampton, VA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Mathur, G. A. Pouliot, and D. Kang
9:00 AM7.3Assessments on NAM-CMAQ and the bias-corrected PM2.5 air quality forecast over the continental United States during 2007  
Daiwen Kang, Science and Technology Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Mathur, J. Pleim, G. A. Pouliot, S. T. Rao, J. O. Young, D. Wong, K. Schere, D. Tong, H. M. Lin, S. Yu, T. Chai, P. Lee, J. McQueen, M. Tsidulko, and P. Davidson
9:15 AM7.4Improving air quality forecasts using CMAQ with satellite observations  
Eun-Su Yang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. Christopher, Y. Wu, and S. Kondragunta
9:30 AM7.5Chemical data assimilation with Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model   wrf recording
Tianfeng Chai, Science and Technology Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Mathur, D. Wong, D. Kang, H. M. Lin, and D. Tong
 
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Hall 5
Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Wednesday's program)
 
11:00 AM-4:00 PM, Thursday
Exhibits Open
 
11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, Room 127A
Session 8 The effects of meteorology on air quality
Chair: Nicole Mölders, Universitz of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
11:00 AM8.1First Observations of Surface Ozone Concentration on Mount Everest   wrf recording
G.W.K. Moore, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Semple
11:15 AM8.2Boundary layer profiling utilizing various techniques for air quality assessments   wrf recording
David DuBois, DRI, Las Vegas, NV; and I. Kavouras and G. Nikolich
11:30 AM8.3Investigations on simulating winter inversions causing poor air quality in Fairbanks, Alaska   wrf recording
Nicole Mölders, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and S. Chigullapalli and G. Kramm
11:45 AM8.4Meteorologically Adjusted Ozone Trend Analysis in North Carolina  extended abstract wrf recording
Adrienne M. Wootten, State Climate Office of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC; and K. L. Gore, T. D. Brown, and J. Zheng
12:00 PM8.5Impacts on Dispersion Prediction Resulting from Different Types of NWP Ensembles  extended abstract wrf recording
Jared Lee, Penn State University, State College, PA; and L. J. Peltier, S. E. Haupt, D. R. Stauffer, J. C. Wyngaard, and A. Deng
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Room 131A
Joint Session 7 Sustainable Urban Design (Joint between the Special Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions, the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research, the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment, and the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data)
Chair: Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
1:30 PMJ7.1The Centrality of Design in the Reduction of Urban Sprawl: A Summary of Issues   wrf recording
Emily Talen, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
2:00 PMJ7.2Urban climate modeling, heat island mitigation and local knowledge: co-producing science for urban policy  extended abstract wrf recording
Lily Parshall, Columbia University, New York, NY; and J. Corburn
2:15 PMJ7.3Mitigating urban heat island effects with water and energy sensitive urban designs  extended abstract wrf recording
Anthony J. Brazel, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and P. Gober, S. Grossman-Clarke, S. Myint, S. Grimmond, A. Q. Miller, R. Quay, and S. Rossi
2:30 PMJ7.4Simulations of the London urban climate: the LUCID project   wrf recording
Sylvia I. Bohnenstengel, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. Porson, M. Davies, and S. Belcher
2:45 PMJ7.5Optimization of urban designs for air quality and energy efficiency   wrf recording
Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and P. Willemsen and D. E. Johnson
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, Room 127A
Session 9 Air quality and climate change—III
Cochairs: Bernhard Rappenglueck, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; Barry Gross, City College of New York, New York, NY
1:30 PM9.1Aerosols and associated precipitation patterns in Atlanta   wrf recording
Matthew C. Lacke, Jefferson County Department of Health, Birmingham, AL; and T. L. Mote and J. M. Shepherd
1:45 PM9.2Using Mie Raman Lidar measurements to explore cloud properties  extended abstract wrf recording
Barry Gross, City College of New York, New York, NY; and Y. Wu, S. Chaw, F. Moshary, and S. Ahmed
2:00 PM9.3Seasonal and Spatial Comparisons between Cloud and Aerosol Optical Properties Derived from Satellite Based Remote Sensing in Northeast Asia  extended abstract wrf recording
Byung-Gon Kim, Kangnung National University, Gangnung, South Korea; and Y. J. Kim, C. H. Ho, and C. K. Song
2:15 PM9.4VOCs in Alberta's Industrial Heartland  extended abstract
Rachel Mintz, EC, Edmonton, AB , Canada; and R. D. McWhinney, B. Chaitan, C. Englot, and R. D'amours
2:30 PM9.5Analysis of urban online VOC data in Houston, Texas  
Bernhard Rappenglueck, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX
9.6Characterizations of paved road dust in urban area  extended abstract
Pusheng Zhao, Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and Y. Feng, Y. Xue, X. Chen, T. Zhu, and X. Zhang
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday, Hall 4
Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle
 
3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, Room 127A
Session 10 Air pollution in mega cities in the world
Cochairs: Wallace McMillan, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Satoru Chatani, Japan Petroleum Energy Center, Aichi-gun Japan
3:30 PM10.1Applying the Aerosol Modeling Testbed to assess modal and sectional predictions of particulates and aerosol radiative forcing downwind of a megacity   wrf recording
Jerome D. Fast, PNNL, Richland, WA; and W. I. Gustafson Jr., E. G. Chapman, G. A. Grell, S. Peckham, and R. Schmitz
3:45 PM10.2Validation of the 3-D air quality simulation based on OH reactivity over Tokyo metropolitan area  extended abstract wrf recording
Satoru Chatani, Japan Petroleum Energy Center, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan; and N. Shimo, S. Matsunaga, Y. Kajii, S. Kato, Y. Nakashima, and K. Miyazaki
4:00 PM10.3Comparative analysis of air quality models CIT, WRF-Chem and SPM-BRAMS for the second ozone campaign in Metropolitan Area of São Paulo   wrf recording
Vanessa S.B. Carvalho, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; and C. R. Mazzoli, L. D. Martins, M. F. Andrade, and E. D. Freitas
4:15 PM10.4Satellite-based assessment of particulate matter air pollution in global mega cities   wrf recording
Pawan Gupta, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher
4:30 PM10.5Satellite observations of megacity air pollution, biomass burning emissions, and their long-range transport   wrf recording
Wallace McMillan, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and L. Yurganov, A. Krueger, R. Hoff, C. D. Barnet, J. Gleason, E. Celarier, N. Krotkov, X. Liu, T. Kurosu, G. Osterman, and O. Torres
4:45 PM10.6An assessment of air quality in the Houston region: investigating the ability to infer surface PM2.5 from remote sensing measurements and examining possible aerosol sources  extended abstract wrf recording
Amy Sanders, DEVELOP National Program, Hampton, VA; and R. Legatt, B. Baxley, D. Doddridge, L. Lynaugh, E. Roberts, and R. A. Ferrare
 
5:15 PM-5:20 PM, Thursday
AMS 89th Annual Meeting Adjourns
 

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