Program: 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry (89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting )

11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

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

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Saturday, 10 January 2009

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 10 January 2009

Student Conference Badge Pick-up Only

Sunday, 11 January 2009

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Annual Meeting Registration Begins

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

First-Time Attendee Briefing

Location: Room 130 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009

Fellows Reception

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Monday, 12 January 2009

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Registration Open

8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Presidential Forum

Location: Ballroom ABC (Phoenix Convention Center)

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Location: Phoenix Convention Center

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Field, laboratory, and modeling studies of air quality—I

Location: Room 127A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Cochairs: Crystal C. Reed, Texas A&M Univ.; J. R. Arnold, NOAA/ARL and USEPA/ORD/NERL

Papers:

10:45 AM

1.1

A transboundary air quality study of pollution over the Gulf of Aqaba

Aiman Soleiman, Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority, Aqaba, Jordan; and M. Abu-Allaban, B. Bornstein, M. Luria, and A. Gertler

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

1.2

Ozone Profiles at Dakar Senegal during the summer of 2008

Gregory Jenkins, Howard Univ., Washington, DC; and S. Ndiaye, M. Gueye, R. Fitzhugh, and J. W. Smith

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

1.3

Mapping small scale air pollution distribution using satellite observations in a large Canadian city

Natividad Urquizo, City of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and D. Sptizer and W. Pugsley

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (687.1 kB)

11:30 AM

1.4

Numerical simulation of atmospheric loadings of mercury from a coal fired power plant to Lake Erie

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (363.2 kB)

11:45 AM

1.5

Urban ozone over North America from soundings: Mixed influences from pollution, stratosphere, lightning and convection

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

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Field, laboratory, and modeling studies of air quality—II

Location: Room 127A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ.

Papers:

1:30 PM

2.1

The role of ship emissions for atmospheric composition and input in South Alaska National Parks

Stacy E. Porter, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; and N. Mölders

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Multiscale Comparison of Air Quality Modeling for the 1996 Paso Del Norte Ozone event

Duanjun Lu, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and R. S. Reddy Jr., D. R. M. Fitzgerald, W. R. Stockwell, Q. L. Williams, and P. B. Tchounwou

2:00 PM

2.3

Sensitivity of gaseous and aerosol predictions to aerosol treatments in three-dimensional atmospheric models

Ying Pan, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and Y. Zhang

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

Improving 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, 12 January 2009

Joint Poster Session 1

Air quality modeling and evaluation

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; and the Special Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions )

Cochairs: Yang Zhang, North Carolina State Univ.; Brian K. Lamb, Washington State Univ.

Papers:

JP1.1

An 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

JP1.2

Satellite Data for Assessing Air Quality from the Atmospheric Science Data Center

Nancy A. Ritchey, SSAI, Hampton, VA

JP1.3

Comparisons 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

JP1.4

Ice-core evidence of a pyrocumulonimbus wildfire in 1950

Robert Field, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and G. W. K. Moore, G. Holdsworth, and C. Tymstra

JP1.5

Examining 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

JP1.6

Sensitivity of Aerosol Impact on Regional Meteorology to Simulated Aerosol Number and Size Distributions in East Asia

JP1.7

An Environmental Chamber Study of Atmospheric Reactions Involving Hydrogen Oxides and Nitrogen Oxides

Amber M. Ortega, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and W. Brune

JP1.8

Modeling Dispersion of Buoyant Releases in an Urban Area

Qiguo Jing, University of California, Riverside, CA; and D. Pankratz, M. Princevac, and A. Venkatram

Poster PDF (362.3 kB)

JP1.9

Simulating 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

JP1.10

WRF-Fire: A fire-atmosphere dynamics module for air quality modeling

Kara Yedinak, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and J. L. Coen and B. Lamb

JP1.11

Research 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

JP1.12

Identifying 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

JP1.13

Evaluation of 2002 multi-pollutant modeling platform using satellite measurements

JP2.1

Effect 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

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

The use of surface and remote sensing measurements for air quality model evaluation

Location: Room 127A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Cochairs: Brian K. Lamb, Washington State Univ.; Raymond Hoff, University of Maryland

Papers:

4:00 PM

3.1

Enhancements in tropospheric CO from biogenic VOC emissions over North America and the western Atlantic Ocean using TES and MOPITT measurements

Yunsoo Choi, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Osterman, A. Eldering, Y. Wang, and E. Edgerton

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

3.2

Ozone Episodes in U.S.-Mexico Border Cities: Can Fusion of Satellite Information Improve Accuracy of Predictions?

Chune Shi, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and H. J. S. Fernando, E. Y. W. Seto, and J. P. Muller

Poster PDF (90.7 kB)

4:30 PM

3.3

Increased availability of satellite remote sensing data for model evaluation through 3D-AQS

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

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

3.4

Refined analysis of satellite tropospheric products for evaluation and improvement of the AIRPACT-3 air quality forecast system

Farren Herron-Thorpe, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and J. Vaughan, G. Mount, L. Emmons, and B. Lamb

Recorded presentation

5:00 PM

3.5

Meteorological, physical and numerical issues in modeling the long-range transport of mercury

Dorothy A. Durnford, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and A. Dastoor and D. Figueras-Nieto

Recorded presentation

5:15 PM

3.6

Evaluation of Smoke Plume Dispersion in Complex Terrain Using a Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model Driven by WRF Output

Luke Thomas Peffers, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg and P. A. Rao

http://fuelberg.met.fsu.edu/~lpeffers/EXTRAS/luke_THESIS.pdf

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Sessions Adjourn for the Day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 12 January 2009

Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Joint Session 1

Measurements in the Urban Environment

Location: Room 124A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (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; Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL

Papers:

8:30 AM

J1.1

An Overview of the Oklahoma City Micronet

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (992.6 kB)

8:45 AM

J1.2

Development of a NYC Meteorological Network with emphasis on vertical wind profiles in support of meteorological and dispersion models

Mark Arend, City College of New York, New York, NY; and D. Santoro, B. Gross, F. Moshary, S. Ahmed, and S. Abdelazim

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (266.7 kB)

9:00 AM

J1.3

Urban meteorological observations in Helsinki, Finland

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

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

J1.4

The Environmental Prediction in Canadian Cities (EPiCC) network

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

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J1.5

Phoenix 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, 13 January 2009

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Monday's program)

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Sessions Adjourn for the Day

Wednesday, 14 January 2009

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Joint Session 6

Lightning and Atmospheric Chemistry—I

Location: Room 126A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (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

Papers:

8:30 AM

J6.1

The influence of lightning NOx emissions on the summertime North American upper tropospheric ozone maximum

Owen R. Cooper, CIRES Univ. of Colorado/NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

J6.2

Deep convective clouds and chemistry (DC3): Description of the field campaign and modeling of lightning NOx in the DC3 study areas

Mary C. Barth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Cantrell, S. A. Rutledge, W. Brune, C. Barthe, W. C. Skamarock, and M. Weisman

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

J6.3

Lightning and anthropogenic NOx sources over the U.S. and the western North Atlantic Ocean: Impact on tropospheric O3 from space borne observations

Yunsoo Choi, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and A. Eldering, G. Osterman, Y. Wang, D. Cunnold, Q. Yang, E. Bucsela, and K. E. Pickering

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

J6.4

NOx Production by Laboratory Simulated TLEs

Harold Peterson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and M. P. Bailey, J. Hallett, and W. Beasley

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

Location: Phoenix Convention Center

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Gases and Aerosols

Location: Room 127A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Cochairs: José D. Fuentes, University of Virginia; Brian K. Lamb, Washington State Univ.

Papers:

10:30 AM

4.1

Influences 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 AM

4.2

Coupling 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 AM

4.3

A Simple Model for Vertical Transport of Reactive Species in the Convective Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Leif Kristensen, Risoe DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy; and D. H. Lenschow and D. Gurarie

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (166.3 kB)

11:15 AM

4.4

Factors Controllong CO2 Exchange in a Middle Latitude Forest

Qilong Min, SUNY, Albany, NY; and L. Wu

11:30 AM

4.5

Measuring gaseous losses of nitrogen from irrigated crops

Shelley Pressley, Washington State Univesity, Pullman, WA; and M. Capiral, G. Mount, and B. Lamb

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

4.6

Future Trend of Soil Organic Carbon over the U.S. Midwest Cropland

Zaitao Pan, St. Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO; and D. Andrade, J. Wimberley, N. McKinne, M. Segal, and E. Takle

Recorded presentation

Joint Session 4

Modeling and Forecasting Urban Areas

Location: Room 124A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (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

Papers:

10:30 AM

J4.1

Regional and Global Perspectives of Megacity Air Pollution

Gregory R. Carmichael, University of Iowa, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, Iowa City, IA

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

J4.2

GURME—the WMO GAW Urban Research Meteorology and Environment Project

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

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM

J4.3

Regional modeling and prediction of the extreme smoke episode in Buenos Aires, 15–20 April 2008

Ernesto Hugo Berbery, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and E. Kalnay and H. Ciappesoni

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

J4.4

How well can we model the Houston area for air pollution studies?

Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES, University of Colorado, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and M. Zagar and J. Brioude

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (682.4 kB)

J4.5

Modeling of TexAQS–II Urban Air Quality Events

11:45 AM

J4.6

NOAA-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

Joint Session 8

Lightning and Atmospheric Chemistry—II

Location: Room 126A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (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

Papers:

10:30 AM

J8.1

Development of a lightning NOx algorithm for WRF-Chem

Amanda Hansen, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg, K. E. Pickering, and S. Peckham

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

J8.2

A NASA Model for Improving the Lightning NOx Emission Inventory for CMAQ

William Koshak, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and M. Khan, A. P. Biazar, M. Newchurch, and R. T. McNider

Poster PDF (310.6 kB)

J8.3

Lightning NOx emissions over the USA investigated using TES, NLDN, LRLDN, IONS data and the GEOS-Chem model

11:15 AM

J8.4

Improving techniques for satellite-based constraints on the lightning parameterization in a global chemical transport model

Lee Thomas Murray, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and D. J. Jacob, J. A. Logan, and W. Koshak

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

J8.5

The Impacts of Lightning NOx on Tropospheric Chemistry

Yuan Wang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. Zhang, Y. Diao, and X. Tie

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

J8.6

Lightning NOx production during the NASA TC4 experiment as observed by Aura/OMI

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

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Air quality and climate change—I

Location: Room 127A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: Jeffrey S. Gaffney, Univ. of Arkansas

Papers:

1:30 PM

5.1

Absorbing aerosols from agricultural burning and biomass emissions: Climate connections

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

Poster PDF (91.0 kB)

1:45 PM

5.2

Formation and transformation of humic-like substances (HULIS) in atmospheric aerosols: Relation to climate forcing

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

Poster PDF (192.2 kB)

2:00 PM

5.3

Nucleation 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 PM

5.4

The meteorology of aerosol particle formation events

David M. Schultz, Univ. of Helsinki/FMI, Helsinki, Finland; and L. Sogacheva, S. B. Mazon, and I. Riipinen

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Joint Poster Session 2

Aerosol, climate, and biogeochemical cycles

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (Joint between the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; and the Special Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions )

Cochairs: Renyi Zhang, Texas A&M University; Steven Peckham, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado & NOAA/ESRL/GSD

Papers:

JP2.2

Chemical apportionment of direct aerosol radiative forcing in Korea

Jiyoung Kim, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea; and B. J. Kim

Poster PDF (233.8 kB)

JP2.3

Modeling the direct aerosol radiative forcing using in-situ, ground and satellite observations

Falguni Patadia, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. Christopher

JP2.4

Regional 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

JP2.5

Toward assessing the effect of aerosols on deep convection: A numerical study using the WRF-Chemistry model

Wendilyn J. Kaufeld, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and S. W. Nesbitt

Poster PDF (531.5 kB)

JP2.6

A numerical study of aerosol recycling using WRF coupled with a bin microphysics scheme

Lulin Xue, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Teller, R. Rasmussen, I. Geresdi, and Z. Pan

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

JP2.7

Space time variability of clouds, rainfall and aerosols in Central Nepal using satellite data

Prabhakar Shrestha, Duke University, Durham, NC; and A. P. Barros

JP2.8

Examining 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

JP2.9

Observations of Saharan dust impacts on East Atlantic Convection Intensity and Tropical Cyclogenesis during NAMMA-06

Aaron Pratt, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Jenkins

JP2.10

Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol through Cloud Processing of Anthropogenic VOCs

James W. Hutchings III, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and P. Herckes

JP2.11

An estimation method for male flower production of Japanese Cedar

Motoo Suzuki, Japan Meteorological Business Support Center, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Tonouchi, T. Kanazashi, and S. Fukusima

Poster PDF (19.5 kB)

JP2.12

An analytic model of the vertical carbon dioxide rectifier effect

Vincent E. Larson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; and H. Volkmer

http://www.uwm.edu/~vlarson

Poster PDF (229.8 kB)

JP2.13

Use 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

JP2.14

Examining 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 Jr., J. C. Barnard, and R. Zaveri

JP2.15

Analysis of Aerosol Number Size Distributions and Hygroscopic Growth Factors as functions of Ambient Relative Humidity during the North American Monsoon

Karina Apodaca, Howard University, Washington, DC; and V. R. Morris

Poster PDF (297.9 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Air quality and climate change—II

Location: Room 127A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Cochairs: Carey J. Jang, EPA; Jonathan E. Pleim, EPA

Papers:

4:00 PM

6.1

AIRS, OCO and Options for Future Global Greenhouse Gas Observations

Thomas Pagano, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and C. E. Miller, S. W. Boland, and M. Chahine

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

6.2

CCN 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 PM

6.3

Development of the coupled 2-way WRF-CMAQ system

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

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

6.4

Analysis of current and projected air quality levels in Canada with AURAMS

Veronique S. Bouchet, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Cousineau, L. P. Crevier, A. Duhamel, J. Racine, M. Sassi, and M. Moran

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (359.1 kB)

5:00 PM

6.5

Climate 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 PM

6.6

Aerosol Influences on Tornado Genesis

David Lerach, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and B. Gaudet and W. R. Cotton

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (326.1 kB)

5:25 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Sessions Adjourn for the Day

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 January 2009

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Location: Northballroom (Phoenix Convention Center)

Thursday, 15 January 2009

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Air quality forecasting

Location: Room 127A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: Steven E. Peckham, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado

Papers:

8:30 AM

7.1

Description 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 AM

7.2

Apply 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 AM

7.3

Assessments 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 AM

7.4

Improving 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 AM

7.5

Chemical data assimilation with Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model

Tianfeng Chai, Science and Technology Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Mathur, D. Wong, D. Kang, H. M. Lin, and D. Tong

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break (See poster listing in Wednesday's program)

Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

The effects of meteorology on air quality

Location: Room 127A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Chair: Nicole Mölders, Universitz of Alaska

Papers:

11:00 AM

8.1

First Observations of Surface Ozone Concentration on Mount Everest

G.W.K. Moore, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Semple

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

8.2

Boundary layer profiling utilizing various techniques for air quality assessments

David DuBois, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM; and I. Kavouras and G. Nikolich

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

8.3

Investigations on simulating winter inversions causing poor air quality in Fairbanks, Alaska

Nicole Mölders, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and S. Chigullapalli and G. Kramm

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

8.4

Meteorologically Adjusted Ozone Trend Analysis in North Carolina

Adrienne M. Wootten, NC State University, Raleigh, NC; and K. L. Gore, T. D. Brown, and J. Zheng

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (677.2 kB)

12:00 PM

8.5

Impacts on Dispersion Prediction Resulting from Different Types of NWP Ensembles

Jared Lee, Penn State University, State College, PA; and L. J. Peltier, S. E. Haupt, D. R. Stauffer, J. C. Wyngaard, and A. Deng

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (562.2 kB)

11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Joint Session 7

Sustainable Urban Design

Location: Room 131A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsors: (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

Papers:

1:30 PM

J7.1

The Centrality of Design in the Reduction of Urban Sprawl: A Summary of Issues

Emily Talen, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

J7.2

Urban climate modeling, heat island mitigation and local knowledge: co-producing science for urban policy

Lily Parshall, Columbia University, New York, NY; and J. Corburn

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (113.4 kB)

2:15 PM

J7.3

Mitigating urban heat island effects with water and energy sensitive urban designs

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (44.3 kB)

2:30 PM

J7.4

Simulations of the London urban climate: the LUCID project

Sylvia I. Bohnenstengel, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. Porson, M. Davies, and S. Belcher

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

J7.5

Optimization of urban designs for air quality and energy efficiency

Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and P. Willemsen and D. E. Johnson

Recorded presentation

Air quality and climate change—III

Location: Room 127A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Cochairs: Bernhard Rappenglueck, Univ. of Houston; Barry Gross, City College of New York

Papers:

1:30 PM

9.1

Aerosols and associated precipitation patterns in Atlanta

Matthew C. Lacke, Jefferson County Department of Health, Birmingham, AL; and T. L. Mote and J. M. Shepherd

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

9.2

Using Mie Raman Lidar measurements to explore cloud properties

Barry Gross, City College of New York, New York, NY; and Y. Wu, S. Chaw, F. Moshary, and S. Ahmed

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

2:00 PM

9.3

Seasonal and Spatial Comparisons between Cloud and Aerosol Optical Properties Derived from Satellite Based Remote Sensing in Northeast Asia

Byung-Gon Kim, Kangnung National University, Gangnung, South Korea; and Y. J. Kim, C. H. Ho, and C. K. Song

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (131.3 kB)

2:15 PM

9.4

VOCs in Alberta's Industrial Heartland

Rachel Mintz, EC, Edmonton, AB , Canada; and R. D. McWhinney, B. Chaitan, C. Englot, and R. D'amours

Poster PDF (964.7 kB)

2:30 PM

9.5

Analysis of urban online VOC data in Houston, Texas

Bernhard Rappenglueck, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX

9.6

Characterizations of paved road dust in urban area

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Coffee Break and Exhibit Hall Raffle

Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

Air pollution in mega cities in the world

Location: Room 127A (Phoenix Convention Center)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Cochairs: Wallace McMillan, University of Maryland; Satoru Chatani, Japan Petroleum Energy Center

Papers:

3:30 PM

10.1

Applying the Aerosol Modeling Testbed to assess modal and sectional predictions of particulates and aerosol radiative forcing downwind of a megacity

Jerome D. Fast, PNNL, Richland, WA; and W. I. Gustafson Jr., E. G. Chapman, G. A. Grell, S. Peckham, and R. Schmitz

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

10.2

Validation of the 3-D air quality simulation based on OH reactivity over Tokyo metropolitan area

Satoru Chatani, Japan Petroleum Energy Center, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan; and N. Shimo, S. Matsunaga, Y. Kajii, S. Kato, Y. Nakashima, and K. Miyazaki

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (368.6 kB)

4:00 PM

10.3

Comparative analysis of air quality models CIT, WRF-Chem and SPM-BRAMS for the second ozone campaign in Metropolitan Area of São Paulo

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

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

10.4

Satellite-based assessment of particulate matter air pollution in global mega cities

Pawan Gupta, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

10.5

Satellite observations of megacity air pollution, biomass burning emissions, and their long-range transport

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

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

10.6

An 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

Amy Sanders, DEVELOP National Program, Hampton, VA; and R. Legatt, B. Baxley, D. Doddridge, L. Lynaugh, E. Roberts, and R. A. Ferrare

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (966.6 kB)

5:15 PM-5:20 PM: Thursday, 15 January 2009

AMS 89th Annual Meeting Adjourns

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