89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

: Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations

Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations

Program Chair: C. Bruce Baker , NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

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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

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009


Weatherfest
Location: Northballroom A (Phoenix Convention Center)

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


First-Time Attendee Briefing
Location: Room 130 (Phoenix Convention Center)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 11 January 2009


Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
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)

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
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

  8:45 AM
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

  9:00 AM
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

  9:15 AM
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

  9:30 AM
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


Joint Poster Session 1
Measurements in the Urban Environment
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Boundary Layers and Turbulence Committee; and the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations )
Cochairs: Petra M. Klein, Univ. of Oklahoma; C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC

Papers:
 
Ecosystem respiration of suburban lawns and its response to varying management and irrigation regimes
Kate Liss, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and B. Crawford, A. Christen, C. Siemens, and R. S. Jassal

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)
 
Observations of carbon dioxide concentrations in the greater Vancouver region
Ben Crawford, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and A. Christen

 
Spectral characteristics of turbulence from rooftop meteorological stations in Washington, DC
Christoph A. Vogel, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and W. R. Pendergrass

Poster PDF (631.0 kB)
 
Spatial structure and scale feature of the atmospheric pollution source impact of city agglomeration
Xiangde Xu Sr., Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and Z. Meng Jr., G. Ding Sr., X. Zhou Sr., and X. Shi Jr.

 
2008 roadway sound barrier atmospheric tracer study
Kirk L. Clawson, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and R. Eckman, T. Pierce, R. Carter, D. Finn, S. Perry, and V. Isakov

 
Observing the urban mesoscale envronment: The Citizen Weather Observing Program
Gerald J. Creager, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and R. B. Chadwick, D. Helms, P. A. Miller, M. F. Barth, P. Gladstone, and S. S. Dimse

 
Design and deployment of traffic signal stations within the Oklahoma City Micronet
Bradley G. Illston, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and P. Browder, K. Kesler, and J. B. Basara

http://okc.mesonet.org

Poster PDF (100.6 kB)
 
Improvement of Aerosol Retrieval and Resolution using a refined Surface Albedo Model based on Simultaneous MODIS and Sunphotometer Measurements
Min Min Oo, Optical remote Sensing Lab City College of New York, New York, NY; and M. Jerg, B. Gross, F. Moshary, and S. Ahmed

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)
 
The Characteristics Study on the Precipitable Water Vapor measured by the Ground-Based 12 –Channel Microwave Radiometer in Beijing
Hongyan Liu, Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China

 
Temperature correction algorithm for Geonor weighing gauge with three transducers
Harry H. Lamb, MSC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and B. Persaud and H. Mouradian

Poster PDF (143.4 kB)

Joint Poster Session 2
Observations/Studies of High—Impact Weather in Urban Regions
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research; the Symposium on Urban High Impact Weather; the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations; the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes; the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the 23rd Conference on Hydrology; and the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data )
Cochairs: Pavlos Kollias, McGill University; Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.

Papers:
 
Observations of fronts from the Helsinki Testbed mesoscale observing network
David M. Schultz, Universities of Helsinki and Manchester/Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland; and M. Leskinen

 
Development and Implementation of Multi-Scale Urban Test Beds
Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD; and W. D. Bach Jr. and W. R. Pendergrass

 
Diagnostic studies of extreme temperature events using modern reanalysis datasets
Robert X. Black, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and B. Miller and J. C. Furtado

 
The importance of elevated mixed layers in urban heat eave events east of the Rockies
Thomas J. Galarneau Jr., NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Cordeira and L. F. Bosart

 
Analysis of air transport patterns bringing dust storms to El Paso, Texas
Nancy Ivette Rivera Rivera, Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX; and K. A. Gebhart, T. E. Gill, J. L. Hand, D. J. Novlan, and R. M. Fitzgerald

Poster PDF (601.0 kB)
 
Analysis of extreme rainfall events near Austin, TX and Coffeyville, KS, during summer 2007
Kevin H. Goebbert, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and N. Snook, C. M. Shafer, and A. D. Schenkman

 
Development of a detailed database of flash flood observations
Jessica Marie Erlingis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. J. Gourley, T. Smith, and K. L. Ortega

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)
 
The Phoenix Rainfall Index (PRI)
Paul M. Iñiguez, NOAA/NWS, Tempe, AZ

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)
 
An evaluation of brightness temperatures simulated by various WRF-ARW microphysical algorithms for an atmospheric river event affecting the California coast
Isidora Jankov, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and M. Sengupta, L. Grasso, D. Coleman, D. Zupanski, M. Zupanski, L. Daniel, and R. Brummer

 
Southwest Florida warm season tornado development
Jennifer M. Collins, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and C. H. Paxton, D. G. Noah, and A. N. Williams

Poster PDF (737.9 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Joint Session 13
Joint Session on Air Quality Measurements in Coastal Cities
Location: Room 124A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes; and the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations )
Chair: Martin Best, Met Office

Papers:
  11:00 AM
Observations of carbon dioxide fluxes in two suburban neighborhoods in Vancouver, Canada
Ben Crawford, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and A. Christen, T. R. Oke, J. A. Voogt, and S. Grimmond

  11:15 AM
Characterization of local sources of atmospheric pollution in the megacity of São Paulo, Brazil
Maria de Fatima Andrade, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

  11:30 AM
Dependence of peak daily ozone concentrations in Houston, Texas on the sea breeze and meteorological variables
Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and C. J. Senff, R. J. Alvarez, D. D. Parrish, M. K. Trainer, T. B. Ryerson, L. S. Darby, R. M. Hardesty, B. Lambeth, J. A. Neuman, W. M. Andevine, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, S. P. Sandberg, A. O. Langford, and A. B. White

  11:45 AM
Carbon dioxide concentration and fluxes in a tropical city
Matthias Roth, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; and C. Jansson and M. Rahiz

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)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 January 2009


Joint Session 2
Observations/Studies of High—Impact Weather in Urban Regions
Location: Room 124A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Symposium on Urban High Impact Weather; the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations; the Eighth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes; the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the 23rd Conference on Hydrology; the Fourth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Fourth Symposium on Policy and Socio—Economic Research; the Timothy R. Oke Symposium; and the Impacts of 2008 )
Cochairs: Pavlos Kollias, McGill University; Bart Nijssen, 3TIER, Inc.

Papers:
  2:00 PM
Evolution of severe convection in the New York City Metropolitan Region
Brian A. Colle, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY ; and K. Lombardo and J. Murray

  2:15 PM
An observational study of the movement of Lake Breeze Fronts in the vicinity of Chicago, IL
Jason M. Keeler, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and D. A. R. Kristovich

  2:30 PM
An observational and modeling study of a rare tornadic storm in a major central business district: Possible linkages to drought and urban land cover
Dev Niyogi, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and M. J. Shepherd, M. Lei, W. O. Shem, and J. Entin

  2:45 PM
Meteorological conditions associated with major storm surge events at New York City
Katherine Rojowsky, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY; and B. A. Colle and F. Bounaiuto

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 16
Boundary Layer and Turbulence Measurements in the Urban Environment
Location: Room 124A (Phoenix Convention Center)
Sponsors: (Joint between the Eighth Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Boundary Layers and Turbulence Committee; and the Special Symposium on Measurements in the Urban Environment and Observations )
Chair: Robert M. Banta, NOAA/ESRL

Papers:
  8:30 AM
On the coupling between urban surface wind fields and skimming flow
Bruce B. Hicks, Metcorps, Norris, TN; and W. R. Pendergrass, C. A. Vogel, and R. S. Artz

  8:45 AM
On the rooftop micrometeorology and heat islands of Washington and New York City
William R. Pendergrass, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and B. B. Hicks and C. A. Vogel

  9:00 AM
Utilizing surface network data in urban dispersion models
William Callahan, AWS/WeatherBug, Germantown, MD; and B. B. Hicks, W. R. Pendergrass, and C. A. Vogel

  9:15 AM
Quantifying the effects of rooftop modifications on building thermal environment through field measurements
Anthony Dominguez, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and J. Kleissl

  9:30 AM
Boundary layer dynamics over London as observed using Doppler lidar
Janet Barlow, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and T. M. Dunbar, E. Nemitz, C. R. Wood, M. W. Gallagher, F. Davies, and R. M. Harrison

  9:45 AM
Turbulence Characteristics in Oklahoma City Measured from an 83-meter PseudoTower
Sam Chang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and G. Huynh and D. Tofsted

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


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
Location: Phoenix Convention Center

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)

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


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

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

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


AMS 89th Annual Meeting Adjourns