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Program Chairpersons:
Michael J. Brown, LANL

Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 17 January 2010
	7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday Short Course Registration
	9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday Annual Meeting Registration Begins
	12:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday Weatherfest
	3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sunday, B314 First-Time Attendee Briefing
	5:00 PM-6:00 PM, Sunday, B314 Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
	6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Exhibit Hall B2 Fellows Reception
Monday, 18 January 2010
	7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday Registration Open
	9:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2 Presidential Forum
	10:30 AM-11:00 AM, Monday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, B315 Joint Session 2 Lightning, atmospheric chemistry, and air quality (Joint between the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry and the 16th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology)
Cochairs: Kenneth E. Pickering, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; Yuhang Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
11:00 AM J2.1 Impact of lightning-NO emissions on eastern United States photochemistry determined using the CMAQ model   Kenneth E. Pickering, NASA/GSFC/Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Allen, R. Pinder, and T. Pierce 11:15 AM J2.2 Summertime impact of convective transport and lightning NOx production over North America: Modeling dependence on meteorological simulations   Chun Zhao, PNNL, Richland, WA; and Y. Wang, T. Zeng, and Y. Choi 11:30 AM J2.3 Modeling elevated Upper Tropospheric Ozone by Deep Convection during the 2006 Ron Brown Cruise   Jonathan W. Smith, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. Jenkins, M. C. Barth, and K. E. Pickering 11:45 AM J2.4 WRF-Chem lightning NOx parameterization at Florida State University: FSULNOX   Amanda Hansen, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg, K. E. Pickering, and S. E. Peckham
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, B308 Session 1 Transport and Dispersion Experiments I
Chair: Akula Venkatram, Univ. of California, Riverside, CA
11:00 AM 1.1 A history of classic atmospheric dispersion field experiments   Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME 11:15 AM 1.2 Modelers' data archive—a collection of atmospheric transport and dispersion data sets   Joseph Chang, Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute, Arlington, VA; and S. R. Hanna 11:30 AM 1.3 The Impact of the Prairie Grass and the St. Louis Dispersion Experiments on Dispersion Modeling Practice   Akula Venkatram, University of California, Riverside, CA 11:45 AM 1.4 The Copenhagen tracer experiment, what did we learn?   Sven-Erik Gryning, DTU Wind Energy/Risř Campus, Roskilde, Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday Lunch Break
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B309 Joint Session 4 The Effects of Meteorology on Air Quality I (Joint between the 16th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology and the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry)
Chair: John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC, Raleigh, NC
1:30 PM J4.1 Improved air quality simulations through the use of GOES-derived cloud data for the TexAQS-II intensive study period   Fong Ngan, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and D. W. Byun, B. Rappenglueck, and A. Pour Biazar 1:45 PM J4.2 Assessment of PM transport patterns using advanced clustering methods and simulations around the San Francisco Bay Area, CA   Scott Beaver, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA; and A. Palazoglu, A. Singh, and S. Tanrikulu 2:00 PM J4.3 Application of Positive Matrix Factorization for atmospheric aerosols sources identification in Sao Paulo city   Beatriz Sayuri Oyama, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and M. D. F. Andrade 2:15 PM J4.4 Sensitivity of air parcel movements near abundant emission areas to the background ozone level in the subtropical northwestern Pacific   Chung-Ming Liu, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan; and C. E. Peng and M. T. Yeh
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday, B308 Session 2 Transport and Dispersion Experiments II
Chair: Sven-Erik Gryning, DTU Wind Energy/Risř Campus, Roskilde, Denmark, Roskilde Denmark
1:30 PM 2.1 Regional nocturnal tracer experiment near a tall tower site   Matthew J. Parker, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC; and T. Watson, M. Y. Leclerc, and A. Andrews 1:45 PM 2.2 The Thorney Island Dense Gas Dispersion Trials   Sara Brambilla, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, MI, Italy; and M. J. Brown 2:00 PM 2.3 Applying Photogrammetric Techniques to Study Smoke Plumes   Kerrie J. Long, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and S. E. Haupt, M. Hendrickson, and J. Keay 2:15 PM 2.4 Lagrangian modeling of dispersion using LES fields: importance of the Prairie Grass and CONDORS experiments   Jeffrey C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and E. G. Patton, P. P. Sullivan, and C. H. Moeng
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B2 Joint Poster Session The Effects of Meteorology on Air Quality (Joint between the 16th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology and the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry)
146 Impact of using satellite-derived clouds to calculate photolysis rates in the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model v4.7   K. Wyat Appel, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. J. Roselle and J. E. Pleim   Poster 147 is now Paper 4.2A     148 The use of meteorological parameters to compare tropospheric ozone measurements over Boulder, CO   Megan Kirchmeier, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, WI; and I. Petropavlovskikh
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday Poster Session Gravitational Settling, Deposition and Resuspension
143 Observation of SO2 dry deposition velocity at a high elevation flux tower over a evergreen broadleaf forest   Jeng-Lin Tsai, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; and B. J. Tsuang, P. H. Kuo, M. L. Tang, and P. J. Chu
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Monday Poster Session Turbulence Measurements for Air Pollution Modeling
144 Turbulence anisotropy in an urban canyon and intersections   Cheryl L. Klipp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD   145 The challenge of calculating turbulence parameters from aircraft data   Curtis J. Mooney, Environment Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and B. J. Wiens, J. W. Strapp, J. D. Wilson, and P. A. Makar
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, B309 Joint Session 9 The Effects of Meteorology on Air Quality II (Joint between the 16th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology and the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry)
Chair: Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME
4:00 PM J9.1 Air quality forecasting using a numerical weather prediction model: Potential sources of error   H. Dacre, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom 4:15 PM J9.2 Towards a global climatology of the planetary boundary layer   Dian J. Seidel, NOAA, College Park, MD; and C. O. Ao 4:30 PM J9.3 Air quality trends in U.S. western mountain states   Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and D. Jaffe, P. S. Porter, and D. Blewitt 4:45 PM J9.4 Impact of NEXRAD derived winds on NARAC dispersion modeling   Matthew D. Simpson, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and R. K. Newsom 5:00 PM J9.5 Modeling the Stable Boundary Layer Depth and Quantifying its Uncertainty for Dispersion   Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. C. Wyngaard, G. Young, and K. J. Schmehl 5:15 PM J9.6 Impact of meteorological model resolution on PBL height errors   Marina Tsidulko, SAIC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. McQueen, C. M. Tassone, G. DiMego, and M. Ek
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Monday, B308 Session 3 Turbulence Measurements for Air Pollution Modeling
Chair: Dennis Garvey, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
4:00 PM 3.1 Use of turbulence measurements in dispersion modeling: past, present, and future   Jeffrey C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 4:15 PM 3.2 Estimating urban dispersion meteorology from suburban measurements   Wenjun Qian, University of California, Riverside, CA; and M. Princevac and A. Venkatram 4:30 PM 3.3 Inverting Surface Observations to Find Boundary Layer Depth   George Young, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and A. J. Annunzio and S. E. Haupt 4:45 PM 3.4 Urban turbulence spectra from field observations   Sam Chang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and G. D. Huynh, D. H. Tofsted, D. M. Garvey, C. C. Williamson, and D. K. Li 5:00 PM 3.5 Nocturnal low-level-jet generated gravity waves and turbulence over Oklahoma City during inversion breakup   Yansen Wang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and D. Garvey 5:15 PM 3.6 Eddy covariance measurements of turbulence in and above a roughness sublayer   Dennis M. Garvey, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and S. Chang, C. C. Williamson, G. D. Huynh, and D. K. Li
	5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, Exhibit Hall B1 Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Tuesday, B308 Session 4 Microscale Air Pollution Meteorology
Chair: Fernando E. Camelli, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Fairfax, VA
8:30 AM 4.1 Studying the effects of a forest model in a numerical study of atmospheric dispersion using FEFLO-Urban   Fernando E. Camelli, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and R. Lohner 8:45 AM 4.2A DUSTRAN - A Model for Atmospheric Dust Concentrations   William J. Shaw, PNNL, Richland, WA; and F. C. Rutz, J. P. Rishel, and E. G. Chapman 4.2 Sensitivity of an urban sub grid scheme to the canyons orientations over a wide metropolitan area   Antonio Cantelli, “Sapienza” Universitŕ di Roma, Rome, Italy; and P. Monti and G. Leuzzi 9:00 AM 4.3A Comparison of the ACM2 vertical mixing scheme with observations taken during the TexAQS II field study   Jenna S. Kolling, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and J. E. Pleim, H. Jeffries, and W. Vizuete 9:15 AM 4.4 Investigation of carbon monoxide time evolution over the city of Săo Paulo during the nighttime using LES model   Eduardo Barbaro, University of Săo Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and A. Oliveira and J. Soares 4.3 Characteristics of flow circulation in complex terrain and its implications on pollutant dispersion: results from “the Biferno Valley (Italy) experiment”   Ann Dallman, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and L. S. Leo, S. Di Sabatino, H. J. S. Fernando, M. C. Mammarella, G. Grandoni, M. Cacciani, G. Casasanta, V. Ciardini, G. Rispoli, and P. Fedele 9:30 AM 4.5 Evaluation of Large Eddy Numerical Simulations (LES) with Observations from FUsing Sensor Information from Observing Networks (FUSION) Field Trial 2007 (FFT-07)   Andrzej A. Wyszogrodzki, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Weil, G. Bieberbach, P. Bieringer, N. Platt, and L. H. Jones
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-6:00 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1 Exhibits Open
	11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, B308 Session 5 Gravitational Settling, Deposition and Resuspension
Chair: James G. Droppo, Jr., PNNL, Richland, WA
11:00 AM 5.1 Review of Particulate Dry Deposition Models Currently Implemented in Atmospheric Dispersion Models   James G. Droppo Jr., PNNL, Richland, WA 11:15 AM 5.2 Validation of the QUIC droplet evaporation scheme and its influence on aerosol dispersion   Dragan Zajic, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown, M. A. Nelson, and M. D. Williams 11:30 AM 5.3 A large-eddy simulation study of pollen dispersal from field crops: effects of source size and boundary-layer scaling   Marcelo Chamecki, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and C. Meneveau and M. B. Parlange 11:45 AM 5.4 A K-theory of dispersion, settling and deposition in the atmospheric surface layer   Ronald B. Smith, Yale University, New Haven, CT
	12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, B308 Session 6 Dense Gas Dispersion and Source Term Modeling and Measurements
Chair: Henk W.M. Witlox, DNV, London United Kingdom
1:30 PM 6.1 Modeling concepts in DEGADIS to characterize important behavior of ground-level, denser-than-air contaminant clouds   Tom Spicer, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 1:45 PM 6.2 Releases of pressurized liquefied gases: simulations of the Desert Tortoise test series with the CFD model FLACS   Mathieu Ichard, GexCon, Bergen, Norway; and O. R. Hansen and J. Melheim 2:00 PM 6.3 Two-phase jet releases and droplet dispersion: scaled and large-scale experiments, droplet-size correlation development and model validation   Henk W.M. Witlox, DNV Software, London, United Kingdom; and M. Harper, A. Oke, P. Bowen, P. Kay, D. Jamois, and C. Proust 2:15 PM 6.4 Ongoing TSA disperion modeling activities   Curtis L. Schuhmacher, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Helena, MT 2:30 PM 6.5 Evaluation of atmospheric transport and dispersion models for suitability in a DHS chemical supply chain risk assessment   Jeffry T. Urban, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA; and N. Platt, K. M. Papadantonakis, E. A. Adelizzi, C. R. Bucher, and J. F. Heagy 2:45 PM 6.6 Evaluation of the CFD model FLACS for LNG safety   Olav R. Hansen, Gexcon US, Bethesda, MD; and M. Ichard, S. Davis, and J. Melheim
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Tuesday, Exhibit Hall B1 Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
	3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, B308 Joint Session 1 Applications of Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Air Pollution Problems (Joint between the 16th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology and the 8th Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science)
Cochairs: Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM
3:30 PM J1.1 Evaluation of sensor placement techniques   Ian H. Griffiths, RiskAware Ltd, Bristol, United Kingdom; and I. Bush 3:45 PM J1.2 Comparative investigation of source term estimation algorithms using FUSION field trial 2007 data   Nathan Platt, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA; and D. Deriggi 4:00 PM J1.3 Using regression-based source detection algorithm for source location with FFT-07 data   Randolph J. Evans, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and S. E. Masters and M. A. Kienzle 4:15 PM J1.4 Source Term Characterization of FFT07 Data using a Genetic Algorithm   Luna M. Rodriguez, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt, G. Young, A. J. Annunzio, and K. J. Schmehl 4:30 PM J1.5 Combined Methods from Entity and Field Frameworks to Determine the Source Characteristics of a Contaminant   Andrew J. Annunzio, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt, G. Young, and L. M. Rodriguez 4:45 PM J1.6 A forensic approach to source location applied to FFT-07 data   Shawn Rottmann, ENSCO, Melbourne, FL; and A. Siegel 5:00 PM J1.7 Machine Learning for the Source Detection of Atmospheric Emissions   Guido Cervone, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and P. Franzese 5:15 PM J1.8 Real-time fusion of sensor data to achieve improved situational awareness   Ian H. Griffiths, RiskAware Ltd, Bristol, United Kingdom; and M. Bull and L. Carrivick
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
	8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, B308 Session 7 Emergency Response, Environmental and Defense-related Dispersion Modeling Systems I
Chair: R. Ian Sykes, Sage Management, Inc., Princeton, NJ
8:30 AM 7.1 A survey of meteorologically-based systems for airborne-release hazard emergencies   Gail-Tirrell Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and R. Brice 8:45 AM 7.2 Overview of consequence modelling in the hazard assessment package Phast   Henk W.M. Witlox, DNV Software, London, United Kingdom 9:00 AM 7.3 Explosive Release Atmoshperic Dispersion (ERAD)   Heather M. Pennington, DOE, Albuquerque, NM 9:15 AM 7.4 Development of a Regulatory Model to Simulate Deposition and Drift from Application of Pesticides   Harold Thistle, USDA Forest Service, Morgantown, WV; and M. E. Teske 9:30 AM 7.5 Formalized Linkage of Atmospheric Dispersion Models to Transport in Other Media   James G. Droppo Jr., PNNL, Richland, WA 9:45 AM 7.6 An overview of the NOAA/NWS/NCEP Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) system with extensions for the atmospheric boundary layer   Jeffery T. McQueen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and Y. Zhu, C. M. Tassone, M. Tsidulko, S. Liu, L. Cucurull, G. DiMego, S. Lu, M. B. Ek, W. Pendergrass, E. J. Welton, E. L. Joseph, M. Hicks, and R. M. Hoff
	10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, B308 Session 8 Emergency Response, Environmental and Defense-related Dispersion Modeling Systems II
Chair: Ian H. Griffiths, RiskAware Ltd, Bristol United Kingdom
10:30 AM 8.1 User Centered Design in Chemical Emergency Software Development   Mark W. Miller, NOAA, Seattle, WA; and D. Wesley and B. Connolly 10:45 AM 8.2 SCIPUFF capabilities and application in hazard assessment   R. Ian Sykes, Sage Management, Inc., Princeton, NJ 11:00 AM 8.3 Realtime High-Resolution Mesoscale Modeling for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency   Aijun Deng, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and D. R. Stauffer, G. K. Hunter, J. R. Zielonka, K. Dedrick, C. Broadwater, A. Gross, C. Pavloski, and J. Toffler 11:15 AM 8.4 The Quick Urban & Industrial Complex (QUIC) chemical, biological, and radiological agent dispersion modeling system   Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. A. Nelson, M. D. Williams, A. Gowardhan, and E. Pardyjak 11:30 AM 8.5 The Canadian Meteorological Centre's integrated emergency response system for modelling atmospheric transport and dispersion of pollutants   Richard Hogue, MSC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and N. Benbouta, N. Ek, R. Servranckx, A. Malo, C. Zaganescu, D. Bensimon, P. Bourgouin, S. Trudel, and J. P. Gauthier 11:45 AM 8.6 Applied numerical modeling of transport and dispersion in subway systems   David F. Brown, ANL, Lemont, IL; and J. C. Liljegren
	11:00 AM-6:30 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, B309 Joint Session 3 Air Pollution and Meteorological Modeling and Measurements in the Coastal Environment (Joint with the Committee on Coastal Environment)
Chair: Darko R. Koracin, DRI, Reno, NV
1:30 PM J3.1 Source-receptor modeling using high resolution WRF meteorological fields and the HYSPLIT model to assess mercury pollution over the Mississippi Gulf Coast region   Anjaneyulu Yerramilli, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and V. B. R. Dodla, H. P. D. Dasari, S. V. Challa, F. Tuluri, J. M. Baham, R. Hughes, C. C. Patrick, J. Young, S. Swanier, M. Cohen, W. T. Luke, P. Kelly, D. Roland, A. Richard, J. Walker, M. Woodrey, and D. Ruple 1:45 PM J3.2 Assimilation of NEXRAD radial velocity data to enhance mesoscale modeling of dispersion near New Orleans   Haldun Karan, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS; and Y. Li 2:00 PM J3.3 Numerical simulations of the influence of the Vancouver metropolitan area on summertime atmospheric circulations during EPiCC   Sylvie Leroyer, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and J. Mailhot, S. Belair, and I. B. Strachan 2:15 PM J3.4 Evaluation of PM2.5 source regions over the Mississippi Gulf Coast using WRF/HYSPLIT modeling approach   LaToya Myles, NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and W. Pendergrass, C. A. Vogel, Y. Anjaneyulu, V. B. R. Dodla, H. P. Dasari, C. V. Srinivas, F. Tuluri, J. M. Baham, R. Hughes, C. Patrick, J. Young, and S. Swanier
	1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday, B308 Session 9 Plume Rise: Modeling and Measurements
Chair: Jeffrey C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM 9.1 Plume rise: a revisit of old problems and some new ones   Jeffrey C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO 1:45 PM 9.2 Field and laboratory plume dispersion studies of buoyant plume release in an urban environment   Christian Bartolome, Riverside, CA; and S. Chen, X. Li, M. Princevac, A. Venkatram, and D. Pankratz 2:00 PM 9.3 A new method of 2D and 3D Air Quality monitoring using a lidar   Sophie Loaec, LEOSPHERE, Paris, France; and L. Sauvage, B. Guinot, S. Lolli, and M. Fofana 2:15 PM 9.4 Modeling Dispersion of Buoyant Emissions from a Low Level Source in an Urban Area   Qiguo Jing, University of California, Riverside, CA; and A. Venkatram, M. Princevac, and D. Pankratz
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday Joint Poster Session Air Pollution and Meteorological Modeling and Measurements in the Coastal Environment (Joint with the Committee on Coastal Environment)
448 The influence of the Chesapeake Bay Breeze on Maryland air quality   Laura Landry, Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore, MD; and D. Nguyen and M. Woodman   449 On the urban impacts on summer precipitation in New York City using a high resolution urban-mesoscale model   Estatio J. Gutiérrez, City College of New York, New York, NY; and J. E. González and R. D. Bornstein
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B2 Joint Poster Session Applications of Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Air Pollution Problems (Joint between the 16th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology and the 8th Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science)
452 Determining Turbulence Scaling Variables and Source Characteristics from Contaminant Concentration Data   Andrew J. Annunzio, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt and G. Young
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday Poster Session Mesoscale Air Pollution and Meteorology
450 Evaluation for trajectory determination with basin, ridge and sounding meteorological data over a complex terrain   Pei-Hsuan Kuo, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; and J. L. Tsai, M. L. Tang, P. J. Chu, and B. J. Tsuang
	2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday Poster Session Global & Regional Scale Contaminant Transport
451 Evaluation of the Global Atmospheric Multi-layer Transport Model using the European Tracer Experiment   Stephen E. Masters, Dr. Stephen Masters Consulting, LLC, Melbourne, FL; and M. Kienzle   562 Impact of Asian dust on air quality   Anton Darmenov, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and K. Darmenova and I. N. Sokolik
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, B308 Session 10 Mesoscale Air Pollution and Meteorology I
Chair: Jeff McQueen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, Camp Springs, MD
4:00 PM 10.1 Model evaluation and intercomparison study in Po basin   Iakovos Barmpadimos, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland; and M. Deserti, E. Minguzzi, R. San José, J. L. Pérez, J. Keller, S. Andreani-Aksoyoglu, D. Oderbolz, and A. Prévôt 4:15 PM 10.2 Emergency dispersion forecasts for east Tennessee: How best to utilize WRF?   R. J. Dobosy, NOAA/ARL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and D. J. Gagne II 4:30 PM 10.3 Evaluation of Four Lagrangian Models Against the Cross-Appalachian and European Tracer Experiments   Bret A. Anderson, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Kansas City, KS; and R. W. Brode and H. Wong 4:45 PM 10.4 Impact of ensemble mesoscale meteorological data used as input   Lance Avey, Utah Division of Air Quality, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. S. Cruickshank, P. R. Barickman, Y. Liu, G. Roux, S. F. Halvorson, E. Argenta, D. P. Storwold Jr., and J. C. Pace 5:00 PM 10.5 Development of a WRF-AERMOD Tool for Regulatory Applications   Toree Myers-Cook, Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL; and J. Mallard and Q. Mao
	4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday, B309 Session 11 Forest Fire Emissions: Transport and Dispersion Modeling and Measurements
Chair: Marko Princevac, Univ. of California, Riverside, CA
4:00 PM 11.1 Development of a modeling system for prescribed burn emissions and air quality impacts   M. Talat Odman, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and Y. Hu, G. L. Achtemeier, S. L. Goodrick, and L. Naeher 4:15 PM 11.2 Laboratory study of particulate emissions factors of prescribed wildland fires   Trevor Brian Maynard, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA; and E. Hosseini, H. Jung, M. Princevac, S. Mahalingam, and R. Yokelson 4:30 PM 11.3 A Comparative Study between FLEXPART-WRF and HYSPLIT in an Operational Setting: Analysis of Fire Emissions across complex geography using WRF   Lara E. Pagano, North Carolina State University/National Weather Service, Raleigh, NC; and A. P. Sims and R. Boyles 4:45 PM 11.4 Injection height and long-range transport of biomass burning emissions: A comparison of satellite observations and numerical models   W. Wallace McMillan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and L. C. Sparling, M. Chin, H. Bian, and C. D. Barnet 5:00 PM 11.5 Simulation and evaluation of smoke plume rise   Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and G. Achtemeier, S. Goodrick, J. Qu, and S. Bhoi 5:15 PM 11.6 Results from Daysmoke for weak smoke plumes   Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and Y. Liu, S. L. Goodrick, L. Naeher, A. Gray, M. T. Odman, S. J. Frasier, and P. S. Tsai
	5:30 PM-6:30 PM, Wednesday, Exhibit Hall B1 Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
	7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Wednesday, Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4 AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Thursday, 21 January 2010
	7:30 AM-8:30 AM, Thursday, B208 Washington Symposium Breakfast
	8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Thursday, B308 Session 12 Mesoscale Air Pollution and Meteorology II
Chair: Ted Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation, Santa Fe, NM
8:30 AM 12.1 An evaluation of WRF model output statistics techniques in eastern Tennessee   David John Gagne II, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. J. Dobosy 8:45 AM 12.2 The I-4 disaster of 9 January 2008: could it have been predicted?   Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and S. L. Goodrick 9:00 AM 12.3 Evaluating NWP Ensemble Configurations for AT&D Applications   Jared Lee, Penn State University, State College, PA; and S. E. Haupt, D. R. Stauffer, A. Deng, L. J. Peltier, and J. C. Wyngaard 9:15 AM 12.4 Evaluation of the Concentration Level Uncertainty Ensemble System (CLUES) compared to ensemble numerical weather prediction (NWP) model input using field test data   Randolph J. Evans, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and W. G. Moore and B. J. Provoncha 9:30 AM 12.5 Evaluation of three planetary boundary layer schemes in the WRF Model   Xiaoming Hu, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Nielsen-Gammon and F. Zhang
	9:45 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday Exhibits Open
	9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Thursday, Exhibit Hall B2 Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
	11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, B316 Joint Session 18 Meteorology and Chemistry Modeling in Support of the State Implementation Plan (Joint between the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry and the 16th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology)
Cochairs: Daniel S. Cohan, Rice University, Houston, TX; William Vizuete, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
11:00 AM J18.1 Assessing attainment likelihood of State Implementation Plans   Daniel S. Cohan, Rice University, Houston, TX; and A. Digar 11:15 AM J18.2 Evaluation of Source Apportionment and Source Sensitivity of Fine Particulate Matter   Michael J. Burr, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. Zhang 11:30 AM J18.3 Investigation of morning PBL rise and impact on ozone production in regulatory simulations used in the Houston, TX SIP   William Vizuete, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and A. Valencia, H. Jeffries, B. Henderson, and H. Parikh 11:45 AM J18.4 Studying the impacts of wildfire emissions on Ozone in the Las Vegas Valley using cluster analysis and a statistical model   Shiang-Yuh Wu, Clark County, NV, Las Vegas, NV; and J. P. Huys, P. Wiker, W. Cates, and Z. Li 12:00 PM J18.5 Benefits of Forecast-based Residential Wood Burning Bans on Air Pollution   Clinton P. MacDonald, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and K. Craig, J. DeWinter, A. Pasch, B. Tollstrup, A. Kennard, and D. S. Miller
	11:00 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday, B308 Session 13 Global & Regional Scale Contaminant Transport
Chair: Paula M. Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
11:00 AM 13.1 The significance of international transport of air pollutants   Henry Fuelberg, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. Elfring and L. Geller 13.2 Influence of stable layer formation on Asian dust behavior and air pollution   Nobumitsu Tsunematsu, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; and T. Sato, F. Kimura, T. Sakai, T. Nagai, H. Iwai, S. Ishii, and K. Kai 11:15 AM 13.3 Coupling Global and Regional Air Quality Models: Influence of Hemispheric Transport of Mineral Dust and Biomass Burning Aerosols on U.S. Air Quality   Youhua Tang, SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. T. Mcqueen, H. C. Huang, D. Kim, S. Lu, J. Huang, M. Tsidulko, P. Lee, H. M. Lin, D. W. Byun, D. Tong, T. Chai, I. Stanjer, and P. M. Davidson 11:30 AM 13.4 Comparative analyses of Asian and Saharan Dust in source regions and downwind using CALIPSO space lidar data in conjunction with A-Train multi-sensor data and ground-based observations   Hyung-Jin Choi, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and I. N. Sokolik and D. M. Winker 11:45 AM 13.5 Implications of global climate change on California's regional PM pollution during 1951-2008   Angadh Singh, University of California Davis, Davis, CA; and A. Palazoglu
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, B316 Joint Session 10 Air Quality Forecasting I (Joint between the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry and the 16th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology)
Cochairs: William F. Ryan, Penn State University, University Park, PA; David Anselmo, EC, Dorval, QC Canada
1:30 PM J10.1 NOAA's National Air Quality Forecast Guidance Capability: Reaching 50 States   Paula Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. W. Byun, J. McQueen, I. Stajner, and K. Carey 1:45 PM J10.2 Operational use of numerical air quality model forecast guidance: Current practice and benchmark skill   William F. Ryan, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and M. A. Palmer 2:00 PM J10.3 Improving Real-Time AIRNow Maps using Data Fusion   Scott A. Jackson, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and C. P. MacDonald, P. H. Zahn, A. C. Chan, and D. S. Miller 2:15 PM J10.4 A new Canadian air quality forecast model: GEM-MACH15   David Anselmo, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and M. D. Moran, S. Ménard, D. Talbot, V. Bouchet, P. Makar, W. Gong, A. Kallaur, P. A. Beaulieu, H. Landry, P. Huang, and S. Gong 2:30 PM J10.5 Ensemble air quality Multi-model forecast System for Beijing (EMS-Beijing): Description and Application   Zifa Wang, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and Q. Wu, J. Zhu, P. Yan, X. Tang, A. Gbaguidi, and L. Gan 2:45 PM J10.6 Three-dimensional variational data assimilation of ozone and fine particulate matter observations. Some results using the Weather Research and Forecasting—Chemistry model and Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation   Mariusz Pagowski, NOAA/GSD and CIRA, Colorado State University, Boulder, CO; and G. Grell, S. A. McKeen, S. E. Peckham, and D. Dévényi
	1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Thursday, B308 Session 14 Urban Dispersion I
Chair: Omduth Coceal, University of Reading, Reading United Kingdom
14.1 Flow and contaminant dispersion in sub-neighborhood scales: Hermoso Park study   Reneta Dimitrova, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and P. Hyde, A. Dallman, H. J. S. Fernando, S. Norby-Cedillo, B. C. Hedquist, and W. Carter 1:30 PM 14.2 Network models of dispersion in urban areas   Stephen E. Belcher, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and E. V. Goulart and O. Coceal 1:45 PM 14.3 Localized effect of building height on street level flows and concentration: water channel modeling   Sam Pournazeri, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA; and H. Pan, E. Pellereau, and M. Princevac 2:00 PM 14.4 Design concept on reduction of heating and air pollution concentrations in urban areas   Tetsuji Yamada, YSA Corporation, Santa Fe, NM 2:15 PM 14.5 Analysis and modeling of urban dispersion experiments in neutral and stable atmospheres   Pablo Huq, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and P. Franzese 2:30 PM 14.6 An inter-comparison of three urban wind models with Oklahoma City Joint Urban 2003 Experiment wind measurements   Marina K.–A. Neophytou, University of Cyprus, School of Engineering, Nicosia, Cyprus; and M. J. Brown and A. Gowardhan
	3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Thursday Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, B316 Joint Session 11 Air Quality Forecasting II (Joint between the 12th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry and the 16th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology)
Cochairs: Daewon W. Byun, NOAA/OAR/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; Jacques Rousseau, EC/MSC, Montreal, QC Canada
3:30 PM J11.1 Effects of meteorological and emissions conditions on the performance of NOAA Air Quality Forecasting Systems with two different chemical mechanisms   Daewon W. Byun, NOAA/OAR/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Lee, H. M. Lin, D. Tong, T. Chai, J. Mcqueen, Y. Tang, R. Mathur, A. Stein, F. Ngan, and P. M. Davidson 3:45 PM J11.2 The Canadian new Air Quality Health Index, 2008 evaluation   Jacques Rousseau, EC/MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada 4:00 PM J11.3 Application of an Air Quality Forecasting system to Predict Air Pollution Associated with Wildfires   Hsin-mu Lin, NOAA/NWS/NCEP and SAIC; and G. A. Pouliot, D. W. Byun, P. Lee, T. Chai, and P. Davidson 4:15 PM J11.4 Linking the air quality forecasting performance to meteorological and emissions conditions: Evaluation on a four-year practice in Southeastern United States   Yongtao Hu, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and M. T. Odman, A. G. Russell, and M. E. Chang 4:30 PM J11.5 AQMOS: Air Quality Model Output Statistics   Dianne S. Miller, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and C. P. MacDonald, T. S. Dye, and K. Craig 4:45 PM J11.6 The Potential Utility of TAMDAR Data in Air Quality Forecasting   Neil A. Jacobs, AirDat LLC, Morrisville, NC; and M. Croke, P. Childs, and Y. Liu
	3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday, B308 Session 15 Urban Dispersion II
Chair: Pablo Huq, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
3:30 PM 15.1 Large-eddy simulation of street canyon flow and pollutant transport in neutral and unstable stratifications   Wai Chi Cheng, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, , Hong Kong; and C. H. Liu and D. Y. C. Leung 3:45 PM 15.2 Influence of urban morphology on street level concentration: Water channel and field study in three Southern Californian Cities   Hansheng Pan, Univ. of California, Riverside, CA; and C. Bartolome, M. Princevac, and R. Edwards 4:00 PM 15.3 Investigating air toxics exposure from vehicular emissions at a US border crossing using fast building-aware atmospheric dispersion modeling (QUIC) and continuous measurements   Steven R. Hanna, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; and J. D. Spengler, E. Y. Lee, M. Bank, and S. J. Melly 4:15 PM 15.4 Event reconstruction for line source releases   Dragan Zajic, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown and M. D. Williams 4:30 PM 15.5 First 2D and 3D Lidar Observation ofUrban Aerosol Plumes   Laurent Sauvage, LEOSPHERE, Paris, France; and B. Guinot, S. Loaec, S. Lolli, and M. Fofana 4:45 PM 15.6 Probability Modeling of Concentration Fluctuation behind Building   Mohamed F. Yassin, Department of Environmental Technology Management, Kuwait, Safat , Kuwait
	5:00 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns

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