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Program Chairpersons:
Michael J. Brown, LANL

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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 AMJ2.1Impact 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 AMJ2.2Summertime 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 AMJ2.3Modeling 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 AMJ2.4WRF-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 AM1.1A history of classic atmospheric dispersion field experiments  extended abstract
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME
11:15 AM1.2Modelers' data archive—a collection of atmospheric transport and dispersion data sets  extended abstract
Joseph Chang, Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute, Arlington, VA; and S. R. Hanna
11:30 AM1.3The Impact of the Prairie Grass and the St. Louis Dispersion Experiments on Dispersion Modeling Practice  
Akula Venkatram, University of California, Riverside, CA
11:45 AM1.4The Copenhagen tracer experiment, what did we learn?  extended abstract
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 PMJ4.1Improved 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 PMJ4.2Assessment of PM transport patterns using advanced clustering methods and simulations around the San Francisco Bay Area, CA  extended abstract
Scott Beaver, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA; and A. Palazoglu, A. Singh, and S. Tanrikulu
2:00 PMJ4.3Application of Positive Matrix Factorization for atmospheric aerosols sources identification in Sao Paulo city  extended abstract
Beatriz Sayuri Oyama, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and M. D. F. Andrade
2:15 PMJ4.4Sensitivity 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 PM2.1Regional 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 PM2.2The Thorney Island Dense Gas Dispersion Trials  
Sara Brambilla, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, MI, Italy; and M. J. Brown
2:00 PM2.3Applying Photogrammetric Techniques to Study Smoke Plumes  extended abstract
Kerrie J. Long, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; and S. E. Haupt, M. Hendrickson, and J. Keay
2:15 PM2.4Lagrangian 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)
 146Impact of using satellite-derived clouds to calculate photolysis rates in the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model v4.7  extended abstract
K. Wyat Appel, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. J. Roselle and J. E. Pleim
 Poster 147 is now Paper 4.2A  
 148The 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
 143Observation of SO2 dry deposition velocity at a high elevation flux tower over a evergreen broadleaf forest  extended abstract
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
 144Turbulence anisotropy in an urban canyon and intersections  extended abstract
Cheryl L. Klipp, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
 145The 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 PMJ9.1Air quality forecasting using a numerical weather prediction model: Potential sources of error  
H. Dacre, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom
4:15 PMJ9.2Towards a global climatology of the planetary boundary layer  
Dian J. Seidel, NOAA, College Park, MD; and C. O. Ao
4:30 PMJ9.3Air 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 PMJ9.4Impact of NEXRAD derived winds on NARAC dispersion modeling  
Matthew D. Simpson, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and R. K. Newsom
5:00 PMJ9.5Modeling the Stable Boundary Layer Depth and Quantifying its Uncertainty for Dispersion  extended abstract
Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and J. C. Wyngaard, G. Young, and K. J. Schmehl
5:15 PMJ9.6Impact 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 PM3.1Use of turbulence measurements in dispersion modeling: past, present, and future  
Jeffrey C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
4:15 PM3.2Estimating urban dispersion meteorology from suburban measurements  
Wenjun Qian, University of California, Riverside, CA; and M. Princevac and A. Venkatram
4:30 PM3.3Inverting Surface Observations to Find Boundary Layer Depth  extended abstract
George Young, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and A. J. Annunzio and S. E. Haupt
4:45 PM3.4Urban 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 PM3.5Nocturnal 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 PM3.6Eddy 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 AM4.1Studying 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 AM4.2ADUSTRAN - A Model for Atmospheric Dust Concentrations  
William J. Shaw, PNNL, Richland, WA; and F. C. Rutz, J. P. Rishel, and E. G. Chapman
4.2Sensitivity 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 AM4.3AComparison 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 AM4.4Investigation of carbon monoxide time evolution over the city of Săo Paulo during the nighttime using LES model  extended abstract
Eduardo Barbaro, University of Săo Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and A. Oliveira and J. Soares
4.3Characteristics 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 AM4.5Evaluation 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 AM5.1Review of Particulate Dry Deposition Models Currently Implemented in Atmospheric Dispersion Models  
James G. Droppo Jr., PNNL, Richland, WA
11:15 AM5.2Validation of the QUIC droplet evaporation scheme and its influence on aerosol dispersion  extended abstract
Dragan Zajic, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown, M. A. Nelson, and M. D. Williams
11:30 AM5.3A 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 AM5.4A 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 PM6.1Modeling concepts in DEGADIS to characterize important behavior of ground-level, denser-than-air contaminant clouds  
Tom Spicer, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
1:45 PM6.2Releases of pressurized liquefied gases: simulations of the Desert Tortoise test series with the CFD model FLACS  extended abstract
Mathieu Ichard, GexCon, Bergen, Norway; and O. R. Hansen and J. Melheim
2:00 PM6.3Two-phase jet releases and droplet dispersion: scaled and large-scale experiments, droplet-size correlation development and model validation  extended abstract
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 PM6.4Ongoing TSA disperion modeling activities  extended abstract
Curtis L. Schuhmacher, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Helena, MT
2:30 PM6.5Evaluation 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 PM6.6Evaluation 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 PMJ1.1Evaluation of sensor placement techniques  extended abstract
Ian H. Griffiths, RiskAware Ltd, Bristol, United Kingdom; and I. Bush
3:45 PMJ1.2Comparative investigation of source term estimation algorithms using FUSION field trial 2007 data  extended abstract
Nathan Platt, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA; and D. Deriggi
4:00 PMJ1.3Using 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 PMJ1.4Source Term Characterization of FFT07 Data using a Genetic Algorithm  extended abstract
Luna M. Rodriguez, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt, G. Young, A. J. Annunzio, and K. J. Schmehl
4:30 PMJ1.5Combined Methods from Entity and Field Frameworks to Determine the Source Characteristics of a Contaminant  extended abstract
Andrew J. Annunzio, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and S. E. Haupt, G. Young, and L. M. Rodriguez
4:45 PMJ1.6A forensic approach to source location applied to FFT-07 data  
Shawn Rottmann, ENSCO, Melbourne, FL; and A. Siegel
5:00 PMJ1.7Machine Learning for the Source Detection of Atmospheric Emissions  extended abstract
Guido Cervone, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and P. Franzese
5:15 PMJ1.8Real-time fusion of sensor data to achieve improved situational awareness  extended abstract
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 AM7.1A survey of meteorologically-based systems for airborne-release hazard emergencies  extended abstract
Gail-Tirrell Vaucher, Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and R. Brice
8:45 AM7.2Overview of consequence modelling in the hazard assessment package Phast  extended abstract
Henk W.M. Witlox, DNV Software, London, United Kingdom
9:00 AM7.3Explosive Release Atmoshperic Dispersion (ERAD)  
Heather M. Pennington, DOE, Albuquerque, NM
9:15 AM7.4Development 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 AM7.5Formalized Linkage of Atmospheric Dispersion Models to Transport in Other Media  
James G. Droppo Jr., PNNL, Richland, WA
9:45 AM7.6An 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 AM8.1User Centered Design in Chemical Emergency Software Development  extended abstract
Mark W. Miller, NOAA, Seattle, WA; and D. Wesley and B. Connolly
10:45 AM8.2SCIPUFF capabilities and application in hazard assessment  extended abstract
R. Ian Sykes, Sage Management, Inc., Princeton, NJ
11:00 AM8.3Realtime 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 AM8.4The 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 AM8.5The 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 AM8.6Applied 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 PMJ3.1Source-receptor modeling using high resolution WRF meteorological fields and the HYSPLIT model to assess mercury pollution over the Mississippi Gulf Coast region  extended abstract
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 PMJ3.2Assimilation 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 PMJ3.3Numerical 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 PMJ3.4Evaluation of PM2.5 source regions over the Mississippi Gulf Coast using WRF/HYSPLIT modeling approach  extended abstract
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 PM9.1Plume rise: a revisit of old problems and some new ones  
Jeffrey C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1:45 PM9.2Field and laboratory plume dispersion studies of buoyant plume release in an urban environment  extended abstract
Christian Bartolome, Riverside, CA; and S. Chen, X. Li, M. Princevac, A. Venkatram, and D. Pankratz
2:00 PM9.3A 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 PM9.4Modeling Dispersion of Buoyant Emissions from a Low Level Source in an Urban Area  extended abstract
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)
 448The influence of the Chesapeake Bay Breeze on Maryland air quality  extended abstract
Laura Landry, Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore, MD; and D. Nguyen and M. Woodman
 449On 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)
 452Determining Turbulence Scaling Variables and Source Characteristics from Contaminant Concentration Data  extended abstract
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
 450Evaluation 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
 451Evaluation of the Global Atmospheric Multi-layer Transport Model using the European Tracer Experiment  extended abstract
Stephen E. Masters, Dr. Stephen Masters Consulting, LLC, Melbourne, FL; and M. Kienzle
 562Impact 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 PM10.1Model 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 PM10.2Emergency dispersion forecasts for east Tennessee: How best to utilize WRF?  extended abstract
R. J. Dobosy, NOAA/ARL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and D. J. Gagne II
4:30 PM10.3Evaluation 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 PM10.4Impact 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 PM10.5Development of a WRF-AERMOD Tool for Regulatory Applications  extended abstract
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 PM11.1Development of a modeling system for prescribed burn emissions and air quality impacts  extended abstract
M. Talat Odman, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and Y. Hu, G. L. Achtemeier, S. L. Goodrick, and L. Naeher
4:15 PM11.2Laboratory study of particulate emissions factors of prescribed wildland fires  extended abstract
Trevor Brian Maynard, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA; and E. Hosseini, H. Jung, M. Princevac, S. Mahalingam, and R. Yokelson
4:30 PM11.3A Comparative Study between FLEXPART-WRF and HYSPLIT in an Operational Setting: Analysis of Fire Emissions across complex geography using WRF  extended abstract
Lara E. Pagano, North Carolina State University/National Weather Service, Raleigh, NC; and A. P. Sims and R. Boyles
4:45 PM11.4Injection 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 PM11.5Simulation 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 PM11.6Results 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 AM12.1An 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 AM12.2The 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 AM12.3Evaluating NWP Ensemble Configurations for AT&D Applications  extended abstract
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 AM12.4Evaluation of the Concentration Level Uncertainty Ensemble System (CLUES) compared to ensemble numerical weather prediction (NWP) model input using field test data  extended abstract
Randolph J. Evans, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and W. G. Moore and B. J. Provoncha
9:30 AM12.5Evaluation 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 AMJ18.1Assessing attainment likelihood of State Implementation Plans  
Daniel S. Cohan, Rice University, Houston, TX; and A. Digar
11:15 AMJ18.2Evaluation of Source Apportionment and Source Sensitivity of Fine Particulate Matter  
Michael J. Burr, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and Y. Zhang
11:30 AMJ18.3Investigation 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 AMJ18.4Studying 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 PMJ18.5Benefits 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 AM13.1The significance of international transport of air pollutants  
Henry Fuelberg, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. Elfring and L. Geller
13.2Influence 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 AM13.3Coupling 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 AM13.4Comparative 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 AM13.5Implications of global climate change on California's regional PM pollution during 1951-2008  extended abstract
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 PMJ10.1NOAA'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 PMJ10.2Operational use of numerical air quality model forecast guidance: Current practice and benchmark skill  extended abstract
William F. Ryan, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and M. A. Palmer
2:00 PMJ10.3Improving 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 PMJ10.4A new Canadian air quality forecast model: GEM-MACH15  extended abstract
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 PMJ10.5Ensemble 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 PMJ10.6Three-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
14.1Flow 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 PM14.2Network models of dispersion in urban areas  
Stephen E. Belcher, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and E. V. Goulart and O. Coceal
1:45 PM14.3Localized effect of building height on street level flows and concentration: water channel modeling  extended abstract
Sam Pournazeri, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA; and H. Pan, E. Pellereau, and M. Princevac
2:00 PM14.4Design concept on reduction of heating and air pollution concentrations in urban areas  extended abstract
Tetsuji Yamada, YSA Corporation, Santa Fe, NM
2:15 PM14.5Analysis and modeling of urban dispersion experiments in neutral and stable atmospheres  extended abstract
Pablo Huq, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and P. Franzese
2:30 PM14.6An 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 PMJ11.1Effects 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 PMJ11.2The Canadian new Air Quality Health Index, 2008 evaluation  
Jacques Rousseau, EC/MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada
4:00 PMJ11.3Application 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 PMJ11.4Linking 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 PMJ11.5AQMOS: 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 PMJ11.6The Potential Utility of TAMDAR Data in Air Quality Forecasting  extended abstract
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 PM15.1Large-eddy simulation of street canyon flow and pollutant transport in neutral and unstable stratifications  extended abstract
Wai Chi Cheng, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, , Hong Kong; and C. H. Liu and D. Y. C. Leung
3:45 PM15.2Influence of urban morphology on street level concentration: Water channel and field study in three Southern Californian Cities  extended abstract
Hansheng Pan, Univ. of California, Riverside, CA; and C. Bartolome, M. Princevac, and R. Edwards
4:00 PM15.3Investigating 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 PM15.4Event reconstruction for line source releases  extended abstract
Dragan Zajic, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown and M. D. Williams
4:30 PM15.5First 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 PM15.6Probability 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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