11th Symposium on the Urban Environment

Program Chairs: Dev Niyogi , Purdue University ; Fei Chen , NCAR ; Jan Kleissl , University of California, San Diego ; Jorge Gonzalez , City College of New York
Reviewers: Bob Bornstein , San Jose State University ; Xuemei Wang , Sun Yat-sen Univ. ; Jason Ching , Univ. of North Carolina ; Michael B. Ek , NOAA/NWS/NCEP ; Matei Geogescu , Arizona State University ; John B. Eylander , US Army Corps of Engineers ; Ted Yamada , Yamada Science & Art Corporation ; Zhi-Hua Wang , Arizona State University ; Alex Mahalov , Arizona State University

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Registration for Student Conference and Short Courses

Sunday, 2 February 2014

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7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


Registration for Short Courses and Conference for Early Career Professionals

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


Registration Open for Annual Meeting

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


WeatherFest

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 2 February 2014


94th Annual Review, New Fellows, and Featured Awards
Location: Room C302 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Monday, 3 February 2014

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7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014


Registration Continues through February 5

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 3 February 2014

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Plenary Session 1
14th Presidential Forum: Extreme Weather, Climate, and the Built Environment: New Perspectives, Opportunities, and Tools
Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes; the 14th Presidential Forum; the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Superstorm Sandy and the Built Environment: New Perspectives, Opportunities, and Tools; the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium; the Edward S. Epstein Symposium; the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 28th Conference on Hydrology; the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 12th History Symposium; the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 11th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; and the Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts )
Moderator: Margaret Davidson, NOAA/Office for Coastal Management
Panelists: Leslie Chapman-Henderson, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes; David Perkes, Mississippi State Univ.; Ellis Stanley, Hammerman & Gainer International, Inc.; David W. Titley, Penn State University; Peter Kareiva, The Nature Conservancy
Speaker: Andy Revkin, Dot Earth blogger, The New York Times, and Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding, Pace University
  9:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks

  9:05 AM
PL1.1
The New Communication Climate - An exploration of tools and traits that give the best chance of success in facing a fast-forward media landscape and changing climate
Andy Revkin, Dot Earth blogger, The New York Times, and Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding, Pace University, New York, NY
Recorded Presentation

  9:25 AM
Panel Discussion

  10:25 AM
Concluding Remarks

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 3 February 2014


Spouses' Coffee

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 3 February 2014


Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014

Recording files available
Session 1
Urban Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies (I)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Matei Georgescu, Arizona State University; David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ.
  11:00 AM
1.1
Prioritizing adaptation to urban-induced climate change
Matei Georgescu, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Recorded Presentation

 
1.2
Potential Climate Change Impacts on the Built Environment and Possible Adaptation Strategies

  11:30 AM
1.3
Evaluating the Thermal Footprint of Rooftop Heat Island Mitigation Strategies
Dylan Botham, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and T. Hoang, R. B. Cal, and D. J. Sailor
Recorded Presentation

  11:45 AM
1.4
Toward Designing Strategies for UHI Mitigation based on Multiscale Flow Considerations
Marina K.-A. Neophytou, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; and E. Tryphonos, P. Fokaides, M. Sandberg, E. Batchvarova, H. J. S. Fernando, J. Lelieveld, and G. Zittis
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014

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Session 2
Urban Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies (II)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Matei Georgescu, Arizona State University; David J. Sailor, Portland State Univ.
  1:30 PM
2.1
Assessment of Vegetative Measures for Mitigation of Air Temperatures in the Urban Environment during Heat Waves—A Case Study for the Dutch City of Arnhem
Christof Gromke, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands; and B. Blocken

  1:45 PM
2.2
Modelling the Effect of Irrigation on Urban Microclimate in a Mixed Development Suburb
Ashley Mark Broadbent, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and N. J. Tapper, A. Coutts, J. Beringer, and M. Demuzere
Recorded Presentation

  2:00 PM
2.3
Vulnerability and adaptation of Paris metropolitan area to future heat waves
Aude Lemonsu, Météo-France/CNRS, Toulouse, France; and V. Viguié, A. L. Beaulant, S. Hallegatte, C. Marchadier, V. Masson, G. Pigeon, J. L. Salagnac, and S. Somot
Recorded Presentation

  2:15 PM
2.4
Quantifying impacts of the City of Sydney's urban forest strategy on residential microclimate
Melissa A. Hart, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; and M. Lipson
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014


Poster Session 1
Poster Session (I)
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Amanda J. Schroeder, Univ. of Georgia; Qi Li, Princeton University
 
278
Assessment of human biometeorological conditions in urban areas embedded in complex topographies in Southwest Germany
Andreas Matzarakis, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, , Germany; and C. Ketterer

Handout (20.1 MB)

 
280
Modeling the Influence of Open Water Surfaces on the Summertime Temperature and Thermal Comfort in the City
Natalie Theeuwes, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and A. Solcerová and G. J. Steeneveld

 
281
Evaluating the effects of changes in observatory position and surrounding urbanization on the historical temperature time series of the city of Trento in the Alps
Lorenzo Giovannini, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and D. Zardi and M. de Franceschi

 
282
On the Investigation of Mesoscale Dynamic and Aerosols Effects on Precipitation over a Urban Tropical Sea-Breeze Environment: Observations and Modeling
Nathan Hosannah, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR; and J. E. González, D. Comarazamy, S. Bracho, H. Parsiani, L. Tavarez, and S. Llantin

 
283
Los Angeles Sea-Breeze Thermal Response Field Studies
Pedro sequerra, The City College of New York, New York, NY; and J. E. González, K. McDonald, and S. LaDochy

 
284
Future Change in Wintertime Urban Heat Island in Tokyo Metropolitan Area
Masayuki Hara, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; and S. A. Adachi, H. Kusaka, and F. Kimura

 
285
Future change of thermal environment in a megacity projected by the regional climate model (RegCM4) and the vegetated urban canopy model (VUCM)

 
285A
Climatology, Trends and Tendencies of Dew Point Data in New Jersey
Joseph A. Martucci, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and D. A. Zarrow and D. A. Robinson

 
286
Variations of urban aerosols in Tokyo metropolitan area based on network camera

 
287
Comparison of Methodologies for Detecting Convective Initiation Due to Differences in Land Use
Alex M. Haberlie, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL; and W. S. Ashley and T. J. Pingel

Handout (1.0 MB)

 
288
The impact of built form on the urban microclimate at the scale of city blocks
Csilla V. Gal, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Manuscript (5.0 MB)

Handout (1.3 MB)

 
289
Impact of global warming on the sensible heat load in a detached house in Tokyo in the 2030s
Hideki Kikumoto, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and R. Ooka and Y. Arima

Handout (983.5 kB)

 
290
Investigation of urban landslide characteristics by summer heavy rain
Ri Jin, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea; and H. Y. Zheng and K. S. Lee
Manuscript (8.7 kB)

Handout (2.0 MB)

 
291
Development and Testing of a Spatially Resolved Urban Land Surface Model Utilizing Parallel Computing on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs)
Daniel C. Alexander, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and N. Shingleton, K. A. Briggs, M. Overby, J. Clark, S. Halverson, E. R. Pardyjak, P. Willemsen, and R. Stoll

 
292
Analysis of the atmospheric heating process and its seasonal variation over the Tibetan Plateau using a land data assimilation system
Rie Seto, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Koike and M. Rasmy

Handout (2.7 MB)

 
293
Effects of large urban areas over precipitation and lightning - a review and future perspectives
Kleber P. Naccarato, INPE, Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

 
294
Los Angeles Urban Heat Islands: Land Use, Pacific and Climate Change Influences
Brandi Gamelin, California State University, Los Angeles, CA; and F. Hsu, S. LaDochy, P. Ramirez, H. Ye, P. Sequera, J. Gonzalez, K. McDonald, and W. C. Patzert

Handout (1.6 MB)

 
295
Hybrid Downscaling Model for the High Resolution Urban Ueat Island Effects with the Global Warming
Fujio Kimura, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan; and T. Yoshikane, S. A. Adachi, and M. Hara

 
296
Using WRF-UCM to assess the impacts of an urban archipelago on climate in the Northeast US
Theresa Andersen, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. M. Shepherd and L. Bounoua

 
297
Adopting STRONG Cities (Simulation Technologies for the Realization of Next Generation Cities) concept
Neha Ganesh, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and P. Schmid, D. Aliaga, and D. Niyogi

 
298
A multi-city analysis of the UHI-influence on warm season rainfall - What is the role of the nocturnal instability?

 
299
Climate change impacts on workplace heat and labour productivity loss: Thermal monitoring case study in Egypt

Handout (4.7 MB)

 
300
Microclimate Analysis of Observations in a Master-Planned Residential Community in Arizona
Benjamin L. Ruddell, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ; and W. T. L. Chow

 
301
Determining the Urban Heat Island intensity of Kolkata City with suggestive mitigation techniques
Chandana Mitra, Auburn University, Auburn, AL; and D. Pradhan and R. Bhowmick

 
302
Sensitivity of Building Energy Demand to Solar Irradiance

 
303
Effects of urban redevelopment on wind corridor and thermal environment in urban area
Hojin Yang, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and C. Yi, H. G. Kwon, Y. H. Kim, and H. S. Jung

 
304
Assessing Multiscale Hydrometeorological and Hydrologic Feedbacks due to urbanization over the San Francisco Bay Area
Gopal Penny, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and J. Palomino, S. Thompson, P. Schmid, and D. Niyogi

 
305
New York City: Understanding the Interconnected Factors of the Urban Heat Island Effect
Yehuda Klein, Brooklyn College, New York, NY; and H. Link and J. Pillich

 
306
New York City Thermal Cycle Assessment and Neighborhood Temperature Variations Due to the Urban Heat Island
Rouzbeh Nazari, NOAA/City University, New York, NY; and M. Ghandehari, M. Karimi, B. L. Vant-Hull, and D. R. Khanbilvardi

 
307
Modelling the influence of urbanization in the 20th century on the temperature record of weather station De Bilt (Netherlands)
S. Koopmans, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and N. Theeuwes, G. J. Steeneveld, and A. A. M. Holtslag

 
308
Moderation of summertime heat-island phenomena via modification of the urban form in the Tokyo metropolitan area
Sachiho A. Adachi, JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan; and F. Kimura, H. Kusaka, M. Duda, Y. Yamagata, H. Seya, K. Nakamichi, and T. Aoyagi

 
309
Linking shading patterns of trees in Phoenix, AZ to thermal comfort
Ariane Middel, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and K. Häb, A. J. Brazel, C. A. Martin, and B. L. Ruddell

Handout (12.5 MB)

 
310
An urban micro-climate model for assessing impacts of Water Sensitive Urban Design
Kerry A. Nice, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and N. Tapper, J. Beringer, A. Coutts, and S. Krayenhoff

Handout (3.3 MB)


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014

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Session 3
Intersections of Global Climate Change and Urbanization
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Jorge Gonzalez, City College of New York; Valery Masson, CNRM

This session will explore papers related to quantification of combined effects of global climate change and urbanization including techniques to quantify combined signals, local consequences of global climate changes in urban environments, consequences on extreme weather events tendencies, associated analyses, observations, and modeling.
  4:00 PM
3.1
Adapting cities to climate change: a systemic modelling approach
Valéry Masson, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and C. Marchadier, L. Adolphe, R. Aguejdad, P. Avner, M. Bonhomme, G. Bretagne, X. Briottet, B. Bueno, C. de Munck, O. Doukari, J. Hidalgo, T. Houet, A. Lemonsu, N. Long, M. P. Moine, T. Morel, L. Nolorgues, G. Pigeon, J. L. Salagnac, V. Viguié, and K. Zibouche
Recorded Presentation

  4:15 PM
3.2
Linking Carbon Dioxide Fluxes to Urban Density
Simone Kotthaus, King's College London & University of Reading, London, United Kingdom; and H. C. Ward, C. S. B. Grimmond, J. G. Evans, A. Bjorekegren, J. Minns, and A. Christen

  4:30 PM
3.3
Urban Landscapes and Climate Change: Workshop Report
Beth Drewniak, ANL, Argonne, IL; and F. Chen, R. Jacob, and C. Catlett
Recorded Presentation

  4:45 PM
3.4
Quantification and Mitigation of Long-Term Impacts of Urbanization and Climate Change in the Tropical Coastal City of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Daniel Comarazamy, City College of New York, New York, NY; and J. E. González and J. Luvall

  5:00 PM
3.5
A Study using Future Weather Data in Consideration of Climate Change and Local Climate Phenomena using Dynamical Downscaling for Building Energy Simulations
Yusuke Arima, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and R. Ooka and H. Kikumoto

  5:15 PM
3.6
Multi-scale Study of Chicago Heat Island and the Impacts of Climate Change
Patrick Conry, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN; and A. Sharma, M. Potosnak, H. J. S. Fernando, and J. Hellmann
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (986.6 kB)

Handout (2.4 MB)

  5:30 PM
3.7
California's Summer Coastal Cooling: Global-Warming Counter-Reaction and/or Large-scale Oceanic Forcing?
Pedro Sequerra, City College, New York, NY; and S. LaDochy, B. Bornstein, and J. E. González
Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 3 February 2014


Reception and Exhibits Opening

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

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8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014

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Session 4
Biometeorology and Public Health in Urban Areas
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Christopher Emery, Environ Corp.; Jan Kleissl, University of California
  8:30 AM
4.1
Dependence of Mean Radiant Temperature on 3D Radiant Flux Densities: The Example of Urban Quarters in a Mid-Size Central European City during Summer Heat
Helmut Mayer, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, , Germany; and H. Lee
Recorded Presentation

Handout (630.9 kB)

 
4.2
Urban Isoprene as a Precursor for Ozone Formation

  8:45 AM
4.2A
Trees in the street canyon environment: exposure and response under changing micro-climates and water availability
Andrew Coutts, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and N. Tapper

  9:00 AM
4.3
Linking urban micro scale models for human-biometeorological assessment—RayMan and SkyHelios
Andreas Matzarakis, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, , Germany
Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.7 MB)

  9:15 AM
4.4
Human thermal comfort during a heat-wave in the town of Wageningen, The Netherlands
B.G. Heusinkveld, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and G. J. Steeneveld, R. J. Ronda, W. Klemm, and A. A. M. Holtslag

  9:30 AM
4.5
A Biometeorological Framework for Designing Urban Parks that Ameliorate the Effects of Climate Change
Robert D. Brown, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada; and J. K. Vanos, G. Slater, N. Kenny, and S. Lenzholzer
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (887.6 kB)

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014


Spouses' Coffee

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014

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Session 5
Impacts of Aerosols and Urban Environments on Precipitation
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Dev Niyogi, Purdue University; Xu Tang, WMO
  11:00 AM
5.1
Numerical study of urban impacts on summer convective rainfall in Beijing
Yizhou Zhang, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and S. Miao, B. Bornstein, and Y. Dai
Recorded Presentation

  11:15 AM
5.2
Aerosol Impacts on Warm Season Precipitation over New York City
Nathan Hosannah, City College, New York, NY; and J. E. González and B. Bornstein
Recorded Presentation

  11:30 AM
5.3
Modeling the Influences of Local Urban Aerosols on a Derecho in Birmingham, AL
Paul Schmid, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN; and D. Niyogi
Recorded Presentation

  11:45 AM
5.4
A Study of the Beijing Super-Storm of 21 July 2012 using WRF model
Mukul Tewari, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. Chen, S. Miao, G. Miguez-Macho, and X. Yu

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014


Lunch Break

Stanley a. Changnon Luncheon
Location: Room B401 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 6
History of urban climate research and presentation of the BUE award to David Sailor
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the 12th History Symposium; and the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium )
Cochairs: Bob Bornstein, San Jose State University; Dev Niyogi, Purdue University
  1:30 PM
TJ6.1
A Selective Historical Overview of Urban Meteorological Studies in the U.S.: Field Campaigns and Community Syntheses "Invited"
Walter F. Dabberdt, Vaisala. Inc., Boulder, CO; and J. Ching
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (174.0 kB)

Handout (589.6 kB)

  1:45 PM
TJ6.2
Urban Meteorology: A Historical Perspective "Invited"
Vladimir Janković, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Recorded Presentation

  2:00 PM
TJ6.3
The History and Future of the La Porte Anomaly "Invited"
Dev Niyogi, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and P. Schmid
Recorded Presentation

  2:15 PM
TJ6.4
From clouds to cloud computing: The role of observations in the history of urban climatology "Invited"
C. Sue B. Grimmond, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

  2:30 PM
TJ6.5
History of numerical urban meteorological-modeling "Invited"
Bob Bornstein, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Recorded Presentation

  2:45 PM
TJ6.6
Can Cities Create or Modify Precipitation? Have we answered this question and what is next in 2014 and beyond? "Invited"
Marshall Shepherd, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014


Coffee Break

Meet the President
Location: Room C103 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014

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Joint Session 11
Urban Hydroclimate and Flood
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; and the 28th Conference on Hydrology )
Cochairs: Michael Ek, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC; John B. Eylander, US Army Corps of Engineers; Zhi-Hua Wang, Arizona State University
  3:30 PM
J11.1
Sub-Facet Heterogeneity of the Urban Surface Energy Budget
Elie Bou-Zeid, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and P. Ramamurthy, J. Smith, M. L. Baeck, and C. Welty
Recorded Presentation

  3:45 PM
J11.2
Effects of Local Land-Surface Processes on Heavy Rainfall in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area
Young-Hee Ryu, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and J. Smith, M. L. Baeck, and E. Bou-Zeid
Recorded Presentation

  4:00 PM
J11.3
Empirical Analyses of the Hydroclimatology of Flooding for Small Urban Watersheds
James A. Smith, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and M. L. Baeck, L. Cunha, Y. H. Ryu, D. B. Wright, B. K. Smith, M. Liu, and A. Grange
Recorded Presentation

  4:15 PM
J11.4
An Observational Study of Urban Modified Thunderstorms Across the Nashville Metro Area, 2003-2012
Kelly D. Boyd, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and J. S. M. Coleman

Handout (2.0 MB)

  4:30 PM
J11.5
Sensitivity Analysis of Hydrological Modeling in the WRF-Urban Modeling System using Advanced Monte Carlo Simulations
Zhihua Wang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and J. Yang
Recorded Presentation

  4:45 PM
J11.6
Enhancing hydrologic modeling in the coupled WRF-Urban modeling system
Jiachuan Yang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and Z. Wang, F. Chen, S. G. Miao, and M. Tewari
Recorded Presentation

  5:00 PM
J11.7
Observational and modeling perspectives on the 14 June 2010 Oklahoma City flood event
Amanda J. Schroeder, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. M. Shepherd and J. B. Basara
Recorded Presentation

  5:15 PM
J11.8
Characteristics of Summer Precipitation in Beijing in the Context of Urbanization
Qingchun Li, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and Z. Zheng and S. Miao
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 4 February 2014

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Session 1
Bernhard Haurwitz Memorial Lecture
Location: Room C106 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 14th Presidential Forum; the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes; the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium; the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 28th Conference on Hydrology; the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 12th History Symposium; the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 11th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Major Weather Events and Societal Impacts of 2013; and the Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts )
  5:00 PM
L1.1
Towards a general theory of global monsoons (Invited Presentation)
Peter J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Recorded Presentation

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

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Session 6
Modeling, Observation, and Input Data Requirements for Understanding and Predicting Interdisciplinary Urban Phenomenon (I)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Fei Chen, NCAR; C. Sue B. Grimmond, University of Reading
  8:30 AM
6.1
Fast urban heat island model for thermal comfort studies
Julien Le Bras, CNRM, Toulouse, France
Recorded Presentation

  8:45 AM
6.2
CFD Simulation of Urban Environment: Thermal Effects of Geometrical Characteristics and Surface Materials
Negin Nazarian, University of California, La Jolla, CA; and J. Kleissl
Recorded Presentation

  9:00 AM
6.3
Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow in a densely built-up urban area
Seung-Bu Park, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and J. J. Baik and B. S. Han
Recorded Presentation

  9:15 AM
6.4
Fine Scale Mapping of the Manhattan Heat Island for Health Impacts
Brian L. Vant-Hull, NOAA/City College, New York, NY; and M. Karimi and R. Khanbilvardi
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (3.5 MB)

 
6.5
Investigating the Relationships between Land Use/Land Cover and Surface Temperature and Air Temperature in Makurdi, Nigeria

  9:45 AM
6.6
Recent Enhancements to the Integrated WRF-Urban Modeling System
Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and S. G. Miao, M. Tewari, M. Barlage, J. Yang, Z. H. Wang, C. Meng, J. Ching, D. Li, and E. Bou-Zeid
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014


Spouses' Coffee

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014


Coffee Break

Meet the President
Location: Room C103 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Recording files available
Session 7
Urban Development, Planning, and Sustainability
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Elie Bou-Zeid, Princeton University; Jorge Gonzalez, City College
  10:30 AM
7.1
Heat waves in urban areas: impacts and mitigation
Dan Li, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and E. Bou-Zeid
Recorded Presentation

  10:45 AM
7.2
Modeling Building Thermal Loads During an Extreme Heat Event in a Dense Urban Environment
Yehisson Tibana, City College, New York, NY; and S. Marte, D. Melecio-Velazquez, and J. E. González
Recorded Presentation

  11:00 AM
7.3
A decade of heat waves in two European cities: impacts and perspectives
Benedicte Dousset, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

  11:15 AM
7.4
The Use of Trees as a Strategy to Daylight Control and Thermo-luminic Comfort in the Built Environment
Fernando Durso Neves Caetano, Universidade Estadual, Campinas, Brazil; and A. Prata and L. Chebel

  11:30 AM
7.5
Simulating Radiative Transport for Vegetation in Complex Urban Environments with Green Infrastructure
Matthew Overby, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN; and B. Bailey, R. Stoll, P. Willemsen, and E. Pardyjak
Recorded Presentation

  11:45 AM
7.6
Evaluation of moisture and heat transport in the building-resolving urban transport code QUIC EnviSim
Kevin A., Briggs, University of Utah, Sandy, Utah; and M. Overby, D. C. Alexander, R. Stoll, P. Willemsen, and E. R. Pardyjak
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014


Lunch Break

Women in the Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon: A Conversation about the Future
Location: Room C112 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Recording files available
Lecture 2
Horton Lecture
Location: Georgia Ballroom 1 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 28th Conference on Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes; the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Edward S. Epstein Symposium; the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 12th History Symposium; the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 11th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the Seventh Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; and the Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts )
  1:30 PM
L2.1
Elusive Elements of Evaporation and Runoff Behavior Hidden Within Traditional Hydrological Measurements
Randal D. Koster, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 8
Modeling, Observation, and Input Data Requirements for Understanding and Predicting Interdisciplinary Urban Phenomenon(II)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Fei Chen, NCAR; C. Sue B. Grimmond, University of Reading
  1:30 PM
8.1
Weather and Climate Measurements in Urban Domes
William Callahan, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD
Recorded Presentation

  1:45 PM
8.2
Summertime Urban Heat Island in the Oklahoma City and Implications for Air Quality Assessment
Xiao-Ming Hu, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. M. Klein and M. Xue
Recorded Presentation

  2:00 PM
8.3
Assessment of High Resolution Urbanized Meteorological Models using ground based remote sensing and satellite imagery
Zaw Han, NOAA CREST, New York, NY; and E. Gutierrez, J. E. González, B. Gross, and F. Moshary
Recorded Presentation

  2:15 PM
8.4
Impact of four-dimensional data assimilation (FDDA) on urban climate analysis
Linlin Pan, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, Y. Liu, L. li, Y. Jiang, W. Cheng, Y. Zhang, and G. Roux
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

Poster Session 2
Poster Session (II)
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Amanda J. Schroeder, Univ. of Georgia; Qi Li, Princeton University
 
643
Weekly variation of summer monsoon rainfall in the vicinity of a tropical coastal metropolitan city: A study using observations from TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR) and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)
Chandra Kishtawal, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and D. Niyogi

 
644
Seasonality and view angle effects in middle infrared radiance of urbanized areas
Geoffrey M. Henebry, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD; and C. P. Krehbiel

 
645
Evaluation of a Gaussian plume model for urban canopy using CFD data
Hiromasa Nakayama, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Takemi and H. Nagai

 
646
Development of a simulator for urban climate analysis reflected urban planning and climate change scenarios
Hae-Jung Koo, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and H. G. Kwon, C. Yi, Y. H. Kim, H. S. Jung, and D. Scherer

 
647
An idealized numerical study of the interactions of urban breeze circulation with mountain slope winds
Gantuya Ganbat, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and J. J. Baik

 
648
The importance of the anthropogenic heat flux for simulating the sensible and latent heat fluxes in an urban environment
Martin Best, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and C. S. B. Grimmond

Handout (3.5 MB)

 
649
The Impact of Biofiltration Systems, Rainwater Tanks and Urban Irrigation on Urban Canopy Evapotranspiration
Matthias Demuzere, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium; and A. Coutts, M. Göhler, A. Broadbent, H. Wouters, N. P. M. van Lipzig, and L. Gebert

 
650
Numerical Simulation of Wind-Induced Ventilation in Urban Buildings of Random Staggered Arrays

 
651
Investigating Uneven Heating of Neighborhoods Due to Urban Heat Island for Climate Health Impacts In New York City
Maryam Karimi, NOAA, New York, NY; and B. L. Vant-Hull, R. Nazari, and D. R. Khanbilvardi

 
652
Variability of Effective Roughness Height in Model Urban Canopies
Auvi Rahman, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and P. Huq and F. E. Camelli

 
653
Assessment of Air Quality Impact of Traffic Congestion in Urban Environment
Masoud Ghandehari, New York Univ., Brooklyn, NY; and R. Nazari, S. Gholitabar, and G. Thurston

 
654
The impact of anthropogenic emissions on the London's temperatures
Sylvia I. L. D. Bohnenstengel, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and I. Hamilton, M. Davies, and S. E. Belcher

 
655
Development of 2 D, 3D Direct Numerical Simulation Models and their validation
Jong-Mun Choi, National Institute of Meteorological Research, Seoul, South Korea; and M. Kim, H. Yang, D. G. Lee, Y. H. Kim, and H. S. Jung

 
656
Improvements to the latent heat calculations in WRF multilayer urban parameterization
Estatio Gutierrez, City College of New York, New York, NY; and J. E. González, B. Bornstein, F. Salamanca, and A. Martilli

 
657
High-resolution Realtime Microscale Weather Analysis and Forecasting at Shenzhen, China
Yuewei Liu, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Liu, L. Pan, L. Li, Y. Jiang, Y. Zhang, W. Cheng, and G. Roux

 
658
Observed Ratios of Rooftop to Surface Concentrations in Built-Up City Centers
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and J. Chang and J. E. Flaherty

 
659
Effect of wind direction and building disposition on gusty wind environment at high-rise building area
Hua Cui, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea; and J. Yu and K. S. Lee
Manuscript (79.9 kB)

Handout (12.2 MB)

 
660
Multiphasic analyses of a recent record-breaking high temperature of 39.8ºC in the Tokyo metropolitan area
Yuya Takane, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and H. Kusaka and H. Kondo

Handout (12.0 MB)

 
Effects of Urbanization on Summer Extreme Warmest Night Temperature Changes in Surrounding Bohai Area

 
661
Modelling Study of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Characteristics in Industrial City by the Example of Chelyabinsk
Olga Lenskaya, South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia; and S. M. Abdullaev
Manuscript (1.2 MB)

Handout (1.6 MB)

 
662
Monitoring a Small Town's Urban Heat Island by Augmenting the Kentucky Mesonet
Donald M. Yow, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

 
663
Comparing Monthly Ozone Concentrations in the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area: Seasonal Variability or Land Use Characteristics?
Julio B. Chiquetto, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and M. E. S. Silva

Handout (795.8 kB)

 
664
The effects of urban environments on the dynamics of a simulated supercell thunderstorm
L. J. Reames, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Stensrud and D. Parsons

 
665
Characterization of Storms in and around Urban Areas of the Central Plains
Kristin M. Calhoun, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and B. Hardzinski, J. S. King, P. Downes, J. Walker, and G. M. Henebry

 
666
Observational and Numerical Characterization of the Planetary Boundary Layer at the Urban Area of São Paulo, Brazil
Flavia N. D. Ribeiro, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and L. C. Lopes, J. Soares, A. P. Oliveira, and M. M. R. Pereira Sr.

Handout (845.0 kB)

 
Poster 667 has been moved. New paper number is 9.2A

 
668
Numerical Study on the Effects of Street–Canyon Aspect–Ratio on Reactive Pollutant Dispersion
Su-Jin Park, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea; and J. J. Kim and R. Park

Handout (1.7 MB)

 
669
Modification of local roughness length by advancing storm surge in landfalling tropical cyclones
Rebecca Paulsen Edwards, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX; and R. J. Krupar III, R. Warkentin, and S. Resnik

Handout (2.1 MB)

 
670
The effects of aerosol on night sky brightness and perception of city light domes
Guoxun Tian, Colorado State university, Fort Collins, CO; and S. M. Kreidenweis, C. Moore, M. Aube, and B. Holben

 
671
INFLUX: Comparisons of modeled and observed surface energy dynamics over varying urban landscapes in Indianapolis, IN
Daniel P. Sarmiento, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and T. lauvaux, N. L. Miles, S. Richardson, and K. J. Davis

 
672
large-eddy simulations of vortex streets and dispersion behind high-rise buildings
Beom-Soon Han, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and S. B. Park, M. Kim, and J. J. Baik

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Recording files available
Joint Session 12
Impact of Extreme Weather and Climate on Urban Environment
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; and the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction )
Cochairs: A.A.M. Holtslag, Wageningen University, Meteorology and Air Quality Section; James A. Voogt, Western University
  4:00 PM
J12.1
Summer in the City—Forecasting and Mapping Human Thermal Comfort in Urban Areas
A. A. M. Holtslag, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and R. J. Ronda, G. J. Steeneveld, B. G. Heusinkveld, and M. V. D. Harst

  4:15 PM
J12.2
High-Resolution, Coupled Hydro-Meteorological Modelling for Operational Forecasting of Severe Flooding Events in Rio de Janeiro
Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and J. P. Cipriani, A. P. Praino, R. Cerqueira, M. N. D. Santos, V. C. V. B. Segura, I. C. Oliveira, L. C. V. Real, K. Mantripragada, and P. Jourdan
Recorded Presentation

  4:30 PM
J12.3
Experiences with a 100m versions of the Unified Model over an urban area
Humphrey W. Lean, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom
Recorded Presentation

  4:45 PM
J12.4
Urban, Water bodies, and Orography Induced Circulations and their Impact on Extreme Weather Forecasting
Sylvie Leroyer, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Bélair, S. Z. Husain, and V. Vionnet
Recorded Presentation

  5:00 PM
J12.5
Numerical investigation of summer sea breeze using updated urban aerodynamic parameters in Kanto Region
Alvin Christopher G. Varquez, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, International, Japan; and M. Nakayoshi and M. Kanda
Recorded Presentation

Handout (5.2 MB)

  5:15 PM
J12.6
On the Genesis and Evolution of the Summer 2013 Heat Wave Event In New York City: Observations and Modeling
Estatio Gutierrez, City College, New York, NY; and J. E. González, D. Melecio, M. Arend, B. Bornstein, and A. Martilli
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Recording files available
Lecture 3
Walter Orr Roberts Lecture
Location: Room C113 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Second Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Impacts on Weather and Climate Extremes; the Second Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Stanley A. Changnon Symposium; the Edward S. Epstein Symposium; the 30th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 28th Conference on Hydrology; the 26th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Symposium on Education; the 22nd Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 18th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 12th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 12th History Symposium; the 12th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 11th Conference on Space Weather; the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; the Tenth Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the Seventh Annual CCM Forum: Certified Consulting Meteorologists; the Sixth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Fifth Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Fifth Conference on Environment and Health; the Fourth Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium; the Fourth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Fourth Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Second Symposium on the Weather and Climate Enterprise; the Second Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; and the Special Symposium on Severe Local Storms: The Current State of the Science and Understanding Impacts )
  5:00 PM
L3.1
Fire in the Earth System: Interactions with the Atmosphere
Christine Wiedinmyer, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014


Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 5 February 2014


94th AMS Awards Banquet

Thursday, 6 February 2014

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8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
New-generation mesoscale to urban scale modeling capabilities for air pollution research and prediction (I)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment; and the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA )
Cochairs: Ted Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation; Jason Ching, Univ. of North Carolina
  8:30 AM
J1.1
Numerical Simulations of Thermal Effects of Building Walls
Ted Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation, Santa Fe, NM
Recorded Presentation

  8:45 AM
J1.2
Development and implementation of a column version of an Urban Canopy Parameterization in WRF and testing over Madrid
Andres Simon-Moral, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid, Spain; and A. Martilli and J. L. Santiago
Recorded Presentation

  9:00 AM
J1.3
WUDAPT: Facilitating Advanced Urban Canopy Modeling for Weather, Climate and Air Quality Applications
Jason Ching, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and G. Mills, J. Fedemma, K. Oleson, L. See, I. Stewart, B. Bechtel, F. Chen, X. Wang, M. K. A. Neophytou, and A. Hanna
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.3 MB)

  9:15 AM
J1.4
Exploring scale-adaptive representations and distinctive signatures of cities using multi-resolution analysis
Marina K.-A. Neophytou, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; and P. Mouzourides, A. Kyprianou, and M. J. Brown
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (677.2 kB)

  9:30 AM
J1.5
Simulation of urban dispersion using a fast response building resolving model coupled with WRF
Adam K. Kochanski, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. R. Pardyjak, W. J. Steenburgh, R. Stoll, and A. Gowardhan
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Hall C3 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

11:00 AM-11:30 AM: Thursday, 6 February 2014

Recording files available
Joint Session 2
New-generation mesoscale to urban scale modeling capabilities for air pollution research and prediction (II)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 18th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; and the 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment )
Cochairs: Ted Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation; Jason Ching, Univ. of North Carolina
  11:00 AM
J2.1
Large-Eddy Simulation of Pollutant Dispersion over Urban Street Canyons: Local Turbulence and Local Reactions
Tang-Zheng Du, Univ. of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong; and C. H. Liu and Y. B. Zhao
Recorded Presentation

  11:15 AM
J2.2
Microscale Simulations of Reactive Pollutant Dispersion in a High-rise Building Area Using a CFD Model Coupled with Mesoscale Meteorological and Air Quality Models
Kyung-Hwan Kwak, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South Korea; and J. J. Baik
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014

Recording files available
Session 9
Urban Canopy and Roughness Sublayers (I)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Petra M. Klein, The University of Oklahoma; Alberto Martilli, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
  11:30 AM
9.1
Scaling of Mean Flow and Turbulence in the Urban Canopy Layer
Petra M. Klein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. M. Galvez
Recorded Presentation

 
9.2
Trends in the field of quality assurance of urban flow and dispersion models

  11:45 AM
9.2A
A New Parameterization of the Scale Length in Urban Canopy Using the LES Database
Hiroaki Kondo, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and A. Inagaki and M. Kanda
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014

Recording files available
Session 10
Urban Canopy and Roughness Sublayers (II)
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Petra M. Klein, The University of Oklahoma; Alberto Martilli, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
  1:30 PM
10.1
Large-Eddy Simulation of Efficiency of Momentum Transport in Spatially Developing Urban Boundary Layer
Keigo Nakajima, University of Tokyo, Meguro ku, Tokyo, Japan; and R. Ooka and H. Kikumoto

Handout (1.7 MB)

  1:45 PM
10.2
A Unified Theory for the Estimate of Ventilation and Pollutant Dispersion over Hypothetical Urban Areas
Chun-Ho Liu, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong; and Y. K. Ho, C. T. Ng, and C. C. C. Wong
Recorded Presentation

  2:00 PM
10.3
Interaction between urban surface boundary and mesoscale weather
Tieh-Yong Koh, Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore, Singapore; and J. Panda
Manuscript (448.1 kB)

  2:15 PM
10.4
Microscale Urban Flow Simulations with Realistic Distributions of Surface Thermal Forcing
Jose Luis Santiago, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid, Spain; and S. Krayenhoff and A. Martilli
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (971.6 kB)

  2:30 PM
10.5
Introducing Fractal Dimension into the Coupled WRF-Urban Model to Represent the Morphological Characteristics of Urban Canopy
Yuhuan Li, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and S. Miao, Y. Liu, and F. Chen
Recorded Presentation

Handout (10.4 MB)

  2:45 PM
10.6
Parameterization of drag and turbulence for urban neighbourhoods with trees
E. Scott Krayenhoff, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and J. L. Santiago, A. Martilli, A. Christen, and T. R. Oke
Manuscript (295.8 kB)

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014


Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014


Coffee Break

Meet the President
Location: Room C103 (The Georgia World Congress Center )

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014

Recording files available
Session 11
Urban Energy and Water Balances
Location: Room C212 (The Georgia World Congress Center )
Host: 11th Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs: Martin J. Best, Met Office; Rob Stoll, University of Utah
  3:30 PM
11.1
How does the representation of vegetation within a urban land surface model influence the distribution of energy between the sensible and latent heat fluxes over a number of sites with varying land cover?
Martin Best, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and C. S. B. Grimmond
Recorded Presentation

  3:45 PM
11.2
Effects of Vegetation on Urban Thermal Anisotropy
Daniel R. Dyce, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and J. A. Voogt
Recorded Presentation

  4:00 PM
11.3
A building and tree resolving modeling framework for simulating , momentum, energy, pollutant dispersion, and moisture budgets in complex urban canopies over a wide range of spatial scales
Rob Stoll, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Pardyjak, B. Bailey, D. Alexander, K. A. Briggs, A. Kochanski, J. Steenburgh, T. Harman, P. Willemsen, and M. Overby
Recorded Presentation

  4:15 PM
11.4
Variations of energy fluxes across Oklahoma City
Kodi L. Nemunaitis-Monroe, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara and P. Klein
Recorded Presentation

  4:30 PM
11.5
Project MCITY Brazil: Assessing Urban Climate Features of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
Amauri P. Oliveira, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; and E. P. Marques Filho, M. Ferreira, J. Soares, G. Codato, E. Landulfo, F. Ribeiro, M. Cassol, E. Assis, J. Escobedo, P. Mlakar, and M. Boznar
Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.6 MB)

  4:45 PM
11.6
Quantifying Urban Form via Spatial Metrics and its Climatic Implications
Neil Debbage, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; and J. M. Shepherd
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 6 February 2014


AMS 94th Annual Meeting Adjourns
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