Session 5 Studies in Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosols, Prediction, and Observing Systems

Tuesday, 12 January 2016: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 243 ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 19th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA
Chair:
Ivanka Stajner, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Studies on operational air quality predictions and prediction systems with an emphasis on advances in aerosol/contaminant prediction and chemical data assimilation and improvements in emissions for air quality prediction.

Papers:
3:30 PM
5.1
3:45 PM
5.2
Improvements of the dust prediction system in Japan Meteorological Agency
Akinori Ogi, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Y. Tanaka, N. Ohkawara, T. Maki, T. T. Sekiyama, and K. Yumimoto
4:00 PM
5.3
Resolution and Content Improvements to the MISR Operational Aerosol Product
Michael Garay, NASA/JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and D. J. Diner, M. Bull, and E. Hansen
4:30 PM
5.5
Operational Air Quality Forecasting in a Changing Emissions and Meteorological Environment in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Amy K. Huff, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and W. F. Ryan, J. Dreessen, S. Nolan, and D. Salkovitz
4:45 PM
5.6
Top-down and bottom-up emission estimations for air quality impact forecasting: A first step to dynamic management of prescribed fires
M. Talat Odman, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and A. Pophale, Y. Hu, and A. G. Russell
5:00 PM
5.7
Improvements of NAQFC PM2.5 predictions using two different bias correction methods
Jianping Huang, IMSG, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and J. McQueen, P. Shafran, I. V. Djalalova, J. M. Wilczak, D. Allured, H. C. Huang, J. Wang, P. Lee, J. L. Gorline, G. DiMego, S. Upadhayay, and I. Stajner
5:15 PM
5.8
CMAQ PM2.5 forecast improvements to a Kalman-filter Analog hybrid post-processing scheme
Irina V. Djalalova, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and L. Delle Monache and J. Wilczak
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