13th Confernce on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc (Expanded View)

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Monday, 23 August 2004
8:45 AM, Monday
Session Welcoming Remarks
 
9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Monday
Session 1 Air Quality Forecasting
Organizer: Paula M. Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
9:00 AM1.1US National Air Quality Forecast Capability: Progress toward initial implementation  
Paula M. Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. Schere, J. T. McQueen, and R. A. Wayland
9:15 AM1.2The Use of high resolution numerical meteorological fields for regulatory dispersion modelling: An analysis of RAMS and MC2 fields over Kamloops, B.C  extended abstract wrf recording
Bryan McEwen, SENES Consultants Ltd, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and B. Murphy
9:30 AM1.3Ensemble air quality forecasts over the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia: a summer 2004 case study  extended abstract wrf recording
Luca Delle Monache, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and X. Deng, Y. Zhou, H. Modzelewski, G. Hicks, T. Cannon, R. B. Stull, and C. Di Cenzo
9:45 AM1.4An integrated meteo-diffusional modelling system to manage atmospheric pollution: an application of combined RAMS-CALMET-CALGRID models to evaluate ozone pollution in the Tuscany region  
Giovanni Gualtieri, CNR-IBIMET, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; and F. Calastrini
 
10:00 AM-10:15 AM, Monday
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday
Session 2 Air Quality Forecasting - Case Studies
Organizer: James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO
10:30 AM2.1Simulation of an ozone episode during the Central California Ozone Study. Part 1: MM5 meteorological model simulations  extended abstract wrf recording
James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Bao, S. A. Michelson, S. Tanrikulu, and S. T. Soong
10:45 AM2.2Simulations of an ozone episode during the Central California Ozone Study, Part II: CAMx air quality model simulations  extended abstract wrf recording
Su-Tzai Soong, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA; and S. Tanrikulu, J. M. Wilczak, J. W. Bao, P. Martien, and S. A. Michelson
11:00 AM2.3A Photochemical Model Comparison Study: CAMx and CMAQ Performance in Central California  extended abstract wrf recording
Jinyou Liang, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA; and P. T. Martien, S. T. Soong, and S. Tanrikulu
11:15 AM2.4High-Altitude Ozone Concentrations in Yosemite National Park, Sierra Nevada  extended abstract
Craig B. Clements, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and S. Zhong, S. B. Kim, S. Kim, and J. D. Burley
11:30 AM2.5A comparison of modelled ozone ground concentration with measurement  extended abstract wrf recording
Josef Brechler, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; and T. Halenka and J. Bednar
11:45 AM2.6Representativeness of two ozone episodes selected for modeling in the San Francisco Bay Area  extended abstract wrf recording
David Fairley, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA; and P. T. Martien, S. T. Soong, and S. Tanrikulu
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Monday
Session 3 Aerosol Measurement and Modeling
Organizer: Richard D. Clark, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA
1:30 PM3.1Vertical Profiles of Particulate Matter Size Distributions during Winter Domestic Burning in Christchurch, NZ  
Ian McKendry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and A. P. Sturman and J. M. Vergeiner
1:45 PM3.2The impacts of trans-boundary transport of aerosols on the regional air quality in the United States  
Hee-Jin In, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and D. W. Byun, R. J. Park, D. J. Jacob, S. Kim, J. H. Woo, N. K. Moon, and S. Zhong
3.3Synoptic influences on spatial and temporal variability of aerosols across North America  
Helen C. Power, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; and S. Sheridan
2:00 PM3.4Stable estimate of OC/EC ratios  extended abstract
Shao-Hang Chu, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC
2:15 PM3.6Wintertime tethered balloon measurements of meteorological variables and aerosol characterization in support of MANE-VU  extended abstract
Richard D. Clark, Millersville University, Millersville, PA; and D. M. O'Donnell, K. N. Berberich, C. J. Homan, D. T. Brewer, E. M. Lowery, J. E. Bunting, C. L. Hanna, M. T. Maiuri, and J. E. Yorks
 
3:30 PM-4:30 PM, Monday
Session 4 Downwind and Upwind Dispersion
Organizer: Ananthakrishna Sarma, SAIC, McLean, VA
3:30 PM4.1Pollutant recirculation in the Lower Fraser Valley (British Columbia, Canada)—a numerical study with MC2  extended abstract wrf recording
Alberto Martilli, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and D. G. Steyn
3:45 PM4.2From the Pacific to the Atlantic: Mesoscale Air Quality Modelling in Coastal Areas of Canada  extended abstract wrf recording
Mike Lepage, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc., Guelph, ON, Canada; and J. W. Boulton, X. Qiu, and M. Gauthier
4.3A hybrid methodology for investigating plume downwash in complex environments: a refined meso-scale model, a gaussian plume model, and wind tunnel testing  
Russell G. Derickson, CPP Wind Engineering Consultants, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and R. L. Petersen and D. Banks
4:00 PM4.4Effect of varying mesoscale model grid spacing on dispersion model results  
Randolph J. Evans, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL
4:15 PM4.5Application of adaptive unstructured grids to atmospheric dispersion in coastal and complex terrains   wrf recording
Ananthakrishna Sarma, SAIC, McLean, VA; and N. A. Ahmad, D. P. Bacon, T. J. Dunn, and M. S. Hall
 
4:45 PM, Monday
Sessions End for the Day
 
Tuesday, 24 August 2004
9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday
Session 5 Air Quality Forecasting - Part 2
Organizer: Jon Pleim, NOAA, Research Triangle Park, NC
9:00 AM5.1Characterizing Annual Meteorological Modeling Performance for Visibility Improvement Strategy Modeling in the Southeastern US  extended abstract wrf recording
Michael A. Abraczinskas, North Carolina Department of Air Quality, Raleigh, NC; and D. T. Olerud and A. P. Sims
9:15 AM5.2Analysis of model calculations of odour sensation episodes in the vicinity of livestock buildings  
Gunther Schauberger, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria; and M. Piringer and E. Petz
9:30 AM5.3Application of α -QSS to the numerical integration of kinetic equations in tropospheric photochemistry  
Feng Liu, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany; and E. Shaller and D. R. Mott
9:45 AM5.4Updates and evaluation of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model –2004 release  
Jonathan Pleim, NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC
 
10:00 AM-10:15 AM, Tuesday
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, Tuesday
Session 6 Advanced Dispersion Modeling
Organizer: David P. Bacon, SAIC, McLean, VA
10:30 AM6.1A Fast-Running Urban Airflow Model  
Donald A. Burrows, ITT Industries/Advanced Engineering and Sciences, Colorado Springs, CO; and R. Keith, S. Diehl, and E. Hendricks
10:45 AM6.2A Gaussian dispersion/plume model explicitly accounting for wind shear  extended abstract wrf recording
Chris J. Walcek, SUNY, Albany, NY
11:00 AM6.3An integrated approach to defining realtime upwind threat zones  extended abstract wrf recording
Jeffrey H. Copeland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Warner, S. Swerdlin, and J. C. Knievel
11:15 AM6.4Coupled Receptor/Dispersion Modeling with a Genetic Algorithm  extended abstract wrf recording
Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State University, State College, PA
11:30 AM6.5A Model for Local to Global to Local Scale Atmospheric Dispersion  extended abstract wrf recording
David P. Bacon, SAIC, McLean, VA; and N. Ahmad, T. J. Dunn, M. S. Hall, and A. Sarma
 
11:45 AM-1:15 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday
Session 7 Variability and Uncertainty
Organizer: Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME
1:30 PM7.1Relationship between Eulerian and Lagrangian statistics in the study of atmospheric dispersion in the Convective Boundary Layer: a Large-Eddy Simulation study  extended abstract wrf recording
Alessandro Dosio, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, A. A. M. Holtslag, and P. J. H. Builtjes
1:45 PM7.2Regional-scale Wind Field Classification Employing Cluster Analysis  extended abstract
Lee G. Glascoe, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and R. E. Glaser, H. N. S. Chin, and G. A. Loosmore
2:00 PM7.3impact of surface wind patterns on surface ozone in Houston, Texas as revealed by cluster analysis  extended abstract
Lisa S. Darby, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO
2:15 PM7.4A Climatology of Photochemical Smog Episodes in Sydney, Australia  extended abstract wrf recording
Melissa Hart, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and R. De Dear and R. Hyde
2:30 PM7.5Quantifying subgrid pollutant variability in Eulerian air quality models  extended abstract
Jerold A. Herwehe, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and J. K. S. Ching and J. L. Swall
2:45 PM7.6Monte Carlo estimates of uncertainties in outputs of regional ozone models due to uncertainties in inputs to the BEIS3 biogenics emissions model  extended abstract wrf recording
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and A. G. Russell, J. Wilkinson, J. Vukovich, and A. Hansen
 
3:00 PM-3:15 PM, Tuesday
Coffee Break
 
3:30 PM-4:30 PM, Tuesday
Session 8 Surface and Boundary Layer Impacts on Dispersion
Organizer: Roger Brode, Pacific Environmental Services, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC
3:30 PM8.1Implementation and evaluation of bulk Richardson number scheme in AERMOD  extended abstract wrf recording
Roger W. Brode, MACTEC Federal Programs, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC
3:45 PM8.2Measurement and modeling of ammonia flux and deposition velocity over natural surfaces in eastern North Carolina?  extended abstract
Sharon B. Phillips, North Carolina State University, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. P. S. Arya and V. P. Aneja
8.3The relation between pressure and air pollution concentration in Tehran  
Bohloul Alijani Sr., Training University in Tehran, Tehran, Iran
4:00 PM8.4An analysis of AERMOD sensitivity to input parameters in the San Francisco Bay Area  extended abstract wrf recording
Glen E. Long, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA; and J. F. Cordova and S. Tanrikulu
 
4:30 PM, Tuesday
Sessions End for the Day
 
Wednesday, 25 August 2004
9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday
Joint Session 2 Urban Scale Dispersion and Air Quality (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on the Urban Environment and the 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA)
Organizer: Martin Best, Met Office, Wallingford, Oxfordshire United Kingdom
9:00 AMJ2.1Is it rubbish in, rubbish out for dispersion models?  
Derrick Ryall, Met Office, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; and P. A. Clark and M. Best
9:15 AMJ2.2Development and applications of CFD simulations in support of air quality studies involving buildings  extended abstract
Alan Huber, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and W. Tang, A. Flowe, B. Bell, K. Kuehlert, and W. Schwarz
9:30 AMJ2.3Dispersion in the downtown Oklahoma City domain: comparisons between the Joint Urban 2003 data and the RUSTIC/MESO models  extended abstract wrf recording
Eric Hendricks, ITT Industries/Advanced Engineering and Sciences, Colorado Springs, CO; and D. A. Burrows, S. Diehl, and R. Keith
9:45 AMJ2.4Large eddy simulation of NOx-O3 dispersion in a street canyon  
Xiao-Ming Cai, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom; and J. Baker and H. L. Walker
 
10:00 AM-10:15 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, Wednesday
Joint Session 3 Building Scale Dispersion (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on the Urban Environment and the 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA) (parallel with sessions 9 and J4)
Organizer: Ted Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation, Santa Fe, NM
10:30 AMJ3.1A Study of Turbulent Kinetic Energy produced by Buildings in an Urban Central Business District  extended abstract
Donald A. Burrows, ITT Industries/Advanced Engineering and Sciences, Colorado Springs, CO; and S. Diehl and E. Hendricks
10:45 AMJ3.2ISC3 and PRIME Versus Wind Tunnel Observations for a Power Plant with Hyperbolic Cooling Towers  
Ronald L. Petersen, Cermak, Peterka Petersen, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and B. C. Cochran
11:00 AMJ3.3Evaluation and validation of CFD for predicting dilution from roof top stack exhausts  
David Banks, Cermak Peterka Petersen, Fort Collins, CO; and R. L. Petersen
11:15 AMJ3.4Dispersion around an L-Shape building: comparisons between wind tunnel data and the RUSTIC/MESO models  extended abstract
Steve Diehl, ITT Industries/Advanced Engineering and Sciences, Colorado Springs, CO; and D. A. Burrows and E. Hendricks
11:30 AMJ3.5Mechanical and thermal effects of buildings on the air flows simulated by a multiscale atmospheric model  
Ted Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation, Santa Fe, NM
 
11:45 AM-1:15 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break
 
3:30 PM-4:45 PM, Wednesday
Joint Session 5 Fast Response Urban Dispersion Models (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on the Urban Environment and the 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA)
Organizer: Theodore R. Young, Jr., NRL, Washington, DC
3:30 PMJ5.1Urban dispersion - challenges for fast response modeling  extended abstract
Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM
3:45 PMJ5.2Modeling of flow and dispersion characteristics in typical urban building configurations with the fast-response model QUIC  extended abstract
Petra Kastner-Klein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. V. Clark
4:00 PMJ5.3 Testing of the QUIC-PLUME model with wind-tunnel measurements for a highrise building  extended abstract
Michael D. Williams, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. Brown, D. Boswell, and B. Singh
4:15 PMJ5.4A comparison of airflow patterns from the QUIC model and an atmospheric wind tunnel for a two-dimensional building array and a multi-city block region near the World Trade Center site  extended abstract
George E. Bowker, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. G. Perry and D. K. Heist
4:30 PMJ5.5CT-analyst: fast and accurate CBR emergency assessment  
Theodore R. Young Jr., NRL, Washington, D.C; and J. Boris, S. Cheatham, J. Fulton, C. Lind, K. Obenschain, and G. Patnaik
 
4:45 PM, Wednesday
End for the Day
 
5:00 PM, Wednesday
Formal Poster Viewing
 
5:00 PM, Wednesday
Joint Poster Session 1 Urban and Regional Air Quality Forecasting (Joint between the Fifth Symposium on the Urban Environment and the 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA)
 JP1.1The use of air quality models to estimate the local and transboundary influence during smog episodes  extended abstract
Gilles Morneau, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and N. Pentcheva
 JP1.2STOSOS—A Study of Ozone in the Vancouver - Whistler -Pemberton Corridor  
Stephanie K. Meyn, B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Surrey, BC, Canada; and I. McKendry, J. Krzyzanowski, T. Ashman, and D. Jaffe
JP1.3Modeling aerosol formation and photochemistry in point source plumes with the CMAQ plume-in-grid system  
James M. Godowitch, NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC
 JP1.4Evaluation of AIRPACT-2, a numerical, photochemical air quality forecast system, for ozone, particulate matter (PM2.5), and selected air toxics in the Pacific Northwest  
Abdullah Mahmud, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and J. Vaughan, J. Chen, J. Avise, H. Westburg, and B. Lamb
 JP1.5Stability assessment from surface-based temperature measurements  extended abstract
Gail M. Roth, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada; and M. Rossetto and P. L. Jackson
 JP1.6Incorporating a Full-Physics Meteorological Model into an Applied Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling System  extended abstract
Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and K. J. Allwine and F. C. Rutz
 JP1.7Assessment of the Wind Regime Peculiarities and Pollution Transfer for Tashkent  
Ludmila Shardakova, Central Asian Research Hydro Meteorological Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; and L. V. Usmanova, D. A. Shulgin, and E. Alekseev
 JP1.8Wavelet analysis of urban and rural surface flux  extended abstract
Pierre Durand, CNRM CNRS-Météo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. L. Attié, D. Lambert, and G. Pigeon
 JP1.10High Resolution Ozone Modeling in Portland/Vancouver Airshed  
Ying Xie, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and B. Lamb and J. Chen
 JP1.11Ambient VOC measurements in Mexico City  extended abstract
Brian Lamb, Washington State University., Pullman, WA; and E. Velasco, E. Allwine, H. Westberg, S. Herndon, B. Knighton, E. Grimsrud, T. Jobson, M. Alexander, and P. Prezeller
 
5:00 PM, Wednesday
Poster Session 1B Uncertainty and Origination
 P1B.1Quantifying Uncertainty in Concentration Output Generated by Atmospheric and Diffusion Models  extended abstract
Michael K. Atchison, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and B. J. Provoncha, S. L. Seely, and A. J. Vanderzanden
 P1B.2An evaluation of uncertainty and sensitivity of a regional scale air pollution and pesticide modeling system  
Sreerama M. Daggupaty, EC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and J. Ma
 P1B.3Seasonal changes of air parcel's trajectories arriving at the Japan Area  extended abstract
Ryo Kazaoka, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and H. Kida
 P1B.4Adjoint method for the optimum planning of industrial pollutant sources  
Hu Fei, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and L. Feng and Y. Jing
 P1B.5The February 28, 2002 Reno dust storm: A case study  extended abstract
Stephen A. Cohn, NCAR/ATD, Boulder, CO; and J. Lewis and J. Hallett
 

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