Fifth Conference on Urban Environment (Expanded View)

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Monday, 23 August 2004
7:30 AM, Monday
Conference Registration—continues through Thursday, 26 Aug
 
8:45 AM-10:00 AM, Monday
Session 1 major urban field campaigns
Chair: Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME
8:45 AM1.1Urban Dispersion Processes Investigated During the Joint Urban 2003 Study in Oklahoma City  
K. Jerry Allwine, PNNL, Richland, WA; and K. Clawson, M. J. Leach, D. Burrows, R. Wayson, J. Flaherty, and E. Allwine
9:00 AM1.2The Canopy and Aerosol Particles Interaction in Toulouse Urban Layer (CAPITOUL) experiment: first results  extended abstract wrf recording
Valéry Masson, Meteo-France/CNRM, Toulouse, France; and G. Pigeon, P. Durand, L. Gomes, J. A. Salmond, J. P. Lagouarde, J. A. Voogt, T. R. Oke, C. Lac, C. Liousse, and D. Maro
9:15 AM1.3An overview of the Pentagon Shield 2004 field campaign  extended abstract wrf recording
Jason C. Knievel, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and B. B. Balsley, P. Benda, J. F. Bowers, K. L. Clawson, J. H. Copeland, R. G. Frehlich, M. L. Jensen, S. D. Mayor, R. D. Sharman, S. M. Spuler, D. P. Storwold, S. P. Swerdlin, T. T. Warner, and J. C. Weil
9:30 AM1.4Invitation to Participate in the Houston Environmental Aerosol Thunderstorm Project (HEAT)  
John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. Orville, L. D. Carey, D. R. Collins, A. Stuart, and R. Zhang
9:45 AM1.5Plans for the Madison Square Garden 2004 (MSG04) tracer experiment in Manhattan  extended abstract wrf recording
Steven R. Hanna, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; and R. M. Reynolds, J. Heiser, and R. D. Bornstein
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, Monday
Session 2 the urban heat island effect (parallel with session 3)
Chair: Tim R. Oke, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
10:30 AM2.2The Urban Heat Island and Temperature Inversions Measured by a Temperature Datalogger Network in Phoenix during June and July 2001  extended abstract
Jerome D. Fast, PNNL, Richland, WA
10:45 AM2.3Urban modifications in a mesoscale meteorological model and the effects on surface energetics in a semi-arid metropolitan region  extended abstract
Susanne Grossman-Clarke, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and J. A. Zehnder and W. L. Stefanov
2.4A model study on the effects of urbanization on the thermal and convective properties of San Juan, Puerto Rico  extended abstract
Pedro J. Mulero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, PR; and J. E. Gonzalez
11:00 AM2.5Application of GIS to make 'Urban Environmental Climate Map' for Urban Planning  extended abstract wrf recording
Takahiro Tanaka, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan; and M. Moriyama
11:15 AM2.5AA Study of the Oklahoma City Urban Heat Island Using Ground Measurements and Remote Sensing (Formally Paper 2.1)  extended abstract
Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and A. Ivey, T. N. McPherson, D. Boswell, and E. R. Pardyjak
11:30 AM2.6Thermal-climatic effects of a fairground event in the local area   wrf recording
Karsten Brandt, Donnerwetter.de GmbH, Bonn, Germany; and W. Kuttler
2.7Urban heat budget and waste water heat discharge in Moscow  extended abstract
Mikhail S. Myagkov, Urban Environment Research and Design Institute, Moscow, Russia
 
10:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
Session 3 results and opportunities associated with large collaborative intensive urban campaigns (e.g. Oklahoma Joint Urban Atmospheric Dispersion Study 2003) (parallel with sessions 2 and 4)
Organizer: K. Jerry Allwine, PNNL, Richland, WA
Cochairs: Sue Grimmond, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Rick Fry, DTRA, Alexandria, VA
10:30 AM3.1Street canyon flow patterns in a horizontal plane: Measurements from the Joint Urban 2003 Field Experiment  extended abstract wrf recording
Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and H. Khalsa, M. A. Nelson, and D. Boswell
10:45 AM3.2Vertical profiles of mean flow and turbulence characteristics in a downtown street canyon measured during Joint Urban 2003  extended abstract
Petra Kastner-Klein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. V. Clark
11:00 AM3.3Structure of turbulence within an urban street canyon  extended abstract wrf recording
Suhas U. Pol, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and P. Ramamurthy, E. R. Pardyjak, and J. C. Klewicki
11:15 AM3.4Spatial and temporal variability of turbulent fluxes in the Joint Urban 2003 street canyon  extended abstract wrf recording
Prathap Ramamurthy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. U. Pol, E. R. Pardyjak, and J. C. Klewicki
3.5Observational Study of Turbulence Spectra for Joint Urban 2003  extended abstract
Sam S. Chang, US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and G. D. Huynh, C. L. Klipp, C. C. Williamson, D. M. Garvey, and Y. Wang
11:30 AM3.6Lidar Measurements of Atmospheric Flow through a Downtown Cluster of High-rise Buildings  extended abstract wrf recording
Robert B. Heap, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. Calhoun, M. Princevac, and J. Sommer
11:45 AMLunch Break  
1:15 PM3.7Turbulence within and above real and artificial urban canopies  extended abstract wrf recording
Matthew A. Nelson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown, E. R. Pardyjak, and J. C. Klewicki
1:30 PM3.8Measurement of Winds Flowing toward an Urban Area using Coherent Doppler Lidar  extended abstract wrf recording
Ron Calhoun, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. B. Heap, M. Princevac, J. Sommer, H. J. S. Fernando, and D. Ligon
1:45 PM3.9Wind Tunnel Modeling of Complex Flow and Dispersion Phenomena in support of the Joint Urban Atmospheric Dispersion Study 2003  
Bernd Leitl, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; and P. M. Kastner-Klein and M. Schatzmann
2:00 PM3.10An analysis of urban surface meteorology data collected prior to the joint urban 2003 urban dispersion experiment  extended abstract wrf recording
Erik Vernon, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and D. P. Storwold, F. W. Gallagher III, S. F. Halvorson, and J. F. Bowers
2:15 PM3.11Spatial variability of heat fluxes in a suburban area of Oklahoma City  
C. Sue B. Grimmond, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and H. -. B. Su, B. Offerle, B. Crawford, S. L. Scott, S. Zhong, and C. Clements
2:30 PM3.12A comparative Study of dissipation Rates in urban and suburban Environments using sodar Data  extended abstract wrf recording
Richard L. Coulter, ANL, Argonne, IL; and M. Pekour and T. J. Martin
2:45 PMCoffee Break  
3:15 PM3.13Joint Urban 2003 vertical SF6 real-time analyzer and time-integrated sampler data characteristics  extended abstract wrf recording
Kirk L. Clawson, ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and R. G. Carter, D. J. Lacroix, N. F. Hukari, and K. J. Allwine
3:30 PM3.14Near Field Dispersion during Joint-Urban 2003  
Marty Leach, LLNL, Livermore, CA
3:45 PM3.15Gaussian Modeling of Tracer Concentrations During the Joint Urban 2003 Experiment  extended abstract wrf recording
Frank J. Gouveia, LLNL, Livermore, CA
4:00 PM3.16Sheltering from an outdoor contaminant plume in a commercial building  
Tracy L. Thatcher, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and D. R. Black, W. Delp, E. E. Wood, T. Hotchi, D. Sullivan, S. Chang, M. Sippola, J. Deputy, and R. G. Sextro
4:15 PM3.17Airborne remote sensing of chemical vapors in an urban environment  
Francis M. D'Amico, US Army, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD; and C. E. Davidson, W. J. Marinelli, and B. Cosofret
4:30 PM3.18Observations of boundary-layer winds in an urban environment  extended abstract wrf recording
Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. F. J. De Wekker, W. J. Shaw, R. L. Coulter, and K. J. Allwine
3.19Evolution of turbulence in the boundary layer over Oklahoma City as observed by wind profiling radars  
William J. Shaw, PNNL, Richland, WA; and R. L. Coulter, K. J. Allwine, L. K. Berg, and S. F. J. De Wekker
4:45 PM3.20Boundary-layer Structure Upwind and Downwind of Oklahoma City during the Joint Urban 2003 Field Study  extended abstract wrf recording
Stephan F. J. De Wekker, PNNL, Richland, WA; and L. K. Berg, K. J. Allwine, J. C. Doran, and W. J. Shaw
5:00 PM3.21The Propagation of Convective Outflow through Oklahoma City During Joint Urban 2003  
Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and D. R. Cheresnick
5:15 PM3.22Surface pressure measurements and gravity wave monitoring during the Oklahoma City joint urban atmospheric dispersion study 2003 (presented by R. L. Gunter, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN)  extended abstract
Carmen J. Nappo, CJN Research Meteorology, Knoxville, TN; and D. L. Aubel
 
1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Monday
Session 4 Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands (parallel with session 3)
Cochairs: Anthony Brazel, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Jay S. Golden, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1:30 PM4.1Tools for the Mitigation of the Urban Heat Island  
Harvey Bryan, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and V. Agarwal and P. S. Antia
1:45 PM4.2Rooftop “greening” as an option for microclimatic amelioration in a high-density building complex  extended abstract wrf recording
Paul W. Osmond, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2:00 PM4.3Experimental Study on the Measurement of Sensible Heat Flux at the Roof Surface Coated by High Reflectivity Paints  extended abstract wrf recording
Masakazu Moriyama, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan; and H. Takebayashi and S. Nogami
2:15 PM4.4Effect on CO2 Emissions of Building-Urban Area by Introducing Solar Reflective Paint  extended abstract wrf recording
Tomohiko Ihara, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Genchi, M. Matsuo, Y. Yoshida, and R. Matsuhashi
4.5Application of a Coupled Urban Surface Boundary Layer Model to Assess the Impact of Roof Albedo Increase on Low-level Temperature in Chicago  
E. S. Krayenhoff, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and J. A. Voogt
2:30 PM4.6Comparison of energy impact of Heat Island Reduction Strategies between Tokyo and Houston  extended abstract wrf recording
Akira Urano, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and H. Akbari
2:45 PM4.7Development of cool pavement with dark colored high albedo coating  extended abstract
Tsuyoshi Kinouchi, Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Yoshinaka, N. Fukae, and M. Kanda
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM4.8Study on the influence of sensible heat flux distribution on air temperature in the built-up area  extended abstract wrf recording
Hideki Takebayashi, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan; and M. Moriyama
4.9Mitigation of thermal stress by a large restoration of inner-city river (Cheong-Gye Stream in Seoul)  
Toshiaki Ichinose, Center for Global Environmental Research, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Mikami, H. H. Um, and Y. Bai
3:45 PM4.10Urban geometry and electrical energy consumption in a tropical city  extended abstract wrf recording
Léa Cristina Lucas Souza, State University of São Paulo, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and F. S. Pedrotti and F. T. Leme
 
5:45 PM, Monday
Sessions End for the Day
 
6:00 PM, Monday
Opening Reception
 
Tuesday, 24 August 2004
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday
Session 5 the energy and water balance of cities (parallel with session 6)
Chair: James A. Voogt, University of Western Ontario, London, ON Canada
8:30 AM5.1Characteristics of the urban thermodynamic island and the energy balance on Toulouse (France) during winter and spring periods of the CAPITOUL experiment  extended abstract wrf recording
Grégoire Pigeon, CNRM, CNRS-Météo France, Toulouse, France; and C. Augustin, D. Legain, V. Masson, and P. Durand
8:45 AM5.2The influence of housing density and urban design on the surface energy balance and local climates of Melbourne, Australia, and the impact of Melbourne's 2030's vision  extended abstract wrf recording
Andrew M. Coutts, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Beringer, N. J. Tapper, and H. A. Cleugh
9:00 AM5.3Estimating urban landscape evapotranspiration  extended abstract wrf recording
Richard L. Snyder, University of California, Davis, CA; and S. Eching
9:15 AM5.4Field experiment on the oasis effect of urban areas using potted plants  extended abstract wrf recording
Aya Hagishima, Kyushu University, Kasuga-shi, Japan; and K. I. Narita and J. Tanimoto
9:30 AM5.5Sensitivity Testing of an Urban Surface Scheme Coupled to a 1-D Boundary Layer Model  extended abstract
E. S. Krayenhoff, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and J. A. Voogt
9:45 AM5.6Interaction between urban climate and snow  
Annette Semadeni-Davies, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
 
8:30 AM-11:45 AM, Tuesday
Session 6 turbulent transport and dispersion processes (in urban areas and around buildings) (parallel with session 5)
Cochairs: Michael Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
8:30 AM6.1Wind fields and turbulence statistics in an urban street canyon  
Ingegard Eliasson, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden; and B. D. Offerle, C. S. B. Grimmond, and S. Lindqvist
8:45 AM6.2Flow and Turbulence in Urban Canopies  extended abstract
Dragan Zajic, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and H. J. S. Fernando, M. Princevac, and R. Calhoun
9:00 AM6.3Investigation of the flow within urban canopies during the DAPPLE campaign  
Adrian Dobre V, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. J. Arnold, R. Smalley, J. F. Barlow, A. Tomlin, and S. E. Belcher
9:15 AM6.4Experimental determination of the turbulent kinetic energy budget within and above an urban canopy  extended abstract wrf recording
Andreas Christen, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; and M. W. Rotach and R. Vogt
9:30 AM6.5Wind tunnel modelling of urban turbulence and dispersion over the City of Basel (Switzerland) within the BUBBLE project  
Berend Feddersen, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Hamburg, Germany; and B. Leitl and M. Schatzmann
9:45 AM6.6Estimation of the heat transfer resistance in the real urban canopy  extended abstract
Hirofumi Sugawara, National Defense Academy of Japan, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and M. Kawahara and K. Tomine
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM6.7A field study into the role of large gusts and coherent turbulent structures in momentum, heat and particle transport in an urban street canyon  extended abstract
Ian D. Longley, UMIST, Manchester, United Kingdom; and M. W. Gallagher
10:45 AM6.8Effects of building-height heterogeneity on area-averaged transfer velocity in the street surface—Wind tunnel experiments using salinity change technique  extended abstract
Ken-ichi Narita, Nippon Institute of Technology, Miyashiro, Saitama, Japan
11:00 AM6.9A simple data assimilation technique for a fast response urban wind model  
Eric R. Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. M. Booth and M. J. Brown
11:15 AM6.10Implementation of Rooftop Recirculation Parameterization into the QUIC Fast Response Urban Wind Model  extended abstract
N. L. Bagal, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Singh, E. R. Pardyjak, and M. J. Brown
11:30 AM6.11Turbulence kinetic energy in the Oklahoma City urban environment  extended abstract
Julie K. Lundquist, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and M. J. Leach and F. J. Gouveia
 
11:45 AM-1:10 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break
 
1:25 PM-4:00 PM, Tuesday
Session 7 Special Session in Honor of Dr. E. Plate
Cochairs: Petra Kastner-Klein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; S. Pal Arya, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
1:25 PMIntroductory Remarks  
1:30 PM7.2Dispersion in atmospheric convective boundary layer with wind shears: from laboratory models to complex simulation studies  extended abstract
Evgeni Fedorovich, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2:00 PM7.3Use of Urban 2000 field data to determine whether there are significant differences between the performance measures of several urban dispersion models  extended abstract wrf recording
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and J. C. Chang, A. Venkatram, R. E. Britter, M. Neophytou, and D. Brook
2:15 PM7.4Dispersion of Vehicle Emissions within the Urban Roughness Layer  
Michael Schatzmann, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; and F. Pascheke and B. Leitl
2:30 PM7.5Evidence of enhanced vertical dispersion in the wakes of tall buildings in wind tunnel simulations of lower Manhattan  extended abstract
David K. Heist, NERL/EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. G. Perry and G. E. Bowker
2:45 PM7.6Physical Modeling of Biogenic Emissions from a Finite Forest Area  
Bernd Leitl, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
3:00 PM7.7Assessment of the odour concentration in the near-field of small sources  
Gunther Schauberger, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria; and M. Piringer
3:15 PM7.8Wind and Urban Climates  extended abstract
Erich J. Plate, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; and H. Kiefer
3:30 PMCoffee Break  
 
4:00 PM-4:45 PM, Tuesday
Session 8 remote sensing of urban meteorological variables
Chair: James F. Bowers, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT
4:00 PM8.1Observations of boundary layer depth over an urban/rural transition  extended abstract wrf recording
Fay Davies, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom; and D. R. Middleton and G. N. Pearson
4:15 PM8.2Possible Detection of insects in an urban environment as detected by a frequency modulated-continuous wave radar  extended abstract wrf recording
Frank W. Gallagher III, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and J. F. Bowers, E. J. Laufenberg, E. P. Argenta Jr., D. P. Storwold, and S. A. McLaughlin
4:30 PM8.3Application of a 3-D Urban Surface-Sensor-Sun Model to Estimate Urban Thermal Anisotropy for a Range of Urban Geometries  extended abstract
James A. Voogt, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
 
4:45 PM, Tuesday
Sessions End for the Day
 
Wednesday, 25 August 2004
8:25 AM-2:45 PM, Wednesday
Session 9 fine scale modeling with improved land surface, land cover databases (parallel with sessions J1, J2, J4, J5, 3, and 10)
Cochairs: Jason K.S. Ching, NERL, Research Triangle park, NC; Rick Fry, DTRA, Alexandria, VA; Steve Burian, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
8:25 AMIntroductory Remarks  
8:30 AM9.1Urban morphological analysis for mesoscale meteorological and dispersion modeling applications: current issues  extended abstract wrf recording
Steven Burian, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. J. Brown, J. K. S. Ching, M. L. Cheuk, M. Yuan, W. Han, and A. T. McKinnon
8:45 AM9.2Neighborhood scale air quality modeling in Houston using urban canopy parameters in MM5 and CMAQ with improved characterization of mesoscale lake-land breeze circulation  extended abstract wrf recording
Jason Ching, NOAA/ARL and U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. Dupont, R. C. Gilliam, S. Burian, and R. Tang
9:00 AM9.3High-resolution dataset of urban canopy parameters for Houston, Texas  extended abstract wrf recording
Steven Burian, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. W. Stetson, W. S. Han, J. K. S. Ching, and D. W. Byun
9:15 AM9.4Assessment of methods for creating a national building statistics database for atmospheric dispersion modeling  extended abstract wrf recording
Srinivas Pradeep Velugubantla, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and S. Burian, M. J. Brown, W. Han, A. T. McKinnon, and T. N. McPherson
9:30 AM9.5The Geographic and Environmental Database Information System (GEDIS) as a tool for urban dispersion modeling  extended abstract
Richard N. Fry Jr., Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, VA; and I. H. Griffiths, I. Crawford, T. Dudman, M. Gilbert, and D. Stewart
9:45 AM9.6A federated partnership for urban meteorological and air quality modeling  extended abstract
David J. Williams, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. Ching
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM9.7Evaluation of the accuracy of national land use datasets for the development of urban canopy parameterizations  extended abstract
Timothy N. McPherson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown and S. J. Burian
10:45 AM9.8Utilization of satellite-derived high resolution land use/land cover data for the meteorological, emissions, and air quality modeling  extended abstract
Daewon W. Byun, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and S. T. Kim, F. Y. Cheng, S. Stetson, D. J. Nowak, M. Estes, and D. Hitchcock
11:00 AM9.9Fine Scale Meteorological Simulations of the Houston-Galveston Metropolitan Area with LANDSAT-Derived High-Resolution Land Use and Land Cover Datasets  extended abstract wrf recording
Fang-Yi Cheng, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and S. T. Kim, D. W. Byun, and S. Stetson
11:15 AM9.10Application of the urbanized MM5 to the Houston-Galveston TX region  
Haider Taha, Altostratus, Inc., Martinez, CA; and R. D. Bornstein, S. Dupont, and J. Ching
11:30 AM9.11Utilizing the Coupled WRF/LSM/Urban Modeling System with Detailed Urban Classification to Simulate the Urban Heat Island Phenomena over the Greater Houston Area  extended abstract
Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Kusaka, M. Tewari, J. W. Bao, and H. Hirakuchi
11:45 AM9.12CFD modeling of fine scale flow and transport in the Houston metropolitan area, Texas  extended abstract wrf recording
Sang-Mi Lee, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and H. J. S. Fernando, D. W. Byun, and J. Ching
12:00 PMLunch Break  
1:30 PM9.13Mesoscale modeling of the impact of anthropogenic heating on the urban climate of Houston—the role of spatial and temporal resolution   wrf recording
David J. Sailor, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and H. Fan
1:45 PM9.14Evaluation of the urban soil model SM2-U on the city center of Marseille (France)   wrf recording
Sylvain Dupont, CNRS, Nantes, France; and P. G. Mestayer
2:00 PM9.15STUDY ON URBAN HEAT ISLANDS IN TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREA USING A METEOROLOGICAL MESOSCALE MODEL INCORPORATING AN URBAN CANOPY MODEL  extended abstract
Ryozo Ooka, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Harayama, S. Murakami, and H. Kondo
2:15 PM9.16Determination of the spatial and temporal distribution of population for air toxics exposure assessments  extended abstract
Timothy N. McPherson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and A. Ivey, M. J. Brown, and G. E. Streit
2:30 PM9.17Dispersion modeling of traffic emissions in cities  
Petra Kastner-Klein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
 
8:30 AM-9:45 AM, Wednesday
Joint Session 1 Human Biometeorology: Thermal Comfort (Joint between the 16th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology and the Fifth Symposium on the Urban Environment)
Chair: Robert E. Davis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
8:30 AMJ1.1The response of the Montreal Public Health Board to climate change: preventing excess morbidity and mortality due to extreme summer temperatures in vulnerable human populations  
Norman King, Montreal Public Health Board, Montreal, QC, Canada; and L. Drouin
8:45 AMJ1.2Thermal comfort conditions within an E-W Oriented street canyon in Freiburg (Germany) during the European summer heatwave 2003  extended abstract wrf recording
Helmut Mayer, Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; and T. Holst, J. Rost, F. Imbery, and F. Ali Toudert
9:00 AMJ1.3Study on Outdoor Thermal Environment around Cooling Towers of Large District Heating and Cooling System in Summer in Tokyo—Field measurement and coupled simulation of conveciton, radiation and conduction  extended abstract wrf recording
Hong Huang, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and R. Ooka and S. Kato
9:15 AMJ1.4Thermal comfort and patterns of behaviour in outdoor urban places—examples from Göteborg, Sweden  
Sven Lindqvist, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden; and S. Thorsson, M. Svensson, and M. Lindqvist
9:30 AMJ1.5A case study in resort climatology of Phoenix, Arizona, USA  extended abstract
Anthony J. Brazel, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and D. A. Hartz and G. M. Heisler
 
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-10:30 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
 
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, Wednesday
Joint Session 4 Human Biometeorology: Air Quality (Joint between the 16th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology and the Fifth Symposium on the Urban Environment)
Chair: Scott Sheridan, Kent State University, Kent, OH
10:30 AMJ4.1A Synoptic Climatological Approach to Separate Weather- and Pollution-Induced Impacts on Human Mortality  
Laurence S. Kalkstein, University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE; and S. Sheridan
10:45 AMJ4.2Synoptic weather patterns and modification of the association between air pollution and human mortality  extended abstract
Daniel G. C. Rainham, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and K. E. Tomic, S. C. Sheridan, and R. T. Burnett
11:00 AMJ4.3The potential of urban environmental control in alleviating heat-wave health effects in five US regions  extended abstract wrf recording
Haider Taha, Altostratus, Inc., Martinez, CA; and L. S. Kalkstein, S. C. Sheridan, and E. Wong
11:15 AMJ4.4Linking air toxic concentrations from CMAQ to the HAPEM5 exposure model at neighborhood scales for the Philadelphia area  extended abstract
Jason Ching, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and T. Pierce, T. Palma, W. Hutzell, R. Tang, A. Cimorelli, and J. Herwehe
11:30 AMJ4.5Exposure to fine particulate air pollution in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada  extended abstract wrf recording
Melanie Noullett, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada; and P. L. Jackson
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 10 Urban Weather (parallel with sessions 9 and J5)
Chair: Petra Kastner-Klein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
1:30 PM10.1An improved representation of urban areas for operational weather forecasting models  
Ian Harman, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and P. A. Clark and M. Best
1:45 PM10.2Effects of boundary-layer stability on urban heat island induced convection  
Jong-Jin Baik, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and Y. H. Kim
10.3Modeling the effects of enhanced aerosol concentrations on urban convection  
Susan C. Van den Heever, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and W. R. Cotton
2:00 PM10.4Impacts of tornadic supercells on the central business district of Oklahoma City  extended abstract wrf recording
Peter K. Hall Jr., Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara
 
2:45 PM-3:15 PM, Wednesday
Coffee 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
 
3:30 PM-4:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 11 measurement challenges and observation techniques in urban environments
Chair: Walter Dabberdt, Vaisala Corp., Boulder, CO
3:30 PM11.1Measurement needs and challenges in support of forecasting in the urban zone   wrf recording
Walter F. Dabberdt, Vaisala. Inc., Boulder, CO
11.2Characteristics of urban-ecosystem atmosphere fluxes of CO2, CH4, N2O and ET over Denver, Colorado  extended abstract
Dean E. Anderson, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO; and C. Alvarez and T. Thienelt
3:45 PM11.3Application of scintillometry in the urban atmosphere  extended abstract
M. Roth, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and J. A. Salmond and A. N. V. Satyanarayana
4:00 PM11.4Study of Near-building Airflow and Turbulent Eddies  extended abstract wrf recording
Ronald M. Cionco, US Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and G. T. Vaucher and Y. P. Yee
4:15 PM11.5GEMS: An Airborne System for Urban Environmental Monitoring  extended abstract wrf recording
Randolph J. Evans, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and J. Manobianco, J. L. Case, and J. G. Dreher
 
4:45 PM, Wednesday
Oral Sessions End for the Day
 
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-7:00 PM, Wednesday
Poster Session 1 Urban Surface and Boundary Layer Climates
 P1.1Tools for quantifying climate-related effects of trees on urban forest benefits  extended abstract
James R. Simpson, USDA, Davis, CA; and E. G. McPherson and S. E. Maco
 P1.2The impact of the surface heterogeneity on the energy imbalance problem using LES  extended abstract
Atsushi Inagaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. O. Letzel, S. Raasch, and M. Kanda
 P1.3The characterization of the climatic potentiality of urban forms at local and micro scales: proposition of a morpho-climatic indicator  
Mohamed Benzerzour, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Methodologiques en Architecture, Nantes, France; and D. Groleau
 P1.4Surface characteristics and carbon dioxide fluxes in a suburban area of Baltimore, MD  
Ben Crawford, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and C. S. B. Grimmond, B. D. Offerle, J. Hom, and D. Golub
 P1.5Observation of an Urban Plume during CAPITOUL experiment  extended abstract
Valery Masson, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and G. Pigeon, L. Gomes, P. Durand, C. Lac, and A. Butet
 P1.6Measurement and modelling of the ground heat flux of the City of Basel during BUBBLE by different methods  
Gergely Rigo, Institute of Meteorology, Climatology and Remote Sensing, University of Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland; and E. Parlow
 P1.7Evaluation of some urban surface layer characteristics during JU2003 using two instrumented 30-m towers  
R. L. Gunter, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and R. Hosker
 P1.8Estimating wind speed at an urban reference height  extended abstract
Andreas Christen, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; and M. W. Rotach
 P1.9Comparisons of various experimental results on the convective heat transfer coefficient of urban surfaces  extended abstract
Aya Hagishima, Kyushu University, Kasuga-shi, Japan; and J. Tanimoto and K. I. Narita
 P1.10An application of a simple urban canopy model for meso-scale simulation (SUMM) to Tokyo metropolitan area  extended abstract
Akiyoshi Ito, Petroleum Energy Center, Tokyo, Ibaraki, Japan; and M. Kanda
 P1.11A Simple 3-Dimensional Urban Energy Balance Model and Outdoor Scale Model Experiments  extended abstract
Toru Kawai, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Kanda and M. Kanega
 P1.12Impact of Urbanization on Climate Change in Korea, 1973–2002 (Formerly Paper number 12.1)  extended abstract
Sung-Nam Oh, KMA/NRL, Seoul, South Korea; and Y. H. Kim, M. S. Hyun, and J. C. Nam
 
5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday
Poster Session 2 Urban Field Campaigns
 P2.1VTMX: Profiling the Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer  extended abstract
William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. B. Parsons, J. O. Pinto, and B. Morley
 P2.2Variation of flow within the MUST array  extended abstract
Matthew A. Nelson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown, J. C. Klewicki, and E. R. Pardyjak
 P2.3Measurements of CO2 fluxes in the Mexico City megacity  extended abstract
Erik Velasco, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and S. Pressley, E. Allwine, H. Westberg, and B. Lamb
 P2.4Dispersion of Air Pollution and its Penetration into the Local Environment—DAPPLE  
Samantha Jane Arnold, Imperial College London and Reading University, London, United Kingdom; and H. ApSimon, J. F. Barlow, M. Bell, R. Britter, H. Cheng, R. Colvile, A. Dobre, S. Kaur, D. Martin, M. Neophytou, M. Nieuwenhuijsen, G. Nickless, C. Price, A. Robins, D. Shallcross, R. Smalley, J. Tate, A. Tomlin, P. Walsh, and S. E. Belcher
 P2.5Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Urban Dispersion at Neighborhood Scale Validated with Tracer Data from Joint Urban 2003  
J. Flaherty, Washington State University., Pullman, WA; and E. Allwine, B. Lamb, K. J. Allwine, and F. Gouveia
 P2.6An overview of all data collected by the West Desert Test Center during the Joint Urban 2003 urban dispersion experiment  
Erik Vernon, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and D. P. Storwold, S. F. Halvorson, F. W. Gallagher III, and J. F. Bowers
 
5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday
Poster Session 3 Urban Heat Islands
 P3.1Yearlong evaluation of urban heat island countermeasures from the viewpoints of thermal environment mitigation and urban energy conservation  extended abstract
Yukihiro Kikegawa, Fuji Research Institute Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Genchi, H. Kondo, and Y. Ohashi
 P3.2Urban temperature variations in Jackson, Mississippi and vicinity  
Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and J. Finney
 P3.3A Sustainable Systems Approach to the Hysteresis Lag Effect of Surface Materials & Urban Heat Islands  extended abstract
Jay S. Golden, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
 P3.4The Characteristics of Urban Effect on the Change of Relative Humidity in Seoul, Korea  extended abstract
Hyang-Hee Um, MRI/Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, South Korea; and K. J. Ha, S. S. Lee, and J. C. Nam
 P3.5Synoptic and temporal characteristics of the Las Vegas urban heat island  
James A. Miller, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
 P3.6Spatial and temporal variability of anthropogenic heating in US cities  
David J. Sailor, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and C. Vasireddy
 P3.7Spatial and temporal characteristics of the Casa Grande, Arizona urban heat island  
Brent C. Hedquist, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
 P3.8Evaluation of the Thermal Environment in the Seoul Metropolitan Area  extended abstract
Yeon-Hee Kim, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, South Korea; and S. N. Oh, H. H. Um, J. C. Nam, and S. B. Kim
 P3.9Comparison of transects and fixed stations, Phoenix, Arizona  
A. J. Brazel, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and B. C. Hedquist
 P3.10Below-canopy microclimate during tropical storm Isabel in Baltimore, MD  
Gordon M. Heisler, USDA, Syracuse, NY; and R. Grant, P. M. Groffman, J. Hom, D. J. Nowak, R. V. Pouyat, M. Schmidt, J. Stubbs, J. Vasconcelos, and I. Yesilonis
 
5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Wednesday
Poster Session 4 Urban Weather
 P4.1Ongoing NASA Efforts Addressing precipitation variability linked to the urban environment  
J. Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Burian, M. Jin, M. Manyin, A. Negri, and C. Garza
 
Thursday, 26 August 2004
8:15 AM-9:31 AM, Thursday
Session 12 cities as agents of global change (parallel with session 13)
Chair: Jennifer Salmond, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Edgbaston United Kingdom
8:15 AMPaper 12.1 has been moved to Poster Session P1, New Paper Number P1.12  
8:16 AM12.2Weekend/weekday diurnal temperature range in central Arizona  extended abstract
Roger S Tomalty II, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
8:31 AM12.3Mobile measurements of carbon dioxide within the urban canopy layer of Essen, Germany  extended abstract wrf recording
Sascha Henninger, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; and W. Kuttler
8:46 AM12.4Surface controls on carbon dioxide and water vapour fluxes over a Mediterranean city  
J. A. Salmond, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom; and L. Davies, C. S. B. Grimmond, T. R. Oke, and B. Offerle
9:01 AM12.5Annual fluxes of energy and CO2 over a residential area in Tokyo  extended abstract
Ryo Moriwaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Kanda
9:16 AM12.6Changing Land Use and Environmental Degradation in the Wake of Growing Urban Population: A Study of the Metropolitan Cities of India  
Ajay Kumar Singh, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; and R. Jain
 
8:30 AM-12:15 PM, Thursday
Session 13 high-resolution (CFD) modeling of flow around buildings and street canyons (parallel with session 12)
CoChair: K. Jerry Allwine, ETD/PNL, Richland, WA
13.1High-resolution large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow around buildings including thermal effects  
Marcus Oliver Letzel, Institute of Meteorology and Climatology, University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany; and S. Raasch and M. Kanda
8:30 AM13.2Effects of building thermals on turbulent structure in a street canyon  
X. M. Cai, Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and E. Hall, J. A. Salmond, and J. Voogt
8:45 AM13.3Large Eddy Simulation of an Urban 2000 Experiment with Various Time-dependent Forcing  extended abstract
S. T. Chan, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and M. Leach
9:00 AM13.4Turbulent flow over groups of cubical urban-like obstacles  
T. Glyn Thomas, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; and O. Coceal, I. P. Castro, and S. E. Belcher
9:15 AM13.5Representation of complex objects in a new Cartesian coordinate urban street atmospheric numerical model  
Weiming Sha Sr., Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
9:30 AM13.6Simulations of Flow over Idealized Urban Street Canyons  
Nash'at Ahmad, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and Z. Boybeyi and A. Sarma
9:45 AMCoffee Break  
10:15 AM13.7CFD simulations within complex urban building environments  
Alan Huber, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and M. Freeman, R. Spencer, K. Kuehlert, J. Straus, and B. Bell
10:30 AM13.8A numerical study of the effects of ambient wind direction on flow and dispersion in urban street canyons using the RNG k-ε turbulence model  extended abstract wrf recording
Jae-Jin Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and J. J. Baik
10:45 AM13.9Numerical Analysis of Diffusion around a Suspended Crossroad by a Multi-scale CFD Model  extended abstract wrf recording
Kondo Hiroaki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan; and T. Takayuki, M. Tanaka, and S. Motoo
11:00 AM13.10CFD simulations of Joint Urban atmospheric dispersion field study  extended abstract
R. L. Lee, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and T. D. Humphreys and S. T. Chan
11:15 AM13.11A validation of simplified CFD approach for modeling urban dispersion with Joint Urban 2003 data  
T. D. Humphreys III, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and S. Chan and R. L. Lee
11:30 AM13.12Simulation of the MUST field experiment using the FEFLO-URBAN CFD model  extended abstract wrf recording
Fernando E. Camelli, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and S. R. Hanna and R. Lohner
11:45 AM13.13Evaluation of FLACS CFD model with MUST data  extended abstract wrf recording
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and O. Hansen and S. Dharmavaram
 
12:15 PM-1:45 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break
 
1:45 PM-2:45 PM, Thursday
Session 14 urban air quality (including urban airshed modeling and urban air chemistry experiments) (parallel with session 15)
Organizer: Jason Ching, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC
1:45 PM14.1Hourly concentrations of ammonia during the winter in Manchester, UK, related to traffic and background sources  extended abstract
James D. Whitehead, UMIST, Manchester, United Kingdom; and I. D. Longley, H. Coe, and M. W. Gallagher
2:00 PM14.2Investigating the Impact of Changes in Traffic Emission Structures on Urban Air Pollution with a Nested Model System  extended abstract
Florence-Nathalie Sentuc, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; and N. Eissfeldt, M. J. Kerschgens, and R. Schrader
2:15 PM14.3Analysis of the air quality within the range of an urban green area  extended abstract wrf recording
Alexander Ropertz, University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany; and K. Weber and W. Kuttler
2:30 PM14.4Afforestation for Valley Urban Air Quality Improvement  extended abstract wrf recording
Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and Y. Chen and S. Lu
14.5Study of Air Pollutant Transport in city of Istanbul  
Tayfun Kindap Sr., University of California, Davis, CA
 
1:45 PM-4:15 PM, Thursday
Session 15 urban boundary layers (parallel with session 14)
Chair: Matthias Roth, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge Singapore
1:45 PM15.1Energy balance and boundary layer interactions over urban areas  
Ian Harman, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. E. Belcher and M. Best
2:00 PM15.2Area-averaged profiles over the Mock Urban Setting Test array  extended abstract wrf recording
Matthew A. Nelson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown, E. R. Pardyjak, and J. C. Klewicki
2:15 PM15.3Large eddy simulations on the effects of surface geometry of building arrays on turbulent organized structures  extended abstract
Manabu Kanda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
2:30 PM15.4Relating the developing urban boundary layer to upwind terrain for the Salfex 2002 campaign  
Janet F. Barlow, University of Reading, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. Von Hunerbein, S. Bradley, S. E. Belcher, and G. G. Rooney
2:45 PM15.5Study of the stratification of the urban boundary layer of Marseille under sea-breeze condition  extended abstract
Aude Lemonsu, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Bastin, V. Masson, and P. Drobinski
3:00 PMCoffee Break  
3:30 PM15.6Fluxes of atmospheric carbon dioxide over a suburban area of Vancouver  extended abstract wrf recording
Cindy J. Walsh, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and T. R. Oke, C. S. B. Grimmond, and J. A. Salmond
3:45 PM15.7Analysis of the evolution of an urban boundary layer ad detected by a frequency modulated-continuous wave radar  extended abstract wrf recording
Frank W. Gallagher III, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and J. F. Bowers, E. J. Laufenberg, E. P. Argenta, D. P. Storwold, and S. A. McLaughlin
15.8A comparison of urban boundary layer heights as detected by a frequency modulated-continuous wave radar and a collocated SODAR  
Frank W. Gallagher III, Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT; and D. P. Storwold, J. F. Bowers, E. J. Laufenberg, E. P. Argenta Jr., and S. A. McLaughlin
 
4:15 PM-5:00 PM, Thursday
Session 16 canopy—atmosphere coupling
Chair: Ron Cionco, US Army Research Laboratory, Las Cruces, NM
4:15 PM16.1Intermittent exchange of heat and pollutants between the urban canopy and above-roof boundary layers at night  
J. A. Salmond, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom; and D. Hammond, T. R. Oke, R. Vogt, and M. Roth
4:30 PM16.2Further Evaluation of an Urban Canopy Parameterization Using VTMX and URBAN 2000 Data  extended abstract wrf recording
Hung-Neng S. Chin, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and M. J. Leach
4:45 PM16.3Near Surface Winds from an enhanced Micro-Mesoscale Simulation System  extended abstract wrf recording
Ronald M. Cionco, US Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and S. A. Luces
 

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