Program: 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc (26th Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/13th Air Pollution/5th Urban Environment/16th Biometeorology and Aerobiology)

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Monday, 23 August 2004

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8:45 AM-8:45 AM: Monday, 23 August 2004

Session

Welcoming Remarks

Host: 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 23 August 2004

Session 1

Air Quality Forecasting

Host: 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc

Organizer: Paula M. Davidson, NOAA/NWS

9:00 AM

1.1

US 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 AM

1.2

The Use of high resolution numerical meteorological fields for regulatory dispersion modelling: An analysis of RAMS and MC2 fields over Kamloops, B.C

Bryan McEwen, SENES Consultants Ltd, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and B. Murphy

Recorded presentation

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9:30 AM

1.3

Ensemble air quality forecasts over the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia: a summer 2004 case study

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

Recorded presentation

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9:45 AM

1.4

An 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, 23 August 2004

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 23 August 2004

Session 2

Air Quality Forecasting - Case Studies

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Organizer: James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ETL

10:30 AM

2.1

Simulation of an ozone episode during the Central California Ozone Study. Part 1: MM5 meteorological model simulations

James M. Wilczak, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Bao, S. A. Michelson, S. Tanrikulu, and S. T. Soong

Recorded presentation

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10:45 AM

2.2

Simulations of an ozone episode during the Central California Ozone Study, Part II: CAMx air quality model simulations

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

Recorded presentation

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11:00 AM

2.3

A Photochemical Model Comparison Study: CAMx and CMAQ Performance in Central California

Jinyou Liang, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA; and P. T. Martien, S. T. Soong, and S. Tanrikulu

Recorded presentation

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11:15 AM

2.4

High-Altitude Ozone Concentrations in Yosemite National Park, Sierra Nevada

Craig B. Clements, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and S. Zhong, S. B. Kim, S. Kim, and J. D. Burley

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11:30 AM

2.5

A comparison of modelled ozone ground concentration with measurement

Josef Brechler, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; and T. Halenka and J. Bednar

Recorded presentation

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11:45 AM

2.6

Representativeness of two ozone episodes selected for modeling in the San Francisco Bay Area

David Fairley, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA; and P. T. Martien, S. T. Soong, and S. Tanrikulu

Recorded presentation

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12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 23 August 2004

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 23 August 2004

Session 3

Aerosol Measurement and Modeling

Host: 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc

Organizer: Richard D. Clark, Millersville University of Pennsylvania

1:30 PM

3.1

Vertical 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

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

The 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

Recorded presentation

3.3

Synoptic influences on spatial and temporal variability of aerosols across North America

2:15 PM

3.4

Stable estimate of OC/EC ratios

Shao-Hang Chu, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC

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2:30 PM

3.6

Wintertime tethered balloon measurements of meteorological variables and aerosol characterization in support of MANE-VU

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

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3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 23 August 2004

Session 4

Downwind and Upwind Dispersion

Host: 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc

Organizer: Ananthakrishna Sarma, SAIC

3:30 PM

4.1

Pollutant recirculation in the Lower Fraser Valley (British Columbia, Canada)—a numerical study with MC2

Alberto Martilli, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and D. G. Steyn

Recorded presentation

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3:45 PM

4.2

From the Pacific to the Atlantic: Mesoscale Air Quality Modelling in Coastal Areas of Canada

Mike Lepage, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc., Guelph, ON, Canada; and J. W. Boulton, X. Qiu, and M. Gauthier

Recorded presentation

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4.3

A hybrid methodology for investigating plume downwash in complex environments: a refined meso-scale model, a gaussian plume model, and wind tunnel testing

4:15 PM

4.4

Effect of varying mesoscale model grid spacing on dispersion model results

Randolph J. Evans, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

4.5

Application of adaptive unstructured grids to atmospheric dispersion in coastal and complex terrains

Ananthakrishna Sarma, SAIC, McLean, VA; and N. A. Ahmad, D. P. Bacon, T. J. Dunn, and M. S. Hall

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM-4:45 PM: Monday, 23 August 2004

Sessions End for the Day

Tuesday, 24 August 2004

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9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

Session 5

Air Quality Forecasting - Part 2

Host: 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc

Organizer: Jon Pleim, NOAA

9:00 AM

5.1

Characterizing Annual Meteorological Modeling Performance for Visibility Improvement Strategy Modeling in the Southeastern US

Michael A. Abraczinskas, North Carolina Department of Air Quality, Raleigh, NC; and D. T. Olerud Jr. and A. P. Sims

Recorded presentation

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9:15 AM

5.2

Analysis 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

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

5.3

Application 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 AM

5.4

Updates 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, 24 August 2004

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

Session 6

Advanced Dispersion Modeling

Host: 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc

Organizer: David P. Bacon, SAIC

10:30 AM

6.1

A 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

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

6.2

A Gaussian dispersion/plume model explicitly accounting for wind shear

Chris J. Walcek, SUNY, Albany, NY

Recorded presentation

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11:00 AM

6.3

An integrated approach to defining realtime upwind threat zones

Jeffrey H. Copeland, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Warner, S. Swerdlin, and J. C. Knievel

Recorded presentation

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11:15 AM

6.4

Coupled Receptor/Dispersion Modeling with a Genetic Algorithm

Sue Ellen Haupt, Penn State University, State College, PA

Recorded presentation

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11:30 AM

6.5

A Model for Local to Global to Local Scale Atmospheric Dispersion

David P. Bacon, SAIC, McLean, VA; and N. Ahmad, T. J. Dunn, M. S. Hall, and A. Sarma

Recorded presentation

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11:45 AM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

Session 7

Variability and Uncertainty

Host: 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc

Organizer: Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants

1:30 PM

7.1

Relationship between Eulerian and Lagrangian statistics in the study of atmospheric dispersion in the Convective Boundary Layer: a Large-Eddy Simulation study

Alessandro Dosio, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands; and J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, A. A. M. Holtslag, and P. J. H. Builtjes

Recorded presentation

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1:45 PM

7.2

Regional-scale Wind Field Classification Employing Cluster Analysis

Lee G. Glascoe, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and R. E. Glaser, H. N. S. Chin, and G. A. Loosmore

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2:00 PM

7.3

impact of surface wind patterns on surface ozone in Houston, Texas as revealed by cluster analysis

Lisa S. Darby, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO

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2:15 PM

7.4

A Climatology of Photochemical Smog Episodes in Sydney, Australia

Melissa Hart, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and R. De Dear and R. Hyde

Recorded presentation

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2:30 PM

7.5

Quantifying subgrid pollutant variability in Eulerian air quality models

Jerold A. Herwehe, NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and J. K. S. Ching and J. L. Swall

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

2:45 PM

7.6

Monte Carlo estimates of uncertainties in outputs of regional ozone models due to uncertainties in inputs to the BEIS3 biogenics emissions model

Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and A. G. Russell, J. Wilkinson, J. Vukovich, and A. Hansen

Recorded presentation

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3:00 PM-3:15 PM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

Coffee Break

3:30 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

Session 8

Surface and Boundary Layer Impacts on Dispersion

Host: 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc

Organizer: Roger Brode, Pacific Environmental Services, Inc.

3:30 PM

8.1

Implementation and evaluation of bulk Richardson number scheme in AERMOD

Roger W. Brode, MACTEC Federal Programs, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC

Recorded presentation

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3:45 PM

8.2

Measurement and modeling of ammonia flux and deposition velocity over natural surfaces in eastern North Carolina?

Sharon B. Phillips, North Carolina State University, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. P. S. Arya and V. P. Aneja

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8.3

The relation between pressure and air pollution concentration in Tehran

4:15 PM

8.4

An analysis of AERMOD sensitivity to input parameters in the San Francisco Bay Area

Glen E. Long, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, CA; and J. F. Cordova and S. Tanrikulu

Recorded presentation

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4:30 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

Sessions End for the Day

Wednesday, 25 August 2004

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9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 25 August 2004

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)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc; and the Fifth Conference on Urban Environment )

Organizer: Martin Best, Met Office

9:00 AM

J2.1

Is 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 AM

J2.2

Development and applications of CFD simulations in support of air quality studies involving buildings

Alan Huber, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and W. Tang, A. Flowe, B. Bell, K. Kuehlert, and W. Schwarz

Presentation PDF (381.4 kB)

9:30 AM

J2.3

Dispersion in the downtown Oklahoma City domain: comparisons between the Joint Urban 2003 data and the RUSTIC/MESO models

Eric Hendricks, ITT Industries/Advanced Engineering and Sciences, Colorado Springs, CO; and D. A. Burrows, S. Diehl, and R. Keith

Recorded presentation

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9:45 AM

J2.4

Large 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

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM-10:15 AM: Wednesday, 25 August 2004

Coffee Break

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 25 August 2004

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)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc; and the Fifth Conference on Urban Environment )

Organizer: Ted Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation

10:30 AM

J3.1

A Study of Turbulent Kinetic Energy produced by Buildings in an Urban Central Business District

Donald A. Burrows, ITT Industries/Advanced Engineering and Sciences, Colorado Springs, CO; and S. Diehl and E. Hendricks

Presentation PDF (238.9 kB)

10:45 AM

J3.2

ISC3 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 AM

J3.3

Evaluation 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 AM

J3.4

Dispersion around an L-Shape building: comparisons between wind tunnel data and the RUSTIC/MESO models

Steve Diehl, ITT Industries/Advanced Engineering and Sciences, Colorado Springs, CO; and D. A. Burrows and E. Hendricks

Presentation PDF (592.8 kB)

11:30 AM

J3.5

Mechanical 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, 25 August 2004

Lunch Break

3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Wednesday, 25 August 2004

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)

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc; and the Fifth Conference on Urban Environment )

Organizer: Theodore R. Young Jr., NRL

3:30 PM

J5.1

Urban dispersion - challenges for fast response modeling

Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

3:45 PM

J5.2

Modeling of flow and dispersion characteristics in typical urban building configurations with the fast-response model QUIC

Petra Kastner-Klein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and J. V. Clark

Presentation PDF (562.6 kB)

4:00 PM

J5.3

Testing of the QUIC-PLUME model with wind-tunnel measurements for a highrise building

Michael D. Williams, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. Brown, D. Boswell, and B. Singh

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4:15 PM

J5.4

A 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

George E. Bowker, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. G. Perry and D. K. Heist

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

4:30 PM

J5.5

CT-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-4:45 PM: Wednesday, 25 August 2004

End for the Day

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 August 2004

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)

Hosts: (Joint between the Fifth Conference on Urban Environment; and the 13th Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorolgy with the Air and Waste Management Assoc )

JP1.1

The use of air quality models to estimate the local and transboundary influence during smog episodes

Gilles Morneau, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and N. Pentcheva

Handout (233.7 kB)

JP1.2

STOSOS—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

JP1.3

Modeling aerosol formation and photochemistry in point source plumes with the CMAQ plume-in-grid system

JP1.4

Evaluation 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

JP1.5

Stability assessment from surface-based temperature measurements

Gail M. Roth, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada; and M. Rossetto and P. L. Jackson

Handout (174.9 kB)

JP1.6

Incorporating a Full-Physics Meteorological Model into an Applied Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling System

Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and K. J. Allwine and F. C. Rutz

Handout (459.3 kB)

JP1.7

Assessment 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

JP1.8

Wavelet analysis of urban and rural surface flux

Pierre Durand, CNRM CNRS-Météo-France, Toulouse, France; and J. L. Attié, D. Lambert, and G. Pigeon

Handout (386.2 kB)

JP1.10

High Resolution Ozone Modeling in Portland/Vancouver Airshed

Ying Xie, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and B. Lamb and J. Chen

JP1.11

Ambient VOC measurements in Mexico City

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

Handout (226.3 kB)

Poster Session 1B

Uncertainty and Origination

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P1B.1

Quantifying Uncertainty in Concentration Output Generated by Atmospheric and Diffusion Models

Michael K. Atchison, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and B. J. Provoncha, S. L. Seely, and A. J. Vanderzanden

Handout (384.8 kB)

P1B.2

An 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.3