Program: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment (26th Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/13th Air Pollution/5th Urban Environment/16th Biometeorology and Aerobiology)

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Session 1

major urban field campaigns

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Chair: Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants

8:45 AM

1.1

Urban 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 AM

1.2

The Canopy and Aerosol Particles Interaction in Toulouse Urban Layer (CAPITOUL) experiment: first results

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

Recorded presentation

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9:15 AM

1.3

An overview of the Pentagon Shield 2004 field campaign

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

Recorded presentation

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9:30 AM

1.4

Invitation 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

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1.5

Plans for the Madison Square Garden 2004 (MSG04) tracer experiment in Manhattan

Steven R. Hanna, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; and R. M. Reynolds, J. Heiser, and R. D. Bornstein

Recorded presentation

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Coffee Break

Session 2

the urban heat island effect (parallel with session 3)

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Chair: Tim R. Oke, University of British Columbia

10:30 AM

2.2

The Urban Heat Island and Temperature Inversions Measured by a Temperature Datalogger Network in Phoenix during June and July 2001

Jerome D. Fast, PNNL, Richland, WA

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10:45 AM

2.3

Urban modifications in a mesoscale meteorological model and the effects on surface energetics in a semi-arid metropolitan region

Susanne Grossman-Clarke, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and J. A. Zehnder and W. L. Stefanov

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2.4

A model study on the effects of urbanization on the thermal and convective properties of San Juan, Puerto Rico

Presentation PDF (86.7 kB)

11:15 AM

2.5

Application of GIS to make 'Urban Environmental Climate Map' for Urban Planning

Takahiro Tanaka, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan; and M. Moriyama

Recorded presentation

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11:30 AM

2.6

Thermal-climatic effects of a fairground event in the local area

Karsten Brandt, Donnerwetter.de GmbH, Bonn, Germany; and W. Kuttler

Recorded presentation

2.7

Urban heat budget and waste water heat discharge in Moscow

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12:00 PM

2.5A

A Study of the Oklahoma City Urban Heat Island Using Ground Measurements and Remote Sensing (Formally Paper 2.1)

Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and A. Ivey, T. N. McPherson, D. Boswell, and E. R. Pardyjak

Presentation PDF (2.3 MB)

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)

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Organizer: K. Jerry Allwine, PNNL

Cochairs: Sue Grimmond, Indiana University; Rick Fry, DTRA

10:30 AM

3.1

Street canyon flow patterns in a horizontal plane: Measurements from the Joint Urban 2003 Field Experiment

Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and H. Khalsa, M. A. Nelson, and D. Boswell

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

10:45 AM

3.2

Vertical profiles of mean flow and turbulence characteristics in a downtown street canyon measured during Joint Urban 2003

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

Presentation PDF (621.7 kB)

11:00 AM

3.3

Structure of turbulence within an urban street canyon

Suhas U. Pol, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and P. Ramamurthy, E. R. Pardyjak, and J. C. Klewicki

Recorded presentation

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11:15 AM

3.4

Spatial and temporal variability of turbulent fluxes in the Joint Urban 2003 street canyon

Prathap Ramamurthy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. U. Pol, E. R. Pardyjak, and J. C. Klewicki

Recorded presentation

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3.5

Observational Study of Turbulence Spectra for Joint Urban 2003

Presentation PDF (295.8 kB)

11:45 AM

3.6

Lidar Measurements of Atmospheric Flow through a Downtown Cluster of High-rise Buildings

Robert B. Heap, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. Calhoun, M. Princevac, and J. Sommer

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.7 MB)

12:00 PM

3.7

Turbulence within and above real and artificial urban canopies

Matthew A. Nelson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown, E. R. Pardyjak, and J. C. Klewicki

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.9 MB)

12:15 PM

3.8

Measurement of Winds Flowing toward an Urban Area using Coherent Doppler Lidar

Ron Calhoun, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and R. B. Heap, M. Princevac, J. Sommer, H. J. S. Fernando, and D. Ligon

Recorded presentation

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12:30 PM

3.9

Wind Tunnel Modeling of Complex Flow and Dispersion Phenomena in support of the Joint Urban Atmospheric Dispersion Study 2003

Bernd Leitl, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; and P. M. Kastner-Klein and M. Schatzmann

Recorded presentation

12:45 PM

3.10

An analysis of urban surface meteorology data collected prior to the joint urban 2003 urban dispersion experiment

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

Recorded presentation

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1:00 PM

3.11

Spatial 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

1:15 PM

3.12

A comparative Study of dissipation Rates in urban and suburban Environments using sodar Data

Richard L. Coulter, ANL, Argonne, IL; and M. Pekour and T. J. Martin

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.6 MB)

1:30 PM

3.13

Joint Urban 2003 vertical SF₆ real-time analyzer and time-integrated sampler data characteristics

Kirk L. Clawson, ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and R. G. Carter, D. J. Lacroix, N. F. Hukari, and K. J. Allwine

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.9 MB)

1:45 PM

3.14

Near Field Dispersion during Joint-Urban 2003

Marty Leach, LLNL, Livermore, CA

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

3.15

Gaussian Modeling of Tracer Concentrations During the Joint Urban 2003 Experiment

Frank J. Gouveia, LLNL, Livermore, CA

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.4 MB)

2:15 PM

3.16

Sheltering 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

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

3.17

Airborne 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

2:45 PM

3.18

Observations of boundary-layer winds in an urban environment

Larry K. Berg, PNNL, Richland, WA; and S. F. J. De Wekker, W. J. Shaw, R. L. Coulter, and K. J. Allwine

Recorded presentation

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3.19

Evolution of turbulence in the boundary layer over Oklahoma City as observed by wind profiling radars

3:15 PM

3.20

Boundary-layer Structure Upwind and Downwind of Oklahoma City during the Joint Urban 2003 Field Study

Stephan F. J. De Wekker, PNNL, Richland, WA; and L. K. Berg, K. J. Allwine, J. C. Doran, and W. J. Shaw

Recorded presentation

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3:30 PM

3.21

The Propagation of Convective Outflow through Oklahoma City During Joint Urban 2003

Jeffrey B. Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and D. R. Cheresnick

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

3.22

Surface 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)

Carmen J. Nappo, CJN Research Meteorology, Knoxville, TN; and D. L. Aubel

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4:00 PM

3.6a

Lunch Break

5:30 PM

3.12a

Coffee Break

Session 4

Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands (parallel with session 3)

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Cochairs: Anthony Brazel, Arizona State University; Jay S. Golden, Arizona State University

1:30 PM

4.1

Tools for the Mitigation of the Urban Heat Island

Harvey Bryan, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and V. Agarwal and P. S. Antia

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

4.2

Rooftop “greening” as an option for microclimatic amelioration in a high-density building complex

Paul W. Osmond, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Recorded presentation

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2:00 PM

4.3

Experimental Study on the Measurement of Sensible Heat Flux at the Roof Surface Coated by High Reflectivity Paints

Masakazu Moriyama, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan; and H. Takebayashi and S. Nogami

Recorded presentation

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2:15 PM

4.4

Effect on CO₂ Emissions of Building-Urban Area by Introducing Solar Reflective Paint

Tomohiko Ihara, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Genchi, M. Matsuo, Y. Yoshida, and R. Matsuhashi

Recorded presentation

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4.5

Application of a Coupled Urban Surface Boundary Layer Model to Assess the Impact of Roof Albedo Increase on Low-level Temperature in Chicago

2:45 PM

4.6

Comparison of energy impact of Heat Island Reduction Strategies between Tokyo and Houston

Akira Urano, LBNL, Berkeley, CA; and H. Akbari

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (187.7 kB)

3:00 PM

4.7

Development of cool pavement with dark colored high albedo coating

Tsuyoshi Kinouchi, Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and T. Yoshinaka, N. Fukae, and M. Kanda

Presentation PDF (346.6 kB)

3:15 PM

4.8

Study on the influence of sensible heat flux distribution on air temperature in the built-up area

Hideki Takebayashi, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan; and M. Moriyama

Recorded presentation

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4.9

Mitigation of thermal stress by a large restoration of inner-city river (Cheong-Gye Stream in Seoul)

3:45 PM

4.10

Urban geometry and electrical energy consumption in a tropical city

Léa Cristina Lucas Souza, State University of São Paulo, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil; and F. S. Pedrotti and F. T. Leme

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

4:00 PM

4.7a

Coffee Break

Sessions End for the Day

Opening Reception

Session 5

the energy and water balance of cities (parallel with session 6)

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Chair: James A. Voogt, University of Western Ontario

8:30 AM

5.1

Characteristics of the urban thermodynamic island and the energy balance on Toulouse (France) during winter and spring periods of the CAPITOUL experiment

Grégoire Pigeon, CNRM, CNRS-Météo France, Toulouse, France; and C. Augustin, D. Legain, V. Masson, and P. Durand

Recorded presentation

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8:45 AM

5.2

The 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

Andrew M. Coutts, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and J. Beringer, N. J. Tapper, and H. A. Cleugh

Recorded presentation

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9:00 AM

5.3

Estimating urban landscape evapotranspiration

Richard L. Snyder, University of California, Davis, CA; and S. Eching

Recorded presentation

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9:15 AM

5.4

Field experiment on the oasis effect of urban areas using potted plants

Aya Hagishima, Kyushu University, Kasuga-shi, Japan; and K. I. Narita and J. Tanimoto

Recorded presentation

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9:30 AM

5.5

Sensitivity Testing of an Urban Surface Scheme Coupled to a 1-D Boundary Layer Model

E. S. Krayenhoff, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; and J. A. Voogt

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9:45 AM

5.6

Interaction between urban climate and snow

Annette Semadeni-Davies, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Session 6

turbulent transport and dispersion processes (in urban areas and around buildings) (parallel with session 5)

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Cochairs: Michael Brown, LANL; Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah

8:30 AM

6.1

Wind 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 AM

6.2

Flow and Turbulence in Urban Canopies

Dragan Zajic, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and H. J. S. Fernando, M. Princevac, and R. Calhoun

Presentation PDF (538.6 kB)

9:00 AM

6.3

Investigation 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

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

6.4

Experimental determination of the turbulent kinetic energy budget within and above an urban canopy

Andreas Christen, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; and M. W. Rotach and R. Vogt

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.5 MB)

9:30 AM

6.5

Wind 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

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

6.6

Estimation of the heat transfer resistance in the real urban canopy

Hirofumi Sugawara, National Defense Academy of Japan, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan; and M. Kawahara and K. Tomine

Presentation PDF (281.0 kB)

10:00 AM

6.7

A field study into the role of large gusts and coherent turbulent structures in momentum, heat and particle transport in an urban street canyon

Ian D. Longley, UMIST, Manchester, United Kingdom; and M. W. Gallagher

Presentation PDF (143.2 kB)

10:15 AM

6.8

Effects of building-height heterogeneity on area-averaged transfer velocity in the street surface—Wind tunnel experiments using salinity change technique

Ken-ichi Narita, Nippon Institute of Technology, Miyashiro, Saitama, Japan

Presentation PDF (457.6 kB)

10:30 AM

6.9

A 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

10:45 AM

6.10

Implementation of Rooftop Recirculation Parameterization into the QUIC Fast Response Urban Wind Model

N. L. Bagal, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and B. Singh, E. R. Pardyjak, and M. J. Brown

Presentation PDF (481.0 kB)

11:00 AM

6.11

Turbulence kinetic energy in the Oklahoma City urban environment

Julie K. Lundquist, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; and M. J. Leach and F. J. Gouveia

Presentation PDF (561.6 kB)

11:15 AM

6.6a

Coffee Break

Lunch Break

Session 7

Special Session in Honor of Dr. E. Plate

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Cochairs: Petra Kastner-Klein, University of Oklahoma; S. Pal Arya, North Carolina State University

1:25 PM

7.1

Introductory Remarks

1:30 PM

7.2

Dispersion in atmospheric convective boundary layer with wind shears: from laboratory models to complex simulation studies

Evgeni Fedorovich, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Presentation PDF (482.3 kB)

2:00 PM

7.3

Use of Urban 2000 field data to determine whether there are significant differences between the performance measures of several urban dispersion models

Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and J. C. Chang, A. Venkatram, R. E. Britter, M. Neophytou, and D. Brook

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

2:15 PM

7.4

Dispersion of Vehicle Emissions within the Urban Roughness Layer

Michael Schatzmann, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; and F. Pascheke and B. Leitl

2:30 PM

7.5

Evidence of enhanced vertical dispersion in the wakes of tall buildings in wind tunnel simulations of lower Manhattan

David K. Heist, NERL/EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. G. Perry and G. E. Bowker

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

2:45 PM

7.6

Physical Modeling of Biogenic Emissions from a Finite Forest Area

Bernd Leitl, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

7.7

Assessment of the odour concentration in the near-field of small sources

Gunther Schauberger, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria; and M. Piringer

Recorded presentation

3:15 PM

7.8

Wind and Urban Climates

Erich J. Plate, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; and H. Kiefer

Presentation PDF (533.6 kB)

3:30 PM

7.8a

Coffee Break

Session 8

remote sensing of urban meteorological variables

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Chair: James F. Bowers, U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground

4:00 PM

8.1

Observations of boundary layer depth over an urban/rural transition

Fay Davies, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom; and D. R. Middleton and G. N. Pearson

Recorded presentation

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4:15 PM

8.2

Possible Detection of insects in an urban environment as detected by a frequency modulated-continuous wave radar

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.3 MB)

4:30 PM

8.3

Application of a 3-D Urban Surface-Sensor-Sun Model to Estimate Urban Thermal Anisotropy for a Range of Urban Geometries

James A. Voogt, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

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Sessions End for the Day

Session 9

fine scale modeling with improved land surface, land cover databases (parallel with sessions J1, J2, J4, J5, 3, and 10)

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Cochairs: Jason K.S. Ching, NERL; Rick Fry, DTRA; Steve Burian, University of Utah

8:25 AM

9.1

Urban morphological analysis for mesoscale meteorological and dispersion modeling applications: current issues

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

Recorded presentation

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8:40 AM

9.2

Neighborhood scale air quality modeling in Houston using urban canopy parameters in MM5 and CMAQ with improved characterization of mesoscale lake-land breeze circulation

Jason Ching, NOAA/ARL and U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. Dupont, R. C. Gilliam, S. Burian, and R. Tang

Recorded presentation

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8:55 AM

9.3

High-resolution dataset of urban canopy parameters for Houston, Texas

Steven Burian, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. W. Stetson, W. S. Han, J. K. S. Ching, and D. W. Byun

Recorded presentation

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9:10 AM

9.4

Assessment of methods for creating a national building statistics database for atmospheric dispersion modeling

Srinivas Pradeep Velugubantla, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and S. Burian, M. J. Brown, W. Han, A. T. McKinnon, and T. N. McPherson

Recorded presentation

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9:25 AM

9.5

The Geographic and Environmental Database Information System (GEDIS) as a tool for urban dispersion modeling

Richard N. Fry Jr., Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, VA; and I. H. Griffiths, I. Crawford, T. Dudman, M. Gilbert, and D. Stewart

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9:40 AM

9.6

A federated partnership for urban meteorological and air quality modeling

David J. Williams, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. Ching

Presentation PDF (102.0 kB)

9:55 AM

9.7

Evaluation of the accuracy of national land use datasets for the development of urban canopy parameterizations

Timothy N. McPherson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown and S. J. Burian

Presentation PDF (541.1 kB)

10:10 AM

9.8

Utilization of satellite-derived high resolution land use/land cover data for the meteorological, emissions, and air quality modeling

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

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10:25 AM

9.9

Fine Scale Meteorological Simulations of the Houston-Galveston Metropolitan Area with LANDSAT-Derived High-Resolution Land Use and Land Cover Datasets

Fang-Yi Cheng, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and S. T. Kim, D. W. Byun, and S. Stetson

Recorded presentation

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10:40 AM

9.10

Application 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

10:55 AM

9.11

Utilizing the Coupled WRF/LSM/Urban Modeling System with Detailed Urban Classification to Simulate the Urban Heat Island Phenomena over the Greater Houston Area

Fei Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Kusaka, M. Tewari, J. W. Bao, and H. Hirakuchi

Presentation PDF (467.6 kB)

11:10 AM

9.12

CFD modeling of fine scale flow and transport in the Houston metropolitan area, Texas

Sang-Mi Lee, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and H. J. S. Fernando, D. W. Byun, and J. Ching

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

11:25 AM

9.13

Mesoscale modeling of the impact of anthropogenic heating on the urban climate of Houston—the role of spatial and temporal resolution

David J. Sailor, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and H. Fan

Recorded presentation

11:40 AM

9.14

Evaluation of the urban soil model SM2-U on the city center of Marseille (France)

Sylvain Dupont, CNRS, Nantes, France; and P. G. Mestayer

Recorded presentation

11:55 AM

9.15

STUDY ON URBAN HEAT ISLANDS IN TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREA USING A METEOROLOGICAL MESOSCALE MODEL INCORPORATING AN URBAN CANOPY MODEL

Ryozo Ooka, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and K. Harayama, S. Murakami, and H. Kondo

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12:10 PM

9.16

Determination of the spatial and temporal distribution of population for air toxics exposure assessments

Timothy N. McPherson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and A. Ivey, M. J. Brown, and G. E. Streit

Presentation PDF (2.2 MB)

12:25 PM

9.17

Dispersion modeling of traffic emissions in cities

Petra Kastner-Klein, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

12:40 PM

9.0a

Introductory Remarks

12:45 PM

9.6a

Coffee Break

1:15 PM

9.12a

Lunch Break

Joint Session 1

Human Biometeorology: Thermal Comfort (Joint between the 16th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology and the Fifth Symposium on the Urban Environment)

Hosts: (Joint between the 16th Biometeorology and Aerobiology; and the Fifth Conference on Urban Environment )

Chair: Robert E. Davis, University of Virginia

8:30 AM

J1.1

The 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 AM

J1.2

Thermal comfort conditions within an E-W Oriented street canyon in Freiburg (Germany) during the European summer heatwave 2003

Helmut Mayer, Univ. of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; and T. Holst, J. Rost, F. Imbery, and F. Ali Toudert

Recorded presentation

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9:00 AM

J1.3

Study 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

Hong Huang, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and R. Ooka and S. Kato

Recorded presentation

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9:15 AM

J1.4

Thermal 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 AM

J1.5

A case study in resort climatology of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Anthony J. Brazel, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and D. A. Hartz and G. M. Heisler

Presentation PDF (179.8 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (203.8 kB)

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

Coffee Break

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

Joint Session 4

Human Biometeorology: Air Quality (Joint between the 16th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology and the Fifth Symposium on the Urban Environment)

Hosts: (Joint between the 16th Biometeorology and Aerobiology; and the Fifth Conference on Urban Environment )

Chair: Scott Sheridan, Kent State University

10:30 AM

J4.1

A Synoptic Climatological Approach to Separate Weather- and Pollution-Induced Impacts on Human Mortality

Laurence S. Kalkstein, University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE; and S. Sheridan

Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

J4.2

Synoptic weather patterns and modification of the association between air pollution and human mortality

Daniel G. C. Rainham, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and K. E. Tomic, S. C. Sheridan, and R. T. Burnett

Presentation PDF (169.1 kB)

11:00 AM

J4.3

The potential of urban environmental control in alleviating heat-wave health effects in five US regions

Haider Taha, Altostratus, Inc., Martinez, CA; and L. S. Kalkstein, S. C. Sheridan, and E. Wong

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (182.4 kB)

11:15 AM

J4.4

Linking air toxic concentrations from CMAQ to the HAPEM5 exposure model at neighborhood scales for the Philadelphia area

Jason Ching, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and T. Pierce, T. Palma, W. Hutzell, R. Tang, A. Cimorelli, and J. Herwehe

Presentation PDF (95.3 kB)

11:30 AM

J4.5

Exposure to fine particulate air pollution in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

Melanie Noullett, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada; and P. L. Jackson

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (334.2 kB)

Session 10

Urban Weather (parallel with sessions 9 and J5)

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Chair: Petra Kastner-Klein, University of Oklahoma

1:30 PM

10.1

An 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

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

10.2

Effects of boundary-layer stability on urban heat island induced convection

Jong-Jin Baik, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and Y. H. Kim

Recorded presentation

10.3

Modeling the effects of enhanced aerosol concentrations on urban convection

2:15 PM

10.4

Impacts of tornadic supercells on the central business district of Oklahoma City

Peter K. Hall Jr., Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and J. B. Basara

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.5 MB)

Coffee Break

Session 11

measurement challenges and observation techniques in urban environments

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Chair: Walter Dabberdt, Vaisala Corp.

3:30 PM

11.1

Measurement needs and challenges in support of forecasting in the urban zone

Walter F. Dabberdt, Vaisala. Inc., Louisville, CO

Recorded presentation

11.2

Characteristics of urban-ecosystem atmosphere fluxes of CO₂, CH₄, N₂O and ET over Denver, Colorado

Presentation PDF (362.1 kB)

4:00 PM

11.3

Application of scintillometry in the urban atmosphere

M. Roth, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and J. A. Salmond and A. N. V. Satyanarayana

Presentation PDF (291.8 kB)

4:15 PM

11.4

Study of Near-building Airflow and Turbulent Eddies

Ronald M. Cionco, US Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and G. Vaucher and Y. P. Yee

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.3 MB)

4:30 PM

11.5

GEMS: An Airborne System for Urban Environmental Monitoring

Randolph J. Evans, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and J. Manobianco, J. L. Case, and J. G. Dreher

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (730.0 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (361.2 kB)

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

Oral Sessions End for the Day

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 1

Urban Surface and Boundary Layer Climates

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

P1.1

Tools for quantifying climate-related effects of trees on urban forest benefits

James R. Simpson, USDA, Davis, CA; and E. G. McPherson and S. E. Maco

Handout (70.1 kB)

P1.2

The impact of the surface heterogeneity on the energy imbalance problem using LES

Atsushi Inagaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. O. Letzel, S. Raasch, and M. Kanda

Handout (2.0 MB)

P1.3

The 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

P1.4

Surface 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

P1.5

Observation of an Urban Plume during CAPITOUL experiment

Valery Masson, CNRM, Toulouse, France; and G. Pigeon, L. Gomes, P. Durand, C. Lac, and A. Butet

Handout (612.7 kB)

P1.6

Measurement 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

P1.7

Evaluation 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

P1.8

Estimating wind speed at an urban reference height

Andreas Christen, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; and M. W. Rotach

Handout (308.4 kB)

P1.9

Comparisons of various experimental results on the convective heat transfer coefficient of urban surfaces

Aya Hagishima, Kyushu University, Kasuga-shi, Japan; and J. Tanimoto and K. I. Narita

Handout (126.3 kB)

P1.10

An application of a simple urban canopy model for meso-scale simulation (SUMM) to Tokyo metropolitan area

Akiyoshi Ito, Petroleum Energy Center, Tokyo, Ibaraki, Japan; and M. Kanda

Handout (150.2 kB)

P1.11

A Simple 3-Dimensional Urban Energy Balance Model and Outdoor Scale Model Experiments

Toru Kawai, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Kanda and M. Kanega

Handout (1.6 MB)

P1.12

Impact of Urbanization on Climate Change in Korea, 1973–2002 (Formerly Paper number 12.1)

Sung-Nam Oh, KMA/NRL, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and Y. H. Kim, M. S. Hyun, and J. C. Nam

Handout (114.9 kB)

Poster Session 2

Urban Field Campaigns

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

P2.1

VTMX: Profiling the Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer

William O. J. Brown, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. B. Parsons, J. O. Pinto, and B. Morley

Handout (260.5 kB)

P2.2

Variation of flow within the MUST array

Matthew A. Nelson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown, J. C. Klewicki, and E. R. Pardyjak

Handout (141.2 kB)

P2.3

Measurements of CO2 fluxes in the Mexico City megacity

Erik Velasco, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and S. Pressley, E. Allwine, H. Westberg, and B. Lamb

Handout (277.8 kB)

P2.4

Dispersion 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

P2.5

Computational 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

P2.6

An 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

Poster Session 3

Urban Heat Islands

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

P3.1

Yearlong evaluation of urban heat island countermeasures from the viewpoints of thermal environment mitigation and urban energy conservation

Yukihiro Kikegawa, Fuji Research Institute Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Genchi, H. Kondo, and Y. Ohashi

Handout (430.7 kB)

P3.2

Urban temperature variations in Jackson, Mississippi and vicinity

Loren D. White, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS; and J. Finney

P3.3

A Sustainable Systems Approach to the Hysteresis Lag Effect of Surface Materials & Urban Heat Islands

Jay S. Golden, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Handout (116.4 kB)

P3.4

The Characteristics of Urban Effect on the Change of Relative Humidity in Seoul, Korea

Hyang-Hee Um, MRI/Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. J. Ha, S. S. Lee, and J. C. Nam

Handout (833.1 kB)

P3.5

Synoptic and temporal characteristics of the Las Vegas urban heat island

James A. Miller, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

P3.6

Spatial and temporal variability of anthropogenic heating in US cities

David J. Sailor, Portland State University, Portland, OR; and C. Vasireddy

P3.7

Spatial and temporal characteristics of the Casa Grande, Arizona urban heat island

Brent C. Hedquist, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

P3.8

Evaluation of the Thermal Environment in the Seoul Metropolitan Area

Yeon-Hee Kim, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and S. N. Oh, H. H. Um, J. C. Nam, and S. B. Kim

Handout (143.1 kB)

P3.9

Comparison of transects and fixed stations, Phoenix, Arizona

A. J. Brazel, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and B. C. Hedquist

P3.10

Below-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

Poster Session 4

Urban Weather

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

P4.1

Ongoing 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

Session 12

cities as agents of global change (parallel with session 13)

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Chair: Jennifer Salmond, University of Birmingham

8:15 AM

12.1

Paper 12.1 has been moved to Poster Session P1, New Paper Number P1.12

8:16 AM

12.2

Weekend/weekday diurnal temperature range in central Arizona

Roger S Tomalty II, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Presentation PDF (66.8 kB)

8:31 AM

12.3

Mobile measurements of carbon dioxide within the urban canopy layer of Essen, Germany

Sascha Henninger, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; and W. Kuttler

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (419.1 kB)

8:46 AM

12.4

Surface 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 AM

12.5

Annual fluxes of energy and CO₂ over a residential area in Tokyo

Ryo Moriwaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan; and M. Kanda

Presentation PDF (799.9 kB)

9:16 AM

12.6

Changing 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

Session 13

high-resolution (CFD) modeling of flow around buildings and street canyons (parallel with session 12)

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

CoChair: K. Jerry Allwine, ETD/PNL

13.1

High-resolution large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow around buildings including thermal effects

8:45 AM

13.2

Effects 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

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

13.3

Large Eddy Simulation of an Urban 2000 Experiment with Various Time-dependent Forcing

S. T. Chan, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and M. Leach

Presentation PDF (611.6 kB)

9:15 AM

13.4

Turbulent 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

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

13.5

Representation of complex objects in a new Cartesian coordinate urban street atmospheric numerical model

Weiming Sha Sr., Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

13.6

Simulations of Flow over Idealized Urban Street Canyons

Nash'at Ahmad, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and Z. Boybeyi and A. Sarma

10:00 AM

13.7

CFD 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

Recorded presentation

10:15 AM

13.8

A numerical study of the effects of ambient wind direction on flow and dispersion in urban street canyons using the RNG k-ε turbulence model

Jae-Jin Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. J. Baik

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (150.8 kB)

10:30 AM

13.9

Numerical Analysis of Diffusion around a Suspended Crossroad by a Multi-scale CFD Model

Kondo Hiroaki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan; and T. Takayuki, M. Tanaka, and S. Motoo

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (281.1 kB)

10:45 AM

13.10

CFD simulations of Joint Urban atmospheric dispersion field study

R. L. Lee, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and T. D. Humphreys III and S. T. Chan

Presentation PDF (2.7 MB)

11:00 AM

13.11

A 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

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

13.12

Simulation of the MUST field experiment using the FEFLO-URBAN CFD model

Fernando E. Camelli, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and S. R. Hanna and R. Lohner

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

11:30 AM

13.13

Evaluation of FLACS CFD model with MUST data

Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and O. Hansen and S. Dharmavaram

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (113.1 kB)

11:45 AM

13.6a

Coffee Break

Lunch Break

Session 14

urban air quality (including urban airshed modeling and urban air chemistry experiments) (parallel with session 15)

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Organizer: Jason Ching, NOAA/ERL/ARL

1:45 PM

14.1

Hourly concentrations of ammonia during the winter in Manchester, UK, related to traffic and background sources

James D. Whitehead, UMIST, Manchester, United Kingdom; and I. D. Longley, H. Coe, and M. W. Gallagher

Presentation PDF (106.1 kB)

2:00 PM

14.2

Investigating the Impact of Changes in Traffic Emission Structures on Urban Air Pollution with a Nested Model System

Florence-Nathalie Sentuc, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; and N. Eissfeldt, M. J. Kerschgens, and R. Schrader

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

2:15 PM

14.3

Analysis of the air quality within the range of an urban green area

Alexander Ropertz, University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany; and K. Weber and W. Kuttler

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (347.3 kB)

2:30 PM

14.4

Afforestation for Valley Urban Air Quality Improvement

Peter C. Chu, NPS, Monterey, CA; and Y. Chen and S. Lu

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (714.7 kB)

14.5

Study of Air Pollutant Transport in city of Istanbul

Recorded presentation

Session 15

urban boundary layers (parallel with session 14)

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Chair: Matthias Roth, National University of Singapore

1:45 PM

15.1

Energy balance and boundary layer interactions over urban areas

Ian Harman, Met Office, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom; and S. E. Belcher and M. Best

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

15.2

Area-averaged profiles over the Mock Urban Setting Test array

Matthew A. Nelson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown, E. R. Pardyjak, and J. C. Klewicki

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (364.0 kB)

2:15 PM

15.3

Large eddy simulations on the effects of surface geometry of building arrays on turbulent organized structures

Manabu Kanda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Presentation PDF (559.6 kB)

2:30 PM

15.4

Relating 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

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

15.5

Study of the stratification of the urban boundary layer of Marseille under sea-breeze condition

Aude Lemonsu, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and S. Bastin, V. Masson, and P. Drobinski

Presentation PDF (449.0 kB)

3:00 PM

15.6

Fluxes of atmospheric carbon dioxide over a suburban area of Vancouver

Cindy J. Walsh, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and T. R. Oke, C. S. B. Grimmond, and J. A. Salmond

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (235.1 kB)

3:15 PM

15.7

Analysis of the evolution of an urban boundary layer ad detected by a frequency modulated-continuous wave radar

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

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.7 MB)

15.8

A comparison of urban boundary layer heights as detected by a frequency modulated-continuous wave radar and a collocated SODAR

3:45 PM

15.5a

Coffee Break

Session 16

canopy—atmosphere coupling

Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Chair: Ron Cionco, US Army Research Laboratory

4:15 PM

16.1

Intermittent 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 PM

16.2

Further Evaluation of an Urban Canopy Parameterization Using VTMX and URBAN 2000 Data

Hung-Neng S. Chin, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and M. J. Leach

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (564.9 kB)

4:45 PM

16.3

Near Surface Winds from an enhanced Micro-Mesoscale Simulation System

Ronald M. Cionco, US Army Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM; and S. A. Luces

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (947.5 kB)

Conference Ends

Fifth Conference on Urban Environment

Sunday, 22 August 2004

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 22 August 2004

Monday, 23 August 2004

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Monday, 23 August 2004

8:45 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 23 August 2004

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

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Monday, 23 August 2004

10:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 23 August 2004

1:30 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 23 August 2004

5:45 PM-5:45 PM: Monday, 23 August 2004

6:00 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 23 August 2004

Tuesday, 24 August 2004

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

8:30 AM-11:45 AM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

11:45 AM-1:10 PM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

1:25 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

4:00 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

4:45 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 24 August 2004

Wednesday, 25 August 2004

8:25 AM-2:45 PM: Wednesday, 25 August 2004

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Wednesday, 25 August 2004

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

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 25 August 2004

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

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5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 August 2004

Thursday, 26 August 2004

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Sunday, 22 August 2004

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Monday, 23 August 2004

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Tuesday, 24 August 2004

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Wednesday, 25 August 2004

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

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5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 August 2004

Thursday, 26 August 2004

8:15 AM-9:31 AM: Thursday, 26 August 2004

8:30 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 26 August 2004

12:15 PM-1:45 PM: Thursday, 26 August 2004

1:45 PM-2:45 PM: Thursday, 26 August 2004

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