Session 9 fine scale modeling with improved land surface, land cover databases (parallel with sessions J1, J2, J4, J5, 3, and 10)

Wednesday, 25 August 2004: 8:25 AM-2:45 PM
Host: Fifth Conference on Urban Environment
Cochairs:
Jason K.S. Ching, NERL, ARL, Atmospheric Modeling Division, Research Triangle park, NC; Rick Fry, DTRA, Alexandria, VA and Steve Burian, University of Utah, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT

Papers:
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

Presentation PDF (432.5 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (217.0 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (1001.4 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (169.8 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (76.5 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (877.6 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (527.8 kB)

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

Presentation PDF (322.0 kB)

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

- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner
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