Session 5 |
| | concentration fluctuations, model uncertainty and evaluation |
| | Organizer: Eugene Yee, Defense Research Establishment Suffield, Medicine Hat, AB Canada
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| 9:00 AM | 5.1 | Estimating uncertainties of air quality modeling systems using Monte Carlo approaches
Steven R. Hanna, George Mason University, Farifax, VA; and J. Wilkinson, A. G. Russell, J. Vukovich, and H. C. Frey |
| 9:15 AM | 5.2 | Comparison of Dispersion Model Uncertainty Components 
Joseph C. Chang, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA |
| 9:30 AM | 5.3 | Design of Emission Data Processing for Including Emissions Uncertainties
Marc R. Houyoux, MCNC, Research Triangle Park, NC; and C. Frey, D. Loughlin, A. Holland, and G. Cano |
| 9:45 AM | 5.4 | Assessing Dispersion Model Performance to Simulate Average Centerline Concentration Values
John S. Irwin, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and D. J. Carruthers, J. Paumier, and J. Stocker |
| 10:00 AM | 5.5 | Evaluation of theoretical profiles of vertical potential temperature gradient and their impact on dispersion modeling results
Roger W. Brode, Pacific Environmental Services, Inc., a MACTEC Company, Research Triangle Park, NC |
| 10:15 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:45 AM | 5.6 | Vertical dispersion at short-range from near-ground continuous sources in a neutral boundary layer
Rex Britter, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and S. R. Hanna |
| 11:00 AM | 5.7 | A quasi-one-dimensional Lagrangian stochastic model of relative dispersion in turbulent flows
Pasquale Franzese, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and M. S. Borgas |
| 11:15 AM | 5.8 | The Use of Concentration Fluctuation Variance Predictions in Model Evaluation
R. Ian Sykes, Titan Research and Technology, Princeton, NJ |
| 11:30 AM | 5.9 | Uncertainty and Variability Analysis of the National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment
William Battye, EC/R Incorporated, Chapel Hill, NC; and J. Touma, R. Battye, and N. Jones |
| 11:45 AM | 5.10 | Uncertainty Analysis with MACCS2 using Data based on Expert Elicitation
Robert D. Waters, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM; and S. R. Hanna, J. Mitchell, D. Whitehead, and N. Bixler |
| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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