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Session 1

San Francisco Bay Area Ozone Atttainment Program

Location: International Room (Cathedral Hill Hotel)

Host: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences

CoChair: Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University

9:00 AM

1.0

Welcoming Remarks

9:30 AM

1.1

History of San Francisco Bay Area Ozone Attainment Program (Keynote Speaker)

Peter Hess, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Franciso, CA

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

1.2

Inter-basin ozone transport issues within N. California

John DaMassa, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

1.3

Emissions Modeling in Action: Estimating Emissions for Use in the San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Modeling Study

James G. Wilkinson, Alpine Geophysics, LLC, Eugene, OR; and C. Loomis, D. Souten, and C. Emery

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (201.2 kB)

11:00 AM

1.4

Development of a comprehensive photochemical air pollution modeling system for the San Francisco Bay Area

C. A. Emery, Environ International Corp., Novato, CA; and D. R. Souten, S. Tanrikulu, P. Martien, S. Soong, J. Wilkinson, C. J. Tremback, and R. Bornstein

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (524.3 kB)

11:30 AM

1.5

Attaining the Ozone Standard in the San Francisco Bay Area: The Petroleum Industry’s Role in the Planning Process

Steve Ziman, ChevronTexaco Energy Technology Co, Richmond, CA

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

1.3a

Coffee Break

12:30 PM

1.5a

Lunch Break

Session 2

Long Range Transport

Location: International Room (Cathedral Hill Hotel)

Host: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences

Cochairs: Y. S. Chung, Atmospheric Environment Observatory/K-CCAR; Carey Jang, EPA

1:30 PM

2.1

Duststorms and associated dustfalls observed in East Asia from January to June 2004

Y. S. Chung, Atmospheric Environment Observatory/K-CCAR, Chongwon, Choongbook, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. S. Kim, K. H. Park, D. H. Choi, J. Dulam, and T. Gao

Recorded presentation

1:45 PM

2.3

Interannual variation of persistent organic pollutants over the Great Lakes induced by tropical Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies (Formerly Paper Number 10.8)

Jianmin Ma, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

2.4

Impact of Long-Range Dust Transport on Northern California in Spring 2002

Philip Cameron-Smith, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and D. Bergmann, C. Chuang, G. Bench, S. S. Cliff, P. Kelly, and K. D. Perry

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

2.5

Chemical analysis of aerosols for characterization of long-range transport at Lassen Peak, CA

Peter B. Kelly, University of California, Davis, CA; and Y. Harada, S. S. Cliff, and K. D. Perry

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

2.6

AIRMAP Bulk Aerosol Measurements: Regional NO₃- events Related to Seasonal Climate Anomalies

Emily V. Fischer, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. W. Talbot, J. E. Dibb, and A. N. Grant

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (595.8 kB)

2:45 PM

2.7

The transformation of black carbon aerosols from hydrophobic to hydrophilic and the global distribution

Huiyan Yang, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and L. W. Horowitz and H. Levy II

Recorded presentation

2.8

Trans-Pacific Transport Modeling of Particulate Matter and Ozone

2.9

Impact of long-range transport on the levels of trace gases and fine aerosols at two high-altitude sites in western and eastern China

3:30 PM

2.6a

Coffee Break

Session 3

Field studies

Location: International Room (Cathedral Hill Hotel)

Host: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences

Cochairs: Toshihiro Kitada, Department of Ecological Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan; Philip B. Russell, NASA Ames Research Center

3:30 PM

3.1

The development of a hybrid meteorological field to improve ozone simulation results in the CCOS domain

Bruce S. Jackson, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA; and K. Gurer, D. Chau, and A. Kaduwela

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

3.2

MAX-DOAS Network-Measurement of NO2, HCHO and SO2 during the NEAQS-ITCT 2004 Campaign

Roman Sinreich, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, BaWue, Germany; and F. Filsinger, C. Kern, O. Sebastian, T. Wagner, and U. Platt

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

3.3

Meteorological differences between NEAQS 2002 and ICARTT/NEAQS 2004

James P. Koermer, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; and J. Cordeira and E. G. Hoffman

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (432.0 kB)

4:15 PM

3.4

Four-dimensional variational data assimilation applications to the field experiments

Tianfeng Chai, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and G. R. Carmichael, Y. Tang, and A. Sandu

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

3.5

Characteristics of Local Flow in Jakarta, Indonesia and Its Implication in Air Pollution Transport

Asep Sofyan, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan; and T. Kitada and G. Kurata

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.5 MB)

4:45 PM

3.6

The Columbia Plateau Wind Erosion / Air Quality Project: predicting and controlling windblown dust

Brenton S. Sharratt, USDA/ARS, Pullman, WA; and W. F. Schillinger

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

5:00 PM

3.7

A Further Study of the Mixing Height of the Taipei Basin Using the Microwave

Che-Ming Chang, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan; and L. N. chang, S. C. Lu, H. C. Hsiao, and P. F. Shieh

5:15 PM

3.8

Airborne sunphotometer and solar Spectral flux radiometer measurements during INTEX/ITCT 2004

Philip B. Russell, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA; and P. Pilewskie, J. Redemann, J. Livingston, B. Schmid, R. Kahn, A. Chu, J. Eilers, J. Pommier, and S. Howard

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (726.4 kB)

5:30 PM

3.8a

Oral Sessions end for the day

Poster Session 1

General Poster Session with Welcome Reception

Location: Mezzanine Level Lobby (Cathedral Hill Hotel)

Host: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences

2.7

The transformation of black carbon aerosols from hydrophobic to hydrophilic and the global distribution

Huiyan Yang, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; and L. W. Horowitz and H. Levy II

Recorded presentation

P1.2

The Forecasting of Atmospheric pollutant density in Xi'an City

Fanqiang Wang, AES, Xian, ShaanXi, China

Handout (74.1 kB)

P1.3

Surface Elemental Composition of Aerosols at Beijing (China), Gosan (Korea) and Tango (Japan) during ACE Asia

Sarika Kulkarni, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and Y. Tang and G. Carmichael

P1.4

Secondary Organic Aerosol Study: Model Development and Applications for the ICARTT Period

Hao Huang, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and G. R. Carmichael and Y. Tang

P1.5

Real-time air quality forecasts using the WRF-Chemistry model for ICARTT/NEAQS2004

Steven E. Peckham, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. Grell, S. A. McKeen, and J. M. Wilczak

Handout (107.8 kB)

P1.6

Observations of the chemical evolution of the Sacramento, CA urban plume

Jennifer G. Murphy, University of California, Berkeley, CA; and D. A. Day, P. A. Cleary, P. J. Wooldridge, D. B. Millet, M. McKay, G. W. Schade, A. H. Goldstein, and R. C. Cohen

P1.7

Observational study on the radiative properties of aerosol at two regional GAW stations in the east part of China

Peng Yan, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Scicence, Beijing, China; and J. Tang, J. Mao, Z. Ke, B. Wang, X. Yu, Q. Liu, and H. Zhou

P1.8

Monitoring of heavy aerosol plume by an integrated aerosol measurement system in June 2004 over Korea

P1.9

Modeling Heterogeneous Reactions on Mineral Aerosol with Detailed Schemes for the Surface Processes

Chao Wei, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

P1.10

Middle-East Transboundary Pollutant Transport Study: RAMS versus MM5 and CAMx results

J. Isaac, Applied Research Institute, Beth Lehem, Palestine; and S. Kasakseh, K. Rishmawi, M. Abu-Kubieh, J. Safi, Y. Einahhal, M. Luria, E. Weinroth, M. Peleg, I. Levy, J. Kaplan, A. Bennun, E. Tass, V. Matviev, I. Mahrer, and R. D. Bornstein

P1.11

Mercury two-phase box model

Li Pan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

P1.12

Integrated Environmental Strategies (IES) in São Paulo, Brazil: Evaluation of ambient air concentration for different emission scenarios

M. Fátima Andrade, Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and O. R. Sanchez-Ccoyllo Sr., R. M. Miranda Sr., F. Pinheiro Sr., and L. T. Prado Sr.

P1.13

Form of jets of atmospheric pollutants over Moscow and the intensity of their source

A. B. Kazanskiy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; and E. V. Fokeeva and M. A. Kallistratova

P1.14

EOS Aura Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Data Products

Scott A. Lewicki, NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA

P1.15

Development of an on-line analytical method for organic compounds in nano particles

P1.16

Chemical composition of rainwater samples collected at the summit of Mount Tai (1534m asl.) in eastern-central China and the relation to air-mass transport

Wenxing Wang, Shandong University, Shandong, China; and Y. Wang and T. Wang

P1.17

CFD investigation of air flow around a simple obstacle with single heating wall

Reneta Nedyalkova Dimitrova, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France; and J. F. Sini, K. Richards, and M. Schatzmann

Handout (1.0 MB)

P1.18

An Improvement to Virtual Point Source Model

P1.19

Aerosol Optical Properties Variation in Kishinev During the Fire Events in the West Regions of Russia on September 2002

Alexandr A. Aculinin, Institute of Applied Physics, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Kishinev, Moldova

P1.20

A Synoptic model on East Asian Dust Emission And Transport

Wei Wang Sr., Nankai University, Tianjin, China

P1.21

A Study of Climate Change in Temperature, Cloud, Sunshine Duration and Evaporation in Beijing

Zhuang Xie, Institute of Urban Meteorology, Beijing, China; and H. Li, D. Chen, and G. Wang

P1.22

A Simple Method to Improve Ensemble-Based Ozone Forecasts

Mariusz Pagowski, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and S. A. McKeen, G. Grell, D. Devenyi, J. M. Wilczak, W. Gong, V. S. Bouchet, J. N. McHenry, and S. E. Peckham

P1.23

A comparative evaluation of the AIRPACT-2 air quality forecasting system running with the CALGRID and the CMAQ photochemical models separately 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. Avise, J. Chen, H. Westberg, and B. Lamb

P1.24

THE RECENT AND FUTURE CHANGES OF THE HAZARD MAPPING SYSTEM (HMS)-A MULTIPLATFORM REMOTE SENSING APPROACH TO FIRE AND SMOKE DETECTION

Jamie Kibler, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. G. Ruminski and J. Simko

P1.25

An Air Quality Chemical Postprocessor for Lagrangian Dispersion Models

Erez Weinroth, DRI, Reno, NV; and W. R. Stockwell, D. Koracin, J. Kahyaoğlu-Koračin, M. Luria, T. McCord, and A. Gertler

P1.26

The Beijing City Air Pollution Observation Experiment (BECAPEX) and some Preliminary Results (Formerly paper number 7.5)

Xiangde Xu, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and G. Ding, L. Xie, and L. Bain

Handout (274.6 kB)

Session 4

Aerosols

Location: International Room (Cathedral Hill Hotel)

Host: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences

Cochairs: Yang Zhang, North Carolina State University; Chul H. Song, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

8:30 AM

4.0

Mineral aerosol studies during ACE-Asia

Richard Arimoto, New Mexico State University, Carlsbad, NM

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

4.1

A Comparative Study of Homogenous Nucleation Parameterizations for 3-D Atmospheric Models

Yang Zhang, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and M. Z. Jacobson

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (276.3 kB)

9:15 AM

4.2

An Investigation on NH3 Emissions and Particulate NH4+ - NO3- Formation in East Asia

Chul H. Song, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Republic of KORE, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. Y. Kim, Y. S. Ghim, J. K. Won, S. C. Yoon, and J. H. Woo

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

4.2

Middle East Transboundary Pollutant Transport

E. Weinroth, Hebrew Univesity, Jerusalem, Israel

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

4.3

Validation of an Efficient Positive Matrix Factorization Method and its Preliminary Application in Central California

Jinyou Liang, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA; and D. Fairley

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM

4.4

The measurements of mass concentration and scattering coefficient at several sand dust monitoring stations in Northern China in spring of 2004

Jie Tang, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; and P. Yan and B. Sun

10:15 AM

4.5

Transport and dispersion during wintertime particulate matter episodes in the San Joaquin Valley, California

Mark A. R. Lilly, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and C. P. MacDonald, P. T. Roberts, T. S. Dye, and N. J. M. Wheeler

Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

4.6

The chemical composition of fine particles and quantitative relationship between the mass concentration and meteorological condition in Beijing

J. L. Wang, Institute of Urban Meteorology, Beijing, China; and X. L. Liu, Y. H. Zhang, M. Shao, L. M. Zeng, C. L. Cheng, and X. F. Xu

Presentation PDF (196.8 kB)

10:45 AM

4.7

The application of satellite data in ambient PM pollution monitoring - MISR as an example

Yang Liu, Harvard University, Boston, MA

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (613.0 kB)

11:00 AM

4.8

The Impacts of Smoke Aerosols on South American Monsoon

Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and R. Fu and R. Dickinson

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (756.9 kB)

11:15 AM

4.9

Airborne aerosol lidar profiles in the California Central Valley

Russell De Young, LRC, Hampton, VA; and W. B. Grant and K. Severance

11:30 AM

4.10

Personal exposure to aerosols for women in urban households

Rashmi S. Patil, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India; and V. Sethi, S. K. Varghese, and S. Gangamma

11:45 AM

4.11

Regional modeling of particulate matter (PM) using the CMAQ and CAMx photochemical grid models

Bonyoung Koo, ENVIRON International Corporation, Novato, CA; and G. Yarwood, C. A. Emery, G. M. Wilson, and R. E. Morris

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (600.9 kB)

12:00 PM

4.5a

Coffee Break

12:30 PM

4.11a

Lunch Break

Session 5

Air Quality Forecasting (Parallel with Session 6)

Location: International Room (Cathedral Hill Hotel)

Host: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences

Cochairs: Jose A. Souto, University of Santiago de Compostela; Georg Grell, NOAA/ESRL/GSD

1:30 PM

5.1

The WRF-chemistry air quality model: updates, improvements and evaluation

Georg Grell, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRES/ Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Peckham, S. A. McKeen, and J. M. Wilczak

Recorded presentation

5.2

Synoptic and local meteorology influences on aerosol concentrations

2:15 PM

5.3

Solution-Adaptation Applied to Eulerian Transport

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

Presentation PDF (751.5 kB)

2:30 PM

5.4

Testing of local turbulence closures in mesoscale model to be applied in the SAGA decission support system

Santiago Saavedra, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; and J. A. Souto and E. Penabad

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (217.6 kB)

2:45 PM

5.5

Regional Air Quality Prediction using Global Model as Lateral and Top Boundary Conditions: Results for the ICARTT Period

Youhua Tang, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and G. R. Carmichael, N. Thongboonchoo, L. W. Horowitz, T. Chai, T. B. Ryerson, J. S. Holloway, and A. M. Thompson

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM

5.6

Impact of three dimensional data assimilation on high resolution weather and pollution forecasting in the Los Angeles basin

Michael D. McAtee, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA; and L. O. Belsma, J. F. Drake, A. M. Kishi, and A. L. Mazuk

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (78.9 kB)

3:15 PM

5.7

Air quality at a semi-arid, suburban site at Agra with respect to SO2,NOx and metallic constituents

Anita Lakhani Sr., AER, Agra, India; and R. S. Parmar Jr.

3:30 PM

5.8

FX-Net for Air Quality Research and Forecasting

Jebb Q. Stewart, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, and NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and S. W. Schranz, E. Polster, and N. Wang

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (31.9 kB)

3:45 PM

5.9

Mesoscale Modeling for Air Quality Forecasting (Replacement speaker)

Robert D. Bornstein, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

5.10

A coupled modeling system for connecting prescribed fire activity data through CMAQ for simulating regional scale air quality

Gary L. Achtemeier, NOAA/ERL/FSL, Athens, GA; and S. Goodrick and Y. Liu

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (842.4 kB)

4:15 PM

5.11

Operational Numerical Prediction of Dust Storms in China

Zhenxin Song, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China

4:30 PM

5.12

Air quality ensemble forecasting: an experimental ensemble design and a Kalman filter correction

Luca Delle Monache, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and X. Deng, Y. Zhou, Y. Shen, T. Nipen, H. Modzelewski, G. Hicks, T. Cannon, R. B. Stull, and C. Di Cenzo

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

5.6a

Coffee Break

Session 6

Global Change (Parallel with Session 5)

Location: California Room (Cathedral Hill Hotel)

Host: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences

Cochairs: Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford University; Hiromasa Ueda, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University

3:30 PM

6.0

The preliminary results of GHG's flasks sampling network in China

Jie Tang, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Scicence (CAMS), Beijing, China

Recorded presentation

3:45 PM

6.1

Estimate of Radiative Forcing of Biomass Burning Aerosols in South Asian Region during the Period of TRACE-P

Sheng-Hsiang Wang, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan; and N. H. Lin

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (427.1 kB)

4:15 PM

6.2

Effects of anthropogenic aerosol particles on California and South Coast climate

Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Recorded presentation

6.3

Climatic influences on the spatial and temporal variability of aerosols across North America

4:45 PM

6.4

Climatology temperature mapping for California urban heat island study site selection

Lebassi Bereket, Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; and D. Fabris, J. E. Gonzalez, S. Zarantonello, S. Chiappari, N. L. Miller, and R. Bornstein

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (336.8 kB)

5:00 PM

6.5

Changing Land Use and Environmental Degradation in the Wake of Growing Population: A Study of Metropolitan Cities of India

Ruchi Jain, International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; and A. K. Singh

5:15 PM

6.6

Numerical estimation for greening effect over desert in Saudi Arabia

Yu Hozumi, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and H. Ueda and R. Ohba

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (221.3 kB)

Sessions end for the day

THE CONFERENCE BANQUET WILL BE AT THE WATERFRONT RESTAURANT ON FISHERMAN’S WHARF, TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PROVIDED

7:00 PM

Linking air quality and health (Dinner Speaker)

S. T. Rao, NOAA Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division, Research Triangle Park, NC

Session 7

Urban Pollution

Location: International Room (Cathedral Hill Hotel)

Host: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences

Cochairs: P. Thunis, JRC-European Commission; Guoan Ding, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

8:30 AM

7.1

Air quality model intercomparisons: an overview of the City- and Euro-delta exercises

P. Thunis, JRC-European Commission, Ispra, Italy; and C. Cuvelier

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

7.2

Exploration of the regional impacts of atmospheric conditions below the top of the pyramid: the case of the Seacoast Area in New England

Ross Gittell, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; and A. McAdam Griffin, J. Rudokas, A. Hassane, and R. Woodward

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (137.7 kB)

9:15 AM

7.3

Motor vehicle emission urban pollution in Shanghai

F. Costabile, Institute for Atmospheric Pollution, National Research Council, Monterotondo Stazione (ROME), Italy; and L. Paciucci and I. Allegrini

9:30 AM

7.4

Turbulent Transport of Concentration Correletion of Urban Air Pollution

Sukaran Ram Patel, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, Brazil

9:44 AM

7.5

Paper 7.5 has been moved to Poster Session P1, new Paper Number p1.26

9:45 AM

7.6

Meteorology and pollution modeling in the Valley of Mexico

Aron D. Jazcilevich, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; and A. R. Garcia and E. Caetano

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (703.6 kB)

10:00 AM

7.7

Improvements of air quality in large urban areas

Pedro M. Buchler, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil

10:15 AM

7.8

Estimating critical loads by accounting for local variability in wet and dry deposition

Gur Sumiran Satsangi, AER, Agra, India; and R. Saini, A. Taneja, and A. Lakhani

10:30 AM

7.9

Comparison Analysis of Two Continuous Heavy Pollution Episodes in Beijing,China

Xiaoling Zhang, Institute of Urban Meteorology, Beijing, China; and X. Xu

Presentation PDF (88.8 kB)

10:45 AM

7.10

Chemistry of dew at urban and agricultural site

Puja Khare, AER, Agra, U.P., India; and D. Patel, R. Kumar, and J. Behari

11:00 AM

7.11

Analysis and Modeling of the Sulfur Dioxide Pollution Levels over the South African Mpumalanga Highveld

Stefan Becker, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

7.5a

Coffee Break

11:45 AM

7.11a

Lunch Break

Session 8

Emergency response (Parallel with Session 9)

Location: International Room (Cathedral Hill Hotel)

Host: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences

Cochairs: Ted Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation; Hiroaki Kondo, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

1:30 PM

8.1

Diurnal variations of temperatures in the building walls and their effects on air flows around buildings

Tetsuji Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation, Santa Fe, NM

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (393.6 kB)

2:00 PM

8.2

Evaluation of the QUIC Pressure Solver: Comparision to wind-tunnel measurment on cubical buildings

Akshay A. Gowardhan, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown, D. S. Decroix, and E. Pardyjak

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (549.2 kB)

2:15 PM

8.3

Spatial Variability of Wind and Turbulence Observed during Joint Urban 2003

Giap Huynh, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and S. Chang, C. Klipp, C. Williamson, D. Garvey, and Y. Wang

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (290.4 kB)

2:30 PM

8.4

Numerical Analysis of Diffusion around a Suspended Express Way by a Multi-Scale CFD Model

Hiroaki Kondo, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and K. Asahi, T. Tomizuka, and M. Tanaka

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

8.5

An emergency response system for the detection, tracking, and prediction of hazardous chemical releases

Jeffrey H. Copeland, NCAR, Boulder, CO

3:00 PM

8.6

Adaptation of the QUIC-PLUME model for heavy gas dispersion around buildings

Michael D. Williams, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and M. J. Brown and A. Gowardhan

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

3:15 PM

8.7

Testing of a non-iterative CFD modeling approach for an urban street canyon

Akshay A. Gowardhan, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and E. Pardyjak

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (461.1 kB)

3:30 PM

8.7a

Coffee Break

Session 9

Air Quality programs (Parallel with Session 8)

Location: California Room (Cathedral Hill Hotel)

Host: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences

Cochairs: Liisa Jalkanen, WMO/AREP; Timothy S. Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc.

1:30 PM

9.1

GURME—The WMO GAW Urban Research Meteorology and Environment Project

Liisa Jalkanen, WMO/AREP, Geneva, Switzerland; and G. Carmichael

Recorded presentation

2:00 PM

9.2

Urban surface modifications and their potential effects on air quality in the Houston-Galveston region

Haider Taha, Altostratus, Inc., Martinez, CA; and R. D. Bornstein, R. Balmori, and J. Noblel

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

9.3

The U.S. EPA’s AIRNow program: System overview, data availability, and research needs

Timothy S. Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and R. A. Wayland, J. E. White, C. B. Anderson, A. C. Chan, and C. E. Lengyel

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

9.4

Comparisons of the response of simulated ozone concentrations to changes in emissions using the Carbon Bonb IV and SAPRC99 chemical mechanisms

Bruce S. Jackson, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, California; and E. Yang, A. Kaduwlea, and W. Vance

Recorded presentation

2:45 PM

9.5

Successful air quality management program in central Taiwan?

Pei-Hsuan Kuo, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; and B. J. Tsuang

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (2.8 MB)

3:00 PM

9.6

Surface levels of Ozone and its precursor NO2 during winter season at urban and rural sites of a semi arid region in India

Renuka Saini, AER, Agra, India; and A. Masih, G. S. Satsangi, and A. Taneja

3:15 PM

9.7

Evaluation of the Ability of Indicator Ratios to Determine Ozone Sensitivity to Precursor Emissions in Northern California

Jinyou Liang, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA; and B. Jackson and A. Kaduwela

Recorded presentation

3:30 PM

9.7a

Coffee Break

Session 10

General Session (Parallel with Session 11)

Location: California Room (Cathedral Hill Hotel)

Host: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences

Cochairs: A. P. Mitra, National Physical Laboratory; Sarath Guttikunda, World Bank

4:00 PM

10.1

Assessment of Impacts of Developmental Pathways on Air Quality in the Urban Sprawls in South and South-East Asia

A. P. Mitra, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

Recorded presentation

4:15 PM

10.2

Review of Source Apportionment Methodologies for Evaluating Urban Air Pollution

Sarath Guttikunda, World Bank, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

4:30 PM

10.3

Influences of Vorticity and Atmospheric Boundary Layer upon Duststorm Generation and its Transportation

Hyo Choi, Kangnung National University, Beijing, China

4:45 PM

10.4

Estimating convective mixing heights during Joint URBAN (2003)

Matthew Simpson, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and S. Raman, J. K. Lundquist, and M. Leach

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (112.2 kB)

10.5

Regional/Urban Particulate Matter Modeling Assessment over China

5:15 PM

10.6

A Local Government Tool for Climate and Air planning: The Harmonized Emissions Analysis Tool (HEAT)

J. J. Yienger, ICLEI, Ames, IA

Recorded presentation

5:30 PM

10.7

Small Models for Big Problems: Appropriate Solutions for Better Management of Air Resources

Sarath Guttikunda, World Bank, Washington, DC

Recorded presentation

5:44 PM

10.8

Paper 10.8 has been moved to Session 2, new paper number 2.3A

5:45 PM

10.9

Atmospheric environment analysis of different designs for Beijing Olympic stadium

Xiaoyun Wang, Tsinghua University and Beijing Meteorological Bureau, Beijing, China; and S. Miao, W. Guo, C. Ji, X. Chen, and H. Liu

Presentation PDF (161.6 kB)

Session 11

Emissions (Parallel with Session 10)

Location: International Room (Cathedral Hill Hotel)

Host: Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences

Cochairs: David Streets, ANL; S. Pal S. Arya, North Carolina State University

4:00 PM

11.1

Modeling Effects of Land Use Land Cover Changes on Meteorology and Air Quality in Houston, Texas, over the Two Decades

Soontae Kim, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and D. W. Byun, F. Y. Cheng, B. Czader, S. Stetson, D. Nowak, J. Walton, M. Estes, and D. Hitchcock

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (386.7 kB)

4:15 PM

11.2

The role of China's household sector in emitting black carbon aerosol

David Streets, ANL, Argonne, IL; and T. Bond

4:30 PM

11.3

Characterizing ammonia emissions from swine waste treatment lagoons in eastern North Carolina

S. Pal Arya, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and V. P. Aneja, D. S. Kim, H. Semunegus, and D. A. Dickey

Recorded presentation

4:45 PM

11.4

Modeling impact of vehicular emission management strategies on air quality

Rashmi S. Patil, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India; and V. Sethi and S. Mehta

5:00 PM

11.5

Evaluation of the Houston ozone modeling emissions inventory via inverse modeling with sensitivity coefficients from the decoupled direct method (DDM)

Till Stoeckenius, ENVIRON International Corp., Novato, CA; and G. Yarwood and S. Lau

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (211.6 kB)

5:15 PM

11.6

Emission characters of fine particles from coal-fired power plants

Honghong Yi, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; and J. Hao, L. Duan, X. Li, and X. Guo

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (101.2 kB)

5:30 PM

11.7

Estimation of regional VOC contribution of CO comparing the use of a full chemistry and a simplified tracer regional chemical transport model for the Trace-P period

Marcelo A. Mena-Carrasco, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and Y. Tang and G. Carmichael

Recorded presentation

5:45 PM

11.8

Urban versus rural air pollution in northern Vietnam

P. D. Hien, Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission, Kiet Hanoi, Vietnam

Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (91.8 kB)

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