Session 4 |
| | Air Quality Forecasting - Aerosols and Ozone |
| | Organizers: B. K. Lamb, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; V. Rao Kotamarthi, ANL, Argonne, IL
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| 8:30 AM | 4.1 | 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, H. Westberg, and B. Lamb |
| 8:45 AM | 4.2 | The WRF-chemistry air quality model: updates, improvements and evaluation
Georg A. Grell, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRES/ Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Peckham, R. Schmitz, S. A. McKeen, and G. J. Frost |
| 9:00 AM | 4.3 | Tests of rhe SMOKE emissions processing and modeling system in WRF-Chem 
John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC, Raleigh, NC; and C. J. Coats |
| 9:15 AM | 4.4 | Tests of an updated aerosol module in WRF-Chem
John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC, Raleigh, NC; and C. J. Coats |
| 9:30 AM | 4.5 | The emissions processing system for the ETA/CMAQ air quality forecast system 
Georg A. Pouliot, NOAA/ERL/ARL and U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC |
| 9:45 AM | | Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
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| 11:00 AM | 4.6 | Eta-CMAQ modeling system's capability to provide PM2.5 and aerosol optical thickness forecast
Pius Lee, SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Mathur, J. McQueen, S. Kondragunta, J. Pleim, J. Young, M. Tsidulko, M. Schenk, G. DiMego, T. Otte, G. Pouliot, K. Schere, and P. Davidson |
| 11:15 AM | 4.7 | Diagnostic evaluation, sensitivity analyses, and new development in the Eta/CMAQ air quality forecast system
Jonathan Pleim, NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Mathur |
| 11:30 AM | 4.8 | CMAQ Aerosol Number and Mass Evaluation for Pacific Northwest
Robert A. Elleman, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and R. A. Kotchenruther, D. S. Covert, C. F. Mass, and J. Chen |
| 11:45 AM | 4.9 | Assessment of Eta-CMAQ forecasts of particulate matter distributions through comparisons with surface network and specialized measurements
Rohit Mathur, Air Resources Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Research Triangle Park, NC; and K. L. Schere, J. Pleim, D. Kang, S. Yu, and P. Lee |
| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 1:30 PM | 4.10 | National Air Quality Forecasting Capability: Initial Operational Capability
Paula Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and N. Seaman, J. McQueen, R. Mathur, J. Hayes, and R. A. Wayland |
| 1:45 PM | 4.11 | Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) forecasting in the Philadelphia metropolitan area: Current practice and benchmark skill
William F. Ryan, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and C. A. Piety |
| 2:00 PM | 4.12 | Evaluation of the National Air Quality Forecast System (NAQFS) Developmental Large Domain Model: Summary of the Air Quality Forecasters Focus Group Workshop
William F. Ryan, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and P. Davidson and P. Stokols |
| 2:15 PM | 4.13 | An operational regional haze forecasting system
Robert E. Imhoff, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Candler, NC; and J. N. McHenry and R. L. Miller |
| 2:30 PM | 4.14 | A conservative framework for sub-gridscale terrain effects in air quality modeling
Carlie J. Coats Jr., Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, Raleigh, NC |
| 2:45 PM | 4.15 | An Evaluation of Ozone Forecast Methods for the Eastern United States: Is There Room for Improvement?
Scott A. Jackson, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and A. C. Chan, C. E. Lengyel, R. A. Wayland, J. E. White, and T. S. Dye |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM | 4.16 | Application of adaptive unstructured grids to plume dispersion
Ananthakrishna Sarma, Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, VA; and N. Ahmad, D. Bacon, T. Dunn, and M. Hall |
| 3:45 PM | 4.17 | Attenuation of solar UV irradiances by different types of cloud conditions: a potential improvement for UV indices forecast
Didier Gillotay, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium; and D. Bolsee and T. Besnard |
| 4:00 PM | 4.18 | Atmospheric emission reduction scenarios simulated by Canadian AURAMS model
Nedka Pentcheva, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and G. Morneau |
| 4:15 PM | 4.19 | Near-realtime simulation of O3 and PM2.5 over the Northeastern United States: results for summer 2004
Christian Hogrefe, New York State Department of Enviormental Conservation, Albany, NY; and G. Sistla, W. Hao, J. Y. Ku, R. S. Gaza, L. Sedefian, K. Schere, A. Gilliland, and R. Mathur |
| 4:30 PM | 4.20 | Simulation of smart balloon trajectories during the 2004 AIRMAP campaign
Annette Hollingshead, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger and R. Johnson |
| 4:45 PM | 4.21 | Simulations of fine particular matter (PM2.5) in Houston, Texas
Jiwen Fan, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. Zhang |