NOAA/EPA Golden Jubilee Symposium on Air Quality Modeling and Its Applications

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Monday, 19 September 2005

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 19 September 2005


Registration Open from 5:00–7:00pm

Tuesday, 20 September 2005

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Tuesday, 20 September 2005


Registration Open from 7:30am–5:30pm

9:00 AM-10:50 AM: Tuesday, 20 September 2005


Panel Discussion
Perspectives on EPA-NOAA Partnership
Location: Imperial IV, V (Sheraton Imperial Hotel)
Host: NOAA/EPA Golden Jubilee Symposium on Air Quality Modeling and Its Applications
Moderator: S. T. Rao, NOAA Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division
9:00 AM
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
S. T. Rao, NOAA Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division, Research Triangle Park, NC
9:10 AM
Panelist 1
Gary J. Foley, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC
9:20 AM
Panelist 2
Kenneth L. Demerjian, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY

9:30 AM
Panelist 3
Francis Schiermeier (ret.), U.S. EPA, Cary, NC

9:40 AM
Panelist 4
Steve Page, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC
9:50 AM
Panelist 6
Tim Keeney, NOAA, Washington DC, DC

10:00 AM
Panelist 7
Richard D. Rosen, NOAA/OAR, Silver Springs, Maryland
10:10 AM
Panelist 8
David L. Johnson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

10:20 AM
Panelist 9
Bruce B. Hicks, NOAA/OAR/ARL, Silver Spring, MD
10:30 AM
Panelist 10
Lawrence W. Reiter, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: Tuesday, 20 September 2005


Keynote Speaker Session 1
Luncheon with Keynote Speaker Dr. James Mahoney, NOAA Deputy Administrator: Building Multi-Agency Partnerships: Moving Air Quality Research to Applications
Location: Empire A, B, C (Sheraton Imperial Hotel)
Host: NOAA/EPA Golden Jubilee Symposium on Air Quality Modeling and Its Applications
11:30 AM
KS1.1

1:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 20 September 2005


Session 1
Role of air quality models in decision-making
Location: Imperial IV, V (Sheraton Imperial Hotel)
Host: NOAA/EPA Golden Jubilee Symposium on Air Quality Modeling and Its Applications
Organizer: Samuel Williamson, NOAA
1:00 PM
1.1
Future of Air Quality Management
John D. Bachmann, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC
1:45 PM
1.3
Determining the sources of regional haze in Southeastern U.S. using the CMAQ model
M. Talat Odman, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and Y. Hu, A. Unal, A. G. Russell, and J. W. Boylan
2:00 PM
1.4
Probabilistic characterization of atmospheric transport and dispersion
John S. Irwin, John S. Irwin and Associates, Raleigh, NC; and W. B. Petersen, S. C. Howard, and R. C. Gilliam
2:15 PM
1.5
2:30 PM
1.6
Effects of Changing Power Plant Emissions on Ozone and Particulates in the Eastern United States
Gregory J. Frost, NOAA and Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. A. McKeen, M. Trainer, T. Ryerson, J. Holloway, D. T. Sueper, D. Parrish, F. C. Fehsenfeld, S. E. Peckham, G. Grell, D. Kowal, J. Cartwright, N. Auerbach, and T. Habermann
2:45 PM
1.7
An Integrated Air Quality Modeling Package for Economic Evaluation of Health Impacts for an Industrialized Region in Mumbai
Rashmi S. Patil, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India; and N. K. Chaudhary

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 20 September 2005


Coffee Break

3:30 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 20 September 2005


Session 2
Meteorological modeling for air quality applications
Location: Imperial IV, V (Sheraton Imperial Hotel)
Host: NOAA/EPA Golden Jubilee Symposium on Air Quality Modeling and Its Applications
Organizer: Roger A. Pielke Sr., Colorado State University
Chair: Roger A. Pielke Sr., Colorado State University
4:00 PM
2.2
The Partnership of Weather and Air Quality Modeling
Roger A. Pielke Sr., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
4:30 PM
2.3
5:00 PM
2.5
5:30 PM
2.7
On Bounding Dry Deposition Rates in Complex Terrain
Bruce B. Hicks, NOAA/OAR/ARL, Silver Spring, MD

5:45 PM-5:45 PM: Tuesday, 20 September 2005


Oral Presentations Adjorn

6:00 PM-6:30 PM: Tuesday, 20 September 2005


50th Anniversary Ceremony
6:00 PM
Introduction by Lawrence W. Reiter, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC

6:05 PM
Remarks by Timothy Keeney, NOAA, Washington DC and Timothy Oppelt, U.S. EPA, Washington DC

6:15 PM
Presentation of Awards

6:30 PM
Cake Cutting

6:30 PM-9:00 PM: Tuesday, 20 September 2005


Poster Session 1
Formal Poster Viewing (with hors d'oeuvres and cash bar)
Location: Imperial I, II, III (Sheraton Imperial Hotel)
Host: NOAA/EPA Golden Jubilee Symposium on Air Quality Modeling and Its Applications
P1.1
What Parameters are the Most Important to Smoke Plume Rise?
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and G. L. Achtemeier and S. L. Goodrick

P1.2
West Florida Ozone Study (WFOS): An Integrated Meteorological and Air Quality Data Analysis and Modeling Study for West Florida
Sharon G. Douglas, ICF Consulting/SAI, San Rafael, CA; and J. L. Haney, T. C. Myers, and T. G. Rogers

P1.3
Variations in weekday and weekend surface ozone levels: An analysis of observed and model forecast frends
Daiwen Kang, NOAA/Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Mathur

P1.4
Using Data from Urban Tracer Experiments for Model Evaluation
A. Venkatram, Univ. of California, Riverside, CA; and V. Isakov

P1.7
The impact of different PBL models on meteorology and air quality model results
Jonathan E. Pleim, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC

P1.9
The EPA Fluid Modeling Facility’s contributions to the understanding of atmospheric dispersion
Steven G. Perry, NOAA/U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and W. H. Snyder, D. K. Heist, R. S. Thompson, R. E. Lawson, Jr., G. E. Bowker, and L. A. Brixey

P1.10
The application and evaluation of a simulation of a high O3 and PM2.5 episode during August 2002 over the eastern United States
Kevin L. Civerolo, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY; and J. Y. Ku, C. Hogrefe, W. Hao, E. Zalewsky, G. Sistla, and D. L. Zhang

P1.11
Testing of a Lagrangian PDF model for the prediction of concentration distributions from localized continuous release in atmospheric boundary layers
Massimo Cassiani, Duke University and Università di Urbino Facoltà di Scienze Ambientali, Durham, NC; and P. Franzese and A. Radicchi

P1.12
Temporal characterization of gridded continuous emissions: when and where should one expect to find changes in air quality attributable to reductions in point source NOX emissions
P. Steven Porter, Univ. of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID; and E. Gego, J. S. Irwin, J. L. Swall, A. Gilliland, B. K. Eder, C. Hogrefe, and S. T. Rao

P1.13
Statistical diffusion theory applied to relative diffusion
Pasquale Franzese, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and M. Cassiani

P1.14
Source estimation methods: a survey
K. Shankar Rao, NOAA/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN; and R. P. Hosker

P1.15
Simulating atmospheric mercury with the Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) model
O. Russell Bullock Jr., NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC

P1.16
Real-time weather and air quality forecasts during NEAQS2004 using of the WRF-Chemistry mode
Steven E. Peckham, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and G. Grell, S. A. McKeen, and J. M. Wilczak

P1.17
Real-Time PM2.5 Monitoring Issues and their Impacts on Air Quality Forecasting
Scott A. Jackson, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and L. Weinstock and J. E. White

P1.18
Real-time forecasts of three ozone episodes by the Eta-CMAQ model during the 2004 New England Air Quality Study (NEAQS)
Shaocai Yu, U.S. EPA/NERL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. Mathur, D. Kang, K. L. Schere, B. K. Eder, and J. Pleim

P1.19
Performance Evaluation of CFD Model PANAIR for Air Pollution Dispersion of Industrial Stack Emissions
Rashmi S. Patil, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India; and S. Gupta

P1.22
Observations for Air Quality Modeling Application and Evaluation
Sharon K. LeDuc, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

P1.23
Modelling of concentration PDF from continuous releases using a Lagrangian PDF approach
Massimo Cassiani, Duke University and Università di Urbino Facoltà di Scienze Ambientali, Durham, NC; and P. Franzese

P1.25
Meteorological modeling with advanced urban canopy fomulations for air quality simulations with CMAQ at neighborhood scales
Jason Ching, NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and S. Dupont, S. Burian, T. L. Otte, R. C. Gilliam, and L. Reynolds

P1.27
Integrating Observations and MM5/CMAQ Predictions to Study the Link between Climate Variability, Air Quality, and Health in New York State – Project Description and Initial Results
Christian Hogrefe, SUNY, Albany, NY; and K. Knowlton, R. Goldberg, J. Rosenthal, C. Rosenzweig, B. H. Lynn, and P. Kinney

P1.28
Influence of Global Change on Regional Air Quality in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Midwest Regions
Jeremy Avise, Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; and J. Chen, B. K. Lamb, C. Wiedinmyer, A. Guenther, J. F. Lamarque, E. Salathe, C. F. Mass, S. M. O'Neill, D. McKenzie, and N. Larkin

P1.29
Improving Emission Inventories for Effective Air-Quality Management Across North America
J. David Mobley, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and M. Deslauriers, H. Feldman, C. Frey, L. Rojas-Bracho, S. G. Wierman, and A. S. Werner

P1.30
Implementation and evaluation of plume volume molar ratio method (PVMRM) in AERMOD
Roger W. Brode, MACTEC Federal Programs, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC

P1.31
Ground-level ozone forecasting model considering precursor emissions and heat-island effect
Kanok Boriboonsomsin, Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, OH; and W. Uddin

P1.32
Evaluation of models of environmental processes
John Irwin, John S. Irwin and Associates, Research Triangle Park, NC; and E. Gego, C. Hogrefe, and P. S. Porter

P1.33
Evaluating the linearity of sulfate formation in response to changes in sulfur dioxide emissions within a regional air quality model
Michael G. Barna, National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO; and B. A. Schichtel, K. A. Gebhart, and M. A. Rodriguez

P1.34
Ensemble Air Quality Forecasting Over the Pacific Northwest
Luca Delle Monache, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and X. Deng, Y. Zhou, Y. Shen, H. Modzelewski, G. Hicks II, T. Cannon, R. B. Stull, and C. Di Cenzo

P1.35
Effects of changes in climate and emissions on emission controls for regional ozone
Kasemsan Manomaiphiboon, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and A. G. Russell, S. He, S. K. Park, M. T. Odman, S. L. Napelenok, and Y. Hu

P1.36
Development of the off-line clear sky radiation flux by using the operational Eta code: applications for photolysis rate calculations
Hsin-mu Lin, STC, Hampton, VA and NOAA/ARL/ASMD, Research Triangle Park, NC; and Y. T. Hou, T. L. Otte, B. S. Ferrier, R. Mathur, J. E. Pleim, and K. L. Schere

P1.37
Development of a nudging-based four-dimensional data assimilation capability for the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model
David R. Stauffer, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and A. Deng, T. L. Otte, J. Dudhia, A. M. Gibbs, and G. K. Hunter

P1.38
Development of a database with embedded analytical tools for the management and visualization of air quality data
Robinson P. Khosah, ATS-Chester Engineers, Pittsburgh, PA; and C. Crawford, K. Crist, and K. John

P1.39
Daily Simulations of O3 and PM2.5 Over the Northeastern United States for Summer 2004 and Winter 2005: Assessing Model Performance, Seasonal Differences, and the Effects of Model Updates
Christian Hogrefe, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY; and W. Hao, J. Y. Ku, G. Sistla, L. Sedefian, B. Gaza, K. Schere, A. B. Gilliland, and R. Mathur

P1.42
Characterizing meteorology in the southeastern U.S. using Classification and Regression Tree (CART)
Sharon G. Douglas, ICF Consulting/SAI, San Rafael, CA; and G. M. Bridgers, P. F. Brewer, and J. W. Boylan

P1.43
Assessment of MM5 application over the Northeastern United States for Summer 2002: Experience and Performance Evaluation
Jia-Yeong Ku, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY; and W. Hao, C. Hogrefe, G. Sistla, K. Civerolo, S. Zhang, and D. L. Zhang

P1.44
Application of mesoscale meteorological model to environmental assessment
Ryohji Ohba, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fukahorimachi, Nagasaki, Japan; and T. Hara, C. J. Tremback, and S. T. Castelli

P1.45
Application of AERMOD Outside North America
Dezso J. Szepesi Ph.D., Consultants on Air Resources Management, Budapest, Hungary; and K. E. Fekete

P1.46
Application and evaluation of a new in-line photolysis module for the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system
Francis S. Binkowski, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and J. Pinto and A. F. Hanna

P1.47
Analysis and Evaluation of an Air Quality Modelling System over Hong Kong
Christopher Fung, Environmental Protection Department, Hong Kong, China; and P. Yu and P. Yau

P1.48
An investigation of flow regimes affecting the Kansas City region
Bret Anderson, U.S. EPA, Kansas City, KS; and R. Daye and A. Hawkins

P1.49
An evaluation of air quality forecast tools for the Eastern U.S.: is there room for improvement?
Craig E. Lengyel, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and A. C. Chan, J. E. White, R. A. Wayland, T. S. Dye, and S. A. Jackson

P1.50
Air quality modeling studies for thermal power plants in and around Delhi
P. Goyal, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India; and S. Singh

P1.51
Air quality modeling for control strategy development
Daniel S. Cohan, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Atlanta, GA; and J. W. Boylan and M. N. Khan

P1.52
Air Quality Forecast Verification using Satellite Data
Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and R. Mathur, J. T. McQueen, J. Szykman, P. C. Lee, A. Prados, B. Roy, B. Pierce, C. Kittaka, K. Schere, R. M. Hoff, R. R. Dickerson, and K. J. McCann

P1.53
Air Quality Forecast over Northeastern U.S. with 3 domain configurations
Pius Lee, SAIC, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Mathur, J. McQueen, J. Pleim, D. Wong, D. Kang, S. Kondragunta, G. Pouliot, M. Tsidulko, G. DiMego, T. L. Otte, J. O. Young, K. L. Schere, and P. Davidson

P1.54
Advection-Diffusion Equation on Unstructured Adaptive Grids
Nash'at Ahmad, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and Z. Boybeyi

P1.56
A performance evaluation of the Eta -CMAQ air quality forecast model for the summer of 2005
Brian K. Eder, NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and D. Kang, S. Yu, and R. Mathur

P1.57
A performance evaluation of the 2005 release Models-3 CMAQ
Brian K. Eder, NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and A. Wyatt

P1.60
Prediction of the Allowed Sulphur Content in the Fuel Used by the Power Stations in Kuwait
A.A. Ramadan, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, Kuwait; and M. Al-Sudairawi and S. AlHajraf

Wednesday, 21 September 2005

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Wednesday, 21 September 2005


Registration Open 7:30am–3:30pm

8:00 AM-9:15 AM: Wednesday, 21 September 2005


Session 3
Air quality model application and evaluation—Part 1
Location: Imperial IV, V (Sheraton Imperial Hotel)
Host: NOAA/EPA Golden Jubilee Symposium on Air Quality Modeling and Its Applications
Organizer: Bruce A. Egan, Egan Environmental, Inc.
8:30 AM
3.2
Annual model simulations and evaluation of multiple pollutants (particulate matter, ozone, and mercury) over the continental United States
Sharon B. Phillips, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and C. Jang, N. Possiel, P. Dolwick, B. Timin, T. Braverman, B. Wang, M. Houyoux, and T. Fox
8:45 AM
3.3
Air quality model application and evaluation with aircraft data in Houston, Texas
Thomas B. Ryerson, NOAA/AL and CIRES/University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and M. Trainer, S. McKeen, W. M. Angevine, C. A. Brock, F. C. Fehsenfeld, G. J. Frost, P. D. Goldan, J. S. Holloway, G. Hubler, W. C. Kuster, J. A. Neuman, D. D. Parrish, J. M. Roberts, D. T. Sueper, E. L. Atlas, S. G. Donnelly, F. Flocke, A. Fried, S. Schauffler, A. J. Weinheimer, B. P. Wert, C. Wiedinmyer, R. J. Alvarez II, R. M. Banta, L. S. Darby, and C. J. Senff
9:00 AM
3.4

9:15 AM-9:30 AM: Wednesday, 21 September 2005


Coffee Break

9:30 AM-11:30 AM: Wednesday, 21 September 2005


Session 4
Air Quality Model Application & Evaluation—Part II
Location: Imperial IV, V (Sheraton Imperial Hotel)
Host: NOAA/EPA Golden Jubilee Symposium on Air Quality Modeling and Its Applications
Organizer: Robin L. Dennis, NOAA/U.S. EPA
9:30 AM
4.1
Developments in flow and dispersion modelling in the atmospheric boundary layer
Julian C. R. Hunt, University College London, London, United Kingdom; and D. J. Carruthers and H. J. S. Fernando

10:00 AM
4.2
10:30 AM
4.3
10:45 AM
4.4
11:00 AM
4.5
Resolving fine scale in air toxics modeling and the importance of its sub-grid variability for exposure estimates
Vlad Isakov, NOAA/ERL/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. Ching, J. Irwin, T. Palma, and J. Thurman
11:15 AM
4.6
Modeling the intercontinental transport of PM2.5 across the North Pacific Ocean
Binyu Wang, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; and C. Jang, L. Xie, J. Fu, D. Streets, D. Doll, J. H. Woo, A. Hanna, J. Vukovich, A. Xiu, and Z. Adelman

11:30 AM-1:00 PM: Wednesday, 21 September 2005


Keynote Speaker Session 2
Luncheon with Keynote Speaker E. Timothy Oppelt, Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development: Building the Scientific Foundation for Environmental Decision-Making
Location: Empire A, B, C (Sheraton Imperial Hotel)
Host: NOAA/EPA Golden Jubilee Symposium on Air Quality Modeling and Its Applications
11:30 AM
KS2.1

1:00 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 21 September 2005


Session 5
Air Quality Forecasting: Research to Operations
Location: Imperial IV, V (Sheraton Imperial Hotel)
Host: NOAA/EPA Golden Jubilee Symposium on Air Quality Modeling and Its Applications
Organizer: Richard D. Rosen, NOAA/OAR
1:00 PM
5.1
National Air Quality Forecast Capability:Moving Research into Operations
Paula M. Davidson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

1:30 PM
5.2
2:00 PM
5.3
Performance evaluation of AURAMS for 2004 ICARTT/NEAQS-2K4 campaign period
M.D. Moran, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada; and V. S. Bouchet, S. Cousineau, S. Ménard, W. Gong, P. A. Makar, L. P. Crevier, M. Sassi, G. Morneau, C. Stroud, S. Gaudreault, and B. Pabla
2:15 PM
5.4
Comparisons of several real-time air quality forecasts of ozone, PM2.5, and their precursors with observations collected during the 2002 and 2004 New England Air Quality Studies (NEAQS)
Stuart A. McKeen, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and J. M. Wilczak, G. A. Grell, S. E. Peckham, G. J. Frost, D. Kang, B. K. Eder, R. Mathur, and S. Yu
2:30 PM
5.5
A review of “online” air quality forecast models used by NOAA
Georg A. Grell, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRES/ Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2:45 PM
5.6
Overview of the Canadian air quality forecasting system
Veronique S. Bouchet, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and R. Moffet, M. D. Moran, A. Robichaud, L. P. Crevier, S. Menard, S. Cousinau, S. Gaudreault, M. Sassi, P. A. Makar, W. Gong, J. Pudykiewicz, and A. Kallaur

3:00 PM-3:15 PM: Wednesday, 21 September 2005


Coffee Break

3:15 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 21 September 2005


Session 6
Emerging science in air quality modeling
Location: Imperial IV, V (Sheraton Imperial Hotel)
Host: NOAA/EPA Golden Jubilee Symposium on Air Quality Modeling and Its Applications
Organizer: John D. Bachmann, U.S. EPA
3:15 PM
6.1
Climate - Air Quality Interactions
Aad P. Van Ulden, KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands
3:45 PM
6.2
GFDL Research into climate-air quality interactions
Hiram Levy II, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ

4:15 PM
6.3
Air Quality Modeling for the Twenty-First Century
Kenneth Schere, U.S. EPA, Raleigh, NC; and J. Pleim, S. Roselle, P. V. Bhave, O. R. Bullock Jr., and D. Luecken

4:45 PM
6.4
Air Quality Research: Recent Advances and Future Needs
James F. Meagher, NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO; and F. C. Fehsenfeld

5:15 PM-5:15 PM: Wednesday, 21 September 2005


Symposium Adjourns