11th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Association (Expanded View)

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Compact View of Conference

Sunday, 9 January 2000
7:30 AM-9:00 AM, Sunday
1 Short Course Registration
 
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sunday
1 Conference Registration
 
Monday, 10 January 2000
7:30 AM-5:30 PM, Monday
1 Registration continues though Friday, 14 January
 
8:45 AM, Monday
Session 1 Introductory Remarks
Organizer: Jeffrey C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
 
9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Monday
Session 2 Dispersion in the stable boundary layer
Organizer: Ric Cederwall, LLNL, Livermore, CA
9:00 AM2.1Diffusion in the stable boundary layer (Invited Presentation)  
Larry Mahrt, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
9:30 AM2.2Turbulence Structure and Implications for Dispersion: Insights from Large-Eddy Simulations  
Ron Calhoun, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and R. Cederwall and R. Street
9:45 AM2.3A method for overcoming MOS limitations during diabatic extremes  
Christopher A. Biltoft, West Desert Test Center, Dugway, UT
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-11:44 AM, Monday
Session 3 Dispersion in the convective boundary layer
Organizer: H. J. S. Fernando, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ
10:30 AM3.1Timing of the morning transition to the convective boundary layer  
Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/AL, Boulder, CO
10:45 AM3.2Vertical dispersion of a passive scalar in the convective boundary layer: new laboratory results  
Mark F. Hibberd, CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Vic., Australia
11:00 AM3.3A multi-stream model for vertical mixing of a passive tracer in the convective boundary layer  
Jongil Han, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and D. W. Byun
11:15 AM3.4Lagrangian modeling of dispersion in the convective boundary layer over a range of stability  
J. C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and P. P. Sullivan and C. H. Moeng
3.5Large eddy simulation of near-source diffusion into the convective boundary layer in weak winds  
Jongil Han, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, North Carolina; and S. P. Arya
11:30 AM3.5AModeling Puff Diffusion in a Laboratory Convection Tank.  
Robert E. Lawson Jr., NOAA/ARL/ASMD, Research Triangle Park, NC; and R. S. Thompson, S. G. Perry, and W. H. Snyder
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Monday
Session 4A Dispersion about buildings and obstacles (Parallel with Session 4B)
Organizer: Robert J. Paine, ENSR Corporation, Acton, MA
1:30 PM4A.1Evaluation of PRIME and ISC3 versus wind tunnel observations  
R. L. Petersen, Cermak Peterka Petersen, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and B. C. Cochran and J. J. Carter
1:45 PM4A.2Mean flow and turbulence measurements around a 2-D array of buildings in a wind tunnel  
Michael J. Brown, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and R. E. Lawson, D. S. DeCroix, and R. L. Lee
2:00 PM4A.3A CFD Model Intercomparison and Validation using High Resolution Wind Tunnel Data  
William Scott Smith, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and J. M. Reisner, D. S. Decroix, M. J. Brown, R. L. Lee, S. T. Chan, and D. E. Stevens
2:15 PM4A.4Flow patterns around a complex building  
R. Calhoun, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and S. Chan, R. Lee, J. Leone, J. Shinn, and D. Stevens
2:30 PM4A.5Large-eddy and Gaussian simulations of downwind dispersion from large building HVAC exhaust  
David S. DeCroix, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and W. S. Smith, G. E. Streit, and M. J. Brown
2:45 PM4A.6An Experimental Investigation of Urban Street-Canyon Flows  
Jong-Jin Baik, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Kwangju, Korea; and R. S. Park, H. Y. Chun, and J. J. Kim
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Monday
Session 4B Transport and dispersion in coastal environments (Parallel with Session 4A)
Organizer: Ted Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation, Santa Fe, NM
1:30 PM4B.1The Houston Heat Pump: Modulation of a land-sea breeze by an urban heat island  
John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
1:45 PM4B.2Preliminary Meteorological analysis of a 1997 Southern California ozone study (SCOS'97) episode  
R. Bornstein, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and D. Boucouvala
2:00 PM4B.3Use of a wind profiler network to determine air ventilation during high ozone episodes in the Los Angeles basin  
Dominique Ruffieux, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/ERL/ETL, Boulder, CO; and A. B. White
2:15 PM4B.4High resolution MC2 Modelling: Lake Breeze, Severe Weather and Air Pollution  
Xin Qiu, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; and P. A. Taylor and F. Conway
2:30 PM4B.5Development and Evaluation of a New Algorithm for Estimating TIBL Height  
R. L. Petersen, Cermak Peterka Petersen, Inc., Fort Collins, CO
2:45 PM4B.6The application of CALMET/CALPUFF to develop agricultural burning procedures on the island of Maui  
Kit K. Wagner, Atmospheric Information Systems, Norman, OK; and V. Bigler-Engler
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday
Coffee Break
 
3:30 PM-5:45 PM, Monday
Session 5 Meso-and regional-scale modeling
Organizer: Robert J. Kurzeja, Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC
3:30 PMSessions end for the day  
3:45 PM5.1A real-time atmospheric dispersion modeling system  
John S. Nasstrom, LLNL, Livermore, CA; and G. Sugiyama, J. M. Leone, and D. L. Ermak
4:00 PM5.2Mesoscale Modeling with MM5 for the PATH Study (Pollutants in the Atmosphere and their Transport over Hong Kong)  
William L. Physick, CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Vic., Australia; and J. A. Noonan
4:15 PM5.3Application of the SARMAP air quality model (SAQM) to the modelling of air pollution in Hong Kong for the PATH study.  
Martin E. Cope, CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Aspendale, Vic., Australia; and M. Burgers and M. Olliff
4:30 PM5.4Numerical simulation of meteorology for the July 26-30, 1990 ozone episode in the San Joaquin Valley  
Saffet Tanrikulu, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA; and K. Gurer and A. J. Ranzieri
4:45 PM5.5A Shallow Convection Scheme for 3-D Regional Scale Air-Quality Applications  
Aijun Deng, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and N. Seaman and A. Lario-Gibbs
5.6Sensitivity of a regional indicator to Models-3 results at two spatial resolutions  
Denis M Lohman, EPA, Philadelphia, PA; and A. J. Cimorelli and K. I. Lazarova
5:00 PM5.6AReconstruction of Lead (Pb) Fluxes in Europe during 1955-1995 and Evaluation of Gasoline Lead-Content Regulations  
Hans von Storch, Institute of Hydrophysics/GKSS Research Centre, Geesthacht, Germany; and M. Costa-Cabral, F. Feser, and C. Hagner
5:14 PM5.7Trans-Pacific Yellow Sand and Trace Gas Transport in April 1998  
Itsushi Uno, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics/Kyushu Univ., Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan; and S. Emori and S. Sugata
5.8Global/regional numerical transport and transformation of mercury in the atmosphere  
Ashu P Dastoor, AES, Dorval, PQ, Canada
 
5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Monday
1 Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)
 
7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Monday
1 Fujita Banquet
 
Tuesday, 11 January 2000
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday
Session 6 Photochemical air quality models
Organizer: A. Venkatram, University of California, Riverside, CA
8:30 AM6.1How meteorology affects ozone formation and why it matters (Invited Presentation)  
Sanford Sillman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
9:00 AM6.2Monte Carlo Studies of Uncertainties in UAM-V Predictions for the July 1995 OTAG Period  
Steven R. Hanna, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and Z. Lu, H. C. Frey, N. Wheeler, J. Vukovich, S. Arunachalam, M. Fernau, and D. A. Hansen
9:15 AM6.3The effect of vertical diffusivity on photochemical model estimates of tropospheric ozone  
Robert E. Imhoff, Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL; and E. M. Bailey and S. F. Mueller
9:30 AM6.4Process-based analysis of the role of the Gulf breeze in simulating ozone concentrations along the Eastern Gulf Coast  
Sharon G. Douglas, ICF Consulting, San Rafael, CA; and J. L. Haney and A. Alvarez
9:45 AM6.5Sensitivity of the regional ozone modeling results to different physical processes within a meteorological model  
Jhumoor Biswas, SUNY, Albany, NY; and S. T. Rao, K. Zhang, and N. Seaman
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday
Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 10:00 A.M.-2:15 P.M.)
 
10:30 AM-11:15 AM, Tuesday
1 WALTER ORR ROBERTS LECTURE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE (Special President's Symposium on Environmental Applications) Title: Emerging Environmental Issues: A Global Perspective. Speaker: R. E. (Ted) Munn, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
 
11:15 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday
1 WMO PRESENTATION (Special President's Symposium on Environmental Applications). Title: Meteorology and the Environment - the WMO Perspective. Speaker: John W. Zillman, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland
 
12:15 PM-2:15 PM, Tuesday
1 Conference Luncheon. Speaker: D. James Baker, Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Administrator for NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
 
2:15 PM-3:15 PM, Tuesday
Session 6 Photochemical Air Quality Models: Continued (Parallel with Session 7)
2:15 PM6.6A Modeling Study to Assess the Impact of Local Point Source Emissions on Texas Regional Strategy  
Shiang-Yuh Wu, AER, Inc., San Ramon, CA; and P. Pai and K. John
2:30 PM6.7Evaluating Meteorological input parameters for seasonal photochemical modeling on different time scales  
Christian Hogrefe, SUNY, Albany, NY; and S. T. Rao
2:45 PM6.8Second-order Closure Integrated Puff (SCIPUFF) model with gas and aqueous phase chemistry and aerosols  
Lynne Santos, Titan Corporation, Princeton, NJ; and R. I. Sykes, P. Karamchandani, C. Seigneur, F. Lurmann, R. Arndt, and N. Kumar
3:00 PM6.9Application of CALMET/CALGRID to Auckland, New Zealand  
Neil R. Gimson, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand; and D. Z. Belberova
6.10Unusual ground-level ozone observations in Canada's Rocky Mountain foothills  
Brian J. Wiens, Environment Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and K. McDonald
 
2:15 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday
Session 7 Instantaneous and accidental releases (Parallel with Session 6)
Organizer: R. L. Petersen, Cermak, Peterka Petersen, Inc., Fort Collins, CO
2:15 PM7.1A Gaussian puff model for flashing aerosol releases: Comparison with GRADE data  
R. I. Sykes, Titan Research and Technology, Princeton, NJ; and C. P. Cerasoli, C. D. Jones, and I. D. Roberts
2:30 PM7.3Application of a Prognostic Model Validation System to Real-Time Dispersion Modeling  
John C. Pace, LLNL, Livermore, CA
2:45 PM7.4Evaluation of RAMS in the Eastern Range Dispersion Assessment System  
Jonathan L. Case, NASA/Kennedy Space Center/Applied Meteorology Unit/ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and J. Manobianco, M. M. Wheeler, A. V. Dianic, C. R. Parks, and D. E. Harms
 
3:30 PM-4:00 PM, Tuesday
1 Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 3:30-7:00 P.M.)
 
4:00 PM-5:45 PM, Tuesday
Session 8A The urban environment-meteorology, dispersion, and air quality (Parallel with Session 8B)
Organizer: Jerry D. Hill, Bechtel Corp., Houston, TX
4:00 PM8A.1The WMO Urban Environment Programme (Invited Presentation)  
Frederic Delsol, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland
4:15 PM8A.2Aerodynamic parameters (z0, zd and raM) in urban areas  
C. Sue B. Grimmond, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and T. R. Oke
4:30 PM8A.3Urban induced convergence zones and their effects on convective thunderstorms and air quality  
Qinglu Lin, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and R. Bornstein
4:45 PM8A.4Use of ADMS-Urban to calculate high resolution air quality maps in urban areas  
D. J. Carruthers, Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants, Cambridge, United Kingdom; and C. A. McHugh and S. G. Nixon
5:00 PM8A.5Modeling of Flow and Photochemistry in Complex Urban Environments  
Rainer Stern, IVU Umwelt GmbH, Sexau, Germany; and R. Yamartino
5:15 PM8A.6Air Quality Modeling of PM and Air Toxics at Neighborhood Scales  
Jason Ching, NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC
5:30 PM8A.7The impact of data assimilation on modeling the inter-regional transport of smoke into the Sydney metropolitan area from prescribed burns  
Milton S. Speer, Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney, Australia; and L. M. Leslie and R. Bunker
8A.8An Air Emissions Inventory for Hong Kong  
Neil R Wong, Environment Protection Authority, Melbourne, Vic., Australia; and L. Bonadio, Y. L. Ng, R. Serebryanikova, and K. Tilly
 
4:00 PM-5:45 PM, Tuesday
Session 8B Deposition Modeling (Parallel with Session 8A)
Organizer: Steven Hanna, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA
4:00 PM8B.1An Experimental Study of The Emissions and Dry Deposition of Ammonia Over Natural Surfaces In Eastern North Carolina  
S. Pal Arya, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and V. P. Aneja, B. T. Peterson, N. Agrawal, and D. Nelson
4:15 PM8B.2Modeling the Atmospheric Contribution of Nitrogen Compounds in Urban Stormwater Runoff  
Steven J. Burian, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and G. E. Streit, T. N. McPherson, M. J. Brown, and H. J. Turin
4:30 PM8B.3Modeling atmospheric deposition from a Cesium release in Spain using a stochastic transport model  
Robert L. Buckley, Savannah River Technology Center, Aiken, SC
4:45 PM8B.4Computating Surface Concentration Fluxes of Trace Gases Using a Variational Method  
Jianmin Ma, AES, Downsview, ON, Canada; and S. M. Daggupaty
5:00 PM8B.5Evaluation and comparison of dry deposition velocity calculations using two different methods of handling sub-grid land cover variation  
Xiaohong Xu, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and D. R. Miller
5:15 PM8B.6Numerical Simulation of Lead Deposition to the Great Lakes Using Sources from Canada and United States  
S. M. Daggupaty, AES, Toronto, ON, Canada; and J. Ma
5:30 PM8B.7Gaseous deposition described with the Industrial Source Complex model  
M. L. Wesely, ANL, Argonne, IL; and J. D. Shannon, P. V. Doskey, and J. S. Touma
 
5:45 PM, Tuesday
Sessions end for the day
 
Wednesday, 12 January 2000
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday
Session 9 Advanced modeling techniques for dispersion on all scales
Organizer: S. Pal Arya, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
8:30 AM9.1Advances in short range dispersion modeling (Invited Presentation)  
Akula Venkatram, Univ. of California, Riverside, CA
9:00 AM9.2Results of an Extensive Evaluation of the Kinematic Simulation Particle Model Using Tracer and Wind Tunnel Experiments  
Robert J. Yamartino, Earth Tech, Inc., Concord, MA; and D. Strimaitis and A. Graff
9:15 AM9.3Application of Lagrangian particle technique to modeling atmospheric transport in different scales: from LES to RAMS to GCM  
Marek Uliasz, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
9:30 AM9.4Building and terrain effects in a mesoscale model  
Ted Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation, Santa Fe, NM
9:45 AM9.5Using receptor-oriented modelling techniques to determine agricultural emissions of greenhouse gases  
Neil R. Gimson, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand; and M. Uliasz, G. Brailsford, T. Bromley, K. Lassey, and D. Wratt
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday
Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 10:00 A.M.-1:30 P.M.)
 
10:30 AM-11:44 AM, Wednesday
Session 9 Advanced modeling techniques for dispersion on all scales: Continued (Parallel with Session 10)
Organizer: John S. Nasstrom, LLNL, Livermore, CA
10:30 AM9.6Refinement of Horizontal Diffusion in Photochemical Grid Models  
Robert Yamartino, Earth Tech, Inc., Concord, MA
10:45 AM9.7Application of the UAM-VPM ozone/particulate modeling system to the Lower Fraser Valley-Vancouver, British Columbia  
Hans P. Deuel, ICF Consulting, San Rafael, CA; and J. L. Haney
11:00 AM9.8A Technique for Assimilating Surface Data to Improve the Accuracy of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Simulations: A 1-D Model Study  
Kiran Alapaty, MCNC-North Carolina Supercomputing Center, Research Triangle Park, NC; and N. Seaman and D. Niyogi
11:15 AM9.9Synoptic Scale Vertical Effluent Redistribution: A Comparison of Two Modeling Approaches  
Stephen E. Masters, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and M. K. Atchison
9.10Some improvement in k theory for turbulent diffusion  
Feng Liu, Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao, China; and X. Bi
11:29 AM9.10aCanadian Forest Fires and their influence on Pollutant Concentrations in the United States during the Summer of 1995  
Gerhard Wotawa, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/NCAR, Boulder, CO; and M. Trainer
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday
Session 10 Transport and dispersion in complex terrain: Part I (Parallel with Session 9)
Organizer: R. Ian Sykes, Titan Corporation, Princeton, NJ
10:30 AM10.1Morning Transition of Complex-Terrain Flows  
H. J. S. Fernando, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; and E. Pardyjak, G. Wang, J. Anderson, A. Ellis, and N. S. Berman
10:45 AM10.2The Transport of Atmospheric Pollutants in the Complex Terrain of the Phoenix Area  
Dana L. Perry, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; and J. R. Anderson, P. R. Buseck, and H. J. S. Fernando
11:00 AM10.3A Field Study of Cold Pool Evolution  
William J. Shaw, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. D. Whiteman, J. M. Hubbe, and X. Bian
11:15 AM10.4Air pollutant transport and dispersion during a cold pool episode in the Mid Columbia Basin  
Shiyuan Zhong, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. D. Whiteman, W. J. Shaw, J. M. Hubbe, and X. Bian
11:30 AM10.5Gravity wave stress parameterization in a mesoscale sea breeze model  
Carmen J. Nappo, NOAA/ARL, Oak Ridge, TN; and W. Physick
11:45 AM10.6The Mixing Layer Terrain Wind Adjustment Model (MILTWAM) for Airflow over Complex Terrain  
Steven A. Stage, Innovative Emergency Management, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA; and Z. Wu, N. Mainkar, J. Weltman, and M. Myirski
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 11 Transport and dispersion in complex terrain: Part II (Parallel with Session 12)
Organizer: Robert Yamartino, Consultant, Concord, MA
1:30 PM11.1Numerical Investigation of the Cause of Shallow Summertime Mixing Depths in the San Joaquin Valley  
Nelson Seaman, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and K. Alapaty
1:45 PM11.2A Tracer Dispersion Model Driven by Global-Scale Analyses and Mesoscale (MM5) Model Output and Its Validation with Tracer Experiment Data  
Gerhard Wotawa, Univ. fur Bodenkultur Wein, Vienna, Austria; and A. Stohl
2:00 PM11.3Experiences in meteorological tower and acoustic sodar installation and operation for several complex terrain sites  
Leo J. Gendron, ENSR Corp., Acton, MA; and A. Carpenito, P. Taverna, N. Mahoney, and R. J. Paine
2:15 PM11.4Experience in modeling applications using on-site tower and sodar data  
Robert J. Paine, ENSR Corp., Acton, MA; and L. J. Gendron
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Wednesday
Session 12 Concentration fluctuations (Parallel with Session 11)
Organizer: John S. Irwin, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
1:30 PM12.1Comparisons of a puff trajectory model with real time tracer measurements  
Kirk L. Clawson, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and J. F. Sagendorf and R. G. Carter
12.2On the use of one-particle models in the calculation of two-particle statistics of turbulent diffusion  
Shuming Du, Earth Tech, Inc., Concord, MA
1:44 PM12.3Concentration fluctuation studies of plume dispersion for different release heights in the convective boundary layer  
B. Chowdhury, Univ. Of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and T. T. H. Tsang
1:59 PM12.3aValidation of HPAC with Porbabilistic Dispersion Trials  
Thomas Mazzola, Logican Advanced Technology, Alexandria, VA; and D. Srinivasa and R. I. Sykes
12.4Predicting concentration fluctuations with a Puff-Particle Model, and its evaluation using draft ASTM Practice Z6849Z  
Peter J. de Haan, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
 
2:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday
Poster Session 1 Oral Briefing: (Each poster presenter will have one and one-half minutes for an oral introduction)
Organizer: Jeffrey C. Weil, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO
 
3:00 PM-4:00 PM, Wednesday
Poster Session 1 (Formal Viewing with Coffee)
 P1.1Analysis of the Effects of ASOS Data on Air Dispersion Modeling  
Dennis G. Atkinson, NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. O. Paumier and R. W. Brode
P1.2Industrial Source Complex (ISC) Modeling with ASOS Data  
John White, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Raleigh, NC; and M. Yoder
 P1.3Concentration fluctuations and plume dispersion within 100 m of an isolated source during stable conditions  
Jeremy Avise, Montana Tech, Butte, MT; and H. Peterson and B. Lamb
 P1.4Concentration fluctuations and plume dispersion in the vicinity of an isolated building  
Michael F. Dunleavy, Montana Tech, Butte, MT; and H. Peterson and B. Lamb
P1.5A statistical comparison of four planetary boundary layer analysis algorithms  
Robert L. Russ, Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick AFB, FL; and D. Dean and M. K. Walters
 P1.6CTSCREEN Scaling Factors for the Tropics  
Herman Wong, Hawaii State Department of Health, Honolulu, HI
 P1.7Evolution in the Design of a Smart Balloon for Lagrangian Air Mass Tracking  
Steven Businger, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and R. Johnson
P1.8Air Dispersion Modeling via the Internet  
James A. Westbrook, Westbrook Environmental, Inc., San Diego, CA
 P1.9Spectral Transfer of Concentration Correlation with Photochemical Reaction for Inhomogeneous Turbulence in Planetary Boundary Layer  
Sukaran Ram Patel, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil
 P1.10An overview of the Gulf Coast Ozone Study  
Jay L. Haney, ICF Consulting, San Rafael, CA; and S. G. Douglas
 P1.11Development of an objective approach to episode selection for air quality modeling  
Sharon G. Douglas, ICF Consulting, San Rafael, CA; and H. P. Deuel and A. B. Hudischewskyj
 P1.12Development, testing, and application of a homology mapping technique for the estimation of ozone concentrations in unmonitored areas  
Sharon G. Douglas, ICF Consulting, San Rafael, CA; and R. K. Iwamiya and H. P. Deuel
 P1.13Paper moved to Session 5, Paper 5.6  
P1.14Midwest Subregional Modeling: 1-Hour Attainment Demonstration  
Michael Koerber, Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium, Des Plaines, IL
P1.15A texture analysis approach of selecting an optimum grid size  
Vlad Isakov, DynTel, Research Triangle Park, NC; and M. Dudek and J. S. Touma
 P1.16Effect of the addition of an ultrafine (4-km) grid on ozone formation predicted by UAM-V  
Robert E. Imhoff, Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL; and E. M. Bailey, S. F. Mueller, and L. L. Gautney
 P1.17Potential Ozone Formation Attributable to Rural Interstate Traffic  
Steven L. Jones Jr., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and J. D. Fuentes, P. A. Makar, and M. J. Demetsky
P1.18Evaluation of the operational Swiss weather forecast model for air quality applications in the Po Basin south of the Alps  
Gerhard Wotawa, Univ. fuer Bodenkultur Wien, Vienna, Austria; and H. Kroeger
 P1.19A validation of large eddy simulation for complex urban environments  
David Stevens, LLNL, Livermore, CA
P1.20AERMOD VERSUS CTDMPLUS: A CASE STUDY  
Kristen A. Egan, Roy F. Weston, Inc., West Chester, PA
 
3:00 PM, Wednesday
0b Exhibit Hours 3:00-7:30 P.M.
 
4:00 PM-4:45 PM, Wednesday
Session 13 Transport and dispersion in complex terrain: Part III (Parallel with Session 14)
Organizer: Robert Yamartino, Consultant, Concord, MA
4:00 PMSession ends  
4:15 PM13.1Operational Evaluation of an Improved Adaptive Puff Model (APM-2) Applied to the Complex Terrain around the As Pontes Power Plant in Northwestern Spain  
Jose A. Souto, Centro de Supercomputacion de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; and M. C. de Castro, F. L. Ludwig, J. J. Casares, and J. L. Bermudez
4:30 PM13.2Meteorological Processing for a Models-3 Application in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada  
Mariusz Pagowski, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin, Inc., Guelph, ON, Canada; and M. LePage and W. Jiang
 
4:00 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday
Session 14 Model Evaluation (Parallel with Session 13)
Organizer: John S. Irwin, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
4:00 PM14.1Evaluation of CALPUFF, HPAC, and VLSTRACK with the Dipole Pride 26 Field Data  
Joseph C. Chang, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and P. Franzese and S. R. Hanna
4:15 PM14.2AERMOD: Further Analysis of Evaluation Results  
Robert J. Paine, ENSR Corporation, Acton, MA; and R. W. Brode
4:30 PM14.3Evaluation of AERMOD at a Rural Petroleum Refinery in Simple and Complex Terrain  
Jeffrey A. Panek, BP-Amoco Corporation, Warrenville, IL; and R. L. Graw
4:45 PM14.4Evaluation of AERMOD model performance under building downwash conditions  
Roger W. Brode, Pacific Environmental Services, Research Triangle Park, NC; and M. Jindal
14.5Sensitivity of AERMOD concentration predictions to variations in several input parameters  
Russell F. Lee, Consultant, Durham, NC
 
5:15 PM, Wednesday
Sessions end for the day
 
6:00 PM-7:30 PM, Wednesday
1 Reception (Cash Bar)
 
7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Wednesday
1 AMS Annual Awards Banquet
 
Thursday, 13 January 2000
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday
Session 15 Aerosols and Particulates
Organizer: Jeffrey S. Gaffney, ANL, Argonne, IL
8:30 AM15.1Aerosol generation in the urban environment (Invited Presentation)  
Spyros N. Pandis, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
9:00 AM15.2Modeling of Mexico City aerosol air pollution  
Laurie A. McNair, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and E. Manteuffel and S. N. Pandis
9:15 AM15.3Examination of the Evolution of Urban Plumes using MAPS (Model for Aerosol Process Studies)  
Susan K. Durlak, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Baumgardner
9:30 AM15.4Characterization of fine particulate matter in a coastal urban airshed  
Kuruvilla John, Texas A&M Univ., Kingsville, TX
9:45 AM15.5Recent air quality trends in the Great Smoky Mountains  
Stephen F. Mueller, Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL
 
9:00 AM, Thursday
1 Exhibit Hours 9:00 A.M.-1:30 P.M.
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday
1 Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Thursday
Session 15 Aerosols and particulates: Continued (Parallel with Session 16)
10:30 AMSession ends  
10:45 AM15.6Trends in deposition of acid particles and gases  
Thomas F. Lavery, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Inc., Gainsville, FL; and R. S. Goss and S. S. Isil
11:00 AM15.7Integrated assessment of regional dust transport from west Texas and New Mexico, spring 1999  
Thomas E. Gill, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and D. L. Westphal, G. Stephens, and R. E. Peterson
11:15 AM15.8Bulk vs. size-resolved representations in modelling mass transfer and aqueous-phase chemistry in cloud droplets in regional air quality models  
Wanmin Gong, AES, Downsview, ON, Canada
 
10:30 AM-11:44 AM, Thursday
Session 16 Meteorological Analysis and Forecasting of Ozone Episodes (Parallel with Session 15)
Organizer: S. T. Rao, SUNY, Albany, NY
10:30 AM16.1Development of an Analytical Technique to Relate Upper Air Meteorological Variables to High Ozone Occurrences in California From 1980 to 1998  
Richard J Hackney, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA; and S. Gouze
10:45 AM16.2Classification of Ozone Episodes in Central California  
Robert E. Keislar, DRI, Reno, NV; and E. M. Fujita, S. Tanrikulu, D. Fairley, E. M. Shipp, J. MacIntosh, and W. D. Neff
11:00 AM16.3Spatial and Temporal Observations of the Planetary Boundary Layer During Ozone Episodes in the South Coast Air Basin  
Clinton P. MacDonald, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and T. S. Dye and P. T. Roberts
16.4Analysis of Air Quality Data in the Lake Michigan Area  
Michael Koerber, Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium, Des Plaines, IL
11:14 AM16.4aAir Quality Forecasting For the Spare the Air Program in Sacramento, California: Summary of Four Years of Ozone Forecasting. (Formerly Paper 16.6)  
Timothy S. Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and C. P. MacDonald and C. B. Anderson
11:29 AM16.5A simplified scheme for predicting peak ozone concentrations in the central United States  
Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and T. E. Lyons and C. S. Keen
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday
1 Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-3:15 PM, Thursday
Session 16 Meteorological analysis and forecasting of ozone episodes: Continued (Parallel with Session 17)
1:30 PMSession Ends  
1:45 PM16.7The NCSC-PSU Numerical Air Quality Prediction Project: Initial Evaluation, Status, and Prospects  
John N. McHenry, MCNC-North Carolina Supercomputing Center, Research Triangle Park, NC; and N. Seaman, C. Coats, D. Stauffer, A. Lario-Gibbs, J. Vukovich, E. Hayes, and N. Wheeler
2:00 PM16.8Seasonal Smog Forecasting in New Brunswick, Canada  
Michael C. Howe, Environment Canada, Fredericton, NB, Canada; and C. Cote and D. Waugh
2:15 PM16.9Meteorological potential of air pollution  
Julian X. L. Wang, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and J. K. Angell
2:30 PM16.10Meteorological and photochemical modeling of ozone and carbon monoxide episodes for the Paso del Nortre Airshed. Part I: Mesoscale modeling.  
Randolph J. Evans, ENSCO, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and M. K. Atchison, M. E. Capuano, C. A. Emery, M. A. Yocke, K. Costigan, C. Tremback, J. W. Yarbrough, R. Karp, and V. H. P. Figuero
2:45 PM16.11Meteorological and photochemical modeling of ozone and carbon monoxide episodes for the Paso Del Norte Airshed. Part II: Air quality modeling  
Christopher A. Emery, Environ Corp., Novato, CA; and M. A. Yocke, R. J. Evans, M. Capuano, K. Costigan, J. W. Yarbrough, R. Karp, and V. H. Paramo Figuero
16.12Comparing RAMS And MM5 Prognostics For Use in CAMx Ozone Forecasting  
Elfrun Lehmann, Earth Tech, Inc., Concord, MA; and G. E. Moore
 
1:30 PM-2:44 PM, Thursday
Session 17 Integrated modeling/measurement systems for emissions and air quality predictions (Parallel with Session 16)
Organizer: Christopher A. Bilthoft, West Desert Test Center, Dugway, UT
1:30 PM17.1New meteorological data resources suitable for the next generation of air quality models  
Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and J. L. Eastman, T. E. Nelson, D. A. Moon, and C. S. Keen
1:45 PM17.2Sodar Based Wind Profiles As Model Inputs: Understanding the Role of Atmospheric Conditions in Assessing the Quality of the Data  
Gennaro H. Crescenti, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and R. A. Baxter
2:00 PM17.3Design for a comprehensive optical atmospheric monitoring system  
Matthew J. Parker, Savannah River Technology Company, Aiken, SC; and C. Holton
17.4Assimilation of total column CO observations from the MAPS instrument.  
Richard Menard, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. P. Chang and P. Kasibhatla
2:14 PM17.5Examining emissions policy issues with an integrated assessment model  
Jack D. Shannon, ANL, Argonne, IL
2:29 PM17.6A modeling approach to design a mesoscale sampling campaign in order to estimate surface emissions  
Marek Uliasz, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and A. S. Denning and N. Gimson
 
3:00 PM, Thursday
1 Coffee Break
 
3:00 PM, Thursday
Conference Ends
 

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