Session 8A The urban environment-meteorology, dispersion, and air quality (Parallel with Session 8B)

Tuesday, 11 January 2000: 4:00 PM-5:45 PM
Host: 11th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the Air and Waste Management Association
Organizer:
Jerry D. Hill, Bechtel Corp., Houston, TX

Papers:
4:00 PM
8A.1
The WMO Urban Environment Programme (Invited Presentation)
Frederic Delsol, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland

4:15 PM
8A.2
Aerodynamic parameters (z0, zd and raM) in urban areas
C. Sue B. Grimmond, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; and T. R. Oke

4:30 PM
8A.3
Urban 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 PM
8A.4
Use 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 PM
8A.5
Modeling of Flow and Photochemistry in Complex Urban Environments
Rainer Stern, IVU Umwelt GmbH, Sexau, Germany; and R. Yamartino

5:15 PM
8A.6
Air Quality Modeling of PM and Air Toxics at Neighborhood Scales
Jason Ching, NOAA/ARL, Research Triangle Park, NC

5:30 PM
8A.7
The 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

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