| October 1, 2007 - Grumman Auditorium |
| 7:30 AM | Registration |
| 8:00 AM | A/V Session - Presentation Upload |
| 8:45 AM |
Welcome Address - Dr. Doug Crawford-Brown, Director, UNC Institute
for the Environment |
| 8:55 AM |
Keynote Address - Tyler Fox, US EPA, Overview and Next Steps from the AMS/EPA Workshop on the Evaluation of Regional-Scale Air Quality Modeling Systems |
| 9:20 AM |
CMAS Status Report - Dr. Adel Hanna, Director, CMAS |
| 9:35 AM |
Break |
Session 1: Air Quality Model Developments
Chaired by: Daewon Byun (University of Houston) and Rohit Mathur (US-EPA) |
| 10:00 AM |
Development of a Multipollutant Version of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Shawn Roselle |
| 10:20 AM |
Examining the Influence of in situ Aircraft Emissions with CMAQ [Abstract] [Slides]
Frank Binkowski |
| 10:40 AM |
Box Model Tests of Two Mass Transfer Methods for Volatile Aerosol Species in CMAQ [Abstract] [Slides]
Prakash Bhave |
| 11:00 AM |
Development of a new inorganic atmospheric aerosol phase equilibrium model (UHAERO) for CMAQ [Abstract] [Slides]
Andrey V. Martynenko |
| 11:20 AM |
Utilizing the Mosaic Approach to Estimate Deposition Velocities in CMAQ Model [Abstract] [Slides]
Jehn-Yih Juang |
| 11:40 AM |
Sub-Grid Scale Modeling of Air Toxic Concentrations near Roadways [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Prakash Karamchandani |
| 12:00 PM |
Poster Session 1.1:- A Multiscale Modeling Approach to Assess Aviation Impacts on Local Air Quality [Abstract]
Saravanan Arunachalam - Revised parameterization of N2O5 hydrolysis for inclusion in CMAQ [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Prakash Bhave - Generalized Numerical Approach to the Treatment of Aqueous Chemistry in CMAQ [Abstract]
Annmarie G. Carlton - Development of local-scale and subgrid-scale models in Polyphemus [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Irene Korsakissok - Development and Application of A Computationally-Efficient MADRID 2 for Simulating Secondary Organic Aerosol [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Ping Liu - The Air Quality Modeling System Polyphemus [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Vivien Mallet - Effect of Heteorogeneous HONO Formation on the Ambient Ozone Concentrations [Abstract]
Yee-Lin Wu
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| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 1:30 PM |
Further developments and applications for the adjoint of CMAQ [Abstract] [Slides]
Amir Hakami |
| 1:50 PM |
Simulating Climate-Chemistry-Aerosol-Cloud-Radiation Feedbacks in WRF/Chem: Model Development and Initial Application [Abstract]
Yang Zhang |
| 2:10 PM |
Effects of Sub-Grid Scale Terrain upon CAMx Air Quality Simulation [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Carlie J. Coats, Jr. |
| 2:30 PM |
Design and development of MAQM, an air quality model architecture with process-level modularity [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Weimin Jiang |
| 2:50 PM |
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| 3:10 PM | Break |
Session 2: Climate Variability/Air Quality
Chaired by: Tyler Fox (US-EPA) and Praveen Amar (NESCAUM) |
| 3:40 PM |
Using linked global and regional models to simulate U.S. air quality in the year 2050 [Abstract] [Slides]
Chris Nolte |
| 4:00 PM |
Climate Impacts on Air Quality and Response to Controls: Not Such an Uncertain Future [Abstract] [Slides]
Kuo-Jen Liao |
| 4:20 PM |
Regional Climate Change Induced by Land-Use Change and Impact on O3 in the Pearl River Delta, China [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Xuemei Wang |
| 4:40 PM |
Prediction of air quality over Tokyo metropolitan area by using the JCAP II air quality simulation system [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Satoru Chatani |
| 5:00 PM |
Future Prediction of Surface Ozone over East Asia up to 2020 [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Kazuyo Yamaji |
| 5:20 PM |
Evolution of PM2.5 Components in the Long-range Transport Plume accompanied with the Southward Asian Continental Outflow [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Ming-Tung Chuang |
| 5:40 PM | Adjourn |
| October 2, 2007 |
| 7:00 AM | Registration |
| | Grumman Auditorium |
Dogwood Room |
| 7:30 AM | A/V Session - Presentation Upload | A/V Session - Presentation Upload |
| | Session 3: Sensitivity of Air Quality Models to Meteorological Inputs
Chaired by: S.T. Rao (US-EPA) and Tanya Otte (US-EPA) |
Session 4: Emissions Inventories, Modeling and Analysis
Chaired by: Marc Houyoux (US-EPA) |
| 8:00 AM |
An Examination of WRF/Chem: Physical Schemes, Nesting Options, and Grid Resolutions [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Chris Misenis |
Peak 8-hr Ozone Model Performance when using Biogenic VOC estimated by MEGAN and BIOME (BEIS) [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Kirk Baker,
Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium,
Rosemont, IL |
| 8:20 AM |
Numerical experiments on the sensitivity of WRF-CMAQ simulations of Air Quality in the Mississippi Gulf Coastal Region to PBL and Land Surface Models [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Venkata Srinivas Challa |
Forest Growth and Fire Fuel Predictions from 2000 to 2050 for Air Quality Modeling [Abstract] [Slides]
Limei Ran |
| 8:40 AM |
Sensitivity of Air Quality model predictions to various parameterizations of vertical eddy diffusivity [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Zhiwei Han |
Integration and Reconciliation of Satellite Detected and Incident Command Reported Wildfire Information in the BlueSky Smoke Modeling Framework [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Neil Wheeler |
| 9:00 AM |
Quantifying the response of atmospheric model predictions to surface properties at different grid resolutions [Abstract] [Slides]
Maudood Khan |
Estimate of Mercury Emission from Natural Sources in East Asia [Abstract] [Slides]
Suraj K. Shetty |
| 9:20 AM |
Comparison and Evaluation of the ACM2 and MYJ PBL models used in both WRF/ARW and CMAQ simulations during the 2006 TexAQS/GoMACCS study [Abstract] [Slides]
Jonathan Pleim |
Using CMAQ to Simulate a Dust Storm in the Southwestern United States [Abstract] [Slides]
Daniel Tong |
| 9:40 AM |
Ozone and PM 2.5 verification in NAM-CMAQ modeling system at NCEP in relation to WRF/NMM meteorology evaluation [Abstract] [Slides]
Marina Tsidulko |
Sensitivity of top-down correction of 2004 black carbon emissions inventory in the United States to rural-sites versus urban-sites observational networks [Abstract] [Slides]
Yongtao Hu |
| 10:00 AM |
The Influence of MM5 Nudging Schemes on CMAQ Simulations of Benzo(a)pyrene Concentrations and Depositions in Europe [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Volker Matthias |
A New Anthropogenic Emission Inventory System for Asia in Support of Atmospheric Modeling [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Qiang Zhang |
| 10:20 AM | Break |
| | Session 3: Sensitivity of Air Quality Models to Meteorological Inputs
(Continued) |
Session 5: Integrated Modeling Systems for Environmental Decision Support
Chaired by: Sharon Douglas (ICF-International) |
| 10:50 AM |
Uncertainty of meteorological input choices on the modeled 2009 summer ozone predictions in Atlanta, GA [Abstract] [Slides]
Byeong-Uk Kim |
Initial Applications of the Control Strategy Tool within the Emissions Modeling Framework [Abstract] [Slides]
Alison Eyth |
| 11:10 AM |
A Nudging Strategy for Mesobeta-Scale WRF Simulations Suitable for Retrospective Air Quality Modeling [Abstract] [Slides]
Tanya Otte |
Impacts of Ethanol Fuel on PM Concentrations in Northern California during a Winter Episode [Abstract] [Slides]
Ajith Kaduwela |
| 11:30 AM |
Off-line Air Quality Coupling System: Study of WRF-CMAQ Simulations for the TexasAQS 2000 Episode [Abstract] [Slides]
Fong Ngan |
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| 11:50 AM |
Regional and Local-Scale Evaluation of 2002 MM5 Meteorological Fields for Various Air Quality Modeling Applications [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Pat Dolwick |
Application of the CMAQ Particle and Precursor Tagging Methodology (pptM) to Support Water Quality Planning for the Virginia Mercury Study [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Sharon Douglas |
| 12:10 PM |
Poster Session 3.1:- Data Assimilation and Performance Evaluation of WRF for Air Quality modeling in Mississippi Gulf coastal region [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Venkata Srinivas Challa - High Time Resolution Winds and Effects upon Air Quality Modeling: A 4KM California August 2006 Case Study [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Carlie J. Coats, Jr. - WRF/NMM-CMAQ Determines Vertical diffusivity for trace species based on Mixing Layer Depth instead of Planetary Boundary Height [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Pius Lee - Evaluation of boundary conditions, initial conditions, and model grid resolutions in CMAQ-Hg modeling [Abstract]
Jerry Lin - Sensitivity of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model to Convective Cloud Parameterizations in the Meteorological Model [Abstract]
Shawn Roselle - Evaluation of the Models-3 Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system with observations obtained during the TRACE-P experiment: Comparison of meteorological parameters [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Meigen Zhang
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Poster Session 4.1/5.1:- SPECIATE - EPA's Database of Speciated Emission Profiles [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
David Mobley - Gas-Phase and Aerosol Chemistry Interactions in South Europe and the Mediterranean Region [Abstract]
Marina Astitha - Predicting Effects of Point Source Controls on Escambia Bay [Abstract] [Slides]
Jo Ellen Brandmeyer - Simulation of Exposures to PM2.5 Trace Elements in Detroit during DEARS using CMAQ [Abstract]
Adam H. Reff - Modeling of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition to the Escambia Bay and Watershed in the Southeastern United States [Abstract]
Krish Vijayaraghavan
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| 12:40 PM | Lunch |
| | Session 3: Sensitivity of Air Quality Models to Meteorological Inputs
(Continued) |
Session 5: Integrated Modeling Systems for Environmental Decision Support
(Continued) |
| 1:40 PM |
Innovative Methods for Evaluating Meteorological Model Performance during the Central California Air Quality Studies [Abstract] [Slides]
Neil Wheeler |
Observed and high resolution modeled pollutant fields using fine scale and hybrid modeling approaches for Wilmington DE [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Mohammed A Majeed |
| 2:00 PM |
Comparative evaluation of the impact of WRF/NMM and WRF/ARW meteorology on CMAQ simulations for O3 and PM2.5 during the 2006 TexAQS/GoMACCS study [Abstract] [Slides]
Shaocai Yu |
Person Oriented Exposure Modeling for Ambient Air Toxics: High Resolution Modeling for Local Scale Air Quality [Abstract]
Sastry Isukapalli |
| 2:20 PM |
Evaluating uncertainty predictions using an ensemble of CMAQ model configurations [Abstract] [Slides]
Robert W. Pinder |
Meteorological and Chemical Prediction Web-Based System Using RAMS and CAMx Numerical Models [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
M. Victoria. Toro |
| | Session 3: Sensitivity of Air Quality Models to Meteorological Inputs
(Continued) |
Session 6: Air Quality Forecasting
Chaired by: Talat Odman (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| 2:40 PM |
Uncertainty analysis of ozone formation and emission control responses using high-order sensitivities under three different meteorological conditions [Abstract] [Slides]
Di Tian |
Performance Evaluation of East Texas Air Quality (ETAQS) Forecasting and Transition to the Simulations for Air Quality Assessment [Abstract] [Slides]
Daewon W. Byun |
| 3:00 PM |
Effects of Liquid Water on Secondary Inorganic Aerosol Concentrations in Central and Northern California during a Winter Episode [Abstract] [Slides]
Ajith Kaduwela |
A detailed evaluation of the WRF-CMAQ forecast model performance for O3, and PM2.5 during the 2006 TexAQS/GoMACCS study [Abstract] [Slides]
Shaocai Yu |
| 3:20 PM |
Forecasting Ozone at European Scale with Ensembles [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Vivien Mallet |
Development and Operation of National CMAQ-Based PM2.5 Forecast System for Fire Management [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Kenneth J. Craig |
| 3:40 PM | Break |
| | Session 7: Urban Database Development and Applications
Chaired by: Jason Ching (US-EPA) |
Session 6: Air Quality Forecasting
(Continued) |
| 4:10 PM |
Project Overview of National Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (NUDAPT) [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Jason Ching |
Forecasting the Impacts of Prescribed Burnings [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Yongtao Hu |
| 4:30 PM |
Functional Description and Demonstration of the National Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (NUDAPT) [Abstract] [Slides]
David Williams |
An overview of the NAM-WRF CMAQ Air Quality Forecasting System run operationally during the Summer 2007. [Abstract] [Slides]
Jeff McQueen |
| 4:50 PM |
Effects of high-resolution building and urban data sets on the WRF/urban coupled model simulations for the Houston-Galveston areas [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Fei Chen |
On the verification of particulate matter simulated by the NOAA-EPA Air Quality Forecast system [Abstract] [Slides]
Ho-Chun Huang |
| 5:10 PM |
The application of fine-scale Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations of pollutant concentrations in support of air quality studies and potential interfacing within the CMAQ system. [Abstract] [Slides]
Alan H Huber |
EAKF-CMAQ: Theoretical justification, development, and evaluation of [Abstract] [Slides]
Alexis Zubrow |
| 5:30 PM |
Poster Session 2.1/3.2/7.1: |
Poster Session 5.2/6.1:
- An Operational Evaluation of the WRF-CMAQ [Abstract]
Brian Eder - Verification of NOAA-EPA Developmental Aerosol Forecasts [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Jerry L. Gorline - New results on study of bias-adjustment techniques for Air Quality Forecasts [Abstract]
Daiwen Kang - Forecasting the Impacts of Wild Fires [Abstract]
Talat Odman - A correction on MCIP calculation of vertical contravariant wind and its impact on the mass consistency issue associated with wind and density field [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Fuquan Yang |
| 6:00 PM |
Reception |
| October 3, 2007 - Grumman Auditorium |
| 7:00 AM | Registration |
| 7:30 AM | A/V Session - Presentation Upload |
| | Session 8: Model Evaluation and Analysis
Chaired by: Weimin Jiang (National Research Council, Canada) and Ken Schere (US-EPA) |
| 8:00 AM |
EPA's 2002 Multipollutant Platform: Model Applications and Evaluation of Ozone, Particulate Matter, and Toxics [Abstract] [Slides]
Sharon Phillips |
| 8:20 AM |
A Comparative Performance Evaluation of the AURAMS and CMAQ [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Steven C. Smyth |
| 8:40 AM |
Aerosol modeling at regional and continental scales [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Karine Sartelet |
| 9:00 AM |
A New Tool for Analyzing CMAQ Modeling Results: Visualization Environment for Rich Data Interpretation (VERDI) [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Donna Schwede |
| 9:20 AM |
Diagnostic and Operational Evaluation of 2002 and 2005 Estimated 8-hr Ozone to Support Model Attainment Demonstrations [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Kirk Baker |
| 9:40 AM |
Evaluation of Emission Control Strategies for Regional Scale Air Quality: Performance of Direct and Surrogate Techniques [Abstract] [Slides]
Sastry Isukapalli |
| 10:00 AM |
Comparison of CMAQ and CAMx for an annual simulation over the South Coast Air Basin [Abstract] [Slides]
Ajith Kaduwela |
| 10:20 AM | Break |
| 10:50 AM |
Use of Hybrid Plume/Grid Modeling and the St. Louis Super Site Data to Model PM2.5 Concentrations in the St. Louis Area [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Ralph Morris |
| 11:10 AM |
An Exploration of Model Concentration Differences Between CMAQ and CAMx [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Brian Timin |
| 11:30 AM |
Model Inter-comparison to Evaluate Gaseous Pollutants in East Asia Using an Advanced Modeling System: Models-3/CMAQ System [Abstract] [Slides]
Joshua Fu |
| 11:50 PM |
Poster Session 8.1:- Diagnostic Probes of Gas- and Aerosol-phase Constituents in CMAQ-UCD Using the BRACE 2002 Aloft Data [Abstract]
J.R. Arnold - Air Quality Assessment of the South Coast Air Basin and Transboundary Pollutant Impacts of Emissions in the Imperial Valley-Calexico Region and From Southern California [Abstract]
Santosh Chandru - Results of Implementing a Sub-Grid Scale Terrain Effects Parameterization upon Emissions and Dry Deposition in CAMx [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Saswati Datta - Statistical Methods for Model Evaluation - Moving Beyond the Comparison of Matched Observations and Output for Model Grid Cells [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Kristen Foley - Assessing Contributions to Mercury Pollution in Northeastern US Using CMAQ-pptM Mercury Tagging [Abstract]
Shan He - Evaluation of WRF/Chem-MADRID with the July 2004 New England Air Quality Study Episode [Abstract]
Xiaoming Hu - Diagnostic Evaluation of CMAQ4.6 for Central California Region [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Ling Jin - Case Study on the High Ozone Phenomena in Seoul Metropolitan Area Using CMAQ Model [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Chong Bum Lee
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| 12:20 PM | Lunch |
| 1:20 PM |
Poster Session 8.2:- Assessing Model Performance Using Weekday/Weekend Analysis [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Jerry Lin - Comparison of Mercury Chemical Transport Model Between CMAQ and STEM [Abstract]
Li Pan - CMAQ simulated oxidized nitrogen: recent findings and model enhancements [Abstract]
Robert W. Pinder - Ozone Episodes in US-Mexico Boarder Cities: Inferences based on Simulations and Satellite/Surface Data [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Chune Shi - Diagnostic Study on Particulate Matter Predictions of CMAQ-MADRID in the Southern Ontario [Abstract]
Seyed Mohammad Taghavi - VOC/NOx sensitivity analysis for ozone production using CMAQ process analysis for the Pacific Northwest [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]
Ying Xie
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| 1:50 PM |
CMAQ application to the ozone pollution in Pearl River Delta of P.R.China [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Wei Zhou |
| 2:10 PM |
AERMOD-HPC: A High Performance Computing Version of AERMOD [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
George Delic |
| 2:30 PM |
Comparative Model Performance Evaluation of CMAQ-VISTAS, CMAQ-MADRID, and CMAQ-MADRID-APT for a Nitrogen Deposition Assessment of the Escambia Bay, Florida Watershed [Abstract]
Jay L. Haney |
| 2:50 PM |
Comparison of CMAQ Aerosol Prediction Using Two Thermodynamic Modules: UHAERO V.S. ISOYYOPIA [Abstract] [Slides]
Fang-Yi Cheng |
| 3:10 PM | Break |
| 3:40 PM |
Resolving the sources of PM2.5 in Georgia using emissions and receptor based models [Abstract] [Slides]
Amit Marmur |
| 4:00 PM |
Application of the CMAQ-UCD Aerosol Model to a Coastal Urban Site [Abstract] [Slides]
Chris Nolte |
| 4:20 PM |
The Impact of Lateral Boundary Conditions on CMAQ Predictions over Continental US: a Sensitivity Study Compared to Ozonsonde Data [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Youhua Tang |
| 4:40 PM |
Use of Air Quality Forecasting as a Diagnostic Tool over the Northeastern US [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Prakash Doraiswamy |
| 5:00 PM |
Impact of high resolution modeling on ozone predictions in the Cascadia region [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides]
Ying Xie |
| 5:20 PM | Adjourn |