Here is a tentative agenda for the 2008 CMAS Conference. Each speaker is alloted 15 minutes for their oral presentation and 5 minutes for questions. We will strictly enforce these time allotments, so that we have time to accommodate everyone on the schedule.
*Times listed below are subject to change.
October 6, 2008 - Grumman Auditorium | ||
7:30 AM | Registration | |
8:00 AM | A/V Session - Presentation Upload | |
8:45 AM | Welcome Address by Dr. Adel Hanna with Introduction by Dr. Phil Berke, Interim Director, Institute for the Environment | |
Air Quality Model Development Session Chair: Kenneth Schere (US-EPA) |
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9:00 AM |
Incremental Testing of Updates to the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System Version 4.7 [Abstract] [Slides] Shawn Roselle |
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9:20 AM |
Updates to the Treatment of Secondary Organic Aerosol in CMAQv4.7 [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Sergey L. Napelenok |
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9:40 AM |
Changes to the Multi-Pollutant version in the CMAQ 4.7 [Abstract] [Slides] William T. Hutzell |
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10:00 AM |
PM2.5 Source Apportionment Comparison of CMAQ and CAMx Estimates [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Kirk Baker |
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10:20 AM | Break | |
10:50 AM |
Modeling transport and fate of Benzo(a)pyrene with CMAQ [Abstract] [Slides] Armin Aulinger |
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11:10 AM |
Modeling Chemically Reactive Air Toxics in the San Francisco Bay Area Using CAMx [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Ralph Morris |
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11:30 AM |
Comparison of MAQM and CMAQ model science, input/output files, and modelling results of a test case [Abstract] [Slides] Weimin Jiang |
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11:50 AM |
MCIP2AERMOD: A New Tool for Preparing Meteorological Inputs for AERMOD [Abstract] [Slides] Neil Davis |
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12:10 PM | Poster Session (3 minutes per person to introduce their posters):
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12:40 PM | Lunch | |
1:40 PM |
Three-dimensional model studies of exchange processes in the troposphere: use of potential vorticity to specify aloft O3 in regional models [Abstract] [Slides] Rohit Mathur |
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2:00 PM |
Quantifying Local Creation and Regional Transport using a Hierarchical Space-Time Model of Ozone as a Function of Observed NOx, a Latent Space-Time VOC Process, Emissions, and Meteorology [Abstract] [Slides] Amy J. Nail |
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2:20 PM |
Impacts of Traffic Volumes and Wind Directions on Air Pollution Concentrations in Seoul, Korea [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Youngkook Kim |
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2:40 PM |
Development and Application of a Parallel Version of CMAQ-MADRID-APT [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Prakash Karamchandani |
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3:00 PM | Break | |
3:30 PM |
A dynamic adaptive grid method for improved modeling of biomass burning plumes [Abstract] [Slides] M. Talat Odman |
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3:50 PM |
Development of the Coupled 2-way WRF-CMAQ system [Abstract] [Slides] Jonathan Pleim |
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4:10 PM |
WRF-CMAQ coupling system Software Structure Overview [Abstract] [Slides] David Wong |
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4:30 PM |
Development and Evaluation of Global-Through-Urban WRF/Chem: Gas-Phase Mechanism, Gas-Aerosol Coupling, and Aerosol-Cloud Interactions [Abstract] Yang Zhang |
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October 7, 2008 | ||
Redbud Room | Dogwood Room | |
7:30 AM | Registration, A/V Session - Presentation Upload | Registration, A/V Session - Presentation Upload |
Air Quality Measurements and Observational Studies Session Chairs: Richard Scheffe (US-EPA) and Lawrence Friedl, NASA |
Interactions of Air Quality and Regional Climate and Intercontinental Transport of Air Pollutants Session Chairs: Praveen Amar (NESCUAM) and Carey Jang (US-EPA) |
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8:10 AM |
Prescribed burning impacts on air quality in the South-Eastern U.S. [Abstract] [Slides] Karsten Baumann |
Asian Air Pollution Export and Aerosol-Regional Climate Interactions [Abstract] [Slides] Yang Zhang |
8:30 AM |
Visualization, Exploration, and model comparison of NASA Air Quality Remote Sensing data via Giovanni [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Ana I. Prados |
Effects of 2000-2050 Global Change Ozone Air Quality in the United States Using Models-3/CMAQ System [Abstract] [Slides] Joshua Fu |
8:50 AM |
Insights into Urban Ozone Pollution from Ozone Soundings: Beltsville (MD), Houston and IONS (INTEX Ozonesonde Network Study, 2004 & 2006) [Abstract] [Slides] Anne Thompson |
MODELING OF AIR QUALITY AND REGIONAL CLIMATE INTERACTIONS [Abstract] [Slides] Carey Jang |
9:10 AM |
Air Quality Observations from the OMI and GOME-2 Satellite Sensors: HCHO, CHO-CHO and Tropospheric Ozone [Abstract] [Slides] Thomas P. Kurosu |
Evaluation of Mercury Outflow from East Asia using CMAQ-Hg [Abstract] [Slides] C.-J. Lin |
9:30 AM |
Comparison of NOx emissions and NO2 concentrations from a regional scale air quality model (CMAQ-DDM/3D) with satellite NO2 retrievals (SCIAMACHY) over the continental U.S. [Abstract] [Slides] Burcak Kaynak |
Impact of the changes of prescribed fire emissions on regional air quality from 2002 to 2050 in the southeastern United States [Abstract] [Slides] Tao Zeng |
9:50 AM |
Measurements of ozone in the troposphere from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) and applications to understanding air quality [Abstract] [Slides] Gregory Osterman |
PM Sulfate in Hong Kong [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Roger Kwok |
10:10 AM |
Monitoring of Tropospheric Ozone from Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) [Abstract] [Slides] Xiong Liu |
Downscaling effects of GEOS-Chem as CMAQ Initial and Boundary Conditions: "Tropopause effect" [Abstract] [Slides] Yun-Fat Lam |
10:30 AM | Break | Break |
Air Quality Measurements and Observational Studies (cont.) | Emissions Inventories, Modeling and Analyses Session Chair: Tom Pierce (US-EPA) |
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11:00 AM |
Global SO2 pollution sources detected with satellite Ozone Monitoring Instrument [Abstract] [Slides] Nickolay Krotkov |
CONCEPT emissions model: Expanding transparency, improving flexibility, improving science. [Abstract] [Slides] Mark Janssen |
11:20 AM |
NLCD Landuse Processing Tools and Projection Issues in Modeling [Abstract] [Slides] Limei Ran |
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11:40 AM |
Examining the Impact of Satellite Cloud Correction Together with the Assimilation of Satellite-Derived Ozone and Aerosol Products in Improving Air Quality Model Predictions [Abstract] [Slides] Arastoo Pour Biazar |
A Tale of Two Models: A comparison of the Biogenic Emission Inventory System (BEIS) and Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature (MEGAN) [Abstract] [Slides] George Pouliot |
12:00 PM |
RAQMS-CMAQ Atmospheric Chemistry Model Data for the TexAQS-II Period for Use in the Verification of Satellite Observations. [Abstract] [Slides] Dae-Gyun Lee |
Performance evaluation of isoprene in ozone modeling of Houston [Abstract] [Slides] Mark Estes |
12:20 PM | Lunch | Lunch |
Air Quality Forecasting Session Chairs: Jeff McQueen (NOAA) and Rohit Mathur (US-EPA) |
Emissions Inventories, Modeling and Analyses (cont.) | |
1:20 PM |
Expansions to NOAA's National Air Quality Forecast Capability. [Abstract] [Slides] Paula Davidson |
Methods for Incorporating Lightning NOx Emissions in CMAQ [Abstract] [Slides] K. Pickering |
1:40 PM |
Development and Evaluation of a New Canadian Operational Air Quality Forecast Model: GEM-MACH15 [Abstract] [Slides] Michael Moran |
Development of Wildland Fire Emission Inventories with the BlueSky Smoke Modeling Framework [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Neil Wheeler |
2:00 PM |
Multi-Model Air Quality Forecasting over New York State for Summer 2008 [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Christian Hogrefe |
Remote sensing and modeling of the Georgia 2007 fires [Abstract] [Slides] Eun-Su Yang |
2:20 PM |
Improving PM2.5 forecasting ability of Hi-Res in southeastern United States [Abstract] [Slides] Yongtao Hu |
Modeling and measurement of ammonia and PM2.5 concentrations associated with emissions from agriculture [Abstract] [Slides] Megan L. Gore |
2:40 PM |
3 YEARS' OPERATION OF AIR QUALITY FORECAST SYSTEM [Abstract] [Slides] Hyun Cheol Kim |
Using the EMF for Emission Sensitivities and for CMAQ [Abstract] [Slides] Alexis Zubrow |
3:00 PM |
CMAQ DUST MODULE: DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL APPLICATIONS [Abstract] [Slides] Daniel Tong |
Ozone and PM2.5 Cross-sensitivity Analysis under Emission and Climate Changes [Abstract] [Slides] Shannon Capps |
3:20 PM | Break | Break |
Air Quality Forecasting (cont.) | Integrated Modeling Systems for Environmental Decision Support Session Chair: Jason West (UNC-Chapel Hill) |
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3:50 PM |
Comparison of three photochemical mechanisms (CB4, CB05, SAPRC99) for the Eta-CMAQ air quality forecast model for O3 during the 2004 ICARTT study [Abstract] [Slides] Shaocai Yu |
Using Local Scale Air Quality Modeling to Quantify Health Benefits [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Neal Fann |
4:10 PM |
Effect of temporal averaging of vertical eddy diffusivity on the forecast quality of surface zone concentration of the National Air Quality Forecast Capability [Abstract] [Slides] Pius Lee |
The Global Burden of Anthropogenic Ozone and Particulate Matter Air Pollution on Premature Human Mortality [Abstract] [Slides] Susan Casper |
4:30 PM |
Assimilating AIRNOW ozone observations into CMAQ model to improve ozone forecasts [Abstract] [Slides] Tianfeng Chai |
Further Development and Application of the CMAQ Ozone and Particle Precursor Tagging Methodologies (OPTM and pptM) [Abstract] [Slides] Sharon Douglas |
4:50 PM |
A Case Study using the CMAQ coupling with GFS-GOCART Dust Lateral Boundary Conditions [Abstract] [Slides] Youhua Tang |
Analysis of the Association between Climate, Air Quality and Human Health in North Carolina [Abstract] [Slides] Adel Hanna |
5:10 PM | Poster Session (3 minutes per person to introduce their posters) (Redbud | Dogwood):
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Poster Session (3 minutes per person to introduce their posters) (Redbud | Dogwood):
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6:00 PM | Reception | Reception |
October 8, 2008 - Grumman Auditorium | ||
7:45 AM | A/V Session - Presentation Upload | |
Model Evaluation and Analysis Session Chairs: Alice Gilliland (US-EPA) |
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8:30 AM |
Overview of the Atmospheric Model Evaluation Tool (AMET) [Abstract] [Slides] K. Wyat Appel |
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8:50 AM |
Evaluation of 2002 Multi-pollutant Platform: Air Toxics, Ozone, and Particulate Matter [Abstract] [Slides] Sharon Phillips |
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9:10 AM |
Impact on Ozone Prediction at a Fine Grid Resolution: An Examination of Nudging Analysis and PBL Schemes in Meteorological Model [Abstract] [Slides] Yunhee Kim |
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9:30 AM |
Identifying Optimal Temporal Scale for the Correlation of AOD and Ground Measurements of PM2.5 to Improve the Model Performance in a Real-time Air Quality Estimation System [Abstract] [Slides] Hui Li |
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9:50 AM |
Retrospective Application and Evaluation of the Global Weather Research and Forecasting Model [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Joshua Hemperly |
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10:10 AM | Break | |
10:40 AM |
The response of secondary inorganic aerosols to precursor emission reductions in south east England June 2006 [Abstract] [Slides] Andrea Fraser |
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11:00 AM | Poster Session (3 minutes per person to introduce their posters):
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12:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 PM |
Comparison of Two Annual PM2.5 Modeling Results in the South Coast Air Basin [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Bong Mann Kim |
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1:20 PM |
A Comparative Dynamic Evaluation of the AURAMS and CMAQ Air Quality Modeling Systems [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Michael Moran |
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1:40 PM |
Classification of Weather Patterns and Associated Trajectories of High Ozone Episodes in Houston during the 2005/2006 TexAQS-II [Abstract] [Slides] Fong Ngan |
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2:00 PM |
Impact of Reduced Nitrogen on Air Quality: Fine Scale Simulation, Evaluation, and Sensitivity Study [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Kristen Olsen |
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2:20 PM |
Effect of regional NOx emission controls on the long-range transport of ozone air pollution and human mortality [Abstract] [Slides] Jason West |
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2:40 PM |
Operational Evaluation and Dynamic Comparison of CAMx and CMAQ for Ozone and PM2.5 [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Kirk Baker |
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3:00 PM | Break | |
3:30 PM |
Application of an emissions source apportionment method for primary PM components in a regional air quality model [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Dr. Mehrez Samaali |
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3:50 PM |
Use of PM Source Apportionment to Assess the Contributions of Eastern U.S. States to Visibility and PM2.5 Concentrations [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Ralph Morris |
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4:10 PM |
Incorporating uncertainty into air quality modeling and planning - A case study for Georgia [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Antara Digar |
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4:30 PM |
CMAQ Sensitivity to Winter-Time Ground Surface Albedo [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Tyler Cruickshank |