Community Modeling and Analysis System
2009 Conference Agenda
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Here is a tentative agenda for the 2009 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.
Selected abstracts from this conference were published in the Journal of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Volume 1 (October 2010), Issue 4, Pages 195-310. Special Issue on Air Quality Modeling and Analysis (Handling Editor: S. Trivikrama Rao). http://www.atmospolres.com/issue4.html
| October 19, 2009 - Grumman Auditorium | ||
| 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks, Dr. Larry Band, Director, Institute for the Environment, UNC-Chapel Hill | |
| 8:45 AM | CMAS Update, Dr. Adel Hanna, Director, CMAS | |
| Instrumented Photochemical Modeling Session, Chaired by Kirk Baker and Sergey Napelenok (US EPA) | ||
| 9:00 AM |
Accuracy of multi-parameter response surfaces generated using sensitivity coefficients [Abstract] [Slides] Daniel Cohan |
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| 9:20 AM |
Efficient characterization of uncertainty in control strategy impact predictions. [Abstract] [Slides] Antara Digar |
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| 9:40 AM |
Assessment of the Sources of Organic Carbon at Monitoring Sites in the Southeastern United States Using Receptor and Deterministic Models [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Ralph Morris |
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| 10:00 AM |
Comparison of PM Source Apportionment and Sensitivity Analysis in CAMx [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Greg Yarwood |
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| 10:20 AM | Break | |
| 10:50 AM |
Adjoint sensitivities for analysis of PM2.5 sources [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Daven Henze |
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| 11:10 AM |
Adjoint Modeling for Improved Effectiveness of Emission Trading Systems [Abstract] [Slides] Seyyed Morteza Mesbah |
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| 11:30 AM |
Intercontinental source attribution of ozone pollution at western U.S. sites using an adjoint method [Abstract] [Slides] Lin Zhang |
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| 11:50 AM |
Development of the adjoint of ISOYYOPIA [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Shannon Capps |
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| 12:10 PM |
Inverse modelling of emissions and their time profiles [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Jaroslav Resler |
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| 12:30 PM | Lunch, Trillium Room | |
| Air Quality Forecasting Session, Chaired by Daewon Byun (NOAA) | ||
| 1:30 PM |
Comparison between Forecasting and Retrospective Air Quality Simulations of the 2006 TexAQS II [Abstract] [Slides] Daewon Byun |
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| 1:50 PM |
Preliminary Experiences with the Multi-Model Air Quality Forecasting System for New York State [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Prakash Doraiswamy |
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| 2:10 PM |
Performance of NOAA-EPA Air Quality Predictions, 2007-2009 [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Jerry L. Gorline |
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| 2:30 PM |
Comprehensive evaluation on air quality forecasting ability of Hi-Res in southeastern United States [Abstract] [Slides] Yongtao Hu |
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| 2:50 PM |
Five-year Progress in the Performance of Air Quality Forecast Models: Analysis on Categorical Statistics for the National Air Quality Forecast Capacity (NAQFC) [Abstract] [Slides] Daiwen Kang |
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| 3:10 PM | Break | |
| 3:40 PM |
A New Operational Air Quality Prediction System Over Italy [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Luca Delle Monache |
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| 4:00 PM |
The CALIOPE high-resolution air quality forecasting system: development and evaluation for Spain and Europe [Abstract] [Slides] Matthias Piot |
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| 4:20 PM |
Status of the new Canadian air quality forecast model GEM-MACH15 [Abstract] [Slides] Mike Moran |
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| October 20, 2009 | ||
| Grumman Auditorium | Redbud Room | |
| Model Development Session, Chaired by Rohit Mathur (US EPA) and Talat Odman (Georgia Tech) | Air Quality and Climate Change Session, Chaired by Bill Benjey (US EPA) | |
| 8:10 AM |
An adaptive grid version of CMAQ for improving the resolution of plumes [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Talat Odman |
Dynamical Downscaling of NASA/GISS ModelE Using WRF [Abstract] [Slides] Tanya Otte |
| 8:30 AM |
SAPRC07T Implementation within the CMAQ model. [Abstract] [Slides] William T. Hutzell |
Examination of Future Air Quality Using Alternate Emission Scenarios [Abstract] [Slides] Chris Nolte |
| 8:50 AM |
Rosenbrock Approach to the Treatment of Aqueous Chemistry in CMAQ [Abstract] [Slides] Annmarie G. Carlton |
Studying Climate-Air Quality Interactions using the Global-Through-Urban WRF/Chem [Abstract] Yang Zhang |
| 9:10 AM |
Modeling natural fine particle concentrations using the CMAQ Model with added treatments of reduced sulfur compounds [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] S. Mueller |
The effects of Climate Change to the Future Air Quality in United States [Abstract] [Slides] Yun-Fat Lam |
| 9:30 AM |
Application of CMAQ on Hemispheric Scales [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Russ Bullock |
Cost Analysis of Impacts of Climate Change on Regional Air Quality [Abstract] [Slides] Kuo-Jen Liao |
| 9:50 AM | Break | Break |
| 10:20 AM |
Recent Status of NEMS/NMMB-AQ Development [Abstract] [Slides] Youhua Tang |
Future Air Quality in Representative Concentration Pathway Scenarios: Relationships Between Economic Wellbeing and Air Quality [Abstract] [Slides] Jason West |
| 10:40 AM |
Enhance CMAQ performance to meet future challenges [Abstract] [Slides] David Wong |
Special Demonstration of VERDI [Abstract] Donna Schwede |
| Meteorological Modeling for Air Quality Applications Session, Chaired by Fei Chen (NCAR) | Impacts of Air Pollution on Ecological Systems Session, Chaired by Praveen Amar (NESCAUM) | |
| 11:00 AM |
Applications of the Integrated WRF/Urban Modeling System to Regional Air Quality [Abstract] [Slides] Fei Chen |
Modeled estimates of ecological impacts from the establishment of a U.S. Emissions Control Area (ECA) [Abstract] [Slides] Pat Dolwick |
| 11:20 AM |
Reducing Vertical Transport Over Complex Terrain in Photochemical Grid Models [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Christopher Emery |
Detroit Multi-pollutant Pilot Project [Abstract] [Slides] Karen Wesson |
| 11:40 AM |
Impacts of Meteorological Variations on YYFs (Relative Response Factors) in the Demonstration of Attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality for 8-hr O3 and PM2.5 [Abstract] [Slides] Yunhee Kim |
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| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Lunch |
| Air Quality Measurements and Observational Studies, Chaired by Neil Wheeler (Sonoma Tech) | Emissions Inventories, Models, and Processes, Chaired by Marc Houyoux (US EPA) | |
| 1:00 PM |
Ozonesonde Measurements At Ozone Non-Attainment Area [Abstract] [Slides] Segun Ogunjemiyo |
Impact of Emissions on intercontinental long range transport [Abstract] [Slides] Yang Gao |
| 1:20 PM |
Analysis and Application of Smoke Plume Rise Measurements [Abstract] Yongqiang Liu |
Enhancing SMOKE to create European emissions with focus on benzo[a]pyrene [Abstract] [Slides] Johannes Bieser |
| 1:40 PM |
Measurement and Modeling of Emissions of Reduced Sulfur Compounds from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Ian C. Rumsey |
Towards improved emissions inventories of soil NOx via model/satellite measurement intercomparisons [Abstract] [Slides] Heidi Plata |
| 2:00 PM |
The Sensitivity of U.S. Surface Ozone Formation to NOx and VOCs as Viewed from Space [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Bryan N. Duncan |
Assessing bi-directional ammonia (NH3) transport within vegetation canopies using the Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) model [Abstract] [Slides] Megan L. Gore |
| 2:20 PM | Break | Break |
| 2:50 PM |
NOx Emission Inversion Using the Adjoint of CMAQ [Abstract] [Slides] Farid Amid |
Impact of lightning-NO emissions on eastern United States photochemistry during the summer of 2004 as determinated using the CMAQ model [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Dale Allen |
| 3:10 PM |
Studying present day and future air quality in California using WRF, CMAQ and satellite data [Abstract] [Slides] Gregory Osterman |
Improvements in Emissions and Modeling of Organic Carbon and Semi-Volatile Organic Carbon from Onroad Vehicles. [Abstract] [Slides] Mark Janssen |
| 3:30 PM |
Use of OMI Data in Monitoring Air Quality Changes Resulting from NOx Emission Regulations over the United States [Abstract] [Slides] K. Pickering |
Constraining Anthropogenic Emissions of Fugitive Dust with Dynamic Transportable Fraction and Measurements [Abstract] [Slides] Daniel Tong |
| 3:50 PM |
Image Processing Tools for Meteorology and Air Quality Modeling and Preliminary Results [Abstract] [Slides] Limei Ran |
Using CMAQ to Evaluate Air Quality Impacts of Nano-Cerium Diesel Fuel Additives [Abstract] [Slides] Garnet B. Erdakos |
| 4:10 PM | Poster Session Air Quality and Climate Change William G. Benjey - Developing Alternate Anthropogenic Emission Scenarios for Investigating Future Air Quality [Abstract] [Slides]Susan Casper Anenberg - Impacts of Intercontinental Ozone Air Pollution on Human Mortality [Abstract] Christopher P. Loughner - Investigating the Use of a High Resolution WRF-URBAN CANOPY Model Simulation With CMAQ [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] Jessica Montanez - The Effects of Future Climate Change on the United States Energy Sector [Abstract] Steve Plachinski - Sensitivities of Ozone to Climate over the Continental United States [Abstract] Air Quality Measurements and Observational Studies Taciana T de A Albuquerque - Evaluation of CMAQ Inorganic Particle Simulations for So Paulo Using Measurement Data [Abstract]Zhuanshi He - Assessment of the Air Quality Effects of Nitrogen Dioxide in the National Capital Region of Canada by Combining Regional Chemical Transport Modeling with Satellite and Surface Measurements [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] James Kelley - Using GIS and GWR to compare PM2.5 Concentrations from Pollution Model Output and Satellite Data [Abstract] Iyad Kheirbek - Implementation of a program to assess neighborhood level variation in air quality in New York City [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] Roger Kwok - PM size distribution in southern China [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] Yun Park - Impact of Clouds and Precipitation on Sulfate predictions [Abstract] Nestor Rojas - Source Apportionment of PM10 at three urban sites of Bogota, Colombia [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] T. Kunhikrishnan - Sources, distribution and transport of aerosols over UAE, based on multiple satellites, in-situ observations and a regional meteorology model. [Abstract] [Slides] Neil Wheeler - The Arizona Construction Emissions Field Study [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Air Quality Modeling Applications Ming Tung Chuang - Initial Application of WRF/Chem-MADRID for Real-Time Air Quality Forecasting over the Southeastern United States [Abstract]Eun-Su Yang - Improving CMAQ air quality forecasts using satellite observations [Abstract] Emissions Inventories, Models, and Processes Erica Bickford - Modeling Impacts of Freight Modal Shifts on Regional Air Quality [Abstract]Luis Alonso Diaz-Robles - Modeling of the Biogenic Emissions using WRF/MCIP/MEGAN in the South of Chile [Abstract] [Slides] Enrique Gonzalez - TSP and PM10 Emissions Inventory for Open Pit Mining [Abstract] Li Jie - Impact of open crop residual burning for air quality of central east China in 2006 [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] David Mobley - Whats New in SPECIATE 4.2 [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Impacts of Air Pollution on Ecological Systems Enrique Gonzalez - Use of ISC, AERMOD and CALPUFF to evaluate air quality impact of point sources in a small city [Abstract]Kuo-Jen Liao - Optimization of Integrated Control Strategies for Regional Ozone and PM2.5 Reductions [Abstract] Kristen M. Olsen - Assessing the Impacts of Reduced SO2, NOx, and Agricultural Livestock NH3 Emissions on Air Quality in the Southeastern U.S. [Abstract] Instrumented Photochemical Modeling Kirk Baker - Multi-Pollutant and Photochemical Model Source Apportionment Modeling: Source Sectors to Single Sources [Abstract]Michael J. Burr - Source Apportionment of PM2.5 over the Eastern U.S. Using CMAQ [Abstract] Sharon Douglas - Application of the CMAQ Ozone and Particle Precursor Tagging Methodologies to Assess Air Quality Contributions from Oil & Gas Sources in the Western States [Abstract] Jie Li - Role of regional anthropogenic emissions in the summer surface ozone maximum in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau-modeling studies [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] Maryam Mirzajani - Adjoint Analysis of North American Intra-Continental Transport of Ozone [Abstract] S.L. Napelenok - Sources of Primary and Secondary Organic Carbon in Midwestern U.S. [Abstract] Matthew Russell - Analysis of differences between concentration and sensitivity fields of independent models [Abstract] Qi Ying - Source Contributions of Volatile Organic Compounds to Ozone Formation in Southeast Texas [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] Meteorological Modeling for Air Quality Applications Kirk Baker - An Evaluation of Photochemical Model estimated PM2.5 and ozone using MM5 and WRF inputs for the Western United States [Abstract] [Extended Abstract]Rob Gilliam - WRF Version 3.1 for Retrospective Air Quality Applications [Abstract] R. Pavlovic - The Impact of Meteorological Variability on the Modelling of Air Quality Scenarios [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Model Development Neil Davis - A Hybrid CMAQ and AERMOD Approach to Investigate the Impact of Airports on Local Air Quality [Abstract]Xin-Yi Dong - Simulating Transport and Fate of Agriculturally-Emitted Species using CMAQ [Abstract] Jerry Herwehe - A CMAQ and WRF/Chem Model Intercomparison for August 2006 [Abstract] [Slides] Eloy Vilchis - Using CFD to simulate particle dispersion and deposition [Abstract] Byeong-Uk Kim - Note on applications of geographical information in air quality modeling [Abstract] [Slides] Pius Lee - Profiling of the operational and experimental codes of the National Air Quality Forecast Capability running in NCEP power 6 IBM super computer [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Talat Odman - A sub-grid scale model for the treatment of biomass burning plumes in CMAQ [Abstract] [Slides] Donna Schwede - Recent Updates to the Visualization Environment for Rich Data Interpretation (VERDI) [Abstract] Jeff Young - Mass Consistency Improvements in CMAQ Advection [Abstract] [Slides] Model Evaluation and Analysis Saravanan Arunachalam - Multipollutant Modeling for the Middle East - An Initial Assessment of Outdoor Air Quality in the U.A.E. [Abstract]Prakash Bhave - Evaluation of the CMAQ Model for Size-Resolved PM Composition [Abstract] [Slides] George Delic - Analysis of CMAQ Performance on Quad Core Processors [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] Zuber Farooqui - Assessment of Dust Storms within UAE Using Observational Data and CMAQ-WRF Modeling Framework [Abstract] [Slides] Barron Henderson - Python-based Environment for Reaction Mechanisms [Abstract] Christian Hogrefe - Assessment of the relationship of ozone with emissions and meteorology by based on MM5/CMAQ long term simulations [Abstract] Chong Bum Lee - A Simulation of the Nighttime Ozone Episode occurred in Central Region of Korea Peninsular [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] Yu Morino - Urban-Scale Model Intercomparison for O3 and PM2.5 Simulation in Tokyo Metropolitan Area in Summer 2007 [Abstract] Harshal Parikh - Comparison of model-predicted concentrations with solution from an observation-based Differential-Algebraic Equation (DAE) system, for fast-reacting species. [Abstract] C. A. Stroud - Ozone and particle process-tracking using a high resolution air-quality model with comparisons to the BAQSMet field campaign [Abstract] Kai Wang - Evaluation of 2002 Multi-Pollutant Modeling Platform Using Satellite Measurements [Abstract] Neil Wheeler - The Smoke and Emissions Model Intercomparison Project [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Neil Wheeler - An Evaluation of Modeled Plume Rise with Satellite Data [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Matthew Woody - Secondary Organic Aerosol produced from Aircraft Emissions at the Atlanta Airport - An Advanced Diagnostic Investigation using Process Analyses [Abstract] | |
| 6:00 PM | Reception | |
| October 21, 2009 - Grumman Auditorium | ||
| Model Evaluation and Analysis Session, Chaired by Kenneth Schere (US EPA) | ||
| 8:30 AM |
Evaluation of CMAQ v4.7 Sulfate Predictions for 2002 - 2006 [Abstract] [Slides] K. Wyat Appel |
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| 8:50 AM |
Application of WRF-CMAQ Modeling System to Study of Urban and Regional Air Pollution in Bangladesh [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] M. A. Muntaseer Billah Ibn Azkar |
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| 9:10 AM |
Applications of Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model and Response Surface Model (RSM) in China [Abstract] [Slides] Carey Jang |
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| 9:30 AM |
Impacts of Istanbul Emissions on Regional Air quality: Quantification Using Model-3 Framework and Trajectory Analysis [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Huseyin Ozdemir |
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| 9:50 AM |
Evaluation of CMAQ Performance During the Rocky Mountain Atmospheric Nitrogen and Sulfur (RoMANS) Study [Abstract] [Slides] Uma Shankar |
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| 10:10 AM | Break | |
| 10:40 AM |
Secondary Organic Aerosol produced from Aircraft Emissions at the Atlanta Airport - An Advanced Diagnostic Investigation using Process Analyses [Abstract] [Slides] Matthew Woody |
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| 11:00 AM |
Evaluation and Application of AMSTERDAM [Abstract] [Slides] Eladio Knipping |
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| 11:20 AM |
The role of chemistry in upper troposphere NO2 under-predictions [Abstract] [Slides] Barron Henderson |
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| 11:40 AM |
A Comparison of Observed and Simulated Long-Term Ozone Fluctuations and Trends Over the Northeastern United States [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Christian Hogrefe |
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| 12:00 PM |
An Evaluation of CMAQ's Performance in the Planetary Boundary Layer and Free Troposphere Using Ozonesonde Soundings [Abstract] [Slides] Brian Eder |
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| 12:20 PM | Lunch, Trillium Room | |
| 1:20 PM |
Simulation of Wintertime High Ozone Concentrations in Southwestern Wyoming [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Ralph Morris |
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| 1:40 PM |
Process Analysis Techniques to investigate ozone production in regulatory simulations of Houston, TX [Abstract] [Slides] William Vizuete |
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| 2:00 PM |
Evaluation of sulfate simulations using CMAQ version 4.6 [Abstract] [Slides] Yuhang Wang |
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| 2:20 PM |
Sensitivity study of the response of sulfate aerosols to changes in primary sources [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Ariel Stein |
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| 2:40 PM | Break | |
| 3:10 PM |
Simulations with MM5-CMAQ and WRF/CHEM models of a high elevated PM10 and PM2.5 episode in Germany during Winter, 2003 [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Roberto San Jose |
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| 3:30 PM |
Evaluation of CMAQ for the Precursor-Specific Contributions to SOA in the Southeastern U.S. [Abstract] [Slides] Prakash Bhave |
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| 3:50 PM |
Anthropogenic Impacts on Organic Carbon during the 2007 BAQS-Met Field Study [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Craig Stroud |
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| 4:10 PM |
Investigation of OM/OC Using Ambient Measurements [Abstract] [Slides] Heather Simon |
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| 4:30 PM |
Modeling and Ambient Monitoring of Air Toxics in Corpus Christi, Texas [Abstract] [Extended Abstract] [Slides] Gary McGaughey |
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