INTERNATIONAL AEROSOL MODELLING ALGORITHMS
(IAMA CONFERENCE)
The ARC - UC Davis
DECEMBER 5-7 2007
SPONSORED BY
The Air Quality Research Center, University of California Davis
The California Air Resources Board
EPRI
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5th
7:00- 8:00
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
The ARC Foyer
7:30 - 12
REGISTRATION
The ARC Foyer
8:00 - 8:15
Welcome and Introduction
The ARC Ballroom
Anthony Wexler, University of California, Davis
Ajith Kaduwala, California Air Resources Board
8:15 – 9:00
Title & Speaker TBA
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9:00 – 10:00
SESSION I – A
N2O5 + NO3 Experiments and Measurement
Chairs: Donald Dabdub, University of California Irvine
and Nicole Riemer, Stony Brook University
SESSION I – B
Thermodynamics - Inorganic/Water Content
Chairs: Anthony Wexler, University of California Davis and
Simon Clegg, University of East Anglia
Insights into the Rate of N2O5 Hydrolysis from its Direct
Atmospheric Observation
Steven Brown, University of Colorado Boulder
An Efficient and Accurate Aerosol Thermodynamics Module
in MOSAIC
Rahul Zaveri, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The NO3 Radical and the Chemistry of Organic Nitrate Aerosol
Ronald Cohen, University of California Berkeley
Microphysical Consistent Modeling of the Deliquescence and
Efflorescence Hysteresis (UHAERO)
Jiwen He, University of Houston
Chemistry of Nitrogen Species in the Nocturnal Urban
Boundary Layer: Insights from Field Observations and Simple
Modeling and Computation of Thermodynamics and Dynamics of
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Module Calculations
Jochen Stutz, University of California Los Angeles
Organic Aerosol Particles
Alexandre Caboussat, University of Houston
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10:00 – 10:30
BREAK
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10:30 – 12:00 SESSION II – A
N2O5 + NO3 – Modeling
Chairs: Donald Dabdub, University of California Irvine
and Nicole Riemer, Stony Brook University
SESSION II – B
Thermodynamics – Inorganics Continued
Chairs: Tony Wexler, University of California Davis and
Simon Clegg, University of East Anglia
Modeling and Numerical Issues Related to N2O5 Dynamics
Donald Dabdub, University of California Irvine
Quick, Dirty and Cheap Inorganic Aerosol Thermodynamics
K. Max Zhang, Cornell University
The Heterogeneous Hydrolysis of N2O5: Chemistry Versus
Meteorology
Nicole Riemer, Stony Brook University
Aerosol Thermodynamics of Potassium Salts and Water Content Near
the Eutectic
James Kelly, Environmental Protection Agency
A Comprehensive Parametrization of the Heterogeneous
Reaction Probability of N2O5 on Particles Containing
Ammonium, Sulfate, and Nitrate
Prakash Bhave, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Estimation of Gas/Particle Partitioning in Systems Containing Multiple
Inorganic and Organic Compounds: The Extended Aerosol Inorganics
Model
Simon Clegg, University of East Anglia
A New Aerosol Model for Chemical Transport Models (CTMs):
Modeling the Effects of Heterogeneous Chemistry on Atmospheric
Chemistry
Chao Wei and Gregory R. Carmichael, University of Iowa
Overview of the ISORROPIA Thermodynamic Model
Thanos Nenes, Georgia Tech
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12:00 – 1:30
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LUNCH
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1:30 – 3:00
SESSION III – A
SESSION III - B
Cloud/Fog Processing
Eladio Kipping, EPRI and Thanos Nenes, Georgia Tech
Thermodynamics – Organics
Chairs: Tony Wexler, University of California Davis and
Simon Clegg, University of East Anglia
Physically-Based Parameterization of Cloud Droplet Formation
Thanos Nenes, Georgia Tech
Title TBA
Constraining the Effect of Aerosol Composition on Cloud
Formation
Markus Petters, Colorado State University
Next Steps in the Thermodynamic Modeling of Gas/Particle
Partitioning of Organic Compounds in the Atmosphere
Neil M. Donahue, Carnegie Mellon University
James Pankow, Oregon Health & Science University
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Constraining the Effects of Composition and Mixing State on CCN
Activity, Droplet Growth Kinetics and Aerosol Indirect Effects
Thanos Nenes, Georgia Tech
A Thermodynamic Aerosol Module for a Non-Ideal, Phase-Separating
Mixture of Primary and Secondary Organic Compounds
Betty Pun, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.
Sensitivity of Cloud Microphysical Properties to Cloud
Nucleation Processes
Surabi Menon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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3:00 – 3:30
BREAK
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3:30 – 5:00
SESSION IV - A
Model: Plume in Grid
Chair: Eladio Knipping, EPRI, and Prakash Karamchandani
Atmospheric & Environmental Research, Inc.
SESSION IV – B
Secondary Organics – Global Scale
Chairs: Prakash Bhave, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
and David Simpson, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Prakash Karamchandani,.
Atmospheric & Environmental Research, Inc
Modeling Secondary Organic Aerosols: Current Achievements
and Future Challenges
Kostas Tsigaridis, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de
l’Environnement (LSCE)
Use of Hybrid Plume/Grid Modeling and Super Site Data
to Model PM2.5 in St. Louis
Ralph Morris, ENVIRON
Global Modeling of Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from
Aromatic Hydrocarbons: High- vs. Low-Yield Pathways
Daven Henze, Caltech
Title TBA
Modeling the Impact of Aerosol Formation to Particle and CCN
Concentrations on Regional and Global Scales
Tatu Anttila, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Plume-in-Grid Modeling for PM - A Parallel Approach
Irene Korsakissok, Centre d’Enseignement et de
Recherche en Environnement Atmospherique
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5:00 – 7:00
WELCOMING RECEPTION
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6th
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7:30 - 8:15
BREAKFAST
The ARC Foyer
8:15 – 10:00
SESSION V- A
SESSION V – B
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Model Structure: Sections, Modes, Moments
Chairs: Rahul Zaveri, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Karine Sartelet, CEREA
Secondary Organics – Regional Scale
Chairs: Prakash Bhave, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
and David Simpson, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Variable Moment General Dynamic Equations for Global and
Regional Aerosol Modeling
Boris Grits, University of California Davis
Modeling Carbonaceous Aerosol in Europe: Comparisons with
Measurements
David Simpson, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
The Sectional and Modal Aerosol Models SIREAM and MAM
in the Air Quality Platform Polyphemus: Common Features and
Differences
Karine Sartelet, CEREA
Modeling the Contribution of SOA in Australian Air Pollution Events from Smog Chamber to Airshed
Martin Cope, CSIRO
Application of Moment-Sectional Algorithms to Emerging
Problems in Aerosol Science
Peter Adams, Carnegie Mellon University
Evaluation of New Approaches to Modeling Atmospheric Organic
Particulate Matter in CAMx
Bonyoung Koo, ENVIRON International Corporation
New Developments in the Quadrature Method of Moments
(QMOM) Approach to Aerosol Simulation
Robert McGraw, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Modeling of Carbonaceous Aerosols with CHIMERE – Focus on
Secondary Organic Aerosols
Bertrand Bessagnet, L'Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et
des Risques
A Mode Merging Algorithm for Modal Models
Evan Whitby, Chimera Technologies, Inc.
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10:00 – 10:30 BREAK
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10:30 – 12:00 SESSION VI – A
Model Structure: Hybrid and Fully Dynamic
Chairs: Rahul Zaveri, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Karine Sartelet, CEREA
Equilibrium, Dynamic, and Hybrid Approaches for Atmospheric
Aerosol Modeling
Bonyoung Koo, ENVIRON
Dynamic Gas-Particle Partitioning in the UCD Aerosol
Module
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SESSION VI – B
Secondary Organics – Kinetics
Chairs: Prakash Bhave, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
and David Simpson, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
The Rise and Fall of Organic Aerosol Mass: Oxidation Giveth and
Oxidation Taketh Away
Neil M. Donahue, Carnegie Mellon University
Max Zhang, Cornell University
Explicit Modelling of the SOA/VOC/NOx System
Bernard Aumont, Universite de Paris
A Solution to the Problem of Nonequilibrium Acid/Base
Development of a Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation Mechanism:
Comparison with Smog Chamber Experiments and Atmospheric
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Gas-Particle Transfer at Long Time Step
Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford University
Measurements
Luis Olcese, University of Michigan
An Efficient Algorithm for Dynamic Gas-Particle Partitioning
In MOSAIC
Rahul Zaveri, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Validation of Soot Aging Models with Particle-Resolved Simulations
Nicole Riemer, Stony Brook University
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12:00 – 1:30
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LUNCH
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1:30 – 3:00
SESSION VII – A
Parallel Processing Issues
Chairs: Mike Kleeman, University of California Davis
and Donald Dabdub, University of California Irvine
SESSION VII – B
Secondary Organics – Miscellaneous Processes
Chairs: Prakash Bhave, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
and David Simpson, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Efficient Parallel Methods for the Advection of Large Numbers
of Species in Air Quality Models
Mike Kleeman, University of California Davis
SOA Model by Partitioning and Heterogeneous Reactions in the
Presence of Inorganic Species
Myoseon Jang, University of Florida
Donald Dabdub, University of California Irvine
Organic Aerosols in the Air Quality Platform Polyphemus:
Oxidation Pathways, Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Partitioning and
Oligomerization
Edouard Debry, CEREA
A Parallel Program Building Block
David Wong, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Lumped Composition Aerosol (LCA) Module for Simulating
Composition Effects on SOA Formation
Frank Bowman, University of North Dakota
Title TBA
Three Types of Secondary Organic Aerosol Yields Based on the
Gas/Aerosol Partitioning Theory and Their Relevance to Modelling
Organic Aerosol Formation
Weimin Jiang, National Research Council of Canada
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3:00 – 3:30
BREAK
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3:30 – 5:00
SESSION VIII - A
WRF- Chem + Aerosols
Chair: Georg Grell, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
SESSION VIII - B
Secondary Organics – In-Cloud Formation
Chairs: Prakash Bhave, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
and David Simpson, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Overview of WRF-Chem
CMAQ Parameterization of Cloud-Produced
Secondary Organic Aerosol
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Georg Grell, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ann Marie Carlton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Implementation of Aerosol-Radiation-Cloud-Chemistry
Interactions in WRF-Chem
Bill Gustafson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Simulating Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Cloud
Processng of Organic Compounds in CMAQ-MADRID
Jianjun Chen, University of California Davis [Abstract #12]
Comparison of Real Time PM 2.5 Forecast Model Results with
Aircraft Data from TexAQS-2006 Field Study
Stuart McKeen , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Chemical Processes in Cloud Droplets as Source of Secondary
Organic Aerosol
Barbara Ervens, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration
The Aerosol Modeling Test Bed: A Proposed Tool to Facilitate
Improved Aerosol Process Models
Jerome Fast, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7th
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7:45- 8:30
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
The ARC Foyer
8:30 – 10:00
SESSION IX - A
WRF- Chem + Aerosols CONTINUED
Chair: Georg Grell, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
SESSION IX – B
Source Oriented
Chairs: Mike Kleeman, University of California Davis and
Ted Russell, Georgia Tech
Sensitivity Tests of CCN-Cloud Droplet Number Using a Newly
Developed WRF Microphysics Scheme on Various Case Studies
Greg Thompson, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Regional Source Apportionment of Airborne Particulate Matter
In Central California Using a Source-Oriented Air Quality Model
Qi Ying, Texas A&M
Inter-comparison of Forecasted Aerosol Formation by CMAQ
and WRF-Chem
William R. Stockwell, Howard University
Primary Source Apportionment
Antony Chen, Desert Research Institute
Current and Future Aerosol Studies Using WRF-Chem
Mary Barth, The National Center for Atmospheric Research
TITLE TBA
Sergey Napelenok, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dan Cohan, Rice University
Developing Data Assimilation Capabilities in WRF-Chem
Greg Carmichael, University of Iowa
TITLE TBA
(invited)
Karla Longo, Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos
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10:00 – 10:15 BREAK
10:15 – 12:00 WRAP-UP AND NEXT STEPS
Anthony Wexler, University of California, Davis
Ajith Kaduwala, California Air Resources Board
POSTERS
1 - The Importance of Aerosol Water for Air Pollution Effects on Weather and Climate - A New Concept
S. Metzger, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
2 - Statistics of Volumes, Swept by Non- Spherical Particles in a Turbulent Flow
B. Grits, M. Pinsky and A. Khain, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
3 - Comparison of CMAQ Aerosol Predictions by Two Thermodynamic Modules: UHAERO vs. ISORROPIA
Fang-Yi Cheng, Andrey Martynenko, Daewon Byun and Jiwen He, University of Houston
4 - Developing Sectional Aerosol Models for Modelling UK Atmospheric Aerosol
Michael K. Bane, Douglas Lowe & Gordon B. McFiggans, University of Manchester
5 - Investigation of the Influence of Microphysical Assumptions on Aerosol Chemistry Systems
Douglas Lowe, David Topping, & Gordan McFiggans, University of Manchester
6 - Emissions Sensitivities for PM Components for a Rural Site in the United Kingdom Using a
Photochemical Trajectory Model
R.G. Derwent rdscientific
7 - Characterization of Aerosols in U.S Southwest Cities Using an Inverse Reconstruction Model to
Retrieve Aerosol Size Distribution from Optical Depth Data
Rosa Fitzgerald and Javier Polanco, University of Texas and William Stockwell, Howard University
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