2000 Annual Meeting Agenda

2000 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NOAA CLIMATE MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS LABORATORY

Boulder, Colorado
May 3 and 4

David Skaggs Research Building, Room GC 401
325 Broadway

AGENDA / ABSTRACTS

Wednesday, May 3

TIME TOPIC PAGE NUMBER
0815-0820 D. Hofmann - Welcome and Introduction
Session 1 Aerosols, Radiation, and Transport - J. Ogren
0820-0840 A. Jefferson (CMDL) - Measurements of Aerosol Hygroscopic Growth 1
0840-0900 J. M. Harris (CMDL) - CO and O3 Measurements at Cape Point 2
0900-0920 N. Tindale (Cape Grim) - The Non-Baseline Summer of 1998-1999 at Cape Grim 3
0920-0940 G. P. Anderson (CMDL/AFRL) -Modeling Thermal Radiative Fluxes at the Surface: MODTRAN4 and RRTM 4
0940-1000 J. M. Miller (WMO) - The WMO's Global Atmosphere Watch: Coordinating Long-Term Atmospheric Chemistry Monitoring in the New Millennium 5
1000-1020 Break
Session 2 Halocarbons - J. Elkins
1020-1040 G. S. Dutton (CMDL) - Results from New, In Situ Measurements of Methyl Bromide, Methyl Chloride, and HCFC-22 at NOAA Observatories 6
1040-1100 J. C. Low (Univ. of Calif., Irvine) - Atmospheric Methyl, Ethyl, and Propyl Halides in California and Over the Pacific Ocean 7
1100-1120 D. B. King (CMDL) - Oceanic Measurements of Halocarbons in the North Pacific Ocean in Support of Flux Calculations 8
1120-1140 F. L. Moore (CMDL) - Descent from the Mesosphere and Entrainment from the Stratosphere Observed in the Northern Vortex 9
1140-1200 E. A. Ray (CMDL) - New Airborne In Situ Trace Gas Measurements Reveal Large Scale Transport into the Lowermost Stratosphere 10
1200-1300 Lunch
Session 3 Carbon Cycle, Oxygen - R. Schnell
1300-1320 B. B. Stephens (CMDL) - Atmospheric O2 Measurements in Temperate Forests 11
1320-1340 R. J. Francey (CSIRO) - GLOBALHUBS - Global Quality Control for Long-Lived Trace Gas Measurements 12
1340-1400 K. Masarie (CMDL) - Challenges of Integrating Independent Atmospheric Data Records 13
1400-1420 P. S. Bakwin (CMDL) - Exchange of Carbon Dioxide Between the Atmosphere and a Forest in Northern Wisconsin, USA 14
1420-1440 K. J. Davis (Univ. of Minnesota) - Forging a link between AmeriFlux and GLOBALVIEW CO2 15
1440-1500 S. Oltmans (CMDL) - Increases in Water Vapor in the Stratosphere 16
1500-1800 Poster Session

Thursday, May 4, 2000

Session 4 Ozone Depletion - S. Oltmans
0800-0820 B. J. Johnson (CMDL) - Near-Record Low Ozone Profiles Measured at South Pole Station During the 1999 Ozone Hole 17
0820-0840 J. H. Butler (CMDL) - Sampling Firn Air for Atmospheric Halocarbons 18
0840-0900 S. A. Montzka (CMDL) - Present and Future Trends in the Atmospheric Burden of Ozone- Depleting Halogens 19
0900-0920 J. W. Elkins (CMDL) - Have We Observed the Propagation of the Peak of Chlorine into the Lower Stratosphere Where Ozone Loss Occurs? 20
0920-0940 D. Hurst (CMDL) - Chlorine and Ozone in the Arctic Polar Vortex During the 2000 SAGE-III Ozone Loss Validation Experiment (SOLVE) 21
0940-1000 B. J. Huebert (Univ. of Hawaii) - Comparing Models with MLO Sulfate Data: Just What Can You Learn from Observations at a Single Point? 22
1000-1020 Break
Session 5 Climate Forcing - P. Tans
1020-1040 L. Bruhwiler (CMDL) - Simulated Correlations of Atmospheric Trace Species and Implications for Lower Stratospheric Transport 23
1040-1100 S. Ryan (CMDL) - Climate Change and Atmospheric Tides at Mauna Loa Observatory 24
1100-1120 B. Bodhaine (CMDL) - Surface Solar Irradiance Related to Climate Forcing: An Example Derived from a Clear-Sky Transmission Record 25
1120-1140 R. F. Keeling (Scripps) - Interannual Variations in Carbon Sinks Deduced From Measurements of O2/N2 Ratio and the Concentration and Isotopic Composition of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide 26
1140-1200 E. J. Dlugokencky (CMDL) - The Growth Rate of Atmospheric Methane as a Constraint on its Budget 27
1200-1220 T. J. Conway (CMDL) - The CO2 Growth Rate and the Global Carbon Sink, 1979-1999 28
1220-1320 Lunch
1320-1330 R. Schnell - Introduction
1330-1400 Dave Evans - OAR's Role as "NOAA Research"
Session 6 Research Group Reports - J. Butler
1400-1415 R. Schnell - Observatory Operations: Recent Developments, Future Plans 29
1415-1430 R. Schnell for E. Dutton - Solar and Thermal Radiation in the Atmosphere: The Role of Observations in Climate Research 30
1430-1500 P. Tans - Figuring Out the Global Carbon Cycle 31
1500-1530 Break
1530-1600 J. Ogren - Current Aerosol Research at CMDL 32
1600-1630 S. J. Oltmans - Recent Developments on Ozone, Aerosol and Water Vapor Changes in the Stratosphere 33
1630-1700 J. Elkins - Overview of the Halocarbons and Other Atmospheric Trace Species (HATS) Group 34
1700 Adjourn