Global Monitoring Division

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

0830-0840

Welcome and Introduction – D.J. Hofmann (ESRL/GMD)

Session 1

Highlights 1 – J.H. Butler

0840-0900

Some Recent Scientific Results from the AGAGE Network – R.G. Prinn (MIT, Boston, MA)

0900-0920

What Can the Mauna Loa CO2 Record Tell Us? – P.P. Tans (ESRL/GMD)

0920-0940

The Atmospheric Perspective of Carbon Dioxide Exchange Across North America: CarbonTracker – W. Peters (CIRES/GMD)

0940-1000

Quantifying Canada’s Methane Budget Using Atmospheric Methane Measurements and Modeling – D. Worthy (Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

1000-1020

Do We Understand Recent Trends in Atmospheric CH4? - E.J. Dlugokencky (ESRL/GMD)

1020-1040

Break

Session 2

Highlights 2 – J.W. Elkins

1040-1100

Trace Gas Measurements from the Unmaned Aerial System (UAS) Altair – D.F. Hurst (CIRES/GMD)

1100-1120

Long-Term Records of Dust Transport over the North Atlantic Ocean Based on Measurements Made at Island Station – J.M. Prospero (University of Miami, Miami, FL)

1120-1140

A Web-Based Interactive Atmospheric Data Visualization Tool: Near Real-Time Access to Data from the NOAA ESRL Carbon Cycle Observing Network – K.A. Masarie (ESRL/GMD)

1140-1200

A Consistent Picture of Inter-Annual Variations in Tropospheric OH during 1998-2006 as Inferred from Observations of Methyl Chloroform, Methane, and Other Trace Gases – S.A. Montzka (ESRL/GMD)

1200-1300

Lunch

Session 3

Carbon Cycle: Towers, Fluxes, Methane and Non-Methane Hydrocarbons – P.P. Tans

1300-1320

Recent Results from the NOAA/ESRL Tall Tower Network – A.E. Andrews (ESRL/GMD)

1320-1340

The Footprint of CO2 Fluxes from a Joint Ocean Atmosphere Inversion on Atmospheric CO2 and 13C/12C Ratios in CO2 – S.E. Mikaloff-Fletcher (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ)

1340-1400

Increasing Wetland Emissions of Methane from a Warmer Arctic: Do We See it Yet? – L.M. Bruhwiler (ESRL/GMD)

1400-1420

First Results of Non-Methane Hydrocarbon Monitoring in Flask Samples from the NOAA Cooperative Air Sampling Network – D. Helmig (INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder)

1420-1440

Break

Session 4

Ozone and Mystery Aerosol in the Stratosphere – J.J. Michaslsky

1440-1500

Ozonesonde Minimum Record Nearly Falls at South Pole Station during the 2006 Ozone Hole – B.J. Johnson (ESRL/GMD)

1500-1520

North Pacific Marine Tropospheric Ozone at the West Coast of North America: Review of Long-Term Springtime Trends – D.D. Parrish (ESRL/CSD)

1520-1540

Seasonal and Episodic Variations in Tropospheric Ozone over North America – S.J. Oltmans (ESRL/GMD)

1540-1600

Mauna Loa Mystery Cloud-II (2006) and a Comparison of the GMD Historical and Current Atmospheric Transmission and Aerosol Optical Depth Measurements – E.G. Dutton (ESRL/GMD)

1600-1800

Poster Session (Room GB-124 and G-Level Atrium)

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Session 5

International Monitoring Programs 1 – R.C. Schnell

0830-0850

Climate Altering Trace Gases at Mt. Cimone, Northern Apennines, Italy – M. Maione (University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy)

18

0850-0910

GEOSummit Baseline Measurement Results and Long-Term Plans – R. Banta (DRI, Reno, NV)

19

0910-0930

Cooperative China-U.S. Greenhouse Gases and Related Tracers Measurements Program – L.X. Zhou (Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, PRC)

20

0930-0950

Climate Altering Trace Gases at the ABC-Pyramid Laboratory, Himalayan-Karakorum Range, Nepal – P. Cristofanelli (National Research Council, Bologna, Italy)

21

0950-1010

Evaluating the Influence of Terrestrial Emissions on Offshore Air Composition Using Radon-222 Observations at Cape Grim, Tasmania – W. Zahorowski (ANSTO, Australia)

22

1010-1030

Break

Session 6

International Monitoring Programs 2 – J.A. Ogren

1030-1050

The WMO-GAW World Calibration Centre for Surface Ozone, Carbon Monoxide and Methane: Activities during the Last 10 Years with a Focus on Carbon Monoxide – C. Zellweger (Swiss Meteorological Agency, Dubendorf, Switzerland)

23

1050-1110

Aerosol Optical Variability as Measured at Cape Point (340S, 180E), South Africa

– C. Labuschagne (South African Weather Service, Stellenbosch, South Africa

24

1110-1130

Monitoring of UV-B Radiation and Ozone Column in the Republic of Panama – A. Pino (University of Panama, El Cangrejo, Republic of Panama

25

1130-1150

Lulin Atmospheric Background Station (LABS) in Taiwan – N.H. Lin (National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan)

26

1150-1210

Overview of the SOWER Campaigns 2006 and 2007: Dehydration and Transport in the Tropical Tropopause Layer and Lower Stratosphere During the Boreal Winter – H. Vömel (CIRES/GMD)

27

1210-1310

Lunch

Session 7

New Directions 1 – E.G. Dutton

1310-1330

Increased Atmospheric Growth Rates of the CFC Substitutes, the HCFCs, and Their Implications on International Protocols – J.W. Elkins (ESRL/GMD)

28

1330-1350

The Annual Climatology of the CO2 Profiles over North America Derived from the NOAA/ESRL Aircraft Network – C. Sweeney (CIRES/GMD)

29

1350-1410

Changes in Concentration and Isotopic Composition of CO2 in Air in Pasadena, CA, Between 1972 and 2003 – S. Newman (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA)

30

1410-1430

Estimated Monthly Global Emissions of Anthropogenic CO2 and Their Impact on Calculated Atmospheric CO2 – T.J. Blasing (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN)

31

1430-1450

The Spatial Sampling Approach for Orbiting Carbon Observatory Measurements: Strategies of Validation of OCO Measurements Against Surface Networks – D. Crisp (Caltech, Pasadena, CA)

32

1450-1510

Break

Session 8

New Directions 2 – S.J. Oltmans

1510-1530

Intercomparison of ESRL/GMD In Situ Aircraft and Matched CO2 Retrievals from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) – E. Maddy (QSS Group, Lanham, MD)

33

1530-1550

Anions, Cations and Carbonaceous Aerosols at MLO – B.J. Huebert (University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI)

34

1550-1610

A Free Tropospheric Observatory on the West Coast of the United States: The Mt. Bachelor, Oregon, Observatory – D. Jaffe (University of Washington, Bethell, WA)

35

1610-1630

Fine Spatial Resolution Global CO2 Flux Estimates from Remote Sensing Derived Environmental Data Within a Geostatistical Inverse Model – A.M. Michalak (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)

36

1630-1650

Radiative Forcing of the First Aerosol Indirect Effect – A. McComiskey (CIRES/GMD)

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