NOAA ESRL 2008 Global Monitoring Annual Conference
2008 NOAA ESRL GLOBAL MONITORING ANNUAL CONFERENCE

David Skaggs Research Center, Room GC-402 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305 May 14 and May 15, 2008

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 AGENDA

(Only presenter's name is given; see abstract for complete author listing.)

 

• Session 1 Setting the Stage – R.C. Schnell (ESRL)

0830-0840 Welcome and Introduction – J.H. Butler (ESRL) - Presentation
0840-0900 Climate Feedbacks and Information for Policymakers – A.E. MacDonald (ESRL)
0900-0920 A New Look at Anthropogenic Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide – D.J. Hofmann (University of Colorado/CIRES) - Presentation Abstract
0920-0940 How High Could CO Go? – P.P. Tans (ESRL) - Presentation Abstract
0940-1000 Continued Permafrost Warming in Northern Alaska, 2007 Update – G.D. Clow (U.S. Geological Survey) - Presentation Abstract
1000-1030 System S – O. Verscheure (IBM) - Abstract

• 1030-1050 Break

• Session 2 Carbon Cycle 1 – G. Petron (University of Colorado/CIRES)

1050-1110 A Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model Approach for Evaluating CarbonTracker – A. Andrews (ESRL) - Presentation Abstract

1110-1130 Total Column Carbon Observing Network: Variability in Total Column CO2 and CO – G. Keppel-Aleks (California Institute of Technology) - Presentation Abstract

1130-1150 Bridging Carbon Cycling and Air Quality Studies Using Atmospheric 14CO2 – J.B. Miller (University of Colorado/CIRES) - Presentation Abstract
1150-1210 Quantifying Regional GHG Emissions from Atmospheric Measurements: HFC-134a at Trinidad Head– R.F. Weiss (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) - Presentation Abstract

• 1210-1300 Lunch

• Session 3 Carbon Cycle 2 – A. Karion (University of Colorado/CIRES)

1300-1320 Thirty Years of Global Atmospheric Methane and EthaneMonitoring: What Can Ethane Teach Us About Methane?–I.J. Simpson (UC-Irvine) - Presentation Abstract
1320-1340 Causes of the Anomalous Atmospheric CH4 Growth Rate During 2007 – L. Bruhwiler (ESRL) - Presentation Abstract
1340-1400 Looking Down the Tail Pipe of North America: A Case Study for the Use of Offshore Towers to Constrain the North American Carbon Budget– C. Sweeney (University of Colorado/CIRES) - Presentation Abstract
1400-1420 Assessing Terrestrial Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change from Analysis of the Shape and Amplitude of the Seasonal Cycle of Atmospheric CO2– C. Nevison (National Center for Atmospheric Research) - Presentation Abstract
1420-1440 Progress of the Greenhouse Gases Monitoring Programme by the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and Cooperative Projects– L.X. Zhou (Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences) - Presentation Abstract


• 1440-1500 Break

• Session 4 David J. Hofmann Recognition Session – J.H. Butler (ESRL)

 

1500-1520 David Hofmann’s Pioneering Observations of Stratospheric Volcanic Aerosols – A. Robock (Rutgers) -Presentation Abstract

1520-1540 Stratospheric Aerosol from Pole to Pole: Balloonborne In Situ Observations – T. Deshler (University of Wyoming) - Presentation Abstract

1540-1600 Increases in Stratospheric Aerosols – J.E. Barnes (ESRL) - Presentation Abstract

1600-1620 Stratospheric Ozone Changes from Five Decades of Ground-Based Observations – S.J. Oltmans (ESRL) - Presentation Abstract

1620-1640 Recent Accelerated Growth Observed for HCFCs in the Atmosphere – S.A. Montzka (ESRL) - Presentation Abstract

1640-1700 Integrating NOAA’s Climate Forcing Observations – The NOAA Annual Greenhouse Gas Index– J.H. Butler (ESRL) - Presentation Abstract

 

• 1800-2100 David J. Hofmann Retirement Dinner (Carelli’s Restaurant, 645 30th Street, Boulder, 6:00 PM - 9:00PM)

 
 
 
 
 
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 AGENDA

(Only presenter's name is given; see abstract for complete author listing.)

 

• Session 5 Radiation and Aerosols – J.A. Augustine (ESRL)

0830-0850 Observationally Closing the Gap between Climate Radiative Forcing and Changes in Radiation Climate – E.G. Dutton (ESRL) - Presentation Abstract

0850-0910 Development and Implementation of a Variational Cloud Retrieval Scheme for the Measurements of the SURFRAD Observation System – S.J. Cooper (ESRL) - Presentation Abstract

0910-0930 Comparison of UV-RSS Spectral Measurements and TUV Model Runs for the May 2003 ARM Aerosol Intensive Observation Period – J.J. Michalsky (ESRL) - Presentation Abstract

0930-0950 Comparison of Aerosol Vertical Profiles from Spaceborne Lidar with In Situ Measurements– J.A. Ogren (ESRL) -Presentation Abstract

0950-1010 Elemental and Organic Carbon Measurements in Fine PM from Urban to Rural to Background Air Over Canada: Understanding Human Impacts on Atmospheric Compositions – L. Huang (Env. Canada) - Presentation Abstract

 

• 1010-1030 Break

• Session 6 International Programs and Measurements – T.J. Conway (ESRL)

 

1030-1050 Atmospheric Monitoring of the Malaysian Meteorological Department, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia – L.L. Kwok (Malaysian Meteorological Department) - Presentation Abstract

1050-1110 GAW Activities at Empa – J. Klausen (Empa Dübendorf) - Presentation Abstract

1110-1130 Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the WMO-GAW-VOC Network – R. Steinbrecher (IMK-IFU) - Presentation Abstract

1130-1150 Climate Variability in the Region of Future Tiksi Hydrometeorological Observatory from a new Digital Archive of Meteorological Data, Sakha Republic, Russia – A. Makshtas (Roshydromet) - Presentation Abstract

1150-1210 Observations of Mercury Species and Halogens at Summit, Greenland – S.B. Brooks (NOAA ATTD) - Presentation Abstract

 

• 1210-1300 Lunch

• Session 7 Halocarbons and Hydrocarbons – S.A. Montzka (ESRL)

 

1300-1320 In Situ Ground and Aircraft Observations of Carbonyl Sulfide (COS): Evidence for Uptake – J.W. Elkins (ESRL) - Presentation Abstract

1320-1340 Selected Results from Trace Gas Inter-Comparisons between AGAGE In Situ and NOAA Flask Data – P.B. Krummel (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)) - Presentation Abstract

1340-1400 Measurements of Light Alkanes (C2-C4) in Firn Air at Summit, Greenland and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide: Is There Evidence for a Recent Decline in Polar Tropospheric Levels? M. Aydin (UC-Irvine) - Presentation Abstract

1400-1420 Identifying and Quantifying Sources of Halogenated Greenhouse Gases Using Lagrangian Dispersion Methods – M. Maione (University of Urbino) - Presentation Abstract

 

• 1420-1440 Break

• Session 8 Ozone – B.J. Johnson (ESRL)

 

1440-1500 Stratospheric Air Sampled at the Surface at Mauna Loa Observatory – G.S. Dutton (University of Colorado/CIRES) - Presentation Abstract

1500-1520 Primary Study on the Characteristics of Trace Gases in a Clean Area of North China – B. Jianhui (Chinese Academy of Sciences) - Presentation Abstract

1520-1540 Ozone Chemistry and Transport Along a 2000 meter Altitude Gradient in the Colorado Front Range from Twelve Surface Sites and Balloon Sonde Observations – D. Helmig (University of Colorado/INSTAAR) - Presentation Abstract

1540-1600 The Short-Term and Long-Term Stratospheric and Tropospheric Ozone Variability Available from Zenith Sky Measurements – I. Petropavlovskikh (University of Colorado/CIRES) - Presentation Abstract

• 1615-1845 Poster Session (Room GC-402) -Refreshments will be served (Snacks and Wine)