2001 Annual Meeting Agenda

2001 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NOAA CLIMATE MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS LABORATORY

Boulder, Colorado
May 16 and 17

David Skaggs Research Building, Room GC 401
325 Broadway

AGENDA / ABSTRACTS

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TIME TOPIC
   
0830-0840 D. Hofmann - Welcome and Introduction
0840-0910 Keynote Address: The Coupled Tropospheric Chemistry, Carbon Exchange, Climate Problem: A Low-Cost, Airborne, Integrated Technology Approach - J. Anderson (Harvard University)
   
  Session 1 Overview - Research Group Reports - R. Schnell
(Presenter's name only is given, see abstract for complete author listing)
0910-0930 Observatories Overview - R. Schnell (CMDL)
0930-0950 Current Topics in Solar and Thermal Atmospheric Radiation Measurements: The STAR Group Overview - E. Dutton (CMDL)
0950-1010 Current Aerosol Research at CMDL - J. Ogren (CMDL)
   
1010-1030 Break
   
1030-1050 Recent Research Developments in the Ozone and Water Vapor Group - S. Oltmans (CMDL)
1050-1110 Highlights of the Halocarbons and other Atmospheric Trace Species (HATS) Group - J. Elkins (CMDL)
1110-1130 Atmospheric Measurements of the Global Carbon Cycle - P. Tans (CMDL)
   
1130-1300 Lunch
   
  Session 2 Ozone - S. Oltmans
1300-1320 Determination of Total Column Ozone at the South Pole with Measurements from the NSF UV Spectroradiometer: Comparison with CMDL Dobson and NASA TOMS Measurements, and Effect of Ozone Profiles on Ozone Retrievals - G. Bernhard (Biospherical Instruments Inc)
1320-1340 A New Method for Describing Long-Term Changes in Total Ozone - J. Harris (CMDL)
1340-1400 Ozonesonde Intercomparison Results from JOSIE 2000 - B. Johnson (CMDL)
   
  Session 3 Halocarbons - J. Elkins
1400-1420 Descent and Anomalous Mixing in the 1999-2000 Northern Vortex - E. Ray (NOAA/AL)
1420-1440 Maximum Path Height Distributions: A Measurable Quantity Independent of Mean Age and Age Distributions for Model Comparisons - F. Moore (CMDL)
   
1440-1500 Break
   
1500-1800 Poster Session

Thursday, May 17

TIME TOPIC
  Session 3 Halocarbons (Continued) - J. Elkins
0830-0850 Evaluation of HATS Calibrations Scales: Is the Micro-Tube Gravimetric Method Reliable? - B. Hall (CMDL)
0850-0910 Global Trends and Interannual Variability of Atmospheric CH3Br and CH3Cl - S. Montzka (CMDL)
0910-0930 Measurements of the Ozone-Depleting Chemicals Regulated by the Montreal Protocol - J. Elkins (CMDL)
0930-0950 Collection and Analysis of Firn Air from the South Pole, 2001 - J. Butler (CMDL)
   
0950-1010 Break
   
  Session 4 Observatory - E. Dutton
1010-1030 Nonmethane Hydrocarbon Measurements at Samoa and Barrow - D. Blake (Univ. of Calif., Irvine)
1030-1050 Tamanrasset/Assekrem GAW Station - A. Kirouane (Algeria)
1050-1110 Planned Major Upgrades to Facilities at Cape Grim - N. Tindale (Cape Grim, Australia)
1110-1130 NILU's Climate Related Observations at the Zeppelin Mountain Station in Ny-Ålseund, Spitsbergen - F. Stordal (NILU, Norway)
   
1130-1300 Lunch
   
  Session 5 Aerosols, Radiation& Transport - J. Ogren
1300-1320 Springtime Deposition Rates of Atmospheric Mercury at Barrow, Alaska Followed by Partial Re-emission at Snowmelt - S. Brooks (NOAA ATD, Oak Ridge, TN)
1320-1340 UAF/Frontier Snowfall/Blowing Snow Observations at Barrow CMDL: Research Plan and Preliminary Results - D. Yang (Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks)
1340-1400 Comparison of Narrow-Band and High-Resolution UV Radiometers at Barrow, Alaska - R. Tatusko (CMDL)
1400-1420 Direct Measurement of Speciated Size-Resolved Organic Aerosols at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii, Spring 2001 - T. Cahill (Univ. of Calif., Davis)
1420-1440 CMDL Aerosol and Radiation Measurements During ACE-Asia - A. Jefferson (CMDL)
   
1440-1500 Break
   
  Session 6 Carbon Cycle - P. Tans
1500-1520 Recent Variations in the Atmospheric CO2 Growth Rate - T.Conway (CMDL)
1520-1540 Estimated Interannual Variability of CO2 Fluxes During the 1990s - L. Bruhwiler (CMDL)
1540-1600 Can a Decrease in Anthropogenic Methane Emissions From the Former Soviet Union be Seen in the 12-Year (1988-2000) Continuous Methane Record at Alert, Canada? - D. Worthy (MES, Canada)
1600-1620 Contributions of Emission from Biomass Burning in High Northern Latitudes to Interannual Variations in Atmospheric CO2, CH4, and CO - E. Kasichke (Univ. of Maryland)
1620-1640 CO2 Measurements at Pallas-Sodankylä GAW-Station, Finland - Y. Viisianen (FMI, Finland)
1640-1700 Continental-Scale Trace-gas Measurements over the United States during COBRA 2000 - J. Miller (CMDL)
1630-1700 Results from the First Year of Atmospheric O2 Measurements at the WLEF Tall-Tower Site - B. Stephens (CMDL)
   
1730 Director's Award Ceremony and BBQ Dinner (David Skaggs Research Center Cafeteria)