2003 Annual Meeting Agenda

2003 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NOAA CLIMATE MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS LABORATORY

Boulder, Colorado
April 30 and May 1

David Skaggs Research Building, Room GC 401
325 Broadway

Directions from Denver International Airport

AGENDA

Wednesday, April 30

TIME TOPIC
   
0845-0855 Welcome and Introduction - D. Hofmann
0855-0940 Keynote Address: Pacific Plus: An Essential Addition to the Global Observing System - A.E. (Sandy) MacDonald (NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Director)
(Also an introduction to the tour of Science on a Sphere at 1600 Wednesday)
   
  Session 1: Global Observations - R. Schnell
   
0940-1000 Challenges Facing Global Measurements of Atmospheric Composition - L.A. Barrie (WMO, Switzerland)
   
1000-1030 Break
   
1030-1050 The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) - M.J. Manton (BMRC, Australia)
1050-1110 Characterization of the Air Masses Reaching Cape Point Using 222Rn as Tracer - E.-G. Brunke (South African Weather Service)
1110-1130 Introducing the WMO GAW World Calibration Centre for Nitrous Oxide - H.E. Scheel (FZK, Germany)
   
1130-1300 Lunch
   
  Session 2: Global Observations (Continued) - E. Dutton
   
1300-1320 CMDL Baseline Observatory Facilities and Future Plans: A View from Spring 2003 - R. Schnell (CMDL)
1320-1340 Trinidad Head After One Year - J.H. Butler (CMDL)
  Results from the Trinidad Head Site During the ITCT-2K2 Field Study - D.D. Parrish (NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory)
 
1400-1420 Break
   
  Session 3: Global Observations (Continued) - J. Butler
   
1420-1440 Core Atmospheric Measurements at the Summit, Greenland Environmental Observatory - R.C. Bales (Univ. of Arizona)
1440-1500 Fine Aerosols at Mauna Loa Observatory during ACE-Asia, Spring 2001- T.A. Cahill (Univ. of California)
1500-1520 Uncertainty and Bias of Surface Ozone Measurements at Selected Global Atmosphere Watch Sites - J. Klausen (EMPA, Switzerland)
1520-1540 Improvements in the CMDL Trajectory Model - J.M. Harris (CMDL)
1540-1600 Boundary Layer Aerosol Measurements Using a Bistatic CCD Camera Lidar - J.E. Barnes (CMDL/MLO)
   
1600-1630 Tour of Science on a Sphere
   
1630-1830 Poster Session (Room GB-124)

Thursday, May 1

TIME TOPIC
  Session 4: Carbon Cycle - P. Tans
   
0830-0850 The Latitude Gradients of CO2 and 13C/12C - P. Tans (CMDL)
0850-0910 Interannual Variation in the Atmospheric CO2 Growth Rate - T.J. Conway (CMDL)
0910-0930 Is the Global Oceanic Carbon Sink Shrinking? - J.B. Miller (CIRES, CMDL)
0930-0950 Global Carbon Flux Estimates from 1980 to 2001 - L. Bruhwiler (CMDL)
   
0950-1020 Break
   
1020-1040 The Annual Cycle of Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions from the United States - T.J. Blasing (Oak Ridge Nat. Lab.)
1040-1100 Annual Carbon Dioxide Cycle at a Boreal Site in Finland - T. Aalto (Finnish Met. Inst.)
1100-1120 13C Isotopic Composition of CO2 in the Tropopause Region as Measured by CARIBIC - C.A.M. Brenninkmeijer (Max Planck Inst. for Chemistry, Germany)
1120-1140 Are Emissions Inventories Consistent with Recent Observations of Atmospheric CH4? - E.J. Dlugokencky (CMDL)
   
1140-1300 Lunch
   
  Session 5: Halocarbons - J. Elkins
   
1300-1320 Overview of 2002 Activities and Future Plans of the Halocarbons and other Atmospheric Trace Species (HATS) Group of CMDL - J.W. Elkins (CMDL)
1320-1340 A Decline in Ozone-Depleting Organic Bromine - S.A. Montzka (CMDL)
1340-1400 Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Substances in the Trans-Siberian Railway Corridor During Summer 2001 - D.F. Hurst (CIRES, CMDL)
1400-1420 The Impact of Tasmanian Biology on the Emission of Methyl Halides - J.M. Cainey (Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station, Tasmania)
   
1420-1440 Break
   
  Session 6: Aerosols and Radiation - J. Ogren
   
1440-1500 Highlights of Aerosol Research at CMDL - J.A. Ogren (CMDL)
1500-1520 Measurements of Aerosol Optical Properties from Gosan, South Korea - A. Jefferson (CIRES, CMDL)
1520-1540 Cloud Characteristics Determined from Solar Irradiance Data - E. Dutton (CMDL)
1540-1600 Asian Dust Signatures at Barrow: Observed and Simulated - G. Anderson (USAF, CMDL)
   
1600-1620 Break
   
  Session 7: Ozone - S. Oltmans
   
1620-1640 Recent Research in the CMDL Ozone and Water Vapor Group - S.J. Oltmans (CMDL)
1640-1700 What Processes Determine Surface Ozone in Polar Regions? - D. Helmig (Univ. of Colorado, INSTAAR)
1700-1720 Ozone Profiles Measured at South Pole Station During the 2002 Ozone Hole - B.J. Johnson (CMDL)
   
1800 Dinner at Southern Sun Pub and Brewery, 607 S. Broadway (Table Mesa)