2005 Annual Meeting Agenda

2005 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NOAA CLIMATE MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS LABORATORY

Boulder, Colorado
April 20 and April 21

David Skaggs Research Building, Room GC 401
325 Broadway

Directions from Denver International Airport

AGENDA

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

TIME TOPIC
   
0830-0835 Welcome and Introduction - D. Hofmann
0835-0920 Keynote Address: Sharing NOAA's Vision for Climate Research and Monitoring J.R. Mahoney (Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Deputy Administrator)
   
  Session 1: Review of Past Year CMDL Research HighlightsR.C. Schnell
   
0920-0940 The Global Direct Radiative Climate Forcing by Well-Mixed Greenhouse Gases over the Past 26 Years – A Climate Benchmark D.J. Hofmann (CMDL)
0940-1000 Aerosols and Climate Forcing: New Directions for the CMDL Aerosol Research Program J. Ogren (CMDL)
1000-1020

New Ozonesonde Measurement Program at Summit, GreenlandB.J. Johnson (CMDL)

   
1020-1040 Break
   
  Session 2: Highlights (continued) – D.J. Hofmann
   
1040-1100 Four Decades of Ozonesonde Measurements Over Antarctica S. Solomon (NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory)
1100-1120

Expanding Regular Measurements of Halocarbons, Hydrocarbons, and Carbonyl Sulfide Vertically through the TroposphereS. Montzka (CMDL)

1120-1140

NOAA Ground-Based Surface Radiation Measurements for Research: A New Era E. Dutton (CMDL

1140-1200

AirCore™, a New and Very Simple Way to Obtain Vertical Atmospheric Profiles of Traces Gases P.P. Tans (CMDL)

   
1200-1300 Lunch
   
 

Session 3: Carbon Cycle – E.J. Dlugokencky

   
1300-1320

Influences on the Variability of CO 2 Measured at Continental Tall Tower SitesA.E. Andrews (CMDL)

1320-1340

On the Resolution of CO 2 Flux EstimationsL. Bruhwiler (CMDL)

1340-1400

An Ensemble Data Assimilation System to Estimate Regional CO 2 Fluxes for North AmericaW. Peters (CIRES, CMDL)

1400-1420

Outline of the CMA GHG Sampling NetworkT. Jie( Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China )

   
1420-1440 Break
   
 

Session 4: Carbon Cycle (continued) – P.P. Tans

   
1440-1500

Preliminary Constraints on Fossil-Fuel CO 2: Comparison of Tracers 14CO 2, CO, and SF 6J.C. Turnbull (INSTAAR Univ. of Colorado)

1500-1520

Differential Environmental Control of Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes in Tropical and Temperate ZonesJ. Miller (CIRES, CMDL)

1520-1540

Conversion of NOAA Atmospheric CH 4 Mole Fractions to a Gravimetrically-Prepared Standard ScaleE.J. Dlugokencky (CMDL)

1540-1600

Non-Methane Hydrocarbon Measurements for Long-Range Transport Studies at Pico Mountain, Azores, PortugalD. Tanner (INSTAAR Univ. of Colorado)

   
1600-1830 Poster Session (Room GB-124)

Thursday, April 21, 2005

TIME TOPIC
 

Session 5: Global Observations and Related Topics – E.G. Dutton

   
0830-0850

NOAA CMDL International Measurement ProgramsR.C. Schnell (CMDL)

0850-0910

A First Look at the Vertical Structure of the Atmospheric Pressure Tide Above HawaiiS.C. Ryan (CMDL)

0910-0930

The Surface-Based Temperature Inversion on the Antarctic PlateauS.R. Hudson ( Univ. of Washington)

0930-0950

Long-Term Trends and Variability in the Tropospheric Circulation over Antarctica W.D. Neff (NOAA ETL)

0950-1010

The Mt. Kenya GAW Station Report, Recent Results, and Long-Term PlanningW.O. Ayoma ( Kenya Meteorological Department)

   
0950-1020 Break
   
 

Session 6: OzoneS.J. Oltmans

   
1040-1100

Tropospheric Ozone Across North America During Summer 2004 S.J. Oltmans (CMDL)

1100-1120

Trends in Near-Surface Ozone at Cape Grim and in the Southern Hemisphere TroposphereI.E. Galbally (CSIRO, Australia)

1120-1140

Aircraft-Based Validation of Ozone Column for AURA Satellite MissionI. Petropavlovskikh (NOAA Air Resources Laboratory)

1140-1200

Looking for Signs of Ozone RecoveryE. Weatherhead (NOAA Air Resources Laboratory)

   
1200-1300 Lunch
   
 

Session 7: Aerosols and Radiation J.H. Butler

   
1300-1320

Arctic Haze: Trends in Chemical Composition and Optical Properties – P.K. Quinn (NOAA PMEL)

1320-1340

Characterizing Aerosol Angular Scattering for Climate StudiesA. McComiskey (CIRES, CMDL)

1340-1400

Measurement of Anthropogenically Influenced Aerosols at a Nova Scotia SiteE. Andrews (CIRES, CMDL)

1400-1420

Radiative Closure Studies for Clear Skies During the ARM 2003 Aerosol Intensive Observation PeriodJ.J. Michalsky (NOAA Air Resources Laboratory)

1420-1440

Measurements of CH 4 Mixing Ratio, D/H and 13C/ 12C isotope Ratios in Atmospheric Samples from the Continental United StatesS. Tyler (Univ. California, Irvine)

   
1440-1500 Break
   
 

Session 8: Halocarbons– J.W. Elkins

   
1500-1520

Are Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Our Lab’s Future?J.W. Elkins (CMDL)

1520-1540

Fluxes of Short-Lived, Halogenated Methanes into the Marine Boundary LayerJ.H. Butler (CMDL)

1540-1600

Intercomparisons of Nitrous Oxide and Sulfurhexaflouride within CMDLG.S. Dutton (CIRES, CMDL)

1600-1620

Recent Hourly Gas Chromatographic Measurements from the WLEF Tall TowerA.I. Hirsch (CIRES, CMDL)

1620-1640

Estimating Biophysical Parameters from CO 2 Flask and Flux ObservationsKevin Schaefer (CIRES, CMDL)

   
1800

Redfish, 2027 13 th Street (Cash bar; meal at own expense)