Agenda
and presentations for the
10th
Annual George Mason University Conference
on
"Atmospheric Transport
and Dispersion Modeling"
August 1-3, 2006
Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.A.
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Theme:
- Improve understanding of atmospheric
transport and
dispersion processes,
- Support homeland security requirements
and
- Share
experience across different sectors.
All Sessions are
held at Room 80, Enterprise Hall, the Fairfax campus of George Mason
University
DAY
1, TUESDAY, AUG 1, 2006
(7:00 - All Day) Registration
(7:00 - 9:00)
Continental Breakfast
(8:00 - 8:15)
Introductions
Session 1 - Sensor
Data Fusion & Source Detection
Session Chair - R. Ian Sykes
(Titan Corporation)
(8:15 - 8:30) The
Renormalization, a Non Bayesian Data Fustion Technique
J. P. Issartel
Centre d'Etudes du Bouchet,
France
(8:30 - 8:45) Analyzing the
Performance of a Sensor Network Using CT-Analyst
K. Obenschain
*Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
(8:45 - 9:00) Event
Reconstruction for Atmospheric Releases at the Continental Scale: A
Case Study: May 1998, Algeciras, Spain
L. D. Monache* J. K.
Lundquist, B. Kosovic & J. D. Mirocho
*Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Livermore, CA
(9:00 - 9:15) Improved
Sampling for Sensor Placement
V. Rapley*, T. Graham & S. Taylor
*Defence Science and Technology
Laboratory, United Kingdom
(9:15 - 9:30) A Sensor Placement
Methodology
R. W. Lee & J. J. Julesz
*Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
Oak Ridge, TN
(9:30 - 9:45)
CFD-Based Design Tool for Placing
Sensors to Detect Releases in a
Subway Station
E. Vinciguerra*, T.
Psinakis, S. Wirogo & K. Khankari
*Lockheed Martin Corporation,
Mitchel Field, NY
(9:45 - 10:00) Source
Estimation Using Reverse Transport
R. I. Sykes
Titan Coproration, Princeton, NJ
(10:00 - 10:30) Coffee Break
Session 2 - Model
Uncertainty Studies
Session Chair - David P.
Bacon (Science Applications International Corporation)
(10:30 - 10:45) Comparison
of Different Meteorological Options Used for Urban HPAC Predictions of
Joint Urban 2003 Field Trials
N. Platt*, S. Warner, J.
T. Urban & J. F. Heagy
*Institute for
Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA
(10:45 - 11:00) Uncertainty Mitigation in
Meteorological Modeling for Future UK CBRN Warning and Reporting Systems
S. W. Parry* & O. J.
Lanning
*Defence Science and Technology
Laboratory, United Kingdom
(11:00 - 11:15) A Multi-Stakeholder Workshop
on Communicating Uncertainty during a Chemical Release Incident
A. J.
Maule*,
R. E. Marshall, R. Meris, T. MAzzola & E. L. McLaughlin
*Leeds Universtiy, Leeds,
United Kingdom
(11:15 - 11:30) A lower
Bound for
Prediction Uncertainty in Forecating Models
J. C. Kerce* & F.
Vandenberghe
*Propagation Research
Associates Inc., Marietta, GA
(11:30 - 11:45) Typical
Day Meteorological Inputs for ATD Models
S. Lowe*, R. Hoffman & G. Seeley
*Atmospheric and Envirnmental
Research Inc., Lexington, MA
(11:45 - 12:00) Toward a
Practical Predictor of Error Covariance from Ensembles for Inclusion in
Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion Models
W. Kolcynski*, D.
Stauffer, S. E. Haupt & M. Roulston
*Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
(12:00 - 12:20
Invited Talk) Dispersion
from and Ensemble is not the Ensemble of the Dispersion
D. P. Bacon*, J. E.
Cockayne, R. M. Garrett & T. E. Miller
*Science Applications
International Corporation, McLean, VA
(12:20 - 1:30) Lunch Break
Session 3 - CFD Model Studies
Session Chair - Ted Yamada (Yamada Science & Art
Corporation)
(1:30 - 1:45) Computational
Fluid Dynamics Modeling ofr Liquefied Natural Gas Vapor Dispersion
G. Eggenspieler*, M.
Shahnam, M.
Prinkey, K. Mahalatkar & E. D. Huckaby
*Fluent Inc., Morgantown, WV
(1:45 - 2:00) CFD
Modeling of Concentration Fluctuations in an Idealized Urban Area
M. Milliez*, & B.
Carissimo
*CEREA, France
(2:00 - 2:15) Micromixing
Modeling for Large-Eddy Simulation of Dispersion on Complex Geometries
P. Franzese*, F. Camelli & M. Cassiani
*George Mason University,
Fairfax, VA
(2:15 - 2:30)
Using CT
Analyst as an Integrated Tool for CBR Analysis
A. Moses*, K. Obenschain
& J. Boris
*Naval Research Laboratory,
Washington, D.C.
(2:30 - 2:45) Euler
Solutions Using Flux Based Wave Decomposition
N. N. Ahmad
Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, VA
(2:45 - 3:00) Probability
Density Function (PDF) Modeling of Inhomogeneous Turbulence
J. Bakosi*, Z. Boybeyi & P. Franzese
*George Mason Universtiy, Fairfax, VA
(3:00
- 3:15) Wind
Tunnel Experiments and CFD Simulation of Gas Dispersion over Urban
Terrain
M.-K.
Park*. & W.-S. Shim
*Agency for Defense
Development, Korea
(3:15 - 3:45) Coffee Break
Session 4 - Mesoscale Transport &
Dispersion Studies
Session Chair - Jason Nachomkin (Naval Research
Laboratory)
(3:45 - 4:00) Assessment and
Removal of Rooftop Anemometer Observation Errors for use in Mesoscale
NWP and T&D Applications
A. Wyszogrodzki, Y. Liu, R. S. Sheu, R. Sharman & T. Warner
National Center of Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, CO
(4:00 - 4:15) Development and
Application of an Integrated Urban Modeling System for the Weather
Research and Forecast (WRF) Model
F. Chen*, M. Tewari, Y. Liu, T. Warner, H. Kusaka & W.
J. Coirier
*National Center of
Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
(4:15 - 4:30) Evaluation of the WRF-NMM Nested
Grid Model for Use in Hazard and Consequence Assessment Operations
during the 2006 Winter Olypmic Games
J. T. McQueen*, D. Jovic, S.
G. Gopalakrishnam, H.-Y. Chuang, P.J. Hayes, Z. Janic & G. DiMego
*NOAA/NCEP Camp Spring, MD
(4:30 - 4:45)
Estimates of
Boundary Layer Profiles by Means
of Ensemble-Filter Assimilation of Near Surface Observations in a
Parametrized PBL
D. Rotskier-Edelstein*, J.
Hacker & M. Pagowski
*National Center for
Atmospheric Research, CO, Permanent: IIBR, Israel
(4:45 - 5:00) The
Use of Coupled Mesoscale and LES Models for Calculating Urban
Climatologies of Street Level and Boundary Layer Winds With Risk
Assessment Implications
A.
Wyszogrodzki*, F. Vendenbergher & T. Warner
*National Center for
Atmospheric Research, CO
(5:00
- 5:15) The BueSky
Smoke Modeling Framework and its Application to Real-Time Smoke
Forecasting
N. K.
Larkin*, R. Solomon & S. O'Neill
*USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA
(5:15 - 5:30) Lagrangian and Eulerian
Evaluation of Atmospheric Model Forecasts for Dispersion Applications
J. E. Nachamkin*, J. Cook,
M. Frost, D. Martinez & G. Sprung
*Naval Research Laboratory,
Monterey, CA
(5:30-6:30) HAPPY HOUR
DAY
2, WEDNESDAY, AUG 2, 2006
(7:00 - All Day) Registration (Con't)
(7:00 - 9:00)
Continental Breakfast
Session 5 - Urban Environment Monitoring &
Data Analysis
Session Chair - James F. Bowers (Dugway Proving Ground)
(8:15 - 8:30) Overview of the Urban
Dispersion Programs New York City Field Studies
J. Allwine
Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory, Richland, WA
(8:30 -
8:45) Measures of Enhanced
Plume Dispersion from Urban Effects
J. E. Flaherty* &
J. Allwine
*Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory, Richland, WA
(8:45 - 9:00) Fast
Response Tracer Gas Dispersion from Puff Releases in a City
Y.
Zhou* & S. R. Hanna
*Harvard School of Public
Health, Boston, MA
(9:00 - 9:15)
Incident Wind Direction Effect on Plume Transport and Dispersion and
Mean Wind and Turbulence Fields in an Urban Area: Evaluation of Joint
Urban 2003 Field Experiment Data
A. Gowardhan*, S. Pol & M. Brown
*Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
(9:15 - 9:30) Validation of Urban Dispersion
Models: How sensitive are Results with Respect to the Approach Flow
Conditions?
I. Herbst*, B. Leitl &
M. Schatzmann
*University of Hamburg,
Hamburg, Germany
(9:30 - 9:45) Validation of Urban
Dispersion Models: What do We Learn from the MUST Data?
F. Harms*, B. Leitl & M.
Schatzmann
*University of Hamburg,
Hamburg, Germany
(9:45 - 10:00) A Knowledge-Based
Mesonet Siting/Installation Strategy in an Urban, Coastal Setting
J. Titlow
WeatherFlow Inc., Poquoson, VA
(10:00 - 10:30) Coffee Break
Session 6 - Urban Environment Monitoring &
Data Analysis (Con't)
Session Chair - Steven R. Hanna (Harvard School of
Public Health)
(10:30 - 10:45) Comparison of Wind and Turbulence
Observations from DCNet Data
S. Chang*, G. Huynh & D.
Garvey, W. Pendergrass
*Army Research Laboratory,
Adelphi, MD
(10:45 - 11:00) Validation
of Urban Dispersion Models: How Representative are Locally Measured
Wind Velocities?
D.
Repschies*, B. Leitl & M. Schatzmann
*University
of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
(11:00 - 11:15) Analysis of
Nocturnal Low-Level-Jet Generated Gravity Waves and Turbulence over
Oklahoma City during JU2003
Y. Wang
Army Research Laboratory,
Adelphi, MD
(11:15 - 11:30) A
Comparison of Urban Plume Characteristics between a Fast Response
Wind/Dispersion Model and an Eulerian/Semi-Lagrangian Model
R.-S. Sheu*, A. Wyszogrodzki
& M. Brown
*National Center for
Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
(11:30 - 11:45) A Risk Assessment Study for the
City of Istanbul
Z. Boybeyi* & Y. Ezber
*George Mason University,
Fairfax, VA
(11:45 -12:00) Experimental
Investigation of Contaminant Dispersion around a Cube for High Reynolds
Numbers
M. Irvine*, M. Money
& A. Fontaine
*Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
(12:00 - 12:15) Estimating Emissions
of Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs) Released as a Result of Accidents
or Sabotage
S. R. Hanna*, G. Lee, D.
Belonger, P. J. Drivas, R. Britter & O. Hansen
*Hanna Consultants,
Kennebunkport, ME
(12:15 - 1:30) Lunch Break
Special OFCM Session
7 - Challenges
of Urban Test Beds
Session Chair - Walter Bach (Army Research Office)
Overview
User Perspectives
Research Perspectives
Summary
(3:15 - 3:45) Coffee Break
Session 8 - Unconventional Data Use in Transport
& Dispersion Studies
Session Chair - Mike Brown (Los Alamos National
Laboratory)
(3:45
- 4:00) Satellite-Based
Aerodynamic Roughness for Improved Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion
Modeling
M. F. Jasinski*, R. D.
McKellip, J. K. Lundquist, S. Blonski, J. Borak, D. E. Holland & J.
Spruce
*NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center, Greenbelt, MD
(4:00 - 4:15) Temporal Aerodynamic
Roughness Fields Estimated From MODIS Data
J. S. Borak*, M. F. Jasinski & R.
D. Crago
*NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
(4:15 - 4:30) Validation
of Urban Dispersion Models: Are There General Profiles for the
Roughness Sub-Layer?
M. Schultz*, B. Leitl &
M. Schatzmann
*University of Hamburg,
Hamburg, Germany
(4:30 - 4:45) Plume
Identification and Tracking Using Satellite Imaging
M. B Tayahi*, I. Sadri, W.
Norris, J. A. Kleppe & M. Meinhold
*University of Nevada, Reno, NV
(4:45 - 5:00) The Impact of GEMS Meteorological
Data on Plume Analyses
R. J. Evans*, J. Manobianco
& J. Dreher
*ENSCO Inc., Melbourne, FL
(5:00 -5:15) Development of a High Altitude
Transport and Dispersion Modeling Capability
J. Eluszkiewicz*, T.
Nehrkorn, D. Weisenstein & S. Lowe
*AER Inc., Lexington, MA
(5:15 - 5:30) A Gaussian Dispersion Model
Quantifying the Influence of Wind Shear on Pollution Plumes, Models and
Measurements of Shear
C. J. Walcek
State University, NY, Albany
5:30 Adjourn, End of the Second Day
DAY
3, THURSDAY, AUG 3, 2006
(7:00 - All Day) Registration (Con't)
(7:00 - 9:00)
Continental Breakfast
Session 9 - Model
Evaluation Studies
Session Chair - Joseph Chang
(George Mason University)
(8:30 - 8:45) Validation
of Urban Dispersion Models: Can We Trust Field Data?
M. Schatzmann* & B. Leitl
*University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
(8:45 - 9:00) Validation of
Urban Dispersion Models: Can We Trust Laboratory Data?
B. Leitl* & M. Schatzmann
*University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
(9:00 - 9:15) Assessment of HPAC Urban
Capabilities using Joint Urban 2003 Field Trial Data
J. T. Urban*, S. Warner, N. Platt & J. F. Heagy
*Institute for Defense
Analyses, Alexandria, VA
(9:15 - 9:30) Validation
of Urban Dispersion Models: How Sensitive are Validation Data with
Regard to Averaging Time?
M. Rix*, B. Leitl & M.
Schatzmann
*University of Hamburg,
Hamburg, Germany
(9:30 - 9:45) Preliminary Results of
DPG's Urban HPAC Evaluation Using JU2003 Data
J. M. White*, S. R. Hanna,
C. L. Edgar & J. F. Bowers
*Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway,
UT
(9:45 - 10:00) Evaluation
of the Joint Effects Model (JEM) with Field Data
J. C. Chang*, H. Tang & Z. Boybeyi
*George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
(10:00 - 10:30) Coffee Break
Session 10 -
Local-Scale Transport & Dispersion Studies
Session Chair - Ian
Griffiths (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory)
(10:30 - 10:45) Measurements of
Probability Density Functions of Ground Level Concentration in Urban
Canopies
L. A. White*, P. Huq, A.
Carrillo, S. Dharmavaram & S. R. Hanna
*University of
Delaware, Newark, DE
(10:45 - 11:00) Micro SWIFT/SPRAY (MSS) Status
T. Harris*,
C. Dougherty, J. Sontowski, Z. Boybeyi, J. Mousaffir, J. Commanay
*Science
Applications International Corporation, Valley Forge, PA
(11:00 - 11:15) Turbulence at Street-Level in Built-Up
Urban Downtown Areas
S. R. Hanna* & Y. Zhou
*Harvard School of Public
Health, Boston, MA
(11:15 - 11:30) Development of a
Buoyant Plume Rise Capability for QUIC Plume
M. D. Williams* & M. J.
Brown
*Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
(11:30 - 11:45) Numerical Simulations of
Aerosol Transport
T. Yamada
Yamada Science & Art
Corporation, Santa Fe, NM
(11:45 - 12:00) Turbulent
Velocity Variances within Urban Roughness Sublayers
C. Klipp.
Army Research Laboratory,
Adelphi, MD
(12:00 - 12:15) Development
of Numerical Dispersion Model and its Application to Hazardous Gas
Release in the Urban Area
A. Kouchi*, R. Ohba, T. Hara
& C. J. Tremback
*Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
Nagasaki, Japan
(12:15 - 1:30) Lunch Break
Session 11 - General Transport & Dispersion
Studies
Session Chair - Jerry Allwine (Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory)
(1:30 - 1:45) Deployable
Plume and Aerosol Release Prediction and Tracking System
W. J. Norris*, J. A. Kleppe,
M. Tayahi, M. Etezadi & D. Koracin
*University of Nevada, Reno, NV
(1:45 - 2:00)
Effects of Urban Heat Islands on Atmospheric Boundary Layer Structures
over the Greater Houston Area
M. Tewari*, F. Chen, H.
Kusaka & J. Bao
*National Center for
Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
(2:00 - 2:15) Development
and Utilization of the DPG Meteorology Divivion’s HPAC GUI
S. Halvorson*, B. Aronian & S. Krippner
*Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway,
UT
(2:15 - 2:30)
Evaluation of Boundary Layer Wind Analyses from a Four-Dimensional
Variational Data Assimilation System during Joint Urban 2003
J. H Copeland*, J. Sun &
T. T. Warner
*National Center for
Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
(2:30 - 2:45) 3D
Movement of Aerosol Particles in a Wind Field
S. S. Kousoum
Cubic Defense Applications, Alexandria, VA
(2:45 - 3:00) Lagrangian PDF Methods for Turbulent Mixing in the
Atmosphere
M. Cassiani*, J. D. Albertson & P. Franzese
*Duke University, Durham, NC
(3:00
- 3:15) DUSTRAN:
A GIS-Based Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling System
J.
Allwine*, F. C. Rutz, W. J. Shaw, J. P. Rishel, E. G. Chapman, B. G.
Fritz & B. L. Hoopes
*Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory, Richland, WA
(3:15 - 3:45) Coffee Break
Session 12 - General Transport & Dispersion
Studies (Con't)
Session Chair - Zafer Boybeyi (George Mason University)
(3:45 - 4:00) Atmospheric Transport and
Dispersion Associated with a Sea Breeze Front in an Urban Environment
W. T. Thompson*, T. Holt & J. Pullen
*Naval Research Laboratory,
Monterey, CA
(4:00 - 4:15) Shear Layer and Effective
Surface Roughness of Uniform and Non-Uniform Urban Canopies
P. Huq*, L. A. White, A. Carrillo, S. Dharmavaram & S.
R. Hanna
*University of
Delaware, Newark, DE
(4:15 - 4:30) Industrial
Chemical Release Threats: Estimating More than Toxic Threat Zones
D. Payton* & M. W. Miller
*NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
(4:30 - 4:45)
US and UK Collaboration on CBRN Hazard Warning Systems
I. Griffiths*, A. Howe, N.
Dathi, C. Wall, T. Smith & P. Cullen
*Defence Science and Technology
Laboratory, United Kingdom
(4:45 - 5:00) A Fast Tracer Technique for
Computing Concentration Variance
S. Diehl
ITT Industries, Colorado Springs, CO
(5:00
- 5:15) Large-Eddy Simulations of Urban
Boundary Layers
A.
Wyszogrodzki*, P. Smolarkiewicz, R. Scharman & J. Szmelter
*National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
(5:30-6:30) Adjourn (End of Conference)
Poster Session
(P-1) New Satellite Data and Improvements
to the Smoke Monitoring Capabilities of the Hazard Mapping System (HMS)
J. Simko*, M. Ruminski, J. Kibler, D. Streett, A. Prados & R.
Draxler
*NOAA, Camp Springs, MD
(P-2) National Weather Service Eastern
Region Climate Outreach Toolkit
P. Wnek
NOAA/National
Weather Service, State College, PA
(P-3) On Using
Data Assimilation in Dispersion Modeling
A. Beyer*, S. E. Haupt &
G. S. Young
*The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
(P-4) Fractal Vegetation Model for CFD Tools in Semi-Urban
Area
S. Burkhart
DGA, France
(P-5)
Back-Tracking of Idealized Dispersion in Semi-Urban Area
S. Burkhart*
& J. P. Issartel
DGA, France
(P-6) CFD Simulations of Accidental
Releases on Nuclear Plant
E.
Demael* & B. Carissimo
*CEREA, France
(P-7) Development of a High
Altitude Transport and Dispersion Modeling Capability
J. Eluszkiewicz*, T. Nehrkorn, D. Weisenstein & S. Lowe
*AER Inc., Lexington, MA
(P-8) Dispersion Uncertainty from
Meteorological Sources
J. A. Lee*, L. J. Peltier,
S. E. Haupt & J. C. Wyngaard
*Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA
(P-9) Implementation
of the Dynamic Reconstruction Subfilter Turbulence Model and Immersed
Boundary Method for Improved Large-Eddy Simulation of Flow over Complex
Terrain
J. Mirocha*, F. K. Chow, K.
A. Lundquist, J. K. Lundquist & S. T. Chan
*Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
(P-10) Improving
Contaminant Source Characterization by
Optimizing Meteorological Data with a Genetic Algorithm
K. J. Long*, C. T. Allen, S.
E. Haupt & G. S. Young
*Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
(P-11)
Sensitivity of
SCIPUFF Concentration to Boundary Layer Height
Calculation
M. A.
Holmes, S. E. Haupt & G. S. Young
*Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
(P-12) Flow
and Dispersion About a
Surface Mounted Cube: Zonal Detached Eddy Simulation vs. Watertunnel
Measurements
R.
Wilson, S. E. Haupt & L. J. Peltier
*Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
(P-13) Possible Impact of Urbanization on
Recent Hurricane Activities
D. Sun*,
Z. Boybeyi & M. Kafatos
*George Mason University, Fairfax, VA