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2009 NOAA ESRL GLOBAL MONITORING ANNUAL CONFERENCE

David Skaggs Research Center, Room GC-402
325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305
May 13 and May 14, 2009

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 AGENDA

(Only presenter's name is given; please refer to abstract for complete author listing)
(Click on presentation title to view abstract.)

• 07:00 Conference Registration Opens - lunch order fee collected at registration table.

• 08:00-08:30 Morning Breakfast - Coffee, tea, fruit, bagels & donuts served

Session 1	• Setting the Stage - Chaired by Russ Schnell	Slides
08:30-08:45	Welcome and Introduction - J.H. Butler (ESRL)
08:45-09:15	Keynote Address Prospects for a Low Carbon Energy Future   M.B. McElroy (Harvard University)
09:15-09:30	An Update on Climate Services   C.J. Koblinsky (NOAA, CPO)
09:30-09:45	Objective Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals   P. Tans (ESRL)
09:45-10:00	Atmospheric Emissions of Sulfur Hexafluoride: A Challenge for the Future   J.W. Elkins (ESRL)
10:00-10:15	NOAA's SOS - The Ideal way to Display Global Data   B. Russell (ESRL)

• 10:15-10:30 Morning Break

Session 2	• Halocarbons & Other Traces Species - Chaired by James Elkins	Slides
10:30-10:45	Tetrafluoromethane in the Global Atmosphere    J. Mühle (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
10:45-11:00	Towards an Understanding of Inter-Annual Variations in Tropospheric OH since 1998 from Observations of Reduced Trace Gases   S. Montzka (ESRL)
11:00-11:15	Regional Estimates of CH4 and N2O Emissions from Central California   M.L. Fischer (Lawrence Berkeley)
11:15-11:30	PFC Emissions from Global and Australian Aluminum Production Using AGAGE Data   P. Fraser (CSIRO)
11:30-11:45	Observations of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases Over North America from the NOAA ESRL Carbon Cycle Group Aircraft Project   C. Sweeney (University of Colorado/CIRES
11:45-12:00	Tribute to Derek Cunnold	(large file! 216Mb)

• 12:00-13:15 Catered Lunch Service - Outreach Classroom GB-124 (pre-payment of $10.00 required)

Session 3	• Carbon Cycle Gases, Session 1 - Chaired by Pieter Tans	Slides
13:15-13:30	Space-Based Measurements for Long-Term Global Monitoring of Atmospheric CO2    D. Crisp (NASA/JPL)
13:30-13:45	CO2 Vertical Profiles from Simultaneous Retrievals of Near Infrared and Thermal Infrared Satellite Data   C. Miller (NASA/JPL)
13:45-14:00	Global Distribution of CO2 in Mid-Troposphere from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Measurements Reveal Cross Equator Exchange   Y.L. Yung (California Institute of Technology)
14:00-14:15	Validation of Six Years of Mid-Tropospheric CO2 Data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder AIRS   E.T. Olsen (NASA/JPL)
14:15-14:30	High Resolution CO2 Transport Modeling System WRF-VRPM and its Application in Interpretation of CO2 Measurements   R. Ahmadov (Max-Planck-Institute)
14:30-14:45	When is the Permafrost Carbon Tipping Point?   K. Schaefer (University of Colorado/NSIDC)

• 14:45-15:00 Afternoon Break

Session 4	• Carbon Cycle Gases, Session 2- Chaired by Andy Jacobson	Slides
15:00-15:15	Measurement of Greenhouse Gases in the Russian Arctic   A.I. Reshetnikov (Main Geophysical Observatory).
15:15-15:30	Development of the FIM (Flow-following finite volume Icosahedral Model) Global Model Toward an Earth System Model Including Inline Treatment of Aerosols and Trace Gases   S.G. Benjamin (ESRL)
15:30-15:45	The Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Use in North America   T.J. Blasing (Oak Ridge National Lab)
15:45-16:00	Vertical Profiles of CO2, CH4 and other Trace Gases above the Brazilian Amazon   J.B. Miller (CIRES)
16:00-16:15	Is Atmospheric Methane on the Rise Again?   E.J. Dlugokencky (ESRL)
16:15-16:30	AGAGE and CSIRO Measurements of Recent Global Methane Growth   M. Rigby (MIT)

• 16:45-18:30 Poster Session (DSRC Cafeteria) with appetizers & refreshments

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Thursday, May 14, 2009 AGENDA

(Only presenter's name is given; see abstract for complete author listing.)
(Click on presentation title to view abstract.)

• 07:00 Conference Registration Opens - lunch order fee collected at registration table.

• 08:00-08:30 Morning Breakfast - Coffee, tea, fruit, bagels & donuts served

Session 5	• Observatories and Global Measurements - Chaired by Brian Vasel	Slides
08:30-08:45	U.S. Climate Reference Network: Current Status and Future Directions   S. LeDuc (NOAA NCDC)
08:45-09:00	Primary Study on the Characteristics of Trace Gases in a Clean Area of North China   B. Jianhui (CAS, China)
09:00-09:15	Overview of Chemical and Physical Measurements at Lulin Atmospheric Background Station (LABS, 2,862m MSL) in Taiwan, East Asia Since 2006   N.H. Lin (National Central University, Taiwan)
09:15-09:30	Year-Round Measurements and Interpretations at Greenland Environmental Observatory at Summit (GEOSummit)   R. Banta (Desert Research Institute)
09:30-09:45	Measurements of Ambient Mercury and Related Species at the Mauna Loa Observatory 2002-2008   L. Alvarez-Aviles (EPA)
09:45-10:00	Interpreting Total Gaseous Mercury Observations with Lagrangian and Eulerian Atmospheric Models: A Canadian Perspective   J. Chun-Han Lin (U. Waterloo Ontario)
10:00-10:15	Measurements of the Stable Isotopologues of Water Vapor at Mauna Loa for Monitoring the Atmospheric Water Cycle   D. Noone (University of Colorado/CIRES)

• 10:15-10:30 Morning Break

Session 6	• Ozone (and Global Measurements continued) - Chaired by Bryan Johnson	Slides
10:30-10:45	Air Quality Implications of Ozone in Air Entering the West Coast of North America   D.D. Parrish (ESRL)
10:45-11:00	Reactive, Anthropogenic Trace Gases at the German GAW Site Hohenpeissenberg: Trends and Variability on Various Time Scales   C. Plass-Duelmer (German Meteorological Service)
11:00-11:15	Uptake of Ozone-Depleting Halogenated Gases to the Snow-Covered Surface at Niwot Ridge, Colorado   D. Helmig (U. Colorado/INSTAAR)
11:15-11:30	Springtime Tropospheric Ozone in the Arctic from Surface and Ozonesonde Observations   S.J. Oltmans (ESRL)
11:30-11:45	Increasing Mid-Tropospheric Ozone Above Western North America During Springtime   O. Cooper (University of Colorado/CIRES
11:45-12:00	Updated Outcomes for Greenhouse Gases from China GAW Stations and Near Future Implementation   L. Zhou (CAMS, China)

• 12:00-13:00 Catered Lunch Service - Outreach Classroom GB-124 (pre-payment of $10.00 required)

Session 7	• Solar Radiation and Aerosols - Chaired by Patrick Sheridan	Slides
13:00-13:15	NOAA's Potential to Support Renewable Energy   M. Marquis (ESRL)
13:15-13:30	Comparison of Model Predictions of Aerosol Radiative Properties with Long-Term Measurements   J.A. Ogren (ESRL)
13:30-13:45	Trends and Properties of Tropospheric Aerosols that Undergo Long-Range Transport to the North American Arctic   P. Quinn (NOAA PMEL)
13:45-14:00	Relating OC/EC Data from Two National Monitoring Networks   W. White (U. California-Davis)
14:00-14:15	The Ratio of Total Aerosol Carbon to Sulfate in the Free Troposphere at MLO   B.J. Huebert (U. Hawaii)
14:15-14:30	Solar Radiation Data from Citizen Surface Stations Worldwide   R.B. Chadwick (ESRL)
4:30-14:45	Surface Radiation at Globally Remote Sites: From Dimming and Brightening to Warming   E.G. Dutton (ESRL)

• 14:45-15:00 Afternoon Break

Session 8	• Upper Troposphere and Stratosphere (and a New Direction)- Chaired by Sam Oltmans	Slides
15:00-15:15	A New Look at Antarctic Ozone Hole Recovery   D.J. Hofmann (University of Colorado/CIRES)
15:15-15:30	Toward a More Accurate Estimate of Global Stratospheric Aerosol Surface Area Density. Is it Important?   T. Deshler (U. Wyoming)
15:30-15:45	The GCOS Reference Upper Air Network (GRUAN)   H. Vöemel (Deutscher Wetterdienst)
15:45-16:00	Evidence for Recent Stratospheric Circulation Changes from Multiple Measurement Sources   E. Ray (University of Colorado/CIRES)
16:00-16:15	UV Products from NOAA-EPA Brewer (NEUBrewer) Network   P. Kiedron (University of Colorado/CIRES)
16:15-16:30	Applications of COSMIC Radio Occultation for Climate Modeling   S.P. Ho (UCAR)
16:30-16:45	Behavior of Some TC-4 Atmospheric Parameters Measured by Balloonsondes and NASA Aircraft   A. Pino (U. Panama)
16:45-17:00	Rapid Photochemical Production of Ozone at High Concentrations in a Rural Site During Winter   R.C. Schnell (ESRL)

• Closing: Dr. James H. Butler (ESRL)