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2006 ETOS Science Workshop Agenda

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

7:30 am to 8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am to 9:00 am Opening Session
Moderator: Rayford P. Hosker, Director, NOAA/ARL/Atmospheric Turbulence & Diffusion Division

Opening Remarks
Carolyn Carter Jensen, Senior Field Representative, Office of Senator Bill Frist
Gina Broome, District Representative, Congressman Zach Wamp
Jonathan Griswold, Legislative Assistant, Office of Congressman John J. Duncan
Richard Spinrad, Assistant Administrator, NOAA/Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Richard Artz, Acting Director, NOAA/Air Resources Laboratory

9:00 am to 10:00 am Plenary Session I: Ozone in East Tennessee

· 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Policy and Science: Assessing the Impact of Regulations on Air Quality and Human Health
Valerie Garcia, Deputy Director, Joint NOAA/EPA Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division

· 9:30 am - 10:00 am
Ozone Formation - Is All NOx Created Equal?
James F. Meagher, Acting Deputy Director, NOAA/ESRL Chemical Sciences Division and Manager of NOAA’s Air Quality Program

10:00 am to 10:20 am Coffee Break
10:20 am to 12:00 pm

Technical Session I: Measurement and Monitoring of Ozone
Moderator: William J. Parkhurst, Tennessee Valley Authority

· 10:20 am - 10:40 am
An Overview of the East Tennessee Ozone Study
William R. Pendergrass, NOAA/ARL/ Atmospheric Turbulence & Diffusion Division

· 10:40 am - 11:00 am
Analysis of Similarities and Differences in the Causes of High Ozone Between the Knoxville and Great Smoky Mountains National Park Monitoring Sites
Sharon Douglas, ICF Consulting

· 11:00 am - 11:20 am
Environment and Health: Assessing the Link
Micky Roberts, Tennessee Dept of Health/Blount County Health Dept


· 11:20 am - 11:40 am
Ozone Profiles in the Non-Stationary PBL Over Eastern Tennessee
Carmen Nappo, CJN Research Meteorology

· 11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Tennessee Ozone Trends
Cassandra Wylie, Tennessee Valley Authority

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Lunch (cash & carry provided by Buddy’s Bar·B·Q)
1:00 pm to 2:40 pm Technical Session II: Modeling & Forecasting Ozone
Moderator: Mike Goldstein, Memphis/Shelby County Health Department

· 1:00 pm -1:20 pm
A Statistical Model for Ozone Forecasting
Greg Goodrich, Western Kentucky University

· 1:20 pm - 1:40 pm
The NOAA-EPA National Air Quality Forecasting System
Jerold Herwehe, NOAA/ARL/Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division

· 1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
NARSTO Support for Atmospheric Science Research and Data Collection Endeavors
Les Hook, ORNL - Environmental Sciences Division

· 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Cooperative Forecasting - TVA and MSCHD
Mike Goldstein, Memphis and Shelby County Health Department

2:20 pm to 2:40 pm Break
2:40 pm to 3:00 pm Future Directions
Panel discussion with technical session moderators. Overview of the day’s presentations and a look to the future.
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Air Quality Poster Session and “Taste of Tennessee” Evening Reception
Entertainment provided by Wild Blue Yonder Band
Refreshments provided by Buddy’s Bar·B·Q

Thursday, May 18, 2006

7:30 am to 8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am to 9:30 am Plenary Session II - Particulate Matter (PM) in East Tennessee
Moderator: Tilden P. Meyers, Deputy Director, NOAA/ARL/Atmospheric Turbulence & Diffusion Division

· 8:30 am - 9:00 am
Policy/Regulatory Issues Regarding PM 2.5
Quincy Styke, III, Deputy Director, Division of Air Pollution Control, TDEC

· 9:00 am - 9:30 am
Particulate Matter Monitoring and Modeling in the Southeastern US
Pat Brewer, VISTAS Technical Coordinator

9:30 am to 9:50 am Coffee Break
9:50 am to 11:50 am
Technical Session III: Measurement and Monitoring of Particulate Matter, Haze, and Deposition
Moderator: Roger Tanner, Tennessee Valley Authority

· 9:50 am - 10:10 am
Dry Deposition -- Some Recent Developments
Bruce Hicks, METCORPS

· 10:10 am - 10:30 am
Diurnal Variation in Aerosol Chemical Composition from Reconstructed Fine Mass
Roger Tanner, Tennessee Valley Authority

· 10:30 am - 10:50 am
Adopting CARB
Carmen DeLong

· 10:50 am - 11:10 am
Overview of the Air Quality Monitoring and Research Program at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Jim Renfro, National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

· 11:10 am - 11:30 am
Seasonal Distribution and Modeling of Diesel Particulate Matter in the Southeast US
Joshua Fu, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

· 11:30 am - 11:50 am
A Re-Examination of Models for Computing the Deposition of PM 2.5
Sulfate and Nitrate

Tilden Meyers, NOAA/ARL/ Atmospheric Turbulence & Diffusion Division

11:50 am to 1:00 pm Lunch (cash & carry provided by Buddy’s Bar·B·Q)
1:00 pm to 2:40 pm Technical Session IV: Measurement and Modeling Particulate Matter
Moderator: Kathy Jones, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control

· 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm
Contaminant Transport in an Urban Environment
Stephen Nichols, UT SimCenter at Chattanooga

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· 1:20 pm - 1:40 pm
Montgomery County PM 2.5 Episodes
William J. Parkhurst, Tennessee Valley Authority

· 1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
Comments About EPA's new Exceptional Event Proposed Rule
Kathy Jones, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control

2:00 pm to 2:20 pm Future Directions & Closing Remarks
Panel discussion with technical session moderators. Overview of the day’s presentations and a look to the future.
 
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