David Skaggs Research Center, Room GC-402
325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305
April 26 and April 27, 2006
| Session 1 | • Highlights and New Directions – Chaired by R.C. Schnell |
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| 08:30 - 08:45 | Welcome and Introduction D.J. Hofmann (ESRL/GMD) |
| 08:45 - 09:20 | Keynote Address: Earth System Analysis as a Driver for Enhanced Observations Sandy McDonald (ESRL) |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Annual Greenhouse Gas and Ozone Depleting Indices: New Products of NOAA Research D.J. Hofmann (ESRL/GMD) |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Acceleration of the Rate of Growth of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide P.P. Tans (ESRL/GMD) |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Aerosol-Cloud Interactions as Observed by Remote Sensors and In-situ Aerosol Measurements G. Feingold (ESRL/CSD) |
• 10:20 - 10:40 Break
| Session 2 | • Highlights and New Directions (continued) – Chaired by J.H. Butler |
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| 10:40 - 11:00 | Tropopause Folds: Results from the NOAA Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Demo and Network Observations J.W. Elkins (ESRL/GMD) |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Enhanced Understanding of Aerosol Climate-Forcing Properties through Global Monitoring J.A. Ogren (ESRL/GMD) |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | GPS Water Vapor Observations at Mauna Loa Observatory in 2005 S.I. Gutman (ESRL/GSD) |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Is the Tropospheric Ozone Entering the U.S. West Coast Changing? - Trinidad Head, California as a Site for Measuring Background Tropospheric Ozone S.J. Oltmans (ESRL/GMD) |
• 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
| Session 3 | • Carbon Cycle 1: Sources and Distributions –Chaired by P.P. Tans |
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| 13:00 - 13:20 | Preliminary Satellite Estimates of Annual Global Gas Flaring Volumes: 1992-2004 C.D. Elvidge (NOAA/NGDC) |
| 13:20 - 13:40 | Climatic and Biospheric Effects of Changing Patterns of Fossil-fuel CO2 Emissions T.J. Blasing (CDIAC) |
| 13:40 - 14:00 | Limitations of NOAA ESRL Measurements of Atmospheric CH4 for Source Attribution E.J. Dlugokencky (ESRL/GMD) |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Global Observations of Carbon Monoxide, Methane, and Carbon Dioxide in the Free Troposphere Derived from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) C.D. Barnet (NOAA/NESDIS) |
• 14:20 - 14:40 Break
| Session 4 | • Carbon Cycle 2: Aircraft, Tower, and Carbonyl Sulfide – Chaired by E.J. Dlugokencky |
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| 14:40 - 15:00 | NOAA/ESRL Aircraft Network Update C. Sweeney (CIRES/GMD) |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | A Revised Tall Tower Dataset for LEF, WKT and AMT for 2004-Present: Automated Data Processing and Quality Assurance Algorithms for Continuous CO2 and CO Measurements A.E. Andrews (ESRL/GMD) |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Seasonal Variations in Vertical Profiles of Carbonyl Sulfide, Halocarbons, and Benzene over North America S.A. Montzka (ESRL/GMD) |
• 16:00 - 18:30 Poster Session (Room GB-124)
| Session 5 | • Carbon Cycle 3 - Modeling and a New GC-MS System – Chaired by A.E. Andrews |
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| 08:30 - 08:50 | Estimating Biomass in a Combined SiB and CASA Model Using Data Assimilation K..M. Schaefer (NRC/GMD) |
| 08:50 - 09:10 | Regional Scale Inverse Modeling of North American Carbon Fluxes A.I. Hirsch (CIRES/GMD) |
| 09:10 - 09:30 | Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes for North America Estimated from NOAA-ESRL CO2 Observations W. Peters (CIRES/GMD) |
| 09:30 - 09:50 | The Medusa Automated Cryofocusing Gas Chromatograph–Mass Spectrometer System for the Measurement of Atmospheric Trace Gases R.F. Weiss (Scripps) |
• 09:50 - 10:10 Break
| Session 6 | Aerosols– Chaired by A. Jefferson |
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| 10:10 - 10:30 | CLidar Profiling of Aerosols at Mauna Loa Observatory J.E. Barnes (ESRL/GMD/MLO) |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Aerosol Light Scattering Measured by Nephelometry Compared to that Derived from Cavity Ring Down Aerosol Extinction Spectroscopy (CRD-AES) P. Massoli (CIRES/CSD) |
| Session 7 | • Radiation –Chaired by A.C. McComiskey |
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| 10:50 - 11:10 | Observed Multi-decadal Variations in Surface Irradiance (Radiation Budget) Records E.G. Dutton (ESRL/GMD) |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Broadband and Spectral Shortwave Radiation Model and Measurement Comparisons J.J. Michalsky (ESRL/GMD) |
| 11:30 - 11:50 | An Aerosol Optical Depth Algorithm for the SURFRAD Network J.A. Augustine (ESRL/GMD) |
| 11:50 - 12:00 | Logistics for Post Meeting Mixer R.C. Schnell (ESRL/GMD) |
• 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
| Session 8 | • Ozone and Halocarbons –Chaired by S.J. Oltmans |
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| 13:00 - 13:20 | Ozone Measurements in Australia M.B. Tully (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia) |
| 13:20 - 13:40 | Constraining Estimates of Future Emissions of Ozone-Depleting Substances with Measurements D.F. Hurst (CIRES/GMD) |
| 13:40 - 14:00 | Oceanic Distributions and Emissions of Short-lived Halocarbons J.H. Butler (ESRL/GMD) |
• 14:00 - 14:20 Break
| Session 9 | • Water Vapor and Volatile Organic Compounds – Chaired by J.W. Elkins |
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| 14:20 - 14:40 | Two Years of Water Vapor Observations Using a New Cryogenic Frost Point Hygrometer (CFH) H. W. Vömel (CIRES/GMD) |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | PAN Measurements Across the Tropopause F.L. Moore (CIRES/GMD) |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | The World Meteorological Organization Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO/GAW) Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Network D. Helmig (INSTAAR) |
| Session 10 | • Arctic – Chaired by E. Andrews |
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| 15:20 - 15:40 | Surface Energy Budget, Boundary Layer Structure and Synoptic/Orographic Influences at Arctic Climate Observatories for the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) – O. Persson (ESRL/PSD) |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Forest Fire Smoke Screens Arctic Warming R. Stone (CIRES/GMD) |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | NOAA Measurements at Summit, Greenland: Past, Present and Future R. C. Schnell (ESRL/GMD) |
| • Ozone and UV | |
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| P-1 | Sodankylä Total Column Ozone Intercomparison Campaign, March and April 2006 B. Walsh (ESRL/GMD) |
| P-2 | Validation of OMPS Ozone Profile Data with Expanded Dataset from a Brewer and Automated Dobson Network I. Petropavlovskikh (CIRES/GMD) |
| P-3 | Ozone Profiles Measured at South Pole Station During the 2005 Ozone Hole B.J. Johnson (ESRL/GMD) |
| P-4 | Comparison of Total Column Ozone Retrievals from a UV Spectroradiometer with those from a Dobson Spectrophotometer at Two Locations M.S. O’Neill (CIRES/GMD) |
| P-5 | Introduction to the NOAA/EPA Brewer Spectrophotometer UV Monitoring Network P. Disterhoft (CIRES/GMD) |
| • Carbon Cycle | |
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| P-6 | Autonomous Instrumentation for CO2 Measurements on Remote Coastal Towers C. Sweeney (CIRES/GMD) |
| P-7 | Ecosystem CO2 Exchange and Anthropogenic CO2 from American Samoa 1976-2005 S. Ryan (ESRL/GMD) |
| P-8 | Moving Towards Improved Fossil Fuel Emission Inventories for the Carbon Cycle G. Pétron (CIRES/GMD) |
| P-9 | The Evolution of the GMD Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases Cooperative Global Aircraft Sampling Network K.L. Partak (CIRES/GMD) |
| P-10 | Northern Hemisphere Trends in Carbon Monoxide: Effects of Anthropogenic Emissions and Biomass Burning P. Novelli (ESRL/GMD) |
| P-11 | A New Instrument for Tall Tower Continuous Measurements of CO and CO2 J.D. Kofler (CIRES/GMD) |
| P-12 | A Web-based Application to Manage Carbon Cycle Network Operations P. Lang (ESRL/GMD) |
| P-13 | Carbon Dioxide Analysis of Variability B. Weatherhead (CIRES/GMD) |
| • Halocarbons | |
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| P-14 | Recent Advances in the Preparation of Gravimetric Compressed Gas Standards B. Hall (ESRL/GMD) |
| P-15 | Two Decades of ESRL/GMD In Situ Trace Gas Measurements G.S. Dutton (CIRES/GMD) |
| • Aerosols | |
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| P-16 | A New Polar Nephelometer Design for Measurements of the Angular Distribution of Light Scattered by Atmospheric Aerosols M.E. Trudeau (ESRL/GMD) |
| P-17 | Improvements and Expanded Capabilities in GMD Aircraft-Based Aerosol Measurements P.J. Sheridan (ESRL/GMD) |
| P-18 | Effect of Humidity on Filter-Based Measurements of Aerosol Light Absorption R. Nessler (ESRL/GMD) |
| P-19 | Preliminary Results of in-situ Measurements of Aerosol Optical and Water Uptake Properties from the ARM Mobile Facility in Niger A. Jefferson (CIRES/GMD) |
| P-20 | The Influence of Fog on Aerosol Optical Properties E. Andrews (CIRES/GMD) |
| P-21 | Expansion of Facilities on the North Slope of Alaska in Time for the International Polar Year B. Zak (Sandia National Laboratory) |