2002 NOAA ESRL GLOBAL MONITORING ANNUAL CONFERENCE

David Skaggs Research Center, Room GC-402
325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305
May 21 and May 22, 2002

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 AGENDA

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Session 1 • Observatory Topics - E. Dutton
08:50 - 09:00 Welcome and Introduction
   D. Hofmann
09:00 - 09:20 A New Baseline Observatory - Trinidad Head
   R. Schnell (CMDL)
09:20 - 09:40 The WMO Global Atmosphere Watch
   M. Profitt (WMO)
09:40 - 10:00 Australia-New Zealand SOLAS Planning: Proposed Experiments Including Those Off Cape Grim
   N. Tindale (Australia)

• 10:00 - 10:30 Break

Session 2 • Ozone - S. Oltmans
10:30 - 10:50 Effects of Total Ozone, Albedo and Clouds on Biologically Relevant UV Levels at Barrow
   G. Bernhard (Biospherical Instruments Inc.)
10:50 - 11:10 Long-Term Trends in Ozone from Dobson and Satellite Data
   J. Harris (CMDL)
11:10 - 11:30 Ozone Profiles Measured at South Pole Station During the 2001 Ozone Hole
   B. Johnson (CMDL)

• 11:30 - 13:00 Lunch

Session 3 • Aerosols - J. Ogren
13:00 - 13:20 A 3-Year Record of Simultaneously Measured Aerosol Chemical and Optical Properties at Barrow, Alaska
   P. Quinn (NOAA-PMEL)
13:20 - 13:40 The Complex Relationship Between Calcium and Nitrate in Asian Outflow
   B. Huebert (Univ. of Hawaii)
13:40 - 14:00 Size and Compositionally Resolved Aerosols at Mauna Loa Observatory During ACE-Asia, Spring, 2001
   T. Cahill (Univ. of Calif.)
14:00 - 14:20 Carbon Isotope Measurements of Different Carbon Species (OC and EC) in Aerosols: Method Development and Application to Pacific 2001 Campaign (Preliminary Results)
   L. Huang (Meteorological Service of Canada)
14:20 - 14:40 CMDL Aerosol Measurements at Trinidad Head, California
   B. Andrews (CMDL)

• 14:40 - 15:00 Break

Session 4 • Aerosols (continued) - J. Ogren
15:00 - 15:20 Aerosol Specification within MODTRAN: Suitability/Flexibility for NOAA Requirements
   G. Anderson (CMDL)
15:20 - 15:40 Boundary Layer Aerosol Measurements with a CCD Camera Lidar
   J. Barnes (CMDL-MLO)
15:40 - 16:00 Influences of Temperature, Wind, and Snow Cover on the Oxidation of Mercury at Barrow Observatory
   G. McConville (CMDL-BRW)

• 16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session


Wednesday, May 22, 2002 AGENDA

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Session 5 • Carbon Cycle - P. Tans
0830 - 0850 Has the Global Methane Burden Reached Steady State?
   E.J. Dlugokencky (CMDL)
0850 - 0910 Global Average CO2: 370 ppm, and Rising
   T. Conway (CMDL)
0910 - 0930 Contributions of Emissions from Biomass Burning in High Northern Latitudes to Interannual Variations in Atmospheric CO2, CH4, and CO
   E.J. Hyer (Univ. of Maryland)
0930 - 0950 Constraining Methane Flux Estimates Using Atmospheric Observations of d13CH4
   S. Mikaloff Fletcher (CMDL)

• 09:50 - 10:10 Break

Session 6 • Halocarbons - J. Elkins
10:10 - 10:30 Halocarbon Production by Tomato Plants
   D. King (CMDL)
10:30 - 10:50 Updated Trends for Halocarbons from Ground-Based Measurements
   S. Montzka (CMDL)
10:50 - 11:10 U.S. and European Emissions of Montreal Protocol-Targeted Gases
   D.H. Barnes (Harvard Univ.)
11:10 - 11:30 Establishing a Niwot Ridge Air Archive from HATS Calibration Standards
   B. Hall (CMDL)

• 11:30 - 13:00 Lunch

Session 7 • Research Group Overviews - D. Hofmann
13:00 - 13:15 Introduction
   D. Hofmann (CMDL)
13:15 - 13:45 Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases Overview
   P. Tans (CMDL)
13:45 - 14:15 Observations of the Climate Forcing Properties of Aerosols
   J. Ogren (CMDL)
14:15 - 14:45 CMDL Solar and Thermal Atmospheric Radiation (STAR) Project
   E.G. Dutton (CMDL)

• 14:45 - 15:15 Break

Session 8 • Research Group Overviews (continued) - D. Hofmann
15:15 - 15:45 Recent Research Developments in the Ozone and Water Vapor Group
   S. Oltmans (CMDL)
15:45 - 16:15 An Overview of the Halocarbons and other Atmospheric Trace Species (HATS) Group
   J. Elkins (CMDL)
16:15 - 17:15 Observatory Operations: Present and Future
   R. Schnell (CMDL)

• 17:30 - 19:00 Director's Award Ceremony and BBQ Dinner (David Skaggs Research Center Cafeteria)