NASA's GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheres Spring 2002 Seminar Series

The Spring 2002 Laboratory for Atmosphere's seminar series is being replaced with a Workshop on Spanning Regional to Global Pollution on May 7-9, 2002. The regular twice monthly series is CANCELLED because of the re-modeling of the H114 conference room.

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The atmospheric chemistry community has traditionally studied large-scale atmospheric processes using either; 1) aircraft and satellite measurements, and global models, or 2) small-scale processes using aircraft and surface measurements and regional models. There is a need to connect these two scales. The science community is moving to understanding these connections and the contributions of meso-scale and regional processes to the global environment. In particular, how photochemistry and meteorology/transport of ozone/ ozone precursors and aerosols affect the global environment. The workshop will focus on evaluating our understanding of regional scale transformation/ transport processes, the coupling of the regional and global scale, and to determine the observational needed to understand these connections. It is expected that the proceedings and recommendations of the workshop will be published.

Workshop Objectives:

• Connect the communities that study global and regional chemistry
• Make the larger community aware of the potential of satellites for tracking trans- boundary pollution
• Identify research needs

Agenda:

• Invited one-hour presentations:
• Formation and properties of regional aerosol: Some insights from the Pittsburgh Air Quality Study (PAQS)- Spyros Pandis
• Results from NARSTO/IGAC Field Campaigns on Regional to Global Pollution, Jim Meagher, NOAA AL
• Regional Chemical Weather Forecasting in Support of Atmospheric Chemistry Field Experiments - Greg Carmichael
• Space Based Measurements: Experience and Expectations with ATMOS and TES, Mike Gunson, JPL
• Contributed presentations (20 min.) focusing on:
• Aircraft, ground and satellite measurements
• Global modeling
• Small scale processes
• Panel Discussion on future needs
• Poster presentations in the visitor space

PDF of Complete Agenda

Logistics:

Questions on the workshop agenda should be directed to the:

Program Committee.

• Prof. William Brune
• Prof. Russ Dickerson
• Dr. James Gleason
• Dr. Paul Newman
• Dr. Anne Thompson

Questions on the hotels, set-up, etc., should be directed to:
Mary Floyd of Westover Consultants, Inc.
email:(mfloyd@westover-gb.com)
phone: (301) 345-3211 x107
fax: (301) 345-4659