About MARAMA

Air Quality

Calendar
  Main

Projects

Reports

Regional Haze

Request for Proposals

Links



2007 Regional Haze Science Meeting
Registration
Agenda
Hotel Info
Directions

2007 Regional Haze Science Meeting
Sponsored by: MANE-VU and Midwest RPO
July 10-11, 2007

Draft Agenda
Updated: July 13, 2007

New: Where possible, we have included the presenters website for your information. Please feel free to click on them to learn more about the presenter.

Presentations (all are in pdf format) are hyperlinked in the agenda below

Tuesday, July 10, 2007
10:00 am Opening Remarks
(Susan S.G. Wierman, MARAMA)
Plenary  
10:15 Overview of Science and Policy Issues Related to Organic Carbon
(John Graham, NESCAUM)
Session I - What source types are the most important contributors to organic Carbon
10:45
Source Apportionment of Particulate Matter in Atlanta
(Mei Zheng, Georgia Institute of Technology-website)

11:15 Effects of Semivolatile Emissions and Photochemical Aging on Urban and Regional Primary and Secondary Organic Aerosol Concentrations.
(Allen Robinson, Carnegie Mellon University- website)
11:45 Discussion
12:00 Working Lunch

Regional Haze and Earth System Science
(Russ Dickerson, University of Maryland - website)
1:30 What do Molecular Markers tell us about the Sources of Organic Carbon
(Monica Mazurek, Rutgers University- website)
2:15 Research on Tracer Compounds for Secondary Organics
(Tad Kleindienst, US EPA)
2:45 Discussion
3:00 Break
Session 2 Advances in Measuring Atmospheric Organic Carbon
3:30

What is the Track Record for Continuous EC/OC Analyses?
(George Allen, NESCAUM)

4:00 Lidar and Satellite Imaging of Ambient Particulate
(Ray Hoff, University of Maryland Baltimore County - website)
4:30 Discussion and 5-minute Wrap Up
(Susan Wierman, MARAMA)
5:00 Adjourn (Dinner is on your own)
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Session 3 The Contribution of Transportation Sources to Ambient OC Concentrations
8:00 Emission from Ships
(James Corbett, University of Delaware - website)
8:30 New York Vehicle Chase Study
(Ken Demerjian, SUNY Albany - website)
9:00 OTAQ Kansas City Study of High Emitting Vehicles
(Gene Tierney, USEPA)
9:30 Discussion
9:45 Break
Session 4 Sources of Ambient Organic Carbon
10:15 Use of Aetheolometer and TEOM Data to Pinpoint Emission Sources
(Donna Kenski, LADCO)
10:45 The Contribution of Biomass Combustion to Ambient Particulate Organic Carbon
(Jeff Collett, Colorado State University - website)
11:15

The Use of Carbon Isotope Analysis to Distinguish the Contribution of Biogenic and Anthropogenic Carbon
(Bill Malm, NPS Air Resource Division, Colorado State University)

11:45 Discussion
12:00 Working Lunch

The Effect of Fine Particulate on Health
(Ronald White, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
1:30 Analysis of the Baltimore Supersite Data
(John Ondov, University of Maryland - website)
2:00 Discussion Session
Session 5 Progress in Regional Modeling
2:30 LADCO Modeling Update
(Kirk Baker, LADCO)
3:00 Carbon Analyses in VISTAS Region for PM and Haze
(Pat Brewer, VISTAS)
3:30 NYDEC PM Modeling
(Gopal Sistla, NY DEC)
4:00 MANE-VU PM and Haze
(Gary Kleiman, NESCAUM)
4:30 Wrap up
Recap of Lessons Learned by Participants
Meeting Highlights
(John Graham, NESCAUM and Susan Wierman, MARAMA)
5:00 Adjourn