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Atmospheric Chemistry

Gordon Research Conference

August 23 - 28, 2009
Chair Paul O. Wennberg
Vice Chairs Kristie A. Boering and Jonathan Abbatt
Waterville Valley
56 Packard's Road
Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, United States
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Conference Description

As is the tradition for this conference, the program will include a range of topics and new developments broadly covering the field of atmospheric chemistry. The conference will provide a forum for discussion of both urban and regional chemistry and global tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry. The goal is to bring together scientists working in the laboratory, in the field, and on simulations to provoke discussion towards improving our understanding of the processes that control the composition of the atmosphere. The conference will be preceded by the tenth biennial ACCESS (Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists) colloquium to be held at Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York.

Conference Program

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:50 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:50 pm - 9:30 pmGEOENGINEERING
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm Discussion Leader: Thomas Peter (Inst. Atmos. Clim. Sci.- ETH)
"Introduction"
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm Philip Rasch (Pacific Northwest NL)
"Sulfate Aerosol Geoengineering"
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm David Keith (U. Calgary)
"Geoengineering - Options and Uncertainties"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCHINA: THE OLYMPICS AND AIR POLLUTION
9:00 am - 9:10 am Discussion Leader: David Streets (Argonne NL)
"Introduction"
9:10 am - 9:40 am Andreas Richter (U. Bremen)
"What Can We Learn From Satellite Observations About Emissions In China?"
9:40 am - 9:55 am Discussion
9:55 am - 10:15 am Coffee Break / Group Photo
10:15 am - 10:45 am Qi Zhang (SUNY - Albany)
"Secondary Organic Aerosol in China - Lessons from the Olympics"
10:45 am - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am - 11:30 am Greg Carmichael (U. Iowa)
"Influence of Chinese Emissions on Shortwave Radiative Forcing over Asia and the Pacific"
11:30 am - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am - 12:30 pm Poster Presentation I (TBA)
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmBIOGENIC EMISSIONS TO THE ATMOSPHERE
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Discussion Leader: Mary Barth (NCAR)
"Introduction"
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm Tom Sharkey (Michigan State U.)
"The Frustrating Biology Underlying VOC Emission Models"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm Lucy Carpenter (U. York)
"Oceanic Sources and Sinks of Halogenated Trace Gases"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmBIOMASS BURNING
9:00 am - 9:20 am Discussion Leader: Christine Wiedinmyer (NCAR)
"Introduction"
9:20 am - 9:50 am Bob Yokelson (U. Montana)
"The Nature and Fate of Gas-Phase Fire Emissions"
9:50 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 am - 10:25 am Coffee Break
10:25 am - 10:55 am Tony Clarke (U. Hawaii)
"Primary and Secondary Aerosol from Fire"
10:55 am - 11:10 am Discussion
11:10 am - 11:40 am Jennifer Logan (Harvard U.)
"Fire Injection Heights: A View from MISR and Models"
11:40 am - 11:55 am Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pmFree Time
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 8:15 pmBIOMASS BURNING
Discussion Leader: Christine Wiedinmyer (NCAR)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Poster Presentation II (TBA)
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm Discussion
8:15 pm - 9:30 pmPoster Session II
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmATMOSPHERES OF THE PAST
9:00 am - 9:10 am Discussion Leader: Kristie Boering (U. California, Berkeley)
"Introduction"
9:10 am - 9:40 am Maggie Tolbert (U. Colorado)
"Aerosols in the Past"
9:40 am - 9:55 am Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am Mark Thiemens (U. California, San Diego)
"Ozone and Oxygen in the Recent and Distant Past"
10:25 am - 10:40 am Discussion
10:40 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am Bill Ruddiman (U. Virginia)
"Pre-Industrial Anthropogenic Influence on Methane"
11:30 am - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am - 12:30 pm Poster Presentation III & IV (TBA)
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session III
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNEW DISCOVERIES IN OXIDATIVE CHEMISTRY
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Discussion Leader: Andreas Hofzumahaus (Jülich Res. Cen.)
"Introduction"
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm Jos Lelieveld (MPI Mainz)
"Oxidation Chemistry in the Low-NOx Atmosphere"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm Ron Cohen (U. California, Berkeley)
"Atmospheric Oxidation: Unexpected Amplifiers and Potential Short Circuits"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm Discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmAEROSOLS - CHEMISTRY AND CLIMATE INTERACTIONS
9:00 am - 9:10 am Discussion Leader: Jon Abbatt (U. Toronto)
"Introduction"
9:10 am - 9:40 am Jesse Kroll (Aerodyne/MIT)
"Chemical Sources and Sinks of Oxidized Organic Aerosol"
9:40 am - 9:55 am Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am Ru-Shan Gao (NOAA-ESRL)
"Do We Understand the Role of Black Carbon in the Climate System?"
10:25 am - 10:40 am Discussion
10:40 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am Kimberly Prather (U. California, San Diego)
"The Impact of Mixing State on Aerosol Optical and CCN"
11:30 am - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm Peter Adams (Carnegie Mellon U.)
"CCN Formation on the Global Scale: Microphysics and Chemistry"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session IV
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 8:15 pmBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
8:15 pm - 9:30 pmAIR POLLUTION AND HUMAN HEALTH
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm Discussion Leader: Phil Hopke (Clarkson U.)
"Introduction"
8:25 pm - 8:55 pm Petros Koutrakis (Harvard U.)
"Aerosol Pollution and Human Morbidity and Mortality"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm Discussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart

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