Ad-Hoc Meteorological Modelers Meeting

Denver, CO

June 30-July 1, 2005

7333 W. Jefferson, Lakewood CO (National Park Service Office)

 

Agenda

 

June 30th

 

10:00  Welcome, Introduction, Facility Logistics

 

10:15  12 km model performance evaluation for an annual MM5 simulation – Pat Dolwick (NOAA/EPA OAQPS)

 

11:00  Comparison of WRF v. MM5 – Dennis McNalley (Alpine Geophysics)

 

12:00  Lunch

 

01:00  Multiple MM5 Simulations (1997-2000) to Support PSD/NSR Modeling Applications near Class I areas – Tim Allen (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

 

01:30  MM5 Performance for 3 Annual Simulations (2002-2004); Relating meteorological model performance to PM2.5 performance – Kirk Baker (LADCO)

 

02:15  Experiences Developing MCIP to Process WRF output – Jon Pleim (EPA ORD)

 

03:00  MM5 Sensitivity for WRAP States and Application for Alaska - Chris Emery (ENVIRON)

 

03:45 The Impact of Three Dimensional Data Assimilation on High Resolution Weather Forecasting in the Los Angeles Basin - Michael McAtee (The Aerospace Corporation)

 

04:30  Meteorological Performance at/near Class 1 Areas in the VISTAS Region – Don Olerud (BARON)

 

05:15  Adjourn

 

July 1st

 

08:30  Comparative Evaluation of Four Annual MM5 Simulations– Dennis McNalley (Alpine Geophysics)

 

09:15  Evaluation of MM5-CMAQ Sensitivity to Various PBL Schemes – Qi Mao (TVA)

 

10:30  MM5 Performance at 12 and 4 km for 3 Ozone Episodes – Ken Anderson (Ameren UE)  

 

12:00  Adjourn

ATTENDEES