Extramural Research
Black Carbon Kick-off Meeting
EPA Research Triangle Park
Building C Auditorium
Research Triangle Park, NC
May 21, 2012
AGENDA
| Monday, May 21, 2012 | |
| 10:05 am | John Dawson, EPA Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Research Introduction and Housekeeping |
| 10:10 am | Lydia Wegman, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards Bryan Bloomer, EPA Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Research EPA STAR Black Carbon Kick-off (PDF) (11 pp, 1.2 MB) |
| 10:30 am | Greg Carmichael, University of Iowa Constraining Urban-to-Global Scale Estimates of Black Carbon Distributions, Sources, Regional Climate Impacts, and Co-Benefit Metrics with Advanced Couple Dynamic Chemical Transport – Adjoint Models (PDF) (27 pp, 13.82 MB) |
| 11:00 am | Tami Bond, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Linking Regional Aerosol Emission Changes with Multiple Impact Measures through Direct and Cloud-Related Forcing Estimates (PDF) (15 pp, 1.1 MB) |
| 11:30 am | Marcus Sarofim, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Atmospheric Programs Climate Metrics and Their Application to Black Carbon (PDF) (11 pp, 365 K) |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | Annmarie Carlton, Rutgers University Improved prediction of the vertical profile of atmospheric black carbon: development and evaluation of WRFCMAQ (PDF) (24 pp, 1.85 MB) |
| 2:00 pm | Nicole Riemer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Particle-Resolved Simulations for Quantifying Black Carbon Climate Impact and Model Uncertainty (PDF) (27 pp, 3.35 MB) |
| 2:30 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm | Erika Sasser, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards EPA’s Report to Congress on Black Carbon: Key Messages and Critical Next Steps (PDF) (16 pp, 2.06 MB) |
| 3:30 pm | Spyros Pandis, Carnegie Mellon University Black Carbon, Air Quality and Climate: From the Local to the Global Scale (PDF) (31 pp, 3.51 MB) |
| 4:00 pm | Conclude Day 1 |
| Tuesday, May 22 | |
| 9:15 am | Jamie Schauer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Development of a Quantitative Accounting Framework for Black Carbon and Brown Carbon from Emissions Inventory to Impacts (PDF) (18 pp, 639 K) |
| 9:45 am | Mike Hays, EPA Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory BC measurement activities at the US EPA (ORD-RTP) (PDF) (28 pp, 2.79 MB) |
| 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:45 am | Jesse Kroll, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Investigating the effects of atmospheric aging on the radiative properties and climate impacts of black carbon aerosol (PDF) (26 pp, 1.46 MB) |
| 11:15 am | Akua Asa-Awuku, University of California, Riverside Understanding the Hygroscopic Properties of BC/OC Mixing States: Connecting Climate and Health Impacts of Anthropogenic Aerosol (PDF) (48 pp, 6.91 MB) |
| 11:45 am | Lunch |
| 1:15 pm | Rufus Edwards, University of California, Irvine Characterization Of Emissions From Small, Variable Solid Fuel Combustion Sources For Determining Global Emissions And Climate Impact (PDF) (28 pp, 7.05 MB) |
| 1:45 pm | Tom Luben, EPA Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment Black Carbon Effects on Public Health (PDF) (14 pp, 702 K) |
| 2:15 pm | Sarah Doherty, University of Washington BC and other light‐absorbing impurities in North American Great Plains snow: Sources, impacts, and a comparison with north China snow (PDF) (38 pp, 7.28 MB) |
| 2:45 pm | Andy Miller, EPA Office of Research and Development Concluding Thoughts |
| 2:55 pm | John Dawson Wrap-up |