AGENDA
Nineteenth Annual George Mason University Conference on
Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion Modeling
June 9-10, 2014
Conference Chairs:
Zafer Boybeyi, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Joseph Chang, Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute, Falls Church, VA
Lecture Hall, Room #1
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Last updated: 6/1//2015
DAY 1 (June 9)
Session 1-Health Effects and Meterological Inputs for Consequence Assessments
Chair: Tom Spicer, University of Arkansas
8:20 AM
8:30 AM
8:50 AM
9:10 AM
9:30 AM
9:50 AM
8:30 AM Welcoming remarks
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8:50 AM IDA Assessment of Various Toxic-load-based Toxicity Models Using Data from the 2012 DTRA-sponsored
ECBC/NAMRU-D Rat HCN Toxicology Experiment
Jeffry T. Urban, James B. Silva, Nathan Platt, and Ivo K. Dimitrov
Institute for Defense Analyses
9:10 AM Health-Effect Hazard Areas for Airborne Contaminant Agents
Jay Boris and Gopal Patnaik
Naval Research Laboratory
9:30 AM Impact of Meteorological Uncertainty on Source Estimation in Complex Coastal Terrain
Donald D. Lucas, Matthew Simpson, Gardar Johanesson, Philip Cameron-Smith, and Ronald Baskett
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
9:50 AM Definition of Typical-day Dispersion Patterns as a Consequence of a Hazardous Release
Stefano Alessandrini, Joshua Hacker, Francois Vandenberghe, and Richard J. Babarsky
National Center for Atmospheric Research
10:20 AM COFFEE BREAK
Session 2-Modeling Studies and Aerosol Effects
Chair: Steve Hanna, Hanna Consultants
10:20 AM 10:40 AM Verification of a Plume Rise Model Against Laboratory Simulations of a Highly Buoyant Plume
Stefano Alessandrini, Enrico Ferrero, Domenico Anfossi, and Luca Delle Monache
National Center for Atmospheric Research
10:40 AM 11:00 AM Emergency Planning for Railroad Transportation of LNG
Bryant Hendrickson, Claudio Marsegan, and Filippo Gavelli
GexCon
11:00 AM 11:20 AM From Paris to London, Post Accidental Dispersion Modelling of a Single Point Source Release: The
Lubrizol Case Study
Jean-Marc Lacome, Frédéric Tognet, Marc Durif, Frédérik Meleux, Laurent Letinois, Emmanuelle Boulvert,
Martine Ramel, Patrick Bodu, Augustin Colette, Bertrand Bessagnet, and Laurence Rouil
INERIS, France
11:20 AM 11:40 AM Land-sea Interaction and Related Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion Processes in the Urban-Coastal
New York City Metropolitan
Tal Meir, Julie Pullen, Alan F. Blumberg, and Teddy Holt
Stevens Institute of Technology
11:40 AM 12:00 PM Investigation of Aerosol Effects on the Arctic Surface Temperature during the Diurnal Cycle: Part 1 Total Aerosol Effect
Eric Stofferahn and Zafer Boybeyi
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George Mason University
12:00 PM 12:20 PM Investigation of Aerosol Effects on the Arctic Surface Temperature during the Diurnal Cycle: Part 2 Separating Aerosol Effects
Eric Stofferahn and Zafer Boybeyi
George Mason University
12:20 PM 1:30 PM LUNCH BREAK
Session 3-Special OFCM Session
Observations and Modeling of Aerosols and Tracers: Potential Impacts for Two Governmental Programs
Chair: Jeff McQueen, NOAA/NWS
1:30 PM
1:40 PM
2:00 PM
2:20 PM
2:40 PM
3:00 PM
1:40 PM OFCM session introduction
Jeff McQueen and OFCM ATD staff
National Weather Service, NOAA
2:00 PM The Joint Polar Satellite System Initiative and Use of Satellite Data for Aerosol Modeling and
Assimilation
Shobha Kondragunta
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, NOAA
2:20 PM Wild Fire Smoke Emission and Smoke Forecast Modeling
Susan O’Neill
USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station
2:40 PM TBD
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Defense Threat Reduction Agency or DOE
3:00 PM Introduction of HABIT v1.2 (Control-Room Habitability)
Casper Sun
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK
Session 4-Special OFCM Session
Observations and Modeling of Aerosols and Tracers: Potential Impacts for Two Governmental Programs
Chair: Daniel Meléndez, NOAA/NWS; Col. Paul Roelle, US Air Force
3:30 PM
3:50 PM
4:10 PM
4:30 PM
4:50 PM
5:30 PM
3:50 PM The Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS) Initiative: Improved Aerosol Modeling
Ivanka Stajner
National Weather Service, NOAA
4:10 PM Aerosol Modeling and Data Assimilation at NASA's Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
Arlindo DaSilva
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
4:30 PM Navy Global Aerosol and Data Assimilation Systems
Annette L. Walker
US Navy
4:50 PM NOAA’s Air Resources Laboratory’s Aerosol Modeling Capabilities
Ariel Stein
Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA
5:30 PM Discussion, Future Needs, and Science Priorities
Jeff McQueen, Daniel Meléndez, and Paul Roelle
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology
DAY 1 ADJOURNS
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DAY 2 (June 10)
Session 5-Jack Rabbit II Field Experiment
Chair: Joseph Chang, HSSAI
8:30 AM
8:50 AM
9:10 AM
9:30 AM
9:50 AM
10:10 AM
8:50 AM Jack Rabbit II: Experimental Large-Scale Chlorine Release Trials for Improved Modeling and Emergency
Response
Shannon B. Fox
Chemical Security Analysis Center, DHS
9:10 AM Jack Rabbit II Test Program - Dissemination and Near Source Working Group Preparation
Tom Spicer
University of Arkansas
9:30 AM Propagation Speeds and Mean Concentration from Radial Releases of Dense Gas Clouds
Pablo Huq
University of Delaware
9:50 AM Deposition Following Accidental Releases of Chlorine from Railcars
Steven Hanna, Joseph Chang, John Hearn, Bruce Hicks, Shannon Fox, Mark Whitmire, and Michael Sohn
Hanna Consultants
10:10 AM Noise Analysis and Automated Signal Floor Determination of UV Canary and Jaz UV-VIS Sensor Data
Obtained During the Jack Rabbit I Field Tests
Mark Quigley and Ron Meris
Sage Management
10:40 AM COFFEE BREAK
Session 6-Jack Rabbit II Field Experiment
Chair: Shannon Fox, Chemical Security Analysis Center, DHS
10:40 AM 11:00 AM A Fast CFD Model Aeolus for Simulating Flow and Dispersion in Urban Areas and Complex Terrain
Akshay A. Gowardhan
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
11:00 AM 11:20 AM Application of the SCIPUFF Urban Canopy Model to the Jack Rabbit II 10T Release
Richard Babarsky
US Army
11:20 AM 11:40 AM Integral Model Predictions of Chlorine Dispersion for the Proposed Jack Rabbit II Experiments
Simon Gant, Bryan McKenna, Maria Garcia, Rachel Batt, Henk Witlox, Jan Stene, and Graham Tickle
Health and Safety Laboratory, UK
11:40 AM 12:00 PM Planning Wind Tunnel Experiments to Model the Jack Rabbit II Tests
Tom Spicer
University of Arkansas
12:00 PM 1:10 PM LUNCH BREAK
Session 7-European Modeling Initiatives
Chair: Ian Sykes, Sage Management
1:10 PM
1:30 PM
1:50 PM
2:10 PM
1:30 PM Good Practices for CFD Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling within the Framework of Risk Assessment
and Specific Scientific Challenges
Jean-Marc Lacome and Benjamin Truchot
INERIS, France
1:50 PM Progress on UDINEE (Urban Dispersion International Evaluation Exercise)
Steven Hanna, Stefano Galmarini, Miguel Hernández-Ceballos, Thomas Mazzola, and Joseph Chang
Hanna Consultants
2:10 PM Description of the COST Action ES1006: Evaluation, Improvement and Guidance for the Use of Localscale Emergency Prediction and Response Tools for Airborne Hazards in Built Environments
B. Leitl, S. Trini-Castelli, K. Baumann-Stanzer, P. Armand, S. Herring, T. Reisin, J. Moussafir, and all COST
contributors
Aria Technologies, France
2:30 PM Model Evaluation in the COST Action ES1006: Protocol, Data and Results for the Michelstadt and CUTE
Model Evaluation Exercises
S.Andronopoulos, F. Harms, K. Baumann-Stanzer, S. Trini-Castelli, P. Armand, M. Nibart, J.Moussafir, and
all COST contributors
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2:30 PM
2:50 PM
Aria Technologies, France
2:50 PM Model Evaluation in the COST Action ES1006: Data and Model Results for a Real Accident, the AGREE
Model Evaluation Exercise
G. Tinarelli, K. Baumann-Stanzer, C. Gariazzo, J-M Lacome , J. Moussafir, and all COST contributors
Aria Technologies, France
3:20 PM COFFEE BREAK
Session 8-Imprvements in Modeling Techniques
Chair: Zafer Boybeyi, GMU
3:20 PM
3:40 PM
4:00 PM
4:20 PM
4:40 PM
5:00 PM
3:40 PM Improved Repeatability of Multithread SCIPUFF
Ian Sykes
Sage Management
4:00 PM Improved Description of Droplet Size Effects on Secondary Evaporation in SCIPUFF
Ian Sykes and Irene Shatova
Sage Management
4:20 PM Real-Time Chemical Plume Models as a Part of Virtual Training Systems
Adam Moses, Keith Obenschain, Jay Boris, and Gopal Patnaik
Naval Research Laboratory
4:40 PM Development of the Parallel Momentum Conserving Version of the SWIFT/Micro-SWIFT Simplified Flow
Model-First Results and Applications
O. Oldrini, J. Moussafir, M. Nibart, P.Armand, and C.Duchenne
Aria Technologies, France
5:00 PM The EMERGENCIS Project : Coupling a Massively Parallel Implementation of the PMSS Model over the
Paris Area with Nested Indoor Simulations with Code_Saturne CFD Model and CONTAM
P.Armand, C.Duchenne, S. Perdriel, O. Oldrini, J. Moussafir, M. Nibart, and C. Olry
Aria Technologies, France
DAY 2 ADJOURNS
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