Below is a preliminary schedule for the 2021 MAC-MAQ Conference. The event will be hosted virtually through the platform Pheedloop and will include a keynote, general sessions with invited and applied presentations, as well as several lightning talks featuring our poster presenters! Through our virtual platform we will also be hosting several networking hours for you to catch up with past colleagues and meet the new, emerging leaders in the field. While the past year and a half has been overflowing with poorly managed virtual meet-ups, we would love for you to join this virtual platform and virtual program with a receptive mindset! More information about the virtual platform will be available in the coming weeks!
Tuesday, September 14th
7:30 a.m. PT / 10:30 a.m. ET
Morning Coffee Chat
Join us for a pre-conference coffee discussion. This is the perfect time to catch up with colleagues you haven't seen since pre-pandemic, connect with new entrants to the field and discuss the upcoming sessions! Join in one of several small group discussions while you get situated for the morning.
- Virtual Platform Training: Practice using the virtual platform and have all your questions answered by conference staff
- Relax with Colleagues: Grab your coffee or tea and start the morning off catching up with colleagues you haven't seen in a couple of years.
8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET
Climate change, air pollution, and public health: Past, present, and future
Keynote Presented by: Susan Anenberg, Director of the MPH concentration in Global Environmental Health, Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health & Global Health, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
9:05 a.m. PT / 12:05 p.m. ET
Session Break
9:15 a.m. PT / 12:15 p.m. ET
Turbulence Resolved and Fine Scale Processes (part 1)
- Towards Modelling Turbulence Intermittency in Atmospheric Flow - Cedrick Ansorge, Institute for Goephysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne (invited presentation)
- An introspection in the universe of omitted large secondary circulations - Marc Calaf, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah (invited presentation)
- Near-Field Modeling of Transport and Dispersion of COVID-19 Virus Indoors and Outdoors - Steven Hanna, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
10:10 a.m. PT / 1:10 p.m. ET
Break
10:20 a.m. PT / 1:20 p.m. ET
Turbulence Resolved and Fine Scale Processes (part 2)
- Quantifying the Impact of Flow Unsteadiness on Momentum and Scalar Transfer in Urban Environments - Marco Giometto, Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University (invited presentation)
- Benefits of a Three-Dimensional Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterization for Horizontally Heterogeneous Flows - Timothy Juliano, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
- Application of urban climate model PALM-4U to investigate pollutant distribution in Stuttgart - Abdul Samad, University of Stuttgart
11:05 p.m. PT / 2:05 p.m. ET
Lighting Presentations & Discussions (part 1)
Lighting Presenters will give a 2 minute presentation to the full attendee group, then attendees will join breakout sessions to ask follow up questions of poster presenters in a small group atmosphere.
- Poster Presenter: Gabriele Pfister, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Poster Presenter: Rajesh Kumar, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Poster Presenter: Mansa Krishna, University of California, Los Angeles
- Poster Presenter: Enzo Le Bouëdec, Université de Grenoble Alpes / LEGI
- Poster Presenter: Jordan Schnell, CIRES/NOAA GSL
Lunch Break & Poster Review
12:05 p.m. PT / 3:05 p.m. ET
Unique/Extreme Events and their Impacts on Meteorology and Air Quality (part 1)
- Australia’s Black Summer Pyrocumulonimbus Super Outbreak Reveals Potential for Increasingly Extreme Stratospheric Smoke Events - David Peterson, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (invited presentation)
- Using observations of Western U.S. wildfire smoke to improve fire emissions in air quality forecasting models - Megan Bela, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) University of Colorado / NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL)
- Use of linear regression techniques for demonstrating the exceptional impact of the Covid-19 health emergency on ozone air quality in the District of Columbia - Joseph Jakuta, District of Columbia Department of Energy an Environment
- PM2.5 Impacts of the Record- Setting 2020 Wildfire Season in Southern California: The Bobcat and El Dorado Fires - Melissa Maestas, South Coast Air Quality Management District
1:05 p.m. PT / 4:05 p.m. ET
Session Break
1:15 p.m. PT / 4:15 p.m. ET
Unique/Extreme Events and their Impacts on Meteorology and Air Quality (part 2)
- Ensemble PM2.5 Forecasting During the 2018 Camp Wildfire - Daniel Tong, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University (invited presentation)
- Lighting the dark: first retrieval of fire combustion efficiency from space for air quality applications - Jun Wang, The University of Iowa (invited presentation)
- Assessment of WRF-Fire’s Forecasting Skill on Large Wildfires - Francis Turney, University of California, Los Angeles
2:10 p.m. PT / 5:10 p.m. ET
End of Day Breakout Discussion of Sessions
Join your colleagues for an end of day discussion of the session topics. Review the most interesting points of the presentations and share ideas for future research you can collaborate on. These breakout discussions will not be moderated.
Wednesday September 15th
7:30 a.m. PT / 10:30 a.m. ET
Morning Coffee Chat
Join us for a pre-conference coffee discussion. This is the perfect time to catch up with colleagues you haven't seen since pre-pandemic, connect with new entrants to the field and discuss the upcoming sessions! Join in one of several small group discussions while you get situated for the morning.
- Presentation Review: Chat with other researchers about the prior day's presentations and discuss how the research could be expanded and improved upon.
- Early Career Discussion: All early career researchers are welcomed to join this discussion on how to connect with more established career researchers and practice their "elevator pitch" for their career and research goals.
8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET
Modeling of Processes Across Global to Regional and Local Scales (part 1)
- The CAMS global atmospheric composition forecast system: Recent upgrades and impact of prognostic aerosols and ozone on weather forecasts - Johannes Flemming, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (invited presentation)
- Generating an open biomass burning emission inventory using fire radiative power from VIIRS - Gonzalo Ferrada, Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa
- Exploring the pseudo-global warming method to quantify potential changes in extreme meteorological case studies - Geneva Gray, North Carolina State University
- Incorporating satellite soil moisture data into dry deposition modeling: sensitivity to dry deposition parameterizations - Min Huang, George Mason University
- The potential impact of vehicle-induced turbulence on regional air pollution - Paul Makar, Environment and Climate Change Canada
9:20 a.m. PT / 12:20 p.m. ET
Break
9:30 a.m. PT / 12:30 p.m. ET
Modeling of Processes Across Global to Regional and Local Scales (part 2)
- Evaluation and Intercomparison of Modeled Atmospheric Deposition over North America and Europe – An Overview of Phase 4 of the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII4) - Christian Hogrefe, Atmospheric and Environmental Systems Modeling Division, CEMM, ORD, U.S. EPA (invited presentation)
- Examination and Processing of MODIS Leaf Area Index (LAI) Product for Air Quality Modelling - Junhua Zhang, Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada (invited presentation)
- Reduced order modeling and source attribution with CMAQ-DDM-3D in California - Zhen Liu, California Air Resources Board
- Development and evaluation of the coupled MPAS-CMAQ model system - Jonathan Pleim, US EPA
- Assessment of future wintertime meteorology over California using dynamical downscaling method with a bias correction technique - Zhan Zhao, California Air Resources Board
- Utilizing MOS-based Gas Sensors with Algorithmic Temperature Fluctuation Correction for Local Ambient Pollutant Monitoring - Akarsh Aurora, Student, Ashland High School, MA
10:50 a.m. / 1:50 p.m. ET
Lunch Break
11:35 a.m. PT / 2:35 p.m. ET
Machine learning applications for air quality research (part 1)
- Explainable AI for the Geosciences - Elizabeth (Libby) Barnes, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University (invited presentation)
- Fusing Observed, Modeled, and Satellite-Derived Concentrations to Produce Fine-Resolution Estimates of Ground-Level PM2.5 During the 2017 California Wildfires - Stephanie Elizabeth Cleland, Department of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (invited presentation)
- Forecasting PM10 Using Deep Learning Methods - Hande Öcba, ITU Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences
- Reduced order modeling of organic aerosol tracers in LOTOS-EUROS using machine learning - Obin Sturm, TU Delft, TNO
12:45 p.m. PT / 3:45 p.m. ET
Break
12:55 p.m. PT / 3:55 p.m. ET
Machine learning applications for air quality research (part 2)
- Deep learning to evaluate US NOx emissions using surface ozone predictions - Tai-Long He, Atmospheric Physics and Composition Modelling Group, University of Toronto
- Application of geostationary satellite and high-resolution meteorology data in estimating hourly PM2.5 levels in California - Yang Liu, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University (invited presentation)
- Combining mobile air quality sensor data and machine learning for more fine-grained air quality assessments in urban areas - Valerio Panzica La Manna, IMEC
- Openly accessible low-cost measurements for PM2.5 exposure modeling: guidance for monitor deployment with a similarity metric - Jianzhao Bi, University of Washington
2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET
End of Day Breakout Discussion of Sessions
Join your colleagues for an end of day discussion of the session topics. Review the most interesting points of the presentations and share ideas for future research you can collaborate on. These breakout discussions will not be moderated.
Thursday, September 16th
7:30 a.m. PT / 10:30 a.m. ET
Morning Coffee Chat
Join us for a pre-conference coffee discussion. This is the perfect time to catch up with colleagues you haven't seen since pre-pandemic, connect with new entrants to the field and discuss the upcoming sessions! Join in one of several small group discussions while you get situated for the morning.
- Presentation Review: Chat with other researchers about the prior day's presentations and discuss how the research could be expanded and improved upon.
- Established Researcher Connection: Early career researchers will be welcomed to join small group discussions with more established researchers on various topics to learn how to develop their career paths further.
8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET
Merging models with observations (part 1)
- Advancing Aerosol Modeling across Air Quality, Weather and Climate Applications - Gregory Carmichael, College of Engineering, University of Iowa (invited presentation)
- Effect of hygroscopic growth on aerosol light scattering - observed climatology and model evaluation - Elisabeth (Betsy) Andrews, University of Colorado, CIRES and NOAA
- SEASONAL VARIATION ANALYSIS OF GROUND LEVEL OZONE IN THE MEKONG DELTA BY USING THE COUPLED WRF/CMAQ MODEL - Long Bui, University of Technology, Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM)
- WRF-Chem modeling of PM2.5 and AOD of Summertime Air Quality around Lake Michigan - Megan Christiansen, University of Iowa
- Benchmark on methodologies to integrate low-cost sensor networks with official measurements and modelled data: first results - Joost Wesseling, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
9:15 a.m. PT / 12:15 p.m. ET
Break
9:25 a.m. PT / 12:25 p.m. ET
Merging models with observations (part 2)
- Observationally constrained source attribution modeling of air pollution health impacts - Daven Henze, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado (invited presentation)
- Sub-city-scale air quality forecasts combining models, satellites, and surface measures - Carl Malings, NASA/USRA (invited presentation)
- Evaluating modeled smoke plume heights against airborne lidar observations for multiple fires during FIREX-AQ - Laura Thapa, University of California, Los Angeles
- Assimilation of multiple satellite retrievals and emissions adjustment to improve high resolution air quality forecasting Arthur Mizzi, USRA/NASA
- Using In-situ Surface Measurements of Aerosol Optical Properties to Evaluate Model Simulations - the AeroCom INSITU Experiment - Lauren Schmeisser, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences; CU Boulder/NOAA
10:40 a.m. PT / 1:40 p.m. ET
Poster Presentations & Discussions (part 2)
Lighting Presenters will give a 2 minute presentation to the full attendee group, then attendees will join breakout sessions to ask follow up questions of poster presenters in a small group atmosphere.
- Poster Presenter: Chayan Roychoudhury, The University of Arizona
- Poster Presenter: Zhao Li, NASA-GSFC GMAO
- Poster Presenter: Paul Adigun, University of Tsukuba
- Poster Presenter: Behrooz Roozitalab, University of Iowa
- Poster Presenter: William Lassman, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
- Poster Presenter: Kai Wilmot, University of Utah
Lunch Break
11:45 a.m. PT / 2:45 p.m. ET
Composition and Operational Forecasting from Daily to Seasonal Scales (part 1)
- Overview of operational air quality forecasting systems in France and Europe - Joaquim Arteta, French National Centre for Meteorological Research (CNRM) (invited presentation)
- Near real-time air quality forecasts using the NASA GEOS model - Emma Knowland, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (invited presentation)
- Updating and Evaluating Emissions in NOAA’s Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS)-Aerosols - Gill-Ran Jeong, George Mason University - NOAA Air Resources Laboratory
12:40 p.m. PT / 3:40 p.m. ET
Break
12:50 p.m. PT / 3:50 p.m. ET
Composition and Operational Forecasting from Daily to Seasonal Scales (part 2)
- Progress and Plans for Advances in Air Quality and Aerosol Modeling in UFS - Jeff McQueen, NOAA, National Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (invited presentation)
- Examination of Chemistry-Aerosol Combinations in the US Next Generation of the National Air Quality Forecast Capability - Yang Zhang, College of Engineering, Northeastern University (invited presentation)
- An Improved National Air Quality Forecasting Capability Using the NOAA Global Forecast System. Part I: Model Development and Community Application - Patrick Campbell, George Mason University/NOAA-Air Resources Affiliate
- An Improved National Air Quality Forecasting Capability Using the NOAA Global Forecast System. Part II: Science Advancements and Evaluations - Youhua Tang, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory
2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET
End of Day Breakout Discussion of Sessions
Join your colleagues for an end of day discussion of the session topics. Review the most interesting points of the presentations and share ideas for future research you can collaborate on. These breakout discussions will not be moderated.
Friday, September 17th
7:30 a.m. PT / 10:30 a.m. ET
Morning Coffee Chat
Join us for a pre-conference coffee discussion. This is the perfect time to catch up with colleagues you haven't seen since pre-pandemic, connect with new entrants to the field and discuss the upcoming sessions! Join in one of several small group discussions while you get situated for the morning.
- Where do we go from here?: Chat with other attendees about what additional research and development is needed for meteorology and climate modeling.
- Regulations & Real World Applications: Discuss how current research is, or should be, used and various case studies that demonstrate their success or difficulties. How can regulators and government scientists use the current research to the benefit of their communities?
- Future MAC-MAQ Topics: Join us to present ideas on what the other topics should be presented at MAC-MAQ Conferences.
8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET
Complex Terrain and Coastal Zone Meteorology
- Impacts of Saharan mineral dust on air‐sea interaction and coastal cloud activities over the Eastern North Atlantic Ocean using a fully coupled regional model - Shu-Hua Chen, Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis (invited presentation)
- Measurement and modeling of pollutant dispersion in highly complex terrain: the Bolzano Tracer Experiment (BTEX) - Lorenzo Giovannini, Atmospheric Physics Group, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento (invited presentation)
- Complex Terrain and Coastal Zone Meteorology - Julián Quimbayo-Duarte, Institute for Atmosphere and Environment, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (invited presentation)
- Improved Prediction of Cold-Air Pools in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model Using a Truly Horizontal Diffusion Scheme - Robert Arthur, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
9:10 a.m. PT / 12:10 p.m. ET
Break
9:20 a.m. PT / 12:20 p.m. ET
Met-Chemistry Interactions: Aerosol Direct & Indirect Feedbacks and Aerosol-Cloud Interactions, Aerosol Chemistry, Radiative Impacts of Gases (part 1)
- Can we reduce the persistent uncertainty in aerosol effects on climate? - Ken Carslaw, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, University of LEEDS (invited presentation)
- Influence of Different Atmospheric Aerosol Compositions on the Life Cycle of Stratocumulus Clouds over Southern West Africa - Lambert Delbeke, LAERO
- Confronting the uncertainties in simulating elevated wintertime air pollution concentrations in mountainous regions - Heather Holmes, University of Utah
- Examining the Impacts of an Interactive Fire Plume-Rise Model in E3SM on Aerosol Indirect Effects - Zheng Lu, Texas A&M University
- Modeling reactive ammonia uptake by secondary organic aerosol in a changing climate: a WRF-CMAQ evaluation - Shupeng Zhu, Advanced Power and Energy Program, University of California, Irvine
10:40 a.m. PT / 1:40 p.m. ET
Break
11:20 a.m. PT / 2:20 p.m. ET
Met-Chemistry Interactions: Aerosol Direct & Indirect Feedbacks and Aerosol-Cloud Interactions, Aerosol Chemistry, Radiative Impacts of Gases (part 2)
- The Challenges of Modeling Wintertime Particulate Matter Within Basins - Jerome Fast, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (invited presentation)
- New particle formation over the oceans: Results from recent field campaigns - Jian Wang, Center for Aerosol Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louise (invited presentation)
- Aerosol-Cloud-Longwave Radiation Interactions in Stratocumulus Clouds - Adele Igel, University of California, Davis
- Just Scratching the Surface: Improving the Representation of Aerosol Size Dependent Properties in a Thermodynamic Mixing Model - Ryan Schmedding, McGill University
12:30 p.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. ET
End of Conference Happy Hour
Connect with friends and colleagues over a final conference Happy Hour. Join us on camera to chat about the research presentations of the week, work updates, research breakthroughs, and your dog Fido. This social hour be done small group style with your favorite drink in hand. We welcome you to introduce your co-workers and family as they walk through your screen!