SEAC4RS Science Meeting April 28 ~ May 1st, 2015

SEAC⁴RS Science Team Meeting
28 April – 1 May 2015
Beckman Institute Auditorium – California Institute of Technology 400 South Wilson Avenue, Pasadena, CA
(Between East Del Mar Boulevard and East California Boulevard – Building 74 on <http://www.caltech.edu/map>)

Agenda

Please note that all times include presentation and discussion

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

0730 Registration

0830 Mission Overview – Brian Toon, Moderator

0830 Welcome to Caltech – Paul Wennberg
0835 Meeting logistics – Kathy Thompson
0840 Introduction and NASA Headquarters Perspective – Hal Maring, Ken Jucks, Alex Pszenny,  Richard Eckman, and Robert Swap
0900 SEAC⁴RS Overview – Data Status, Submitted or Published Manuscripts – Brian Toon
0915 A Meteorological Overview of the SEAC⁴RS Mission – Lenny Pfister

0945 Break

1015 SEAC⁴RS Studies Related to Biomass Combustion – Hal Maring, Moderator

1015 An Overview of SEAC⁴RS Contributions to Better Understanding of Biomass Burning – Bob Yokelson (presented by Jeff Reid)

1045 Revealing Important Nocturnal and Day-to-Day Variations in Fire Smoke Emissions through a Novel Multiplatform Inversion – Pablo Saide

1100 Evolution of Brown Carbon in RIM Fires – Rodney Weber
1115 Rim Fire Simulated in CESM/CARMA – Pengfei Yu
1130 Radiative Heating Rates of Forest Fire Smoke during SEAC⁴RS – Anthony Bucholtz
1145 Comparison and Evaluation of Fire Emissions in a Global Chemistry Model with SEAC⁴

Observations – Mijeong Park

1200 Lunch

1330 SEAC⁴RS Studies of the Microphysics, Dynamics, and Radiative Properties of Clouds – Jay Mace, Moderator

1330 Overview of Cloud and Convection Flights and Studies during SEAC⁴RS – Johnny Luo
1400 On the Relationship between Marine and Continental Convective Cloud Vertical Ice Mass Distribution, Optical Characteristics, and Cloud-Base Microphysical Characteristics, Using Observations during SEACRS – Melody Avery
1415 Wet Scavenging of Soluble Species in Deep Convective Storms in the Central U.S. Using Aircraft Observations and WRF-Chem Simulations – Megan Bela

Tuesday, 28 April 2015 (continued)

1430 Microphysical Characteristics and Nucleation Mechanisms in Synoptic and Anvil Cirrus – Bruce Gandrud

1445 High-Resolution Simulations of Deep Convection: Nesting from MESO to LES to Study Convective Dynamics and Microphysics – Nick Heath

1500 Integration of Satellite, NEXRAD Radar Network and In Situ Aircraft Observations Addressing Deep Stratospheric Convective Injection over the U.S. in Summer – Jim Anderson

1515 Break and Poster Session 1 – See Titles Attached
1715 Adjourn for the Day

Wednesday, 29 April 2015

0730 Registration for New Arrivals

0830 SEAC⁴RS Studies of the Microphysics, Dynamics, and Radiative Properties of Clouds (continued) – Ken Jucks, Moderator

0830 New Cirrus Retrieval Algorithms and Results from eMAS during SEAC⁴RS – Bob Holz
0845 Improving CALIPSO Ice Cloud Optical Thickness and Ice Water Content Retrievals Using SEAC⁴RS Aircraft Observations – Bob Holz
0900 Linking the Radiative Energy Budget and Remote Sensing of Complex Cloud and Aerosol Fields – Sebastian Schmidt
0915 Variation of Ice Crystal Size, Shape, and Asymmetry Parameter in Tops of Convective Storm Systems Observed during SEACRS – Bastiaan van Diedenhoven
0930 Coordinated Observations of Cloud Microphysical and Dynamical Properties from Multiple Aircraft during SEAC4RS 2013 – Sara Lance (presented by Paul Lawson)
0945 Cloud Properties Retrieved from Airborne Measurements of Transmitted and Reflected Shortwave Spectral Radiation – Samuel LeBlanc
1000 Validation of Satellite-Retrieved Cloud Properties Using SEAC⁴RS Data – Pat Minnis
1015 Radar Remote Sensing Microphysical Processes: A Novel Use of SEAC⁴Cloud Measurements – Jay Mace

1030 Break
1100 SEAC⁴RS Studies of the UT/LS – Ken Jucks, Moderator

1100 Overview of UT/LS Science Issues and New Information from SEAC⁴RS – Steve Wofsy
1130 Assessing the Impact of Anticyclonic Flow and Convection on Stratospheric Composition over North America during the Summertime – Jasna Pittman
1145 Analysis of Convectively Sourced Water Vapor in the Overworld Stratosphere at Northern Midlatitudes: A Detailed Case Study of the August 27th Plume Encounter during SEACRS – Jessica Smith

1200 Lunch

1515-1615 Session 1

Thursday, 30 April 2015

0730 Registration for New Arrivals

0830 SEAC⁴RS Studies of Tropospheric Chemistry – Alex Pszenny, Moderator

0830 Tropospheric Chemistry Breakout Group Report: Further Analyses of SEACRS Data – Daniel Jacob

0900 Isoprene Nitrate Chemistry in the Southeast U.S.: Constraints from GEOS-Chem and SEACRS – Jenny Fisher

0915 Formaldehyde Scavenging Efficiency Determinations in Convective Clouds: Comparisons of Select SEACRS Data with DC3 Results – Alan Fried

0930 Characterization of Size-Resolved Aerosol Hygroscopicity on the NASA DC-8 during SEACRS – Taylor Shingler

0945 Declining NO-VOC Chemistry – Katie Travis

1000 Break

1030 SEAC⁴RS Studies of Tropospheric Chemistry (continued) – Alex Pszenny, Moderator

1030 Isoprene Emission in the Eastern U.S. from Flux Towers, Aircraft, Satellites, and Models – Nadine Unger

1045 Impact of Grid Resolution on Tropospheric Chemistry Simulation Constrained by Observations from the SEACRS Aircraft Campaign – Karen Yu

1100 Indirect Validation of New OMI, GOME-2, and OMPS Formaldehyde (HCHO) Retrievals Using SEACRS Data – Lei Zhu

1115 New Constraints on the Isoprene Nitrate Chemistry from SEACRS – Paul Wennberg
1130 A Mechanistic Model of Isoprene Aerosol Formation for Improved Understanding of Organic Aerosol Composition – Eloise Marais

1145 Lunch
1330 SEAC⁴RS Studies of Tropospheric Aerosols – Bob Swap, Moderator

1330 The Measured Aerosol Environment during SEACRS: Synopsis and Context –– Jeff Reid
1400 Relating Aerosol Mass and Optical Depth in the Southeastern U.S. – Chuck Brock
1415 SOA Derived from Isoprene Epoxydiols: Insights into Formation, Aging, and Distribution over the Continental U.S. from the DC3 and SEAC⁴RS Campaigns – Pedro Campuzano-Jost
1430 Characterization of Aerosol Properties with AirMSPI Polarimetric Data Acquired during the SEAC⁴RS Campaign – Olga Kalashnikova
1445 Airborne Measurements of Mineral Dust Abundance and Mixing State – Karl Froyd
1500 Comparing DC3 and SEAC⁴RS Aerosol Data with Ground Networks – Dan Murphy
1515 Issues in Organic Aerosol Intercomparisons of Aircraft with Ground Networks – Jose Jimenez
1520 Remote Sensing of Spectral Absorption by Aerosols Above Clouds – Brian Cairns

1535 Break and Poster Session 2 – See Titles Attached
1730 Adjourn for the Day

Friday, 1 May 2015

0730 Registration for New Arrivals

0830 SEAC⁴RS Studies of Tropospheric Aerosols (continued) – Jack Dibb, Moderator

0830 Assessing Aerosol Data Assimilation Products Using Airborne DIAL/HSRL Measurements – Rich Ferrare (presented by John Hair)

0845 Sources, Seasonality, and Trends of Southeast U.S. Aerosol: An Integrated Analysis of Surface, Aircraft, and Satellite Observations with the GEOS-Chem Chemical Transport Model – Patrick Kim

0900 Multi-Angle Polarization Measurements during SEACRS with the Polarized Imaging Nephelometer (PI-Neph) and the Rainbow Polarimetric Imager (RPI) Onboard the NASA DC8 Aircraft – Vanderlei Martins

0915 Using High-Resolution eMAS Data from SEACRS to Study Aerosols near Clouds – Rob Levy

0930 Use of the NASA GEOS-5 SEACRS Meteorological and Aerosol Reanalysis for Assessing Simulated Aerosol Optical Properties as a Function of Smoke Age – Cynthia Randles

0945 Analysis of Aerosol Optical Depth over the Southeast U.S. before, during, and after SEACRS and the Effect of Changes in Atmospheric Aerosol Loading on Long-Term Temperature and Precipitation Trends – Michael Tosca

1000 Break
1030 Future Plans – Brian Toon, Moderator

1030 SEACRS Data Set – Gao Chen
1045 Where Do We Go from Here? Publication Plans? AGU/AMS Special Sessions? Other Issues? – Brian Toon
11:00 Concluding Remarks – Hal Maring

1115 Adjourn

Poster Group 1 – Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Poster Group 2 – Thursday April 30, 2015