Fundamentals of Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosol Modeling 2018 - Program

August 13-15, 2018

NCAR Foothills Lab 2, Main Seminar Room

Day 1

8:00 Registration

8:30 - 8:45 Welcome / Introduction (Guy Brasseur)

8:45 - 9:15 Formation of breakout groups (Simone Tilmes / Rajesh Kumar)

9:30 - 10:30 Lecture 1: Definition, Objectives and Types of Models (Daniel Jacob)

Break

10:45 - 11:45 Lecture 2: Model Evaluation (Vaishali Naik, Gabriele Pfister, Simone Tilmes)

12:00 Workshop Group Photo

Lunch (on your own)

1:30 - 3:00 Lecture 3: Formulation of Transport Part 2 (Peter Lauritzen, Bill Skamarock)

Break

3:15 - 4:00 Lecture 4: Modeling Subgrid-Scale Transport (Jimy Dudhia)

4:00 - 5:00 Lecture 5: Modeling Middle Atmosphere Dynamics (Rolando Garcia)

5:00 - 6:00 Initial discussion with break-out groups with refreshments (FL0 Atrium)

Day 2

8:30 - 9:00 Lecture 6: History of Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling (Guy Brasseur)

9:00 - 10:30 Lecture 7: Modeling Tropospheric Chemistry Part 2 (Louisa Emmons, Sasha Madronich)

Break

10:45 - 12:15 Lecture 8: Modeling Middle Atmosphere Chemistry (Susan Solomon, Doug Kinnison)

Lunch (on your own)

1:45 - 2:45 Detailed lecture 1: Chemical Solvers (Andrew Conley)

2:45 - 3:45  Break-out groups

Break

4:00 - 5:00 Movie: “Ozone Hole: How We Saved The Planet”

5:30 - 6:30 Special Lecture: A Career in Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling (Tracey Holloway)

6:30 – 7:30 Open discussion including hors d’oeuvres and drinks

Day 3 Aerosols

8:30 - 9:00 Lecture 9: History of Atmospheric Aerosol Modeling (Mike Mills)

9:00 - 10:00 Lecture 10: Modeling Aerosol Processes (Jerome Fast)

Break

10:15 - 11:15 Lecture 11: Modeling Aerosol Interactions (Mary Barth)

11:15 - 12:15 Detailed lecture 2: Photolysis and running TUV (Sasha Madronich)

Lunch (on your own)

1:30 - 3:45 Discussion: Break-out groups and Lab tour

Break

4:00 - 5:00 Presentations: Break-out groups

5:00 Discussion, Feedback, Adjourn

6:00 Informal Gathering: Boulder Beer Company on Wilderness Place

Back to workshop.