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Group News 2004-2006 Archives
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| December 15, 2006 |
The Air Quality Forecasting Lab has two post-doctoral positions open. The first is performing Air Quality-Climate Modeling. The second deals with Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling. For more information, please see http://www.meas.ncsu.edu/aqforecasting/post_docs.html. |
| November 28, 2006 |
Kristen James submitted an abstract which was accepted for presenation at the 100th Annual Air and Waste Management Associations Conference during June 26-29, 2007 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The title of her abstract is "Nitrogen Emissions from Agricultural Sources." |
| November, 27, 2006 |
Dr. Prakash Bhave from the U.S. EPA visited N.C. State. Dr. Bhave gave a seminar titled, "Improving Numerical Models of Fine Particulate Matter." The seminar was hosted by Dr. Jerry Davis. |
| October 23, 2006 |
Dr. William R. Stockwell from Howard University visited N.C. State and the Air Quality Forecasting Lab, as well as the EPA. Dr. Stockwell gave a seminar titled, "Measurements of Solar Actinic Flux and Atmospheric Photolysis Rates." |
| October 16-18, 2006 |
Two members of the AQFL, Ping Liu and Xiaoming Hu, presented research at the 5th Annual CMAS Conference in Chapel Hill, NC. Ping's talk was titled, "Diagnostic Study on Fine Particulate Matter Predictions of CMAQ in the Southeastern U.S." Xiaoming's presentation was titled, "Evaluation and Improvement of Gas/Particle Mass Transfer Treatments for Three-Dimensional Aerosol Simulation and Forecast." Their presentations and other information may be found here. |
| September 18, 2006 |
Dr. Sharon Zhong from Michigan State University visited N.C. State and the Air Quality Forecasting Lab. Dr. Zhong gave a seminar titled, "The Impact of Wildland Grass Fire on the Atmospheric Environment." |
| August 17, 2006 |
Dr. Zhang organized a tour to the aerosol wind tunnel
newly built at the U.S. EPA. Dr. Baumgardner from UNAM, Eight graduate students from NCSU including seven AQFL members, and several NCSU faculty joined the tour. |
| August 16-17, 2006 |
Dr. Darrel Baumgardner, a recognized Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, visited AQFL and EPA on August 16-17 to explore potential collaboration with Dr. Zhang and her AQFL. Several students in AQFL including Ping Liu, Ashley Queen, Chris Misenis, Xiaoming Hu, Srinath Krishnan, and Kai Wang gave a brief presentation on their research. |
| May 2006 - August 2006 |
Two Air Quality Forecasting Lab members, Jianlin Hu and Kai Wang, both completed Summer internships at Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. and the EPA, respectively. Jianlin gave a seminar outlining the highlights of his research to the lab. Kai plans to continue his work at the EPA through the upcoming semester. |
| August 15, 2006 |
Five abstracts were submitted for presentation at the Ninth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 87th AMS Annual Meeting, Jan. 14-18, 2007, San Antonio, Texas. The first authors include Ping Liu, Ashley Queen, Chris Misenis, Jian-Ping Huang, and Yang Zhang. |
| July 7-August 1, 2006 |
Dr. Zhang visited China and Japan to give 5 invited seminars at the top universities/research organizations ( Tsinghua University, Peking University, the University of Toyko, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences). A news regarding Dr. Zhang’s seminar at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences can be found at http://www.lapc.ac.cn/chinese/news/news/2006/07-17.htm.
During her visit, Dr. Zhang met colleagues from those organizations to discuss future collaboration. She represented NCSU to initiate a formal collaboration at the university level with Tsinghua and Peking Universities. She also gave an oral presentation at the 2006 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, 24-27 July 2006, Beijing, China. A brief travel report along with some photos can be found here: Dr. Zhang's Travel_report. |
| July 10, 2006 |
All six abstracts submitted for presentation at the CMAS 2006 workshop have been accepted as either oral or poster presentations. The first authors include Ping Liu, Xiaoming Hu, Kai Wang, Jian-Ping Huang, and Yang Zhang. Jian-Lin Hu is the second author in an abstract submitted by an AQFL's collaborator at AER, Inc. |
| June, 2006 |
Several AQFL members attended the Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality in Potomac, Maryland near Washington, DC on June 5-8, 2006. One oral presentation and four posters from AQFL were presented at the workshop. View Photos. |
| June, 2006 |
Dr. Jianping Huang will gave an oral presentation at the 7th WRF Users' Workshop in Boulder, Colorado on 19 - 22 June 2006. He implemented CB05 gas-phase mechanism in WRF/Chem recently. Dr. Huang will also visit NOAA as a visiting scholar from 26-30 June 2006. |
| May 20, 2006 |
2006 summer picnic at Dr. Zhang's house. View Photos. |
| April 28, 2006 |
10 AQFL members attended AMS’s Picnic at Pullen Park. All members enjoyed meeting AMS student members and a few faculty members. Nice sunshine, foods, drinks, and activities. We also had our first outdoor group meeting there. View Photos. |
| April 28, 2006 |
Dr. C. Russell Philbrick, Professor of Penn State University, gave a departmental seminar to discuss measurement data available for modeling. Prof. Philbrick is on sabbatical at NCSU during Spring 2006. He has attended AQFL seminar series and provided valuable critical reviews and advices to us during his stay at NCSU. View Photos. |
| April 18, 2006 |
Chris Misenis was presented with the North Carolina State University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at a luncheon Tuesday. He is one of 87 students to receive this honor for the 2005-2006 academic year. |
| April 15-21, 2006 |
Dr. Jiming Hao, Professor and Dean of the Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, a prestigious member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, visited and gave a seminar at NCSU and U.S. EPA. During his visit, he discussed potential areas of collaborations between Tsinghua and NCSU with Dean Solomon and Dr. Zhang. View Photos. |
| April 12, 2006 |
Four graduate students in AQFL, Ashley Queen, Srinath Krishnan, Jianlin Hu, and
Kai Wang, won travel awards to attend the upcoming Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science, June 5-8, 2006, Potomac, MD.
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| March 29, 2006 |
Ping Liu, a PhD student in AQFL, also the Vice President of the A&WMA
student chapter at NCSU, won the prestigious Air & Waste Management
Association Scholarship for the 2006-2007 academic year. She is 1 of the
11 winners in chosen by the A&WMA Scholarship Awards Committee among
applicants from all universities in North America. The 11 awards were
made to full-time graduate students who are pursuing courses of study
and research leading to careers in air quality, waste management, and/or
environmental management/policy/law. Ping is one of the five winners in
the area of air quality this year, also one of the first two winners for this
Scholarship at NCSU since it was established in 1997.
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| Feb. 27, 2006 |
Dr. Jian-Ping Huang, the postdoctoral fellow in AQFL group,
has won the best student oral presentation award at the 86th AMS Annual
Meeting/the 8th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, 27 Jan.–3 Feb.,
Atlanta, GA. He made a presentation based on his PhD thesis research at
the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The title of his
oral presentation is Regional Transport and Local Chemical Production to
Ozone Episodes in Complex Terrain and Coastal Region. Three student
presentations (two oral and one poster) were selected for such awards
from a total of 17 oral and poster presentations made by student
first-authors in all sessions sponsored or co-sponsored by the AMS
Atmospheric Chemistry Committee at this year's annual meeting. |
| Feb. 27, 2006 |
Chris Misenis, a MS student in AQFL, won the travel award to attend the
86th AMS Annual Meeting, 27 Jan.–3 Feb., Atlanta, GA. Chris presented a
poster paper entitled Sensitivity of WRF/Chem Predictions to
Meteorological Schemes. Three students travel awards were made by the
AMS Atmospheric Chemistry Committee this year. |
| Jan. 29-Feb. 2, 2006 |
Dr. Zhang, Dr. Huang, Ashely, Chris, Srinath, and Xiaoming attended the 86th AMS meeting in Atlanta. Drs. Zhang and Huang, Srinath, Xiaoming gave oral presentations on the appication and evaluation of CMAQ, PATH, MM5, and WRF/Chem-MADRID on Texas, North Carolina, Hong Kong, and the contiguous U.S. Chris was very popular at the poster presentation session during which he presented an intercomparison of two PBL schemes and two land-surface modules within WRF/Chem. We also have an opportunity to meet and interact with top norch experts in the field of Air Quality/Meteorology from Universities, Governmental research laboratories, and private companies, in addition to touring several local landmarks such as the World's largest Aquarium. View Photos. |
| Feb. 1, 2006 |
Ashley Queen, a MS student in AQFL, won the prestigious National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Fellowship. She is one of the 16 winners for 2005-2006 AMS/Industry/Government Graduate Fellowships.
An award ceremony was held on Feb. 1, 2006 at the AMS meeting. |
| Dec. 20, 2005 |
Dr. Zhang, Jianping, Kai, Naga, Xiaoming visited Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
We had productive meetings with Ken Schere, Chief, Atmospheric Model
Development Branch, and several staff in the Atmospheric Modeling
Division, NOAA and discussed the future collaboration. View Photos. |
| Dec. 19, 2005 |
All seven papers submitted for presentation at the Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science, June 5-8, 2006 from our AQFL have been accepted as either an oral presentation or posters. The student first-authors in our AQFL include Srinath Krishnan, Jianlin Hu, Ashley Queen, and Kai Wang. |
| Dec. 17, 2005 |
We had a nice party at Dr. Zhang's house.
Drs. Carey Jang and Jon Pleim from the U.S. EPA, Professors Jerry Davis
from MEAS, NCSU and Lingjuan Wang from BAE, NCSU, and most AQFL group
members and their families attended the party. View Photos. |
| Dec. 5-9, 2005 |
Dr. Zhang gave the following oral presentation at the 2005 AGU Fall Meeting, 5–9 December 2005, San Francisco, CA.
Zhang, Y., X.-M. Hu, K. Wang, and J.-P. Huang, Jerome D. Fast, William I. Gustafson Jr., D. Allen Chu, and Carey J. Jang, 2005, Evaluation of WRF/Chem MADRID with Satellite and Surface Measurements: Chemical and Optical Properties of Aerosols. |
| Nov. 23, 2005 |
Mr. Naga Oshima, a PhD Candidate from the University of Tokyo, Japan arrived at NCSU. He will work closely with Dr. Zhang in our AQFL between Nov. 24, 2005-Jan. 18, 2006 on the addition of a module for simulating black carbon into CMAQ-MADRID. View Photos. |
| Nov. 22, 2005 |
The following papers have been accepted for publication on Atmos. Environ.
1. Zhang, Y., P. Liu, B. Pun, and C. Seigneur, 2005, A Comprehensive Performance Evaluation of MM5-CMAQ for the Summer 1999 Southern Oxidants Study Episode, Part-I. Evaluation Protocols, Databases and Meteorological Predictions, Atmospheric Environment (in press).
2. Zhang, Y., P. Liu, A. Queen, C. Misenis, B. Pun, C. Seigneur, and S.-Y. Wu, 2005, A Comprehensive Performance Evaluation of MM5-CMAQ for the Summer 1999 Southern Oxidants Study Episode, Part-II. Gas and Aerosol Predictions, Atmospheric Environment (in press).
3. Zhang, Y., P. Liu, B. Pun, and C. Seigneur, 2005, A Comprehensive Performance Evaluation of MM5-CMAQ for the Summer 1999 Southern Oxidants Study Episode, Part III. Diagnostic and Mechanistic Evaluations, Atmospheric Environment (in press). |
| Nov. 17, 2005 |
Dr. Zhang visited the University of Iowa where she received her PhD degree in 1994 and gave an invited seminar entitled
Modeling Atmospheric Aerosols: Current Challenges and Future. She also discussed future collaborations with several faculty members at Purdue University including Drs. Carmichael and Stanier. |
| Nov. 16, 2005 |
Dr. Zhang visited Purdue University and gave an invited seminar entitled Recent Advances in Urban/egional Air Quality Modeling. She also discussed future collaborations with several faculty members at Purdue University including Drs. Niyogi and Harshvardhan. |
| Oct. 26, 2005 |
At the invitation of Kaishan Zhang, President of the A&WPA student local chapter at NCSU, Dr. Zhang gave a seminar entitled Air Quality Modeling: History, Current Status, and Future Opportunities. |
| Oct. 26, 2005 |
Ping Liu of AQFL has been elected as Vice President of the A&WPA student local chapter at NCSU. |
| Oct. 26, 2005 |
Ping Liu and Xiaoming Hu joined the local chapter of Phi Kappa Phi at NCSU by invitation. Phi Kappa Phi is one of the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective all-discipline honor society. |
| Oct. 18, 2005 |
Dr. Zhang gave the following oral presentation at the 24th
Annual Meeting of American Association for Aerosol Research, October
17-21, 2005, Austin, Texas.
Zhang, Y., H. E. Snell, K. Vijayaraghavan, and M.Z. Jacobson, 2005,
Evaluation of Regional PM Predictions with Satellite and Surface
Measurements. |
| Oct. 14, 2005 |
A total of seven papers were submitted from AQFL for presentation
at the Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science, June
5-8, 2006, Potomac, MD. The student first-authors include Srinath
Krishnan, Jianlin Hu, Ashley Queen, and Kai Wang. |
| Oct. 3, 2005 |
Dr. Zhang hosted the departmental seminar given by Dr. Jacobson of
Stanford University on Oct. 3. Dr. Jacobson is the authors for two
textbooks used in four courses in MEAS. All members of AQFL had lunch
together with Dr. Jacobson at Ten Ten (a well known restaurant near the
campus). |
| Sept. 26-28, 2005 |
Dr. Zhang gave two oral presentations at the 4th Annual CMAS Models-3
User's Conference in Chapel Hill, NC. Ping Liu and Xiaoming Hu presented
their research in a poster session. 9 students
from AQFL attended the poster session to show their support. All students
met scientists from NOAA, EPA, AER, and had a good dinner at the poster
reception. |
| Sept. 23, 2005 |
Dr. Jianping Huang joined AQFL as a postdoctal fellow on Sept. 23, 2005.
He received his PhD dregree from the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology. Dr. Huang brings his expertise in 3-D meteorology and
chemistry modeling into the group. |
| Sept.
9-11,
2005 |
Dr. Makoto Koike, an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo,
visited AQFL on Sept. 9-11 to explore potential collaboration with Dr
Zhang and her AQFL. Several students in AQFL including Ping Liu, Xiaoming
Hu, Srinath Krishnan, and Kai Wang met with Dr. Koike individually to
discuss their research. As a followup, a graduate student from Dr. Koike's
group will visit AQFL for a 2-month period starting mid. November, 2005. |
August 15, 2005
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The AQFL visited the U.S. EPA
at the Research Triangle Park. Each student met individually
with different EPA members to discuss several aspects of air
quality forecasting, as well as thesis topics and other methods
of collaboration. The EPA staff joined the students
and Dr. Zhang for lunch at the EPA cafe.
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| August, 2005 |
Our
group was featured at the HPC's web page
see http://www.ncsu.edu/itd/hpc/main.php |
| August, 2005 |
Starting
Fall, 2005, five graduate students will join Dr. Zhang in
the AQFL for their MS or PhD studies:
Ms. Ashley Queen - a MS student who won an AMS fellowship
award for 2005 (checked with her for more details).
Mr. Chris Misenis - a MS student who worked as an undergradue
RA in AQFL, summer, 2004 and 2005.
Mr. Srinath Krishnan - a MS student who holds a B.S. in computer
sciences and wishes to apply his computer skills in atmospheric
sciences.
Mr. Jianlin Hu - a PhD candidate who received his B.S. and
M.S. degrees on Environmental Sciences from Beijing University,
P.R. China.
Mr. Kai Wang - a PhD candidate who received his B.S. and M.S.
degrees on Atmospheric Physics from Beijing University, P.R.
China. |
| August, 2005 |
Ms.
Evelyn Frazier, an undergraduate RA in summer 2005 in AQFL,
has been awarded to continue to work as an undergrad. RA during
the academic year 2005-2006 under the NSF-Alliances for Graduate
Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program. She
will work in the lab on various air quality projects up to
20 hours per week. |
August 4, 2005
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The
Fourth Annual N.C. State Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium
was held on Thursday, August 4th from 9:00 AM to
3:00 PM in the Jane S. McKimmon Center. Student poster
presentations were slated to begin at 9:45 and end around
1:00 PM. Approximately 100 students from N.C. State
and other institutions made poster presentations on their
summer research. Students presenting from the AQFL include:
- Evelyn Frazier, The Evaluation of MM5 and CMAQ: Based
Upon the Comparison of Observed and Simulated Data for
Meteorological and Chemical Variables
- Chris Misenis, Performance Evaluation of WRF/Chem Model
for August 28 - September 2 TexAQS-2000 Episode, Part
I: Meteorological Predictions
- Danny Hamilton, Performance Evaluation of WRF/Chem Model
for August 28 - September 2 TexAQS-2000 Episode, Part
II: Chemical Predictions
See photos here.
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August 1, 2005
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For
the upcoming 86th Annual American Meteorological
Society Conference in Atlanta, GA from 29 January to 2 February
2006, a total of five abstracts have been submitted for presentation
by the following AQFL members:
- Dr. Yang Zhang
- Srinath Krishnan
- Chris Misenis
- Xiaoming Hu
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| July 25 - 29, 2005 |
Xiaoming
Hu attended a 5-day WRF training at the Foothills lab, NCAR,
Boulder, Colorado. |
| July 28,2005 |
Jianping
Huang, a doctoral student at the Department of Mathematics,
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, has accepted
the Postdoctoral Researcher position on Air Quality/Atmospheric
Chemistry Modeling at AQFL. He has successfully defensed
his thesis and will join our group in Sept.,2005 |
| June 27-30,2005 |
Dr.
Zhang gave an oral presentation on Modeling Atmospheric Aerosols
in WRF/CHEM at the 2005 Joint WRF/MM5 User’s Workshop,
June, 27-30, Boulder, CO. During the meeting, she also
visited the NOAA-Forecast Systems Laboratory and discussed
collaborations between AQFL and NOAA scientists. |
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A new
link has been added to the website! By clicking on AQFL seminar, one will be able to see the upcoming "in
lab" presentations to be given. Scheduled dates are
tentative and topics will be updated as they become available.
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June 21-24, 2005
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Ping
Liu gave an oral presentation on modeling Secondary Organic
Aerosols(SOA) using CMAQ at the A&WMA's 98th Annual Conference
& Exhibition,Minneapolis, MI, June 21-24, 2005.
Ping Liu gave an oral presentation on modeling ozone and particulate
matter using CMAQ at the A&WMA's 98th Annual Student Paper/Poster
Contest, Minneapolis, MI, June 21-24, 2005. |
| May 20. |
A total
of six abstracts have been submitted from AQFL to Models 3/CMAQ
2005 workshop to be held September 26-28, 2005, Chapel Hill,
NC. |
| May 15. |
Two
MEAS undergraduate students, Ms. Evelyn Frazier
and Mr. Danny Hamilton
have been selected to be the 2005 AQF lab summer undergraduate
research assistants (see summer undergraduate
program). They will work on a variety of research projects
during this summer (May 17-August 13). |
| May 7. |
Prof.
Wenxing Wang from Chinese Research Academy of Environmental
Sciences visited AQFL. He and Dr. Zhang discussed potential
areas of collaborations. |
| April 27-29, 2005 |
Dr.
Zhang presented a paper and chaired a technical session on
aerosols at the Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conference
(ASAAQ2005) in San Francisco, CA. |
| April, 2005 |
The
Air Quality Forecasting Laboratory at North Carolina State
University is looking for undergraduate research assistants
for summer, 2005. The advertisement for the position may be
found here.
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| March, 2005 |
(1)
Dr. Zhang gave a poster presentation on A Preliminary Evaluation
of A Regional Air Quality Model with Measurements from MODIS
and Surface Monitoring Networks, at the MODIS Science Team
Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, March 22-24, 2005.
(2) The following paper has been accepted as an oral presentation
at the Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conference (ASAAQ2005),
April 27-29, 2005, San Francisco, CA.
Zhang, Y. and M.Z. Jacobson, A Comparative Study of Nucleation
Parameterizations for 3-D Atmospheric Models.
(3) The following paper has been accepted as a student poster
presentation at the A&WMA's 98th Annual Conference &
Exhibition, Minneapolis, MI, June 21-24, 2005
Ping Liu and Y. Zhang, Application and Evaluation of CMAQ
for Modeling of Urban and Regional O3 and Particulate Matter. |
| Feb., 2005 |
The
following papers have been accepted as an oral presentation
at the A&WMA's 98th Annual Conference & Exhibition,
Minneapolis, MI, June 21-24, 2005
Ping Liu, Barada Dash, and Yang Zhang, Betty Pun and Gerald
L. Gipson, Development and Application of A Computationally
Efficient Module for Simulating Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic
Secondary Organic Aerosols (SOA).
Saylor, R. D., Y. Zhang, E. S. Edgerton, B. E. Hartsell, Investigation
of the Physical and Chemical Mechanisms Responsible for Diurnal
Profiles of Continuous PM 2.5 and Trace Gaseous Species Observed
in SEARCH. |
| 13 Dec.
, 2004 |
Dr.
Zhang and all her graduate students visited EPA. Each of us
met a few scientists who have the expertise on the research
areas that we are working on. We also had lunch together with
the branch heads and several scientists in the atmospheric
science modeling division at the EPA's cafe. |
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24 November, 2004
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A wonderful thanksgiving party was hosted by Dr. Zhang
in her house. All her Phd students and some other NCSU/EPA/RTI
participants including Jerry Davis (MEAS), Rohit Mathur
(EPA), Shaocai Yu (EPA), Allen Zheng (EPA),and Sanjay Natarajan
(Research Triangle Institute) attended. photos
here |
| 21-22, October,
2004 |
Barada Dash, Xiaoming Hu, Curtis Scott, and Dr. Zhang attended
the second Intercontinental Continental Transport and Climatic
Effects of Air Pollutants (ICAP) workshop, Chapel Hill ,
NC .
Ping Liu attended a 2-day training class for Community Multiscale
Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System, Chapel Hill , NC . |
| 18-20 October,
2004 |
Barada Dash, Xiaoming Hu, Ping Liu, Curtis Scott, and Dr.
Zhang attended the 2004 Models-3 Users’ Conference,
October 18-20, 2004 , Chapel Hill , NC . Dr. Zhang presented
the following paper:
Zhang, Y., P. Liu, C. Misenis, and A. Queen, B. Pun, and
C. Seigneur, 2004, Performance Evaluation of CMAQ for Summer
1999 Southern Oxidants Study Episode |
| 13-15 October,
2004 |
Barada
Dash attended a 3-day training class for Sparse Matrix Operator
Kernel Emissions system (SMOKE) offered by Community Modeling
& Analysis System (CMAS), Chapel Hill, NC. SMOKE is the
emission processor for EPA’s Models-3 CMAQ. |
| 4-8 October,
2004 |
Dr. Zhang presented the following paper at the 23 rd Annual
Meeting of American Association for Aerosol Research, October
4-8, 2004, Atlanta, Georgia:
Zhang, Y., P. Liu, C. Scott, B. Pun, C. Seigneur, and M.Z.
Jacobson, 2004, 3-D Model Evaluation: Aerosol Mass and Number
Size Distributions. |
| 16 September,
2004 |
The following papers were submitted for presentation at
the A&WMA's 98th Annual Conference & Exhibition
to be held in Minneapolis, MI, June 21-24, 2005:
Barada Dash, Ping Liu, and Yang Zhang, Betty Pun and Gerald
L. Gipson, 2004, Development and Application of A Computationally
Efficient Module for Simulating Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic
Secondary Organic Aerosols (SOA).
Saylor, R. D., Y. Zhang, E. S. Edgerton, B. E. Hartsell,
2004, Investigation of the Physical and Chemical Mechanisms
Responsible for Diurnal Profiles of Continuous PM 2.5 and
Trace Gaseous Species Observed in SEARCH. |
| 14 September 2004 |
A scientific peer review of the EPA’s
air quality model (Models-3/CMAQ) has been recently completed
by a selected group of 7 external leading scientists from
universities, industry and state governmental agencies in
North America at an invitation of the U.S. EPA.
This is the first external review for CMAQ since its first
release in 1998. The review covers five key technical
areas including Meteorology, Chemistry-Transport, Aerosol
Physics and Chemistry, Numerical Techniques and Algorithms
and Policy/Science Issues. The review results will
be used to guide the development of CMAQ in the short term,
and to assess the appropriateness of resources (institutional
support, staffing, and
operational funding) in the long term. Dr.
Zhang was a reviewer on Aerosol Physics and Chemistry.
A final review report can be found here |
| 14 September 2004 |
Drs. Zhang and Aneja hosted a welcome
lunch party on Friday, Sept. 3 in an effort to welcome new
graduate students on air quality and to promote a close interaction
among air quality students in several groups. Participants
included 3 MEAS faculty members, 3 scientists from BAMS, 14
graduate students and 3 undergraduate students.
Here are a few photos from the party
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22 August 2004
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The Air Quality
Forecasting Group at North Carolina State University is looking
for a Post-Doctoral member to join the group. The advertisement
for the position may be found here. |
| 26 July 2004 |
The following poster has been accepted for presentation
at the 3rd Annual
NC State University Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium
on Thursday, August 5, 2004:
A. Queen, C. Misenis, Performance Evaluation of Community
Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model for July 1999 Episode.
see photo here |
| 28 June 2004 |
The following paper
has been accepted by the 2004 CMAS Models-3 Users Conferences
and selected as an oral presentation for the Model Evaluation
Session:
Y. Zhang, P. Liu, C. Misenis, and A. Queen, B. Pun, and C.
Seigneur, Performance Evaluation of CMAQ for Summer 1999 Southern
Oxidants Study, to be presented at the 2004 CMAS Models-3
Users Conference, October 18-20, 2004, Chapel Hill, NC. |
| 28 June 2004 |
Dr. Zhang attended
The 97th A&WMA
Annual Meeting and Exhibition, June 22-25, 2004 in
Indianapolis, IN and presented a paper entitled Evaluation of Probing Tools for Air Quality
Models. |
| 14 June 2004 |
A new course has
been established for this Fall 2004. MEA 593J,
an Air Quality Forecasting and Modeling course, will be offered
starting this Fall. |
10 June 2004
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The Air Quality
Forecasting Group at North Carolina State University is looking
for a Post-Doctoral member to join the group. The advertisement
for the position may be found here. |
| 03 June 2004 |
Dr. Zhang was featured in the
June PAMS newsletter recognizing her as one of five faculty
members to receive the NSF Faculty Early Career Development
(CAREER) Award. A PDF of the article can be found here.
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| 03 June 2004 |
Two MEAS undergraduate students, Ms. Ashley Queen and Mr. Chris Misenis, have been selected to be the 2004 AQF
lab summer undergraduate research assistants (see Summer Undergraduate Research). They will work on a variety
of research projects during this summer (May 17-August 13). |
| 03 June 2004 |
Dr. Zhang Earns
NSF Career Award |
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