NCAS Atmospheric Science Conference

Mon 5–Wed 7 July, 2010—Palace Hotel, Manchester, UK

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Invited Speakers

David Battisti, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

George Bryan, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA

Robin Hogan, Reading University, UK

John Mitchell, Met Office, UK

Tim Palmer, European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

Graeme Stephens, Colorado State University, USA

Plenary Session 8:

Roy Harrison, Birmingham (Environment, Pollution and Human Health)

Tim Jickells, UEA (Earth System Science)

Alastair Lewis, York (Technology)

John Rees, BGS (Natural Hazards)

Richard Wood, Met Office (Climate System)

Programme (may be subject to change)

Monday 5 July	Tuesday 6 July	Wednesday 7 July
	From 07.00 Breakfast	From 07.15 Breakfast
	07.40 Registration desk open	08.10 Registration desk open
	08.00 Plenary Session 2 *Climate and Earth System Science* (part 1) Chair Rowan Sutton, NCAS, Reading 08.00 David Battisti, University of Washington, WA, USA Engineering climate on a regional scale (why it can't be done) 08.45 Steve Woolnough, NCAS, Reading Self-aggregation in idealized simulations of tropical convection 09.00 Robin Smith, Reading Transient simulations of the last glacial cycle with an AOGCM 09.15 Ruth Doherty, Edinburgh A multi-model assessment of intercontinental source-receptor relationships for ozone pollution in the 21st century. 09.30-10.15 John Mitchell, Met Office Where should UK climate science go from here?	08.30 Plenary Session 6 *Climate and Earth System Science* (part 2) Chair Rowan Sutton, NCAS, Reading 08.30 Alessio Bozzo, NCAS, Edinburgh Northern hemisphere winters after large tropical volcanic eruptions. Exploring the mechanisms. 08.45 Mike Blackburn, NCAS, Reading A review of winter 2009/10 in the northern hemisphere 09.00 Ken Carslaw, Leeds Sources of global cloud condensation nuclei and implications for climate 09.15-10.00 Tim Palmer, Oxford Why is it so hard to understand the causes of climate model bias and what can be done to make progress? A case-study in seamless prediction
[11.30-13.30 NCAS Staff-only pre-meeting]	10.15-10.45 Coffee	10.00-10.30 Coffee
12.00 General Conference registration opens Exhibition opens	10.45 Plenary Session 3 *Atmospheric Composition* (part 1) Chair Alastair Lewis , NCAS, York 10.45 Roland von Glasow, UEA Atmospheric chemistry in volcanic plumes 11.00 Lisa Whalley, FGAM, Leeds Combining ambient measurements of OH radicals and OH reactivity in a tropical rainforest during the OP-3 project: resolving the magnitude of the missing OH source 11.15 Eiko Nemitz, CEH Sources and sinks of atmospheric aerosols: new insights from chemically resolved flux measurements 11.30-11.45 Lorenzo Labrador, Manchester Lightning-produced NOx during the ACTIVE campaign; simulations of an observed NO plume 11.45 Plenary Session 4 *Technology for Observing and Modelling the Atmosphere* Chair Bryan Lawrence, BADC, RAL 11.45 Lois Steenman-Clark, CMS, Reading, Coping with multi-core processors 12.00 James Hopkins, FGAM, York The Facility for Ground based Atmospheric Measurements (FGAM): highlights and activities 12.15 Debbie O’Sullivan, Met Office Quality of atmospheric water vapour measurements using instrumentation on board the FAAM BAe-146 research aircraft 12.30-12.45 Wendy Garland, BADC New approach for supporting rapid response projects - CEDA's role in the Icelandic volcanic Ash cloud research 12.45 Session Ends	10.30 Plenary Session 7 *Atmospheric Composition* (part 2) Chair Alastair Lewis, NCAS, York 10.30 Sarah Moller, FGAM, York Measurements of nitrogen oxides from Hudson Bay: implications for NOx release from snow and ice covered surfaces 10.45 Rami Alfarra, NCAS, Manchester Formation and transformation of biogenic secondary organic aerosols from precursors and real plant emissions 11.00 Nicola Warwick, NCAS, Cambridge A study of the impact of land use change in Borneo on atmospheric composition using a global model 11.15-11.30 Zoe Fleming, NCAS, Leicester Untangling the influence of air-mass origin in interpreting composition trends 11.30-11.45 Break 11.45 Plenary Session 8 *New NERC Science and Funding Opportunities* Chair Hugh Coe , NCAS, Manchester 11.45 Roy Harrison, Birmingham, Environment, Pollution and Human Health 12.00 Tim Jickells, UEA, Earth System Science 12.15 Alastair Lewis, York, Technologies 12.30 John Rees, BGS, Natural Hazards 12.45 Richard Wood, Met Office Climate System 13.00-13.25 Discussion 13.25 John Pyle, NCAS, Cambridge Conference Closing Remarks 13.30 Session Ends
13.30-14.30 GENERAL CONFERENCE BEGINS Buffet Lunch (included in registration)	12.45-13.45 Buffet Lunch (included in registration)	13.30-14.30 Buffet Lunch (included in registration)
14.30 Stephen Mobbs, NCAS, Leeds Conference Opening Remarks 14.45 Plenary Session 1 *Joint session with National Centre for Earth Observation* *(NCEO)* Chair John A Pyle, NCAS, Cambridge 14.45 Graeme Stephens, Colorado State University Viewing atmospheric moist processes from space as a test of our understanding of the planet's hydrological cycle 15.30 Alan Vance, Met Office Remote sensing of Icelandic volcanic ash plume 15.45-16.00 Geraint Vaughan, NCAS, Manchester Lidar measurements of volcanic ash	13.45-15.45 Poster session B (Coordinator James Hopkins). Exhibition	14.30 CONFERENCE ENDS Depart
16.00-16.30 Tea	15.15-15.45 Tea
Plenary Session 1 (cont.) Chair Alan O’Neill, NCEO, Reading 16.30 Richard Allan, Reading Current changes in tropical precipitation 16.45 Peter Braesicke, NCAS, Cambridge Tracer correlations and probability density functions as touchstones for CCM validation 17.00 Robin Hogan, Reading What can we learn about clouds and their representation in models from the synergy of radar and lidar observations? 17.45-18.00 Chairs’ Discussion 18.00 Session Ends	15.45 Plenary Session 5 *Weather* Chair Geraint Vaughan, NCAS, Manchester 15.45 George Bryan, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO, USA, Properties of cold pools in organized convective systems 16.30 Ralph Burton, NCAS, Leeds The 1962 severe windstorm in Yorkshire, England 16.45 Sonia Lasher Trapp, Purdue, IN, USA An investigation of maritime versus continental small cumuli characteristics 17.00 Charles Chemel, NCAS, Hertfordshire, A simple parameterisation of mixing generated by drainage flows in a steep valley 17.15 Thomas Frame, NCAS, Reading The predictability of weather regime transitions in the ensemble forecasts. 17.30 David Schultz, Manchester A new paradigm for occluded fronts and the occlusion process in extratropical cyclones 17.45 Lindsay Bennett, Leeds Initiation of convection over the Black Forest mountains during COPS 17.45-18.00 18.00 Session Ends
18.00-20.00 Reception and Poster session A (Coordinator James Hopkins, FGAM, York). Exhibition	18.00 Break
20.00-21.30 Buffet Dinner	19.30 Reception and Dinner, Manchester Town Hall, including Student Poster Prize winner announcements

Poster are listed here: http://bit.ly/94RLT7 NB All posters are displayed throughout the conference

Abstracts submitted are included in the poster programme if not listed in the oral programme above.

List of people registered: http://bit.ly/bj7N5l

Programme committee:

John A Pyle (Chair, Cambridge), Bryan N Lawrence (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), Alastair C Lewis (York), Rowan T Sutton (Reading), Geraint Vaughan (Manchester)

The previous conference was held in Bristol in December 2008 with 250 people attending
Registration is open
Full registration fee £340 (+VAT) includes attendance at all eight plenary sessions and both poster sessions, three lunches (Mon-Wed), reception and dinner (Mon), Manchester Town Hall reception and conference dinner (Tues), tea/coffee breaks throughout, and exhibition
Student registration bursaries are available (register as student)
Early career postdoc researcher partial registration bursaries are available (normally for those within two years of completing their PhD)
A variety of B&B Accommodation is available at a range of discounted prices via the online registration site
NB NCAS Staff must register using the unique link provided by email
Sponsorship and Exhibition opportunities are available
Logistics and venue organising committee: Adrian Kybett (Leeds), Jim Hopkins (York; Posters), Denise Groves (Leeds), James Groves (Leeds), Emma Mason (Leeds), Felicity Perry (Leeds), Helen Silvester (Ellis Salsby Ltd)