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Appendix C
Workshop Information
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
URBAN METEOROLOGY: SCOPING THE PROBLEM,
DEFINING THE NEEDS
Committee Meeting and Summer 2011 Community Workshop
Final Meeting Agenda National Academies Jonsson Center
July 27-29, 2011 314 Quissett
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Workshop Goals
The field of urban meteorology has grown considerably in the past few de-
cades, and a number of recent publications have helped pinpoint pressing
needs for scientific advances. To date, however, most assessments of R&D
priorities have come from discussions within the scientific community. There
is a need for more direct interaction with key ‘end user’ communities, who
can help identify their needs. The goal of the workshop is to facilitate a dia-
log between the research community and the users of urban meteorology
information by bringing together scientific experts with representatives from
select end user communities.
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Wednesday July 27, 2011
7:00 -7:45 A.M. Shuttle Bus Service from Hotel to Jonsson Center
(Shuttle Departs every 10-15 minutes)
OPEN SESSION: 8:00 A.M. -5:30 P.M.: Carriage House
8:00 A.M. Breakfast in Main House
8:30 A.M. Welcome, Introduction, Purpose of Workshop
Chris Elfring, BASC Director
John Snow, University of Oklahoma
Xubin Zeng, University of Arizona
8:45 A.M. Overview of Urban Meteorology
Sue Grimmond, King’s College London
Morning Panel Discussion on End-Users: Panelists will each have
10 minutes to speak followed by 20 minutes of general discussion.
Questions to be addressed in the morning panel discussions:
What are user needs?
What needs are not being met, and what are the reasons?
If your needs are not being met, how do we address them?
Perspective from the Federal Agencies
9:15 A.M.
Moderator: Ellis Stanley
EPA: S.T. Rao
FEMA: Sandra Knight
DDOT: Terry Bellamy
CDC: George Luber
10:15 A.M. Break
End User Perspectives
10:30 A.M
Moderator: Stefanie Sarnat
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Air Quality: Paula Davidson, NOAA/NWS
Urban Vulnerability: Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR
Emergency: Ellis Stanley, Dewberry
Security: Gayle Sugiyama, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
Utilities: James Rufo Hill, Seattle Public Utilities
Urban Planning: Stuart Gaffin, Columbia University
12:00 P.M. Continued Discussion over LUNCH in the Main House
1:00 P.M. Observations and Modeling of the Urban Environment
Walt Dabberdt, Vaisala
Afternoon Panel Discussion on End-Users: Panelists will each have 10
minutes to speak followed by 20 minutes of general discussion.
Questions to be addressed in the afternoon panel discussions:
What are the new capabilities and products needed to better serve users?
How can these capabilties and products be effectively communicated to users?
Federal Agency Perspectives: Science and Technology
1:30 P.M.
Challenges
Moderator: Marshall Shepherd
NWS: Andy Edman
NASA: Marc Imhoff
NOAA/OFCM: Sam Williamson
DOE: Nancy Brown
USGS: Sue Cannon
2:50 P.M. Break
Research Community Perspectives:
3:05 P.M.
Science and Technology
Moderator: Petra Klein
Urban Observations: Marshall Shepherd, University of
Georgia
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Urban Modeling: Teddy R. Holt, Naval Research
Laboratory
Urbanization of Mesoscale Models and their
Operational Use: Martin Best, UK Met Office
Urban Meteorology: Tim Oke, University of
British Columbia
4:15 P.M. Assignment for Working Groups and Charges
*see Charge to the Working Groups document (p. 162)
John Snow and Xubin Zeng
WG1a WG1b
End Users/Applications End Users/Applications
Chair: Stefanie Sarnat Chair: Ellis Stanley
Rapporteur: Mark Arend Rapporteur: George Schewe
NRC staff: Maggie Walser NRC staff: Laurie Geller
Room: TBA Room: TBA
WG2a WG2b
Observations and modeling Observations and modeling
Chair: Marshall Shepherd Chair: Petra Klein
Rapporteur: Dev Niyogi Rapporteur: James Voogt
NRC staff: Chris Elfring NRC staff: Lauren Brown
Room: TBA Room: TBA
5:00 P.M. Working Groups: Meet briefly for introduction
and discussions
Continued Discussion over DINNER: Main House/
6:00 P.M.
Grounds
Thursday, July 28, 2011
7:00 -7:45 A.M. Shuttle Bus Service from Hotel to Jonsson Center
(Shuttle Departs every 10-15 minutes)
8:00 A.M. Breakfast in Main House
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OPEN SESSION: 8:30 A.M.-5:00 P.M.: Carriage House
Cities of the Future:
8:30 A.M
Brian Stone, Georgia Institute of Technology
9.00 A.M. Working Groups Convene to Address Their Charge
12:00 P.M. Continue discussion over LUNCH in the Main House
1:00 P.M Plenary: All Participants Reconvene
Each Working Group Rapporteur will present their
respective group’s “findings.” The Rapporteurs will
each have 15 minutes to present followed by
5 minutes of Q&A.
2:30 P.M. General Discussions
Reflections on key issues/questions
Next steps
3:15 P.M. Break
3:45 P.M. Working Groups reconvene:
• Finalize their findings based on the discussions
• Draft outline
• Assignment and plan to complete any further input
to study committee
5:00 P.M. Workshop Adjourns
Optional DINNER: Main House/Grounds
5:30 P.M.
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PARTICIPANT LIST
Urban Meteorology: Scoping the Problem, Defining the Needs
BASC Summer Study-Participant List
July 27-28, 2011
Woods Hole, MA
BASC Board and Staff
Antonio J. Busalacchi, Jr., BASC Chair, University of Maryland
Richard E. (Rit) Carbone, NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Chris Elfring, Board Director, BASC
Katie Thomas, Study Director, BASC
Rita Gaskins, Administrative Coordinator, BASC
Elizabeth Finkelman, Program Assistant, BASC
Lauren Brown, Research Associate, BASC
Laurie Geller, Senior Program Officer, BASC
Maggie Walser, Program Officer, BASC
Committee
John T. Snow (cochair), BASC member, University of Oklahoma
Xubin Zeng (cochair), BASC member, University of Arizona
Ellis Stanley, Dewberry
Petra Klein, University of Oklahoma
Stefanie Sarnat, Emory University
Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia
Participants
Mark Arend, The City College of New York, CUNY
Terry Bellamy, District Department of Transportation, Washington, DC
Martin Best, Met Office, United Kingdom
Kelley Brookins, Chicago Transit Authority
Nancy Brown, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL)
Susan H. Cannon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Walt Dabberdt, Vaisala
Paula Davidson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)
Sheldon Drobot, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Andy Edman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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Stuart Gaffin, Columbia University
Sue Grimmond, King’s College, London
James Rufo Hill, Seattle Public Utilities
Teddy R. Holt, Naval Research Laboratory
Marc L. Imhoff, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Paul Kirshen, Battelle Memorial Institute
Kim Klockow, University of Oklahoma
Sandra Knight, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
George Luber, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Thomas Matte, New York City Department of Health
Dev S. Niyogi, Purdue University
Fred Ogden, University of Wyoming
Tim Oke, University of British Columbia
Brenda Philips, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
S. Trivikrama (S.T.) Rao, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
David Sailor, Portland State University
George Schewe, Trinity Consultants
Brian Stone, Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology
Gayle Sugiyama, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
James A. Voogt, University of Western Ontario
Olga Wilhelmi, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Samuel P. Williamson, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology
(OFCM), NOAA
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CHARGE TO WORKING GROUPS
The challenge for the working groups is to move beyond the Day 1
discussions and provide tangible and substantive input to the Committee,
which will consider this input as it writes its final report. The working groups
will be asked to discuss the questions below and each group’s rapporteur
will be asked to prepare slides that summarize the discussion, to present in
the plenary session.
Key Questions
1. Briefly describe some of the advances in meteorological fore-
casting/monitoring in the past decade that have had the most impact
on urban areas and why. Were any of these developed specifically for
urban uses and, where not, what relationships or synergies led to devel-
opments in other areas being found to benefit urban uses?
2. Are there important existing urban-level forecasting/monitoring
capabilities that are not being effectively utilized by the relevant end
user communities, either due to lack of awareness that such capabilities
exist, or failure to provide such information in a usable form?
3. Are there particular needs of specific end user communities
that are not being met by current urban-level forecasting/monitoring
efforts?
4. Are there emerging technologies in meteorological forecasting/
monitoring that would help contribute to urban dwellers’ safety and
well-being?
5. What are some effective ways to strengthen the interactions
between urban meteorology researchers and the different end user
communities?
6. What new future needs or challenges might be anticipated in
light of the potential additional stresses resulting from to be brought
by the impacts of global climate change?
