Presentations at the
International Conference on Atmospheric Chemical Mechanisms
Davis, CA, December 6-8, 2006

No. Title Presenter or Author

REGULATORY PERSPECTIVES
1
 Regulatory Perspectives - California John DaMassa, California Air Resources Board, USA 
2
 Regulatory Perspectives - U.S. EPA Rich Scheffe, US EPA, USA 
3
 Regulatory Perspectives - Europe Dick Derwent, rdscientific, UK 

OBJECTIVES
4
 Objectives of the Conference Ajith Kaduwela, California Air Resources Board, USA

SESSION A: CURRENT STATUS AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USAGE OF CHEMICAL MECHANISMS
5
 Current Status and Significant Issues in Chemical Mechanisms Harvey Jeffries, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA 
6
 EUROCHAMP - A European Infrastructure Project for Atmospheric Simulation Chambers - Current Progress and Future Directions with Respect to Chemical Mechanisms Peter Wiesen, Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal, Germany (Presented by Ian Barnes)
7
 Chemical Mechanism Needs of Photochemical Modelers from a One-Atmosphere Perspective Robert Harley, University of California at Berkeley, USA 
8
 Effects of Using the CB05 versus SAPRC99 versus CB4 Chemical Mechanism on Model Predictions Deborah Luecken, EPA, USA 
9
 Modelling the Chemical Composition of Particles and Needs for Improvements in Chemical Mechanisms Bernhard Vogel, Karlsruhe Research Centre (FZK), Germany

SESSION B: CHEMICAL MECHANISMS FOR REGIONAL AND URBAN SCALE AIR QUALITY MODELING
10
 The Master Chemical Mechanism (MCM) - Updates and Improvements Andrew Rickard, University of Leeds, UK
11
 The SAPRC Chemical Mechanisms William Carter, University of California at Riverside, USA 
12
 Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Mechanism, RACM William Stockwell, Howard University, Washington, D.C., USA
13
 Development and Applications of CACM/MPMPO Robert Griffin, University of New Hampshire, USA 
14
 An Updated Carbon Bond Mechanism Garry Z. Whitten, Smograys, California, USA 
15
 The GRS Model for Ozone Formation Merched Azzi, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia 

SESSION C: EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL MECHANISMS
16
 Current Research in European Environmental Chambers: Measurements and Models Theo Brauers, Jülich Research Centre, Germany 
17
 The University of California, Riverside, Environmental Chamber Database and Evaluation of SAPRC and Other Chemical Mechanisms William Carter, University of California at Riverside, USA 
18
 Empirical Evaluation of Observation Based Methods for Assessing Ozone Sensitivity to VOC in NOx Gail Tonnesen, University of California at Riverside, USA 
19
 Organic Oxidation Mechanisms and Organic Aerosol Neil Donahue, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA 
20
 A Kinetic Mechanism for Predicting Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Toluene Oxidation in the Presence of NOx and Natural Sunlight Richard Kamens - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

SESSION D: RESEARCH FOCUS ON THE NEXT IMPROVEMENTS IN CHEMICAL MECHANISM DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS - I
21
 Atmospheric Chemistry of Alkanes - Recent Developments Roger Atkinson, University of California at Riverside, USA 
22
 Mechanism of the Photooxidation of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Ring-Retaining Products Ian Barnes, Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal, Germany 
23
 Interfaces Between Gas Phase Mechanisms and Aqueous Chemistry Hartmut Herrmann, The Institute for Tropospheric Research (IfT) Leipzig, Germany 

SESSION E: RESEARCH FOCUS ON THE NEXT IMPROVEMENTS IN CHEMICAL MECHANISM DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS - II
24
 Practical Aspects of Chemical Data Assimilation Adrian Sandu, Virginia Tech at Blacksburg, USA 
25
 Photochemical Mechanism Reduction for the SAPRC Mechanism Jung Lee, University of California at Davis, USA 
26
 Transforming Data into Knowledge - Process Informatics for Combustion Chemistry Michael Frenklach, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, and Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, USA 
27
 Applying Consistency and Optimization Tools to Atmospheric Datasets: An Upper Atmosphere Ozone/Hydroxyl Example Gregory Smith, SRI International, California, USA
28
 A Self-Generating Approach for Explicit Mechanism Bernard Aumont, Universites Paris, Creteil, France 
29
 Mechanism Reduction for the Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol for Integration into a 3-Dimensional Regional Air Quality Model Adam Xia, York University, Ontario, Canada
30
 Testing the Speed of a 13,500-Reaction Chemical Mechanism with SMVGEAR II and the Accuracy of the Mechanism Against Smog Chamber Data Diana Ginnebaugh, Stanford University, USA
31
 Source Apportionment of Secondary Air Pollutants Michael Kleeman, University of California at Davis, USA

SESSION F: USE OF OTHER SCIENTIFIC TOOLS TO AID THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMICAL MECHANISMS
32
 Process Analysis for Photochemical Reaction Mechanisms William Vizuete, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
33
 Development and Application of a Lagrangian Process Analysis Tool for Tracking the Chemistry of Plumes Within a 3-D Eulerian Photochemical Model Yosuke Kimura, University of Texas at Austin, USA
34
 Analysis of a Photochemical Reaction Mechanism Using the Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis Procedure Philip Martien, Bay Area Air Quality Mgmt. District, San Francisco, USA
35
 Role of Quantum Chemistry in Atmospheric Chemical Mechanism Development Renyi Zhang, Texas A&M University, USA (Presented by Jun Zhao)
36
 Failures and Limitations of Computational Chemistry for Two Key Problems in the Atmospheric Chemistry of Peroxy Radicals Ted Dibble, State University of New York, Syracuse, USA

SESSION G: THE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF REGULATORY CHEMICAL MECHANISMS
37
 Accuracy and Cost Considerations in Choosing a Chemical Mechanism for Operational Use Kenneth Schere, US EPA, USA 
38
 Application of a Master Chemical Mechanism (MCM) for Ozone Policy Assessment in Europe Dick Derwent, rdscientific, UK 
39
 Evaluating the SAPRC and Carbon Bond Chemical Mechanisms for Use in Southeast Texas Maedeh Faraji, University of Texas at Austin, USA
40
 The Regulatory Role of Chemical Mechanisms and Future Needs Ajith Kaduwela, California Air Resources Board, USA 

SUMMARY
41
 Summary of the Conference and Next Steps
(Slides Presented)
(Conference Summary Document - January 23, 2007)		 William Carter, University of California at Riverside, USA 

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