Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation, and Protection in New York: Linking Science and Policy
November 15 & 16, 2011
Holiday Inn, Wolf Road, Albany, NY
Please refer to the poster list and the poster abstracts for more information.
AIR QUALITY AND HEALTH
- A Method to Extract and Interpret Additional Aerosol Organic Carbon Fractions from Thermal Optical Analysis of Filter-Based Data
Min-Suk Bae, James Schwab*, Kenneth Demerjian (ASRC, University of Albany); Oliver Rattigan (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation); Mi-Yeon Choe, Sung-Eun Kim (Mokpo National University, Korea)
- Air Quality Trends at Whiteface Mountain
Kenneth L. Demerjian*, Utpal Roychowdhury, James J. Schwab (University of Albany)
- Behavior of Ultrafine Particles and Related Particulate and Gaseous Species at Two Geographically Distributed Sites in New York City
Brian P. Frank*, H. D. Felton (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation); Olga Hogrefe (Siena College); Jacqueline Perry, Oliver V. Rattigan (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation); Robert A. Anderson (TSI Inc.)
- Carbon Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Sensing of Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone
Andi Wang*, D.D.L. Chung (SUNY at Buffalo); Mark Wagner* (Sensorcon, Inc.)
- Defining Secondary Organic Atmospheric Aerosols at the Molecular Level
Monica Mazurek* (Rutgers University); Min Li (California University of Pennsylvania); Harmonie Hawley (California State University, Fullerton); Jessica Sagona (Rutgers University)
- Design and Performance Analysis of the High-Flow Dual-Channel Differential Mobility Analyzer (HD-DMA)
Ishara Mudalige, Suresh Dhaniyala (Clarkson University)
- Empirical Estimates of Summer Background Ozone Levels in New York State
Nenad Aleksic*, Leon Sedefian, Michael Ku (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation)
- PM2.5 Class III FEMs: Performance Evaluation at Queens College, New York
Oliver V. Rattigan*, Dirk H. Felton, Michael Christophersen (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation)
- Representation of Temporal Fluctuations in Power Plant Emissions in Air Quality Forecast Simulations and Its Effect on Model Predictions
Christian Hogrefe, Prakash Doraiswamy (University at Albany); Eric Zalewsky, Winston Hao (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation); Kenneth Demerjian (University at Albany); Jia-Yeong Ku*, Gopal Sistla (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation)
- Role of Cerium-oxide Diesel Additive on Emissions and Fuel-efficiency of a Light-duty Truck
Guan Zhao*, Philip K. Hopke, Suresh Dhaniyala (Clarkson University)
- Source Apportionment of Airborne Particulate Matter in Rochester, NY
Yungang Wang, Xiaoyan Xia (Clarkson University); David C. Chalupa (University of Rochester Medical Center); Yuanxun Zhang (Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences); Philip K. Hopke* (Clarkson University); Mark J. Utell (University of Rochester Medical Center)
- Sources and Health Effects of Oxygenated PAHs
Masha Pitiranggon, Beizhan Yan (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University); Shida Tang (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation); Kyung Hwa Jung (College of Physicians and Surgeons); Anne McElroy (Stony Brook University); Rachel Miller (College of Physicians and Surgeons); Steven Chillrud (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University)
- Utilizing Remote Sensors to evaluate WRF-CMAQ Model in Urban Environment
Chuen-Meei Gan (U.S. EPA, City College of NY); Lina Cordero, Yonghua Wu, Barry Gross (City College of NY)
- Variations and Trends in PM2.5 Mass, Sulfate, and Carbon Concentrations at a Rural and an Urban Site in New York State
James Schwab*, Kenneth Demerjian (ASRC, University of Albany); Oliver Rattigan, H.D. Felton (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation)
- Variations of Carbon Dioxide Within an Urban Area: Comparison between Commercial and Residential Locations
Shannon M. Buckley*, Myron J. Mitchell, Patrick J. McHale, Geoffrey D. Millard (SUNY ESF)
CLIMATE CHANGE
ECOSYSTEMS AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
- A Comparison of the Temporally Integrated Monitoring of Ecosystems and Adirondack Long-Term Monitoring Programs in the Adirondack Mountain Region of New York
Kevin L. Civerolo*, K.M. Roy (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation)
- A New Conceptual Model of Nitrogen Saturation Based on Experimental Nitrogen Addition to an Oak Forest
Gary M. Lovett (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies); Christine Goodale (Cornell University)
- Adirondack Long-Term Monitoring Lakes: A Compendium of Site Descriptions, Recent Chemistry, and Selected Research Information
Karen M. Roy* (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation); N. Houck, P. Hyde, M. Cantwell, J. Brown (Adirondack Lakes Survey Corp.)
- Assessment of Long-Term Monitoring Programs in New York State
Carrie R. Levine*, Ruth Yanai (SUNY ESF)
- Carbon Observations from Cloud Water at Whiteface Mountain New York
James E. Dukett*, Phil Snyder, Sue Capone, Nathan Houck (Adirondack Lakes Survey Corp.); Nenad Aleksic (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation); Monica A. Mazurek, Jessica A. Sagona (Rutgers University)
- Fish Community Changes and Mercury in Adirondack Long-Term Monitoring Lakes
K.M. Roy* (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation); A.J. Bulger (University of Virginia)
- Importance of the Hydrological Change on the Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Carbon and Nitrogen at the Arbutus Lake Watershed in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, USA
Phil-Goo Kang*, Myron Mitchell, Patrick McHale, Mark Teece (SUNY ESF)
- Mercury in the Great Lakes Region: Bioaccumulation, Spatiotemporal Patterns, Ecological Risks, and Policy
David C. Evers, James G. Wiener, Charles T. Driscoll, Nil Basu, Drew Bodaly, Heather Morrison, Kate A. Williams, Madeline A. Turnquist (Biodiversity Research Institute)
- Mercury in Macroinvertebrates and Fishes from Streams in Contrasting Settings: The Adirondacks (NY) and the Coastal Plain (SC)
Karen Riva-Murray*, Lia C. Chasar, Paul M. Bradley, Douglas A. Burns, Mark E. Brigham, Martyn J. Smith, Thomas A. Abrahamsen (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Modeling the Trade-off between Calcium and Energy Acquisition for Reproducing Songbirds in Acidified Forests
Sarah E. Pabian* (Colorado State University)
- Monitoring Bird and Bat Migration in the Thousand Islands Region of New York State
Kathryn A. Williams*, Evan M. Adams, David Yates, Timothy Divoll (Biodiversity Research Institute); Philip B. Chilson (University of Oklahoma); Thomas H. Kunz (Boston University); David C. Evers (Biodiversity Research Institute)
- Relationships among Songbird Communities, Calcium Availability, and Acidic Deposition in the Adirondacks
Jennifer Yantachka*, Colin M. Beier (SUNY ESF)
- Results - Long-Term Monitoring and Assessment of Mercury Based on Integrated Sampling Efforts Using the Common Loon, Prey Fish, Water, and Sediment
Nina Schoch*, Michale Glennon (Wildlife Conservation Society); David Evers, Melissa Duron, Allyson Jackson (Biodiversity Research Institute); Charles Driscoll, Xue Yu (Syracuse University); Howard Simonin (NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation)
- Spatial Controls on Total and Methyl Hg in the Upper Hudson River Basin, New York, USA
Douglas A. Burns*, Karen Riva-Murray, Paul M. Bradley, George R. Aiken, Mark E. Brigham (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Understanding the Molecular Composition of Highly Polar Organic Compounds in Cloud Water and Fine Particles in the Northeastern U.S.
Jessica Sagona, Monica Mazurek* (Rutgers University); James Dukett (Adirondack Lakes Survey Corp.)
- Watershed Sulfur Biogeochemistry in the Adirondacks: Shift from Atmospheric Deposition Dominance to Climatic Regulation
Myron J. Mitchell*, Patrick J. McHale, Geoffrey Millard, Charlotte Demers (SUNY ESF)
BIOMASS AND BIOFUELS
- Chemical Analysis of Wood Pellet Fuels for Residential Wood Combustion
George Allen, Lisa Rector (NESCAUM); Philip Hopke, Sriraam Ramanathan Chandrasekaran-ramanas (Clarkson University)
- Chemical Composition of Wood Chips and Pellets
Sriraam Ramanathan Chandrasekaran, Lin Lin, Maura Trimble, Eleanor Hopke, Philip Hopke (Claskson Univ); Lisa Rector, George Allen (NESCAUM)
- Efficiency Measurements from High-Efficiency Wood Boilers Using ASHRAE Standard 155p
Sriraam Ramanathan Chandrasekaran*, Thomas Holsen, Philip Hopke (Clarkson University)
- Environmental, Energy, Market, and Health Characterization of Four Wood-Fired Hydronic Heater Technologies
Brian Gullett*, Rebecca Dodder, Dan Loughlin, John Kinsey, William Linak, Ian Gilmour, Michael Hays, Tiffany Yelverton, Lukas Oudejans (U.S. EPA); Johanna Aurell (National Research Council); William R. Stevens, Seung-Hyun Cho (ORISE); Abderrahmane Touati (ARCADIS U.S.); Sukh Sidhu, Moshan S.P. Kahandawala (University of Dayton)
- Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations in Outdoor Air Near Wood-Fired Boilers
Agnes N. Mukasa (NYS DOH); Emily J. Shusas (NYSERDA); Kimberly A. Mazor, Judith A. Abbott, Gerald J. McDonald, Kevin M. Malone, Stephen J. Shost* (NYS DOH)
- Model for Assessing Carbon Nanoparticulate Inhalation Exposure Risk: A Protocol for Combustion Emission Ultrafine Nanoparticulate Testing
Barbara Panessa-Warren*, John Warren, Kim Kisslinger, Thomas Butcher (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- Renewable Fuels Roadmap and Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Supply Study for New York
Zywia Wojnar*, Timothy Banach, Ann Marie Hirschberger (Pace Energy and Climate Center)
- Wood Hydronic Heaters – Efficiency and Emissions Testing
Thomas Butcher* (Brookhaven National Lab); Nathan Russell (NYSERDA)
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