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Seminars and conference presentations since 2005.

  • Bryan, A., K. Obenour, D. Slotke, and G.A. Morris, Analysis of ozone concentrations in a dissipating tropical convective system during TC-4, Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship, Valparaiso University, 14 April 2009.
  • Bradford, K, S. Christensen, and G.A. Morris, Hurricane Ike's Effect on Houston Pollution, Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship, Valparaiso University, 14 April 2009.
  • Slotke, D., A. Berg, B. Emergy, and G.A. Morris, The need for a Houston Radiosonde: A comparison study from 2004 - 2008, Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship, Valparaiso University, 14 April 2009.
  • Christensen, S., N. Kellams, B. Lehmann, T. Pietrzak, and G.A. Morris, The effect of China's efforts to reduce pollution for the Olympics on air quality in Japan, Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship, Valparaiso University, 14 April 2009.
  • Morris, G.A., H. Akimoto, Y. Kanaya, M. Takigawa, J. Hirokawa, F. Hasebe, M. Fujiwara, K. Ishida, K. Miyagawa, M.R. Schoeberl, E. Celarier, N. Krotkov, S. Christensen, N. Kellams, B. Lehmann, and T.G. Pietrzak, An examination of the impact of air from China on air quality in Hokkaido Japan before, during, and after the Beijing Olympics, EOS Trans. AGU, 90(22), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abs. A21B-04, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 24 | 27 May 2009.
  • Thompson, A.M., A.M. Luzik, S.K. Miller, J.C. Witte, G.A. Morris, S.J. Oltmans, D. Tarasick, and B. Rappengluck, Urban ozone over North America from soundings, Mixed influences from pollution, stratosphere, lightning, and convection, 89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 11 | 15 Jan. 2009.
  • Morris, G.A., J. Hirokawa, M. Fujiwara, F. Hasebe, K. Ishida, N. Krotkov, M.R. Schoeberl, W. Komhyr, and B. Lefer, Detection of an SO2 plume over Sapporo, Japan from the eruption of Mt. Kasatochi using a balloon sounding technique, EOS Trans. AGU, 89, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. A53B-0273, San Francisco, CA, 15 | 19 Dec. 2008.
  • Miller, S.K., A.M. Thompson, A.M. Luzik, G.A. Morris, A.M. Bryan, J.E. Yorks, B.F. Taubman, H. Voemel, M. A. Avery, Convective and wave signatures in ozone profiles in Equatorial Americas: Views from TC4 and SHADOZ, EOS Trans. AGU 89, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. A21I-02, San Francisco, CA, 15 | 19 Dec. 2008.
  • Morris, G.A., A study of the impact of Chinafs pollution on air quality in Japan before, during, and after the Olympics: Measurement program overview and preliminary analysis, Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Yokohama, Japan, 6 Nov. 2008.
  • Morris, G.A., J. Hirokawa, M. Fujiwara, F. Hasebe, K. Ishida, E. Celarier, N. Krotkov, M. Schoeberl, and W. Komhyr, A study of the impact of Chinafs pollution on air quality in Japan before, during, and after the Olympics: Measurement program overview and preliminary analysis, 14th Annual Discussion Meeting of Atmospheric Chemistry, Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Yokohama, Japan, 29 | 31 October 2008.
  • Thompson, A.M., S. Lee, S.K. Miller, A. Loucks, G.A. Morris, and H. Voemel, Latitudinal and longitudingal gradients in GW/KW signatures in the TTL inferred from ozonesondes, SPARC 2008 General Assembly, Bologna, Italy, 31 Aug.| 5 Sept. 2008.
  • Morris, G.A., A study of the influence of Chinese pollution on air quality in Japan, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 15 July 2008.
  • Morris, G.A., Four years of ozonesonde observations in Houston, TX, Texas Commission for Environmental Quality, Austin, Texas, May 2, 2008.
  • Morris, G.A., A. Bryan, A.M. Thomposon, J. Yorks, J. Gerlach, G. Osterman, E. Celarier, and M. Avery, Ozonesonde observations inside a convective cell over Panama during TC-4, TC-4 Science Team Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA, Feb. 26 - 29, 2008.
  • Thompson, A.M., J. Yorks, B.F. Taubman, G.A. Morris, H. Voemel, H.B. Selkirk, M.A. Avery, J. Gerlach, T.L. Kucsera, A. Pino Graell, and I. Petropavloskikh, Ground-based studies of dynamics and composition during TC4: Results from Costa Rica, Panama, and Galapagos, TC-4 Science Team Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA, Feb. 26 ? 29, 2008.
  • Avery, M., K. Severance, G. Diskin, G. Sachse, G. Morris, C. Twohy, P. Bui, M. Rana, and J. Plant, Tracer distribution in active convective outflow in the Central American ITCZ Region: A first look at 8.5 ? 12 km during the TC4 racetracks, TC-4 Science Team Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA, Feb. 26 ? 29, 2008.
  • Morris, G.A., Global Climate Change Science, Focus the Nation event, Sid Richardson College, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Jan. 30, 2008.
  • Rappenglueck, B., S. Alvarez, R. Boudreaux, M. Buhr, D. Byun, F.Y. Cheng, C.Clements, J. Flynn, R. Fuller, L. Kauffman, B. Lefer, M. Leuchner, W. Luke, B. McEvoy-Day, G. Morris, F. Ngan, L. Pedemonte, R. Perna, M. Shauck, and G. Zanin, The vertical mixing experiment during TexAQS II, , 88th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 20 ? 24, 2008.
  • Ford, B.J., G. Morris, E. Thompson, B. Rappenglueck, B. Lefer, D.W. Byun, X. Li, R. Perna, R. Boudreaux, B. McEvoy-Day, L. Pedemonte, and A. Chow, The impact of residual layer ozone on surface ozone levels in Houston, Texas during TexAQS II, 88th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 20 ? 24, 2008.
  • Clements, C.B., B. Rappenglueck, R. Perna, B. Day, M. Patel, B. Lefer, and G. Morris, Evolution and structure of urban boundary layer in Houston, 88th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 20 ? 24, 2008.
  • Avery, M.A., D. Glenn, G. Sachse, J. Podolske, P. Bui, L. Pfister, E. Korn, R. Cohen, P. Wooldridge, A. Perring, T. Bertram, and G.A. Morris (added), Convective vertical redistribution of trace gases in the tropics: A first look at chemical tracer and meteorological measurements from the NASA DC-8 during TC4, EOS Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract, A22A-07, 2007.
  • Bryan, A.A., G.A. Morris, D. Lutz, A.M. Thompson, G. Osterman, J. Yorks, and B. Taubman, Preliminary analysis of an ozonesonde data from Panama as part of TC-4, EOS Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A13C-1354, 2007.
  • Cooper, O.R., M. Trainer, A. Thompson, S.J. Oltmans, D.W. Tarasick, J. Witte, A. Stohl, S. Eckhardt, J. Lelieveld, R. Portmann, B. Johnson, L. Kalnajs, M. Newchurch, M. Dubey, J. Meagher, T. Leblanc, I.S. McDermid, G. Forbes, T. Carey-Smith, D. Wolfe, F. Fehsenfeld, G. Morris, B. Lefer, B. Rappengl?k, T. Keating, E. Joseph, K. Minschwaner, F. Schmidlin, and R. VanCuren, Evidence for a recurring eastern North America upper tropospheric ozone maximum during summer, EOS Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A44C-04, 2007.
  • Dougherty, M., A.M. Thompson, J.C. Witte, S.K. Miller, S.J. Oltmans, O.R. Cooper, D.W. Tarasick, R.B. Chatfield, B.F. Taubman, E. Joseph, D. Baumgardner, J.T. Merrill, G.A. Morris, B. Rappengl?k, B. Lefer, G. Forbes, M.J. Newchurch, F.J. Schmidlin, R.B. Pierce, T. Leblanc, M. Dubey, and K. Minschwaner, North American tropospheric ozone profiles from IONS (INTEX Ozonesonde Network Study, 2004, 2006): Ozone budgets, pollution statistics, satellite retrievals, EOS Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., A33A-0815.
  • Ladino, L, D. Baumgardner, A. Hernandez, M. Grutter, A. Thompson, J. Yorks, J. Johnson, S. Oltmans, G. Morris, B. Lefer, and B. Rappengl?k, Tropospheric ozone production from lightning, EOS Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstact A53-1345, 2007.
  • Morris, G.A., A.M. Thompson, R. Perna, J. Yorks, B. Rappengl?k, G. Ostermann, B. Lefer, R. Boudreaux, A. Chow, B. Ford, E.Thompson, and S. Hersey, Construction and analysis of an ozone profile climatology over Houston, Texas, EOS Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A53C-1365, 2007.
  • Selkirk, H.B., H. V?el, G. Morris, J. Valverde, A.M. Thompson, M.S. Agama, L. Pfister, and V. Hernandez, Vertical structure and variability of ozone in the TTL from TC4 ozonesondes, EOS Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A13C-1372, 2007.
  • Morris, G.A., (presented by B. Rappenglück), Ozonesonde data from Houston and SE Texas, Moody Tower Data Analysis Workshop, U. of Houston, July 16 – 18, 2007.
  • Morris, G.A., S. Holcomb, S. Hersey, A. Thompson, and J. Yorks, Analysis of Houston and SE Texas ozonesonde data, Principal Findings Data Analysis Workshop:  TexAQS II/GoMACCS, Austin, Texas, May 29 – June 1, 2007.
  • Mefferd, A.D., G.A. Morris, C. Clark, S. Holcomb, B. Ford, M. Taylor, An analysis of meteorological factors that influence boundary layer ozone concentrations using ozonesonde data from Houston, Texas, Principal Findings Data Analysis Workshop:  TexAQS II/GoMACCS, Austin, Texas, May 29 – June 1, 2007.
  • Morris, G.A., D. Grosnick, C. Hight, L. Blasi, and R. Swanson, Stimulating student learning in multiple dimensions through introductory laboratories, AAC&U Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 17 – 21, 2007.
  • Perna, S. Zhong, G. Morris, B. Rappenglueck, B. Lefer, R. Boudreaux, C. Clements, B. Day, R. Fuller, S. Hersey, B. Morris, M. Patel, L. Pedemonte, M. Leuchner, J. Flynn, B. Shaulis, P. Guerrero, B. Onakpoya, M. Jang, D. Lee, S. Street, and W. Yao, Insights into Houston Air Quality Through Rawinsonde and Ozonesonde Data, EOS Trans. AGU, 87, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract, 2006.
  • Bender, A., S. Frith, G. Morris, and D. Lary, PV-Theta Mapping of Aura MLS profile data, NASA Aura Science Team Meeting, Boulder, CO, Sept. 11 – 15, 2006.
  • Morris, G.A., Comparison of tropospheric ozone colunns calculated from MLS, OMI, and ozonesonde data, NASA Aura Science Team Meeting, Boulder, CO, Sept. 11 – 15, 2006.
  • Thompson, A., et al., IONS-06 (INTEX Ozonesonde Network Study):  Variability in UT/LS ozone and implications for Aura ozone retrievals and assimilation products, NASA Aura Science Team Meeting, Boulder, CO, Sept. 11 – 15, 2006.
  • Ney, C., N. Arrey, J. Kirsch, G. Morris, B. Murray, and D. Panvini, Liberal Education and Science:  Preparing Future Scientists and Citizens, AAC&U Meeting, Washington, DC, January  18 – 22, 2006.
  • Providing the monitoring needed to clean tomorrow’s air:  A proposal for a regional network to study ozone
    • Dept. of Physics, Hope College, Apr. 7, 2006.
    • Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Ball State University, Mar. 30, 2006.
    • Dept. of Chemistry, Marietta College, Mar. 1, 2006.
    • Dept. of Chemistry, Valparaiso University, February 24, 2006
    • Dept. of Physics, Carthage College, Feb. 20, 2006
    • Dept. of Chemistry, Ohio Northern University, February 15, 2006
    • Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Calvin College, February 14, 2006
    • Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Taylor University, February 1, 2006
    • Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Valparaiso University, January 13, 2006
  • Alaskan Forest Fires Exacerbate Houston Ozone Pollution July 19 – 20, 2004
    • The Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Mar. 2, 2006
    • Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX, Mar. 2, 2005.
    • Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, Feb. 18, 2005.
    • Dept. of Biology, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, Jan. 10, 2005.
  • Cooper, O.R., A. Stohl, M. Trainer, A. Thompson, J.C. Witte, S.J. Oltmans, B.J. Johnson, J. Merrill, J.L. Moody, G. Morris, D. Tarasick, G. Forbes, P. Nedelec, F.C. Fehsenfeld, J. Meagher, M. J. Newchuch, F.J. Schmidlin, and S. Turquety, Larger tropospheric ozone enhancements above mid-latitude North America during summer:  In situe evidence from IONS and MOZAIC ozone monitoring network, and the role of lightning NOx, EOS Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract, A53D-03, 2005.
  • Oltmans, S.J. A.M. Thompson, B.J. Johnson, O.R. Cooper, J.T. Merrill, G.A. Morris, M.J. Newchurch, F. J. Schmidlin, and D.W. Trasick, Tropospheric ozone across North America during Summer 2004, EOS Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl, Abstract, A51D-0093, 2005.
  • Tarasick, D.W., M. Moran, A. Thompson, T. Carey-Smith, Y. Rochon, V. Bouchet, S. Cousineau, O.R. Cooper, S.J. Oltmans, J.C. Witte, G. Forbes, B.J. Johnson, J. Merrill, G. Morris, M.J. Newchurch, F.J. Schmidlin, and E. Joseph, Comparison of Canadian air quality forecast models with tropospheric ozone profile measurements above mid-latitude North America during IONS/ICARTT campaign:  Evidence for stratospheric input, EOS Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract, A33F-07, 2005.
  • Thompson, A.M., J.B. Stone, J.C. Witte, R.B. Pierce, R.B. Chatfield, O.R. Cooper, B.F. Taubman, B.J. Johnson, E. Joseph, T.L. Kucsera, J.T. Merrill, G. Morris, M.J. Newchurch, S.J. Oltmans, F.J. Schmidlin, D.J. Tarasick, and V. Thouret, IONS-2004 (INTEX Ozonesonde Network Study) ozone budgets:  Experimetnal determination and comparison with climatology, EOS Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract, A11B-0881, 2005.
  • Cooper, O.R., M. Trainer, A. Thompason, J.C. Witte, S.J. Oltmans, B.J. Johnson, J. Merrill, J.L. Moody, G. Morris, D. Tarasick, G. Forbes, P. Nedelec, F.C. Fehsenfeld, J. Meagher, M.J. Newchurch, and F.J. Schmidlin, Large upper tropospheric ozone enhancements above mid-latitude North America during ICARTT:  In situ evidence from the IONS and MOZAIC ozone monitoring network, ICARTT Data Analysis Workshop, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, August 9 – 12, 2005.
  • Thompson, A.M., J.B. Stone, B.F. Tauman, J.C. Witte, T.L. Kucsera, J.T. Merrill, G. Morris, M.J. Newchurch, S.J. Oltmans, F.J. Schmidlin, and D. J. Tarasick, Intercontinental and inter-regioanl ozone transport in July-August 2004 over North America based on observations from an ozonesonde network (IONS in ICARTT/INTEX/NEAQS), Am. Met. Soc., January 2005.

 

 

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