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SPECIAL SYMPOSIA

Aerosols In-Cabin and in Other Micro-Environments Organized by: Antonio Miguel
	The purpose of this symposium is to present results from a wide variety of studies that characterize personal exposure in fixed spaces that have relatively homogenous air pollution concentrations. Such spaces include on-road and in-cabin measurements in private automobiles, school buses, and public transportation vehicles during daily commutes, as well as in airborne aircraft during long-range commercial flights, in-space shuttles, indoors in homes, public buildings, underground metros and other micro-environments. The symposium is intended to be a forum for all researchers working in the fields of chemical, physical, optical, and dynamic aerosol properties.

Aviation Emissions – APEX and Related Studies Organized by: Chowen C. Wey, Philip D.Whitefield, and Andreas Petzold
	The objective of this special symposium is to address current exciting research topics related to aircraft particulate matter and gaseous emissions. It consists of four sessions. Sessions will be dedicated to present the methods and comprehensive database established from the recent Aircraft Particle Emissions eXperiment (APEX) project. APEX measurement team includes researchers from NASA, EPA, DoD, University of Missouri-Rolla, and Aerodyne Research using state-of-the-art measurement systems yielding both gaseous and PM characterization data obtained from a NASA DC-8 airplane with CFM56-2C1 engines. A session will focus on the latest European studies on the interaction of combustion particles and the atmospheric water vapor.

Combining Multiple Data Sources and Models to Create an Accurate, Global-Scale Aerosol Picture Organized by: Ralph Kahn, Sonia Kreidenweis, and John Seinfeld Sponsored by: NASA
	New aerosol products from NASA’s Earth Observing System satellite instruments are reaching maturity. For global, space-based observations, they contain unprecedented aerosol column spectral optical depth accuracy and detail about particle micro-physical properties. The time seems right to bring these data to bear on the work of more AAAR scientists. This symposium is aimed at introducing the AAAR community to the latest space-based aerosol data, discussing current ideas about combining satellite observations with far-more-detailed but less extensive in situ and surface data, and stimulating greater collaboration between NASA aerosol scientists and those in the traditional AAAR community. The afternoon event will feature invited and contributed talks, a panel discussion, and an interactive poster session.

International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation (ICARTT) Study Organized by: Ann Middlebrook and Robert Griffin Sponsored by: University of New Hampshire, NOAA
	During the summer of 2004, the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation aimed to characterize the air quality in the northeastern United States as well as in upwind and downwind locations. A significant fraction of this campaign was dedicated to the characterization of aerosols using both measurements and modeling tools. This special symposium on particulate matter related to this campaign welcomes presentations related to any aspect of atmospheric aerosol research (chemical measurements, physical measurements, dynamics, data analysis, comparison to data from earlier missions, modeling studies, etc.).

Joint AAAR-ISAM Symposium Delivery and Biological Effects of Inhaled Particles Organized by: Ron Wolff and Warren Finlay Sponsored by: Aradigm, ISAM
	This symposium will provide cutting-edge discussion of the latest developments related to respiratory tract delivery of pharmaceutical aerosols, ultrafine aerosols, and nanoparticles. A particular focus will be local effects in the lung (i.e, new approaches to treatments for respiratory disease), and ways to assess and optimize delivery. Impact of particle engineering, morphology, and type, on dose, local deposition and effects will also be explored. The symposium includes four sessions: 1) Disposition and Biological Effects 2) Experimental Approaches 3) Medical Aerosols and 4) Modeling and Simulation. Confirmed invited speakers include Bill Bennett, Gerry Smaldone and Werner Hoffman.