Schedule

This day is dedicated to methane, with sessions covering observations, quantification, and mitigation strategies.

09:00 - 09:10: Introduction & Acknowledgement of Country - Clare Murphy (UOW)

Session 1 - Methane Monitoring & Remote Sensing

• 09:10: Sara Mikaloff-Fletcherr (ESNZ) - Quantifying agricultural CH₄ emissions using MethaneSAT and MethaneAIR (Online)
• 09:30: David Frank Pollard (ESNZ) - Ground-Based Validation of MethaneSAT XCH₄ Observations Over New Zealand Agricultural Regions
• 09:50: Harrison O'Sullivan-Moffat (ESNZ / VUW) - MethaneSAT Verification Campaign: Canterbury, New Zealand (Online)
• 10:10: Peter Sperlich (ESNZ) - Towards accurate quantification of New Zealand's methane emissions from waste and agriculture
• 10:30: Clare Murphy (Paton-Walsh) (UOW) - Recent trends in methane in the Southern Hemisphere

10:50 - 11:20: Morning tea (Building 20 - Foyer)

• 11:20: Nicholas Deutscher (UOW) - Methane Hunter
• 11:40: Ida Jandl (University of Melbourne / CSIRO) - Forward modelling atmospheric methane in the coal mining region of New South Wales
• 12:00: Kaydy Pinetown (NSW DCCEEW) - Development of the NSW Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Verification Program
• 12:20: Hasan Nawaz (UOW) - Satellite validation of XCH₄ over Australia and New Zealand

12:40 - 13:40: Lunch (Building 20 - Foyer)

• 13:40: Timothy Bedin (Swinburne University) - Observing methane plumes in geostationary satellite data can improve our understanding of the spatiotemporal dynamics of super-emission events

Session 2 - Methane Sources & Mitigation

• 14:00: Mark Lunt (EDF) - Empowering methane mitigation through science: actionable data from methane science studies in Australia
• 14:20: Johannes Dittmann (SCU) - Resolving Ghost Forest tree methane pathway, origin, and age using a novel ¹⁴C-CH₄ approach
• 14:40: Christopher Caldow (CSIRO) - Enhanced fugitive methane monitoring, emissions estimation and mitigation...

15:00 - 15:30: Afternoon tea (Building 20 - Foyer)

• 15:30: Leigh Fleming (ESNZ) - CarbonWatch-Urban Mobile Laboratory for estimating urban emissions across Aotearoa New Zealand (Online)
• 15:50: Jhonathan Ramirez Gamboa (CSIRO) - Melbourne urban methane: Network status and integrating facility scale observations
• 16:10: Nasimeh Shahrokhi (CSIRO) - Methane emissions in Melbourne inferred from ground-based measurements with a synthesis inversion (Online)
• 16:30: Cathy Trudinger (CSIRO) - Methane emissions from two wastewater treatment plants in Melbourne: A network design study

A deep dive into Southern Ocean dynamics, research from the CAPE-k campaign, aerosol properties, and regional atmospheric chemistry & air quality.

Session 3 - Southern Ocean & Aerosol Precursors

• 09:00: Caleb Mynard (CSIRO / Monash University) - Linking ocean productivity and air mass history to variability in volatile methylated sulfur species across the Southern Ocean
• 09:20: Abithaswathi Muniraj Saraswathy (QUT) - High gaseous MSA events during CAPRICORN II and MISO Southern Ocean voyages
• 09:40: Alanah Chapman (University of Melbourne) - A model sensitivity analysis of aerosol precursor emissions related to Antarctic sea-ice
• 10:00: Branka Miljevic (QUT) - Aerosol Acidity Controls Methanesulfonic Acid Evaporation From Aerosols During Antarctic Continental Outflow
• 10:20: Joel Alroe (QUT) - Regional and meteorological influences on atmospheric composition and cloud structure from the MISO voyage

10:40 - 11:10: Morning tea (Building 20 - Foyer)

Session 4 - Aerosol Properties & Chemistry

• 11:10: Melita Keywood (CSIRO) - Aerosol properties measured during the Cloud And Precipitation Experiment at Kennaook (CAPE-K)
• 11:30: Jakob Boyd Pernov (QUT) - CAPE-K CHEM: NEW PARTICLE FORMATION AND PRECURSORS VAPORS AT CAPE GRIM
• 11:50: Robert Ryan (University of Melbourne) - The impact of ship sulfate emission regulations on solar radiation and coral bleaching severity at the Great Barrier Reef
• 12:10: Stephen MacFarlane (UOW) - Impacts of Aromatic Chemistry on the Global Atmosphere

12:30 - 13:30: Lunch (Building 20 - Foyer)

Session 5 - Air Quality & Urban Aerosols

• 13:30: Kathryn Emmerson (CSIRO) - What atmospheric composition changes can we expect at kennaook Cape Grim and Wollongong in 2050?
• 13:50: Robyn Schofield (University of Melbourne) - Update on observations from AirLab and AIRBOX
• 14:10: Emily Franklin (CSIRO) - Aerosol Chemistry and Source Apportionment in Urban Australia
• 14:30: Hamesh Patel (Mote Ltd / QUT / UoA) - An Automated SEM Analysis of Airborne Elongated Mineral Particles in an Urban Community

14:50 - 15:20: Afternoon tea (Building 20 - Foyer)

• 15:20: Sudharsun Venkatesan (Deakin University) - Pollen aerosols and atmospheric charges
• 15:40: David Anene (Deakin University) - Face masks: Friend or foe?

Session 6 - Special Program Review

• 16:00: Scott Chambers & Alan Griffiths (ANSTO) - The radon measurement program at Kennaook/Cape Grim 2019-2025 (40-minute presentation)

Sponsored by the NSW Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre, this day focuses on fire events, smoke impacts, and atmospheric modelling techniques.

Session 7 - Fire, Smoke & Emissions Characterisation

• 09:00: Max Desservettaz (UOW) - Research for Understanding Smoke Hazards (RUSH): Recent Findings, Model Integration, and Future Directions
• 09:20: Fabienne Reisen (CSIRO) - Biomass Burning Impacts at Kennaook/Cape Grim: Insights for AQFx Module Improvement
• 09:40: Steve Petrie (Swinburne University) - Finding fires: Estimating ignition locations and times through satellite imaging of smoke plumes and fire extent
• 10:00: Deepa Roy (UOW) - Impact of fuel type and moisture content on emission variability
• 10:20: Christopher Roulston (CSIRO) - The new Pyrotron Emissions and Greenhouse Gas Analysis System (PEGGASys)

10:40 - 11:10: Morning tea (Building 20 - Foyer)

Session 8 - Smoke Impacts & Modelling

• 11:10: Eleni Dovrou (UC / TUC / UoC) - Switching regimes in wildfire plumes: Environmental implications (Online)
• 11:30: Ray Langenfelds (CSIRO) - Using CO and H₂ variability in SH background air as tracers of wildfire emissions
• 11:50: Zijun Li (QUT) - Using data-driven approaches to understand O₃ formation and the impact of wildfire emissions in Queensland
• 12:10: Samantha Lee (UNSW) - Comparison of measured and modelled pollutant concentrations in aged smoke in Southeast Australia
• 12:30: Steven Utembe (EPA Victoria) - Changes to Air Quality at Melbourne's Station Pier

12:50 - 13:50: Lunch (Building 20 - Foyer)

Session 9 - Atmospheric Modelling & Inversion Techniques

• 13:50: Matt Woodhouse (CSIRO) - Composition modelling in the ACCESS suite
• 14:10: Ashok Luhar (CSIRO) - A higher-order inverse modelling approach for improved source estimation, with application to a controlled methane release
• 14:30: Josh Jacobson (UOW) - WOMBAT v2.S: A Bayesian inversion framework for CO₂ flux attribution from multiprocess satellite data
• 14:50: Daemon Kennett (ESNZ) - Atmospheric Inverse Modelling of CO₂ Fluxes in New Zealand at National and Urban Scales (Online)
• 15:10: Beth Killen (UNSW) - Short-lived refrigerants, long-term impacts: quantifying budgets of the HFO-1234ze degradation cascade

15:30 - 16:00: Afternoon tea (Building 20 - Foyer)

16:00 onwards: Tour of UOW labs (optional), Side Meetings and Discussion

18:00 onwards: Conference Dinner (Wollongong Golf Club)

The final day highlights insights from long-term observational programs, including from Kennaook/Cape Grim, and discusses global atmospheric trends before concluding the conference.

Session 10 - Kennaook - Cape Grim Long-Term Observations

• 09:00: Ann Stavert (CSIRO) - The problem with water and the benefits of friends - Using comparisons between co-located GHG instrumentation to identify and rectify sources of error
• 09:20: David Griffith (UOW) - Total column measurements of greenhouse gases at Kennaook Cape Grim
• 09:40: Erin Dunne (CSIRO) - An update from the Kennaook - Cape Grim Reactive Gases Program
• 10:00: Suzie Molloy (CSIRO) - (TBC) Kennaook-Cape Grim Ozone: 1982-2025 (Online)
• 10:20: Bakhat Rawat (UOW) - Atmospheric mercury (Hgº) in Kennaook/Cape Grim (KCG): Insight into concentration, variations and source attribution

10:40 - 11:10: Morning tea (Building 20 - Foyer)

Session 11 - Long-Term Trends & Global Change

• 11:10: David Etheridge (CSIRO) - First observational evidence of changes in atmospheric hydroxyl concentration in the Southern Hemisphere over the Anthropocene
• 11:30: Justin Takacs (UOW) - Long-term Trends and Variability in the Wollongong NDACC record
• 11:50: Brittany Walker (UOW) - Impact of Climate Drivers on Southern Hemisphere TCCON Monitoring Sites
• 12:10: Ian Enting (Independent) - GWP*: What and Why?
• 12:30: Paul Krummel (CSIRO) - The 2025 Antarctic ozone hole

12:50 onwards: Lunch & Departure (Building 20 - Foyer)

• Jun-Oh Bu (Nat. Inst. of Meteorological Sciences) - Characterization of the Physical, Optical, and Chemical Properties of Wildfire Aerosols: A Case Study of the 2023 Hongseong Wildfire in South Korea
• Cherie Tollemache (Mote Ltd / UoA) - What is that particle and whose particle is it? Advancing single-particle characterisation of atmospheric PM
• Saima Iram (Deakin University) - Investigating PM₂.₅ Toxicity: The Initial Comprehensive OP Study in Australia Utilising Various Acellular Assays
• Jing Kong (NSW DCCEEW) - Ten-year trend of NH₃ and its impact on secondary inorganic aerosols and PM₂.₅ in Newcastle, Australia
• Andy Menking (CSIRO / U Tas) - Extending the Kennaook/Cape Grim record of N₂O stable isotopes 1978-2025