| Meeting Overview, Lawrence Friedl/NASA and Doreen Neil/NASA Purpose & Expectations Meeting Agenda, Structure, and Logistics |
1:00 - 1:20 p.m. |
| Introductions | 1:20 - 1:30 p.m. |
| NASA Air Quality Applications: State of the Program, Lawrence Friedl/NASA | 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. |
| Air Quality Forecasting Projects, Moderator: Jill Engel-Cox/Battelle Three-Dimensional Air Quality System, PI: Ray Hoff/UMBC Enhancements to the BlueSkyRAINS Emissions Assessment and Air Quality Prediction System, PI: Dana Sullivan/Sonoma Technology Inc. Assimilating Aura-derived Trace Gas Retrievals into an Operational Multipollutant Ensemble Air Quality Forecast, PI: John McHenry/Barons Adv. Met. Systems |
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
| Air Quality Forecasting Projects – continued A Comprehensive Regional Air Quality Decision Support System in the Pacific Northwest, Co-I: Joe Vaughan/WSU Global Forecasting System (GFS) Project: National chemistry forecasting and assimilation capabilities, J. Al-Saadi/NASA |
3:15 - 4:15 p.m. |
| Interagency & International Activities, Moderator: Jack Fishman/NASA GEO Ministerial Summit/USGEO Task Group – Air Quality Assessment & Forecasting, Terry Keating/EPA USGEO Air Quality Near Term Opportunity, Rich Scheffe/EPA & Steve Fine/NOAA USGEO Air Quality Web Services Pathfinder, Imagine, Air Quality Forecasts Frank Lindsay/NASA & Steve Young/EPA Regional Planning Organizations, Rich Poirot/VT Dept. of Environmental Conservation |
4:15 - 5:30 p.m. |
| Air Quality Planning Projects, Moderator: Jim Szykman/EPA DataFed: Earth Science Data and Tools to Particulate Air Quality Management, PI: Stefan Falke/WUSTL & Northop Grumman Use of Satellite Data to Improve the Physical Atmosphere in SIP Decision Making Models, PI: Dick McNider/UAH & Arastoo Biazar/UAH Retrieval of 3-D Clouds from EOS Data for Air Quality Applications, PI: Keith Hutchison/Univ. Texas - did not present High Resolution Modeling of Land-Atmosphere Ammonia Exchange in Models-3/CMAQ, Christa Peters-Lidard/NASA & Yihua Wu/NASA Benchmark Report: Globally Assimilated Lateral Boundary Conditions and CMAQ Ozone Estimates, J. Al-Saadi/NASA |
8:30 - 10:10 a.m. |
| NASA Earth Science: Atmospheric Composition & Modeling Research Moderator: Bruce Doddridge/NASA Atmospheric Composition Program, Jim Crawford/NASA Additional R&A Program Manager Perspectives, Maring, Kurylo, Halthore/NASA NASA Modeling Activity Relevant to Air Quality, Mian Chin/NASA PI Perspective on OMI Tropospheric Products for Air Quality, Pieternel Levelt/KNMI |
10:30 - 12:00 p.m. |
| Air Quality Program–Studies & Reports, Moderator: Dale Quattrochi/NASA Land Use and Land Cover Characterization within Air Quality Management Decision Support Systems, Maudood Khan/NSSTC & Dale Quattrochi/NASA TEXAQS2006 and Rapid Science Synthesis Workshop, J. Al-Saadi/NASA DEVELOP & US-Canada Aerosol Climatology, Amber Richards & Kim Keith/NASA May 2007 Air Quality and Public Health Workshop Report, John Haynes/NASA |
1:00 - 1:50 p.m. |
| Air Quality Emissions Inventories Projects, Moderator: Charles Ichoku/NASA Enhancing Biomass Emissions Estimates within the National Emissions Inventory, Amber Soja/National Institute of Aerospace Fires, Changing Climate, and Consequences for U.S. Air Quality, David Diner/NASA (NASA Support to EPA STAR Project) Invited Talk on Air Quality & Emissions Inventories, Tom Pace/EPA |
1:50 - 2:40 p.m. |
| Invited Talk and Discussion: Europe & Air Quality – GMES PROMOTE, Eleni Paliouras/DLR |
3:00 - 3:20 p.m. |
| Air Quality Program – Outreach Initiatives, Jill Engel-Cox/Battelle SERVIR: Air Quality and Central America Smog Stories: NASA/EPA Outreach during 2007 Pollution Season Air & Waste Management Association Conferences Air Quality Training Curriculum |
3:20 - 3:50 p.m. |
| Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants Moderator: Sundar Christopher/UAH Status and Plans for LRTAP/HTAP, Terry Keating/EPA NASA Support to LRTAP/HTAP, Lorraine Remer/NASA |
3:50 - 4:25 p.m. |
| Air Quality Program – Status & Directions Moderators: Friedl & Neil Program Schedule Discussion: Strengths and Weaknesses of Current Air Quality Program Gaps and Opportunities |
4:25 - 5:30 p.m. |
| EPA Advanced Monitoring Initiative, Moderator: Ed Washburn/EPA Overview of EPA AMI and Air Quality Projects, Ed Washburn/EPA NASA-supported AMI Projects: Application of Integrated Ozone Observing System to Houston-Galveston-Gulf Shore Region and Eastern Great Lakes Region, EPA: Jim Szykman & John Lyon, NASA: Jack Fishman Improving Air Accountability Assessments: 3D Air Quality and the Clean Air Interstate Rule, EPA: Fred Dimmick & Rich Scheffe, NASA: Brad Pierce & Duncan Fairlie Use of Satellite Data to Evaluate PM2.5 Formation and Transport in San Joaquin Valley, EPA: Rebecca Rosen & Jim Szykman, NASA: Russell De Young & J. Al-Saadi Modeling Fused Spatial Data for Improved Public Information on Air Quality, EPA: David Holland & Jim Szykman, NASA: J. Al-Saadi Ground Level Ozone Pollution Based on Satellite Observations and Surface Monitoring in Support of US-Mexico Border 2012 Program, NASA: Robert Chatfield |
8:30 - 9:45 a.m. |
| Air Quality Compliance Projects, Moderator: Margaret Pippin/NASA Rapid Prototype of NO2 Comparisons, Margaret Pippin/NASA Invited Talk on Air Quality Compliance & Accountability, Rich Scheffe/EPA |
9:45 - 10:20 a.m. |
| NASA Flight Program: Current & Upcoming Missions Mission Overview, Ted Hammer/NASA - Special Focus: Glory and OCO - National Academy of Sciences Decadal Survey |
10:40-– 11:10 a.m. |
| NASA Visualization NASA Scientific Visualization Studio, Horace Mitchell/NASA |
11:10 - 11:30 a.m. |
| Interagency & International Perspectives Moderator: Kelly Chance/Harvard-Smithsonian Center Europe: GEOmon, GEMS, and European Environmental Agency, Ozoneweb Eleni Paliouras/DLR North American Perspectives (US-Canada, US-Mexico), Sue Stendebach/EPA |
11:30 - 12:00 p.m. |
| Interagency & International Perspectives – continued Moderator: Kelly Chance/Harvard-Smithsonian Center Europe, Atmospheric Monitoring, and Future Missions, Pieternel Levelt/KNMI U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Charlie Walthall & Ray Knighton/USDA CEOS Virtual Constellation & IGACO, Jack Fishman/NASA U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Paula Davidson/NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, & Information Service, Shobha Kondragunta/NOAA U.S. National Park Service, Julie Thomas/NPS ESIP Air Quality Cluster, Stefan Falke/Northrop Grumman & Rudy Husar/WUSTL United Nations Space Applications Programme, Werner Balogh/UN (in absentia) |
1:00 - 2:45 p.m. |
| Air Quality Program – Opportunities & Planning, Friedl & Neil Project Solicitations Discussion: Air Quality Program 2008-2012: Goals and Objectives Ideas for New Initiatives & Project Opportunities Crosscutting Needs Across Projects, US Agencies, or International Activities Key Studies & Workshops Communications & Outreach (Scientific community, AQ professionals, Public) Resources and Interagency Activities |
3:00 - 4:10 p.m. |
| Air Quality Program – Project Management, Friedl & Neil Discussion: Review of Program Schedule, Events, and Timeline Discussions Review of Reporting Requirements & Benchmark Reports Discussion Project Collaborations Project Fact Sheets, Descriptions, and Success Stories Other Programmatic Issues |
4:15 - 5:15 p.m. |
| Air Quality Team Meeting Wrap-up | 5:15 - 5:20 p.m. |
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