| Project Title |
Sponsor |
Topic |
AIRPACT-3 |
Ecology (national air toxics grant) |
Incorporation of specific gaseous and particulate air toxics into automated daily
simulation system and expansion of domain to include Vancouver, BC and Portland, OR
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BlueSky
|
Forest Service
|
Development and application of automated
forecast system for PM2.5 related to forest
fires
|
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ClearSky
|
Ecology, Idaho DEQ
|
Development and application of automated forecast system for PM2.5 related to agricultural field burning
|
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Climate Change Impact Analysis
|
EPA STAR grant
|
Extensive analysis of the impact of future global changes on regional and local air quality in the Pacific Northwest
|
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CMAQ for Region 10
|
EPA
|
EPA Region 10 has been working to further
application of CMAQ, and hosted a informal
meeting June 3, 2005 in Seattle to discuss CMAQ
and related topics.
|
|
Columbia Gorge Footprint Analysis
|
Ecology
|
Analysis of elevated aerosol days at Gorge Improve sites with respect to upwind source areas
|
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Cumulative Effects Analysis
|
EPA
|
Initial development of modeling framework for consistent analysis methods for addressing cumulative effects related to PSD
|
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El WebCenter
|
NW-AIRQUEST
|
Establishment of an emission inventory data warehouse and resource center for the region
|
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Impact of diesel controls on PM2.5
|
Ecology
|
Initial analysis of the impact of diesel controls on PM2.5 and ozone in Puget Sound
|
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Incorporation of Woodsmoke and Diesel Particulate Emissions into Airpact
|
PSCAA
|
Addition of woodsmoke PM2.5 emissions and mobile diesel PM2.5 emissions into the daily automated AIRPACT operations
|
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MM5 Ventilation Products Analysis
|
PSCAA
|
Analysis of correlations between MM5 ventilation products and observed pollutant levels
|
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Model Evaluation Overview
|
|
An Overview of Model Evaluation; Determine use of model output -- episodic or climatological
Model Evaluation Working Group Meeting 200410051500 Topics discussed: - how good is
good? - evaluation vs diagnosis - detailed comparison of limited data vs statistical
comparison of large data sets - descriptive evaluation vs detailed objective evaluation -
process used to obtain agreement - emissions inventory adjustment - substitute physics
packages - episode tuning vs annual (or longer) evaluation - representativeness of observations
at scale of modeling - handling sparse observations - use ensemble runs - sensitivity
to specific key emission categories - producing real meteorology vs accurate meteorology -
absolute contribution vw relative conribution - use of standard scoring protocols
|
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NASA ROSES for
NW-AIRQUEST DSS
|
NASA
|
Incorporation of NASA satellite data into the NW-AIRQUEST Decision Support Systems: AIRPACT-3, ClearSky, and BlueSky
|
|
Nez Perce Project (overview)
|
|
The deposition of nitrogen, sulfur and toxic
compounds such as mercury and the resulting
ecosystems effects is an emerging issue in the
Pacific Northwest. Atmospheric deposition
results from local, regional and global
transport, and transformation in the atmosphere
but the effects of the deposition are seen in
surface water and ecosystems. Because these
problems cross political boundaries and affect
multiple media, they often fall through the
cracks of the regulatory framework. The purpose
of this workgroup is to provide a regional
forum for atmospheric deposition issues, to
foster coordinated scientific information
sharing between monitoring, modeling and
emission inventory efforts in the Pacific
Northwest, and to explore connections with the
research, resources and needs in other media,
including water and biota.
|
|
PAC2001 PM2.5 Modeling
|
Environment Canada
|
Evaluation and analysis of PM2.5 in Vancouver, BC airshed using CMAQ and the PAC2001 field campaign data sets
|
|
PBL Improvements
|
USDA Forest Service
|
Validation and improvement of MM5 & WRF PBL schemes
|
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PNW2001 aerosol modeling
|
UW
|
Evaluation and analysis of PM2.5 and aerosol chemistry and dynamics using CMAQ and the PNW2001 field campaign data sets
|
|
Portland 03 Precursor analysis
|
ODEQ
|
Development of new source guidelines with respect to ozone precursors in the Portland area
|
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Portland/Vancouver Ozone SIP Modeling
|
SWCAA
|
Application of MM5/SMOKE/CMAQ system to Portland/Vancouver ozone episodes and analysis of future control strategies
|
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Reasonable attribution analysis
|
USDA Forest Service & National Park Service
|
Development and appliation of an automated system for evaluating and monitoring sources of
visibility impairment to Class 1 areas
|
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Smoke model verification
|
USDA-USDOI Joint Fire Science Plan
|
Development and application of an automated system for verifying BlueSky dispersion predictions
|
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Spokane Air Toxics Study
|
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Transboundary Transport
|
Environment Canada
|
Assessment of the significance of international transboundary transport of air pollutants
|
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Treasure Valley Wintertime PM2.5
|
EPA EPSCoR grant
|
Measurement and modeling of PM2.5 during stagnant wintertime conditions in Boise
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