NW-AIRQUEST 2012 Annual Meeting

Wednesday, June 6th, 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM

1:00	Welcome, introductions, agenda and logistics (WSU / Ranil Dhammapala)
1:30	AIRPACT-4 updates, workgroup presentations and discussion 1) AP-4 status — Serena Chung 2) Website introduction and feedback — Farren Thorpe 3) Emissions review — Farren Thorpe 4) PM2.5 evaluation and needs — Brian Lamb, Ranil Dhammapala
3:15	BREAK
3:30	1) EPA-GEOSS update — Farren Thorpe 2) NASA update — Farren Thorpe 3) Improving the representation of secondary organic aerosol in the MOZART-4 global chemical transport model — Abdullah Mahmud 4) Policy Relevant Background simulations — Brian Lamb 5) WSU Project Updates (WEPS, Pollen, BC, Complex Terrain Winds, WRF-Fire, N Deposition and BioEarth, NARA) — Serena Chung, Brian Lamb, et al.
5:00	Adjourn for the day

8:30	General Workgroup Activities report — Sally Otterson
8:45	SMOKE-MOVES — Jen Cole, Wei Zhang
9:15	Boise study results bearing on MOBILE vs MOVES — Will Wallace
9:30	Woodstove Spatial Allocation and discussion — Chris Swab
10:15	BREAK
10:30	Ag burn / pile burn smoke forecast modeling work — All
11:00	O3 impacts from modeling ag burns — Rick Hardy
11:15	Fire Emissions Tracking System — Matt Mavko (Air Sciences, via webinar)
11:45	Wildfire emissions work — Joe Vaughan
12:15	LUNCH
1:30	Networking / breakout session: discussions on implenting what we’ve agreed to — All Notes available from: 1) EI workgroup 2) Ag Burning Workgroup 3) AIRPACT-4 Workgroup
3:15	BREAK
3:30	Business meeting. Topics include: • Finalizing WSU work plans and contracts — Bruce Louks • Presentation to WA Air Directors — Jeff Johnston • Addressing Environment Canada’s access issues — All • Project management work rotation — Bruce Louks • NW-AIRQUEST Chairperson — Ecology / PSCAA
5:30	Adjourn for the day

8:30	PM2.5 Impacts From Ship Emissions in the Pacific Northwest — Bob Kotchenruther
9:00	Near roadway monitoring pilot study — Bruce Louks
9:30	Maps of background concentrations of criteria pollutants — Ranil Dhammapala
10:00	Klamath Falls nonattainment: PM2.5 rollback modeling — Phil Allen
10:15	BREAK
10:30	Discussion on regional air quality map in MESOWEST style — John Horel (Univ of Utah, via weblink)
11:00	A Retrospective Analysis of Ozone Formation in the Lower Fraser Valley, Canada — Bruce Ainslie (Environment Canada, via weblink)
11:30	Recap of discussions from informal networking sessions — All
12:00	Adjourn the Annual Meeting