NW-AIRQUEST 2013 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, June 5th, 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM
1:00 | Welcome, logistics |
1:15 | AIRPACT-4 Updates: 1) WSU hardware needs and outlook — Joe Vaughan 2) Web updates (GEOSS updates) — Joe Vaughan 3) Mobile vs MOVES in AP4 — Serena Chung 4) Woodstove runs — Joe Vaughan 5) BlueSky for wildfires, NASA project updates, 2007-2008 AP3 runs — Brian Lamb 6) Wildfire Cases: Fall 2012 — Serena Chung 7) NASA WRF-Fire update — Brian Lamb 8) ClearSky tracer system for Ag fires, animation — Joe Vaughan 9) Western US Forecast — Brian Lamb |
3:30 | BREAK |
3:15 | Update on BlueSky and smoke management response — Sim Larkin |
3:35 | Western CA BlueSky System (remote presentation) — Steve Sakiyama |
3:55 | Update on planning for Ag burn measurements in 2013 — Rob Elleman AirNowTech update — Rob Elleman |
4:25 | Update: Background concentration maps of criteria pollutants in WA, OR, and ID — Ranil Dhammapala |
5:00 | Adjourn for the day |
Thursday, June 6th, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
8:30 | Update on observations of western WA surface ozone and satellite NO2 — Todd Mitchell |
8:55 | Ozone production from wildfires — Nicole Wigder |
9:30 | Meteorological and sampling luck adjustment for 2012 — Rob Elleman |
9:55 | Fugitive dust from coal trains: Factors affecting emissions and estimating PM2.5 — Bob Kotchenruther |
10:15 | BREAK |
10:30 | Update on YAWNS analysis — Tim VanReken |
10:55 | Regional dust storm Exceptional Event Package — Rick Hardy |
11:20 | FPM2.5 offset ratios — Phil Allen |
11:40 | Update on Efforts to Model Wintertime Stagnation Events with WRF-CMAQ — Rui Zhang |
12:00 | LUNCH |
1:00 | NRMC Joint Discussion, Cliff Mass et al. — Update on UW WRF modeling system |
2:40 | The Next Step in the MOVES-to-AIRPACT Integration — Jen Cole |
3:00 | BREAK |
3:15 | AIRPACT Working Groups • Group A — Ventilation Indices, Ag Burn Outlook, and related graphics / Smoke Management Training Workshop planning • Group B — Emissions Inventories • Group C — Model Evaluation: AP-4 first assessment of ozone, PM? |
4:00 | Reports back to the full group ~10 min each |
4:30 | Business meeting. Topics include: • Finalizing WSU work plan priorities and contract • Project management work rotation — Bruce Louks • NW-AIRQUEST Chair rotation — Phil/Erik |
5:00 | Adjourn for the day |
Friday, June 7th, 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
8:30 | Tracking emissions from marine vessels — Bob Kotchenruther |
9:00 | A Semi-Mechanistic Statistical Air Quality Model for wintertime PM2.5 in Tacoma, WA — Phil Swartzendruber |
9:30 | Visibility Management through Modeling and Measurement in the Lower Fraser Valley — Bruce Ainslee |
9:50 | A GIS-air quality based metric for environmental justice visualization and air quality management — Erik Saganic |
10:10 | BREAK |
10:30 | Tracking Wildfire Smoke during the 2012 Idaho Smokepocalypse: Techniques and Lessons Learned — Sara Strachan |
11:15 | Documenting Alaska wildfire EEs — Mike Gravier |
12:00 | Adjourn the Annual Meeting |