NW-AIRQUEST 2013 Annual Meeting

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

1:00Welcome, logistics
1:15AIRPACT-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
3:30BREAK
3:15Update on BlueSky and smoke management response — Sim Larkin
3:35Western CA BlueSky System (remote presentation) — Steve Sakiyama
3:55Update on planning for Ag burn measurements in 2013 — Rob Elleman
AirNowTech update — Rob Elleman
4:25Update: Background concentration maps of criteria pollutants in WA, OR, and ID — Ranil Dhammapala
5:00Adjourn for the day

Thursday, June 6th, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

8:30Update on observations of western WA surface ozone and satellite NO2 — Todd Mitchell
8:55Ozone production from wildfires — Nicole Wigder
9:30Meteorological and sampling luck adjustment for 2012 — Rob Elleman
9:55Fugitive dust from coal trains: Factors affecting emissions and estimating PM2.5 — Bob Kotchenruther
10:15BREAK
10:30Update on YAWNS analysis — Tim VanReken
10:55Regional dust storm Exceptional Event Package — Rick Hardy
11:20FPM2.5 offset ratios — Phil Allen
11:40Update on Efforts to Model Wintertime Stagnation Events with WRF-CMAQ — Rui Zhang
12:00LUNCH
1:00NRMC Joint Discussion, Cliff Mass et al. — Update on UW WRF modeling system
2:40The Next Step in the MOVES-to-AIRPACT Integration — Jen Cole
3:00BREAK
3:15AIRPACT 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?
4:00Reports back to the full group ~10 min each
4:30Business meeting. Topics include:
• Finalizing WSU work plan priorities and contract
• Project management work rotation — Bruce Louks
• NW-AIRQUEST Chair rotation — Phil/Erik
5:00Adjourn for the day

Friday, June 7th, 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

8:30Tracking emissions from marine vessels — Bob Kotchenruther
9:00A Semi-Mechanistic Statistical Air Quality Model for wintertime PM2.5 in Tacoma, WA — Phil Swartzendruber
9:30Visibility Management through Modeling and Measurement in the Lower Fraser Valley — Bruce Ainslee
9:50A GIS-air quality based metric for environmental justice visualization and air quality management — Erik Saganic
10:10BREAK
10:30Tracking Wildfire Smoke during the 2012 Idaho Smokepocalypse: Techniques and Lessons Learned — Sara Strachan
11:15Documenting Alaska wildfire EEs — Mike Gravier
12:00Adjourn the Annual Meeting