NW-AIRQUEST 2014 Annual Meeting

Wednesday, June 18th, 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM

1:00Welcome (Tiffany Floyd, Administrator, Air Quality Division, IDEQ)
1:15AIRPACT-4 Updates:
1) State of the Model (Brian Lamb, WSU)
2) BlueSky Modeling (Farren Herron-Thorpe, WA ECY)
3) ClearSky Updates (Farren Herron-Thorpe/Joe Vaughan)
4) AP4 Performance for Speciated PM2.5 (Farren Herron-Thorpe, WA ECY)
2:40Ozone enhancement in Western U.S. wildfire plumes at the Mt. Bachelor Observatory: The role of NOx (Pao Baylon, UW Bothell)
3:00Predictive Services and the 2014 Fire Outlook (Ed Delgado, National Program Manager, Predictive Services, National Interagency Fire Center, Boise)
3:35Atmospheric Mercury Deposition and Impacts in the PNW (Bob Brunette, Eurofins Frontier Global Sciences, Inc.)
3:55PNW Contaminants Workgroup – Report, web page, interactive map (Tonnie Cummings, National Park Service)
4:15BioEarth: Summary of 2014 Atmospheric Issues Stakeholder Workshop (Brian Lamb, WSU)
4:30Panel Discussion: Agency issues and needs in the 5 – 10 year time frame (WA ECY, ODEQ, IDEQ, Regional Air Agencies/Tribal Representatives)
Representative from each agency to discuss the technical issues they each see facing their agency in the 5 – 10 year timeframe. A 5-10 minute overview statement by each panelist followed by panel/open discussion.

Thursday, June 19th, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

8:30Boundary Condition Tracers in AIRPACT (Joe Vaughan, WSU) (related gif animations)
8:50The Long Draw Haboob (Brian Lamb, WSU)
9:10Interpollutant Trading Ratios from AIRPACT (Ranil Dhammapala, WA ECY)
9:30Background concentrations Webmap tool (Sara Strachan, IDEQ)
9:45Black Carbon from Fires (Serena Chung, WSU)
10:20YAWNS – Yakima Air Wintertime Nitrate Study (Tom Jobson, WSU)
10:40Near Roadway Studies (Sara Harrold, with Erik Saganić, and Phil Swartzendruber, PSCAA)
1) Overview of near-road pollution and health
2) Lessons learned with microsensors
3) Mobile and temporary monitoring in a winter intensive campaign
12:00Working Lunch – Future directions and funding opportunities (group discussion)
1:15AIRPACT Working Groups:
1) Ventilation Indices: Graphics to add/drop (Rob Elleman)
2) Update from the RMC June 5 meeting (Rob Elleman)
3) AgBurn Outlook Graphic (Rob Elleman)
4) The Deep Stable Layer Graphic (Yayi Dong, IDEQ)
5) Inversion/cold/low wind speedspeed Graphic (Sara Harrold, PSCAA)
2:25AIRPACT Working Group (Emissions):
1) Emissions Inventories updates (Sally Otterson)
2) AIRPACT emissions reporting project (Farren Herron-Thorpe, Wa ECY)
3) Temperature-adjusted wood stove emissions (Joe Vaughan, WSU)
3:25AIRPACT Working Group (Emissions continued):
1) The Next Steps in the MOVES/AIRPACT Integration (Wei Zhang/Jen Cole, Idaho DEQ)
2) Discussion: Is there a mechanism for getting short term changes into AIRPACT-4?
3) Additional workgroup discussion and summary
4:10AIRPACT Working Group: Model Evaluation (Alfredo Arroyo, WSU)
4:50Business meeting:
1) Finalizing WSU work plan and contract
2) Project management – handoff to LRAPA — Bruce Louks
3) NW-AIRQUEST Chair rotation plan/schedule

Friday, June 20th, 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

8:30Incident Model Update for Oil Train Emergencies (Rick Hardy, IDEQ)
8:50Trends in Yakima Speciation Data (Ranil Dhammapala, WA ECY / Bob Kotchenruther, EPA R10)
9:10Mobile Monitoring for Site Evaluation in Vancouver, WA (Jill Schulte, WA ECY)
9:30A Dynamic Model Evaluation of the AURAMS Photochemical Model for Visual Air Quality Policy Work in the Lower Fraser Valley, B.C. (Bruce Ainslie, Env. Canada)
9:50An analysis of TEOM and particle counter performance and implications for coal-train observations and future monitoring (Phil Swartzendruber, PSCAA)
10:35Lakeview PM2.5 Advance (Phil Allen, ODEQ)
10:55Pinehurst NAA Designation Decision Support Tool (Rick Hardy, IDEQ)
11:15Wrap-up, to do list review, next steps
12:00Adjourn the Annual Meeting