NW-AIRQUEST 2020 Annual Meeting
Tuesday, June 9th, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
| 12:30 | Meeting Kickoff / Introductions (Wei Zhang, IDEQ) |
| 12:50 | WSU Annual Report (Joe Vaughan, WSU) |
| 1:10 | Working Group A – Emissions Inventories (Farren Herron-Thorpe, WA ECY) |
| 1:15 | Working Group B – Wildfire Modeling (Farren Herron-Thorpe, WA ECY) |
| 1:20 | Working Group C – Model Evaluation (Joe Vaughan, WSU) |
| 1:25 | Working Group D – Small Air Monitoring Sensors (Von Walden, WSU) |
| 1:30 | Working Group E – Training and Education (Nicole Briggs, EPA R10) |
| 1:40 | Charter Renewal and Annual Work Plan Updates (Wei Zhang, IDEQ) |
| 2:00 | Machine Learning Air Forecast System (Kai Fan, WSU) |
| 2:45 | BREAK |
| 3:00 | AIRPACT PM2.5 Bias Correction Update (Joe Vaughan, WSU) |
| 3:15 | AIRPACT Training (cheat sheet) (Joe Vaughan, WSU) |
| 4:30 | Adjourn |
Wednesday, June 10th, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
| 8:30 | Reconvene |
| 8:45 | Agricultural Burn Forecasting (Mary Fauci, Nez Perce) |
| 9:15 | Wildfire Smoke Forecasting (Ranil Dhammapala, WA ECY) |
| 10:15 | BREAK |
| 10:30 | IDEQ Decision Support System (Sara Strachan, IDEQ) |
| 11:30 | LUNCH |
| 12:30 | Reconvene |
| 12:45 | Crop Residue Burning Forecasting (Jake Wolf, IDEQ) |
| 1:45 | Woodsmoke Forecasting (Phil Swartzendruber, PSCAA) |
| 2:15 | BREAK |
| 2:30 | Evaluation of ECCC’s operational wildfire smoke model from a forecaster’s point of view (Bruce Ainslie, ECCC) |
| 3:00 | USFS Forecasting Tools (Susan O’Neill, USFS) |
| 3:30 | Air Resource Advisor Forecasting Perspective (Lee Tarnay, USFS) |
| 4:00 | Q&A / Discussion of Preferred Tools and Methods for Forecasting (All Participants) |
| 4:30 | Adjourn for the day |
Thursday, June 11th, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
| 8:30 | Reconvene |
| 8:45 | SensOR Network (Dan Johnson, ODEQ) |
| 9:15 | Calibration of the Spokane PM2.5 Network using Clarity Sensors (Matthew Roetcisoender, WSU) |
| 9:45 | Small sensor data tools for the 2020 wildfire smoke season (Matt Parsons, ECCC) |
| 10:15 | BREAK |
| 10:30 | Mason County Purple Air Sensor Measurements (Odelle Hadley, ORCAA) |
| 10:45 | Pacific Ecological Systems Division Enhanced Air Monitoring Program (James Markwiese and Ron Waschmann, EPA ORD-Corvallis) |
| 11:15 | Wrap-up, Chair Passing, To Do List Review, Next Steps (Wei Zhang, IDEQ; Nichole Briggs, EPA R10) |
| 11:30 | Adjourn the Annual Meeting and Training |