NW-AIRQUEST 2023 Annual Meeting

Tuesday, June 20th, 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM

1:00	Welcome (Sara Strachan, IDEQ)
1:10	Introductions: New meteorologists and forecasting group at Idaho DEQ (Kimi Smith, IDEQ) New AIRPACT and WSU modeling lead (Von Walden, WSU)
1:20	WSU/AIRPACT Update (Von Walden, WSU)
1:50	WA ECY HYSPLIT Smoke Forecasting System Update (Farren Herron-Thorpe, WA ECY)
2:10	IDEQ Machine Learning Air Quality Forecasting System Update (Wei Zhang, IDEQ)
2:55	Break
3:05	The Salt Lake regional Smoke, Ozone and Aerosol Study (SAMOZA) (Dan Jaffe, UW)
3:35	Air Curtain Incinerator (ACI) Emissions Testing (Margaret Miller, ODEQ)
3:55	Wrap-up (Sara Strachan, IDEQ)

8:00	Welcome, Day 2 (Sara Strachan, IDEQ)
8:05	Development of ECCC’s new Ventilation Index forecast product (Bruce Ainslie, ECCC)
8:35	Some ideas around using ceilometer observations to assist in smoke forecasting in western Canada (Corinne Schiller, ECCC)
9:05	Supporting local government public health and air quality decision-making with a sub-city scale air quality forecasting system from data fusion of models, satellite, in-situ measurements, and low-cost sensors (Emma Knowland, Carl Malings, NASA GMAO & Nathan Pavlovic, Sonoma Tech)
9:35	Break
9:45	Data Centers in Oregon (Kristen Martin, ODEQ)
10:15	Considering vineyard health during prescribed burn windows (Von Walden, WSU)
10:45	Particle Sensors in Washington’s Ambient Air Monitoring Network (Nate May, WA ECY)
11:15	Wrap-up and Technical Chair Handover (Sara Strachan, IDEQ & Beth Friedman, WA ECY)