NWAQ/NRMC Quarterly Meeting – 2020 February 6

NW-AIRQUEST Meeting, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, PDT

9:00Introductions and meeting logistics
9:10WorkGroup Updates
Emissions Inventories (Farren L. Herron-Thorpe, WECY)
— Wildfire Modeling
— Model Evaluation
Small Air Monitoring Sensors (Von Walden, WSU)
— Training and Education
9:45Progress and status on tasks in NW-AIRQUEST contract (Joe Vaughan, WSU)
10:05Annual Work Plan Discussion, WSU Ideas (Nicole Briggs EPA, Von Walden WSU)
10:25WRAP Fire Emissions Tracking System (FETS) update (Sara Strachan)
10:30BREAK
10:45Charter Renewal/Review Discussion (Nicole Briggs, EPA)
11:05Progress Report of Ozone Forecasting Using Machine Learning Methods (Kai Fan, WSU)
11:35WRF-Chem evaluation during wildfire season over Western US: Sensitivity Results (Amit Sharma, WSU)
11:55Wrap up

NRMC Meeting, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, PDT

1:00Introductions (Jay McAlpine, EPA)
1:10NRMC Charter 2020 Updates
1:30NRMC Website Updates:
— Update of membership, computer assets, meetings, and contact information
1:40Northwest Weather Workshop – NRMC presentation proposal (Cliff Mass, Jay McAlpine)
1:50System Status and Development (Cliff Mass, UW)
— Model performance for current system
— Progress on the new 4 km ensemble system
— Work planned for February — June