NWAQ/NRMC Quarterly Meeting – 2021 February 4
NW-AIRQUEST Meeting, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, PDT
| 9:00 | Introductions (Odelle Hadley, ORCAA) |
| 9:10 | Workgroup updates (5 min) – Emissions Inventories (Farren L. Herron-Thorpe, WA ECY) – Wildfire Modeling (Farren L. Herron-Thorpe, WA ECY) – Model Evaluation (Joe Vaughan, WSU) – Small Air Monitoring Sensors (Von Walden, WSU) – Training and Education (Nicole Briggs, EPA) |
| 9:15 | Creating air quality forecast polygons using background concentrations and spatially constrained multivariate clustering [Story Map] (Sara Strachan, IDEQ) |
| 9:40 | WA wildfire season AQI forecasting performance evaluation (Ranil Dhammapala, WA ECY) |
| 10:05 | Using 0-D photochemical modeling to understand smoke impacts on O3 (Matt Ninneman, UW) |
| 10:30 | BREAK |
| 10:40 | Non-Purple Sensors: Successes, Surprises and Challenges with Other Brands (Jill Schulte, WA ECY; Odelle Hadley, ORCAA) |
| 11:05 | Air quality urban simulations using WRF-Chem model: analysis of the grid resolution, urban land use classification and urban parametrization effects (Ana Fernandez Valdex, WSU) |
| 11:30 | Progress on SFY21 NW-AIRQUEST contract and upcoming staffing changes at WSU (Von Walden, WSU) |
| 11:55 | Wrap-up (Odelle Hadley, ORCAA) |
NRMC Meeting, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, PDT
| 1:00 | Introductions (Phil Swartzendruber, PSCAA) |
| 1:10 | System Status and Development (Cliff Mass, UW) |
| 2:00 | NWS ASOS Ceilometer Upgrades (Phil Swartzendruber, PSCAA) |
| 2:30 | Wrap up |