NWAQ/NRMC Quarterly Meeting – 2021 February 4

Meeting Notes

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

9:00Introductions (Odelle Hadley, ORCAA)
9:10Workgroup 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)
9:15Creating air quality forecast polygons using background concentrations and spatially constrained multivariate clustering
[Story Map] (Sara Strachan, IDEQ)
9:40WA wildfire season AQI forecasting performance evaluation (Ranil Dhammapala, WA ECY)
10:05Using 0-D photochemical modeling to understand smoke impacts on O3 (Matt Ninneman, UW)
10:30BREAK
10:40Non-Purple Sensors: Successes, Surprises and Challenges with Other Brands (Jill Schulte, WA ECY; Odelle Hadley, ORCAA)
11:05Air quality urban simulations using WRF-Chem model: analysis of the grid resolution, urban land use classification and urban parametrization effects (Ana Fernandez Valdex, WSU)
11:30Progress on SFY21 NW-AIRQUEST contract and upcoming staffing changes at WSU (Von Walden, WSU)
11:55Wrap-up (Odelle Hadley, ORCAA)

NRMC Meeting, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, PDT

1:00Introductions (Phil Swartzendruber, PSCAA)
1:10System Status and Development (Cliff Mass, UW)
2:00NWS ASOS Ceilometer Upgrades (Phil Swartzendruber, PSCAA)
2:30Wrap up