RPO National Technical Workgroup Meeting

Presentations

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Presentation (click title for summary)	View Presentation		Presenter
Plenary Sessions
CATT & FASTNET Training Announcement			Rudy Husar – CAPITA, Washington University, St. Louis
VIEWS Training Announcement			Shawn McClure - CIRA
IDEA - Infusing satellite Data into Environmental (air quality) Applications			Jim Szykman – EPA, OAQPS
Background Aerosol in the United States: Natural Sources and Transboundary Pollution			Dan Jacob – Harvard University Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group
Results of Ambient Air Analyses in Support of Transport Rule			Fred Dimmick – EPA, OAQPS
Monitoring and Data Analysis
Updates
WRAP Data Analysis and Monitoring Activities Update (not presented at meeting)			Marc Pitchford – NOAA
VISTAS Data/Monitoring Overview			Scott Reynolds – South Carolina DHEC
MRPO Data Analysis Update			Donna Kenski – Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
Summary of EPA/NESCAUM-Sponsored Workshop on Air Toxics Methodology Issues			George Allen – NESCAUM
Update on RPO and EPA Fire Emissions Systems			Tom Moore – WRAP
Studies
Causes of Haze Assessment			Dave DuBois – Desert Research Institute
IMPROVE Ion Study and other IMPROVE Special Studies			Jeff Collett – Colorado State University
SEARCH and VISTAS Special Studies			Eric Edgerton – ARA
St. Louis - Midwest Supersite Fine Particulate Matter Field Campaign at Reserve, KS			Jay Turner – Washington University, St. Louis
Northeastern Monitoring Studies: A Summary of Non-Routine Haze-Relevant in the MANE-VU Domain			George Allen – NESCAUM
Aerosol Extinction Assessment and Impact on Regional Haze Rule Implementation			Doug Lowenthal – Desert Research Institute
Comparison of the STN and IMPROVE Networks for Mass and Selected Chemistry Components			Dennis Crumpler – EPA, OAQPS
Tools
Database and Analytical Tool Development for the Management of Data Derived from US DOE (NETL) Funded Fine Particulate (PM2.5) Research			Kevin Crist – Ohio University Charlie Crawford – Advanced Technology Systems
VIEWS Update			Shawn McClure – CIRA
Fast Aerosol Sensing Tools for Natural Event Tracking			Rudy Husar – CAPITA, Washington University, St. Louis
Guidance
RPO Data Analysis/Monitoring Grant Guidance Review			Marc Pitchford – NOAA Rosalina Rodriguez – EPA, OAQPS
Emission Inventory
Discussion/Consensus Session
WRAP Wind Blown Fugitive Dust and Ammonia Emissions Updates			Ralph Morris – ENVIRON
EPA Activities: Fugitive Dust Emissions Model			Tom Pace – EPA, OAQPS
WRAP SCC Temporal Speciation Profile Improvement Project Status			Tom Moore – WRAP
CEM Data Analysis and Use			Mark Janssen – Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
Status of EPA Commitment to Reformat CEM/EGU Hourly Data			Marc Houyoux – EPA, OAQPS
Midwest RPO Nonroad Project			Mark Janssen – Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
Midwest RPO Area Source EI Comparability Project			Mark Janssen – Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
VISTAS Emissions Inventory Overview			Pat Brewer – VISTAS
Residential Wood Combustion Emissions Inventory Project for the MANE-VU Region			Megan Schuster – MARAMA
Emission Projections			Gregory Stella – Alpine Geophyics, LLC
General Discussion
2002 National Emission Inventory			David Misenheimer – EPA, OAQPS
Networked Environmental Information System for Global Emissions Inventories (NEISGEI)			Stefan Falke – Washington University, St. Louis
RPO Virtual Inventory			Mark Janssen – Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
Inventory Schedules			Tom Moore – WRAP
EPA Projects/Plans Involving Projections			Marc Houyoux – EPA, OAQPS
EPA Activities: Ammonia from Soils			Tom Pace – EPA, OAQPS
Electric Utility Growth Methodology Review			Mark Janssen – Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
Building a Better Ammonia Inventory			Mark Janssen – Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
Revision of the National Emissions Inventory of Ammonia from Animal Husbandry			Marc Houyoux – EPA, OAQPS
Emissions Modeling Survey Results			Marc Houyoux – EPA, OAQPS
Fire Emissions
Midwest Fire Inventory Project			Mark Janssen – Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
2002 Fire Inventory: VISTAS States			Pat Brewer – VISTAS
EPA Activities: Wildland Fire Emission Inventories			Tom Pace – EPA, OAQPS
An Integrated Fire, Smoke, and Air Quality Data & Tools Network			Stefan Falke – Washington University, St. Louis
Closing Discussion
Emissions Discussion Group Closeout			Tom Moore – WRAP
Questions for EPA			All
Photochemical and Meteorological Modeling
Modeling Updates
CENRAP Modeling Update			Calvin Ku – Missouri DNR
Midwest RPO Update: Air Quality and Meteorological Modeling			Kirk Baker – Midwest RPO
VISTAS Modeling Overview			Sheila Holman – North Carolina DENR
WRAP Update			John Vimont – National Park Service
National RPO Modeling Discussion Group: Past Efforts & Meeting Goals			Chad Daniel – Iowa DNR
General Presentations
PM Model Performance & Grid Resolution			Kirk Baker – Midwest RPO
Model Performance Evaluation Database and Software			Betty Pun – Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.
Synthesized CMAQ: A BRAVO Community Product			John Vimont – National Park Service
Evaluation of CMAQ Sensitivities for VISTAS Air			Jim Boylan – Georgia DNR
VISTAS Meteorological Modeling			Mike Abraczinskas – North Carolina DENR
PM2.5 and Regional Haze Modeling Guidance Update			Brian Timin – EPA, OAQPS
Joint Session of Emission Inventory and Modeling Groups
Open Emissions Model (OPEM): Emissions Model for Models3/CMAQ and CAMX			Mark Janssen – Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium
WRAP Wind Blown Fugitive Dust and Ammonia Emissions Updates			Ralph Morris – ENVIRON
Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) Projection of Visibility Changes and Modeling Sensitivity Analysis			Ralph Morris – ENVIRON
PM2.5 Soil/Crustal Sensitivity Runs			Kirk Baker – Midwest RPO
SMOKE Improvements in Version 2.0			Marc Houyoux – EPA, OAQPS
Inventory Schedules: Emissions and Modeling Groups			All