National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Air Quality Focus Group Workshop

Tuesday, September 9, 2003
 

7:40 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Welcome
Frank Kelly, NOAA/NWS Office of Science and Technology (NWS/OST)
8:10 a.m.  Program Overview
Paula Davidson, Air Quality Program Manager, NWS/OST
8:30 a.m. The Models-3 Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model: Linking with the NWS Eta Model for Air Quality Forecasting
Jon Pleim, EPA Atmospheric Modeling Division 
9:00 a.m. Operational AQ Forecasting: Progress at NCEP
Jeff McQueen, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
9:30 a.m. Visualization Activities
Bill Ryan, Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University
10:00 a.m. Break 
10:15 a.m. Evaluation of CMAQ Ozone Forecasts
Wilson Shaffer, NWS/OST
10:45 a.m.  EPA's CMAQ Evaluation
Brian Eder, EPA Atmospheric Modeling Division

 

11:15 a.m.  EPA/AIRNOW Activities
Chet Wayland, EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
11:45 a.m.  Lunch
1:00 p.m. Focus Group Feedback Summary
Ken Carey, Mitretek Systems 
1:15 p.m. Focus Group Round Table Feedback Discussions
Paul Stokols, NWS Office of Climate Water and Weather Services (NWS/OS) 
2:45 p.m. Break 
3:00 p.m. Focus Group Round Table Feedback Discussions (continued)
Paul Stokols, NWS/OS 
5:00 p.m. Workshop Adjourns

Wednesday, September 10, 2003
 

7:40 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Day 1 Recap 
Paula Davidson, NWS/OST
8:15 a.m.  Focus Group Round Table Feedback Discussions (continued)
Paul Stokols, NWS/OS
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m.  2004 Operational Product Suite
Paul Stokols, NWS/OS; Paula Davidson, NWS/OST
11:30 a.m. Summary, Next Steps and Look Ahead to 2004
Paula Davidson, NWS/OST 
12:00 p.m. Workshop Ends