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IWAQFR 2018 Organizers

IWAQFR 2018 Inquiries

• Workshop Coordinator:
• Eric Williams (NOAA)
• Steering Committee:
• Véronique Bouchet (ECCC)
• Mike Howe (ECCC)
• Heather Morrison (ECCC)
• Ivanka Stajner (NOAA)
• Eric Williams (NOAA)

Annual Workshops

• 1^st IWAQFR 2009, Boulder, CO, USA
• 2^nd IWAQFR 2010, Québec, Canada
• 3^rd IWAQFR 2011, Potomac, MD, USA
• 4^th IWAQFR 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
• 5^th IWAQFR 2013, Santiago, Chile
• 6^th IWAQFR 2014, Montreal, Canada
• 7^th IWAQFR 2015, College Park, MD
• 8^th IWAQFR 2017, Toronto, Canada

International Workshop on Air Quality Forecasting Research

Program

• Wednesday, November 7
• Thursday, November 8
• Friday, November 9

Time	Title / Abstract	Speaker
0730	Registration / refreshments
0820	Welcome and opening remarks	Eric Williams, NOAA ESRL CSD
0830	Keynote address	Pieternel Levelt, KNMI Netherlands
0915	Keynote address	Paul Miller, NESCAUM
1000	Break (refreshments provided)
Session 1:	Progress in operational forecasting - US and International perspectives Co-Chairs: Ivanka Stajner, NOAA NWS; Radenko Pavlovic, ECCC
1020	2018 Developments in Canada's Operational Air Quality Forecasting Systems	Radenko Pavlovic, ECCC
1040	Update on operational and experimental air quality predictions for the United States	Ivanka Stajner, NOAA NWS
1100	The value of categorical evaluation in assessing operational air quality forecasts	Paul Agnew, UK Met Office
1120	The Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) air quality forecasting system at the reginal and global scales	Claire Granier, Laboratoire d'Aerologie & CIRES / NOAA ESRL CSD
1140	International initiatives in Air Quality Forecasting	Veronique Bouchet, ECCC
1200	Lunch (provided)
Session 2:	Modeling Methods - Data Assimilation, Inline Coupling, etc. Co-Chairs: Stuart McKeen, CIRES/NOAA ESRL CSD; Christoph Keller, NASA GMAO
1320	Wildfire Smoke - Operational Forecasting Tools and Information	Susan O'Neill, USDA Forest Service
1340	Near real-time air quality forecasting using the NASA GEOS composition model	Christoph Keller, NASA GMAO
1400	Chemical Weather Forecast: Online Inclusion of Chemical Component into NOAA's Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS)	Li Zhang, CIRES / NOAA ESRL GSD
1420	Linking Plume-Scale Processes to Global Aerosols: Parameterization of Aerosol Formation and Growth in Coal-Fired Power-Plant Plumes	Robin Stevens, ECCC
1440	Improving short-term air quality (PM2.5) predictions over the U.S. using chemical data assimilation	Rajesh Kumar, NCAR
1500	Development of the Joint NOAA-NASA Aerosol Reanalysis. Progress and Plans	Mariusz Pagowski, CIRES / NOAA ESRL GSD
1520	Break (refreshments provided)
1540	Assimilating Phase Space Retrievals in WRF-Chem/DART: Comparison with Independent Observations, Extension to Assimilation of Truncated Retrieval Profiles, and Assimilation of Spectrally Truncated Phase Space Retrievals	Arthur Mizzi, CDPHE APCD
1600	Estimating smoke emissions by assimilating satellite observations with HYSPLIT model	Tianfeng Chai, NOAA ARL
1620	Adaptive emissions estimation over China with an Ensemble Kalman Filter and hourly surface PM2.5 observations	Zhiquan Liu, NCAR
1640	Supporting air quality forecasting by modifying the emission fields through data assimilation	Andreas Uppstu, Finnish Meteorological Institute
1700	Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Large Eddy Simulation Contaminant Dispersion Modeling System for Open Terrain Environments	Paul Bieringer, Aeris LLC
1720	Post-processing of surface Ozone from the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model	Irina Djalalova, CIRES / NOAA ESRL PSD
Poster Session Co-Chairs: Heather Morrison, ECCC; Eric Williams, NOAA ESRL CSD
1745-2000	Posters; reception (food provided); cash bar

Time	Title / Abstract	Speaker
Session 3:	Emissions and Inventories Co-Chairs: Mike Moran, ECCC; Greg Frost, NOAA ESRL CSD
0800	Emissions inventory Development for critical regions in Mexico	Agustín Garcia, Universidad Nacional Autónomos de Mexico
0820	Recent improvements to an operational North American air quality forecast system with near-real-time biomass burning emissions: FireWork	Mike Moran, ECCC
0840	Emissions, Transport, and Chemistry of Smoke from the Oct. 2017 Northern California Fires	Megan Bela, CIRES / NOAA ESRL CSD
0900	Surface Emissions for Global and Regional Air Quality Forecasting	Claire Granier, Laboratoire d'Aerologie & CIRES / NOAA ESRL CSD
0920	Recent developments of the FENGSHA dust emission module: Implementation into FV3-CHEM and future developments	Barry Baker, NOAA ARL
0940	Lightning NOx emissions and their impact on air quality in a global air quality forecast model	Diane Pendlebury, ECCC
1000	Break (refreshments provided)
Session 4:	Urban AQ Forecasting Co-Chairs: Sang-Mi Lee, SCAQMD; Paul Miller, NESCAUM
1020	Improving Emission Inventories of Volatile Chemical Products with Urban Field Measurements	Brian McDonald, CIRES / NOAA ESRL CSD
1040	Recent improvements and developments in ECCC's Operational Meteorological and Air-Quality forecasting systems at the urban scale	Rodrigo Munoz-Alpizar, ECCC
1100	Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Large Eddy Simulation Contaminant Dispersion Modeling System for Urban Environments	Aaron Piña, Aeris LLC
1120	Optical properties of aerosols over the Amazon rainforest in the GoAmazon2014/15 experiment using the WRF-Chem model	Jana Nascimento, University of Saõ Paolo
1140	The challenges of characterizing wildfire plumes in ozone CMAQ models and their interactions with urban NOx plumes and the land/water interface	Michael Geigert, CTDEEP
1200	Lunch (provided); Posters viewing
Session 5:	Using Observations for Model Evaluation and Improvement Co-Chairs: Jim Crawford, NASA LaRC; Rick Saylor, NOAA ARL
1330	Multi-model Air Quality Forecast Regional Performance Analysis over North America for the ECCC, NOAA-NWS, and CAMS Operational Systems	Mike Moran, ECCC
1350	Effect of meteorological variability on fine particulate matter simulations over the contiguous United States	Stefano Alessandrini, NCAR
1410	Leveraging multiple forms of observational data to improve and validate the quantitative smoke and air quality forecasting system AQFx	Fabienne Reisen, CSIRO
1430	Evaluation of AQ models: what we miss with limited information	Gabriele Pfister, NCAR
1450	Mesoscale Modeling of the Canadian wildfire smoke transported within the Planetary Boundary Layer in Maryland	Zhifeng Yang, UM Baltimore County
1510	Evaluation of NCEP model Planetary Boundary Layer Mixing Processes and Impacts on Air Quality	Jeff McQueen, NOAA NWS
1530	Using observations from the ATom field missions to evaluate NOAA global aerosol forecast models	Stuart McKeen, CIRES / NOAA ESRL CSD
1600	Adjourn oral sessions; afternoon/evening free time

Time	Title / Abstract	Speaker
Session 6:	Emerging Topics for AQ Forecasting Co-Chairs: Mike Moran, ECCC; Ana Rappold, US EPA
0800	The TEMPO Green Paper: Experiment with a Geo AQ Instrument	Mike Newchurch, UAH
0820	National Air Quality Forecasting Capability when upgrading the Chemical Transport Model	Pius Lee, NOAA ARL
0840	Solar radiation forecasting in a desert environment: Impact of explicit treatment of aerosols	Christos Fountoukis, Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
0900	Forecasting air quality and health impacts of prescribed fires in southeastern U.S.	Yongtao Hu, GA Tech
0920	High-Resolution Rapid Refresh coupled with Smoke (HRRR-Smoke) - experimental smoke forecasting model	Ravan Ahmadov, CIRES / NOAA ESRL GSD
0940	Machine learning for spatiotemporal PM2.5 estimates across the western US, 2008-2014	Melissa Maestas, CU
1000	Social Science Perspectives on Communicating Wildfire Smoke Impacts: The Early Stages of a Colorado Pilot Study	Marilee Long, CSU
1020	Break (refreshments provided)
Session 7:	Research Needs - US and International Perspectives Panel Moderators: Heather Morrison, ECCC; Eric Williams, NOAA ESRL CSD
1040	Panel Discussion
1200	Closing remarks
1215	Adjourn