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Examining Air Quality-Meteorology Interactions on Regional to Hemispheric Scales
Citation:
Mathur, R., Jon Pleim, J. Xing, M. Gan, David-C Wong, C. Hogrefe, W. Appel, R. Gilliam, AND S. Roselle. Examining Air Quality-Meteorology Interactions on Regional to Hemispheric Scales. 7th International Workshop on Air Quality Forescasting Research, College Park, MD, September 01 - 03, 2015.
Impact/Purpose:
The National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Atmospheric Modeling and Analysis Division (AMAD) conducts research in support of EPA mission to protect human health and the environment. AMAD research program is engaged in developing and evaluating predictive atmospheric models on all spatial and temporal scales for forecasting the air quality and for assessing changes in air quality and air pollutant exposures, as affected by changes in ecosystem management and regulatory decisions. AMAD is responsible for providing a sound scientific and technical basis for regulatory policies based on air quality models to improve ambient air quality. The models developed by AMAD are being used by EPA, NOAA, and the air pollution community in understanding and forecasting not only the magnitude of the air pollution problem, but also in developing emission control policies and regulations for air quality improvements.
Description:
This presentation provides motivation for coupling the atmospheric dynamics and chemistry calculations in air pollution modeling systems, provides an overview of how this coupling is achieved in the WRF-CMAQ 2-way coupled model, presents results from various applications of the model, and concludes with potential benefits of such coupling for air quality forecast applications (which was the focus of this workshop).
