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Workshop on Chemical Data Assimilation and Data Needs for Air Quality Forecasting

Holiday Inn-Silver Spring
Silver Spring, MD
June 20-22, 2005

June 20    
8:30 AM Registration  
9:00 AM Welcome & Introduction K.Schere
9:15 AM NOAA program goals – Chem. data assimilation P. Davidson
9:30 AM Data Assimilation Methods  
  Assimilation methods used for meteorological modeling J. Derber
10:00 AM Overview – Chemical methods G. Carmichael
10:30 AM BREAK  
10:45 AM Methods used in Europe H. Elbern
11:15 AM Methods used in Canada R. Menard
11:45 AM LUNCH  
1:15 PM Chemical methods research (Virginia Tech) A. Sandu
1:45 PM RAQMS model-global data assimilation B. Pierce
2:15 PM Chemical data assimilation and modeling at GMAO/NASA-Goddard I. Stajner
2:45 PM BREAK  
3:00 PM Aerosol data assimilation-regional scales S. Kondragunta
3:30 PM Forecasting fire emissions W. Hao
4:00 PM Discussion Period  
5:30 PM END OF FIRST DAY  

June 21    
8:30 AM DTRA program goals - Chem. data assimilation J. Pace
9:00 AM Data Needs: Data Availability  
    Overview - Aerosol Data needs and data sources R. Hoff
    Overview - Chemical Data needs and data sources B. Pierce
9:30 AM Surface chemical data network - North America R. Wayland
10:00 AM BREAK  
10:15 AM Satellite data - now and over 10 years J. Yoe
10:45 AM Observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) G. Grell
11:15 AM Discussion  
12:00 PM Charge to Breakout Groups G. Carmichael
    (I. Chemical data assimilation methods development
II. Data Needs: Data Availability)
 
12:15 PM LUNCH  
1:30 PM Break-out groups meet  
5:00 PM END OF SECOND DAY  

June 22    
8:30 AM Reconvene Plenary session  
    Breakout group 1 - Summary & recommendations  
9:15 AM Breakout group 2 - Summary & recommendations  
10:00 AM BREAK  
10:15 AM How to Proceed? K. Schere, G. Grell, G. Carmichael
    Discussion of research priorities; transitions-to-operations  
11:45 AM Workgroup wrap-up; review any action items K. Schere
12:00 PM END OF WORKSHOP  

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