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Day 1 Schedule

09.00-09.30: Welcome & Introduction
09.30-10.30: Data Resources & Analyses Tools
10.30-11.00: Break
11.00-12.30: Surface based networks & measurements
12.30-01.30: Lunch
01.30-03.00: Satellites, Models & Emissions
03.00-03.30: Break
03.30-04.30: Integration of Surface, satellite and Models- Application to India
04.30-05.15: Summary and discussion (Panel+Open)
Evening : Preparation of the report for Day 2

December 6 (Day 1)

09.00-09.30: Welcome & Introduction

• V Sethi : Welcome & Introduction to India Air Quality Resource Group , 5 mins
• P Biswas: Welcome & Introduction to MAGEEP educational program, 5 mins
• R Husar: Course design, procedures, collaboration, expected outcomes, 15 mins

09.30-10.30: Data Resources & Analyses Tools

Contributors:

• Dr. Rudolf B. Husar, WUStL
• Ratish Menon, IIT Bombay
• Others?

• Key Datasets; Observing Method, Observation Parameters, Space-time coverage
  • Surface, Point monitoring networks
  • Satellite, 2D-Gridded data
  • Models, 3D-Gridded data
  • Emissions

• Analyses Tools
  • Spatial,temporal and random pattern analyses
  • Monitoring consoles
  • Special; eg. model evaluation, CATT

11.00-12.30: Surface based networks & measurements

Contributors:

• Dr. Prashant Gargava, CPCB
• Dr. Rakesh Kumar, NEERI
• Dr. Jay Turner, WUStL
• Dr. Brent Williams, WUStL

• Networks
  • NAMP- Aerosol & Gases
  • 6 city- Aerosol speciation
  • PM Pattern over India
  • Other?

• Observation methods
  • Urban pollution
  • Organic aerosols
  • Other surface?

01.30-03.00: Satellites, Models & Emissions

Contributors:

• Dr. Rudolf B. Husar, WUStL
• Dr. Sachidanand Tripathi, IIT Kanpur
• Ratish Menon, IIT Bombay
• Others?

• Satellites
  • Air pollution remote sensing basics
  • MODIS, OMI,CALIPSO,MISR
  • Patterns over India
• Models
  • NAAPS, MACC, other?
  • Patterns over India

03.30-04.30: Integration of Surface, satellite and Models- Application to India

Contributors: All participants

• Comparison of surface and satellite
• Spatial and temporal pattern of aerosols over India
• Tentative sources of aerosols over India
• Identification of key uncertainties

The outcome of this session will be a summary/assessment of the air quality over India as derived from the multi-sensory observations & models. This summary to be presented to the participants on Day 2.

04.30-05.15: Summary and discussion (Panel+Open)

To have an invited panel and then a general discussion.

• What have learned
• Opportunities for further learning and applications

Evening : Preparation of the report for Day 2

The report to contain the summary/assessment of the air quality over India as derived from the multi-sensory observations & models.