Mumbai Air Quality Short Course

This wiki is devoted to the preparation of Air Quality Short Course at Indian Instiute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, December 6 and 7, 2012

An air quality short course will be organized by McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership in collaboration with India Air Quality Resource Group and ESIP Air Quality Work Group. Goal of this course is capacity building for assessing nature and sources of air pollution over India. The course is intended for air quality managers and members of academia interested in air quality analyses for more effective mitigation of air pollution.

First day is devoted to technical topics and to provide attendees with practical, "take home" tools and methods including case studies: Air quality data sources, analyses tools and methods; Spatial and temporal patterns; Integration of multi-sensory data and models for India. The second day will start with a higher level discussions involving India Pollution Control Board leaders, and delegates from other countries. A panel discussion will be a forum to highlight the outstanding needs in air quality analyses for effective control measures. In response to these needs, action items will include charting a three year calendar for collaborative education and research.

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Course Content & Schedule Day 1 09.00-09.15: Welcome & Introduction 09.15-10.30: Data Resources & Analyses Tools 10.30-11.00: Break 11.00-12.30: Surface based networks & measurements 12.30-01.30: Lunch 13.30-15.00: Satellites, Models & Emissions 15.00-15.30: Break 15.30-16.30: Combining satellite and surface data with models 16.30-17.00: Summary and discussion (Panel+Open) 17.00-17.30: Break 17.30-18.30: DataFed Tutorial Day 2 Discussion Please use this page for your questions, comments or discussions

Resources andTools Tutorial modules: Data resources Analysis tools Lecturers and Participants|Lecturers and Participants

Milestones Jun 30: Course draft Ready Aug 01: Registration Open Oct 07: Draft Schedule Oct 08: Course Wiki Ready Oct 19: Final Schedule Dec 06: Course Date