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(AQ) short course is offered by McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership in collaboration with India Air Quality Resource Group, Department of Science and Technology India and GEO Air Quality Community of Practice. The course is intended for air quality managers and members of academia interested in air quality analyses for more effective mitigation of air pollution. A specific goal of this course is capacity building for assessing the nature and sources of air pollution with focus on particulate matter in India.

First day is devoted to technical topics and to provide attendees with practical, "take home" data resources, tools and methods. Topics include: Information needs for AQ management, AQ data sources, analyses tools and methods; Spatial and temporal patterns; Integration of multi-sensory data and models; AQ management-oriented analyses for India. On the second day, broader aspects of air quality will be covered: Educational modules, special research areas, international activities. A higher level panel discussion of practitioners will be a forum to highlight the outstanding needs of air quality management. In response to these needs, action items will include charting a three year calendar for collaborative education and research.

Course Content & Schedule Day 1: December 6, 2012 09:00-10:00: Registration, tea/coffee 10:00-10:30: Inaugural Session 10:30-12:30: AQ Monitoring and Assessment in India 12:30-13:00: Discussion 13.00-14.00: Lunch 14:00-15.30: Ambient Monitoring and Assessment: Experiences from Other Countries 15.30-16.00: Break 16.00-18.30: Remote Sensing and Modeling Results for PM over India 18.30-19.00: Summary Day1 and discussion 19:00-20:00: Networking, Informal meetings, Dinner Day 2: December 7, 2012 09:00-09:30: Summary report of Day 1 9:30-10:30: Data Resources & Analyses Tools 10.30-11.00: Break 11:00–12:45: Track 1: India Air Quality Resource Group (IARG) 11:00–12:45: Track 2: DataFed Tutorial 12.45-14.00: Lunch 14:00-15:15: Urban Measurements, Supersites, Special Monitoring 15:15-16:00PM: Tea and Panel Discussion: AQ monitoring and analysis opportunities for India 16.00-17.00: Roadmap Discussion Discussion Please use this page for your questions, comments or discussions

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Milestones Jun 30: Course draft Ready Aug 01: Registration Open Oct 07: Draft Schedule Oct 08: Course Wiki Ready Nov 19- 23: Lecturer Telecon Dec 1: Final Schedule Dec 6-7: Course in Mumbai Dec 20: Course Feedback, Follow-up Jan 20: Second Follow-up

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