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| | '''Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards'''<br> | | '''Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards'''<br> |
| | '''U.S. Environmental Protection Agency'''<br> | | '''U.S. Environmental Protection Agency'''<br> |
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| | '''February 12 – 13, 2008''' | | '''February 12 – 13, 2008''' |
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| − | ===Purpose===
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| − | Bring together those organizations and individuals with key roles in retrieving, storing, disseminating and analyzing air quality data in order to explore efficient means of leveraging the numerous operations underway, and to assist EPA/OAQPS in defining its role in the larger air quality data community.
| + | ==This is a staging area for the [[Data_Summit_Workspace|Data Summit Workspace]]== |
| − | | + | All links and documents added here will also be added to the [[Data Summit Workspace]]. |
| − | ===Objectives=== | + | ===[[Scheffe:_Data_Summit_Background|Purpose, Objectives & Motivation]]=== |
| − | # Develop an understanding of various, related air quality data processing programs/systems.
| + | * Under Background |
| − | # Based on 1, consider developing a community-wide strategy that enhances communications across these systems by identifying efficiencies, minimizing redundancies, and addressing user defined needs.
| + | ===[[AQ_Data_Summit_Agenda|Agenda]]=== |
| − | # Provide guidance to EPA/OAQPS regarding the role of AirQuest to work interactively with these systems and to service broader community needs.
| + | * Under Bulletins |
| − | | + | ===+ [[Data Value Chain Diagram....Draft for your comments| Data Value Chain Diagram....Draft for your comments 3 so far, add yours!]]=== |
| − | ===Motivation===
| + | * Under What's New |
| − | Note: This meeting is being driven by a number of events and discussions over the last five years that include:
| + | ===+ [[Instructions for Data System/Center Presenters]]=== |
| − | * perceived frustration and/or misunderstanding in accessing EPA data bases,
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| − | * development of user friendly air quality data processing tools by Regional Planning Organizations (RPOs), the Health Effects Institute (HEI) and other organizations
| + | ===+ [[Breakout Session instructions]] Revised, now with [[rules of the road]] guidelines=== |
| − | * enhanced emphasis on inter agency collaboration through venues such as GEOSS
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| − | * elevated interest in using disparate sources of air quality observations (e.g., surface and satellite data), emissions and model results in conducting assessments
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| − | * Recognition of incorporating multiple spatial scales, and therefore a variety of information sources, to address increasing importance of hemispheric transport and climate-air quality interactions, and
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| − | * Recommendations from EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee’s subcommittee on monitoring encouraging EPA to foster greater access and analysis of air quality data bases.
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| − | One of the objectives of the meeting is to inform investments by EPA under the Advanced Monitoring Initiative. AMI began in FY06 to demonstrate the potential of a Global Earth Observations System of System. In FY06 and FY07, a series of pilot projects were funded. For FY08, the funding has been allocated to four integrative themes: air quality, water quality, land use/multi-media, and information technology. The current proposal for the FY08 air theme is found here,
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| − | http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Image:EPA_GEO_Air_Theme_Expanded_Proposal_b.doc This proposal calls for the development of three "operational use cases" (operational systems that support data access, integration, analysis, and visualization for specific decision making contexts) in the areas of model evaluation and intercomparison, air quality "re-analysis," and emission inventories. Input from the Summit will help to refine this proposal and develop a specific plan for spending the FY08 funds. - Terry Keating
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| − | ===Draft Agenda (010708)=== | |
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| − | '''Day 1'''<br>
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| − | ''(Guidance on the scope and depth of overview talks for this session is needed) see [[Agenda Design]]''<br>
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| − | 8:00am Welcome - Wayland<br>
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| − | 8:10am Introduction of Participants - All<br>
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| − | 8:20am Goals and organization - Scheffe<br>
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| − | 8:40am Inventory of Data Systems (8min. ea.) - Dimmick/Keating
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| − | * [[#AQS|Air Quality System (AQS)]] - Miller
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| − | * [[#CASTNET|CASTNET]] - Lear | |
| − | * [[#AIRNow|AIRNow]] - Dye
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| − | * [[#DAACs|NASA Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs)]] - Szykman | |
| − | * [[#NEI|NEI & EMF]] - Houyoux
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| − | * [[#VERDI|Air Quality Modeling Results (e.g., VERDI)]] - Schewe/Possiel
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| − | * [[#Data Provider Conundrum|Data Provider Conundrum]] - Felton
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| − | * Group Discussion
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| − | 10:00am Break <br>
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| − | 10:20am Inventory of Data Processing Centers (10 min. ea) - Lorang
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| − | * [[#DataFed|DataFed]] - Husar
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| − | * [[#ESIP|Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)]] - Falke | |
| − | * [[#AirQuest|AirQuest / Air Explorer]] - Dickerson/Cakir
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| − | * [[#VIEWS|Visibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS)]] -Schichtel
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| − | * [[#3D-AQS|3D-AQS]] - Engel-Cox | |
| − | * [[#HEI Air Quality Data Base|HEI Air Quality Data Base]] - Pun
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| − | * [[#Giovanni|Giovanni]] - Lindsay
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| − | * [[#RSIG|Remote Sensing Information Gateway (RSIG)]] - Paulsen
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| − | * [[#Environmental_GeoWeb|Environmental GeoWeb]] - Walter
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| − | * Group Discussion
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| − | 12:00pm Range of Users/Clients & Discussion
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| − | 12:15pm Lunch <br>
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| − | 1:15pm Breakout Sessions 1: see [[Breakout Sessions: Objectives & Questions]]
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| − | * Group A1 – Public Health & Ecological Assessment - Pun/Lear
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| − | * Group B1 – Air Quality Forecasting and Reanalysis for Assessment - Dye/Gilroy
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| − | * Group C1 - Model/Emissions Evaluation - Keating/Gilliland
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| − | * Group D1 - Air Quality Characterization for Trends and Accountability - Poirot/Frank
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| − | 3:15pm Break
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| − | 3:30pm Report out from each group (20min. ea.)
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| − | * Group A1
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| − | * Group B1
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| − | * Group C1
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| − | * Group D1
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| − | 4:50pm Group Discussion
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| − | 5:15pm Adjourn <br>
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| − | NOTE: Breakout Sessions 1 & 2 can be reversed with minor changes to times.
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| − | '''Day 2'''<br>
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| − | 8:00am Review of Breakout Session 1 and logistics for 2nd breakout session - Sweeny
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| − | 8:15am Breakout Sessions 2 (with facilitators): see [[Breakout Sessions: Objectives & Questions]]
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| − | * Group A2 - Enabling Data Access - Ross
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| − | * Group B2 - Data Processing and Integration - Willis
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| − | * Group C2 - Visualization / Analysis - Engel-Cox
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| − | 10:15am Break
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| − | 10:30am Report out from each group (20min. ea.)
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| − | * Group A2
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| − | * Group B2
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| − | * Group C2
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| − | 11:30am Group Discussion
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| − | 12:00pm Lunch
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| − | 1:00pm Sustainability - Group Discussion - Gilroy/Lamason
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| − | *(public access / tech support / budgets)
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| − | 1:30pm Group Discussion - Sweeny
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| − | * Tying pieces together
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| − | **(Raw data -> Processing Centers <- Enhanced/additional processing)
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| − | * Group recommendations | |
| − | * Role of GEOSS and EPA OEI
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| − | 3:00pm Next Steps - Wayland/Scheffe
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| − | 3:15pm Meeting Adjourn
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| | ===[[Data_Summit_Participants|Participants]]=== | | ===[[Data_Summit_Participants|Participants]]=== |
| − | Invited Participants to Air Quality Data Summit
| + | * Top of Workspace page |
| − | -- as of 010708 --
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| − | George Allen State/Local
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| − | Jay Al-Saadi NASA
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| − | Janet Cakir* OAQPS
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| − | Jim Closs NASA
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| − | Ken Demergian University
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| − | Phil Dickerson* OAQPS
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| − | Fred Dimmick* ORD
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| − | Ben Domenico University
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| − | Tim Dye* Contractor
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| − | Jill Engel-Cox* Contractor
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| − | Stefan Falke* University
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| − | Dirk Felton* State/Local
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| − | Steve Fine NOAA
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| − | Tyler Fox OAQPS
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| − | Neil Frank* OAQPS
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| − | Lawrence Friedl NASA
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| − | Val Garcia ORD
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| − | Alice Gilliland*ORD
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| − | Mike Gilroy* State/Local
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| − | Steve Goranson EPA Region 5
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| − | Eric Gray Contractor
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| − | Richard Haeuber OAR
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| − | Eric Hall ORD
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| − | Beth Hassett-Sipple OAQPS
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| − | Ray Hoff University (cannot attend)
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| − | Les Hook ORNL
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| − | Marc Houyoux* OAQPS
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| − | Bryan Hubbell OAQPS
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| − | Rudy Husar* University
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| − | Brad Johns OAQPS
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| − | Jerry Johnston OEI
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| − | Terry Keating* OAR
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| − | Bob Kelly EPA
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| − | Donna Kenski State/Local
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| − | Ken Knowle State/Local
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| − | Shobha Kondragunta NOAA
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| − | N. Kumar EPRI (cannot attend)
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| − | Bill Lamason OAQPS
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| − | Gary Lear* OAR
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| − | Sharon Leduc NOAA
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| − | Ed Lillis OAQPS
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| − | Frank Lindsay* NASA
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| − | Phil Lorang* OAQPS
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| − | Susan Lundquist OEI
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| − | Nick Mangus* OAQPS
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| − | David McCabe ORD
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| − | Shawn McClure University
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| − | Jim Meagher NOAA
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| − | Jon Miller* OAQPS
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| − | David Mintz OAQPS
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| − | Tom Moore State/Local
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| − | Heidi Paulsen* OEI
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| − | Richard Payton EPA Region 8
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| − | Sharon Phillips OAQPS
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| − | Marc Pitchford NPS
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| − | Rich Poirot* State/Local
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| − | Norm Possiel* OAQPS
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| − | Betty Pun* Contractor
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| − | Tesh Rao OAQPS
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| − | Nancy Ritchey NASA
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| − | Rebecca Rosen EPA
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| − | Tom Rosendahl OAQPS
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| − | Melissa Rury OAR
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| − | Ted Russell University
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| − | Rich Scheffe* OAQPS
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| − | Tom Scheitlin OEI
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| − | Bret Schichtel* NPS
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| − | Donna Schwede* ORD
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| − | Beth Schwehr State/Local
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| − | Uma Shankar University
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| − | Doug Solomon OAQPS
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| − | Greg Sunshine Contractor (cannot attend)
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| − | Louis Sweeny* Consultant
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| − | Jim Szykman* NASA
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| − | Joe Tikvart OAQPS
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| − | Ambarish Vaidyanathan CDC
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| − | Randy Waite OAQPS
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| − | Gary Walter* ORD
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| − | Chet Wayland* OAQPS
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| − | Dick Wertz Consultant
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| − | Lewis Weinstock OAQPS
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| − | Jeff West ORD
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| − | John White OAQPS
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| − | Rob Willis* Consultant
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| − | Steve Young* OEI
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| | ===Summary of Air Quality Data, Data Processing, and Data Analysis Systems=== | | ===Summary of Air Quality Data, Data Processing, and Data Analysis Systems=== |
| − | | + | * Data System Profiles |
| − | List of [[Data Systems]]
| + | ** [[Data_System_Descriptions|Descriptions]] |
| − | | + | ** [[Data_Systems|Profiles]] |
| − | ====AQS====
| + | ==[[AQSummit_Resources|Documents]]== |
| − | The [http://www.epa.gov/ttn/airs/airsaqs/ Air Quality System (AQS)] is EPA's repository of ambient air quality data. AQS stores data from over 10,000 monitors, 5000 of which are currently active. State, Local and Tribal agencies collect the data and submit it to AQS on a periodic basis.
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| − | ====CASTNET====
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| − | The [http://www.epa.gov/castnet/ Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET)] is the nation's primary source for data on dry acidic deposition and rural, ground-level ozone. Operating since 1987, CASTNET is used in conjunction with other national monitoring networks to provide information for evaluating the effectiveness of national emission control strategies. CASTNET consists of over 80 sites across the eastern and western United States and is cooperatively operated and funded with the National Park Service.
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| − | ====AIRNow====
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| − | [http://www.epa.gov/airnow AIRNow] is a Web site that provides the public with easy access to national air quality information. The Web site was developed by EPA, NOAA, NPS, tribal, state, and local agencies and offers daily forecasts of the air quality index (AQI) which is an index for reporting daily air quality. It also provides real-time AQI conditions for over 300 cities across the U.S. and links to more detailed State and local air quality Web sites. | |
| − | ====DAACs====
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| − | The [http://nasadaacs.eos.nasa.gov/ Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAAC's)] process, archive, document, and distribute data from NASA’s past and current Earth-observing satellites and field measurement programs. Each center serves a specific Earth-system science discipline and provides users with data products, services, and data-handling tools unique to the center's specialty. User services include: assistance in selecting and obtaining data; access to data-handling and visualization tools; notification of data-related news; and technical support and referrals.
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| − | ====NEI====
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| − | See [http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ CHIEF] for a description of the National Emissions Inventory (NEI) and the emissions modeling framework (EMF).
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| − | ====VERDI====
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| − | Visualization Environment for Rich Data Interpretation (VERDI) has been developed as an alternative to PAVE for analyzing the results of CMAQ. This software tool is written in open-source JAVA and is platform independent. VERDI contains most of the functionality of PAVE as well as additional capabilities. In addition to CMAQ outputs, VERDI can also be used to examine data from the Meteorological-Chemistry Input Processor (MCIP) and the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF). A structured reader is included to facilitate development of capabilities for reading other data files. VERDI is intended to be community-based as the source code will be publicly available and user community contributions will be encouraged.
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| − | ====[[DataFed]]====
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| − | [http://www.datafed.net DataFed] is Web services-based software that non-intrusively mediates between autonomous, distributed data providers and users. DataFed is designed in accordance with the GEOSS architecture, so that it provides standard interfaces to heterogeneous distributed data, fosters data integration and use with processing services and tools, and collects metadata and user-feedback on datasets. DataFed provides access to over 50 distributed, air-quality relevant datasets which can be explored and analyzed by tools for processing and visualization.
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| − | ====ESIP====
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| − | The [http://www.esipfed.org Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)] is a consortium of 90+ organizations that collect, interpret and develop applications for remotely sensed Earth observation information. Included in the ESIP network are NASA, NOAA and USGS data centers, research universities, government research laboratories, supercomputing facilities, commercial enterprises, etc. The ESIP Federation is building the Earth Information Exchange, an interface where earth science data, products and tools will be made available. The interface will be a portal that provides access to the information holdings of member organizations through one web-based location and provides a robust marketplace in which the products and services needed to use and understand this information can be readily acquired. The Exchange will be linked to USGS’s Geospatial One Stop portal, NASA’s Earth Science Gateway, the Global Change Master Directory, and the EOS Clearinghouse, integrating much of the available data and information and making it available through one access point.
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| − | ====AirQuest==== | |
| − | [http://intranet.epa.gov/oar/airquest/ AirQuest] is an integrated air quality database including data from AQS, AIRNow, the emissions inventory, and CMAQ runs. Working in collaboration with the NASA 3D-AQS project, AirQuest also includes data from satellite sensors and ground-based lidar, formatted to be compatible with EPA monitors and with CMAQ. Data can be visualized through the AirQuest GIS system and are compatible with ArcGIS, GoogleEarth, and SAS. | |
| − | ====VIEWS====
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| − | The [http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/views/ Visibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS)] is an online exchange of air quality data, research, and ideas designed to understand the effects of air pollution on visibility and to support the Regional Haze Rule enacted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce regional haze and improve visibility in national parks and wilderness areas.
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| − | ====HEI Air Quality Database====
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| − | The [http://hei.aer.com/login.php HEI Air Quality Database] focuses on levels of PM2.5 components and gaseous pollutants at and near sites in the EPA's PM2.5 Chemical Speciation Trends Network (STN) and State, Local and Tribal air monitoring stations (SLAMS). The Database is available to investigators interested in using the information for studies on air quality and health. Currently, the Database contains information on speciated PM components and gaseous pollutants at these sites for the years 2000-2006 and it is anticipated that the information will be updated regularly over the next 1-2 years.
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| − | ====3D-AQS====
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| − | [http://alg.umbc.edu/3D-AQS/ 3D-AQS] is incorporating a range of remote sensing data including lidar profiles (AIRS, MODIS, OMI, GOES, CALIPSO, etc) to expand AQS into a three-dimensional system that provides a better assessment of pollutants distribution in the horizontal and the vertical.
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| − | ====Giovanni====
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| − | [http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/techlab/giovanni/ Giovanni] stands for the "Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) Interactive Online Visualization ANd Analysis Infrastructure." It is a Web-based application developed by GES DISC that provides a simple and intuitive way to visualize, analyze, and access vast amounts of Earth science remote sensing data without having to download the data.
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| − | ====RSIG====
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| − | The [http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Remote_Sensing_Information_Gateway_%28RSIG%29 Remote Sensing Information Gateway (RSIG)] provides a way for users to get the multi-terabyte, environmental dataset they want via an interactive, Web browser-based application. With RSIG users are able to download and parse files (environmental data and models) in minutes, and to integrate selected datasets into a unified visualization.
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| − | ====Environmental Geoweb====
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| − | [http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Remote_Sensing_Information_Gateway_%28RSIG%29 Environmental Geoweb] involves geospatial technologies for accessing and visualization of earth science information (focus on satellite data and “layering” capability).
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| − | ====Unidata Internet Data Distribution, IDD, System====
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| − | The Unidata community of over 150 universities has built a system for disseminating real-time earth observations via the Internet. Unlike other systems, which are based on data centers where the information can be accessed, the [http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idd/ Unidata IDD] is designed so a university can request that certain data sets be delivered to computers at their site as soon as they are available from the observing system. The IDD system also allows any site with access to specialized observations to inject the dataset into the IDD for delivery to other interested sites. Many of the 250 participating sites are receiving about 2GB of real-time data per hour via the IDD -- including weather forecasts, weather station obs, data from all NEXRADS, GOES satellite imagery, lightning strike data, aircraft-borne measurements, etc. The IDD recently surpassed FTP in terms of the amount of data delivered on the Internet 2. Early experiments are underway for using the underlying Unidata [http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ Local Data Manager (LDM)]to deliver air quality data in real time.
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| − | ====Data Provider Conundrum====
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| − | To be provided.
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| − | ==Documents==
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| − | [[Keating: EPA Air Quality GEO Plan]]
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| − | [http://ioc.unesco.org/igospartners/docs/theme_reports/IGACO-ThemeReport-Sep2004.pdf IGACO Theme Report]
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| − | [http://usgeo.gov/docs/nto/Air_Quality_NTO_2006-0925.pdf Air Quality Assessment and Forecast System: Near-Term Opportunity Plan]
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| − | Scheffe: Perspectives on Measurement Systems. See [[Image: Measurementsall.pdf]]
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| − | Sweeny: Blueprint for Environmental Exchange Network: Document is dated and focused on EPA//State regulatory flows but covers many of the common issues with data federation: [http://www.epa.gov/OEI/imwg/pdf/final_blueprint.pdf]
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