Mumbai Air Quality Short Course

This wiki is devoted to the preparation of Air Quality Short Course organized by McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership in collaboration with India Air Quality Resource Group and ESIP Air Quality Work Group at VMCC, Indian Instiute of Technology Bombay December 6 and 7, 2012

Capacity building for assessing nature and sources of air pollution in India. Having enhanced capacity in this area will help to have better control measures.

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 09.00-09.30: 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 13.30-15.00: Satellites, Models & Emissions 15.00-15.30: Break 15.30-16.30: Combining satellite and surface observations 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 & Tools

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