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December 6 (Day 1)

09.00-09.15: Introduction

• V Sethi : Welcome & Introduction to India Air Quality Resource Group ,5 mins
• R Husar: Course goals, rationale, design, procedures, collaboration, expected outcomes, 10 mins

09.15-10.30: Data Resources & Analyses Tools

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

Content:

• 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 & Observations

Contributors:

Dr. Prashant Gargava, CPCB
Dr. Gufran Beig, IITM
Dr. Rakesh Kumar, NEERI
Dr.Ajay Deshpande, MPCB

Content:

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

13.30-15.00: Satellite remote sensing of air quality

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

Content:

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

15.30-16.30: Combining satellite and surface observations with models

Contributors: All participants

Content:

• Models with data assimilation
• Event studies
• Multisensory data fusion
• Tentative aerosol source attribution

16.30-17.00: Summary Day1 and discussion

To have an invited panel and then a general discussion.

• What have we learned?
• Opportunities for further learning and applications

The outcome of this session will be a summary of the learning from Day 1 to be presented to the participants on Day 2.

17.30-18.30: DataFed Tutorial

Hands on tutorial on the federated data system ( DataFed). Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops.

December 7, Day 2

09.00-09.30: Aerosol Self Learning Modules and the MAGEEP Aerosol Network

Contributors:
Dr.Pratim Biswas, Washington University in St.Louis
Content:

09.30-09.45: Summary report of Day 1

Presented by Dr.Rudolf B.Husar, Washington University in St.Louis

09.45-10.45: Ambient Air Quality Monitoring and Assessment: Experiences from other countries

Contributors:
A review of the surface ozone and its precursor concentrations in the megacity of Istanbul: Dr.Orhan Yenugin, Bogazici University
Particulate Matter Pollution in China:Dr.Jiang Jingkun, Tsinghua University
Content:

11.15-12.00: Organic aerosols

Contributors:
Dr.Brent Williams, Washington University in St.Louis
Dr.Min Hu, Peking University

Content:

12.00-13.00: Urban Measurements, Supersites, Special Monitoring

Contributors:
Dr.Jay Turner, Washington University in St.Louis
Dr. Sachidanand Tripathi, IIT Kanpur
Content:

14.00-15.30: Panel Discussion

Contributors:

Moderators:
Rashmi S Patil, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Rakesh Kumar, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
Participants:
B. Sengupta, Advisor to ICCT and Ex Member Secretary, CPCB
Mukesh Khare, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Virendra Sethi, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Ajay Deshpande, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
Jay Turner, Washington University in St.Louis
Rudolf B.Husar, Washington University in St.Louis

Content: Outstanding needs in air quality analyses for effective control measures

16.00-17.00: Roadmap Discussion

Contributors:
Participants
Content: Charting a three year calendar for collaborative education and research in air quality