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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
• P Biswas: Introduction to MAGEEP educational program,5 mins
• R Husar: Course goals, rationale, design, procedures, collaboration, expected outcomes, 5 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. Rakesh Kumar, NEERI
Dr.Ajay Deshpande, MPCB
Content:

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

13.30-15.00: Satellite remote sensing of air quality

Contributors:
Dr. Rudolf B. Husar, WUStL
Dr. Sachidanand Tripathi, IIT Kanpur
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: Experiences from other countries

Contributors:
Dr.Orhan Yenugin, Bogazici University
Dr.Jiang Jingkun, Tsinghua University
Content:

11.15-12.00: Urban Measurements, Supersites, Special Monitoring

Contributors:
Dr.Jay Turner, Washington University in St.Louis
Content:

12.00-13.00: Organic aerosol speciation

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

Content:

14.00-15.30: Panel Discussion

Contributors:
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