NOAA Air Quality Proving Ground Advisory Group Workshop
AGENDA – September 14, 2010

USGS MD-DE-DC Water Science Center – Seminar Room
5522 Research Park Drive
Baltimore, MD 21228

8:00 – 8:30          Check-In and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45          Welcome and Overview of the Workshop     Amy Huff, Battelle
8:45 – 9:00          NOAA’s GOES-R Proving Ground     Steve Goodman, NOAA NESDIS
9:00 – 9:30          Overview of the GOES-R Satellite and ABI Instrument     Mitch                                             Goldberg, NOAA NESDIS
9:30 – 10:00        Air Quality Products from GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)                                  Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA NESDIS
10:00 – 10:15      Development of Proxy ABI Data for the AQPG     Brad Pierce, NOAA                                 NESDIS
10:15 – 10:30      Break
10:30 – 11:00      Case Studies of Simulated ABI Data for Past Air Quality Events     Ray                               Hoff, UMBC
11:00 – 12:00      Forecasters’ Needs from Satellites
11:00 – 11:15      Overview of Air Quality Forecasting     Bill Ryan, Pennsylvania State                                   University
11:15 – 11:30      East Coast Air Quality Forecasting Considerations (Maryland                                               Perspective)     Duc Nguyen, Maryland Department of the Environment
11:30 – 11:45      Lake Michigan Area (Midwest) Air Quality Forecasting Issues     Bill                                     Adamski, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
11:45 – 12:00      Satellite Data for Air Quality Forecasting – A West Coast Perspective                                  Kevin Durkee/Sang-Mi Lee, South Coast Air Quality Management                                         District

12:00 – 1:00        Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 2:00          Breakout Session: Review of Simulated ABI Case Study Data                                             Case Study Worksheet Case Study Powerpoint
2:00 – 3:00          Group Discussion: Forecasters’ Needs and the ABI
3:00 – 3:15          Forecaster Case Study Presentation: A Recent PM2.5 Episode over                                   Georgia     Bill Murphey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
3:15 – 3:30          Break
3:30 – 3:45          GOES-R and ABI Products from the NWS WFOs     Mike Coyne,                                         Huntsville, Alabama WFO
3:45 – 4:15          Dissemination of ABI Aerosol Data from GOES-R     Ray Hoff, UMBC
4:15 – 4:45          Group Discussion: Options for an ABI Air Quality Internet Delivery                                       System
4:45 – 5:00          What’s Next for the AQPG     Ray Hoff, UMBC                                                                       Evaluation Form
5:00                     Workshop Adjourns