2013 NOAA AQPG Workshop Agenda

March 14, 2013

University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Rm 401, Physics Building
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250

AQPG Workshop Agenda (Printable Version)

Thursday, March 14
3nd Annual NOAA GOES-R Air Quality Proving Ground Advisory Group Workshop
8:00 – 8:30          Check-In and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45          Welcome and Overview of the Workshop     Amy Huff, Pennsylvania                                   State University
8:45 – 9:00          NOAA’s Satellite Air Quality Proving Ground     Mitch Goldberg and                                     Steve Goodman, NOAA
9:00 – 9:30          Validation of GOES and GOES-R Aerosol Products     Lorraine Remer,                               UMBC
9:30 – 10:00        Applications of VIIRS Aerosol Products within U. S. EPA     Jim                                           Szykman, U. S. EPA
10:00 – 10:30      Break
10:30 – 11:00      AOD Retrieval from Geostationary Platforms     Ray Hoff, UMBC
11:00 – 11:30      NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System     Mark Ruminski, NOAA NESDIS
11:30 – 12:00      Applications of GOES and MODIS Aerosol Products in NOAA’s                                           Operational Air Quality Predictions     Ivanka Stajner, NOAA NWS
12:00 – 1:00        Lunch (provided)
1:00 – 1:20          Validation of Suspended Matter Derived from Simulated GOES-R ABI                                 AOD using Surface PM2.5 and Aircraft Data    Shobha Kondragunta,                                   NOAA NESDIS
1:20 – 1:30          Validation of MODIS based GOES-R ABI AOD retrievals using Ground                               Based LIDAR Data     Brad Pierce, NOAA NESDIS
1:30 – 2:00          Overview of Simulated GOES-R ABI and Observed Suomi-NPP VIIRS                               Aerosol Products: Case Study from July 4, 2012     Amy Huff,                                               Pennsylvania State University
2:00 – 3:00          Breakout Session: Review of Simulated GOES-R ABI and Observed                                   Suomi-NPP VIIRS Aerosol Products for July 4, 2012     Attendees
3:00 – 3:30          Break
3:30 – 4:30          Group Discussion: Feedback on GOES-R ABI and Suomi-NPP VIIRS                                 Aerosol Products     Amy Huff, Pennsylvania State University
4:30 – 4:45          Upcoming AQPG Activities     Ray Hoff, UMBC
4:45 – 5:00          Workshop Evaluations     Attendees
5:00 pm               Workshop Adjourns