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Re: OTAG Air Quality Trends

Sounds very reasonable -- I think something like this would be ideal for an activity after the first phase of OTAG. Let's keep it in mind for ne...

Submitted by David Guinnup on 6/25/96

George Lauer has registered

Photochemical Modeling Pollution Transport Emission Inventories

Submitted by George Lauer on 6/21/96

5/17/97 AHAT Conference Call

Minutes of the May 17, 1996, 1:00 PM EST AHAT Conference Call

Submitted by Bret Schichtel on 6/20/96

Workgroup Conference Call on Wednesday, June 26 at 1:00 p.m. (EST)

The topics for discussion on the call include: ! Debriefing of June 4-5 Meeting ! Next Report to Policy Group ! Contents of Final Repor...

Submitted by Bret Schichtel on 6/20/96

Re: Re: Suggested presentation to Policy group at the July 24 OTAG meeting

Would it be possible to show the video to the Policy Committee? Can we get a big enough screen and video projector?

Submitted by Saravanan Arunachalam on 6/20/96

NARSTO-NE Homepage

The web homepage of NARSTO-NE with all the latest news and links of interest.

Submitted by Jeffrey West on 6/20/96

Re: Suggested presentation to Policy group at the July 24 OTAG meeting

I agree with most of your ideas concerning the types of presentations but we have to be careful that the presentations are properly interpreted. Gary ...

Submitted by Jeffrey West on 6/20/96

NARSTO-NE 1995 Summer Ozone Study

Description of the 1995 NARSTO-NE summer ozone study.

Submitted by Jeffrey West on 6/20/96

NARSTO-NE Data Management Plan

This report presents the plan for archiving and disseminating air quality and meteorological data collected as part of NARSTO-NE.

Submitted by Jeffrey West on 6/20/96

AIMO RAUTIOLA has registered

Clean fuels; especially cleaner burning gasolines (RFG)!
Developper of gasolines at Neste Oy.
Neste launched on the market RFGs as the 1st Oil C...

Submitted by AIMO RAUTIOLA on 6/20/96

Al Ferullo has registered

Ozone modeling and analysis; meteorological processes; Chair, NARSTO-NE Project Coordination Committee

Submitted by Al Ferullo on 6/19/96

Re: OTAG Air Quality Trends

The difficuluty would in finding an isolated urban area for this type of analysis. However, if time permits, it's worth exploring these ideas.

Submitted by S.T. RAO on 6/18/96

Re: Suggested presentation to Policy group at the July 24 OTAG meeting

I agree that if the policy making group is overwhelmed by the complexity of technical presentations, it is certainly likely that any pertinent results...

Submitted by Paul Wishinski on 6/13/96

Suggested presentation to Policy group at the July 24 OTAG meeting

After listening to the presentations and questions from the Policy Committee at the OTAG meeting in Washington, D.C. June 6th, it occurred to me that perhaps we should use our visualization software on one of the four OTAG episodes at the next Policy Committee meeting

Submitted by Mark Wolcott on 6/10/96

Re: Description of Meteorological and Ozone Air Quality Data Movies by Bill Adamski

I believe that there were exceedances of the NAAQS for ozone in the ORV and lower portions of the NE during the latter half of the episode.

Submitted by John Jansen on 6/9/96

Uncertainty in the Spatial Interpolation of Ozone Monitoring Data

Spatial interpolation is a frequently applied process in estimating air pollutant concentrations. A common interpolation technique is the inverse dist...

Submitted by Webmaster on 6/3/96

Description of Meteorological and Ozone Air Quality Data Movies by Bill Adamski

An analysis of the time-lapse "movie" displays of Ozone and Meteorological data for the 1995 OTAG episode (7-18 July). (Draft)

Submitted by Bret Schichtel on 6/3/96

Charles Pietarinen has registered

Air monitoring including hydrocarbons. Upper air meteorological measurements. PAMS data analysis

Submitted by Charles Pietarinen on 5/31/96

New Banners for the OTAG AQAWG Domain

New banners for the OTAG Air Quality Analysis Workgroup have been added. The left portion of each banner displaying the OTAG logo is linked to the ...

Submitted by Bryan Van Hook on 5/30/96

Southern Oxidant Study

The Southern Oxidants Study (SOS) is a strategic alliance of research scientists, engineers, and air quality managers from universities, federal and s...

Submitted by Webmaster on 5/29/96

Southern Oxidant Study - Reports and Documents

A list of SOS documents on the SOS Web server. Requires Adobe viewer.

Submitted by Webmaster on 5/29/96

Using Different Browsers

When creating the OTAG/AQA website, it was difficult to keep in touch with all the different browsers on the market. Many browsers are often created o...

Submitted by Webmaster on 5/28/96

Duane King has registered

Submitted by Duane King on 5/28/96

Hilary H. Main has registered

Air quality data analyses: using speciated hydrocarbon data, particularly hourly data such as from the PAMS sites; source/receptor modeling;

Submitted by Hilary H. Main on 5/20/96

Re: Priliminary goals and tasks for the AHAT workgroup

In response to the preliminary goals & tasks list for AHAT, the following summarizes what VT DEC can reasonably get accomplished in time for use by th...

Submitted by Paul Wishinski on 5/17/96

Next Air Quality Analysis Workgroup meeting in DC on June 4

The next Air Quality Analysis Workgroup meeting will be held in Washington, DC at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on June 4, 1996. The meeting will r...

Submitted by David Guinnup on 5/17/96

Next AQA Conference call - May 28 1:00 pm EDT

The next Air Quality Analysis Workgroup conference call will be on May 28 at 1:00pm EDT. The call-in number is 703-736-7446. Discussion top...

Submitted by David Guinnup on 5/17/96

Movies of meteorological data merged with ozone data for the '91,'93,'95 modeling periods

k trajectories, temperature, precipitation, and other meteorological parameters along with various view of ozone data for the '91,93,95 modeling perio...

Submitted by Bret Schichtel on 5/16/96

OTAG Air Quality Trends

During the Base Programs Work Group meeting in RTP May 7-8, a discussion arose regarding Rate of Progress plans and the possibility of thinking ...

Submitted by Mark Wolcott on 5/15/96

TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority Home Page

TVA is Tennessee Valley Authority, the largest electrical power producer in the United States.

Submitted by Randy Finch on 5/15/96

Kevin Barnett has registered

Interested observer and commenter on the OTAG process, science, efficacy and equitableness.

Submitted by Kevin Barnett on 5/14/96

Use AQA Draft Report Outline to seek response from the Policy Group

I think that we should initiate a more intensive interaction with the OTAG Policy group on whether our planned output is what they can use. If not, wh...

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 5/14/96

NARSTO - Northeast Bulletin

North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone (NARSTO) - Bulletin board for the Northeastern US ozone study.

Submitted by Jeffrey West on 5/14/96

Mark Wolcott has registered

Submitted by Mark Wolcott on 5/14/96

Jeffrey West has registered

Integration of policy and science

Submitted by Jeffrey West on 5/14/96

GENE TRISKO has registered

Implementation strategies;economic and environmental impacts of alternative controls; legislative implications of OTAG, CAPI and related initiatives.

Submitted by GENE TRISKO on 5/7/96

Re: Comparative Study: CAPITA MonteCarlo Model & HY-SPLIT Model

It occurs to me that among your site selection criteria, the desirability of sites which are periodically subject to influences from airmasses of diff...

Submitted by Richard Poirot on 5/7/96

AHAT Presentation to the Air Quality Analysis Workgroup at the OTAG meeting on May 2, 1996

The following set of overheads were presented to the Air Quality Analysis workgroup describing the structure and goals of the AHAT subgroup. Included ...

Submitted by Bret Schichtel on 5/7/96

Preliminary goals and tasks for the AHAT workgroup

Note: This preliminary outline and task list was developed by Bret Schichtel and Rich Poirot. As the AHAT group takes form, some specific goals to be ...

Submitted by Bret Schichtel on 4/30/96

AIRS to SAIPLOT

What is the best way (if any) of getting the AIRS data
on this board in a form that can be read by SAI's EXTRACT
program for doing graphics post...

Submitted by Randy Finch on 4/29/96

Randy Finch has registered

Graphics postprocessing of OTAG data.

Submitted by Randy Finch on 4/29/96

Possible Sites for the Comparitive Study

Several criteria that one might consider when selecting the sites for the back trajectory comparison are: 1) Each site should be in a region of the Eastern US where the transport is dominated by different types of airmasses. 2) The sites should be...

Submitted by BretSchichtel on 4/28/96

Miscellaneous Ozone and Precursor Data Sets for OTAG Model Comparison

The goal of this activity is to (1) acquire ozone related air quality data from six different data sources and (2) prepare of these air quality data f...

Submitted by Webmaster on 4/26/96

Comparative Study: CAPITA MonteCarlo Model & HY-SPLIT Model

NOTE to Webmaster: This is not Rich Poirot offering this comment, but Paul Wishinski. Since my name starts with W it is at the bottom of the "drop-d...

Submitted by PaulWishinski on 4/26/96

Air Daily - Newsletter

AirDaily is a daily faxed newsletter covering air pollution policy and implementation of the Clean Air Act.

Submitted by Sam Spencer on 4/24/96

Advanced Air Quality Modeling-Newsletter

A quarterly newsletter to discuss advance topics of air quality modeling and environmental impact simulation

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/24/96

Lisa Manning has registered

OTAG's influence on NOx regulations.

Submitted by Lisa Manning on 4/24/96

Sam Spencer has registered

Publishing a daily faxed newsletter on implementation of the Clean Air Act. We're committed to complete and timely coverage of OTAG activities as the...

Submitted by Sam Spencer on 4/23/96

Neil Wheeler has registered

Aerometric Data Analysis; Photochemical and Meteorological Modeling.
The International Center for Environmental Applications (ICEA) at
the North...

Submitted by Neil Wheeler on 4/23/96

Movies of Meteorological Data for the Eastern US

Movies of meteorological data for the Eastern US during the summer months, June-August, for 1991 - 1995 are now available. These movies include forwar...

Submitted by Bret Schichtel on 4/22/96

Jim Levis has registered

Data analysis and visualization;economic impact of
ozone abatement policy

Submitted by Jim Levis on 4/19/96

Ozone metrics for NAAQS

Clearly the current NAAQS is appropriate as the first level indicator. The new NAAQS we are looking at includes and 8 hour NAAQS, but we are still e...

Submitted by John Bachmann on 4/18/96

Re: OTAG measures of NA and other ozone metrics

This is a nice grouping of the ozone metrics parameters. In fact, I will use it on the main page for the Ozone Metrics issue/question.

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/18/96

Ozone metrics for primary and secondary standard

I would suggest that the 3-month maximum, 12-h SUM06 index be used for vegetation. At a consensus meeting in January in Raleigh, NC, a group of us...

Submitted by Allen Lefohn on 4/17/96

Alan Lefohn has registered

Ozone spatial and temporal pattern, effects on vegetation

Submitted by Allen Lefohn on 4/17/96

Free Acrobat Reader Software

While most (if not all) documents on this server are in html format, we are planning to offer more documents in pdf (portable document formant). This ...

Submitted by Webmaster on 4/17/96

Alan VanArsdale has registered

Air chemistry patterns, trends, assessment, and effects.

Submitted by Alan VanArsdale on 4/17/96

Maryland Ozone Forecasting Program

Contains a descrition of the ozone forecasting program that the Maryland
Department of the Environment is undertaking during the 1996 season.

Submitted by John Sherwell on 4/16/96

OTAG/AQA Website Descripton

A description of the goals, approach, and implementation of the OTAG/AQA Website.

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/16/96

Technology Transfer Network Bulletin Board System TTN BBS

The Technology Transfer Network (TTN), is a collection of electronic bulletin board systems (BBS) developed and operated by the Office of Air Quality ...

Submitted by Webmaster on 4/15/96

Tony Massaro has registered

Mobile source issues, fuel issues and overall policy issues.

Submitted by Tony Massaro on 4/13/96

Java - Slide Projector demo on the OTAG Website

A new Java applet, Slide Projector, is installed on the OTAG AQA Website for browsers that support Java (e.g. Netscape 2.01). Additional development w...

Submitted by Marin Bezic on 4/13/96

Marin Bezic has registered

developing software for automated WWW domain management

Submitted by Marin Bezic on 4/12/96

USEPA's Office of AIR & RADIATION

A winner of Point Communications Top 5% of the Web Award,here's what they said: "U.S. EPA Office of Air and Radiation Content: 40/50...

Submitted by Tom Link on 4/12/96

Tom Link has registered

OAR Website Superstructure Manager--our group developed the Official
USEPA OTAG Website. The OAR Website was recently named a Point
Communicati...

Submitted by Tom Link on 4/12/96

OTAG Policy Papers Added

The OTAG Policy Papers from the last meeting have been put on the server.

Submitted by Webmaster on 4/12/96

Pennsylvania DEP OTAG Page

OTAG background end participation of the OTAG Page of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/12/96

Official OTAG Home Page

The official home page for the entire OTAG activity. Has official documents, and links to related sites.
(The OTAG AQA Website has direct link to t...

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/11/96

OTAG measures of NA and other ozone metrics

The question of the best OTAG measures of NA, might be viewed from 3 perspectives: regulatory, effects-relevant and analysis-oriented. 1. Regulatory ...

Submitted by Richard Poirot on 4/11/96

Adding Web Pages to the OTAG/AQA Domain

This page contains step-by-step procedures on adding web pages to this domain. This page may help people to understand the set-up of the domain.

Submitted by Webmaster on 4/11/96

AIRS AQS Re-Engineering Project

The 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act brought new requirements for data collection, analysis, and reporting. It is time to update AIRS with new tec...

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/11/96

Policy Summary: The Major Policy-Relevant Findings of SOS

New section added: Ozone managment strategies that focus on decreasing nitrogen oxide emissions will be more effective in decreasing ozone concentrations in the rural So...

Submitted by Webmaster on 4/11/96

Next AHAT Conference Call

April 25, 1996, 1:00 PM EST

Submitted by Bret Schichtel on 4/10/96

AHAT Conference Call

Minutes of AHAT Conference Call on March 29, 1996,
at 1:00 p.m.

Submitted by Carol Malinowski on 4/10/96

State Emission Inventory Contacts for OTAG

Names and phone numbers for for contact persons in each state.

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/9/96

Re: HY-SPLIT back trajectory calculations: Interpolated Surface Layers

Following (with the author's permission) is an E-mail note from Barbara Stunder of NOAA's Air Resources Lab, which responds to Paul's question on the ...

Submitted by Richard Poirot on 4/6/96

Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) - EPA, OAQPS

AIRS is a computer-based repository of information about airborne pollution in the United States and various World Health Organization (WHO) member co...

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/6/96

New section added to OTAG AQA Website: Policy Issues and Questions

The new section of the OTAG AQA Website is devoted to the formulation, explanations and discussion of policy-relevant technical issues and questions.

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/5/96

Registration to Precede Submissions

The dorp-down list box now eliminates the need to input your name when making a submission -- all you have to do is select your name from the box. The...

Submitted by Webmaster on 4/5/96

Are current ozone models consistent with ambient and lab data?

Ozone models perform super. In fact, much better then data

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/4/96

Can ambient data yield information/verification of precursor emission rates?

Emission inventories are OK here but not so there

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/4/96

Do precursor concentration pattern correspond to respective emission data?

Measured precursors match emission data, sometimes

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/4/96

To what degree is NA in a given area is influenced by transport from outside?

Control local sources 1 %, regional 99 % - it’s them doing it!

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/4/96

What is the role of vertical transport?

??

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/4/96

What are the conditions (space, time, meteorology) conducive for transport?

Control only RTP, NC - it is responsible for everything

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/4/96

What is the distance (seasonal, directional) over which emissions influence NA sites?

Control within 500 km, leave the rest.

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/4/96

What are the trends of NA?

RTP will have the worst NA by 2005

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/4/96

What is the spatial pattern of NA according to OTAG measures?

Six metro areas in the east

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/4/96

What is the size of NA areas and how is it determined?

Counties where NA is actually measured

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/4/96

Air Trajectory Residence Time Analysis Investigation of Ozone Transport Pathways: 1989-95

"Trajectory Analysis" has been identified on the task list of the OTAG Air Quality Analysis Workgroup. VT DEC had agreed to devote some in-kind resour...

Submitted by Richard Poirot on 4/3/96

What is the spatio-temporal pattern of precursors, NOx, VOC, PAMS-species?

It’s them trees, everywhere

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/3/96

What is the magnitude of regional ozone outside NA areas?

42 ppb!

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/3/96

What are the OTAG measures of non-attainment (NA)?

Second max one hour peak; 8 hr midday average; W128

Submitted by Rudolf Husar on 4/3/96

Peter Mueller has registered

Results of analyses and modeling

Submitted by Peter Mueller on 4/3/96

Server Back-up Set for 3:00am

We now have a fully functional mirror site for our server if it goes down. This also allows for additional back-up for any files on the server. The se...

Submitted by Webmaster on 4/2/96

Re: FEEDBACK/PROMOTION OF THIS SITE

Just submitted a request to the EPA webmaster for a link to this domain from their Environmental Links page. Anyone should feel free to submit ...

Submitted by Webmaster on 3/28/96

Roger Caiazza has registered

Air quality modeling and utility emissions inventory.
Member of NARSTO-NE meteorology and emissions inventory working groups.

Submitted by roger caiazza on 4/1/96

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