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One area of transboundary data exchange where we have seen some recent progress is in the form of meteorological calculations routinely calculated by the Canadian AES and shared with the Northeast States.
Back Trajectories supplied to the State of Maine by AES Bedford via the internet have been extremely helpful in assisting the Bureau of Air Quality in generating the smog forecasts 48 hour in advance.
36 hour back trajectories are generated at the standard 12Z and 0Z time intervals.... and are calculated for multiple locations throughout the Provinces and the Ozone Transport Region.
Three levels are calculated from specific locations at: 1000mb, 925mb, and 850mb’s. The Canadian Met Model that drives these calculations, the RFM model, has been very accurate in identifying “looping “ that occurs off the coast of Maine and transports the ‘Boston Plume’ inland.