[ESIP-AQ] GEOSS AIP Health:Air Quality Intro Slides for AIP Plenary

[John McHenry]

Yes -- I agree w/ Tom here ... "forecasting" can be "real-time, numerical,"
or "real-time statistical;" or "real-time graphical;" or
"historical-scenario"
in terms of its use in the literature......

Thanks,
John

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Moore, Tom <MooreT at cira.colostate.edu>wrote:

>  All - I had a thought about bullet #3 on slide 2 - "Air Quality
> Forecasting".  It makes me think about terminology and whether we can all be
> using the same meaning for some of these terms.
>
>
>
> I think there are several scales and dimensions to air quality forecasting
> - if this means predicting air quality tomorrow in Boulder, then I think we
> should strive to be more explicit in the definition, since those forecasting
> use some kind of quick-turnaround system with inherent accuracies,
> uncertainties, and assumptions built in.  Air quality planning work under
> the Clean Air Act is also systematic, typically forecasting 5 to 10 year
> horizons, and I hope to see that scale better addressed (and truth-checkedas
> we move to integrate satellite and ground-based observations in the future.
> Also, the term "operational" is often used with "forecasting" - if
> "operational forecasting" is going to be part of the discussion, a more
> explicit definition is probably also needed, since I understand that
> different agencies mean different, perhaps non-comparable uses for their
> "operational forecasts".  Points are that 1) terminology between satellite
> data analysts and traditional AQ analysts would be good to continue to
> clarify, and 2) the shelf life (and other dimensions/scales) of
> "forecasting" needs to be more precisely qualified.
>
>
>
> Rudy - nothing to change on the PowerPoint from my point of view, thanks
> for putting it together - just a couple of thoughts.  Thanks to you, Stefan,
> David, and Frank for putting the GEOSS AIP Air Quality Scenario session
> together -
>
>
>
> Regards, Tom
>
>
>
> Tom Moore
>
> Western Regional Air Partnership
>
> www.wrapair.org
>
>
>
> Air Quality Program Manager
>
> Western Governors' Association
>
> 970.491.8837
>
> mooret at cira.colostate.edu
>
>
>
> *From:* rudolf.husar at gmail.com [mailto:rudolf.husar at gmail.com] *On Behalf
> Of *Rudolf Husar
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:41 PM
> *To:* Stefan Falke; Tim Dye; Phil Dickerson; David McCabe; Lindsay,
> Francis (HQ-DK000); George Percivall; McClure, Shawn; avahed at csir.co.za;
> Moore, Tom; Friedl, Lawrence A. (HQ-DK000); Neil, Doreen O. (LARC-E303);
> Terry Keating; Stefan Falke; esip-aqcluster at rtpnet.org
> *Cc:* Erin Robinson
> *Subject:* GEOSS AIP Health:Air Quality Intro Slides for AIP Plenary
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> Attached please find three slides for the 5 minute AQ Scenario
> introduction <http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/AQ_SBA_Pilot_Intro> to be
> shown at the AIP Plenary on Thursday of this week. Please send me any
> comments or fixes by the end of today.
>
> Thanks-
> Rudy
>
>
>  On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Stefan Falke <stefan.falke at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Your response to the OGC GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot, Phase 2
> was identified as providing primary contributions to the Health: Air Quality
> Societal Benefit Area (SBA).  In preparation for next week's AIP Kick-off
> Workshop, the primary participants are kindly asked to provide some initial
> input in:
>
> 1) Reviewing the summary of the AIP-AQ CFP responses
> <http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/AIP_CFP_AQ_Responses>and updating the
> summaries
> 2) Outlining your goals for the AIP<http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Expectations_from_AIP-2>
> 3) Preparing a short (5 minutes) overview of your AIP-AQ contributions to
> be presented during the AQ session next week.
>
> To help with the coordination of the Health:Air Quality SBA, we are using a
> wiki workspace: http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/GEOSS_AIP_Air_Quality
> We are intending to transfer from the ESIP wiki to the OGC Network as that
> page matures prior to the kick-off.
>
> To contribute to the wiki pages, you will need to register for a user
> account with the ESIP wiki<http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup>if you do not already have one. Alternatively, your inputs can be emailed (
> stefan.falke at gmail.com).
>
> The wiki page includes a tentative agenda<http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/GEOSS_AIP_Air_Quality#Session_Agenda>for our workshop session. Please let us know if you have any questions or
> suggestions for the kick-off workshop.
>
> We look forward to your inputs and seeing you in Boulder.
>
> Best regards,
> AIP-2 Kick-off Workshop AQ co-leads
> Stefan Falke
> Rudolf Husar
> David McCabe
> Frank Lindsay
>
>
>
>
> --
> Rudolf B. Husar, Professor and Director
> Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis (CAPITA),
> Washington University,
> 1 Brookings Drive, Box 1124
> St. Louis, MO 63130
> 314 935 6099
>
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