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What’s Next for the AQPG

What’s Next for the AQPG. Ray Hoff and Amy Huff. AQPG Testbed – Summer 2011. Next summer, we plan to have an AQPG testbed running for a 1-2 week intensive period. The testbed will provide simulated ABI data in near real-time:

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What’s Next for the AQPG

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  1. What’s Next for the AQPG Ray Hoff and Amy Huff

  2. AQPG Testbed – Summer 2011 • Next summer, we plan to have an AQPG testbed running for a 1-2 week intensive period. The testbed will provide simulated ABI data in near real-time: • We will use the NCEP NAM-CMAQ numerical guidance as input to the CRTM, and we provide these data to the ABI processor to create the simulated data • We will spool the simulated ABI data out every hour during the day to a website that will accessible to AQPG Advisory Group members

  3. AG Feedback on Simulated ABI Data • We are asking for AG feedback on whether the simulated data are useful for your air quality forecasting and analysis, keeping in mind: • The simulated ABI data will be generated from the outputs of two models • The models have limited real-time emissions and optical properties • The testbed will be running during the summer, which is the busiest time for AQ forecasters

  4. Are you willing to participate in the testbed? • We are looking for 2-4 forecasters willing to give us feedback on the real-time simulated ABI data • Caveats: • We don’t want to waste your time • This will be in the “Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality” (DISCOVR-AQ) period (height of the summer pollution season) • We don’t want you to become discouraged about the value of simulated ABI data given that there are two models creating it • The AQPG is not focusing on improving WRF-CHEM or the CMAQ forecast (that will be something you discuss in the next two days in Silver Spring)

  5. Benefits of Participating in the Testbed • The simulated ABI data may provide useful information for AQ forecasting and analysis that would otherwise be unavailable to you • You will be part of DISCOVR-AQ, which will be a major field experiment involving a number of NASA aircraft and ground sites • You will get a chance to influence how the AQPG evolves during the 2011-12 period

  6. Other AQPG Activities in 2011 • We expect to hold at least one training on simulated ABI data at a major conference (possibly the 2011 NAQC). • We will conduct the second annual AQPG Advisory Group workshop in September 2011, likely at UMBC, to discuss advances in the project. • We’ll send periodic emails to keep you updated on the project.

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