Center for Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS)

1. Center forCommunity Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS) Adel Hanna Director, CMAS October 6, 2008 7th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC

2. Special Welcome to International Peers Participation and Presentations from 9 Countries Canada Czech Republic China Mexico Brazil Russia South Korea USA Germany

3. CMAS: Seven Years of Success The CMAS Center was established in 2001 as a mechanism for transferring state-of-the-science air quality modeling to the community • Serves as a bridge between various segments of the air quality modeling community • Fosters the growth of the developer and user communities • Serves as a clearinghouse of information • Is a hub for education and training about modeling

4. Modeling System Releases • SMOKE (http://www.smoke-model.org) • version: 2.4 (March, 2008) • air toxics, EDMS (FAA) interface, BEIS3.13 • version 2.5 (October, 2008) • BEIS 3.14 • CMAQ (http://www.cmaq-model.org) • version: 4.6 (October, 2007) • air toxics, CB-05, aerosol chemistry updates, carbon and sulfate tracking • CMAQ (http://www.cmaq-model.org) • version: 4.7 (October, 2008) • SOA model enhancements, Coarse PM, Chemistry (in-line photolysis), Aqueous Chemistry, Dry Deposition, Emissions, Direct Decoupled Method (DDM)

5. Modeling System Releases • MCIP (http://www.cmaq-model.org) • version: 3.4 (October, 2008) • UAH satellite processing, Urban Canopy for WRF, 33-category USGS land use (if used in WRF) • Visualization Environment for Rich Data Interpretation (http://www.verdi-tool.org) • (VERDI 1.02 and 1.03) • New Fast Tile Plot • Atmospheric Model Evaluation Tool (AMET 1.1) • The Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program (BenMAP 3.0)

6. CMAS Model Research (Collaboration with EPA/NERL & EPA/OAQPS) • Coupled WRF/CMAQ • Aerosol Feedbacks from the CMAQ Model to the Radiation Model in the WRF Model • High time resolution data exchange • Hemispheric (WRF/CMAQ) • Consistent chemistry and meteorology at all scales • Variable Grid CMAQ • Computationally efficient, avoids nesting • New techniques for assimilating satellite-derived surface temperature in PX LSM within WRF • Satellite-derived surface solar insolation and albedo • WRF-Var 3D/4D variational data assimilation system • Optimum interpolation of observation int first guess

7. Training • New this year BenMAP and WRF (for air quality) • Four training sessions per year (Chapel Hill) in addition to users’ locations • CMAQ • SMOKE • BenMAP • Onsite CMAS training (2008) • Mexico City (SMOKE) • Jackson State University (SMOKE, CMAQ, WRF) • EPA-RTP (BenMAP)

8. Journal Publications • Special Issue (Atmospheric Environment) (2004 Conference) (Published May 2006) • Special Issue (Journal of Applied Meteorology) (2005 Conference) (Published 2007) • (Environmental Fluid Mechanics) (2007 conference) • Topic: Physics-Chemistry Interactions in the Atmosphere from the Perspective of Air Quality

9. The CMAS Community • 2000 registered users from 90 countries • Users requested about 5,000 model downloads so far in 2008 • CMAS listserv includes more than 1,000 members • Family of models and tools: CMAQ, SMOKE, MCIP, I/O API, PAVE, VERDI, BenMAP, AMET and Spatial Allocator

10. The World of CMAS

11. This Conference • 135 Papers (Oral and Poster Presentations) • 235 Participants • Three Training Sessions (SMOKE, BenMAP and CMAQ) • CMAQ Developers Meeting (Monday, October 6 (This Evening)) • EAC meeting

12. CMAS Team

13. Thank You • Your Participation and Support • Session Chairs for Time and Reviews • CMAS External Advisory Committee (EAC) • U.S. EPA (Bill Benjey, Project Officer) • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • CMAS Conference Preparation Committee: Brian Naess, Myra Burke, Susan Fratazzi, Jeanne Eichinger, Dawn Buday)