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C ombined A erosol T rajectory T ool CATT. Indicates the origin of air masses for specific aerosol condition MANE-VU & MRPO. F ast A erosol S ensing T ools for N atural E vent T racking FASTNET. Demonstration of tools and procedures for natural event characterization NESCAUM.
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Combined Aerosol Trajectory ToolCATT Indicates the origin of air masses for specific aerosol condition MANE-VU & MRPO Fast Aerosol Sensing Tools for Natural Event Tracking FASTNET Demonstration of tools and procedures for natural event characterization NESCAUM Tools in support of Inter-RPO Data Analysis Workgroup CAPITA, April 2003
Combined Aerosol Trajectory Tool (CATT) Example: Airmass origin for high (2.5*average) nitrate Lo Probability Hi Probability Boundary Waters Doly Sods Lye Brook Smoky Mtn. Triangulation indicates nitrate source in the corn belt
AEROSOL CATT-In CAPITA Aerosol Sensors Aerosol Data Integrated AerData TrajData Cube Aggreg.Aerosol Collection IMP. EPA Trajectory ARL Integration VIEWS Assimilate NWS CATT Weather Data Gridded Meteor. Traject.Data When? Where? Aggreg. Traject. Next Process AerData Cube CATT-In CAPITA Not There! Why? How? TRANSPORT Further Analysis Next Process GIS Grid Processing Emission Comparison There! CATT: A Community Tool! Part of an Analysis Value Chain
Kitty: Transport Pattern Browser for VIEWSDriven by ATAD Winds – Needs better 3D Winds (ETA?) Set Conditions
Plume Simulator (Forward, Backward)Driven by Surface Winds – Needs 3D Winds (ETA?) Set Conditions
Summary Status • FASTNET Data Resources and Tools are Ready for the FASTNETters • First FASTNET Analyses Completed for NE Nitrate and TexMex Dust Events • CATT Transport Analysis Tool is Connected to VIEWS Database • Kitty: Simple Transport Browser for VIEWS is Implemented • Plume Simulator/Browser Implemented To Do • More Current Events, Three Past Event Analysis • Let Kitty go Wild • Cordial Invitation for Joining in on FUN!!!