Cyberinfrastructure for Air Quality Management ( CyAir )

1. Cyberinfrastructure for Air Quality Management (CyAir) Terry Keating Tim Dye1, Steve Ludewig1, Stefan Falke2, Glynis Lough3, Uma Shankar4, Shawn McClure5 1Sonoma Technology, Inc., 2Northrop Grumman, 3Battelle Memorial Institute, 4University of North Carolina, 5Colorado State University Satellite Observations for Air Quality Management January 11, 2012 University of Maryland, Baltimore County xxxxxx--xxxx

2. CyAir Overview • Focus Areas • AQ Forecasting and Public Information • AQ Trends and Events Analysis • AQ Model Evaluation • Emissions Inventory Development and Evaluation Initial CyAirEfforts • Recommendations • Received input from community • Indentified gaps in infrastructure based on envisioned layout and guiding principles • Generated recommendations • Best Practices • Creating initial draft of best practices Cyberinfrastructure for Air Quality Management Contribute to the planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of systems to help the air quality community better utilize air quality information. www.cyair.net

3. CyAirAssessment – Community Input Data Providers Data Users Other Efforts

4. www.cyair.net/recommendations CyAir Recommendations

5. Best Practices • Introduction and Background to Cyberinfrastructure & Interoperability • Naming Conventions • Data Format Standards • Metadata Standards • Web Services • Data Publication and Discovery • Authentication and Security In the process of drafting an initial set of best practices to capture and consolidate the state of the art within the air quality community in the following areas: The best practices are evolving and this initial draft represents a snap-shot in time that will need to be updated by the community on a continuous basis.