J2.1
Improving Operational Aerosol Forecasting through Assimilation of Satellite-based Observations andAdvances in Numerical Model Components: Status and Progress
John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC, Raleigh, NC; and R. Husar, C. Hsu, C. Coats, M. J. Jeong, J. Warner, and S. Datta
Baron Advanced Meterological Systems is the leading provider
of operational air quality forecasts including both ozone and
particulates across the entire continental US at a variety of
scales. Recently, BAMS was awarded a NASA cooperative agreement
to infuse its existing operational decision support systems
with advanced, remotely-sensed measurements of aerosols and other
atmospheric trace gas constituents from the MODIS and AURA platforms,
as well as to concurrently improve a variety of modeling system
components including the land-surface, emissions, meteorological,
and photochemical modeling sub-systems, including clouds and
relative humidity. In this talk, PI McHenry will provide an
overview of the project, the status of progress, and near-term
plans.
Recorded presentationJoint Session 2, Measurements and Modeling of Aerosols and Clouds-II
Tuesday, 22 January 2008, 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, 220
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