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Theme: Technical Challenges for Air Quality Modeling in the Pacific Northwest: Exploring Regional Problems with National Implications.
Are current state-of-the-science air quality models adequate to support the policies, regulations and guidelines for the new ozone and PM air quality standards? Air quality modeling for domains in the Pacific Northwest presents a set of technical difficulties that highlight larger issues of national significance. Among these are: predicting a PBL, capturing the effects of complex topography, identifying and understanding localized PM hot spots, dealing with NH3 emissions uncertainties, and forecasting and evaluating air quality in local and regional domains under climate change conditions. During this meeting in Seattle, the Pacific Northwest scientific and policy communities intend to explore and discuss these and other issues, to rank their priority for regional and national modeling efforts, to identify work planned or already underway that addresses these issues, and to chart forward paths on any orphan problems. [ view meeting agenda]
The four meetings will be held at the EPA Region 10 Office. The address is: 1200 Sixth Ave, Seattle, WA. Please see Location and Transportation Information for a location map, transportation options, and a list of nearby hotels and restaurants.