Instead of an in-person meeting for winter 2019–2020, HAQAST hosted a series of webinars that started in February of 2020. HAQAST members and contributors led informational talks on using NASA tools, assessing the health burden of PM2.5, the future of HAQAST, plus a special session co-hosted with the American Lung Association. Jump to the schedule to view presentation slides and videos or the FAQ for more information.
Schedule
Click on the linked title of each presentation to view the presenter’s slide deck. Links to the webinar videos on YouTube are linked next to each presenters name. Click here to view a playlist of all presentation videos.
2/18 Tuesday
| Noon EST — John Haynes, NASA Applied Sciences Program Manager — Watch Video |
| HAQAST and Beyond: The View from NASA Headquarters — Join HAQAST’s Program Manager, John Haynes of NASA, as he reflects on HAQAST’s major milestones as well as NASA’s current and upcoming missions related to Health and Air Quality. Haynes will also discuss the current ROSES-20 solicitation for the next round of HAQAST funding. |
| 4 pm EST — Tracey Holloway, HAQAST Team Lead, University of Wisconsin–Madison — Watch Video |
| HAQAST Highlights: What Works and What Doesn’t in Linking NASA Data with the Health and Air Quality Communities — Since HAQAST is an applied science team, we have placed a heavy emphasis on outreach to and collaboration with public stakeholders. Join Team Lead Tracey Holloway as she distills the many insights gained from the past four years of HAQAST’s active engagement with air quality and public health professionals. |
2/20 Thursday
| Noon EST — Bryan Duncan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center — Watch Video |
| Upgrading the Toolbox: NASA Resources to Support Air Quality Management — Duncan will give an overview of some of the NASA resources publicly available to AQ managers, including satellite data, ready-made graphics, NASA programs, data processing tools, and models. |
| 4 pm EST — Arlene Fiore and Xiaomeng Jin, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University — Watch Video |
| Visualizing Air Quality: How to Use NASA’s Giovanni to Plot Satellite Tropospheric NO2 Columns — Join us to learn how to create maps and time series of tropospheric column nitrogen dioxide retrieved from satellite instruments. We will be using NASA’s free online Giovanni web portal. We will also briefly introduce publicly available HAQAST technical guidance documents that involve the application of satellite NO2 data. |
2/24 Monday
| 4 pm EST — A Special Session with HAQAST and the American Lung Association — Watch Video |
| Tracking to Help You Breathe: Data and Best Practices for Tracing the Health Impacts of Smoke for the Public Health Community —Join HAQAST and American Lung Association for a session tailored specifically for the public health community as we discuss what satellite products can and can’t provide for your health-impact assessments. We’ll focus our efforts on data, resources, and best practices for tracking the health impacts of wildfire smoke. This session is co-sponsored by the American Lung Association. |
2/25 Tuesday
| 4 pm EST — Brad Pierce, Space Science and Engineering Center — Watch Video |
| The Brightest Idea: New Capabilities for Infusing Satellite Data into Environmental Applications–International (IDEA-I) — This HAQAST2020 webinar will provide an overview of new capabilities that have been developed within Infusing satellite Data into Environmental Applications – International (IDEA-I). These new capabilities include using Suomi NPP and JPSS satellite measurements for: 1) Trajectory forecasts initialized with the NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System (NUCAPS) carbon monoxide retrievals to predict continental scale pollution transport. 2) Trajectory forecasts initialized with the SSEC Dual-Regression infrared sounder retrieval algorithm ozone and water vapor retrievals to predict stratospheric intrusions. 3) High-resolution trajectory forecasts using the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Enterprise Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) retrievals to predict regional impacts of wild-fire smoke. The case studies for this workshop will focus on using IDEA-I during the recent NASA/NOAA FIREX-AQ field campaign. |
2/27 Thursday
| Noon EST — Mark Zondlo, Princeton University — Watch Video |
| How to Navigate Satellite Ammonia Measurements: Best Practices and Considerations — Over the past decade, satellite measurements of ammonia have become a widespread and routine data product. This talk will give an overview of data availability and characteristics, the differences between the various measurements, and their strengths and limitations. Finally, the talk will demonstrate ways in which satellite ammonia measurements can be used to help air quality managers and other stakeholders. |
| 4 pm EST — Daniel Tong, George Mason University — Watch Video |
| Every Breath You Take: Satellite-Aided Analysis of Dust Events — We will discuss the trend of dust storms and their impacts on air quality, human health, and transportation safety. Recent advances in observing and modeling dust storms will be covered as well as a tutorial on how to use satellite and ground data to identify dust events and analyze their contributions to regional haze and NAAQS exceedances. |
3/3 Tuesday
| Noon EST — Susan Anenberg and Dan Goldberg, George Washington University; Michael Brauer, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation — Watch Video |
| Taking a Wider View of NO2 Pollution: Estimating NO2’s Health Impacts from Local to Global Scales — Current studies assessing the global burden of disease from air pollution include only premature mortality from PM2.5 and ozone. Several recent meta-analyses of epidemiological studies around the world show that traffic-related NO2 pollution is associated with pediatric asthma incidence. We will present approaches for estimating NO2 exposure in cities worldwide using satellite remote sensing, as well as recent and ongoing research estimating the global burden of NO2 pollution on pediatric asthma incidence. |
3/5 Thursday
| Noon EST — Jason West, University of North Carolina — Watch Video |
| Pollutant Concentration Mapping to Support Health Impact Assessment: Global Ozone Concentrations, and PM from California Wildfires — In this webinar, Jason West and colleagues from UNC Chapel Hill will discuss data fusion for air quality and health. We will discuss methods of combining ground measurements, satellite observations, and computer models to best construct maps of air pollutant concentrations. We will also present two applications of this data fusion: one for the global mapping of ozone for the Global Burden of Disease Assessment, and the second, a mapping of PM2.5 from the October 2017 California wildfires. |
| 4 pm EST — Daven Henze, University of Colorado at Boulder — Watch Video |
| Tracking PM2.5: How Models and Remote Sensing can be Used to Estimate Global Health Impacts of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) — Satellite-observations provide a means of measuring atmospheric composition with global spatial coverage vastly greater than current air pollution monitoring networks. Atmospheric models can be used to interpret these remote-sensing observations, along with other measurements and geophysical proxies, to estimate surface-level ambient fine particulate matter concentrations (PM2.5). This talk will review how the science of developing these estimates has evolved as well as current applications of these techniques to investigate the global health burden associated with exposure to PM2.5. |
3/10 Tuesday
| Noon EST — Minghui Diao, San Jose State University — Watch Video |
| The Air in Your Community: Estimating Surface PM2.5 in California with a Fusion of Monitor Data, Satellite Observations, and Downscale Modeling — Join Minghui Diao for this webinar introducing the process for estimating community-level PM2.5. Diao will introduce the four main methods of generating publicly available PM2.5 data, the methods her team uses for fusing ground monitors data, satellite data, and downscale model simulations, and a demonstration of the dispersion model simulation, which is ultimately how to get a community-scale estimate of surface PM2.5. |
| 4 pm EST — Jeremy Hess, University of Washington — Watch Video |
| Sneeze and Wheeze in a Low Earth Orbit: Forecasting Pollen from Space — Pollen allergies impose a substantial disease burden, and the pollen season in the US is lengthening due to climate change. Unfortunately, the pollen sensor network is somewhat sparse—but weather data can be used to estimate pollen concentrations in places without sensors. We have developed new, higher performing pollen forecasts for the US that can help protect public health—from space!—and this webinar will detail these new pollen forecasts. |
3/12 Thursday
| 4 pm EST — Susan O’Neill, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station and Sean Raffuse, University of California Davis — Watch Video |
| Where There’s Smoke: Satellite Data for Smoke and Fire — Join Susan O’Neill for a webinar exploring some of the cutting-edge tools, data sets, and resources that are available for smoke forecasting, data fusion, health impact analysis, and other information for air quality and public health stakeholders interested in tracking or assessing the impact of wildfire smoke. This webinar will use as its case study a retrospective analysis of the Northern California wildfires of 2017 and 2018. |
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Frequently Asked Questions
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How do I register?
- After using the schedule above to decide which webinars you would like to attend, use one of the “click here to register” buttons above, or simply click this link.
- Check the boxes next to each webinar you would like to attend, then click “register” at the bottom.
- Complete the required info (signified with a *), then click “submit.”
- Your registration is now complete! You will receive separate confirmation emails for each webinar (make sure to check your spam/junk folder if they don’t show up).
Does it cost anything to attend HAQAST2020?
No, HAQAST2020 is completely free!
Is there a limit to how many webinars I can attend?
No, you can attend as many or as few as you would like.
I am located outside the US. Can I still attend?
Yes, and we welcome attendees from abroad. Just be aware of the time difference—all webinars will take place at noon and 4 pm EST (GMT -5:00).
Can I change my registration?
Yes, you can register for additional webinars at any point using the same button above, or by clicking here.
Will the webinars be recorded?
Yes, we will be recording the seminar portion, but not the Q&A at the end. Recordings will be linked to the schedule on this web page after HAQAST2020 concludes.
How do I connect to the webinar when it starts?
All HAQAST2020 webinars will take place through WebEx Events.
- An hour before each webinar starts, we will send you an email with the connection link, via messenger@webex.com. Click Join event in that email.
- Please note: Your registration confirmation email also includes this connection link. Both emails include a phone number in case you would like to call in instead.
- Please note: Your registration confirmation email also includes this connection link. Both emails include a phone number in case you would like to call in instead.
- You may be prompted to select your time zone, language, and country. Enter your information and click Save.
- When the page refreshes, enter your name and email, then click Join now.
- The event password should be automatically entered. If not, you can find it in the email.
- The event password should be automatically entered. If not, you can find it in the email.
- If you have never used WebEx on your computer, you may need to install an extension for your browser the first time you connect. Follow the on-screen instructions. The installation takes about a minute.
- Alternatively, you can click here to install the extension now or confirm whether it is already installed.
- After WebEx opens the event window, click Call Using Computer to listen to the presentation through your computer speakers or attached headphones.
- To listen through your telephone instead, click I Will Call In instead and dial the phone number that appears.
- Please note: if you connect before the presentation starts, you may not hear anything.
Please note: To reduce distractions, all audience members will be muted and have their video disabled for the duration of the webinar. Only the presenters’ audio and video will be enabled (attendees can ask questions via the Q&A chat function).
I have more questions? Whom do I contact?
Please email HAQAST Communications Coordinator Daegan Miller (drmiller9@wisc.edu) and Digital Media Specialist Page Bazan (pbazan@wisc.edu) with any further questions.