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Our meeting took place July 10–12, 2019, in Pasadena, California, at the Hilton Pasadena, where our local HAQAST member, Jessica Neu of JPL, welcomed us. This workshop aimed to bring HAQAST PIs and stakeholders/members of the public into close discussion. We gratefully acknowledge Ramboll‘s support for sponsoring our Wednesday-night poster reception.
HAQAST6 Agenda
Click here to download the complete agenda for HAQAST6. See below for an online version of the agenda, plus links to presentation slides, presentation videos, posters, and workshop materials.
Day 1 Presentations: July 10, 2019
Meeting Kick-Off
8:30 – 9:00 Pick up name tags outside conference room at hotel
9:00 10 minutes: Duane Waliser, JPL Chief Scientist, Welcome Remarks
9:10 15 minutes: John Haynes, NASA Health and Air Quality Program Manager, Update from NASA HQ, Presentation Video
9:25 10 minutes: Tracey Holloway, UW-Madison, HAQAST Team Update and Meeting Goals, Presentation Video
9:35 10 minutes: Meeting Overview + Q&A
1. Linking NASA Data and User Applications
Chair: Minghui Diao
9:45 15 minutes: Dan Goldberg, Argonne National Laboratory & George Washington University, Policy-relevant applications of satellite data: Estimating air pollution emissions, exposures, and public health impacts in cities worldwide, Presentation Video
10:00 5 minutes: Reed Van Beveren and Anne Hobson, GAO U.S. Government Accountability Office Interest in Satellites and Air Quality, Presentation Video
10:05 5 minutes: Kyunghwa Lee, National Institute of Environmental Research, Republic of Korea, Overview and Status of Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS)
10:10 5 minutes: Meenakshi Rao, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Data to decisions: Opportunities & challenges in incorporating satellite data at OR DEQ, Presentation Video
10:15 15 minutes: Q&A with speakers
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break & Networking
2. Satellite Data for Air Quality Management
Chair: Bryan Duncan
11:00 15 minutes: Joseph L. Wilkins, US EPA, Exploring the Vertical Distribution of Wildland Fire Smoke in CMAQ
11:15 5 minutes: Aaron Naeger, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Development of TEMPO Data at NASA SPoRT for Air Quality and Public Health Applications, Presentation Video
11:20 5 minutes: Michael Geigert, CT DEEP, Exceptional events analysis at the state management level, Presentation Video
11:25 5 minutes: Tsengel Nergui, LADCO, Exceptional Event Analysis and WRF Modeling for Regulatory Applications in the Midwest, Presentation Video
11:30 15 minutes: Q&A with speakers
11:45-1:30 Break for Lunch and Informal Discussion (on your own)
Downtown Pasadena has dozens of options for food and drink: click here to explore
3. Background Ozone for the Western US
Chair: Arlene Fiore
1:30 15 minutes: Jessica Neu, JPL, Updates on Background Ozone in the Western US
1:45 5 minutes: Ted Russell, Georgia Tech, Estimating Background Ozone Using Model-Observation Blending
1:50 5 minutes: Tom Moore, WESTAR-WRAP, and Eladio Knipping, Electric Power Research Institute, US Regional Haze Studies: EPRI’s Project on International Contributions to Regional Haze & WESTAR-WRAP Regional Haze Simulations, Presentation Video
1:55 5 minutes: Sang-Mi Lee, SCAQMD, Background Ozone Issues for Southern California, Presentation Video
2:00 15 minutes: Q&A with speakers
4. Impact of California Wildfires
Chair: Daven Henze
2:15 15 minutes: Susan O’Neill, USDA Forest Service, Air Quality and Health Burden of 2017 Northern California Wildfires: Tiger Team Update, Presentation Video
2:30 5 minutes: Minghui Diao, San Jose State University, Applications of satellite-derived PM2.5 in health studies for California wildfires, Presentation Video
2:35 5 minutes: Sean Raffuse, UC Davis, Improving Smoke Modeling for Exposure Assessment Using New Satellite Products, Presentation Video
2:40 5 minutes: Keita Ebisu, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Associations Between Wildfire Events and Health, Presentation Video
2:45 15 minute Q&A with speakers
3:00-3:30 Coffee Break & Networking
5. Satellite Data as a Global Air Quality Indicator
Chair: Ceclia Bitz
3:30 15 minutes: Kevin Cromar and Bryan Duncan, New York University/NASA, Enabling global cities to benefit from air pollution forecasting and risk communication, Presentation Video
3:45 5 minutes: Ashlinn Quinn, NIH/Fogarty International Center, Contribution of household biomass burning to ambient air pollution in low- and middle-income countries: knowns and unknowns, Presentation Video
3:50 5 minutes: Emma Knowland, USRA/GESTAR NASA/GMAO, Air Pollution Forecasts using the NASA GEOS Model: A Unified Tool from Local to Global Scales, Presentation Video
3:55 15 minute Q&A with speakers
6. Accessing Satellite Data for Health Management
Chair: Yang Liu
4:10 5 minutes: Mike He, Columbia University, Fine particulate matter and respiratory admissions: an assessment of short-term exposure model choice sensitivity for health studies, Presentation Video
4:15 5 minutes: David Diner, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MAIA status update, Presentation Video
4:20 5 minutes: Abbey Nastan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, The MAIA Early Adopters Program, Presentation Video
4:25 5 minutes: Amy Wickham, UNICEF, Better Data for Clean Air, Presentation Video
4:30 5 minutes: Yufei Zou, University of Washington, Machine Learning-Based Integration of High-Resolution Wildfire Smoke Simulations and Observations for Regional Health Impact Assessment
4:35 15 minute Q&A with speakers
Day 1 Poster Session: July 10, 2019
Thanks to Ramboll for generously sponsoring our poster session
Amy Wickham, Better Data for Clean Air
Arash Mohegh, Long term trends of global burden of NO2 on pediatric asthma incidents
Christopher Beale, Satellite observations of ammonia over India for improved emission source estimates
Cynthia Hall, Where in the world is the data? Exploring data pathfinders in Earthdata
Helena Chapman, Using Satellite Data for Applications in Public Health Practice
Ira Leifer, Fusion of In situ and remote sensing trace gas observations to estimate potential exposure
Kristy Weber and Bart Curbich, Ozone Issues In Urban And Rural Areas Of Utah
Marissa DeLang and Jacob Becker, Mapping Global Surface Ozone Concentrations through the Statistical Fusion of Observations and Models using Bayesian Maximum Entropy
Patrick Kinney, Field testing a passive sampler for low-cost, long-term PM2.5 monitoring
Rui Wang, Satellite ammonia observations to bridge the gap of the ammonia monitoring network
Ryan Stauffer, Trace Gas Measurements during the May 2019 SCOAPE Gulf of Mexico Cruise
Sean Raffuse, Modeling Wildfire Emissions at High Time Resolution Using GOES-16
Soledad Represa, Application of satellite images for the long-term study of air quality in the metropolitan area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Stephanie Cleland, Mapping the Air Quality & Health Impacts of the 2017 California Wildfires
Sunni Ivey, Satellite-Enhanced Personal Exposure Assessment in the Inland Empire
Susan Meabh Kelly, Global Challenge, Global Collaboration: International Secondary Students Collaboratively Explore Air Quality Issues in Historical Context
Xiaomeng Jin, Long-term changes of ground-level ozone chemistry over the U.S. urban areas: the view from space
Yufei Zou, Fire Smoke Exposure and Health Impact Assessment of the 2018 Large Wildfires in California
Day 2 Presentations: July 11, 2019
7. Building Capacity for Satellite Data in Air Quality and Health
Chair: Jessica Neu
9:00 15 minutes: Jason West, University of North Carolina, Connecting air quality with health and management: Progress from the UNC HAQAST Team, Presentation Video
9:15 5 minutes: Jeff Wagner, California Department of Public Health, Community scale monitoring for varying PM size distributions and sources
9:20 5 minutes: Gary Kleiman, Orbis Air, Perspectives and Opportunities to Improve Remote Sensing Services for Global Air Quality
9:25 5 minutes: Emán Williams, Louisiana Department of Health, Asthma, Air Quality and Environmental Public Health Tracking, Presentation Video
9:30 15 minute Q&A with speakers
8. Addressing State Air Management Needs
Chair: Tom Moore
9:45 15 minutes: Dan Welsh, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Use of Satellite Data/Imagery for Air Quality Forecasting in Colorado, Presentation Video
10:00 15 minutes: Arlene Fiore, Lamont-Doherty, Updates on Regional Haze Tiger Team, Presentation Video
10:15 15 minute Q&A with speakers
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break & Networking
9. Connecting Satellite Data with Ground Monitors
Chair: Susan O’Neill
11:00 15 minutes: Talat Odman, Georgia Tech, Application of Low-cost PM Sensors to Prescribed Fire, Air Quality and Health Management, Presentation Video
11:15 5 minutes: Patrick C. Campbell, University of Maryland, ARL/NOAA Affiliate, Updates of Satellite Applications in NOAA Air Quality Forecasting, Presentation Video
11:20 5 minutes: Ira Leifer, Bubbleology Research Intnl, Fusion of in-situ and remote sensing trace gas observations to estimate potential exposure
11:25 15 minute Q&A with speakers
11:40 – 1:30 Break for Lunch and Informal Discussion (on your own)
Downtown Pasadena has dozens of options for food and drink: click here to explore
10. Monitors and Satellites
Chair: Ted Russell
1:30 15 minutes: Frank Freedman, San Jose State University, A Real-Time System for Fusing Regional and Dispersion Model PM2.5 Fields, Presentation Video
1:45 5 minutes: Patrick Kinney, Boston University, Field testing a low-cost passive aerosol sampler for long-term measurement of ambient PM2.5 concentration and composition: results from the HAQAST Hi-Res Tiger Team, Presentation Video
1:50 5 minutes: Vlad Isakov, U.S. EPA, Using Big Data to Characterize Urban-scale Air Quality
1:55 15 minute Q&A with speakers
11. Reaching New Communities with NASA Data
Chair: Jason West
2:10 15 minutes: Daven Henze, University of Colorado-Boulder, Top-down constraints on emissions of NO2, SO2 and NH3, Presentation Video
2:25 5 minutes: Cherise Udell, Utah Moms for Clean Air, How Scientific Data Has Our Backs on Grassroots Frontlines: A Case Study from Utah
2:30 5 minutes: Cynthia Hall, Earth Science Data Systems Comm/SSAI, Where in the world is the data? Exploring data pathfinders at Earthdata.nasa.gov
2:35 5 minutes: Seung-Yeon Kim, National Institute of Environmental Research (Republic of Korea), Spatio-Temporal distribution and long-term trend of ozone sensitivity over South Korea inferred from OMI data
2:40 15 minute Q&A with speakers
2:55-3:15 Coffee Break & Networking
12. Biogenic Sources and Impacts
Chair: Dan Goldberg
3:15 15 minutes: Mark Zondlo, Princeton, Updates on Satellites for Air Quality Management
3:30 5 minutes: Cecilia Bitz, University of Washington, Weather, climate, pollen, and health: Updated findings, new directions, and next steps
3:35 5 minutes: Yaoxian Huang, Wayne State University, Impacts of Global Solid Fuel Cookstove Emissions on Air Quality and Human Health
3:40 5 minutes: Jennifer Stowell, Emory University, High Performance PM2.5 Exposure Models in Southern California
3:45 15 minutes Q&A with speakers
13. Next Phase Opportunities for Air Quality, Health & NASA
Chair: Mark Zondlo
4:00 15 minutes: Yang Liu, Emory University, Contribution of Low-Cost Sensor Measurements to the Prediction of PM2.5 Levels
4:15 5 minutes: Seth Contreras, World Resources Institute, Building science-society bridges in data-scarce regions.
4:20 5 minutes: Laura Harmacek, National Jewish Health, Ambient air pollution exposures are correlated with DNA modifications in exacerbation prone pediatric asthma, Presentation Video
4:25 5 minutes: Tracey Holloway, Univ. of Wisconsin—Madison, Engaging the Community to Identify Next-Phase Opportunities, Presentation Video
4:30 15 minute Q&A with speakers
Day 3 Workshops: July 12, 2019
Session 1: 9:00 – 10:30
Workshop 1.1 – Monterey Room
Satellite Data for Air Management: State, Local, and Tribal Air Quality Needs
Mary Uhl, executive director of the Western States Air Resources Council (WESTAR), will convene a town-hall to discuss the needs of the local, state, regional, and tribal communities, and develop recommendations for next phase initiatives. This is your chance to think big about the role of EPA, NASA, and other organizations in supporting broader utilization of satellite data.
Workshop 1.2 – San Marino Room
Visualizing Satellite Data: How to Use NASA’s Giovanni Data Visualizer
Bring your laptop and come learn how to make your own plots with HAQAST researcher Xiaomeng Jin (Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Laboratory). The workshop will focus on NASA Giovanni, a flexible and powerful way to plot and analyze data from multiple platforms. View workshop slides and mini project.
Workshop 1.3 – San Diego Room
Communicating your Science for Maximum Impact
In this hands-on workshop, Aries Keck (NASA Office of Communications) will discuss how best to tailor your visuals and overall narrative for maximum effect for a variety of audiences. Come with a project or examples! View workshop slides.
Session 2: 10:30 – 12:00
Workshop 2.1 – Monterey Room
How to Use NASA Data for Exceptional Event Analysis
Join Michael Geigert, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, (CTDEEP) for a discussion of and demonstration how a variety of NASA data products can be used in exceptional event analysis. Air quality users will learn about upcoming satellite instruments that further support air management from Mike Newchurch (UAH/NASA ASP), Bryan Duncan (NASA-Goddard), and Ali Omar (NASA). View workshop slides from Michael Geigert, Mike Newchurch, and Bryan Duncan & Ali Omar. Read the workshop notes.
Workshop 2.2 – San Marino Room
Satellites and Health Assessments: Best Practices and Future Opportunities
Join HAQAST PI Jason West (UNC Chapel Hill) to learn how to incorporate satellite data into health assessments. Health applications will take a major leap forward with the upcoming launch of MAIA, as discussed by Abbey Nastan (NASA JPL). View workshop slides from Jason West and Abby Nastan.
Workshop 2.3 – San Diego Room
Looking Back to Move Ahead: A Roundtable Discussion on HAQAST and Ideas for the Future
Join HAQAST Team Lead Tracey Holloway (University of Wisconsin—Madison) for a discussion on the last three years of HAQAST and where applied research initiatives could make an impact in the future.
Meeting Adjourns at Noon
[HAQAST Member Meeting Immediately Follows, 12:00 – 2:00PM]