Workshop on Measurement-Model Fusion for Global Total Atmospheric Deposition
Workshop on Measurement-Model Fusion for Global Total Atmospheric Deposition
28 February to 2 March, 2017
WMO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland
Workshop Objective
Workshop participants gathered to review the state-of-the-science and establish a GAW project on Measurement-Model Fusion for Global Total Atmospheric Deposition for the purpose of generating global maps of total atmospheric deposition and ambient gases and aerosol.
Workshop Report
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Agenda and Presentations
| Tuesday, Feburary 28 | DAY 1 | |
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Arrival | All |
| 8:30 - 8:40 | Welcome and Opening | Oksana Tarasova, WMO / Ariel Stein, NOAA |
| 8:40 - 9:00 | Workshop Context, Objectives, Expected Outcomes and Introductions | Robert Vet, ECCC / Silvina Carou, WMO |
| Session 1. Keynote Talks: Science and Policy Drivers for Global Measurement -Model Fusion Maps of Atmospheric Concentrations and Deposition | Chair / Rapporteur: Kobus Pienaar and Silvina Carou | |
| 9:00 - 9:20 | Keynote Address 1. Hitting the target: Improving Deposition Estimates for Assessment of Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for Policy Needs | Kevin Hicks, UY |
| 9:20 - 9:40 | Keynote Address 2. The International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) and International Nitrogen Management System (INMS): Links to Atmospheric Composition and Total Atmospheric Deposition | Rognvald Smith, CEH (for Mark Sutton, CEH) |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | Keynote Address 3. Science and Policy Needs from the Human Health Perspective | Sophie Gumy, WHO |
| 10:00 - 10:25 | Break | |
| Session 2. Current Projects on Measurement-Model Fusion for Total Atmospheric Deposition and Ambient Concentrations of Gases and Aerosol Species | Chair / Rapporteur: Amanda Cole and David Gay | |
| 10:25 - 10:45 | The United States Total DEPosition (TDEP) Project for Sulfur and Nitrogen | Donna Schwede, USEPA |
| 10:45 - 11:05 | Annual Swedish Deposition Mapping with the MATCH Sweden System | Camilla Andersson, SMHI |
| 11:05 - 11:25 | The Canadian ADAGIO Project for Mapping Total Atmospheric Deposition | Amanda Cole, ECCC |
| 11:25 - 11:40 | Total Deposition Approaches in the United Kingdom | Rognvald Smith, CEH |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Objective Analysis Techniques for Multi-Pollutant Surface Concentration and Deposition Maps | Alain Robichaud, ECCC |
| 12:00 - 13:20 | Lunch | |
| 13:20 - 13:40 | Satellite Measurement-Model Fusion for Global Deposition and Health Assessments | Jeffrey Geddes, BU |
| 13:40 - 14:00 | Chemical Data Assimilation: Lessons Applicable to Retrospective Measurement-Model Fusion | Gregory Carmichael, UI |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Session 2 Panel Discussion: MMF Methods, Issues and Uncertainties | Chair, Rapporteur, Speakers |
| Session 3. Surface- and Satellite-Based Measurements for Use in MMF-TAD | Chair / Rapporteur: Van Bowersox and Jeffrey Geddes | |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | Ground-Level Mesurements of Relevant Reactive Gases in GAW, Regional and National Networks (GAW Scientific Advisory Group for Reactive Gases) | Kjetil Tørseth, NILU |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | Ground-Level Mesurements of Relevant Aerosol Chemical Species in GAW, Regional and National Networks (GAW Scientific Advisory Group for Aerosols) | Paolo Laj, UGA |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Satellite measurements of aerosols and related gases and applications for aerosol deposition | Mian Chin, NASA |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Recent Workshop Results Related to Satellite-Model Fusion | Lisa Emberson, UY |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Global and Regional-Scale Measurements of Precipitation Chemistry and Wet Deposition (GAW Scientific Advisory Group for Total Atmospheric Deposition) | Ariel Stein, NOAA |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Data Availability through the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) suitable for wet deposition assessment | Andreas Becker, DWD |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Observation- and Model-Based Estimates of Atmospheric Input to the Oceans (GESAMP) | Timothy Jickells, UEA |
| 17:20 - 17:25 | Close | Silvina Carou, WMO |
| Wednesday, March 1 | DAY 2 | |
| 8:45 - 9:30 | Session 3 Panel Discussion: Measurement Methods, Issues and Uncertainties | Chair, Rapporteur, Speakers |
| Session 4. Chemical Transport and Deposition Modeling for Application to MMF-TAD: Global, Hemispheric and Regional Modeling, Evaluation and Comparability | Chair / Rapporteur: Ariel Stein and Hilde Fagerli | |
| 9:30 - 9:50 | An Overview of Global/Hemispheric Chemical Transport Models, Model Comparison Studies and Model-Evaluation Studies for Use in Global MMF-TAD | Frank Dentener, IJC |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | Global Modeling Activities of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service | Johannes Flemming, ECMWF |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | Break | |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | The Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII) | Christian Hogrefe, USEPA |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling for Regional and Hemispheric Scales | Donna Schwede, USEPA |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Regional Modeling for Europe | David Simpson and Hilde Fagerli, MET Norway |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Regional Modeling and Model Evaluation for Asia | Syuichi Itahashi, CRIEPI |
| 12:00 - 13:20 | Lunch | |
| 13:20 - 14:00 | Session 4 Panel Discussion: Modeling requirements, Problems and Issues Related to MMF-TAD | Chair, Rapporteur, Speakers |
| Session 5. Plenary on Measurement-Model Fusion: Approaches, Objective Analysis Methods, Mapping and Management | Chair / Rapporteur: Gregory Carmichael and Richard Artz | |
| 14:00 - 15:20 | Plenary Discussion and Assignment of Breakout Groups | |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | Break | |
| Session 5A. Simultaneous Breakout Group Sessions on Measurement-Model Fusion: Approaches, Objective Analysis Methods, Mapping and Management | ||
| 15:40 - 17:00 | Breakout Group 1: Ground-Based and Satellite Measurements | Lead / Rapporteurs: Wenche Aas, John Walker, Amanda Cole |
| Breakout Group 2: Modeling | Lead / Rapporteurs: Frank Dentener, Fiona O'Connor, Christian Hogrefe | |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Combined Plenary. End-of-Day Issues: Chairs to raise questions and ideas relevant to next day's discussions | |
| 17:15 - 17:20 | Close | |
| Thursday, March 2 | DAY 3 | |
| Session 5B. Continuation of Simultaneous Breakout Group Session Discussions | ||
| 8:45 - 10:00 | Breakout Group 1: Ground-Based and Satellite Measurements | Lead / Rapporteurs: Wenche Aas, John Walker, Amanda Cole |
| Breakout Group 2: Modeling | Lead / Rapporteurs: Frank Dentener, Fiona O'Connor, Christian Hogrefe | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Breakout Group 1 (Continued): Ground-Based and Satellite Measurements | Lead / Rapporteurs: Wenche Aas, John Walker, Amanda Cole |
| Breakout Group 2 (Continued): Modeling | Lead / Rapporteurs: Frank Dentener, Fiona O'Connor, Christian Hogrefe | |
| Session 6. Final Combined Plenary: Recommendations and the Path Forward | Chair / Rapporteur: Robert Vet and Silvina Carou | |
| 11:00 | Introduction | Robert Vet |
| 11:05 - 11:35 | Report of Breakout Group 1 (Measurements) and Discussion | Wenche Aas / John Walker / Amanda Cole |
| 11:35 - 12:05 | Report of Breakout Group 2 (Modeling) and Discussion | Frank Dentener / Fiona O'Connor / Christian Hogrefe |
| 12:05 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 15:30 | Combined Discussion | All |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break | |
| Session 7. Final Comments and Close | Rapporteur: Silvina Carou | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Summary, Conclusions, Workshop Report | Robert Vet |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Close | Ariel Stein, NOAA |
Diagram from Vet et al., Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 93, 1-116, August, 2014