Center for Community Modeling and Analysis System CMAS

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Center forCommunity Modeling and Analysis
System (CMAS)

• Adel Hanna
• Director, CMAS
• October 6, 2008
• 7th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC

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Special Welcome to International Peers

• Participation and Presentations from 9 Countries
• Canada Czech Republic
• China Mexico
• Brazil Russia
• South Korea USA
• Germany

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CMAS Seven Years of Success

• The CMAS Center was established in 2001 as a
  mechanism for transferring state-of-the-science
  air quality modeling to the community

• Serves as a bridge between various segments of
  the air quality modeling community
• Fosters the growth of the developer and user
  communities
• Serves as a clearinghouse of information
• Is a hub for education and training about
  modeling

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Modeling System Releases

• SMOKE (http//www.smoke-model.org)
• version 2.4 (March, 2008)
• air toxics, EDMS (FAA) interface, BEIS3.13
• version 2.5 (October, 2008)
• BEIS 3.14
• CMAQ (http//www.cmaq-model.org)
• version 4.6 (October, 2007)
• air toxics, CB-05, aerosol chemistry updates,
  carbon and sulfate tracking
• CMAQ (http//www.cmaq-model.org)
• version 4.7 (October, 2008)
• SOA model enhancements, Coarse PM, Chemistry
  (in-line photolysis), Aqueous Chemistry, Dry
  Deposition, Emissions, Direct Decoupled Method
  (DDM)

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Modeling System Releases

• MCIP (http//www.cmaq-model.org)
• version 3.4 (October, 2008)
• UAH satellite processing, Urban Canopy for WRF,
  33-category USGS land use (if used in WRF)
• Visualization Environment for Rich Data
  Interpretation (http//www.verdi-tool.org)
• (VERDI 1.02 and 1.03)
• New Fast Tile Plot
• Atmospheric Model Evaluation Tool (AMET 1.1)
• The Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis
  Program (BenMAP 3.0)

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CMAS Model Research (Collaboration with EPA/NERL
EPA/OAQPS)

• Coupled WRF/CMAQ
• Aerosol Feedbacks from the CMAQ Model to the
  Radiation Model in the WRF Model
• High time resolution data exchange
• Hemispheric (WRF/CMAQ)
• Consistent chemistry and meteorology at all
  scales
• Variable Grid CMAQ
• Computationally efficient, avoids nesting
• New techniques for assimilating satellite-derived
  surface temperature in PX LSM within WRF
• Satellite-derived surface solar insolation and
  albedo
• WRF-Var 3D/4D variational data assimilation
  system
• Optimum interpolation of observation int first
  guess

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Training

• New this year BenMAP and WRF (for air quality)
• Four training sessions per year (Chapel Hill) in
  addition to users locations
• CMAQ
• SMOKE
• BenMAP
• Onsite CMAS training (2008)
• Mexico City (SMOKE)
• Jackson State University (SMOKE, CMAQ, WRF)
• EPA-RTP (BenMAP)

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Journal Publications

• Special Issue (Atmospheric Environment) (2004
  Conference) (Published May 2006)
• Special Issue (Journal of Applied Meteorology)
  (2005 Conference) (Published 2007)
• (Environmental Fluid Mechanics) (2007 conference)
• Topic Physics-Chemistry Interactions in the
  Atmosphere from the Perspective of Air Quality

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The CMAS Community

• 2000 registered users from 90 countries
• Users requested about 5,000 model downloads so
  far in 2008
• CMAS listserv includes more than 1,000 members
• Family of models and tools CMAQ, SMOKE, MCIP,
  I/O API, PAVE, VERDI, BenMAP, AMET and Spatial
  Allocator

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The World of CMAS
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This Conference

• 135 Papers (Oral and Poster Presentations)
• 235 Participants
• Three Training Sessions (SMOKE, BenMAP and CMAQ)
• CMAQ Developers Meeting (Monday, October 6 (This
  Evening))
• EAC meeting

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CMAS Team
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Thank You

• Your Participation and Support
• Session Chairs for Time and Reviews
• CMAS External Advisory Committee (EAC)
• U.S. EPA (Bill Benjey, Project Officer)
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• CMAS Conference Preparation Committee Brian
  Naess, Myra Burke, Susan Fratazzi, Jeanne
  Eichinger, Dawn Buday)