Descriptive Analysis Database

1
Descriptive Analysis Database

• Archive monitoring network locations, climate,
  emissions, wildfires, census, political,
  physical, and image databases
• Databases will help us build conceptual models
  and answer descriptive analysis questions by
  visualizing data (e.g. map emissions densities)
• Assist us in the general and detailed description
  of the meteorological setting of each site
• Over 120 GB of data archived at DRI

2
Causes of Haze IMPROVE Study Sites
3
Sources of Data

• Air quality networks (data archived from VIEWS)
• IMPROVE and IMPROVE protocol sites
• EPA Speciation Trends sites
• Other networks (no data archived)
• State/local agency SLAMS/NAMS/PAMS sites
• PM10, PM2.5, SO2, O3, CO, NOx, met
• CASTNet
• Special studies (CRPAQS, CCOS, Mohave, Bravo,
  etc.)

4
IMPROVE, IMPROVE protocol and PM2.5 sites
5
Sources of Data

• Existing meteorological data for 60 networks
  (data not archived)
• State/local agency sites
• NWS surface and upper air sites
• RAWS
• NWS Cooperative observers
• Department of Defense
• Climate data (data archived)
• Gridded monthly precipitation for US

6
Meteorological Networks
7
Annual Precipitation around Grand Canyon National
Park
8
Sources of Data

• Emissions (data archived)
• WRAP 1996 point, mobile, area sources
• National Fire data 1970-1999 point locations
• USDA fire locations from MODIS satellite
  2001-2003
• BLM fire locations for Alaska
• Canadian wildfires 1959-1999
• Carnegie Mellon ammonia inventory
• 2000 street, airport and railroad centerlines
• Sources inferred from landuse/landcover data
• Sources inferred from satellite imagery and
  aerial photos

9
WRAP 1996 Point Source Inventory
10
Emissions surrounding Saguaro
Wildfires include those from 1988 to 1999
11
Wildfires surrounding the Gila Wilderness in 2000
12
Sources of Data

• Physical and land cover data (data archived)
• USGS digital elevation data at 10m, 30m, 90m and
  1 km resolutions
• USGS STATSGO soils
• Limited SSURGO soil data
• Census Bureau water bodies, rivers, streams
• Vegetation from various agencies
• Satellite imagery (Landsat 5 imagery circa 1990
  for all of US and recent MODIS for some areas)

13
Landuse surrounding Saguaro circa 1992
14
Visualizing the Tucson urban area
Saguaro East
Tucson
N
Saguaro West
Landsat 5 image circa 1990 draped over 30 meter
DEM
15
Sources of Data

• Political data
• Census Bureau 2000 state, county, urban area, and
  zip codes boundaries
• Census Bureau 2000 census blocks and tract
  boundaries and demographic data
• Land ownership from various state agencies
• State, federal and tribal land boundaries from
  various agencies

16
Site Questionnaire

• Site location and history (most of this is
  available via IMPROVE metadata)
• UTM or lat/long coordinate accuracy of
  coordinate how coordinate was collected
• Elevation of site
• When did the site start or stop?
• Changes in monitor/filter technique
• Is it collocated with a scene camera?
• Site photos
• Site operator(s)
• Distance to other class I areas
• Did the site move over the years?

17
Site Questionnaire

• Physical setting terrain, land use and land
  cover
• Approximate slope surrounding site (percent)
• Aspect surrounding site (0-360 degrees, 0
  facing north, 90 facing east)
• What is the dominant land cover surrounding the
  site?
• What is the dominant land use surrounding the
  site?
• Describe land ownership surrounding the site
• Tallest natural or man-made structures nearest to
  site (note exposure to surrounding terrain)
• Distance to land features such as bodies of water
  (from lakes to oceans), canyons, etc. (note
  elevations)
• Describe surrounding terrain features keeping the
  different landscape scales in mind

18
Site Questionnaire

• Sources (note distances, direction and activity
  levels)
• Roads within 2 km (paved, unpaved, parking lots)
• Structures within 2 km (residences/lodging,
  public and restricted access facilities)
• Towns, cities or settlements
• Industrial source areas and point sources
• Agricultural areas
• Seasonal anthropogenic sources
• Disturbed vacant land
• Distance to natural sources

19
Site Questionnaire

• Meteorology and Climatology
• Surrounding surface meteorological stations name
  of network what parameters are collected?
• Closest air quality station name of network
  what parameters are collected?
• Describe generally how wind flow patterns are
  modified by various land features at difference
  scales
• Describe diurnal differences in wind flows
• Describe seasonal differences in wind flows,
  meteorological events (note fogs, snow, rain)
• Could the site be influenced by inversions?
• Any historical field study data?

20
Draft Descriptive Database
21
Meteorological Networks
Next task Add capability to perform queries to
the database using a search radius
22
Meteorological Conditions
Database contains specific events and affect
extinction
23
Linking conditions
The database can assist in the identification of
meteorological conditions based on a physical
attribute
24
Draft Causes of Haze Website

• Modeled after
• VIEWS website
• Developed
• and managed
• at DRI
• Possible URL
• http//coha.dri.edu

25
(No Transcript)
26
(No Transcript)
27
(No Transcript)
28
(No Transcript)
29
Test sites

• Hawaii (Volcanic NP)
• Denali NP
• San Gorgonio WA
• Upper Buffalo WA
• Saguaro NP (both sites)

• Big Bend NP
• Mount Ranier NP
• Grand Canyon (all sites)
• Boundary Waters WA

30
Next Steps

• Populate descriptive analysis database from
  existing data sources
• Populate web site with test site
• Publish draft web site on DRI web server
• Incorporate new databases as they are made
  available (e.g. WRAP In/Near Emissions)