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TEXAQS II Air Quality Manuscript Published: A manuscript
entitled “An observational and modeling strategy to investigate the
impact of remote sources on local air quality: A Houston, Texas, case
study from the Second Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS II)” by W. W.
McMillan, R. B. Pierce, L. C. Sparling, G. Osterman, K. McCann, M. L.
Fischer, B. Rappengluck, R. Newsom, D. Turner, C. Kittaka, K. Evans, S.
Biraud, B. Lefer, A. Andrews, and S. Oltmans was published in the
Journal of Geophysical Research (doi:10.1029/2009JD011973, 2010). The
manuscript addresses one of the key goals of the 2006 Texas Air Quality
Study by documenting the contribution of distant pollution sources to
poor air quality in the greater Houston region. The study illustrates
how carbon monoxide (CO) retrievals from the Advanced InfraRed Sounder
(AIRS) and aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrievals from the Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) can be combined with
chemical and aerosol analyses from the Real-time Air Quality Modeling
System (RAQMS), wildfire trajectories, and surface measurements to
understand the influence of long-range pollution transport on Houston
air quality. The study shows that transport of polluted air from
Pacific Northwest wildfires behind a cold front lead to increases in
background CO observed at the Moody Tower in Houston, TX on August
31st, 2006.(R.B. Pierce, E/RA2, 608-890-1892, brad.pierce@noaa.gov)
(Click image to enlarge)
Figure
caption: AIRS 500mb CO (upper left), MODIS AOD (upper right), Pacific
Northwest wildfire trajectories (middle left), RAQMS 700mb CO and black
and organic carbon (BCOC) aerosols (middle right) on August 30th, 2006
along with a timeseries of surface CO from the University of Houston
Moody Tower showing the impact of Pacific Northwest wildfires on
background levels of CO in Houston, TX.
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Presentation at K12 Presidential Awards Program: Steve Ackerman gave an invited presentation at the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) program in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday January 5 (http://recognition.paemst.org). Through Dr. Ackerman's presentation, the awardees learned about water cycle connections to climate change via tools and activities developed at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS). Ackerman was assisted by Margaret Mooney (CIMSS), who was in Washington for the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners conference, (M. Mooney, CIMSS, 608-265-2123, S. Ackerman, CIMSS,608-263-3647)VISITORS:
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