Cyberinfrastructure for Air Quality Management (CyAir) Terry Keating Tim Dye 1, Steve Ludewig 1, S tefan Falke 2, Glynis Lough 3, Uma Shankar 4, Shawn McClure 5 1 Sonoma Technology, Inc., 2 Northrop Grumman, 3 Battelle Memorial Institute, 4 University of North Carolina, 5 Colorado State University Satellite Observations for Air Quality Management January 11, 2012 University of Maryland, Baltimore County xxxxxx--xxxx

2 CyAir Overview Initial CyAir Efforts Recommendations –Received input from community –Indentified gaps in infrastructure based on envisioned layout and guiding principles –Generated recommendations Best Practices –Creating initial draft of best practices Focus Areas AQ Forecasting and Public Information AQ Trends and Events Analysis AQ Model Evaluation Emissions Inventory Development and Evaluation Cyberinfrastructure for Air Quality Management Contribute to the planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of systems to help the air quality community better utilize air quality information.

3 CyAir Assessment – Community Input Data ProvidersData Users Other Efforts

CyAir Recommendations 4

Best Practices Introduction and Background to Cyberinfrastructure & Interoperability Naming Conventions Data Format Standards Metadata Standards Web Services Data Publication and Discovery Authentication and Security 5 In the process of drafting an initial set of best practices to capture and consolidate the state of the art within the air quality community in the following areas: The best practices are evolving and this initial draft represents a snap-shot in time that will need to be updated by the community on a continuous basis.