1. Office of Research and Development National Exposure Research Laboratory, Atmospheric Modeling Division Donna Schwede NOAA/Air Resources Laboratory Atmospheric Modeling Division *In partnership with the U.S. EPA Research Triangle Park, NC Nicholson Collier, Jayne Dolph, Mary Ann Bitz Widing, Thomas Howe Argonne National Laboratory, Decision and Information Sciences Division, Argonne, IL, USA A New Tool for Analyzing CMAQ Modeling Results: Visualization Environment for Rich Data Interpretation (VERDI)

2. Office of Research and Development National Exposure Research Laboratory, Atmospheric Modeling Division 1 Design Specifications All functionalities of PAVE Additional or improved features compared to PAVE (e.g. easier vertical cross-sections) Allow additional input file formats (e.g. WRF) Platform-independent (e.g. Windows, Linux, etc) Open source Java

3. Office of Research and Development National Exposure Research Laboratory, Atmospheric Modeling Division 2 Features Data input formats – Models-3 IOAPI, netCDF – CMAQ output, MCIP output, WRF files Plots – Tile, vertical cross-section, time series (line and bar), scatter, vector, contour, overlays – Animations

4. Office of Research and Development National Exposure Research Laboratory, Atmospheric Modeling Division 3 Features Data manipulation – Windowing, formulas Output formats – Plots: JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP – Animations: Animated GIF, QuickTime – Probing results: TXT, CSV Scripting

5. Office of Research and Development National Exposure Research Laboratory, Atmospheric Modeling Division 4 Future Development Community-based development encouraged EPA near-term focus –Speed issues, bug fixes, additional features New IAG with ANL – Spatial analysis component (bring in Watershed Deposition Tool capability) CMAS support

6. Office of Research and Development National Exposure Research Laboratory, Atmospheric Modeling Division 5 Where can I get VERDI? EPA’s Atmospheric Modeling Division Anonymous FTP site ftp://ftp.epa.gov/amd/asmd/VERDI/ Eventually CMAS Comments/suggestions? schwede.donna@epa.gov

7. Office of Research and Development National Exposure Research Laboratory, Atmospheric Modeling Division 6 Live Software Demonstration Disclaimer: The research presented here was performed under the Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and under agreement number DW13921548. This work constitutes a contribution to the NOAA Air Quality and Global Climate Programs. Although it has been reviewed by EPA and NOAA and approved for publication, it does not necessarily reflect their policies or views. Argonne National Laboratory's work was supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) though U.S. Department of Energy contract DE-AC02-06CH11357.