1. Center for Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS) Adel Hanna Director, CMAS October 1, 2007 6 th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC

2. CMAS: Six 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 l Serves as a bridge between various segments of the air quality modeling community l Fosters the growth of the developer and user communities l Serves as a clearinghouse of information l Is a hub for education and training about modeling

3. CMAS Functions l Outreach Develop the user community Promote value Establish and foster collaborations l Application and Training User support Training Consultation and model applications l Software Development Plans for external review, tracking, and documenting of model versions Maintain model codes and documentation Model inputs and outputs l Research Application driven Model testing, development, and evaluation Computational research and development Modeling Systems l Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) l Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions (SMOKE) l Meteorology-Chemistry Interface Processor (MCIP) l Multimedia Integrated Modeling System (MIMS)

4. Analysis and Support l Visualization Package for Analysis and Visualization of Environmental data (PAVE) Visualization Environment for Rich Data Interpretation (VERDI) (This Conference: Presentation by Donna Schwede) l On-line CMAQ Operational Guidance Document l Input/Output Application Programming Interface (I/O API) l CMAQ Graphical User Interface (GUI) – Helps users download, compile, and run the various components of CMAQ l Spatial Allocator – Processing of surrogates for emissions – Creates the inputs for biogenic emissions processing that are required by the SMOKE modeling system

5. The CMAS Community l More than 1,600 registered users from 90 countries … and growing l Users requested over 5,300 model downloads so far in 2007 l CMAS listserv includes more than 1,000 members l Family of models and tools: CMAQ, SMOKE, WRF, MCIP, I/O API, PAVE, and Spatial Allocator

6. The World of CMAS

7. Training l Four training sessions per year (Chapel Hill) in addition to users’ locations – CMAQ – SMOKE l International CMAS training (2007) – Bulgaria – Canada – China (in USA) l Training on WRF for air quality modeling

8. CMAS Model Research (1) (Collaboration with EPA/ORD & EPA/OAQPS) l Updates to CMAQ – On-line Radiative Transfer Calculations for Photolysis in CMAQ (This Conference: Presentation by Frank Binkowski) – Sea Salt Modeling and PM Mass Transfer Algorithms (This Conference: Presentation by Uma Shankar) – Assimilate Satellite-Derived Surface Solar Insolation into WRF – Four Dimensional Data Assimilation in CMAQ (This Conference: Presentations by Alexis Zebrow) – Direct Aerosol Feedbacks in CMAQ-WRF Meteorology-Chemistry Modeling System – Snow Model for WRF-Meteorology – CMAQ-DDM-3D/PM (Georgia Tech) l Based upon V4.5, runs in parallel, and can compute particulate matter sensitivities – CMAQ with Alternate Cloud Treatment (TVA) l Based upon V4.5 and can output optional cloud cover fields, modify amount of cloud cover, convective cloud enhancement

9. CMAS Model Research (2) (Collaboration with EPA/ORD & EPA/OAQPS) l Emissions and SMOKE – Spatial Allocator Tool for National Land Cover Data – Spatial Allocator Tool for Future-Year Allocation of Anthropogenic Emissions of Criteria Pollutants – Forest Growth and Fire Fuel Predictions (This Conference: Presentations by Alison Eyth & Limei Ran) l Model Evaluation Methodologies – AMET - Atmospheric Model Evaluation Tool l Hybrid Modeling – CMAQ-AERMOD (This Conference: Poster by Sarav Arunachalam) l Economic Benefits and Health Impact Analysis – BenMAP - Environmental Benefits and Mapping Program l Neighborhood-Scale Modeling, National Urban Database and Web Portal (This Conference: Special Session)

10. Reviews and Publications l Peer-Reviewed Publications – Special Issue (Atmospheric Environment) (2004 Conference) (Published May 2006) – Special Issue (Journal of Applied Meteorology) (2005 Conference) (Published 2007) – Special Issue: (Environmental Fluid Mechanics) (This Conference) l Topic: Physics-Chemistry Interactions in the Atmosphere from the Perspective of Air Quality l Deadline for Submission: March 1, 2008 l Third CMAQ Review – Completed Spring 2007

11. This Conference l 133 Papers (Oral and Poster Presentations) l 215 Participants l International Participation l Journal Special Issue l Two Training Sessions (SMOKE and CMAQ)

12. Special Welcome to International Peers Participation and Presentations from 11 Countries Canada India China Japan ColombiaRussia France South Korea Germany Taiwan Hong Kong

13. CMAS Team Applications and TrainingZac Adelman, B.H. Baek, Sarav Arunachalam Software Development and Analysis Tools Alison Eyth, Qun He, Limei Ran, Alexis Zubrow Modeling ResearchFrank Binkowski, Uma Shankar, Aijun Xiu, Sarav Arunachalam Director/OutreachAdel Hanna Registration CoordinatorBrian Naess Technical EditingJeanne Eichinger

14. Acknowledgments l Your Participation and Support l Session Chairs for Time and Reviews l CMAS External Advisory Committee (EAC) l U.S. EPA (Bill Benjey, Project Officer) l University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill