Air Quality Information Systems and geoss: Applications to India

Appendix C: Personnel (2-page CVs)

Stefan R. Falke

Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering

Washington University in St. Louis

Campus Box 1180, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130

e-mail: [e-mail]

Northrop Grumman Information Systems

Suite 1740, 1010 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63101

Phone: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]

Professional Appointments

2002– Research Assistant Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University

2005– Manager, Geospatial Information Services for Energy & Environment, Northrop Grumman Corporation Information Systems, St. Louis, MO

2000–2002 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellow, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information

1999–2000 Research Associate, Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis, Washington University

Education

1999 D.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, Washington University

1993 M.S. in Engineering and Policy, Washington University

1992 B.A. in Physics, Lehigh University

Active Research Projects

9/2006–8/2010 PI, Sensor-Analysis-Model Interoperability Technology Suite, NASA Earth Science Technology Office

3/2010–9/2010 co-I, Cyberinfrastructure for Air Quality Management, US EPA Office of Air & Radiation

1/2010-12/2010 PI, Integrating Global Change Information Systems, Northrop Grumman R&D

Teaching

2005-2006 Introduction to GIS, University College, Washington University

2003– 2005 Environmental Spatial Data Analysis, School of Engineering & Applied Science, Washington Univ.

2003 Short course in spatial data analysis presented to EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Washington D.C.

Professional Service

Lead, Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), Working Group on Information Systems & Services (WGISS), Atmospheric Science Interest Group

Co-lead, Air Quality and Health Working Group, Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Architecture Implementation Pilot, Phase 2

Co-chair, Earth Science Information Partners Federation (ESIP) Air Quality Workgroup

Co-chair, Open Geospatial Consortium Earth Systems Science Workgroup

Co-chair Decision Support Systems, Air & Waste Management Association Aerosol and Atmospheric Optics: Visual Air Quality and Radiation Balance Conference, 2008

Co-chair Web Based Information Systems, EPA International Emission Inventory Conference, 2006

Co-chair Decision Support Systems for Wildland Fire Management, EastFire Conference, 2005

Proposal Reviewer for the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, US Environmental Protection Agency

Manuscript Reviewer for Atmospheric Environment, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Journal of Geophysical Research

Selected Publications

Fairgrieve, S. , Makuch, J., and Falke, S. (2009), “PULSENet: An Implementation of Sensor Web Standards,” 2009 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, Baltimore, MD, May 18-22, 2009.

McCabe, D.C., P.G. Dickerson Jr., R.B. Husar, T.J. Keating, F.E. Lindsay, E.M. Robinson, S.R. Falke, (2009), “The GEO Air Quality Community of Practice: a Call to Participate,” 33^rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE), Stresa, Italy, May 3-8, 2009.

Falke, S.R., and Fialkowski, E., (2009), “Your Output is My Input: Collaborative Portals,” 18th International Emission Inventory Conference: Comprehensive Inventories - Leveraging Technology and Resources, Baltimore, MD, April 14-16, 2009.

Husar, R.B., Hoijarvi, K., Falke, S.R., Robinson, E.M., and Percivall, G.S. (2008), “DataFed: An Architecture for Federating Atmospheric Data for GEOSS” IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 366-371.

Falke, S., and Sullivan, D., (2008), “Processing Services in Earth Observation Sensor Web Information Architectures: Using Sensor Webs for Air Quality Science and Applications Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday,” Earth Science Technology Conference, University of Maryland, June 24-26, 2008.

Falke, S., and Husar R., (2008) “Web Resources for Sharing and Analyzing Information about Smoke from the October 2007 Southern California Wildfires,” Air & Waste Management Association Aerosol and Atmospheric Optics: Visual Air Quality and Radiation Balance Conference, Moab Utah, April 28-May 2, 2008.

Falke, S., G. Stella, and T. Keating, (2007) "Cyberinfrastructure for Emissions Data and Tools," in proceedings, 15th International Emission Inventory Conference: Reinventing Inventories - New Ideas in New Orleans, US EPA, May 15-18, 2006.

Falke, S., E. Dorner, and Dunn B. (2007) “Sensor Observation Interoperability and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Specifications” in proceedings, Data Sharing and Interoperability on the World-wide Sensor Web Workshop, IEEE, Boston, MA, April 22-24, 2007

Yuan Z., Ramaswami B., Casaletto D., Falke S., Angenent L. T. and Giammar D. E. (2007) “Evaluation of chemical indicators for tracking and apportionment of phosphorus sources to Table Rock Lake in Southwest Missouri” Water Research, Vol. 41, No. 7, pp. 1525-1533.

Falke, S., G. Stella, T. Keating, and B. Hemming, (2006) "Cyberinfrastructure for Emissions Data and Tools," in proceedings, 15th International Emission Inventory Conference: Reinventing Inventories - New Ideas in New Orleans, US EPA, May 15-18, 2006.

Falke, S., and S. Ambrose (2005) "Seeing Through Smoke – Earth Observations Enhance Fire and Smoke Decision Support Systems in the Eastern United States" Earth Observation Magazine, vol. XIV, no. 6.

Falke, S.R., R.B. Husar, K. Höijärvi, and M. Parikh, (2005) “Using DataFed to Build Fire-related Web Applications,” in proceedings, Earth-Sun System Technology Conference, University of Maryland, June 28-30, 2005.

Falke, S., G. Stella, T. Keating, and B. Hemming, (2004) “Data Management Challenges in Developing a Network of Distributed North American Emissions Databases,” in proceedings, 13th International Emission Inventory Conference: Working for Clean Air in Clearwater, US EPA, June 7-10, 2004.

Falke, S.R., (2002) “Environmental Data: Finding It, Sharing It, and Using It” Journal of Urban Technology, 9, p. 111.

Falke, S.R., R.B. Husar and B.A. Schichtel, (2001) “Fusion of SeaWiFS and TOMS Satellite Data with Surface Observations and Topographic Data During Extreme Aerosol Events,” Journal of Air & Waste Management Association, 51, p. 1579.

Rudolf B. Husar

Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis (CAPITA), Campus Box 1124,

Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899.

Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]

Professional Preparation

1962–66 Dipl. Ing. Mechanical Engineering, Technical University, Berlin, FRG.

1966-71 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, US.

1971-73 Post-Doctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, US.

Appointments

2007-Present Professor, Energy, Environmental and Chemical Eng., Washington U. St. Louis, MO

1979-Present Director, Center CAPITA, Washington University St. Louis, MO

1976-2007 Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Washington U. St. Louis, MO

1976-77 Visiting Professor, Meteorological Institute, Stockholm U., Sweden

1973-76 Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Washington U. St. Louis, MO

Activities

Rudolf Husar is currently a Professor of Energy, Environment and Chemical Engineering at Washington University St. Louis, MO. For over three decades Husar has been an active researcher, advisor and teacher of air pollution, with special interest in atmospheric aerosols. He has made pioneering contributions to the size distribution and composition of atmospheric aerosol, regional and global scale distribution transport of atmospheric aerosols, and to long-term air pollution pattern and trend analysis. Husar’s research has contributed to development of NAAQS for PM2.5 and the associated Exceptional Event Rule. Since the 1970’s Husar has demonstrated the application of Earth observing satellites to air quality management. Currently, he is participating in the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) as a data architect and systems designer. He is working on aerosol data accessibility, interoperability and sharing. His particular interests are satellite and surface observations data, multi-sensory data integration. He was a contributor to the Air Quality Criteria for Particulate Matter documents, served on various National Science Foundation committees and EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) committees. Professionally, Husar works on the combination of atmospheric science and environmental informatics. He is the developer of the Federated Data System, DataFed hosted at Washington University. He is the co-leader of the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Air Quality Workgroup. Lead air quality analyst for the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Task US-09-01a and lead of NASA Data Systems Web Services sub-group. Husar has promoted openness and inclusiveness in his activities as part of the Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution (HTAP) and International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) program. He demonstrates and encourages teamwork and the use of the web as a communication/data-sharing medium.

Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1998

Associate Editor, Atmospheric Systems, The Scientific World, 2001-present

Member of Editorial Board, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2000-present

Past Executive Editor, Atmospheric Environment

Chair WMO Panel on Global Aerosol Data System, Chair, 1991, 2006

WMO Panel on Space Observations of Tropospheric Aerosols, Group Leader, 1990

Thesis advisor and Postgraduate sponsor: Dr. B. A. Schichtel, NPS Air Resources Division, CIRA, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Dr. Stefan Falke, Northrup Grumman Corp and Washington Univesity, Dr. Fang Li, University of California, La Jolla, CA, Marin Bezic, MSc., Microsoft, Redmond,WA.15 additional Ph.D. and Masters Theses and 21 post-doctoral associates and science visitors since 1973.

Selected Publications

Scheffe, R.D., P.A. Solomon, R. ,Husar,, T. Hanley, M. Schmidt, M. Koerber, M. Gilroy, J. Hemby, N. Watkins, M. Papp, J. Rice, Joann, J.Tikvart, R., Valentinetti.The National Ambient Air Monitoring Strategy:Rethinking the Role of National Networks J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc., 59, 579-590, 2009.

Hidy, G. M., J.R. Brook, J.C. Chow, M. Green, R.B. Husar, C. Lee, R.D. Scheffe, A.Swanson, Aaron, J.G. Watson, Remote Sensing of Particulate Pollution from Space: Have We Reached the Promised Land, J. Air Waste Manage. Assoc., 59, 1130-1139, 2009.

Husar, R.B., Hoijarvi, K., Falke, S.R., Robinson, E.M., Percivall, G.S., DataFed: An Architecture for Federating Atmospheric Data for GEOSS, IEEE Systems Journal, 2, 366-373, 2008.

Husar, R.B., Poirot R.L., DataFed and FASTNET: Tools for Agile Air Quality Analysis, Environmental Managers, Air & Waste Management Association, September 2005, 39-41, 2005.

Husar, R.B., D. M. Tratt, B. A. Schichtel, S. R. Falke, F. Li D. Jaffe, S. Gassó, T. Gill, N. S. Laulainen, F. Lu, M.C. Reheis, Y. Chun, D. Westphal, B. N. Holben, C. Gueymard ¹ I. McKendry, N. Kuring, G. C. Feldman, C. McClain, R. J. Frouin, J.Merrill, D. DuBois, F. Vignola, T. Murayama, S. Nickovic, W.E. Wilson, K.Sassen, N. Sugimoto, and W.C. Malm. The Asian Dust Events of April 1998. (http://capita.wustl.edu/Asia-FarEast/) J. Geophys. Res., 106(D16), 18317-18330, 2001.

Chapters in Books

Husar, R.B., Intercontinental Transport of Dust - a Historical and Recent Observational Evidence. In: Intercontinental Transport of Air Pollution, A. Stohl, Ed. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 4G, Springer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York , 2004.

Heintzenberg, J., F. Raes, S.E. Schwartz, I. Ackermann, P. Artaxo, T.S. Bates, C. Benkovitz, K. Bigg, T. Bond, J.L. Brenguier, F.L. Eisele, J. Feichter, A.I. Flossmann, S. Fuzzi, H.F. Graf, J.M. Hales, H. Herrmann, T. Hoffmann, B. Huebert, R.B. Husar, R. Jaenicke, B. Kärcher, Y. Kaufman, G.S. Kent, M. Kulmala, C. Leck, C. Liousse, U. Lohmann, Tropospheric Aerosols. In: Brasseur, G.P., R.G. Prinn, A.A.P. Pszenny, eds. Atmospheric Chemistry in a Changing World, The IGBP Series, Springer, 2003.

Husar, R.B., Sulfur and Nitrogen Emission Trends for the U.S. In: Industrial Metabolism: Restructuring for Sustainable Development, R.U. Ayres and U.E. Simonis (Eds.), United Nations University Press, Tokyo, 1994.

Husar, R.B., Ecosystem and the Biosphere: Metaphors of Human-Induced Material Flows. In: Industrial Metabolism: Restructuring for Sustainable Development, R.U. Ayres and U.E. Simonis (Eds.), United Nations University Press, Tokyo, 1994

Husar R.B. Historical Trends in Atmospheric Sulfur Deposition and Methods for Assessing Long-Term Trends in Surface Water Chemistry, with T.J. Sullivan, D.F. Charles. In Acid Deposition and Aquatic Ecosystems: Regional Case Studies, D.F. Charles (Ed.) Springer-Verlag, New York, 1991.

Husar R.B. and Husar J.D.Sulfur, In The Earth as Transformed by Human Action, B.L. Turner et al. (Eds.) Cambridge University Press with Clark University, Cambridge, 1990.

Shawn McClure

Software Engineer

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Education

B.S. Computer Science, summa cum laude, Southwest Baptist University, 1990

B.S. Mathematics and Physics, summa cum laude, Southwest Baptist Univ., 1991

Professional Experience

Software Engineer, CIRA, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (2002-Present)

Developed a relational database management system to import, verify, and manage national air quality data and an enterprise-level suite of online tools for visualizing, analyzing, and disseminating the data on the web; worked closely with scientists to develop standards and best practices for managing air quality data and metadata. (Microsoft .Net Framework, VB.Net, ASP.Net, C#, IDL, Javascript, DHTML, MS SQL Server, Transact-SQL, ADO, Windows Server, IIS)

Software Engineer, Crocker Nuclear Laboratory, Univ. of California, Davis (2005-2006)

Developed a relational database management system for managing the aerosol sampling data, site metadata, instrument calibrations, operational and historical logs, and analysis metadata for the IMPROVE monitoring network; developed online visualization and analysis tools for performing quality assurance and validation of the data. (Microsoft .Net Framework, VB.Net, ASP.Net, C#, IDL, Javascript, DHTML, MS SQL Server, Transact-SQL, ADO, Windows Server, IIS)

Software Engineer, PLM Technologies, Lakewood, CO (1997-2002)

Developed a web-based, enterprise-scale system to collect, manage, analyze, and present the electrical and natural gas consumption data of all the state-owned facilities in the State of Florida. (Visual Basic, Javascript, DHTML, ASP, Java, MS SQL Server, ODBC, ADO, Windows NT/2000)

Software Engineer, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Fort Collins, CO (1993-1997)

Developed a nationwide resource management and planning system for the regional field offices of the Natural Resources Conservation Service; developed a mobile mapping application and decision support system to facilitate onsite development of land owner conservation plans. (C++/C, X Windows, Visual Basic, ASP, Javascript, Oracle, UNIX, ESRI Arc\Info, ESRI AML)

Software Engineer, Boeing Computer Services, Richland, WA (1991-1993)

Developed a mission-critical emergency response system for the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Nuclear Reservation utilizing real-time remote meteorological and air quality data to identify, assess, and coordinate response to actual and potential hazardous material incidents. (C++/C, FORTRAN, UNIX, X Windows, ESRI Arc\Info)

Software Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (1990-1991)

Designed feedforward backpropagation neural networks and applied them to the development of speech recognition and signal processing software that was later used to analyze the video tape evidence in the Rodney King incident of 1991 in Los Angeles. (C++/C, UNIX, X Windows, CRAY XMP/YMP, Connection Machine)

Representative Publications and Presentations

D. Chand, S. McClure, B. A. Schichtel, J. Huddleston, W. C. Malm, T. Moore: Inter-annual variation in NO2 over the United States, American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, USA, Dec 14-18, 2009.

Ames, R.B., S.E. McClure, B.A. Schichtel, D.G. Fox, 2006: Examples of Web-Based Reporting and Analysis Products from VIEWS and the WRAP TSS. AWMA 2006, New Orleans, LA

McClure, S.E., 2005: The WRAP Technical Support System: An Integrated Architecture for the Management, Analysis, and Presentation of Monitoring, Modeled, and Emissions Data. WRAP Attribution of Haze Workgroup Presentation 2006, Denver, CO

Ehman, J., S.E. McClure, T. Moore, 2006: Developing an Integrated Mapping and Analysis Tool for an Online Decision Support System. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Grant Proposal (Awarded) 2006

Ames, R.B., S.E. McClure, B.A. Schichtel, D.G. Fox, 2005: The Visibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS), Air Toxics Data Archive, and IMPROVE Web Sites: Database-driven Internet Sites for Access, Intercomparison, and Online Analysis of Air Quality Data. AWMA 2005, Oak Brook, IL

McClure, S.E., 2004: The Visibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS): An Approach to Deposition Data Management and Presentation. NADP Annual Conference 2004, Halifax, Nova Scotia

McClure, S.E., R.B. Ames, D.G. Fox, 2004: Developing a Unified Air Toxics Data Archive and Web System. Presentation to the EPA Air Quality Analysis Group, OAQPS

McClure, S.E., R.B. Ames, 2003: Facilitating Regional Visibility Assessments and Air Quality Planning through the Visibility Information Exchange Web System. National RPO Conference 2003, St. Louis, MO

McClure, S.E., T. Thomas, G. Papcun, 1990: The Application of a Feedforward Backpropagation Neural Network to Signal Processing and Noise Reduction. 1663: Los Alamos Science and Technology Magazine

Representative Online Products

Visibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS): http://views.cira.colostate.edu

The WRAP Technical Support System (TSS): http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/tss

The Air Toxics Data Archive (ATDA): http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/atda

RASHMI S. PATIL

Name : Prof. (Ms.) Rashmi S. Patil

Designation & : Professor

Address Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 400076

INDIA

Fax : [phone] & 2576 4650

Telephone : [phone] Ext. 7858 and 2576 7858

email : [e-mail]

Date of birth : 26^th March 1946

RESEARCH INTERESTS :

Air Pollution Dispersion Modelling; Indoor Air Quality and Exposure Assessment; Air Quality Monitoring and Management; Aerosol Science; Environmental Impact Assessment.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Ph.D. (Physics), 1971, Delhi University

M.Sc. (Physics), 1967, Rajasthan University (Gold Medal)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :

Rashmi S. Patil is a Professor at CESE, IIT Bombay, and has been involved in the teaching, research and consultancy services in Environmental Science and Engineering at this institute since last 30 years. Her teaching and research has been in the field of atmospheric dispersion modelling, air pollution monitoring, assessment of integrated human exposure to air pollution and environmental impact assessment. She has guided about 50 postgraduate students, eight doctorate thesis and has about 70 technical research papers in national and international journals.

Prof. Patil's research work on air quality dispersion models for stationary, mobile and area sources has been used for various applications like monitoring site selection, impact assessment and emission standard formulation. She has worked on a sponsored Indo-US collaborative research project on Urban and Regional Scale Air Quality Modelling with North Carolina State University, Raleigh. She has also been involved in conducting Environmental Impact Assessment of several developmental projects like power plant, fertilizer, port and harbor, highways and railways. She has coordinated a nationwide study on Status of EIA in India under the aegis of UNDP. Currently, another area of her research interest is monitoring and risk assessment of integrated human exposure to air pollution for low/middle socioeconomic group of population.

Professor Patil has coordinated several training programs and workshops on EIA, Air Quality Management, and Environmental Science and Engineering Education under the sponsorship of World Bank, GTZ-FRG, UNDP etc. She has been a member of several professional national committees like Formulation of Air Quality Modelling Guidelines, Committee of Environmental Planning and Coordination and Environmental Health and Risk Assessment.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS (SELECTED)

“Estimation of Air Pollutant Emission Loads from Constructional and Operational Activities of a Port and Harbour in Mumbai, India”, Joshy Joseph, Rashmi S. Patil and S.K. Gupta, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol. 159, Issue 1, 85-98, Dec. 2009.

*”Prediction of Air Pollution Concentration Using an In situ Real Time Mixing Height Model”, Sunita Nath and Rashmi S. Patil, Atmospheric Environment 40, 3816-3822, 2006.

“Particulate Respiratory Dose to Indian Women from Domestic Cooking”, S.K. Varghese, Gangamma S., Rashmi S. Patil and V. Sethi, Aerosol Science and Technology, 39 (12), 1201-1205, 2005.

“A Composite Receptor and Dispersion Model Approach for Estimation of Effective Emission Factors for Vehicles”, A. Vinod Kumar, Rashmi S. Patil and K.S.V. Nambi, Atmospheric Environment, 38, 7065-7072, 2004.

“Modelling the Size Separated Particulate Matter from Vehicular Exhaust at Traffic Intersections in Mumbai”, S.B. Gokhale and Rashmi S. Patil, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 98, 23-40, 2004.

*“Cluster Analysis of Delhi’s Ambient Air Quality Data” by S. Saksena, V.Joshi and Rashmi S. Patil. Jnl. of Envtl. Monitoring, Published by Royal Soc. of Chem., 5, 491-499, 2003.

*“Exposure of Infants to Outdoor & Indoor Air Pollution in Low Income Urban Areas – A Case Study of Delhi”, Sumeet Saksena, P.B. Singh, R.K. Prasad, Preeti Malhotra, Veena Joshi and Rashmi S. Patil. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 2003, 13, 219-230.

*“An Empirical Model to Predict Indoor NOx Concentrations” Milind M. Kulkarni and Rashmi S. Patil, Atmospheric Environment, Vol.36, 4777-4785, 2002,

*“Source Apportionment of Suspended Particulate Matter at Two Traffic Junctions in Mumbai India”, A Vinod Kumar, Rashmi S. Patil and K.S.V. Nambi, Atmospheric Environment 35, 4245, 2001.

Daily Integrated Exposure of Outdoor Workers to Respirable Particulate Matter in an Urban Region of India", M.M. Kulkarni and Rashmi S. Patil, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 56:128-146, 1999.

*"Factors Influencing Personal Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide in an Indian Metropolitan Region", M.M. Kulkarni and Rashmi S. Patil, Indoor Built Environment , 7, 319-332, Aug. 1998,.

PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN ( SELECTED)

Sampling and Analysis Techniques for Bioaerosols : Standardization and Field Evaluation for Airborne Endotoxin, Sponsored by Dept. of Sc. & Tech., GOI, 2008-2011.

Development of Air Pollution Source Profiles for Indian Cities, Project by CPCB, Virendra Sethi and Rashmi S. Patil, 2006-2008.

Comparative Study of Traditional and Improved Chulhas with respect to Indoor Air Pollution; Collaboration with IWSA and sponsored by MNES, Delhi, 2000-2003.

Indo-US Collaborative Research Project on "Modelling of Urban and Regional Scale Air Pollution in India" Sethuraman, NCSU, Raleigh U.S., R.V. Madala, NRL, Washington, US and Rashmi S Patil, IIT Bombay, Sponsored by USIF and ONR/NRL (1997-2004).

"Monitoring of Human Exposure to Air Pollution in Highly Industrial Area" Sponsored by CPCB, Delhi, (1994 - 1997); Rashmi S. Patil.

Dr. ANA I. PRADOS, co-I

Education

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, 2000.

M.S. Public Policy Candidate, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, 2011.

B.S. Chemistry and Physics, New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida, 1992.

Research Experience

Research Assistant Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Baltimore, Maryland and NASA GSFC, Oct. 2005- Present

Visiting Research Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD, Oct. 2003- Dec. 2006.

National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow, Naval Research Laboratory. Washington, D.C, Jan. 2001-Oct. 2003.

NASA Air Quality Applied Remote Sensing Trainings and Outreach: Currently leading Air Quality Applied Remote Sensing Trainings for the NASA Applied Sciences Program

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  Led the Development of 19 Training Modules on the basics of remote sensing and NASA Air Quality Data Products. Developed many additional modules on decision-support tools.
  
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  Developed and led 7 remote sensing training workshops in the U.S and Europe since 2009. Co-lead trainings in Central America.
  
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  Trained U.S state and Federal regulators, air quality forecasters, modelers, scientists, and World Bank employees in Applied Air Quality Remote Sensing via collaboration with host institutions. Tailored trainings to their various levels of expertise and application areas.
  
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  Developed Case Studies for dust, industrial emissions, and smoke applications.
  
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  Published bi-weekly online analysis of U.S air quality for the general public from 2006 to 2009 relying on U.S monitor and NASA global satellite observations.
  

Air Quality Decision-Support Tool Development: Provide policy makers, regulatory agencies, and the public with better access to remote sensing data for tracking air pollutants

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  Collaborated with a team of scientists from various federal agencies and academic institutions as a co-I in the design of the NASA ROSES “Three Dimensional Air Quality System”.
  
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  Developed an Air Quality capability for NASA Goddard’s Giovanni web-based tool by integrating EPA chemical pollutant data to enable surface and satellite inter-comparisons.
  
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  Represented the Giovanni team at the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Air Quality Implementation Pilot I to enable interoperability between Giovanni and other web-tools.
  
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  Provided Satellite Data expertise for the VIEWS web-tool application as co-I in the NASA ROSES " Improving an Air Quality Decision Support System through the Integration of Satellite data with Ground-based, Modeled, and Emissions Data”.
  

Satellite Remote Sensing Algorithm Retrieval and Validation

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  Managed and provided improvements to the GOES Aerosol and Smoke Product (GASP) computer algorithm at NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite Data Information System.
  
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  Improved and reduced noise in the Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement Instrument (POAM) ozone data algorithm.
  
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  Validated OMI NO₂, MODIS AOD, GASP AOD, and POAM ozone data by comparisons to AERONET, EPA surface monitor data, and aircraft observations.
  
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  Examined Trends in OMI NO₂ over the continental U.S as co-I in the NASA ROSES “Monitoring Air Quality Effects of Anthropogenic Emissions Reductions and Estimating Emissions from Natural Sources”
  

Global Air Quality Modeling: Assessed the impact of U.S industrial emissions on the North Atlantic Ocean using 3D Chemical Transport Model.

Public Policy Experience

Washington D.C. Council of Governments Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Stakeholder Representative, 2009 - Present

State of Virginia Fine Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Implementation Workgroup, 2008

Fairfax County Federation of Civic Associations, Environmental Committee, 2006-present

Joint Activities with Local and State Decision-Makers

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  Advise governments in the Washington D.C metro area and state regulatory agencies on regional air pollution and climate mitigation strategies, such as revisions to National Ambient Air Quality Standards, renewable fuel standards, and mobile source emissions inventories.
  
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  Review and assess Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) and scientific modeling analysis of air pollutants for integration into local policy initiatives.
  
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  Develop County greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies with locally elected officials.
  
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  Develop State of Virginia interim policies for PM_2.5 including Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) increment analysis, Significant Impact Levels (SILs), and secondary PM_2.5 impacts with local and state regulators and stakeholders.
  

Selected Publications

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  Prados, A. I., et al., Access, Visualization, and Interoperability of Air Quality Remote Sensing Data Sets Via the Giovanni Online Tool, Special Issue on Heterogeneous data access and use for geospatial user communities, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS), accepted, 2010.
  
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  Neil, D., Kondragunta, S., Osterman, G., Pickering, K., Prados, A., I, and Szykman. J., Satellite Observations for Detecting and Tracking Changes in Atmospheric Composition, Environmental Management Featured Article, Air and Waste Management Association, October 2009.
  
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  Hoff, R., H. Zhang, N. Jordan, A. I. Prados, J. Engel-Cox, A. Huff, S. Weber, E. Zell, S.
  

Kondragunta, J. Szykman, B. Johns, F. Dimmick, A. Wimmers. J. Al-Saadi, and C. Kittaka, Applications of the Three-Dimensional Air Quality System (3D-AQS) to Western U.S Air Quality: IDEA, Smog Blog, Smog Stories, and AirQuest, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, AW-08-00147, 2009.

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  Prados, A. I., S. Kondragunta, P. Ciren, and K. Knapp, The GOES Aerosol/ Smoke Product (GASP) over North America: Comparisons to AERONET and MODIS Observations, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D15201 doi:10.1029/2006JD007968., 2007
  
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  Prados, A. I., G. E. Nedoluha, R. M. Bevilacqua, D. R. Allen, K. W. Hoppel, and A. Marenco, POAM III Ozone in the upper troposphere and lowermost stratosphere: seasonal variability and comparisons to aircraft observations, J. Geophys. Res., 4218, 108, doi:10.1029/2002JD002819, 2003.
  
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  Prados, A. I., R. R. Dickerson, B. G. Doddridge, P. A. Milne, J. T. Merrill, and J. L. Moody, Transport of Ozone and Pollutants from North America to the North Atlantic Ocean During the 1996 Atmosphere/Ocean Chemistry Experiment (AEROCE) Intensive, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 26,219-26,233, 1999.
  

Uma Shankar

Education/Training

North Carolina State University M.N.E., Nuclear Engineering 1986

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill M.S., Physics 1979

University of North Carolina at Wilmington B.S., Physics & Mathematics 1975

Professional Experience

2003 – Present: Research Associate, University of North Carolina – Institute for the Environment, Center for Environmental Modeling for Policy Development, Chapel Hill, NC; Principal Investigator of various modeling studies within and outside the U.S. to develop and/or evaluate models for particulate matter (PM) chemistry and microphysics in the Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling (CMAQ) system, and in the coupled meteorology-chemistry model, METCHEM against field observations, surface network measurements and remotely sensed data.

1992 – 2002: Research Scientist, MCNC–Environmental Modeling Center, Research Triangle Park, NC. Developed the PM module in the Multiscale Air Quality Simulation Platform, and ported the code to Models-3 for the initial prototype of the CMAQ aerosol module; developed and performed preliminary testing of the Denver Air Quality Model Version 2 Modeling System; provided the jumpstart modeling support (CMAQ performance analysis, tools and modeling protocol) for the Western Regional Air Partnership.

1989 – 1992: Senior Computer Specialist, Computer Sciences Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC. Developed and tested the EPA Regional Particulate Model under an EPA contract.

Honors and Awards

NOAA/EPA Certificate of Appreciation for the successful completion of Models-3 system, March 1999.

Professional Affiliations

Air & Waste Management Association, American Geophysical Union, American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR), Sigma Xi.

Professional Service Activities
 Participant in Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) Architecture Implementation Pilot Phase 2 (AIP-2) project to develop a Common Infrastructure for data sharing in Air Quality.
 Consultant for CYAIRS, EPA’s recently awarded air quality cyberinfrastructure project to compile information on end users’ data needs
 Member, Earth Science Information Partnership (ESIP) Federation.
 Software development coordinator (2003-2009) and research coordinator (2009-present) for the Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS) Center’s modeling applications.
 Coordinated a pilot training course with NASA contractors on satellite data products for air quality in 2009; currently coordinate and help teach the course through the CMAS Center
 Proposal reviewer for NASA and NSF; NASA ROSES Decisions-Agriculture peer review panel (2009); EPA-STAR peer review panel (2005 and 2009).

Uma Shankar
 Reviewer for Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters, and Atmospheric Environment.
 Visiting Scientist in February 2003 sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to scope out a capacity-building project in India for regional climate change assessments.
Selected Publications/Presentations

Ackermann, I. J., H. Hass, M. Memmesheimer, A. Abel, F. S. Binkowski, and U. Shankar, 1998: MADE: Modal Aerosol Dynamics Model for Europe: Development and first applications, Atmos. Environ. 32, 2981-2999.

Binkowski, F. S., and U. Shankar, 1995: The Regional Particulate Matter Model 1. Model description and preliminary results, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 21,191 - 21,209.

Kelly, J.T., P.V. Bhave, C.G. Nolte, U. Shankar, and K.M. Foley, 2009: Simulating emission and chemical evolution of coarse sea-salt particles in the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model, Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., 2, 1335-1374.

Mathur, R., U. Shankar, A. F. Hanna, M. T. Odman, et al., 2005: Multiscale Air Quality Simulation Platform (MAQSIP): Initial applications and performance for tropospheric ozone and particulate matter, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D13308, doi:10.1029/2004JD004918.

Shankar, U., B. Henderson, S. Arunachalam, Z. Adelman, N. Davis, L. Ran, E. Adams, M. Barna, and M. Rodriguez, Evaluation of CMAQ performance during the Rocky Mountain Atmospheric Nitrogen and Sulfur (RoMANS) Study. Presented at the 8th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 19-21, 2009.

Shankar, U., and L. Husain, 2008: Evaluation of aerosol model performance in a coupled meteorology-chemistry model against speciated measurements. Presented at the A&WMA Specialty Conference on Aerosol and Atmospheric Optics: Visual Air Quality and Radiation, Moab, UT, April 28–May 2, 2008.

Shankar, U., J. Kelly and P.V. Bhave, 2007: Development of a Modal Aerosol Module with an Efficient Non-equilibrium Treatment of Size-Dependent Gas-Particle Mass Transfer. Presented at the First International Aerosol Modeling Algorithms Conference, Davis, CA, December 5-7, 2007.

Shankar, U., The Cyclical Relationships of Climate Change, Forest Biomass, Fire Emissions and Atmospheric Aerosol Loadings, 2006: An Integrated Modeling Study. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Fire Ecology & Management Congress, San Diego, CA, November 13-17, 2006.

Shankar, U., A. Xiu, D. Streets, J.M. Vukovich, M.S. Reddy, C. Venkataraman, R. Mathur, A.F. Hanna, F.S. Binkowski, and S. Arunachalam, 2005a: Evaluation of a coupled meteorology-chemistry model against INDOEX. In Proceedings of the Asian Aerosol Conference-2005, Mumbai, India, December 13-16, 2005.

Shankar, U., P. V. Bhave, J. M. Vukovich, and S. J. Roselle, 2005b: Implementation and Initial Applications of Sea Salt Aerosol Emissions and Chemistry Algorithms in the CMAQ v4.5 - AERO4 Module. Presented at the 4th Annual CMAS Models-3 Users’ Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, September 26-28, 2005. http://www.cmascenter.org/html/2005_conference/ppt/p6.pdf

Shankar, U., R. Mathur, and F. S. Binkowski, 2002: WRAP Experience: Investigating Model Biases. In Proceedings of the1st CMAS Models-3 Users’ Conference, October 21-23, 2002, Research Triangle Park, NC.