Air Quality Information Systems and geoss: Applications to India

Specific roles of each project team member

The collaborative team for this project has come together through previous and ongoing collaborations within the GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot, the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP), and other interactions. The project team is diverse with members bringing deep expertise across the spectrum of air quality science and management, monitoring, modeling, data analysis, knowledge of the Indian air quality programs and systems, and GEOSS information infrastructure. Together the group represents a subset of the air quality community that can connect activities across community building, decision support and infrastructure development to achieve a functioning and reusable framework that can serve as an exemplar for GEO in advancing its international objectives.

Name	Organization	Role
Stefan Falke	Washington University	Co-PI (Point-Of-Contact), Project coordination, GEOSS Common Infrastructure, collaborative analytical tools
Uma Shankar	University of North Carolina	Co-PI, Modeling, training
Virendra Sethi	IIT Bombay	Co-PI, Community building, India air quality monitoring and data, application to decision processes
Rudolf Husar	Washington University	Co-PI, Multi-data source air quality characterization, GEOSS Infrastructure
Rakesh Kumar	National Environmental Engineering Research Institute	Co-I, Air Quality Monitoring and Decision Support System for Air quality Management decisions, Economic analysis, Technology issues of air pollution control
Chandra Venkataraman	IIT Bombay	Co-I, Modeling, India regional-scale emissions inventory, model inter-comparisons
Ana Prados	University of Maryland – Baltimore County	Co-I, Satellite data for air quality analysis, training
Akshara Kaginalkar	Centre for Development of Advanced Computing	Co-I, Modeling, data grid and DSS development, hosting database and DSS, training
Shawn McClure	Colorado State University	Co-I, Web services, analysis tools
Rashmi S. Patil	IIT Bombay	Co-I, Air Quality Modelling and Measurements
M.P. Singh	Ansal Institute of Technology	Co-I, Conducting modeling studies, dissemination through training, workshops and conferences
A.K. Yadav	Ansal Institute of Technology	Co-I, Air Quality Characterization and analysis, training workshops
Erin Robinson	Washington University	GEOSS Common Infrastructure and Air quality community infrastructure
Ratish Menon	IIT Bombay	Air quality characterization methods
Kari Hoijarvi	Washington University	Web developer

Project budget (estimated)

The following represents a budget estimate for the proposed work. They are intended as a ball-park figure and to indicate the budget distribution across collaborators and project activities. We look forward to working with GEO to identify potential sponsors of this work. Once sponsors are identified, detailed budgets can be generated along with a more targeted project scope.

The table below is a summary of the costs associated with the effort. Appendix E includes a more detailed table that outlines each of these costs for each of the project collaborator institutions. Appendix E also includes a breakdown of US organization budget estimates along with budget justifications. For contractual purposes for the US organizations, Washington University in St. Louis will serve as the PI institution.

In estimating our overall budget each organization provided estimates for their anticipated labor associated with the project activities in community building (including workshops and training), air quality characterization and assessment, travel domestically and between the US and India, and information infrastructure development, including data web services and analytical tools. The estimates were provided with the understanding that once funding agencies were identified, a more formal budget exercise could be undertaken directed at more refined decision support requirements as they are expected to be defined in the coming months through the evolving IAQ-CoP.