The Great Midwestern PM2.5 Episode of February 2005 Coordinator: Donna Kenski, LADCO

Project FASTNET: Fast Aerosol Sensing and Tools for Natural Aerosol Tracking

NAAPS SO4 ModelAerosol Bext Data

PM Event

Regional Average AIRNOW PM25

Illustration of FASTNET Data, Tools and Methods for the PM EventR. Husar, rhusar@me.wustl.edu

FASTNET:

Inter-RPO pilot project, through NESCAUM, 2004

Web-based data, tools for community use

Built on DataFed infra-structure, NSF, NASA

Project fate depends on sponsor, user evaluation

Datasets Used in FASTNET

• Data are accessed from autonomous, distributed providers• DataFed ‘wrappers’ provide uniform geo-time referencing• Tools allow space/time overlay, comparisons and fusion

Near Real Time Data IntegrationDelayed Data Integration

Surface Air Quality AIRNOW O3, PM25 ASOS_STI Visibility, 300 sitesMETAR Visibility, 1200 sitesVIEWS_OL 40+ Aerosol Parameters

SatelliteMODIS_AOT AOT, Idea ProjectGASP Reflectance, AOTTOMS Absorption Indx, Refl.SEAW_US Reflectance, AOT

Model OutputNAAPS Dust, Smoke, Sulfate, AOTWRF Sulfate

Fire DataHMS_Fire Fire PixelsMODIS_Fire Fire Pixels

Surface MeteorologyRADAR NEXTRADSURF_MET Temp, Dewp, Humidity…SURF_WIND Wind vectorsATAD Trajectory, VIEWS locs.

Some of the Tools Used in FASTNET

– Data Catalog– Data Browser– PlumeSim, Animator– Combined Aerosol Trajectory Tool (CATT)

Consoles: Data from diverse sources are displayed to create a rich context for exploration and analysis

CATT: Combined Aerosol Trajectory Tool for the browsing backtrajectories for specified chemical conditions

Viewer: General purpose spatio-temporal data browser and view editor applicable for all DataFed datasets

FASTNET Approach to the Midwestern Event

• Data: Surface, Emission – AIRNOW: PM, Ozone

Midwest HazeCam Image ConsoleImage Archive and Browser

• Hourly Midwest HazeCam Images are archived by DataFed data access system• Archived images for all cameras can be browsed through this console• HazeCam URL for a day: http://www.datafed.net/consoles/MWH_WebCams.asp?image_width=400&image_height=300&datetime=2005-01-31T13:00:00

• URL for a site and day: http://webapps.datafed.net/datasets/webcam/cincinnati/20050131-13mwhcincinnati.jpg

• URLs can be embedded as links into emails, bookmarks, web pages, PPT and PDF files.

Midwest HazeCam Image Browser

Select date and time Set image size and time MW HazeCam ConsoleOther FASTNET

Consoles

Midwest HazeCam ImagesJan 27-Feb 3, 2005

• The images were part of the Midwest HazeCam Console of FASTNET project.

AIRNOWJan.24, 2005 Jan.25, 2005 Jan.26, 2005 Jan.27, 2005

Jan.28, 2005 Jan.29, 2005 Jan.30, 2005 Jan.31, 2005

Feb. 1, 2005 Feb. 2, 2005 Feb. 3, 2005 Feb. 4, 2005

Feb. 5, 2005 Feb. 6, 2005

AIRNOWJan.26, 2005 Jan.27, 2005 Jan.28, 2005 Jan.29, 2005

Jan.30, 2005 Jan.31, 2005 Feb. 1, 2005 Feb. 2, 2005

Feb. 3, 2005 Feb. 4, 2005 Feb. 5, 2005 Feb. 6, 2005

NOAA GASP GOES Satellite Aerosol Optical Thickness

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Feb 03 2005

Feb 07 2005

Feb 04 2005 Feb 05 2005

MODIS Satellite AOD – IDEA ProjectJan 28-Feb 9

WRF PM25 Model

050201

050204

050203050202

050209

ASOS_STIJan.24, 2005 Jan. 25, 2005 Jan. 26, 2005

Jan.28, 2005 Jan.29, 2005 Jan.30, 2005

Feb.1, 2005 Feb.2, 2005

Jan.27, 2005

Surf_Met: WindBextJan. 24, 2005 Jan. 25, 2005 Jan. 26, 2005 Jan. 27, 2005

Jan. 28, 2005 Jan. 29, 2005 Jan. 30, 2005 Jan. 31, 2005

Feb. 1, 2005 Feb. 2, 2005 Feb. 3, 2005 Feb. 4, 2005

Feb. 5, 2005

Surf_Met:TempJan. 24, 2005 Jan. 25, 2005 Jan. 26, 2005 Jan. 27, 2005

Jan. 28, 2005 Jan. 29, 2005 Jan. 30, 2005 Jan. 31, 2005

Feb. 1, 2005 Feb. 2, 2005 Feb. 3, 2005 Feb. 4, 2005

Feb. 5, 2005

Surf_Met: WindBextJan. 24, 2005 Jan. 25, 2005 Jan. 26, 2005 Jan. 27, 2005

Jan. 28, 2005 Jan. 29, 2005 Jan. 30, 2005 Jan. 31, 2005

Feb. 1, 2005 Feb. 2, 2005 Feb. 3, 2005 Feb. 4, 2005

Feb. 5, 2005

NRL NAAPS Aerosol Forecast Model

NRL modelSurface BextOverlayProblem: humidity correction

NAAPS SO4 ModelAerosol Bext Data

Nitrate?

AIRNOW: Multi-Site Overlay

Surf_Met: RHBextJan. 30, 2005 Jan. 31, 2005 Feb. 1, 2005

Feb. 2, 2005 Feb. 3, 2005 Feb. 4, 2005

Feb. 5, 2005 Feb. 7, 2005

Corn Production

Regional Average PM25 Concentration PatternBased on AIRNOW

• Compared to past PM25 events, since 2003 the 0502 event was– Lower peak concentration (40 ug/m3 avg) than the yearly July 4 spikes (>55 ug/m3 avg)– Much longer (10 days) than the July 4 spikes (2-3 hours)– The event time integral was ~2x higher than the largest summer events

Midwest Region

0502 PM Event

PM Event

Regional Average PM25 Concentration PatternBased on AIRNOW

• Time pattern of the 0502 Event– The overall event lasted about 10 days, Jan 28-February 7– The Upper Midwest peaked first (Jan 31-Feb 2); Industrial MW later (Feb 3 – 6) – The Industrial MW region show more diurnal variation (lowest in the mid-afternoon)

0502 PM Event

Plume Simulation

Multi-Plume Simulation

48 hr transport

Lat 38-52

Lon –98 -88

PM25, RHBext, Temperature Pattern

Using the Zoom Ribbon Tool

Select the

Zoom Ribbon

tool

Click and drag

across the

desired area

Monthly Nitrate, VIEWS 2000-2003

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