HR: 17:45h
AN: A54C-08    [Abstracts]
TI: Use of TES, AIRS and other satellite data for evaluation of air quality modeling efforts by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
AU: * Osterman, G B
EM: Gregory.Osterman@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 183-601 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AU: Estes, M
EM: MEstes@tceq.state.tx.us
AF: TCEQ - Air Quality Division, P.O. Box 13087/MC-164, Austin, TX 78711-3087, United States
AU: Harper, C
EM: CHarper@tceq.state.tx.us
AF: TCEQ - Air Quality Division, P.O. Box 13087/MC-164, Austin, TX 78711-3087, United States
AU: Al-Saadi, J A
EM: j.a.al-saadi@nasa.gov
AF: NASA Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 401B Chemistry & Dynamics Branch 21 Langley Blvd, Hampton, VA 23681-2199, United States
AU: Bowman, K
EM: Kevin.Bowman@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 183-601 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AU: Pierce, B
EM: Brad.Pierce@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA/NESDIS, Space Science & Eng. Center U. Of Wisconsin-CIMSS, Madison, WI 53706, United States
AU: Kahn, B
EM: Brian.Kahn@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 183-601 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AU: Irion, B
EM: Bill.Irion@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 183-601 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AB: Currently, one of the most pressing air quality issues for the state of Texas is surface ozone. The cities of Houston and Dallas are both in violation of the EPA air quality standard for 8-hour concentration of surface ozone. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) uses the CAMx air quality model to study scenarios for reducing emissions to bring the state into agreement with EPA requirements. The results from the model analyses are incorporated into the State Implementation Plan (SIP) that provides the detailed procedures by which the state will improve air quality in the future. We present preliminary results in trying to use satellite data to understand how the air quality models are doing in the free troposphere and in regions where there are no ground station data available. We will focus on the use of TES data to evaluate ozone and carbon monoxide fields from CAMx and outline our plans to incorporate data from AIRS and other satellite instruments into the analysis.
DE: 0345 Pollution: urban and regional (0305, 0478, 4251)
DE: 0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry
DE: 0368 Troposphere: constituent transport and chemistry
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting