TSS Project Update WRAP Technical Analysis Forum Boise
TSS Project Update WRAP Technical Analysis Forum Boise, ID May 22, 2007
Outline • • Review of TSS training schedule Review of TSS technical work Review of project budget Demo of new features – Reasonable Progress page – Modifications to selected tools
WRAP Technical Information Centers Visibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS): VIEWS provides on-line access to monitoring data, research results and special studies related to visibility. http: //vista. cira. colostate. edu/views/ Regional Modeling Center: The WRAP’s Regional Modeling Center at the University of California Riverside provides state and tribal agencies with sophisticated modeling of regional haze in the Western United States. http: //pah. cert. ucr. edu/aqm/308/ Emissions Data Management System: An emission inventory data warehouse for states and tribes. The system provides a consistent, complete and regional approach to emissions data management and tracking. http: //www. wrapedms. org/ Causes of Haze Assessment: A detailed analysis of ambient monitoring data for regional haze in the WRAP region. http: //www. coha. dri. edu/ The Technical Support System integrates a number of different information resources under one web-based umbrella. http: //vista. cira. colostate. edu/tss
TSS Training – Completed in 2007 • IWG #1, February 15 – 90 minute webinar format – Orientation to a small number of tools and documentation • RPO introduction to the TSS, April 12 – Powerpoint presentation and discussion on RPO call – Stimulated some interest for further TSS review • IWG #2, April 13 – Webinar format – Orientation to the “Reasonable Progress” page (re-work of the “Weight of Evidence Checklist”)
TSS Training – Scheduled • VISTAS, May 29 – Webinar format – Purpose is to elicit broader RPO support • CENRAP, May 31 – Identical format/purpose to VISTAS training • Tribal, June 6 – Webinar format – Orientation to TSS updates since Dec. 2006 (particularly Methods and Reasonable Progress pages) • TSS Orientation & Review Workshop, June 19 -20 – In person training to broad audience – Review of monitoring, emissions, and modeling activities by WRAP – Three breakout training sessions (TSS analysis tools, TSS Reasonable Progress analysis, Fire Emissions Tracking System)
TSS Technical Work • WRAP data substitution project – completed – Reviewed on February 12 RPO call – Recently received request from ND to perform analysis on THRO 1 • Weighted Emissions Potential (WEP) project – in progress – Re-run of baseline back trajectories, select worst/best days – done – Re-generation of WEP maps – done – Tool redesign – in progress • Visibility projections tool – under final review – Calculation of RRFs via multiple methods – Verification of the correct calculations • Emissions display tool – in development – Interactive tool to display emissions (region, state, county) – Modify database structure to accept emissions data
TSS Technical Work (cont. ) • 2005 IMPROVE data upload – completed • 2018 PRP run – in progress (due early June) – TSS to upload emissions and modeling results – WEP maps/data need to be generated • Behind the scenes TSS “clean up” – ongoing – Designed to make the site more robust and able to be expanded • TSS linkage with other data nodes – future work – Emissions Data Management System (EDMS) – Fire Emissions Tracking System (FETS) – NPS ozone data • Ao. H Phase 2 document – in progress – Plan to use for June TSS Orientation and Review Workshop – Complete but relatively short, digestible user guide to the TSS
Ao. H Phase 2 Document • Compilation of all “Methods” documents – completed – – – Monitoring (IMPROVE; Data Substitutions; Monitoring Metrics) Emissions (Emissions Overview; Major Inventories) Modeling (Air Quality; Back Trajectory) Attribution Methods (PSAT; WEP) Distilled these down to summaries of essential information • Preparation of glossary/acronym list – completed – Will also be added to the TSS; used for tool tips • Preparation of TSS tutorial – in progress – Full description of TSS; many screen captures and links – Will be up-to-date for the June workshop – How to use the TSS for demonstrating reasonable progress • Original plan called for regional assessments (all data types) – Do we still want these, and what would they look like?
TSS Budget as of April 30
Demo of new features
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