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2015-10-20 Tools Workgroup

Date: October 20, 2015
Time: 2-3:30pm MDT
Call in: 1-800-768-2983 and access code 4918837
Webinar: https://join.me/IWDW-Online

IWDW Visualization Tools Workgroup

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Links

Tools wiki Meeting minutes and agendas
Tools workgroup forum IWDW Forum topic on tool development
Planning docdoc

Current tools

IWDW Data Includes the tools:
  • Emissions Review
  • Source Apportionment
  • Model-to-Observation Comparison
  • Model Performance Evaluation Plots
  • Summary Reports

Development

Geospatial tools
  • IWDW GIS Server:link

Agenda

  1. Workgroup roles & tool review
  2. Status of current tools
    1. Supported modeling platforms & observational data
    2. Features
  3. Development priorities
  4. Other items
  5. Next call

Minutes

Attendees

Mark Jones (NMED), Chris Pennell (UTDEQ), Gail Tonnesen (EPA), Kevin Briggs (CODPHE), Rebecca Matichuk (EPA), Nancy Daher (UTDEQ), Ken Rairigh (WYDEQ), Zac Adleman (UNCIE), Tom Moore (WESTAR), Shawn McClure (CIRA), Dustin Schmidt (CIRA), Rodger Ames (CIRA)

Recap

Rodger Ames began the call with an overview of the agenda, and pointed out resources for the workgroup, including the workgroup wiki page, IWDW workgroup forum, and IWDW development team issue tracker for internal project management.

The group used the attached planning document to walk through the respective IWDW tools and look at their current functionality and discuss possible enhancements. An updated version of the planning doc is attached to the agenda.

Beginning with the ERT, Rebecca suggested breaking out VOCs into speciated components in order to track reactive VOCs, such as CH2O. Zac indicated that this would be problematic in the current ERT because some source categories, such as biogeneics, do not include VOC speciation, however speciation could be provided for most anthropogenic source categories. Rebecca then suggested moving tracking of speciated VOCs to a latter point in the processing stream, for example to model ready gridded emissions where VOC speciation is prescribed. Zac pointed out that at that point county codes are not retained, which looses a key linkage in the current ERT.

Discussion turned to aligning tool development with the EPA's MPE guidance document, which prioritizes sets of graphic products that useful to various components of the MPE process. Tom noted that there is a need to develop a feedback process whereby issues identified during modeling evaluation (for example emissions review) can be incorporated into model application. For example, a tool to display spatial model-ready gridded emissions could reveal discrepancies in emissions inventories across State/county lines.

MPE tool: Tom suggested developing a matrix of available plots by plot type, parameter, and other indices of interest (such as dry & wet dep, etc.). Rebecca added that certain plots are necessary to identify model performance issues, as indicated in the MPE guidance doc., and such plots could be identified.

Model-to-obs: Rebecca suggested adding diurnal plots to the output options, for example, filtering hourly O3 by a specific time-of-day. Zac noted that such plots are part of the AMET output and provided in the MPE static plot browser, however they might be difficult to find. see ftp://imgreader@viking.cira.colostate.edu/3SDW/3SAQS/2011/Base11a/plots/AQ/CO/CAMx_3SAQS04_B11a_CO_AQS_Hourly_O3_mar_hourlyboxplot.png

SA tool: The current tool, and plans for future versions were presented at the Sept Tech. Committee workshop, thus the group did not go over this tool during the call.

Summary Reports: Kevin Briggs suggested revising the O3 threshold to reflect the 70ppb standard. Shawn noted that in addition to S and N, he will be adding Hg and PM to the deposition tools. The idea of incorporating

GIS tools: Dustin gave an overview of demo GIS tool which displays houly O3 CMAx output with monitoring data. The group discussed GIS layers that are relevant to the Study and would be worthwhile obtaining for future GIS tools: NEPA project boundaries - these could be obtained for historic studies, but likely not available for current studies until post ROD. Rebecca inquire about obtaining project boundary shape files for Region 8, as well as non-attainment area shape files. Other shape files identified are are Tribal lands and O&G basins. Zac mentioned a ArcMap layer he created that displays emissions category pie charts superimposed on GIS layers, see http://vibe.cira.colostate.edu/wiki/Attachments/Images/UT_AQ_3SAQS_B11a_VOC.png for an example showing VOC source categories. There was a general discussion regarding maintaining consistent tool UIs and general tool "look and feel" across the IWDW website.

Action Items

  • Rodger - develop matrices of plot characteristics for MPE and Model-to-obs tools
  • Rodger/Rebecca - align IWDW tool development priorities with EPA checklist MPE recommendations
  • Rebecca - inquire about NEPA project & non-attainment boundary files in Region 8
  • Zac - provide examples of AMET diurnal plots and ArcMap generated emissions pie chart overlays (see links in minutes)
  • Shawn - include 70ppb O3 standard to O3 reports; update available modeling platforms in Model-to-obs tool