Section 1 Acknowledgments

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Section 1Acknowledgments
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Preface
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
welcomes comments, suggestions, and any example
analyses, new material, new exercises, or
additional references that might enhance the
course. Participants should keep in mind that
this course provides basic knowledge to begin air
quality forecasting and describes methods to
improve existing forecasting programs it is not
meant to show the only way to forecast air
quality.
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Acknowledgments

• The developers of this course, Timothy S. Dye,
  Dianne S. Miller, Liisa Jalkanen, Greg
  Carmichael, Peter Manins, Roberto San Jose,
  Rainer Schmitz, Bob Bornstein, Sue Grimmond, and
  Sarath K. Guttikunda thank the people who have
  contributed comments, ideas, and examples to this
  course
• Bill Ryan (Penn State University)
• Lourdes B. Avilés (Plymouth State University)
• Lewis Weinstock (U.S. Environmental Protection
  Agency)
• Hilary Hafner, Paul Roberts, Neal Conatser, Dave
  Vaughn (Sonoma Technology, Inc. STI)

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Reference to Other Resources

• This course utilizes resources from several
  existing courses and documents about air quality
  forecasting
• 1. Forecasting Guidance Document
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA)
  Ozone and Particulate Matter Forecasting Guidance
  Document (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
  2003)
• 2. Training Workshops and Courses
• Annual air quality forecasting courses for the
  EPA in San Francisco, California (2005)
  Baltimore, Maryland (2004) San Antonio, Texas
  (2003) San Francisco, California (2002) (U.S.
  Environmental Protection Agency, 2003-2006)
• Penn State University, METEO 497A, Air Quality
  Forecasting (Bill Ryan)
• Plymouth State University (Avilés, 2006)
• PM2.5 Data Analysis Workbook (Main and Roberts,
  2001)