Integrating Satellite and Ground Based Measurements into the EPA Air Quality System R' M' Hoff, K' M

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Integrating Satellite and Ground Based
Measurements into the EPA Air Quality SystemR.
M. Hoff, K. McCann, H. Zhang and A. Prados
(UMBC) and J. Engel-Cox (Battelle)

• GOAL for the Applications 3D-AQS Project
• Integrate NASA satellite sensor and lidar data
  into EPAs air quality data systems
  AQS/AirQuest, IDEA
• Provide greater accessibility and usability of
  satellite and lidar data to users of these
  systems
• Enable monitoring in horizontal and vertical
  dimensions for forecasting and retrospective
  analysis

Remapped MODIS 12x12 CMAQ Gridded AOD product
MODIS 10x10 granule AOD product
Calipso and UMBC Lidar data mapped to EPA PM sites
http//alg.umbc.edu/3D-AQS http//alg.umbc.edu/usa
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