CANSAC Applications to Air Pollution Control District Programs Evan M. Shipp San Joaquin Valley APCD

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CANSAC Applications toAir Pollution Control
District ProgramsEvan M. ShippSan Joaquin
Valley APCDevan.shipp_at_valleyair.org
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Overview

• Funding
• Inter-related programs to Rx Burn and WFU
  declarations
• CANSAC Case Studies Demonstration
• Weather features forecast by CANSAC of interest
  to APCD
• Use of Bluesky dispersion model for assessing
  impacts for fires

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CANSAC Contributors

• Agency Involved and Total CANSAC Funding (total,
  fiscal 20052006)
• USDA Forest Service Region 5 110k,60k
• Bureau of Land Management California State Office
  110k,60k
• Bureau of Land Management Nevada State
  Office 150k,60k
• U.S. Fish and Wildfire Service Pacific
  Region 260k,0
• National Park Service 70k,35k
• USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research
  Station 242k,70k
• California Department of Forestry and Fire
  Protection 30k,30k
• California Air Resources Board 60k,30k
• San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control
  District 35k,10k
• Matching DRI Contribution 228k

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Background-APCD Programs Inter-Related to Rx and
WFU Declarations

• AQI Forecast
• Agricultural Burn Declarations
• Residential Wood Combustion
• Spare the Air

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Analyses Using CANSAC

• Localized Impacts
• Regional Impacts
• PM10, PM2.5, and Ozone Impacts

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Weather Conditions Effecting Fire Emissions
Dispersion and Forecast by CANSAC

• Slope Flows
• Eddy Flows
• Marine Flows
• Wind Field Cohesion
• PBL-Mixing Height
• Humidity Recovery
• Inversion Strength
• Temperatures Aloft
• Sea level pressure gradients

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Case Studies
August 6, 2006, Ozone Episode October 15, 2005,
Highbridge Rx Burn February 2006, Recent PM2.5
Event Forecasted Meteorological Features
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SJV 8-Hour Ozone Levels 8/6/05
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8-Hour Ozone Levels 8/6/05
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8-Hour Ozone Levels 8/6/05
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Highbridge-Planned Ignition Forecast Advisory
10/15/2005
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CANSAC Forecast During Highbridge Rx Burn
10/15/2005