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2005 National Air Quality Conference: Quality of Air Means Quality of Life - Monday

2005 National Air Quality Conference Presentations
February 13-16, 2005

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Monday, February 14

7:30am – 8:30am

Morning Refreshments

Exhibit area open all day, Poster area open after lunch

8:30am – 8:45am

Opening Plenary

Welcome, Introductions, and Overview
Chet Wayland, AIRNow Program Director, U.S. EPA

PPT (541 KB)

8:45am – 9:30am

Opening Address: Making People Air Aware
Jen Carfagno, The Weather Channel

9:30am – 10:00am

BREAK

10:00am – 11:00am

Keynote Address:

Associations Between Air Pollution and Children’s Respiratory Health
James Gauderman, Ph.D.
USC Keck School of Medicine

PDF (7.5 MB)

11:00am – 11:30am

Where are We Going with PM
Joseph Paisie, U.S. EPA

PPT (389 KB)

11:30am – 1:00pm

LUNCH (on your own)

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Concurrent Breakout Sessions:

Outreach: Air Quality and Health – Making the Connection
(Moderators: Susan Stone, U.S. EPA & Jamie Arno, Sacramento Metro AQMD)

Assessing Traffic Related Exposures in the California Environmental Health Tracking Program
Paul B. English, PhD, MPH
California Department of Health Services

PPT (1.7 MB)

The Association Between Ozone and Mortality: What Do We Know, and When Did We Know It?
Dr. Bart Ostro, PhD
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

PPT (341 KB)

Air Quality and Health Information for Schools
Bill Vance, Cal EPA

PPT (388 KB)

Air Quality Forecasting/Monitoring: Cross Cutting Issues
(Moderators: Lewis Weinstock, U.S. EPA & Ron Stockett, Missouri DNR)

Multi-Pollutant Forecasting: Issues and Considerations
Craig Anderson, Sonoma Technology, Inc.

PPT (2.2 MB)

Potential New PM Standard Recommendations and Implications
Mark Schmidt, U.S. EPA

PPT (3 MB)

Continuous PM2.5 Data Quality Issues and AIRNow
Lewis Weinstock, U.S. EPA

PPT (2.5 MB)

2:30pm – 3:00pm

BREAK

3:00pm – 5:00pm

Concurrent Breakout Sessions:

Outreach: Air Quality and Health – Making the Connection (Cont’d.)
(Moderators: Susan Stone, U.S. EPA & Jamie Arno, Sacramento Metro AQMD)

EPA’s PM Staff Paper and New Health Tools
Susan Stone, U.S. EPA

PPT (5.4 MB)

Revisiting Canadian Air Quality Indices: A Health Risk Based Approach
Dave Henderson, Environment Canada

PPT (800 KB)

Atlantic Region Meteorological Health Strategy
Doug Steeves, Atlantic Storm Prediction Centre

PPT (1.4 MB)

Air Quality Forecasting: National Efforts to Improve Air Quality Forecasting
(Moderator: John E. White, U.S. EPA)

National Air Quality Forecasting: Initial Operating Capability
Dr. Paula Davidson, NOAA-National Weather Service/OST

PDF (1 MB)

A Performance Evaluation of the ETA-CMAQ Air Quality Forecast Model for the 2004 Summer
Dr. Brian Eder, NOAA/U.S. EPA

PPT (4.3 MB)

Numerical Air Quality Prediction (NAQP) for the NESCAUM States during ICARTT-2K4: MAQSIP Results in Context
John McHenry, BAMS

PDF (1 MB)

A Good IDEA (Infusing Satellite Data into Environmental Applications)
Lawrence Friedl, NASA

PPT (17 MB)

5:00pm – 5:30pm

BREAK

5:30pm – 7:00pm

Reception, Exhibit & Poster Session (Posters will be staffed)

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