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1999 BRAVO Study Schedule


2001  
Release bulk atmospheric tracer data February 1
Data analysis workshop held in San Antonio March 22
UC-Davis releases all PIXE and XRF data May 2
Decide how REMSAD modeling will be used in regional air modeling portion of BRAVO, discuss with, and get agreement form OAQPS; approximately $19K in border contracts funds will be needed from Region 6 (already budgeted); also decide SMOKE contractor for REMSAD and CMAQ inputs ($27K) April-June
Penn State completes first MM5 meteorological modeling scenario for mid-October 1999 episode for CMAQ mid June
Emissions inventory module completed by DRI mid July
EPA funds, through WGA, applied to MCNC for SMOKE runs mid July
EPA funds, through OAQPS, applied to AER for REMSAD runs late July
Ivar Tombach begins compiling all BRAVO data analysis paper and presentations late July
Penn State completes MM5 modeling for remainder of October 1999 for REMSAD mid August
MCNC completes SMOKE Task 1 (grid set up) by mid August
SMOKE algorithm is run by MCNC to enable CMAQ runs for mid-October 1999 late August
Data analysis workshop September 5-6
Begin compilation of data analyses and papers for preliminary data analysis report, using Tombach's sources by mid-September
Steering Committee meets in Austin to prepare for October public meeting mid-September
MCNC completes SMOKE Task 3 (SMOKE run for remainder of October 1999) by September 24
Penn State completes August 1999 MM5 meteorological modeling scenario by late September
SMOKE algorithm run for August 1999 CMAQ episode (MCNC) by early October
CMAQ runs completed for August 199 episode (AER) by mid-October
REMSAD runs completed for October 1999 (AER) by mid-October
CMAQ runs completed for August 1999 episode (AER) by late November
Penn State completes MM5 meteorological modeling scenario for all four months in 1999 by late November
Public meeting in Big Bend area by late October
MCNC completes July-September SMOKE runs for REMSAD (rest of Task 3) by November 15
Steering Committee work session to compile and summarize data analyses to date, using Tombach's data base by mid November
Release of draft data analysis compilation report by mid December
REMSAD modeling is completed for 4-month 1999 field study period (AER) by mid December
2001  
Rework data analyses as a consequence of regional air quality modeling analyses January-April
Modeling/data analysis workshop to review and discuss modeling results and compare/contrast with non-modeling data analyses by mid February
Draft report on regional air quality modeling; revised draft on data analyses air quality modeling by early May
Peer review of draft regional air quality modeling and revised draft on data analyses early May to mid June
Work to finalize BRAVO report mid June to mid August
BRAVO final report published August 15


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