EPA-NOAA Scientist to Scientist Meeting

Report-Out Plenary Session

Five report-out sessions were held to develop scientific collaborations for accelerating research both agencies deem important to meet the objectives of the MOU and MOA. The research proposed under the MOU and MOA should focus on scientific issues relevant to environmental assessment, air quality analysis/prediction/forecasting, development of regulations, policy decisions and control technologies. The purpose of the breakout session is to identify information needs and encourage EPA-NOAA collaborative process research projects to meet them. The projects identified in the sessions, along with proposed research outputs and how they reduce uncertainties in air quality assessment and prediction activities, were presented to NOAA and EPA managers on March 3.

Day Two–Room C111A

Entire group meets to hear reports form the five break out groups

8:30 am to 9:00 am. Group I - Atmospheric Process Research

9:00 am to 9:30 am. Group II - Atmospheric Model Evaluation Research.

9:30 am to 10:00 am. Group III - Air Quality Forecasting.

Break 10:00 am to 10:15 am.

10:15 am to 10:45 am. Group IV - Source Characterization and Source Emissions.

10:45 am to 11:15 am. Group V - Special Issues in Air Quality Including Homeland Security.

11:15 am to 12:30 pm Discussion of Next Steps for Workshop and Future Workshops 2 on linking air quality models to climate change models (September 2004 in Boulder, Colorado) and Workshop 3 on multimedia and transboundary exchange (February 2005 in Annapolis, Maryland).

Main Group adjourns

Lunch 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Executive Session for Discussion of Research Collaboration by Directors (Albritton, Blancato, Foley, Hayes, Hicks, LeDuc, Leetmaa, McDonald, Neff, Princiotta, Rao)
Room C111A

2:30 pm End of Workshop