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What We Do

The Atmospheric & Environmental Systems Modeling Division (AESMD):

• Conducts research to help EPA characterize processes that impact the transport, transformation, and fate of environmental contaminants in the air, and how they interact with the rest of the environment, in support of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts;
• Develops and uses modeling tools to help manage air quality at multiple scales, such as models that estimate the contributions of various air emission sources to air pollution and inform exposure and effects assessments;
• Studies emission impacts from alternative energy pathways that can improve the cost-effectiveness of air quality management approaches and identify potential implications of energy system changes on air quality and other environmental media; and
• Advances the science of atmospheric modeling tools to support robust air quality management policy decisions.

Relevant Research

• Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling System (CMAQ)
• Visual Environment for Rich Data Interpretation (VERDI)
• Probabilistic Reverse dOsimetry Estimating Exposure Distribution (PROcEED)
• Community-LINE Source Model (C-LINE) to estimate roadway emissions
• Fertilizer Emission Scenario Tool
• Atmospheric Model Evaluation Tool for meteorological and air quality simulations
• GLIMPSE

Management

 Alan Vette, Director

• Phone: 919-541-1378  
• Email: vette.alan@epa.gov

Tom Pierce, Associate Director

• Phone: 919-541-1375  
• Email: pierce.tom@epa.gov

Branches

• Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosol Branch
• Atmospheric Dynamics and Meteorology Branch
• Emissions Systems Analysis Branch
• Natural Systems Characterization Branch

Main Office Location

US EPA ORD Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling 
Atmospheric and Environmental Systems Modeling Division
109 T.W. Alexander Drive
Mail Code: E243-02
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709