Research Grants

STAR Black Carbon's Role in Global to Local Scale Climate and Air Energy Progress Review Meeting

Title:

STAR Black Carbon's Role in Global to Local Scale Climate and Air Energy Progress Review Meeting

Date:

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. EST
Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, 8:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. EST

Location:

EPA in Research Triangle Park, Auditorium C111
and Online Webinar

Purpose:

Please join us for a Science to Achieve Results (STAR) progress review meeting on research projects from the Request for Applications (RFA) Black Carbon's Role in Global to Local Scale Climate and Air Energy. Registration is free and open to the public.

STAR grantees and EPA scientists will discuss progress on their projects on black carbon, which contributes to human health impacts, visibility degradation and climate change. These projects focus on various aspects of the black carbon issue, such as better accounting for its emissions, tracking its climate-relevant properties as it ages in the atmosphere, and better representing its ability to impact formation of cloud droplets.

This RFA supports the National Program, Air, Climate and Energy (ACE) Research Program, which explores transdisciplinary research, and addresses the complex global change and air quality issues that we face today. Even with the improvement of air quality, many continue to suffer from cardiovascular disease, asthma and other health problems that result from air pollution. One of ACE's research goals is to assess human and ecosystem exposures and effects caused by air pollutants and climate change. ACE research also aims to provide data and tools that can help prevent and reduce air pollutant emissions in ways that are sustainable, innovative and cost-effective.

For more details on the STAR grants, please see: Black Carbon's Role in Global to Local Scale Climate and Air Quality.

Featured Speakers:

Greg Carmichael, University of Iowa

Tami Bond, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ann Marie Carlton, Rutgers University

Nicole Riemer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Spyros Pandis, Carnegie Mellon University

Jamie Schauer, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jesse Kroll, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Akua Asa-Awuku, University of California, Riverside

Rufus Edwards, University of California, Irvine

Sarah Doherty, University of Washington

Contact:

Wil Wilson (wilson.wil@epa.gov); 703-347-0425
Sherri Hunt (hunt.sherri@epa.gov); 703-347-8042

Agenda with Presentations:

U.S. EPA STAR Black Carbon Progress Review
EPA at Research Triangle Park, Auditorium C111

November 13 - 14, 2014

EPA in Research Triangle Park, Auditorium C111 and Online Webinar

Thursday Nov. 13, 2014
8:30 a.m.	Mike Koerber, Associate Director for Policy, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Welcome Dan Costa, National Program Director, Air, Climate, & Energy Research Program, EPA Office of Research and Development EPA Air, Climate, & Energy Research
8:45 a.m.	Tami Bond, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presentation: Linking Regional Aerosol Emission Changes with Multiple Impact Measures through Direct and Cloud-Related Forcing Estimates (PDF) (71 pp, 9 MB) Abstract: Linking Regional Aerosol Emission Changes with Multiple Impact Measures through Direct and Cloud-Related Forcing Estimates
9:30 a.m.	Greg Carmichael, University of Iowa Presentation:Constraining Urban-To-Global Scale Estimates of Black Carbon Distributions, Sources, Regional Climate Impacts, and Co-Benefit Metrics with Advanced Coupled Dynamic - Chemical Transport - Adjoint Models (PDF) (65 pp, 28 MB) Abstract: Constraining Urban-To-Global Scale Estimates of Black Carbon Distributions, Sources, Regional Climate Impacts, and Co-Benefit Metrics with Advanced Coupled Dynamic - Chemical Transport - Adjoint Models
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:35 a.m.	Annmarie Carlton, Rutgers University Presentation: Improved Prediction of the Vertical Profile of Atmospheric Black Carbon: Development and Evaluation of WRF-CMAQ (PDF) (43 pp, 7 MB) Abstract: Improved Prediction of the Vertical Profile of Atmospheric Black Carbon: Development and Evaluation of WRF-CMAQ
11:20 a.m.	Nicole Riemer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presentation: Particle-Resolved Simulations for Quantifying Black Carbon Climate Impact and Model Uncertainty (PDF) (38 pp, 20 MB) Abstract: Particle-Resolved Simulations for Quantifying Black Carbon Climate Impact and Model Uncertainty
12:05 p.m.	Erika Sasser, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Presentation: How Does Black Carbon Research Impact Policy Decisions? (PDF) (8 pp, 202 K)
12:35 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.	Spyros Pandis, Carnegie Mellon University Presentation: Black Carbon, Air Quality and Climate: From the Local to the Global Scale (PDF) (53 pp, 6 MB) Abstract: Black Carbon, Air Quality and Climate: From the Local to the Global Scale
2:15 p.m.	Jamie Schauer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Presentation: Development of a Quantitative Accounting Framework for Black Carbon and Brown Carbon from Emissions Inventory to Impacts (PDF) (35 pp, 15 MB) Abstract: Development of a Quantitative Accounting Framework for Black Carbon and Brown Carbon from Emissions Inventory to Impacts
3:00 p.m.	Rich Baldauf, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Transportation and Air Quality Mobile Sources, Black Carbon, and Policy
3:20 p.m.	Break
3:50 p.m.	Akua Asa-Awuku, University of California, Riverside Presentation: Understanding the Hygroscopic Properties of Black Carbon/Organic Carbon Mixing States: Connecting Climate and Health Impacts of Anthropogenic Aerosol (PDF) (79 pp, 9 MB) Abstract: Understanding the Hygroscopic Properties of Black Carbon/Organic Carbon Mixing States: Connecting Climate and Health Impacts of Anthropogenic Aerosol
4:30 p.m.	Tom Long, EPA Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment Presentation: Climate and EPA’s Multipollutant Assessment Efforts (PDF) (12 pp, 936 K)
4:50 p.m.	Tiffany Yelverton, EPA Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory Including BC in the SPECIATE Database: User Needs and Data Standards - Presentation and Discussion
5:15 p.m.	Conclude Day 1
6:30 p.m.	Optional Group Dinner
Friday Nov. 14, 2014
8:45 a.m.	Bryan Bloomer, EPA Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Research Welcome Back
9:00 a.m.	Jesse Kroll, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presentation: Investigating the Effects of Atmospheric Aging on the Radiative Properties and Climate Impacts of Black Carbon Aerosol (PDF) (33 pp, 2 MB) Abstract: Investigating the Effects of Atmospheric Aging on the Radiative Properties and Climate Impacts of Black Carbon Aerosol
9:45 a.m.	Amara Holder, EPA Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory Black Carbon Source Emissions and the Impacts of Different Measurement Methods
10:05 a.m.	Break
10:25 a.m.	Sarah Doherty, University of Washington Presentation: BC and Other Light-Absorbing Impurities in North American Great Plains Snow: Sources, Impacts, and a Comparison with North China Snow (PDF) (59 pp, 7 MB) Abstract: BC and Other Light-Absorbing Impurities in North American Great Plains Snow: Sources, Impacts, and a Comparison with North China Snow
11:10 a.m.	Marcus Sarofim, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Atmospheric Programs Presentation: Black Carbon and Arctic Policy (PDF) (14 pp, 2 MB)
11:30 a.m.	Rufus Edwards, University of California, Irvine Presentation: Characterization of Emissions from Small, Variable Solid Fuel Combustion Sources For Determining Global Emissions and Climate Impact (PDF) (37 pp, 7 MB) Abstract: Characterization of Emissions from Small, Variable Solid Fuel Combustion Sources For Determining Global Emissions and Climate Impact
12:15 p.m.	Alan Vette, Acting Deputy Director for Climate, Air, Climate, & Energy Research Program, EPA Office of Research and Development, Closing Comments
12:30 p.m.	Lunch and Adjourn