C ombined A erosol T rajectory T ool CATT Indicates the origin of air masses for specific aerosol condition MANE-VU & MRPO F ast A erosol S ensing T ools for N atural E vent T racking FASTNET Demonstration of tools and procedures for natural event characterization NESCAUM Tools in support of Inter-RPO Data Analysis Workgroup CAPITA, April 2003
C ombined A erosol T rajectory T ool (CATT) Example: Airmass origin for high (2.5*average) nitrate Boundary Waters Lye BrookSmoky Mtn. Doly Sods Triangulation indicates nitrate source in the corn belt Hi Probability Lo Probability
Next Process Why? How? When? Where? CATT: A Community Tool! Part of an Analysis Value Chain Aerosol Data Collection IMP. EPA Aerosol Sensors Integration VIEWS Integrated AerData AEROSOL Weather Data Assimilate NWS Gridded Meteor. Trajectory ARL Traject. Data TRANSPORT TrajData Cube Aggreg. Traject. AerData Cube CATT Aggreg. Aerosol CATT-In CAPITA There! Not There! Further Analysis GIS Grid Processing Emission Comparison
Kitty: Transport Pattern Browser for VIEWS Driven by ATAD Winds – Needs better 3D Winds (ETA?) Set Conditions
Plume Simulator (Forward, Backward) Driven by Surface Winds – Needs 3D Winds (ETA?) Set Conditions
Summary Status FASTNET Data Resources and Tools are Ready for the FASTNETters First FASTNET Analyses Completed for NE Nitrate and TexMex Dust Events CATT Transport Analysis Tool is Connected to VIEWS Database Kitty: Simple Transport Browser for VIEWS is Implemented Plume Simulator/Browser Implemented To Do More Current Events, Three Past Event Analysis Let Kitty go Wild Cordial Invitation for Joining in on FUN!!!