1. CMAS Conference 2014 Community Forum Developing a Vision for the Next Generation Air Quality Modeling Tools Facilitator: Zac Adelman Panelists: Jon Pleim (US EPA) Ravan Ahmadov (NOAA) Mike Moran (Environment Canada) Naresh Kumar (EPRI) 13 th Annual CMAS ConferenceOctober 27-29, 2014

2. Current Air Quality Modeling Toolbox Modeling –WRF –CMAQ –CAMx –AERMOD –MOVES –BEIS –MEGAN –FEST-C –HYSPLIT –R-LINE –PMF… 13 th Annual CMAS ConferenceOctober 27-29, 2014 Data Processing –SMOKE –MCIP –Spatial Allocator –R –NCL –Python… Analysis –AMET –VERDI –RSIG… Impacts –BENMAP –TRIM –APEX –CoST…

3. CMAS Conference 2012Chapel Hill, NC Existing & Emerging Needs EPRI Workshop (9/2012) –JAWMA Special Feature CMAS 2012 Forum –Instrumented models, including training –Winter O 3 –Unified chemistry –Integrated modeling/observations –Analysis tools

4. Next Generation Modeling Tools What questions need to be addressed/answered using the next-generation air quality modeling systems? What technical and diagnostic capabilities need to be included in these systems? How should the software be designed/structured? What should the user interfaces look like?

5. Moving Forward Next Generation Air Quality Modeling System Survey –CMAS Center Research & Development Topic –Submit suggestions and ideas to help develop the vision