NASA AQAST Outreach: People Stories and More

Tracey HollowayProfessor, University of Wisconsin—Madison

Deputy Leader, NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team

2014 EM Article: Colorado

Story on Patrick Reddy from Colorado, and his use of HCHO/NO2 indicator ratios from OMI

Above and Left: Witman, Holloway and Reddy, EM 2014;

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U.S. Air Pollution: Domestic or Imported?

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“constant two-way interactions [are

essential to succeeding in this type of policy-

relevant science.]

“We have leveraged a lot of Arlene’s work in characterizing background ozone… Her work has been incorporated in several of

our scientific and technical support documents for the proposed ozone

standard revisions.”

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AQAST & Connecticut working to bring satellite data to ground-level

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“good collaboration between NOAA and Connecticut has

improved air quality forecasting capabilities for the entire nation, and New England in particular,”

With the help of Lee and other AQAST members, Michael Geigert and

colleagues are evaluating the usefulness of satellite products for developing SIPs.

“We are trying to set up our own air quality modeling center,”

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Houston, we have a solution

“The ongoing involvement of air quality managers in

AQAST …lets us continually adapt our efforts and address

emerging needs as policies and conditions evolve”

Working with AQAST has been “kind of like

a genie offering us three wishes, and we are trying to find the

best wishes to choose.”

We would like to see AQAST focus all of their efforts on Texas,” Estes said. “But that wouldn’t be fair to the other states.”

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Connecting with AQAST

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Research collaborations

Connect with ARSET

TrainingAdvice

St. Louis!

Publications

Tools and “How to”

Case studies

Success stories

What do you need?

www.aqast-media.org www.aqast.org

Twitter @NASA_AQAST

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Connecting with AQAST

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Passive

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Next Steps

• AQAST Legacy and Impact• Near-end evaluation (via Jana Milford’s TT) • More people stories • People stories broader coverage • Videos• Archival website • New outreach staff team @ UW-Madison

Olivia Sanderfoot & Sarah Witman

Thank you!

www.aqast-media.org & www.aqast.org

Twitter @tracey_holloway & @NASA_AQAST