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Science Advisory Committee Meetings
Below is a list of the Science Advisory Committee Meetings (organized by date) and their agendas, minutes, and actions.

February 21 - 22, 2008
The Science Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting was held on Thursday and Friday, February 21 and 22, 2008 at the Lone Star College District Services Campus next door to the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) in The Woodlands, TX.

Adobe PDF Agenda (12 KB)
Adobe PDF Critical Issues for Ozone Research in East Texas - Jay Olaguer (114 KB)

Update on TERC-Funded Analyses of TexAQS II Data

Further Analysis of TexAQS II Data
Radical Sources
Adobe PDF Heterogeneous Chemical Processes on the Urban Canopy - Jochen Stutz, Daewon Byun (293 KB)
Episode Development
Transport
Adobe PDF Analysis of the Stationary Front Experiment - Richard McNider, Arastoo Pour Biazar, Martin Buhr, Max Shauck, Sergio Alvarez, John Nielsen-Gammon (1.00 MB)
Adobe PDF Assessment of Ozone Chemistry and Transport Based on SETTS Data - Carl Berkowitz, Paul Voss (0.99 MB)
Emissions
Adobe PDF Houston Triangle Data Analysis and Source Apportionment - Carl Berkowitz, Liz Alexander, YuLong Xie, Xiao-Ying Yu, Tom Jobson (719 KB)
Adobe PDF Sensitivity of Biogenic Emission Estimates to Land Covers and Emission Models - Elena McDonald-Buller, David Allen, Greg Yarwood (785 KB)
Adobe PDF Top-down Emissions Verification (TDEV) of HGA Petrochemical Sources - Noor V. Gillani (2.06 MB)

Assessment of Radical Sources and VOC Emissions
Adobe PDF Study of Houston Atmospheric Radical Precursors (SHARP) - Barry Lefer, Bernhard Rappenglück, Jack Dibb, Rob Griffin, Jochen Stutz (1.07 MB)
Adobe PDF Surface-induced Oxidation of Organics in the Troposphere (SOOT) - Renyi Zhang, Don Collins, Simon North (651 KB)
Adobe PDF Fine Aerosol Composition Measurements during SOOT - Tim VanReken (190 KB)
Adobe PDF Formaldehyde Fluxes from Industrial Sources in Houston - Jochen Stutz, George Mount, Barry Lefer (181 KB)
Adobe PDF Formaldehyde and VOC Tracer Relationships by PTR-MS - Tom Jobson (174 KB)
Adobe PDF Investigation of VOC radical sources in the Houston ship channel by the Solar Occultation Flux (SOF) method and mobile/scanning DOAS - Johan Mellqvist, Bernhard Rappengluck (1.81 MB)
Adobe PDF Measurements of HRVOC Emissions from Oil Refinery Processes - Arthur S. Werner, Walter C. Gray (175 KB)

Control Strategy Assessment
Adobe PDF Speciation Study of the Emission Inventory from Flaring - Kuyen Li, Helen Lou, Daniel Chen, Chris Martin (375 KB)
Adobe PDF Near-Zero Flare for Chemical Process Industry via Plant-wide Optimization and Simulation - Qiang Xu, Kuyen Li, John L. Gossage (537 KB)
Adobe PDF Ozone Impacts of Diesel Particulate Filters in DFW - Greg Yarwood, Lit Chan (163 KB)
Adobe PDF Using Historical Information to Improve Emission Projections - Andrew D. Bollman, James H. Wilson, Jr. (134 KB)

Adobe PDF Estimating Future Year Emissions and Control Strategy Effectiveness based on Hourly Industrial Emissions Data - Elena McDonald-Buller, David Allen, Greg Yarwood (111 KB)

June 4 - 5, 2007
The Science Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting was held on Monday and Tuesday, June 4 and 5, 2007 at the North Harris Montgomery Community College next door to the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) in The Woodlands, TX.

Adobe PDF Agenda (10 KB)
Adobe PDF Overview - Jay Olaguer (436 KB)

Status of the Texas Ozone SIP and PM2.5 Attainment
Susana Hildebrand

Summary of TCEQ TexAQS II Workshop

Update on TERC Analysis of TexAQS II Data for Houston SIP
Adobe PDF Meteorological Aspects of TexAQS II - John Nielsen-Gammon (899 KB)
Adobe PDF TRAMP Data Analysis - Bernhard Rappenglueck (12.3 MB - Large File)
Air Quality Modeling of TexAQS II
Adobe PDF Daewon Byun (3.35 MB)

Proposed Analyses of TexAQS II Data for Dallas-Fort Worth SIP
Adobe PDF Arastoo Biazar (2.03 MB)
Adobe PDF Noor Gillani (1.28 MB)
Adobe PDF Marty Buhr (1.16 MB)
Adobe PDF Greg Yarwood (402 KB)

TERC Particulate Matter/Ozone Research Agenda, Part I: TexAQS II Data Analysis Proposals

The Impact of Biodiesel Emissions on Ozone/Particulate Matter/Air Toxicity and Issues with Air Quality Modeling of These Impacts
Adobe PDF Harvey Jeffries (13.9 MB - Large File)

November 9 - 10, 2006
The Science Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting was held on Thursday and Friday, November 9 and 10, 2006 at the North Harris Montgomery Community College next door to the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) in The Woodlands, TX.

Adobe PDF Agenda (14 KB)
Adobe PDF November 2006 TERC Program Overview - Jay Olaguer (63 KB)
TexAQS II Rapid Science Synthesis
Dave Allen
Adobe PDF Ellis Cowling (553 KB)
Adobe PDF David Parrish (9.38 MB - Large File)

Presentations
Modeling and Control Strategy and Analysis
Adobe PDF Met Forecasting and Data Assimilation - John Nielsen-Gammon (268 KB)
Adobe PDF DDM, HDDM, and 4Dvar Source Apportionment - Daewon Byun (1.60 MB)
Adobe PDF DFW Regional Transport Assessment - Greg Yarwood (192 KB)
Adobe PDF The Role of Formaldehyde in Houston - Harvey Jeffries (5.05 MB - Large File)

TERC TexAQS II-2006 Observational Project Summaries
Adobe PDF Houston Triangle Experiment - Carl Berkowitz (2.15 MB)
Adobe PDF Solar Occultation Flux (SOF) Experiment - Barry Lefer (1.04 MB)
Adobe PDF Moody Tower TRAMP Experiment - Bernhard Rappenglueck (3.14 MB)
Baylor Aircraft Experiment
Part I: DFW Stationary Front
Adobe PDFMax Shauck (792 KB)
Adobe PDFDick McNider (2.86 MB)
Part II: Houston Experiments - Max Shauck, Noor Gillani

Reports

Group A

Group B
TAMU Oct 12-13 RSST Workshop presentation - John Nielson Gammon
Adobe PDF TAMU TERC H45.D Final Report (4.11 MB)
Virginia Tech TERC H59 Final Reports
Adobe PDF Part 1 (4.89 MB)
Adobe PDF Part 2 (DRAFT) (4.35 MB)
TERC H60 Phase 2 Final Reports (DRAFT)
Adobe PDF Environ (3.25 MB)
Adobe PDF UNC (6.40 MB - Large File)
Adobe PDF UH (3.24 MB)
Adobe PDF UH TERC H45.S Final Report (2.25 MB)
Adobe PDF UAH TERC H61 Final Report (DRAFT) (5.22 MB - Large File)

May 3 - 4, 2006
The Science Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting was held on Wednesday and Thursday, May 3 and 4, 2006, at the North Harris Montgomery Community College next door to the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) in The Woodlands, TX.

Adobe PDF Agenda (9 KB)
Adobe PDF 2006 TERC Program Overview - Jay Olaguer (23 KB)

TERC Research and the 8-Hour SIP

TERC and TexAQS II-2006

TexAQS II-2006 Coordination

November 14 - 15, 2005
The Science Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting was held on Monday and Tuesday, November 14 and 15, 2005, at the North Harris Montgomery Community College next door to the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) in The Woodlands, TX.

Adobe PDF Agenda (9 KB)
Adobe PDF New TERC Projects and FY 2007 Funding - Jay Olaguer (19 KB)

Science-Policy Synthesis
Adobe PDF Overview - Jay Olaguer (852 KB)
Adobe PDF HGB Problem Statement - Will Vizuete for Harvey Jeffries (673 KB)
Adobe PDF DFW Problem Statement - Greg Yarwood (186 KB)

Summary of TexAQS II-2005 Results
Adobe PDF Surface Measurements - Dave Allen (11.2 MB - Large File)
Airbone Measurements
Real-time Forecasts

How Should We Design the TexAQS II-2006 Intensive?
Adobe PDF TCEQ Perspective - Candy Garrett (226 KB)
Adobe PDF TexAQS II Coordinator's Perspective - Jim Thomas (54 KB)
Adobe PDF NOAA Perspective - Fred Fehsenfeld (1.06 MB)
Adobe PDF Research Team Committee Perspective - Dave Allen (402 KB)
Adobe PDF Research Team Committee Perspective - Bernhard Rappenglueck (7.13 MB - Large File)
Adobe PDF Research Team Committee Perspective - Renyi Zhang (447 KB)
Adobe PDF Research Team Committee Perspective - Dick McNider (1.82 MB)
Adobe PDF Research Team Committee Perspective - Will Vizuete (209 KB)

June 1 - 2, 2005
TERC Accomplishments 2004 - 2005
Adobe PDF Industrial Emissions - Dave Allen (644 KB)
Adobe PDF Mobile Emissions - David Hitchcock (28 KB)
Adobe PDF Meteorology - John Nielsen-Gammon (3.93 MB)
Adobe PDF Meteorology - Dick McNider (4.05 MB)
Adobe PDF Modeling - Daewon Byun (3.40 MB)
Adobe PDF Modeling - Harvey Jeffries (227 KB)
Quicktime Movie Bayland Park Wind Speed and Direction (9.37 MB - Large File)
Quicktime Movie Bayland Park Wind Speed (9.42 MB - Large File)
Quicktime Movie LaPorte Wind Speed (9.31 MB - Large File)
Quicktime Movie All NO2 Sites Timeseries (17.45 MB - Large File)
Adobe PDF Atmospheric Chemistry - Noor Gillani (1.65 MB)
Adobe PDF Atmospheric Chemistry - Carl Berkowitz (619 KB)
Adobe PDF Transport - Greg Yarwood (523 KB)

Research Issues & Prioritization
Adobe PDF Research Issues and Prioritization - Jay Olaguer (37 KB)

Proposed Projects (Research Team Committee) and SCC Presentations
Adobe PDF All Project Concepts (411 MB)
Adobe PDF UT-Austin - Dave Allen (593 KB)
Adobe PDF TAMU - John Nielsen-Gammon (835 KB)
Adobe PDF UH - Daewon Byun (2.73 MB)
Adobe PDF ETAQ Forecasting Project - Winnie Hamilton (4.39 MB)
Adobe PDF UAH - Dick McNider (2.06 MB)
Adobe PDF UAH - Noor Gillani (1.54 MB)
Adobe PDF UNC - Harvey Jeffries (2.12 MB)
Adobe PDF Battelle - Carl Berkowitz (841 KB)
Adobe PDF TCEQ - Jim Smith (1.92 MB)
Adobe PDF API - Will Ollison (3.51 MB)

Specific Issues and Breakout Sessions
Adobe PDF TexAQS II - Jim Thomas (1.71 MB)
Adobe PDF Air Toxics - Craig Beskid (414 KB)
Adobe PDF Air Toxics Workshop - Craig Beskid (307 KB)
Adobe PDF RIOPA Study - Maria Morandi (1.03 MB)
Adobe PDF MMS Model Development Study - Joe Scire (653 KB)
Adobe PDF Air Toxics Breakout Session Notes - Rapporteur: Jim Lester (10 KB)

October 13, 2004
Notes
Adobe PDF Group Meeting Minutes and Actions (35 KB)

Presentations
Adobe PDF Major Issues for SAC Deliberation - Jay Olaguer (21 KB)
Adobe PDF 8-Hour Ozone SIP Regulatory Timetable - Erik Gribbin, David Schanbacher, Candy Garrett (204 KB)
Adobe PDF Summary of Completed Regional and DFW Modeling to Date - Pete Breitenbach (945 KB)
Adobe PDF Results of TERC Project H35 - Greg Yarwood (270 KB)
Adobe PDF 8-Hour Conceptual Model - John Nielsen-Gammon (657 KB)
Adobe PDF TexAQS II Straw Man Plan for Monitoring Transport - Laurel Carlisle and John Nielsen-Gammon (1.12 MB)
Adobe PDF EnKF Data Assimilation and Adaptive Observation Planning - John Nielsen-Gammon (235 KB)
Adobe PDF Lessons from ICARTT - Greg Carmichael (2.22 MB)
Adobe PDF Receptor Modeling and Analysis: Early First Results from the 2003 Enhanced Houston Auto-GC Network - Carl Berkowitz (1.23 MB)
Adobe PDF Inventory and Chemical Mechanism Issues in Non-EGU VOC Imputation - Dave Allen and Harvey Jeffries (574 KB)
Adobe PDF Inverse Methods - Greg Carmichael (1.56 MB)
Adobe PDF Tetroon Technology and Science Issues - Carl Berkowitz (1.13 MB)
Adobe PDF Chase Aircraft and Tower Measurements - Renyi Zhang (455 KB)
Adobe PDF Air Quality Modeling Issues - Daewon Byun (1.88 MB)
Adobe PDF LES and Plume Modeling - Noor Gillani (659 KB)
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