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

The Science Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting was held on Monday and Tuesday, March 30 and 31, 2009 at the Lone Star College District Services Campus next door to the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) in The Woodlands, TX.

Agenda (26 KB)

The 2009 TERC Science Synthesis

Overview - Jay Olaguer (1.75 MB)
Current Results from Project H97 - William Vizuete (3.53 MB)

SHARP Science Plan - Barry Lefer & Bernhard Rappengluck (1.77 MB)
SHARP Science Plan (continued) - Bernhard Rappenglueck (3.37 MB)
ARII - Air Research Information Infrastructure - Jay Olaguer & Shelly Thomas (49 KB)

Emissions: What do we know, what do we need to know, how do we get there? - David Mobley (129 KB)
Science: Meteorology, transport, and chemistry - Russ Dickerson (665 KB)

The Roles of Aerosols in Air Quality and Regional Climate in Texas - Renyi Zhang (233 KB)
Ship channel SOF Box and SOF Emission Sectors (579 KB)

The Science Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting was held on Thursday and Friday, October 23 and 24, 2008 at the Lone Star College District Services Campus next door to the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) in The Woodlands, TX.

Agenda (19 KB)
Implications of the New 8-Hour Standard for Texas - Greg Nudd (345 KB)
Background of the 2008 TERC Science Synthesis - Jay Olaguer (629 KB)

Issues from the 2008 TERC Science Synthesis

Issues Associated with Base Case Air Quality Modeling - Daewon Byun (2.12 MB)
Emissions Inventories - Noor Gillani (556 KB)
Planetary Boundary Layer Dynamics and Transport - John Nielsen-Gammon (1.18 MB)
Radical Sources and Reactive Nitrogen - Bernhard Rappenglueck & Barry Lefer (1.54 MB)

Overview of the SHARP Science Plan - Barry Lefer (1.52 MB)
TRENF, HONO-FLUX and HINT Sub-Experiments - Bernhard Rappenglueck (1.61 MB)
Preliminary Results from SOOT Lab Experiments and Implications for Upcoming Field Study Measurements - Renyi Zhang & Don Collins (946 KB)
DOAS Measurements during the FLAIR Sub-Experiment - Jochen Stutz (1.20 MB)
SOF Measurements during the FLAIR Sub-Experiment - Johan Melqvist (1.07 MB)
Baylor Aztec Flight Plans - Marty Buhr (818 KB)
PTR-MS Measurements at Moody Tower - Tom Jobson (349 KB)
Radical Initiated Secondary Aerosol Formation (RISAF) - Particle Measurements during SHARP - X.-Y. Yu (715 KB)

Aerodyne Mobile Laboratory Measurements - Scott Herndon (3.69 MB)
Measurements of Nitro-Phenols - Sandy Dasgupta (962 KB)
DIAL-SOF Inter-comparison - Johan Melqvist & Alex Cuclis (1.09 MB)
PM and Ozone Formation from Toluene - Greg Yarwood (403 KB)

Air Research Information Infrastructure - Shelly Thomas & Tom Fanara (53 KB)
The Benzene and other Toxics Exposure (BEE-TEX) Study - Jay Olaguer, Jochen Stutz, Scott Herndon & Harvey Jeffries (1.71 MB)
University of Texas Research on Air Toxics - Dave Allen (156 KB)

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.

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

Update on TERC-Funded Analyses of TexAQS II Data

TRAMP Data Analysis and Radical Chemistry Study - Bernhard Rappenglueck, Barry Lefer (6.39 MB - Large File)
Airborne Measurements to Investigate Radical Sources in the Houston Area - Martin Buhr, Max Shauck, Sergio Alvarez (221 KB)
Modeling the TexAQS II Intensive Period (H87UNC) - Harvey Jeffries, William Vizuete (1.77 MB)
Compilation and Analysis of Meteorological Data - John Nielsen-Gammon (1.60 MB)
Retrospective Simulations of Meteorology and Air Quality for TexAQS-II Episodes in Summer 2006 - Daewon Byun (1.56 MB)
Air Quality Modeling of TexAQS-II Episodes - Daewon Byun (1.29 MB)

Heterogeneous Chemical Processes on the Urban Canopy - Jochen Stutz, Daewon Byun (293 KB)

Project Concept: Validation and Improvement of Vertical Mixing and Surface Fluxes - John Nielsen-Gammon (29 KB)
Integration of Multi-platform Modeling Analysis and 2006 Field Measurements to Explain Ozone Sensitivities in Houston And SE Texas - Harvey Jeffries, William Vizuete, Tom Tesche (805 KB)

Analysis of the Stationary Front Experiment - Richard McNider, Arastoo Pour Biazar, Martin Buhr, Max Shauck, Sergio Alvarez, John Nielsen-Gammon (1.00 MB)
Assessment of Ozone Chemistry and Transport Based on SETTS Data - Carl Berkowitz, Paul Voss (0.99 MB)

Houston Triangle Data Analysis and Source Apportionment - Carl Berkowitz, Liz Alexander, YuLong Xie, Xiao-Ying Yu, Tom Jobson (719 KB)
Sensitivity of Biogenic Emission Estimates to Land Covers and Emission Models - Elena McDonald-Buller, David Allen, Greg Yarwood (785 KB)
Top-down Emissions Verification (TDEV) of HGA Petrochemical Sources - Noor V. Gillani (2.06 MB)

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

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

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

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.

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

Status of the Texas Ozone SIP and PM2.5 Attainment

Dave Allen (1.29 MB)
Bernhard Rappenglueck (4.10 MB)

Meteorological Aspects of TexAQS II - John Nielsen-Gammon (899 KB)
TRAMP Data Analysis - Bernhard Rappenglueck (12.3 MB - Large File)
Air Quality Modeling of TexAQS II

Daewon Byun (3.35 MB)

Arastoo Biazar (2.03 MB)
Noor Gillani (1.28 MB)
Marty Buhr (1.16 MB)
Greg Yarwood (402 KB)

Dave Allen - University of Texas at Austin (1.02 MB)
Carl Berkowitz - Battelle (1.09 MB)
Daewon Byun - University of Houston (1.05 MB)
Bernhard Rappenglueck 1 - University of Houston (658 KB)

Harvey Jeffries (13.9 MB - Large File)

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.

Agenda (14 KB)
November 2006 TERC Program Overview Jay Olaguer (63 KB)
TexAQS II Rapid Science Synthesis

Dave Allen
Ellis Cowling (553 KB)
David Parrish (9.38 MB - Large File)

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

Houston Triangle Experiment - Carl Berkowitz (2.15 MB)
Solar Occultation Flux (SOF) Experiment - Barry Lefer (1.04 MB)
Moody Tower TRAMP Experiment - Bernhard Rappenglueck (3.14 MB)
Baylor Aircraft Experiment

Max Shauck (792 KB)
Dick McNider (2.86 MB)

Vertical Mixing Experiment (131 KB)
TERC-sponsored Experiments in TexAQSII (2006) (525 KB)

TERC SRP (November 2004) (101 KB)
Science Synthesis Report (1.79 MB)

Houston Triangle TERC Progress Report (3.11 MB)

Question B (949 KB)
Data Assimilation within Regional Model Forecasts (26 KB)

TAMU TERC H45.D Final Report (4.11 MB)
Virginia Tech TERC H59 Final Reports

Part 1 (4.89 MB)
Part 2 (DRAFT) (4.35 MB)

Environ (3.25 MB)
UNC (6.40 MB - Large File)
UH (3.24 MB)

UH TERC H45.S Final Report (2.25 MB)
UAH TERC H61 Final Report (DRAFT) (5.22 MB - Large File)

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.

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

DFW SIP-Relevant Research - Greg Yarwood (1.03 MB)
HGB SIP-Relevant Research - Harvey Jeffries (884 KB)
Key Lessons from TexAQS II-2005 Aircraft Studies - Noor Gillani (1.00 MB)
Key Lessons from TexAQS II-2005 Aircraft Studies - Noor Gillani (845 KB)

Solar Occultation Flux/SODAR Measurements - Johan Melqvist (1.50 MB)
Moody Tower - Bernhard Rappenglueck/Barry Lefer (3.12 MB)

Meteorological Forecasting - John Nielsen-Gammon (1.13 MB)
Air Quality Forecasting - Daewon Byun (2.82 MB)
Air Quality Forecasting - Daewon Byun (2.65 MB)

Aircraft Studies - Jim Thomas (266 KB)
Aircraft Studies - Jim Thomas (1.98 MB)
Surface Monitoring - Jim Thomas (1.89 MB)
Baylor Aircraft - Sergio Alvarez (0.98 MB)
How TCEQ Will Use TexAQS II Research in the SIP - Erik Gribbin (212 KB)

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.

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

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

Surface Measurements - Dave Allen (11.2 MB - Large File)
Airbone Measurements

Southeast Texas Transport Study - Carl Berkowitz (1.46 MB)
Northeast Texas Plume Study 1 - Noor Gillani (1.10 MB)
Northeast Texas Plume Study 2 - Noor Gillani (372 KB)
PTRMS Measurements - Renyi Zhang (357 KB)
NETAC Campaign - Greg Yarwood (368 KB)

Meteorology - John Nielsen-Gammon (5.62 MB - Large File)
Air Quality - Daewon Byun (3.33 MB)

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

Industrial Emissions - Dave Allen (644 KB)
Mobile Emissions - David Hitchcock (28 KB)
Meteorology - John Nielsen-Gammon (3.93 MB)
Meteorology - Dick McNider (4.05 MB)
Modeling - Daewon Byun (3.40 MB)
Modeling - Harvey Jeffries (227 KB)

Atmospheric Chemistry - Noor Gillani (1.65 MB)
Atmospheric Chemistry - Carl Berkowitz (619 KB)
Transport - Greg Yarwood (523 KB)

Research Issues and Prioritization - Jay Olaguer (37 KB)

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

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

Group Meeting Minutes and Actions (35 KB)

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