Extramural Research
U.S. EPA STAR Black Carbon Progress Review
EPA at Research Triangle Park, Auditorium C111
November 13 - 14, 2014
EPA in Research Triangle Park, Auditorium C111
and Online Webinar
Please join us for a Science to Achieve Results (STAR) progress review meeting on research projects from the Request for Applications (RFA) Black Carbon's Role in Global to Local Scale Climate and Air Energy. Registration is free and open to the public.
STAR grantees and EPA scientists will discuss progress on their projects on black carbon, which contributes to human health impacts, visibility degradation and climate change. These projects focus on various aspects of the black carbon issue, such as better accounting for its emissions, tracking its climate-relevant properties as it ages in the atmosphere, and better representing its ability to impact formation of cloud droplets.
This RFA supports the National Program, Air, Climate and Energy (ACE) Research Program, which explores transdisciplinary research, and addresses the complex global change and air quality issues that we face today. Even with the improvement of air quality, many continue to suffer from cardiovascular disease, asthma and other health problems that result from air pollution. One of ACE's research goals is to assess human and ecosystem exposures and effects caused by air pollutants and climate change. ACE research also aims to provide data and tools that can help prevent and reduce air pollutant emissions in ways that are sustainable, innovative and cost-effective.
For more details on the STAR grants, please see: Black Carbon's Role in Global to Local Scale Climate and Air Quality.
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Featured Speakers:
- Greg Carmichael, University of Iowa
- Constraining Urban-To-Global Scale Estimates of Black Carbon Distributions, Sources, Regional Climate Impacts, and Co-Benefit Metrics with Advanced Coupled Dynamic - Chemical Transport - Adjoint Models
- Tami Bond, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Linking Regional Aerosol Emission Changes with Multiple Impact Measures through Direct and Cloud-Related Forcing Estimates
- Ann Marie Carlton, Rutgers University
- Improved Prediction of the Vertical Profile of Atmospheric Black Carbon: Development and Evaluation of WRF-CMAQ
- Nicole Riemer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Particle-Resolved Simulations for Quantifying Black Carbon Climate Impact and Model Uncertainty
- Spyros Pandis, Carnegie Mellon University
- Black Carbon, Air Quality and Climate: From the Local to the Global Scale
- Jamie Schauer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Development of a Quantitative Accounting Framework for Black Carbon and Brown Carbon from Emissions Inventory to Impacts
- Jesse Kroll, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Investigating the Effects of Atmospheric Aging on the Radiative Properties and Climate Impacts of Black Carbon Aerosol
- Akua Asa-Awuku, University of California, Riverside
- Understanding the Hygroscopic Properties of Black Carbon/Organic Carbon Mixing States: Connecting Climate and Health Impacts of Anthropogenic Aerosol
- Rufus Edwards, University of California, Irvine
- Characterization of Emissions from Small, Variable Solid Fuel Combustion Sources For Determining Global Emissions and Climate Impact
- Sarah Doherty, University of Washington
- BC and Other Light-Absorbing Impurities in North American Great Plains Snow: Sources, Impacts, and a Comparison with North China Snow
Agenda and Presentations
Thursday Nov. 13, 2014 |
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8:30 a.m. |
Mike Koerber, Associate Director for Policy, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Dan Costa, National Program Director, Air, Climate, & Energy Research Program, |
8:45 a.m. |
Tami Bond, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
9:30 a.m. |
Greg Carmichael, University of Iowa |
10:15 a.m. |
Break |
10:35 a.m. |
Annmarie Carlton, Rutgers University |
11:20 a.m. |
Nicole Riemer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
12:05 p.m. |
Erika Sasser, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards |
12:35 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:30 p.m. |
Spyros Pandis, Carnegie Mellon University |
2:15 p.m. |
Jamie Schauer, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
3:00 p.m. |
Rich Baldauf, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Transportation and Air Quality |
3:20 p.m. |
Break |
3:50 p.m. |
Akua Asa-Awuku, University of California, Riverside |
4:30 p.m. |
Tom Long, EPA Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment |
4:50 p.m. |
Tiffany Yelverton, EPA Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory |
5:15 p.m. |
Conclude Day 1 |
6:30 p.m. |
Optional Group Dinner |
Friday Nov. 14, 2014 |
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8:45 a.m. |
Bryan Bloomer, EPA Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Research |
9:00 a.m. |
Jesse Kroll, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
9:45 a.m. |
Amara Holder, EPA Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory |
10:05 a.m. |
Break |
10:25 a.m. |
Sarah Doherty, University of Washington |
11:10 a.m. |
Marcus Sarofim, EPA Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Atmospheric Programs |
11:30 a.m. |
Rufus Edwards, University of California, Irvine |
12:15 p.m. |
Alan Vette, Acting Deputy Director for Climate, Air, Climate, & Energy Research Program, EPA Office of Research and Development, |
12:30 p.m. |
Lunch and Adjourn |