Short Title (in electronic cover page):
Integrated Observations and Models for Air Quality Management and Science
Title (in electronic cover page):
Integrated Observations and Models for Air Quality Management and Science
Proposal Summary (in cover page, 300 words):
The first part of the 21st century is expected to be the transition toward a healthy and
sustainable air quality characterized by major shifts in local, regional and global air
pollution. Earth observations will be essential to characterize the changes in air quality, to
estimate the damage to human health and welfare and to assess the effectiveness of the
control strategies. Fortunately, the air quality sensing and monitoring revolution that
begun in the 1990's offers significant new opportunities. In particular, satellite remote
sensing of aerosols and ozone, including precursors now offer KM-resolution, columnobservations daily throughout the world. As a member of the NASA Air Quality Science
Team (AQST), R. Husar intends to champion the solution to two specific challenges.
1. Aerosol characterization through (a) fusion of multiple satellite sensors from spectral,
angular and polarization measurements on polar and geostationary platforms; (b) coretrieval of the changing surface color characteristics and the properties of the dynamic,
multidimensional aerosol system; (c) integration of surface, lidar, satellite observations
using simple but physically based model as interpolator. The intended outcome is the
contiguous distribution of the six- dimensional aerosol data space (x, y, z, t, size,
composition) that can serve multiple air quality applications. (a la model-assisted
Weather Reanalysis, available real-time and historical)
2. End-user-driven application of satellite observations through (a) facilitation of
seamless access to satellite and related observations, including the Aerosol
Characterization dataset from section 1. ; (b) tools for finding, merging, processing,
visualizing and in general analyzing the data; (c) help and tutorial materials directed
toward end-users that includes both the understanding the observations as well as the
tools. The outcome of this is rich set of air quality data and tools in the hands of air
quality analysis practitioners as end-users of satellite observations. The initial set of enduser applications will include Exceptional Event analysis; pollutant emissions
estimation/verification; air quality forecasting and long-range transport analysis.
It is understood that many aspects of the above challenges are already being addressed by
numerous groups... Husar intends to facilitate the above by connecting and enabling
integration of existing activities and resources along several dimensions: multi-sensory,
multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and multi-national. Original research by his group is
directed primarily toward filling gaps. His qualifications for the above arises from
decades of experience as an atmospheric scientist, air pollution specialist and an active
promoter and practitioner of collaborative research and air quality problem solving. .
community member and organizer. …. Yap yap
Table of Contents
Application of Integrated Air Quality Observations and Models to Air Quality
Science and Management................................................................................................................. 3
3p. Intro - Background .................................................................................................................................3
8 p. Specific Air Quality - Earth Observation Issues.........................................................................3
AQST Member Activities................................................................................................................... 3
Vision Stuff ........................................................................................................................................................3
RBH Resume .....................................................................................................................................................3
Budgeting/Activities ......................................................................................................................... 3
Qualifications ....................................................................................................................................... 3
References and Citations (as needed) ......................................................................................... 4
Curriculum Vitae (PI 2p, CO-I 1p) ................................................................................................. 5
Rudolf Husar ....................................................................................................................................................5
Stefan Falke ......................................................................................................................................................6
Current/Pending Support................................................................................................................ 8
Budget Justification............................................................................................................................ 9
Application of Integrated Air Quality Observations and Models to Air
Quality Science and Management
3p. Intro - Background
Air Quality Process and Megatrends
Earth Observation Megatrends
Air quality Science Team
8 p. Specific Air Quality - Earth Observation Issues
3p. Science Problem Example: Co-Retrivalieval
Problem Statement
Approach to Solution
Qualifications of Team Member
2p. AQ Management: Demonstrate
Approach
Qualifications of Team Member
Facilities to Perform the Tasks
2p. Organizational, Infrastructure, Issues
Approach
Qualifications of Team Member
Facilities
1p. Approach, Management
AQST Member Activities
Vision Stuff
RBH Resume
Budgeting/Activities
Qualifications
References and Citations (as needed)
Curriculum Vitae (PI 2p, CO-I 1p)
Rudolf Husar
Stefan Falke
Department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
Campus Box 1180, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130
e-mail: stefan@wustl.edu
Northrop Grumman Information Systems
Suite 1740, 1010 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63101
Phone: (314) 259-7908, e-mail: stefan.falke@ngc.com
Professional Appointments
2002–
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Energy, Environmental and
Chemical Engineering, Washington University
2005–
Manager, Geospatial Information Services for Energy & Environment, Northrop
Grumman Corporation Information Systems, St. Louis, MO
2000–2002
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and
Technology Policy Fellow, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information
1999–2000 Research Associate, Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis,
Washington University
Education
1999
1993
1992
D.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, Washington University
M.S. in Engineering and Policy, Washington University
B.A. in Physics, Lehigh University
Active Research Projects
9/2006–8/2010
PI, Sensor-Analysis-Model Interoperability Technology Suite, NASA
Earth Science Technology Office, $1,231,000
9/2008-12/2009
PI, GEOSS Pilot, Northrop Grumman Independent R&D
9/2008-9/2009
PI, Advancing an Interoperable Air Quality Community Network for
NOx, NASA
11/2004–10/2009
PI, Application of Earth Science Enterprise Data and Tools to
Particulate Air Quality Management
Professional Service
Lead, Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), Working Group on Information
Systems & Services (WGISS), Atmospheric Science Interest Group
Co-lead, Air Quality and Health Working Group, Global Earth Observation System of Systems
(GEOSS) Architecture Implementation Pilot, Phase 2
Co-chair, Earth Science Information Partners Federation (ESIP) Air Quality Workgroup
Co-chair, Open Geospatial Consortium Earth Systems Science Workgroup
Co-chair Decision Support Systems, Air & Waste Management Association Aerosol and
Atmospheric Optics: Visual Air Quality and Radiation Balance Conference, 2008
Co-chair Web Based Information Systems, EPA International Emission Inventory Conference,
2006
Co-chair Decision Support Systems for Wildland Fire Management, EastFire Conference, 2005
Proposal Reviewer for the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, US Environmental Protection Agency
Manuscript Reviewer for Atmospheric Environment, Journal of the Air & Waste Management
Association, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Journal of Geophysical Research
Selected Publications
Fairgrieve, S. , Makuch, J., and Falke, S. (2009), “PULSENet: An Implementation of Sensor
Web Standards,” 2009 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems,
Baltimore, MD, May 18-22, 2009.
McCabe, D.C., P.G. Dickerson Jr., R.B. Husar, T.J. Keating, F.E. Lindsay, E.M. Robinson, S.R.
Falke, (2009), “The GEO Air Quality Community of Practice: a Call to Participate,” 33rd
International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE), Stresa, Italy, May 3-8,
2009.
Falke, S.R., and Fialkowski, E., (2009), “Your Output is My Input: Collaborative Portals,” 18th
International Emission Inventory Conference: Comprehensive Inventories - Leveraging
Technology and Resources, Baltimore, MD, April 14-16, 2009.
Husar, R.B., Hoijarvi, K., Falke, S.R., Robinson, E.M., and Percivall, G.S. (2008), “DataFed:
An Architecture for Federating Atmospheric Data for GEOSS” IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 2,
No. 3, pp. 366-371.
Falke, S., and Sullivan, D., (2008), “Processing Services in Earth Observation Sensor Web
Information Architectures: Using Sensor Webs for Air Quality Science and Applications
Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday,” Earth Science Technology Conference, University of
Maryland, June 24-26, 2008.
Falke, S., and Husar R., (2008) “Web Resources for Sharing and Analyzing Information about
Smoke from the October 2007 Southern California Wildfires,” Air & Waste Management
Association Aerosol and Atmospheric Optics: Visual Air Quality and Radiation Balance
Conference, Moab Utah, April 28-May 2, 2008.
Falke, S., G. Stella, and T. Keating, (2007) "Cyberinfrastructure for Emissions Data and Tools,"
in proceedings, 15th International Emission Inventory Conference: Reinventing Inventories New Ideas in New Orleans, US EPA, May 15-18, 2006.
Falke, S., E. Dorner, and Dunn B. (2007) “Sensor Observation Interoperability and Open
Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Specifications” in proceedings, Data Sharing and
Interoperability on the World-wide Sensor Web Workshop, IEEE, Boston, MA, April 22-24,
2007
Yuan Z., Ramaswami B., Casaletto D., Falke S., Angenent L. T. and Giammar D. E. (2007)
“Evaluation of chemical indicators for tracking and apportionment of phosphorus sources to
Table Rock Lake in Southwest Missouri” Water Research, Vol. 41, No. 7, pp. 1525-1533.
Falke, S., G. Stella, T. Keating, and B. Hemming, (2006) "Cyberinfrastructure for Emissions
Data and Tools," in proceedings, 15th International Emission Inventory Conference:
Reinventing Inventories - New Ideas in New Orleans, US EPA, May 15-18, 2006.
Current/Pending Support
Investigator: Rudolf Husar, Washington University
Support: Current
Funding Source: NASA NNX09AT53G
Project: NASA + NAAPS Products for AQ Decision-Making
Duration: 10/2009–09/2012
Work-Months/Year Committed in 2010: 3
PI: Rudolf Husar
Total Award: $493,000
Support: Current
Funding Source: Northrop Grumman
Project: Support to Northrop Grumman re NASA ROSES contract
Duration: 09/2006–09/2010
Work-Months/Year Committed in 10-12/2010: 0
PI: Rudolf Husar
Total Award: $128,000
Support: Proposed
Funding Source: NASA NNH09ZDA00IN-AQAST
Project: Integrated Observations and Models for Air Quality Management and Science
Duration: 10/2010–09/2015
Work-Months/Year Committed in 10-12/2010: 0
PI: Rudolf Husar
Total Award: $128,000
CoI Stefan R. Falke
Investigator: Stefan Falke, Northrop Grumman
Support: Current
Funding Source: NASA
Project: Sensor Analysis-Modeling Interoperability Technology Suite (SAMITS)
Duration: 09/2006–09/2010
Work-Months/Year Committed in 2010: 2
PI: Stefan Falke
Total Award: $1,218,000
Support: Pending
Funding Source: US EPA (via STI subcontract)
Project: Cyberinfrastructure for Air Quality Management (CyAir)
Duration: 04/2010-10/2010
Work-Months/Year Committed in 2010: 2.5
PI: Tim Dye, Sonoma Technology, Inc.
Total Award: $150,000
Co-PI: Stefan Falke, Rudolf Husar
Budget Justification
Personnel
The PI, Rudolf B. Husar, PhD, will be responsible for the research described in
this proposal. Rudolf B. Husar is Professor of Energy, Environmental and
Chemical Engineering and Director of the Center of Air Pollution and Trend
Analysis (CAPITA) at Washington University in St. Louis. Husar’s annual
effort devoted to this project is quantified in the budget detail.
The Co-Investigator for this project is Stefan R. Falke, PhD, Research Assistant
Professor in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering and also Manager,
Geospatial Information Services for Energy & Environment, at Northrop
Grumman Corporation Information Systems, St. Louis, MO.
Kari Hoijarvi is the developer of the federated data system, DataFed. He will be
the programmer and developer for the Air Quality Data Finder.
A annual increases are budgeted for faculty salaries, three percent for the PI, CoI
and Sr. Computer Scientist are consistent with the University Policy.
Funds are requested to provide wages for a Graduate Research Assistant. The
GRA support and annual increases are structured to offer competitive rate
necessary to attract qualified students and are consistent with the University
Policy.
Fringe Benefits
The PI, CoI, and Sr. Computer specialist qualify for University benefits which
include contributions to FICA, 403B retirement plan, health, and disability. The
GRA and undergraduate students are not eligible for University benefits.
Equipment:
Year 1: To cover the cost of a data processing computer with additional memory
and disk space.
Year3. Upgrade to the data processing computer.
Travel
Year 1
Washington, DC or equivalent
Airfare
$350
2 days + travel days
$702*
*As per Department of State Domestic Travel Guidelines
$1,052
Washington DC or equivalent, three trips
$3,156
TBA symposium
Airfare
4 days +travel days
Registration
$430
$1,314*
$600
$2,344
Supplies/Other
$2,840 is requested each year computer network support as well as publication
charges.
Indirect Cost
The Indirect Cost rate used for this proposal is 52.0% MTDC, approved
06/07/2005 by the DHHS. The MTDC for this proposal is $XXXXX, and
corresponding indirect cost is $XXXX.