Cyberinfrastructure for Air Quality Management (CyAir)

Terry KeatingTim Dye1, Steve Ludewig1, Stefan Falke2, Glynis Lough3,

Uma Shankar4, Shawn McClure5

1Sonoma Technology, Inc., 2Northrop Grumman, 3Battelle Memorial Institute, 4University of North Carolina, 5Colorado State

University

Satellite Observations for Air Quality ManagementJanuary 11, 2012

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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CyAir Overview

Initial CyAir Efforts• Recommendations

– Received input from community– Indentified gaps in infrastructure based on

envisioned layout and guiding principles– Generated recommendations

• Best Practices– Creating initial draft of best practices

Focus Areas• AQ Forecasting and Public

Information • AQ Trends and Events Analysis • AQ Model Evaluation • Emissions Inventory

Development and Evaluation

Cyberinfrastructure for Air Quality ManagementContribute to the planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of systems to help the air quality community better utilize air quality information.

www.cyair.net

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CyAir Assessment – Community Input

Data Providers Data Users

Organization Count

EPA 15NOAA 5NASA 3Other 6

Affiliation Count

State 4University 5Federal 5

Consulting 6Industry 2

RPO 2

Other Efforts

CyAir Recommendations

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www.cyair.net/recommendations

Best Practices

• Introduction and Background to Cyberinfrastructure & Interoperability• Naming Conventions• Data Format Standards• Metadata Standards• Web Services• Data Publication and Discovery• Authentication and Security

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In the process of drafting an initial set of best practices to capture and consolidate the state of the art within the air quality community in the following areas:

The best practices are evolving and this initial draft represents a snap-shot in time that will need to be updated by the community on a continuous basis.