ColumbusDay2010.pptVIP

U.S. EPA Office of Research Development, Atmospheric Modeling Analysis Division U.S. EPA Office of Research Development, Atmospheric Modeling Analysis Division Columbus Day 2010 Prakash Bhave U.S. Environmental Protection Agency CMAS Conference Chapel Hill, North Carolina Simulating PM2.5 with CMAQA Decade in Review Acknowledgements: many EPA colleagues external collaborators * Motivating Questions Has CMAQ performance for PM2.5 improved? Which refinements to the modeling system contributed most? Chem/AeroProcesses MET Processes Source/SinkProcesses Processes Affecting Modeled PM2