Workshop on Air Pollution Extremes at Columbia University

A TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON AIR POLLUTION EXTREMES WILL BE HELD AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK CITY ON NOVEMBER 1-2 2018. THIS WORKSHOP WILL BRING TOGETHER 75-100 PARTICIPANTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO DISCUSS THE STATE OF THE KNOWLEDGE ON EXTREME AIR POLLUTION EVENTS. THE SCIENTIFIC STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE MEETING INCLUDES PROF. V. FAYE MCNEILL PROF. ARLENE FIORE PROF. RUTH DEFRIES AND DR. DAN WESTERVELT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS PROF. A. R. RAVISHANKARA OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY. TOPICS TO BE COVERED INCLUDE: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES OBSERVATIONS AND MODELING OF EXTREME POLLUTION EVENTS FORECASTING EXTREME POLLUTION EVENTS AND THE SCIENCE/POLICY/HEALTH NEXUS. THIS WORKSHOP WILL PROVIDE A FORUM TO IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF EXISTING DATASETS INCLUDING SUBORBITAL FIELD CAMPAIGNS AND SATELLITE PRODUCTS OBTAINED THROUGH NASA SUPPORT. IN PARTICULAR THIS WORKSHOP WILL HOST A COMMUNITY OF POTENTIAL USERS OF THE UPCOMING TEMPO AND MAIA SATELLITE PRODUCTS IN ADDITION TO THE NOW-FLYING TROPOMI INSTRUMENT AND OTHER WELL-ESTABLISHED AIR QUALITY PRODUCTS. THE MEETING WILL CONSIST OF PRESENTATIONS PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND A POSTER SESSION. OUTCOMES OF THIS WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE PUBLICATION OF A PEER-REVIEWED REVIEW ARTICLE OR PERSPECTIVES PAPER AND NEW COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES.