Meteorological research needs for improved air quality forecasting - Report of the 11th prospectus development team of the US Weather Research Program

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作者
Dabberdt, WF [1 ]
Carroll, MA
Baumgardner, D
Carmichael, G
Cohen, R
Dye, T
Ellis, J
Grell, G
Grimmond, S
Hanna, S
Irwin, J
Lamb, B
Madronich, S
McQueen, J
Meagher, J
Odman, T
Pleim, J
Schmid, HP
Westphal, DL
机构
[1] Vaisala, POB 3659, Boulder, CO 80307 USA
[2] Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[3] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
[4] Univ Iowa, Iowa City, IA USA
[5] Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[6] Sonoma Technol Inc, Petaluma, CA USA
[7] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA USA
[8] NOAA, Boulder, CO USA
[9] Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN USA
[10] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[11] NOAA, Res Triangle Pk, NC USA
[12] Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
[13] Natl Ctr Atmospher Res, Boulder, CO 80307 USA
[14] NOAA, Silver Spring, MD USA
[15] Georgia Inst Technol, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
[16] Naval Res Lab, Monterey, CA USA
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10.1175/BAMS-85-4-563
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P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
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0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
The U.S. Weather Research Program convenes expert working groups on a one-time basis to identify critical research needs in various problem areas. The most recent expert working group was charged to "identify and delineate critical meteorological research issues related to the prediction of air quality." In this context, "prediction" is denoted as "forecasting" and includes the depiction and communication of the present chemical state of the atmosphere, extrapolation or nowcasting, and numerical prediction and chemical evolution on time scales up to several days. Emphasis is on the meteorological aspects of air quality. The problem of air quality forecasting is different in many ways from the problem of weather forecasting. The latter typically is focused on prediction of severe, adverse weather conditions, while the meteorology of adverse air quality conditions frequently is associated with benign weather. Boundary layer structure and wind direction are perhaps the two most poorly determined meteorological variables for regional air quality prediction. Meteorological observations are critical to effective air quality prediction, yet meteorological observing systems are designed to support prediction of severe weather, not the subtleties of adverse air quality. Three-dimensional meteorological and chemical observations and advanced data assimilation schemes are essential. In the same way, it is important to develop high-resolution and self-consistent databases for air quality modeling; these databases should include land use, vegetation, terrain elevation, and building morphology information, among others. New work in the area of chemically adaptive grids offers significant promise and should be pursued. The quantification and effective communication of forecast uncertainty are still in their early stages and are very important for decision makers; this also includes the visualization of air quality and meteorological observations and forecasts. Research is also needed to develop effective metrics for the evaluation and verification of air quality forecasts so that users can understand the strengths and weaknesses of various modeling schemes. Last, but not of least importance, is the need to consider the societal impacts of air quality forecasts and the needs that they impose on researchers to develop effective and useful products.
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