Technical Support System Reviewhttp://vista.cira.colostate.edu/tss/

Board MeetingMarch 8, 2007

TSS Goals

• Provide a single web-based location for:– Access and display of regional haze technical data– Reference location to support individual regional

haze plans

• Document technical methods for regional haze plans

TSS Goals

• Ongoing tracking and assessment– Emissions reductions– Monitoring data for regional haze and other air

quality programs

• Adapt to and serve future regional technical needs of WRAP members

WRAP Technical Data Information CentersVisibility Information Exchange Web System (VIEWS): VIEWS provides on-line access to monitoring data, research results and special studies related to visibility. http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/views/

Regional Modeling Center: The WRAP’s Regional Modeling Center at the University of California Riverside provides state and tribal agencies with sophisticated modeling of regional haze in the Western United States. http://pah.cert.ucr.edu/aqm/308/

Emissions Data Management System: An emission inventory data warehouse for states and tribes. The system provides a consistent, complete and regional approach to emissions data management and tracking. http://www.wrapedms.org/

Causes of Haze Assessment: A detailed analysis of ambient monitoring data for regional haze in the WRAP region. http://www.coha.dri.edu/

The Technical Support System integrates a number of different information resources under one web-based umbrella. http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/tss

WRAP Data Centers Support the TSS

Data Centers Planning/Decision Tool & Summary Data

Haze monitoring data

Modeling analysis results

Emissions data

Monitoring analysis results

TSS Overview• Interactive tools to support SIP writers’ needs

• Graphs• Tables• Maps

• Incorporates Tribal areas

• Data tables available for download – Analysts can examine data and reformat graphics as

required

• TSS training – Webinar session held February 15th

– Next in mid-April– Tribal session week of June 4th

– Workshop: June 19-20

• IMPROVE data updates for 2005 and 2006

• Link with other web sites/data nodes:– Fire Emissions Tracking System (FETS)– Emissions Data Management System (EDMS)

Ongoing TSS Work

Home Page

Resources Page

Data results and standard displays for monitoring, emissions, and modeling analyses

Methods Page

Summary documents describing the technical methods used in monitoring, emissions, and modeling analyses

Map Selection

Selections include one or more individual Class I areas, all in a state, or tribal lands represented by IMPROVE monitors

Current Weight-of-Evidence Checklist Page(under revision to Reasonable Progress WoE Analysis page)

Source Apportionment Page

Source Apportionment Chart

Weighted Emissions Potential Chart + DataSources and Areas of Potential Organic Carbon Emissions Influence

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State Total 1.0523 4.6163 0.0374 21.8475 13.236 0.3784 0.0366 0.2061 12.2919 0.0947 1.4087 10.5919 28.9301 0.573 1.7688 0 0.1387 2.791

A few words about regional technical efforts beyond 2007…

Technical air quality studies using WRAP data• Rocky Mountain National Park Sulfur and Nitrogen Study

(RoMANS) – National Park Service and State of Colorado

• Rural Ozone Impacts from Oil & Gas emissions in the 4 Corners Region – NPS modeling study

• Rural Ozone Impacts from Oil & Gas in northeast UT/southwest WY – States of Utah and Wyoming

• Emissions reductions options analysis – 4 Corners AQ Task Force Cumulative Effects WG

• Pilot Dust Regional Haze SIP for Salt Creek Wilderness –State of New Mexico

• Nested BART CalPuff modeling using regional modeling data as background – State of North Dakota

WRAP Technical Support History

• 15+ years of collaboration• Analyses of last 5+ years for haze planning provide

a broad basis for:• Future studies• Continued regional analyses at various scales• Addressing emerging topics

• In-kind support and staff participation by members invaluable• Nature and content of studies are member-defined

• WRAP members will face ongoing air management issues• Changes to health standards and exposure measures• Multiple values of ecosystem and aesthetic protection • How can WRAP adapt, or enhance, technical services to

meet these needs in the future?

In addition to Regional Haze, WRAP members face a variety of air quality management challenges

• Some are locally-oriented such as exceeding the 24-hour PM standard along the Wasatch Front or other populated areas– What is the regional contribution to a local problem?

• Others have been scoped out as sub-regional– 4 Corners AQ Task Force, NE UT/SW WY rural ozone, et

cetera

• Also important to continue to analyze and understand the regional response to emissions control and management programs over time– Haze, ozone, acid deposition, mercury, greenhouse gases,

et cetera

WRAP has built a useful and robust technical support capability

• Monitoring data analysis efforts

• Emissions data at appropriate spatial, temporal, and chemistry scales– Tribal Emissions Inventory Software Solution (TEISS)– Emissions Data Management System (EDMS)– Fire Emissions Tracking System (FETS)

• Modeling assistance by RMC

• Visualization and data analysis of regionally consistent data and information in the TSS