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The Multiscale Air Quality Simulation Platform (MAQSIP): Model Formulation and Process Considerations (PDF)

Selected publications written by CEMPD faculty

Adelman, Z. and M. Houyoux. “Processing the National Emissions Inventory 96 (NEI96) Version 3.11 with SMOKE.” Presented at the Emission Inventory Conference: One Atmosphere, One Inventory, Many Challenges, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, Colo., (May 2001).
Paper: PDF, Presentation: PDF.

Alapaty, K., and S. Raman: “A Study of the Seasonal Migration of ITCZ and the Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Simple Monsoon System Using a Global Energy Balance Model.” Journal of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 41:191-211 (1989).

Alapaty, K., R.V. Madala and S. Raman. “Sensitivity of Monsoon Rainfall Predictions to Initialization Procedures.” Atmospheric Research 30:157-170 (1993).

Alapaty, K., R.V. Madala and S. Raman. “Numerical Simulation of Orographic-Convective Rainfall Using Kuo and Betts-Miller Cumulus Parameterization Schemes.” Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan 72:123-137 (1994).

Alapaty, K., S. Raman and R.V. Madala. “Investigation of the Role of the Boundary Layer Processes in an Active Monsoon Using a Mesoscale Model.” Boundary-Layer Meteorology 67:407-426 (1994).

Alapaty, K., S. Raman, R.V. Madala and U.C. Mohanty. “Monsoon Rainfall Simulations with Kuo and Betts-Miller Schemes.” Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 53:33-49 (1994).

Alapaty, K., D.T. Olerud, K. Schere and A.F. Hanna. “Sensitivity of Regional Oxidant Model Predictions to Diagnostic and Prognostic Meteorological Fields.” Journal of Applied Meteorology 34:1787-1801 (1995).

Alapaty, K., S. Raman, U.C. Mohanty and R.V. Madala. “Sensitivity of Monsoon Circulations to Changes in Sea Surface Temperature.” Atmospheric Environment 29:2139-2156 (1995).

Alapaty, K., R. Mathur, and D. Byun. "A Modeling Study of Vertical Diffusion of Passive and Reactive Tracers Using Local- and Nonlocal-Closure Boundary Layer Schemes" Air Pollution Modeling and Its Applications XI, Eds. S.E. Gryning and F.A. Schiermeier, pp 433-442, Plenum Press, New York, (1996).

Alapaty, K., J. Pleim, S. Raman D.S. Niyogi and D.W. Byun. “Simulation of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Processes using Local- and Nonlocal-Closure Schemes.” Journal of Applied Meteorology 36:214-233 (1997).

Alapaty, K., S. Raman and D.S. Niyogi. “Uncertainty in the Specification of Surface Characteristics: A Study of Prediction Errors in the Boundary Layer.” Boundary-Layer Meteorology 82, no. 3 (1997): 25-46.

Alapaty, K. and R. Mathur. “Effects of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Mixing Representations on Vertical Diffusion of Passive and Reactive Tracers.” Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 69:101-118 (1998).

Alapaty, K., R. Mathur and T. Odman. “An Intercomparison Study of Interpolation Schemes for Use in Nested Grid Models.” Monthly Weather Review 126:331-337 (1998).

Alapaty, K., N.L. Seaman, D.S. Niyogi and A.F. Hanna. “Assimilating Surface Data to Improve the Accuracy of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Simulations.” Journal of Applied Meteorology 40:2068-2082 (2001).

Alapaty, K., D. Niyogi, S. Arunachalam, A. Holland, K. Hanisak, and M. Wesely, (2003) Development of Alternative Methods for Estimating Dry Deposition Velocity in CMAQ, In Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Models-3 Users Workshop hosted by the Center for the Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS), RTP, NC, October 2003.

Alapaty, K., R. Mathur, and S. Arunachalam, (2003) Preliminary Results on the Development of a Variable-Grid-Resolution Air Quality Model, In Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Models-3 Users Workshop hosted by the Center for the Community Modeling and Analysis System, RTP, NC, 2003.

Arunachalam, S., V.Purushothaman, and P.G.Georgopoulos, (1999). Air Quality Benefits from Mandated Emissions Reductions in the Northeastern United States: Is Population Exposure to Ozone Reduced? Joint Conference of the ISEE/ISEA, Athens, Greece, 1999. [Also published in Epidemiology, 10 (4), 1999]

Arunachalam, S. “Comparison of CAMx vs. UAM-V in an Indirect Technique to Assess Contribution to Ozone Exceedances in the Eastern U.S.” In proceedings of the 93th annual meeting of the Air and Waste Management Association, Salt Lake City, Utah, (June 2000). PDF

Arunachalam, S., Z. Adelman, R. Mathur, D. Olerud Jr. and A. Holland. “A Comparison of the Models-3/CMAQ and MAQSIP Modeling Systems for Ozone Modeling in North Carolina.” In proceedings of the 94th annual meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Orlando, Fla., (June 2001). PDF

Arunachalam, S., Z. Adelman, R. Mathur and J. Vukovich. “The Impacts of Biogenic Emissions Estimates from BEIS-3 on Ozone Modeling in the Southeastern U.S.” In proceedings of the 11th annual Emissions Inventory Conference: Emission Inventories – Partnering for the Future, Atlanta, Ga., (April 2002). PDF

Arunachalam, S., Z. Adelman, K. Hanisak, A. Holland and R. Mathur. “Estimating Future-Year Ozone Design Values with Two Regional-Scale Modeling Systems in North Carolina.” In proceedings of the 95th annual meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Baltimore, Md., (June 2002). PDF

Arunachalam, S., and A. Holland (2005). Future Year Attainment Year Modeling in NC: An Alternative Look at Health Related Benefits. In Proceedings of the 4th Annual CMAS Models-3 Users Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, Sept 2005.

Arunachalam, S., A.Holland, B.Do, and M.Abraczinskas (2006). A Quantitative Assessment of the Influence of Grid Resolution on Predictions of Future-Year Air Quality in North Carolina, USA. Atmospheric Environment's Special Issue 'Developments in Air Quality Model Evaluation and Methodology', 40 (26), pp.5010-5026.

Binkowski, F.S. and U. Shankar. “The Regional Particulate Matter Model 1: Model Description and Preliminary Results.” Journal of Geophysical Research 100: 21,191-21,209 (1995).

Binkowski, F.S. and S. J. Roselle. "Models-3 Community Multiscale Air Quality Model (CMAQ) Aerosol Component: 1. Model Description" J. Geophys. Res. 108(D6), 4183, doi:10.1029/2001JD001409 (2003).

Binkowski, F., S. Arunachalam, A. Hanna, and J. Pinto (2005). An inline photolysis module for CMAQ, In Proceedings of the NOAA/EPA Golden Jubilee Symposium on Air Quality Modeling and Applications, RTP, NC, September 2005.

Binkowski, F., S. Arunachalam, Z. Adelman, and J. Pinto (2005). Examining the Role of in-situ Aircraft Emissions on Photolysis Rates with a Prototype Inline photolysis module within CMAQ, In Proceedings of the 4th Annual CMAS Models-3 Users Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, September 2005.

Binkowski, F., S. Arunachalam, Z. Adelman, and J. Pinto (2006). Application and Evaluation of a new On-line Photolysis Modeule for the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System, In Proceedings of the 2006 Joint Assembly of the American Geophysical Union, Baltimore, MD, May 23-26, 2006.

Binkowski, F., S. Arunachalam, Z. Adelman and J.P. Pinto (2006). Examining Photolysis Rates with a Prototype On-line Photolysis Module in CMAQ, Journal of Applied Meteorology's Special Issue 'Developments in Air Quality Model Developments', 2006 , Under Review.

Brandmeyer, J.E., H.A. Karimi and A.M. Eyth. “Integrating Emission Inventory Processing with a Geographic Information System.” Proceedings of The Emission Inventory: Living in a Global Environment, sponsored by Air & Waste Management Association and U.S. EPA, New Orleans, La., (December 1998).

Byun, D.W., D. Dabdub, S. Fine, A.F. Hanna, R. Mathur, T. Odman, A. Russel, E.J. Segall, J.H. Seinfeld, P. Steenkiste and J. Young. “Emerging Air Quality Modeling Technology for High Performance Computing and Communications Environments. Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XI, ed. S.E. Gryning and F.A. Schiermeier, 491-502. New York: Plenum Press, (1995).

Chang, J.S., P.B. Middleton, W.R. Stockwell, C.J. Walcek, J.E. Pleim, H. Lansford, S. Madronich, F.S. Binkowski, N.L. Seaman, D.R. Stauffer, D.W. Byun, J.N. McHenry, H. Hass and P. Samson. “NAPAP Report 4: The Regional Acid Deposition Model and Engineering Model.” 189pp. Washington, D.C.: GPO, (1990).

Chatfield, R.B., R. Esswein, F. Binkowski, S. Arunachalam, A. Fried, D. Blake, and R. Mathur (2005). Anomalies in the Distribution Patterns and Simulation of Aldehydes and PAN within Reacting Continental Outflow during INTEX-NA: Simulation of the Lower Troposphere with Three Standard Regional and Global Models CMAQ, GEOS-CHEM and MOZART. In proceedings of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2005.

Coats, C.J., A. Trayanov, J.N. McHenry, A. Xiu, A. Gibbs-Lario and C.D. Peters-Lidard. “An Extension of the EDSS/Models-3 I/O API for Coupling Concurrent Environmental Models, with Applications to Air Quality and Hydrology.” Preprints, 15th lIPS Conference, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Tex., (January 1999).

Dennis, R.L., F.S. Binkowski, T.L. Clark, J.N. McHenry, S. Reynolds and S. Seilkop. “NAPAP Report 5, Part II: Selected Applications of RADM.” 37pp. Washington, D.C.: GPO, (1990).

Dennis, R.L., J.N. McHenry, W.R. Barchet, F.S. Binkowski and D.W. Byun. “Correcting RADM’s Sulfate Underprediction: Discovery and Correction of Model Errors and Testing the Corrections Through Comparisons Against Field Data.” Atmospheric Environment 27A:6:975-997 (1993).

Dolwick, P.D., C. Jang, S. Lo, D. Olerud, J. Vukovich and N. Wheeler. “In-Depth Evaluation of OTAG Modeling.” Proceedings of the 91st annual Air & Waste Management Association meeting, San Diego, Calif., (1998).

Dolwick, P.D., C. Jang, J. Vukovich, and N. Wheeler. “Issues and Concerns Regarding Characterization of Boundary Conditions in Photochemical Grid Modeling Applications.” Proceedings of the 91st annual Air & Waste Management Association meeting, San Diego, Calif., (1998).

Eyth, A.M., S.S. Fine, M.R. Houyoux and S. Thorpe. “Simulation Management and Visualization for Emissions Processing Using the Environmental Decision Support System.” Proceeding from The Emissions Inventory: Key to Planning, Permits, Compliance and Reporting, Air & Waste Management Association, New Orleans, La., 527-538, (September 1996).

Faluvegi, G.S., K. Alapaty, H. Reichle, S. Raman, V. Connors and R. Mathur. “Simulation of Carbon Monoxide Transport during April 1994.” Journal of Geophysical Research—Atmospheres 104:21:471-21, 485 (1999).

Fine, S.S., W.T. Smith, S.R. Thorpe, N.J.M. Wheeler and A.M. Eyth. “An Automated Assistant for Environmental Data Analysis.” Preprints, 14th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, Ariz., 38-40, (January 1998).

Fine, S.S., C.J. Coats Jr., A. Hanna, D.H. Loughlin, J.N. McHenry, R. Mathur, W.T. Smith and N.J.M. Wheeler. “The Environmental Decision Support System: A Capable and Versatile Contribution to a Community Modeling and Analysis System for Air Quality.” Development and Application of Computer Techniques to Environmental Studies, ed. D.W. Pepper, C.A. Brebbia and P. Zannetti, 317-326. Boston: WIT Press, (1998).

Fine, S.S., J. Ambrosiano, A.M. Eyth, D. Hils, W.T. Smith, S. Thorpe and D.H. Loughlin. “The Environmental Decision Support System: Simulation Support and Information Management in an Integrated Computational Framework.” Proceedings of Eco-Informa ’96: Global Networks for Environmental Information, Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Vol. 11:4-7, 586-591, (November 1996).

Georgopoulos, P.G., S.Arunachalam, and S.Wang, (1997). Alternative metrics for the relative effectiveness of NOx and VOC emission reductions in controlling ground level ozone, J. A&WMA, 47, pp. 837-932.

Godowitch, J. and J. Vukovich. “Photochemical Urban Airshed Modeling Using Diagnostic and Dynamic Meteorological Fields.” Air & Waste Management Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, (June 1994).

Hanna, A.F., R. Mathur, K. Alapaty, J. Pinto, A. Ramadan and M. Elmessiry. “A Modeling Study of Pollution Episodes over North Africa.” Symposium of Interdisciplinary Issues in Atmospheric Chemistry, 79th American Meteorological Society annual meeting, Dallas, Tex., 70-71, (January 1999).

Hanna, S. R., Z.Lu, C.H.Frey, N.Wheeler, J.Vukovich, S. Arunachalam, M.Fernau, and A.D.Hansen, (2001). Uncertainties in Predicted O3 Concentrations due to Input Uncertainties for the UAM-V Photochemical Grid Model Applied to the July 1995 OTAG Domain, Atmos. Environ. 35 (5), pp. 891-903.

Hanna, A., J. Vukovich, S. Arunachalam, D. Loughlin, H.C. Frey, and V. Isakov, (2004). Assessment of Uncertainties in Benzene Concentration Estimates in the Houston, TX area. In Proceedings of the 97th Annual Meeting of the A&WMA, Indianapolis, IN, June 2004.

Hogrefe, C., S.T. Rao, P. Kasibhatla, G. Kallos, C.J. Tremback, W. Hao, D. Olerud, A. Xiu, J. McHenry and K. Alapaty. “Evaluating the Performance of Regional-Scale Photochemical Modeling Systems: Part I—Meteorological Predictions.” Atmospheric Environment 35:4159-4174 (2001).

Houyoux, M.R., J.M. Vukovich, C.J. Coats Jr., N.W. Wheeler and P.S. Kasibhatla. “Emission Inventory Development and Processing for the Seasonal Model for Regional Air Quality (SMRAQ) project.” Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres 105:D7:9079-9090 (April 16, 2000).
Paper: PDF file available from JGR with subscription

Houyoux, M., R. and J.M. Vukovich. “Updates to the Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions (SMOKE) Modeling System and Integration with Models-3.” Presented at The Emission Inventory: Regional Strategies for the Future, Air & Waste Management Association, Raleigh, N.C., (October 1999). Paper: Word 97, PDF.

Houyoux, M.R. and Z. Adelman. “Quality Assurance Enhancements to the SMOKE Modeling System.” Presented at The Emission Inventory Conference: One Atmosphere, One Inventory, Many Challenges, U.S. EPA, Denver, Colo., (May 2001). Paper: PDF, Presentation: PDF.

Houyoux, M.R., and J.M. Vukovich. “Emissions Inventory Development and Processing for the Seasonal Model for Regional Air Quality.” Presented at The Emission Inventory: Living in a Global Environment, Air & Waste Management Association, New Orleans, La., (December 1998).
Paper: PDF, Presentation: PDF.

Houyoux, M.R., C.J. Coats Jr. A. Eyth and S. Lo. “Emissions Modeling for SMRAQ: A Seasonal and Regional Example Using SMOKE.” Proceedings of Computing in Environmental Resource Management, Air & Waste Management Association, Research Triangle Park, N.C, 555-566, (December 1996). PDF

Kasibhatla, P., W.L. Chameides, B. Duncan, M. Houyoux, C. Jang, R. Mathur, T. Odman, and A Xiu. "Impact of Inert Organic Nitrate Formation on Ground-Level Ozone in a Regional Air Quality Model Using the Carbon Bond Mechanism 4" Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 24 No. 24: 3205-3208 (1997).

Loughlin, D.H., E.D. Brill Jr., J.W. Baugh Jr., J.K. Neal Jr., S.S. Fine and J.M. Vukovich. “Design of Oxidant Air Quality Management Strategies Using Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimization in a Decision Support System.” Proceedings of Computing in Environmental Resource Management, Air & Waste Management Association, Research Triangle Park, N.C, 487-498, (December 1996).

Mathur, R., U. Shankar, A. F. Hanna, M. T. Odman, et al., 2005: Multiscale Air Quality Simulation Platform (MAQSIP): Initial applications and performance for tropospheric ozone and particulate matter, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D13308, doi:10.1029/2004JD004918.

McHenry, J.N., F.S. Binkowski, J.S. Chang and D. Hopkins. “The Tagged Species Engineering Model.” Atmospheric Environment 26A:8:1427-1443 (1992).

McHenry, J.N. and F.S. Binkowski. “Development and Testing of a Betts-Miller Based Shallow Convective Cloud Chemistry Scheme for Incorporation into Multiscale Air Quality Models.” Preprints, Ninth Joint Conference of the American Meteorological Society with the Air and Waste Management Association, 76th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, Ga., 254-259, (1996).

McHenry, John, C.D. Peters-Lidard, C.J. Coats, K. Alapaty, S. Fine, A. Trayanov and F. Pan. “Preliminary Results of Coupling a 1-D Column Version of the PSU/NCAR MM5 with a Data-Assimilating Version of the TOPLATS Land-Surface Hydrology Model.” Preprints, 13th American Meteorological Society Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Dallas, Tex., (January 1999).

McHenry, John, N.L. Seaman, C.J. Coats, A. Lario-Gibbs, J. Vukovich, N. Wheeler and E. Hayes. “Real-Time Nested Mesoscale Forecasts of Lower Tropospheric Ozone Using a Highly Optimized Coupled Model Numerical Prediction System.” Preprints, American Meteorological Society Symposium on Interdisciplinary Issues in Atmospheric Chemistry, American Meteorological Society, Dallas Tex., (January 1999). PDF

McHenry, John, N.L. Seaman, C.J. Coats, D. Stauffer, A. Lario-Gibbs, J. Vukovich, E. Hayes and N. Wheeler. “The NCSC-PSU Numerical Air Quality Prediction Project: Initial Evaluation, Status and Prospects.” Preprints, Symposium on Atmospheric Chemistry Issues in the 21st Century, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, Calif., (2000). PDF

McHenry, John, C.J. Coats, B. Cameron, J. Vukovich, A. Trayanov and T. Smith. “High-Resolution Real-Time Ozone Forecasts for the August-September Texas AQS-2000 (Houston) Field Study: Forecast Process and Preliminary Evaluation.” Reprints, A Millenium Symposium on Atmospheric Chemistry, American Meteorological Society, Albuquerque, N.Mex., (2001). PDF

McHenry, J.N., W.F.Ryan, N.L.Seaman, C.J.Coats, J.Pudykiewicz, S.Arunachalam, and J.M.Vukovich, (2004). A Real-time Eulerian Photochemical Model Forecast System: Overview and Initial O3 Forecast Performance in the Northeastern U.S. corridor, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, pp. 525-548.

Mebust, M., B.K. Eder, F.S. Binkowski, and S.J. Roselle. "Models-3 Community Multiscale Air Quality Model (CMAQ) Aerosol Component: 2. Model Evaluation" J. Geophys. Res. (D6) 4184, doi:10.1029/2001JD001410 (2003).

Mihailovic, D.T., S.T. Rao, K. Alapaty and J.Y. Ku. “A Study of the Effects of Land Use on the Boundary Layer Evolution.” Environmental Pollution (2002).

Niyogi, D.S., K. Alapaty and S. Raman. “Uncertainty in the Specification of Surface Characteristics, Part 2: Hierarchy of Interaction-Explicit Statistical Analysis.” Boundary-Layer Meteorology 91:341-366 (1999).

Niyogi, D.S., S. Raman and K. Alapaty. “Comparison of Four Different Stomatal Resustance Schemes, Part II: Analysis of Terrestrial Biosphere Atmosphere Interactions.” Journal of Applied Meteorology 37:1301-1320 (1998).

Niyogi, D.S., S. Raman, K. Alapaty and Jonli Han. “A Dynamic-Statistical Experiment for Atmospheric Interactions.” Environmental Modeling and Assessment 2:307-322 (1997).

Niyogi, D.S., K. Alapaty and S. Raman. “A Gas Exchange-Based Surface Evapotranspiration Model (GEM) for Mesoscale Applications.” Water, Air and Soil Pollution (2002).

Niyogi, D.S., K. Alapaty and S. Raman. “Photosynthesis-Based Dry Deposition Modeling Approach.” Water, Air and Soil Pollution (2002).

Odman, M.T., C.L. Ingram, R. Mathur and U. Shankar. "Documentation for the Denver Air Quality Model Version 2 Modeling System (D2MS) Volume II: MAQSIP Source Code Documentation, Technical Report ENV-98TR006-v1.0."  MCNC-North Carolina Supercomputing Center, Research Triangle Park, NC, (1998).

Peters-Lidard, C.D., J.N. McHenry, C.J. Coats, A. Trayanov, S. Fine, K. Alapaty and F. Pan. “Re-Thinking the Atmospheric LSP Problem from a Hydrological Perspective.” Preprint Volume: 14th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Tex., (1999).

Raman, S., U. Mohanty, N. Reddy, K. Alapaty and R. Madala. “Numerical Simulation of the Sensitivity of Summer Monsoon Circulation and Rainfall over India to Land Surface Processes.” Pure Applied Geophysics 152:781-809 (1998).

Roelle, P.A., V.P. Aneja, R.Mathur, J. Vukovich and J. Pierce. "Modeling Nitric Oxide Emissions from Biosolid Amended Soils" Atmospheric Environment, 36, 5687-5696, (2002).

Ryan, W.F., J.N. McHenry, C.J. Coats, J. Vukovich and T. Smith. “Use of Numerical Ozone Prediction Models in Operational Air Quality Forecasting.” Fifth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, Gases, Aerosols and Clouds, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, Calif., (2003).

Sankar-Rao, M. and K. Alapaty. “Preliminary Results on the Migration of Tropical Rainfall Zone in a Simple Climate Model.” Atmosfera 1:173-193 (1998).

Shankar, Uma, Aijun Xiu, Douglas Fox, and Steven McNulty. "Investigation of the Interactions Between Climate Change, Biomass, Forest Fires and Air Quality with an Integrated Modeling Approach." Presentation to the EPA Progress Review Meeting. Research Triangle Park, NC. April 2006.

Shankar, Uma, Aijun Xiu, J. Vukovich, A. Hanna, Douglas Fox, and Steven McNulty. "Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change and Variability on Biomass and Forest Fires, the Impact of Forest Fires on Ozone and PM Air Quality, and the Regional Climate Response to These Changes in the Southern United States." In Proceedings of the EastFire Conference, May 13-15, 2005, Fairfax, VA.

Shankar, U., A. Xiu, D. Streets, J. M. Vukovich, M. S. Reddy, C. Venkataraman, R. Mathur, A. F. Hanna, F. S. Binkowski, and S. Arunachalam, 2005a: Evaluation of a Coupled Meteorology-Chemistry Model Against INDOEX. In Abstracts of the AAC-2005 Fourth Asian Aerosol Conference, December 13-16, 2005, Mumbai, India.

Shankar, U., P. V. Bhave, J. M. Vukovich, and S. J. Roselle, 2005b: Implementation and Initial Applications of Sea Salt Aerosol Emissions and Chemistry Algorithms in the CMAQ v4.5 - AERO4 Module. Presented at the 4th Annual CMAS Models-3 Users’ Conference, September 26-28, 2005, Chapel Hill, NC

Shankar, U., and R. Mathur, 2003: Extending Size-dependent Composition to the Modal Approach: A Case Study with Sea Salt Aerosol. In Proceedings of the 2nd Annual CMAS Models-3 Users’ Conference, October 27-29, 2003, Research Triangle Park, NC.

Shankar, U., R. Mathur, and F. S. Binkowski, 2002: WRAP Experience: Investigating Model Biases. In Proceedings of the1st CMAS Models-3 Users’ Conference, October 21-23, 2002, Research Triangle Park, NC.

Shankar, U., A. F. Hanna, I. J. Ackermann, and F. S. Binkowski, 1998: Analyses of radiation profiles over two industrial source regions using a three-dimensional gas-aerosol model. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Aerosol Conference, September 13-18, Edinburgh, Scotland, J. Aerosol Sci., 29, Suppl. 1, S1159.

Shankar, U., and A.L. Trayanov. “Comparison of Two Schemes for the Redistribution of Moments for Modal Aerosol Model Applications.” Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computational Science – ICCS 2001, San Francisco, Calif., (May 2001).

Shankar, U. and F.S. Binkowski. “Sulfate Aerosol Wet Deposition in a Three-Dimensional Eulerian Air Quality Modeling Framework.” Proceedings of the Fourth International Aerosol Conference, Los Angeles, Calif., August/September (1994).

Smith, W.T., C. Coats, A. Eyth, S. Fine, D. Hils and N. Wheeler. “Managing Processing and Data in Seasonal Modeling of Regional Air Quality.” Proceedings of Computing in Environmental Resource Management, Air & Waste Management Association, Research Triangle Park, N.C., 37-44, (December 1996).

Thorpe, S., J. Ambrosiano, C. Coats, A. Eyth, S. Fine, D. Hils, T. Smith, A. Trayanov, R. Balay, M. Vouk and T. Turner. “The Package for Analysis and Visualization of Environmental Data.” Proceedings of Computing in Environmental Resource Management, Air & Waste Management Association, Research Triangle Park, N.C., 241-249, (December 1996).

Trayanov, A.L., S. Lo, M.R. Houyoux and U. Shanker. "Documentation for the Denver Air Quality Model Version 2 Modeling System (D2MS) Volume I: D2MS Users' Guide, Technical Report ENV-98TR005-v1.0." MCNC-North Carolina Supercomputing Center, Research Triangle Park, NC, (1998).

Vukovich, J., J. McHenry, C. Coats and A. Trayanov. “Supporting Real-Time Air Quality Forecasting Using the SMOKE Modeling System.” EPA Emissions Inventory Conference, Denver, Colo., (April/May 2001). Paper(PDF), Presentation (PDF).

Vukovich, J. and S. Arunachalam. “The Migration of the Texas COAST Emission Inventories to the SMOKE Modeling System.” Air & Waste Management Association, Raleigh, N.C., (October 1999).

Vukovich, J. “Development of Biogenic Emissions for the 1995 Summer Season Emission Inventories.” Air & Waste Management Association, New Orleans, La., (December 1998). Paper (PDF).

Vukovich, J. “An OTAG Biogenic Emissions Sensitivity Study Using Alternative Meteorological Data: Technical Report ENV-97TR003.” Prepared for OTAG Southeast Modeling Center, (1997).

Vukovich, J. and A. Eyth. “UAMGUIDES-Emissions Preprocessor Systems(EPS): A Tool for Emissions Data Visualization and Simulation Management.” Air & Waste Management Association, New Orleans, La., (1996).

Wheeler, N., W. Smith and A. Eyth. “The OTAG Data Clearinghouse and Data Management Issues for the Next Generation of Air Quality Modeling Applications.” Proceedings of Air & Waste Management Association annual meeting, Pittsburgh, Pa., paper 98-A806, (1998).

Wheeler, N., K. Galluppi, A. Eyth, D. Olerud, J. Vukovich, M. Houyoux, C. Lo, S. Holman and B. Timin. “Large Scale Regional Modeling Projects and their Computational Demands: Lessons Learned from the Ozone Transport Assessment Group (OTAG) Modeling Program.” Proceedings of an international conference, Computing in Environmental Resource Management, Air and Waste Management Association, Research Triangle Park, N.C., VIP-68, 29-36. Conference December 1996; (published 1997).

Whitby, E. R., P. H. McMurry, U. Shankar, and F. S. Binkowski, 1991: Modal Aerosol Dynamics Modeling, Rep. 60013-91/020, AREAL, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC, (NTIS PB91-161729/AS).