The Weather Program Office is working with Northeastern University and George Mason University to enhance the high resolution forecasting capability of the National Air Quality Forecast Capability (NAQFC) based on the inline Rapid-Refresh Forecast System (RRFS)- Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model system by developing high resolution (3-km) anthropogenic emissions based on the US national emissions inventories (NEI) and an offline coupled RRFS-CMAQ. The project team will work in collaboration with the RRFS-CMAQ development team at NOAA and the CMAQ development team at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assist in the creation and evaluation of the new inline RRFS-CMAQ system with critical model inputs and capabilities that will allow it to provide accurate, high-resolution forecasts of surface ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) for the entire U.S.
PI Name & Contact: Yang Zhang (ya.zhang@northeastern.edu); Daniel Tong (qtong@gmu.edu).
