Title: New Satellite Tools to Evaluate Emission Inventories: Is a 3-D Model Necessary?
Institution(s) Represented: University of Wisconsin-Madison - Tracy Holloway; Ramboll US Corporation - Jeremiah Johnson
Lead PI: Tracy Holloway
AQRP Project Manager: Elena McDonald-Buller
TCEQ Project Liaison: Mark Muldoon
Awarded Amount: $222,677.00
Abstract
Air quality management in Texas, like other states, is closely linked with accurate emission inventories. Continuous emissions monitoring systems can directly measure emissions from some major sources but for many sources there are uncertainties in the accuracy of emission inventory estimates. Satellite-based remote sensing of air quality offers the potential for independent evaluation of emission inventories leading to improved methods and more accurate estimates.
Study goals include validating the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) 2020 modeling emission inventory, especially for major point sources and on-road mobile sources and developing software that TCEQ can utilize to continue using satellite data for emission evaluation. These analyses will focus on 2019, for which a complete year of satellite data are available and include a brief comparison with 2020 providing some information on the change in emissions associated with the social and economic response to COVID-19. Results emerging from this study will be submitted for publication in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. The project is a collaborative effort between the University of Wisconsin - Madison and Ramboll U.S. Corporation.
Work Plan: projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 Scope.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Jul 2020.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Aug 2020.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Sep 2020.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Oct 2020.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Nov 2020.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Dec 2020.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Jan 2021.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Feb 2021.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Mar 2021.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Apr 2021.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR May 2021.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Jun 2021.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Jul 2021.pdf
Technical Report(s): projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 MTR Aug 2021.pdf
QAPP: projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 QAPP.pdf
Final Report: projectinfoFY20_21\20-020\20-020 Final Report.pdf
