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14th International Emission Inventory Conference
"Transforming Emission Inventories - Meeting Future Challenges Today"

Papers and Presentations
Las Vegas, Nevada, April 11 - 14, 2005

The papers and presentations below have been converted to Acrobat PDF.

Final Program and Agenda (PDF 160K)

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Plenary Session

"Improving Emission Inventories for Effective Air Quality Management Across North America," David Mobley, US EPA; Marc Deslauriers, Environment Canada; and Leonora Rojas-Brachos, Mexico Institute for National Ecology.

"The Two Sides of Las Vegas," Christine Robinson, Clark County Division of Air Quality Management District, Las Vegas, NV.

Session 1 - Agricultural and Ammonia Sources

"Odor, Dust and Gaseous Emissions for Open-Lot CAFOs: Southern Great Plains," J. M. Sweeten, Texas A&M University (TAMU); D. Parker, WTAMU; B. Auvermann, TCE/TAES; A. Cole, USDA; C. Parnell, TAMU, R. Maghriang, J. P. Murphy, Kansas State University and B. Einheimer, Texas Cattle Feeders Assn.
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"Monitoring and Modeling of ROG at California Dairies," C. Krauter, B. Goodrich, D. Goorahoo, and M. Beene, California State University - Fresno. ALSO IN POSTER
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"Assessment of Reactive Organic Gases and Amines from a Northern California Dairy Using the US EPA Surface Emissions Isolation Flux Chamber," C. E. Schmidt, Environmental Consultant; T. Card, Environmental Management Consulting and P. Gaffney, California Air Resources Board; S. Hoyt, Environmental Analytical Services. ALSO IN POSTER
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"Use of Laser Technology to Monitor Ammonia Emissions from Dairy Lagoons," D. Goorahoo, C. Krauter, L. B. Goodrich and M. Beene, California State University, Fresno. ALSO IN POSTER
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"An Improved Process Based Ammonia Emission Model for Agricultural Sources - Emission Estimates," G. E. Mansell, ENVIRON International Corporation; Z. Wang, University of California Riverside; R. Zhang and J. Fadel, University of California - Davis; H. Xin, Iowa State University; J. Arogo, North Carolina State University and T. Rumsey, University of California - Davis.
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"A Process Based Ammonia Emission Model for Confinement Animal Feeding Operations - Model Development," R. Zhang, J. Fadel and T. Rumsey, University of California-Davis; J. Arogo, North Carolina State University; H. Xin, Iowa State University; G. E. Mansell, ENVIRON International Corporation and Z. Wang, University of California - Riverside.
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"Quality Improvement for Ammonia Emission Inventory," J. Fu, Y. Kim, W. Davis and T. Miller, University of Tennessee.
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Session 2 - Data Management

"Emission Impact Potential – A Method for Relating Upwind Emissions to Ambient Pollutant Concentrations," S. M. Raffuse, S. G. Brown, D. C. Sullivan, L. R. Chinkin, Sonoma Technology, Inc.
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"Design of an Inter-RPO Emissions Inventory Warehouse System," M. Schuster, MARAMA; G. Kitzmiller, H. Zhou, ERG, Inc.; J. Haasbeek, ENVIRON.
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"Supporting Spain's National Emission Projections with the EmiPro Tool," R. Borge, J. Lumbreras, M. E. Rodriguez, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid; I. Casillas, Telecommunications Engineer, SPAIN.
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"The Emissions Inventory Database Application Component of the Air Quality Management Decision Support System for Beijing," J. E. Brandmeyer, E. Solano, R. A. Zerbonia, RTI International; G. Gao, PA Consulting Group, L. Xin, C. Tian, S. Aijun, Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, Beijing, CHINA
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Integrated Approach to Meeting a State's Air Quality Data Needs, Encompassing Emission Inventory, Fees and Billing, Permits Development and Issuance, Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement, Source Testing, Ambient Monitoring, Stack Monitoring, SIP Strategy Development and Other Relational Aspects, Including Reporting to EPA," J. H. Southerland, T. Manning, H. Groce, S. Nunna, A. Hall, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
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"Emission Data Management System for the Western Regional Air Partnership," S. Boone, D. Holoman, E. H. Pechan and Associates, Inc.
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"Streamlining the State Emissions Inventory Data Management and Development Processes: Texas Air Emissions Repository (TexAER)," G. Kitzmiller, W. Gerber, J. Veysey, Eastern Research Group; J. Westphal, D. Wahrmund, D. Preusse, M. Torres, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
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Session 3 - Greenhouse Gases

"Climate Leadership in Public Places (CLIPP) Tool: Helping National Parks Quantify and Reduce Greenhouse Gases," A. Choate, B. Moore, ICF Consulting; K. Scott, US EPA; A. Worstell, National Park Service.
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"A Common-Sense Approach to Information Management for Corporate Greenhouse Gas Inventory," K. Tanger, E. Isoun, Project Performance Corporation.
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"Lessons Learned from the Yale University Inventory: GHG Emissions from Transportation," M. Buttazzoni, Environmental Resources Trust; K. Zyla, Pew Center on Global Climate Change. ALSO IN POSTER
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"Corporate GHG Emissions Inventory Lessons Learned: Protocols, Verifications, and Data Management Systems," K. L. Johnson, M. Campbell, URS Corporation.
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Session 4 - Tribal Emission Inventories

"Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) Air Emissions Inventory," D. C. Blair, Gila River Indian Community,"
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"Native American Tribal Emission Inventories, A 2005 Update," S. Kelly, A. Luedeker, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals. ALSO IN POSTER

"Developing Air Emissions Inventories for 2 Rural Indian Reservations in Montana," A. Bynum, J. Killeagle, A. Dreesbach, Portage Environmental, Inc.

Session 5 - Emission Inventory Validation and Quality Assurance

"EmisView: New Software for Visualizing and Quality Assuring Emission Modeling Data." A. M. Eyth, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; M. R. Houyoux, U.S. EPA. ALSO IN POSTER

"Quality Assurance of Emission Inventories Using Visual and Geographical Techniques," D. Misenheimer, S. Dombrowski, R. Huntley, US EPA. ALSO IN POSTER
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"Source Apportionment of Diesel Particulate Matter in the Southeastern United States Using Models3/CMAQ," L. A. Diaz, G. D. Reed, J. S. Fu, University of Tennessee.
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"Cleaner Data for a Better National Emission Inventory," S. Dombrowski. D. Solomon. R. Carrier, US EPA
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"Examination of the Multiplier Used to Estimate PM2.5 Fugitive Dust Emissions from PM10," T. G. Pace, US EPA
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Session 6 - Better/Faster Emission Inventory Methodologies

"The Rapid Inventory Development Pilot," D. Solomon, S. Dombrowski, US EPA; L. Harwell, C. Tillerson, R. Wagoner, MACTEC, Inc.
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"Reinventing the NEI: A Status Report," D. Solomon, US EPA.

"Presentation of the AES* Online and AES*XML Emission Inventory Application," B. E. Lane, V. Ramachandran, R. Lettich, K. Minnich, A. Sarode, and B. Garofalo, CIBER, Inc. ALSO IN POSTER

"Compilation of the Annual Emissions Inventory in Canada for Criteria Air Contaminants," M. Deslauriers, Environment Canada.
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"Development of a Multi-User GIS-Based Emission Inventory Tool," M. Van Altena, J. W. Boulton, M. Lepage, RWDI Air Inc.; C. Di Cenzo, Environment Canada.
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Session 7 - Fugitive Dust

"TRAKER: A Method for Fast Assembly and Update of Paved and Unpaved Road Dust Emission Inventories," V. Etyemezian, H. Kuhns, G. Nikolich, Desert Research Institute; D. Fitz, K. Bumiller, University of California-Riverside; R. Merle, R. Langston, Clark County Department of Air Quality & Environmental Management.
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"TEOM - Based Measurement of Industrial Unpaved Road PM10, PM2.5 and PM 10- 2.5, Emission Factors," J. Hayden, National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association; J. Richards, Air Control Techniques, P.C.

"Development of Agricultural Dust Emission Inventories for the Central States Regional Air Planning Association," B. M. Penfold, D. C. Sullivan, S. B. Reid, and L. R. Chinkin, Sonoma Technology, Inc.
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"Measurement of PM10 Emission Rates from Roadways in Las Vegas, Nevada Using the SCAMPER Mobile Platform with Real-Time Sensors," D. R. Fitz, K. Bumiller, University of California, Riverside; V. Etyemezian, H. Kuhns, G. Nikolich, Desert Research Institute.
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"Wind Tunnel Measurement of Emission Factors from Crusted and Intentionally Disturbed Urban Soils," D. James, University of Las Vegas, R. Wacaser, K. Barber, J. Bentley, V. Chakka, University of Nevada; R. Merle, M. Uhl, R. Langston, Department of Air Quality & Environmental Management, Clark County, Nevada.
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"Open Path Optical Sensing of Particulate Matter," B. Kim, M. Kemme, R. Hashmonay, R. Varma, US Army Research & Development.
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"The Use of TEOMs and Sampling Arrays to Quantify the Capture Efficiency of Fugitive Dust Emissions from Ready Mixed Concrete Loading," E. Herbert, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, J. Richards, Air Control Techniques.

Sessions 8 - Mobile Sources

"On-Road Mobile Source Emission Inventory Development for the Central States Regional Air Planning Association," D. C. Sullivan, S. B. Reid, P. S. Stiefer, T. H. Funk, L. R. Chinkin, Sonoma Technology, Inc.
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"Estimation and Effects of Vehicle Mix on On-Road Emissions Estimates," C. E. Lindhjem and S. Shepard, ENVIRON International Corporation.
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"Use of Local Travel Data in Mobile6: Recent Advancements in Agency Practice, and an Introduction to FHWA's New EMIT Model," M. Claggett, J. Houk, Federal Highway Administration Resource Center.
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"Development and Application of a Micro Scale Emission Factor Model (MicroFac) in Mobile Source Emissions," R. B. Singh, J. J. Sloan, University of Waterloo, CANADA.
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"Development of Link-Level Mobile Source Emission Inventories," A. K. Pollack, J. Haasbeek, ENVIRON International Corporation; M. Janssen, Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium.
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"Development of Detailed Railyard Emissions to Capture Activity, Technology and Operational Changes," R. G. Ireson, Air Quality Management Consulting; M. J. Germer and L. A. Schmid, Union Pacific Railroad Company.
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"Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicle Emissions in Greater Vancouver," A. Ergudenler and D. Jennejohn, Greater Vancouver Regional District; W. C. Edwards, Levelton Consultants, Ltd.
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"Development of Emission Inventories of Recreational Boats and Commercial Marine Vessels for the Central States Regional Air Planning Association," S. B. Reid, D. C. Sullivan, P. S. Stiefer, L. R. Chinkin, Sonoma Technology, Inc.
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"Modeling In-Flight Aircraft Emissions," Z. Adelman, C. Seppanen, F. Binkowski, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Session 9 - Point/Area Sources

"Compiling the 2002 Point Source NEI: Whose Data Get Priority?" S. Finn, D. Wilson, Eastern Research Group; A. Pope, US EPA.
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"Updated PM Augmentation Procedures for the 2002 Point Source NEI," P. Fields, R. Chang, M. Wolf, Eastern Research Group.
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"Solvent Mass Balance - Approach for Estimating VOC Emissions from Eleven Nonpoint Solvent Source Categories," D. L. Jones, E C/R Inc.
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"An Abridged History of Emission Inventory and Emission Factor Activities," J. H. Southerland, North Carolina Dept of Environment and Natural Resources.
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"Developing a Baseline Emission Inventory for the Border 2012 Program," P. G. Fields, M. E. Wolf, Eastern Research Group, R. Halvey, Western Governors' Association; C. Vineyard, US EPA, S. S. Martinez, E. Rebolledo, A. Cruzado, H. Landa, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales; A. F. Bremauntz, V. G. Bravo, L. Roja-Bracho, A. M. Kramer, Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, MEXICO.
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"Phase III Mexico National Emissions Inventory: Point Sources and Future Activities," S. S. Martinez, E. Rebolledo, H. L. Fonseca, R. M. Verde, R. C. M. Martinez and A. Cruzado, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales; V. G. Bravo; A. M. Kramer, L. Rojas-Bracho, A. F. Bremauntz, Instituto Nacional de Ecologia; P. G. Fields, M. E. Wolf, Eastern Research Group; R. Halvey, Western Governors' Association; W. Kuykendal, US EPA; P. Miller, Commission for Environmental Cooperation.
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"Emission-Inventory Oriented Residential Wood Combustion Survey," C. Y. Wu, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; R. Piva, US Department of Agriculture; D. R. Broderick, J. E. Houck, OMNI Consulting Services, Inc; J. Crouch, Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association.
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"Review of Residential Wood Combustion (RWC) Activity Level Data for Mid-Atlantic and New England States," D. R. Broderick, J. E. Houck, OMNI Consulting Services, Inc.; J. Goldman, J. Crouch, Hearth Patio & Barbecue Association.
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"Particulate Emissions- Combustion Source Emissions Dependent on Test Method," R. Andracsek and D. Gaige, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co.
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"Developing Southern Company Emissions and Flue Gas Characteristics for VISTAS Regional Haze Modeling," N. Kandasamy, F. Ellis, J. Jansen, Southern Company Services, Inc.
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"Development of a Fireplace Baseline Particulate Emission Factor Database," D. R. Broderick, J. E. Houck, OMNI Consulting Services, Inc; J. Crouch, Hearth Patio & Barbecue Association.
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"Extensive survey on wood use for domestic heating in Lombardy: implication for PM emission inventory," L. Marazzi, G. M. Crovetto, A. B. Denti, M. Lapi, Lombardy Foundation for the Environment; S. Caserini, A. Fraccaroli, G. Fossati, ARPA Lombardia; G. L. Gurrieri, Regione Lombardia, ITALY.
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Session 10 - Air Toxics Sources

"A Methodology to Validate the 2002 Air Toxics Inventory for Tennessee," E. Vllasi, L. Diaz, J. Yun, University of Tennessee.

"Development of Air Toxics Emission Inventories for Airports: Accounting for Composition of Jet Engine Exhaust." S. Hayes, D. Daugherty, A. Pollack, D. Soften, ENVIRON International Corporation.

"Projection of Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions to Future Years," M. Strum, A. Pope, T. Palma, S. Shed, US EPA; R. Mason, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; R. Cook, US EPA; J. Thurman and D. Ensley, Computer Sciences Corporation.
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Session 11 - Emission Inventory Preparation for Modeling

"ConCEPT - Consolidated Community Emissions Processing Tool - An Open Source Tool for the Emissions Modeling Community," C. Loomis, J. G. Wilkinson, Alpine Geophysics; J. Haasbeek, A. Pollack, ENVIRON Corporation; M. Janssen, LADCO.
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"Everything That Emission Factors/Emission Inventories Could Be," K. Baugues, KERAMIDA Environmental, Inc.
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"Development of Hourly Inventories Utilizing CEM-Based Data," G. Stella, Alpine Geophysics.
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"Emissions Modeling in Action: Suggestions to Improve the Process of Developing Emissions Estimates for Use in Air Quality Modeling Studies," D. R. Souten, C. Emery, ENVIRON International Corporation; J. G. Wilkinson, C. F. Loomis, Alpine Geophysics.

"Transparent, Comprehensive, and Ready for Modeling - Building Regional Inventories in the 21st Century," M. Janssen, Midwest Regional Planning Organization.

"Inter-annual and Seasonal Variability of Meteorologically Influenced Emissions," W. G. Benjey, E. Cooter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

"New Upgrades to EPA's SPECIATE Database," Y. Hsu, S. M. Roe, F. Divita, D. Holoman, E. H. Pechan & Associates, Inc.

"Generating Sophisticated Spatial Surrogates Using the MIMS Spatial Allocator," A. M. Eyth, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; W. Benjey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

"EPA's New Emissions Modeling Framework," M. Houyoux, G. Pouliot, N. Possiel, M. Strum, US EPA; W. Benjey, R. Mason, NOAA; A. Eyth, D. Loughlin, C. Seppanen, University of North Carolina.
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Session 12 Managed Burning and Wildland Fires

"Using Satellite-Based Products to Enhance Existing Area Burned Data," A. Soja, J. Al-Saadi, B. Pierce, J. Szykman (U.S. EPA), NASA Langley Research Center; D. J. Williams, T. Pace, and J. Kordzi, US EPA; W. R. Barnard, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
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"Wildfire Emission Modeling: Integrating BlueSky and SMOKE," G. Pouliot, T. Pierce, W. Benjey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; S. M. O'Neill, S. A. Ferguson, US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
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"Inter-RPO Wildfire Emission Inventory for 2002 - Building a Consistent National Emissions Inventory for Use in Regional Haze Modeling," D. Randall, J. Scaborough, Air Sciences, Inc; B. Battye, K. Boyer, EC/R, Inc.
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Poster Session


Adaptation of SMOKE to Prepare Emissions Files for Two Canadian Air Quality Models, ABRAMS and CHRONOS, L. Crevier, M. Sassi, P. Makar, M. Moran, Meteorological Service of Canada; E. Giroux, W. Jiang, National Research Council of Canada.


Air Quality Explorer -Web-based Tool to Identify and Investigate Pollutant Emissions, R. Mason, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; M. Strum, A. Pope, J. Touma, L. Driver and T. Driscoll, US EPA.


Ammonia Emissions from Sidress and Waterun Fertilizer Application Methods in California Cotton, M. Beene, B. Goodrich, C. Krauter, D. Goorahoo, California State University - Fresno.


Assessing Post 1990 Clean Air Act CAA NOx Programs: An Emission Inventory Perspective, D. Solomon, US EPA.


Assessment of Reactive Organic Gases and Amines from a Northern California Dairy Using the US EPA Surface Emissions Isolation Flux Chamber," C. E. Schmidt, Environmental Consultant; T. Card, Environmental Management Consulting and P. Gaffney, California Air Resources Board; S. Hoyt, Environmental Analytical Services.
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Comparison of Active Filter Pack and Open Path Tunable Diode Laser Measurements for Ammonia from California Dairies, L. B. Goodrich, C. Krauter, D. Goorahoo, and M. Beene, California State University - Fresno.


Data Summaries of the National Emissions Inventory Available on the Web, M. Salhotra, F. Divita, E. H. Pechan & Associates; T. Helms, B. Gilbert, US EPA.


Developing Manure-DNDC: Building a process Based Biogeochemical Toll for Quantifying NH3, CH4 and N2O Emissions from California Dairies, W. Salas, Applied Geosolutions; C. Li, University of New Hampshire.


Development of a Fireplace Baseline Particulate Emission Factor Database, D. Broderick, J. Houck, OMNI Consulting Services.


EmisView: New Software for Visualizing and Quality Assuring Emission Modeling Data, A. M. Eyth, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; M. R. Houyoux, US EPA.


Estimating the Spatial Distribution of Air Pollutant Emissions in Japan Using G-BEAMS, K. Nansai, N. Suzuki, K. Tanabe, S. Kobayashi, Y. Moriguchi, National Institute for Environmental Studies, JAPAN.


Evaluating HAP Trends: A Look at Emissions, Concentrations, and Regulation Analyses for Selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), R. Oommen, J. Houser, D. Dayton, and G. Brooks, Eastern Research Group, Inc.


Evaluation of PM10 Emission Factors from Almond Harvest Operations in San Joaquin Valley, T. Cassel, K. Trzepla-Nabaglo, P. Wakabayashi, R. Flocchini, University of California - Davis.


Is Marlborough Carbon Neutral? An Investigation of the Greenhouse Gas Balance of the Marlborough Region, New Zealand
, M. Marquardt, Landcare Research NZ ltd; S. R. Sherlock, G. Buchan, Lincoln University, L. Turney, Landcare Research NZ, Ltd.


Lessons Learned from the Yale University Inventory: GHG Emissions from Transportation, M. Buttazzoni, Environmental Resources Trust; K. Zyla, Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
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Minerals Management Service Gulf of Mexico Emissions Inventories, H. Ensz, Minerals Management Service; D. Wilson, Eastern Research Group, Inc.


Monitoring and Modeling of ROG at California Dairies, C. Krauter, B. Goodrich, D. Goorahoo, and M. Beene, California State University - Fresno.
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Native American Tribal Emission Inventories, A 2005 Update, S. Kelly, A. Luedeker, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals.


Presentation of the AES*Online and AES*XML Emission Inventory Application, B. E. Lane, CIBER, Inc.


Quality Assurance of Emission Inventories Using Visual and Geographical Techniques, D. Misenheimer, R. Huntley, US EPA.
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Regional Haze Modeling Inventories for the MANE-VU and CENRAP Regions, S. M. Roe and R.P. Strait, E.H. Pechan & Associates.


Review Your Draft 2002 National Emission Inventory Point Source
, M. Vines, Eastern Research Group; A. Pope and D. Brown, US EPA.


Use of Laser Technology to Monitor Ammonia Emissions from Dairy Lagoons, D. Goorahoo, C. Krauter, L. B. Goodrich, M. Beene, California State University-Fresno.
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Use of Local Travel Data in Mobile6: Recent Advancements in Agency Practice, and an Introduction to FHWA's New Emit Model, M. Claggett, J. Houk, Federal Highway Administration Resource Center.


Windblown Dust Control for Alluvial Soil, P. DeNee, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

Training Sessions

Inventories for Air Toxics Risk Characterization - This course focuses on the development and use of air toxic inventories in air quality modeling for risk characterization. (PDF 14M)

PM Fine Emission Inventory Preparation - This course will focus on the principal stationary source categories emitting PM fine particles. For each category, we will discuss how the National Emission Inventory emission estimates are developed, suggest activities States can do to improve upon the estimate and locate on-line resources to facilitate State inventory improvement activities. (PDF 10M

Emissions Modeling - This course will have three parts which focus on preparation of emissions data for modeling. (PDF 2M)

Part 1: Overview of emissions modeling concept intended for the novice emissions modeler. This part of the course covers topics including general definition of terms, emissions modeling steps, file types, and how to get started with the Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions (SMOKE) modeling system.

Part 2: Detailed review of emissions modeling data available from U.S. EPA, including the 2001 criteria NEI (similar to the 2002 version 1 NEI), cross-reference files, temporal and speciation profiles, default stack parameters, and spatial surrogates. The course will help modelers understand how to review these files, understand their impact on emissions modeling,and modify them for use in region-specific modeling. The data sets considered will include new temporal profiles for fires and PM2.5speciation profiles recently developed at EPA.

Part 3: The final hour of this course will be made available for SMOKE emissions modelers to present specific questions about SMOKE and their modeling applications. Course registrants will be asked to provide their SMOKE questions 2 weeks prior to the course(by 5/24/04) to allow for preparation of responses. If no questions are received, this hour will be used as a forum for discussion of future SMOKE enhancements and their relative importance to the user community.

National Mobile Inventory Model (NMIM) - EPA’s National Mobile Inventory Model (NMIM) is an emissions modeling system that generates county inventories using MOBILE6,NONROAD, and a database of county-level inputs. Participants will learn how to use NMIM on a Windows PC and how to work with the output, including how to produce NIF3-formatted output and how to run NMIM in both standalone and distributed processing modes. This is the second NMIM training, and, in response to user demand, more emphasis will be placed on understanding the database and modifying it to customize inputs.

2005 National Emission Inventory (NEI) Planning Workshop - At this workshop the Emission Inventory and Analysis Group (EIG) presents a revised version of the proposed plan that will include feedback and suggestions from State, local and tribal (S/L/T) air agencies and other interested parties. This workshop will be another opportunity to learn about and provide feedback on the proposed 2005 NEI plan. EIG’s goal is to finalize plans for the 2005 NEI by June 1, 2005.

Main Topics: After a general presentation about the proposed 2005 NEI plan, the remainder of the workshop will be three breakout sessions focusing on the following issues: 1) 2005 NEI Schedule; 2) NEI Input Format (NIF) Changes; and, 3) Central Data Exchange (CDX)Quality Assurance (Pass/Fail) Tool.

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