# Presentation: 657835

## The FASTNET Project

- Presented by:
- Sean Raffuse1
- Rudy Husar2
- Rich Poirot and Gary Kleiman3
- 1Sonoma Technology, Inc.
- 2Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis (CAPITA)
- 3NESCAUM
- Presented at:
- U.S. EPA 2005 National Air Quality Conference
- San Francisco, CA
- February 13-16, 2005

- STI-2646

## FASTNET

- _F_ast _A_erosol _S_ensing _T_ools for _N_atural _E_vent _T_racking
- Brings together real-time and historical data sets useful for aerosol analysis into several web based consoles
- Developed by the Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis (CAPITA) and Sonoma Technology, Inc. (STI)
- A Regional Planning Organization (RPO) project
- Managed for MANE-VU by Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management  (NESCAUM)
- Currently functional and freely accessible

## On Aerosol Events and Data

-  Aerosol episodes are often complex
- Different components, shapes, sizes, mixing
- Natural and anthropogenic sources
- Transport and carryover
-  Aerosol data sets come from a variety of sources and are difficult to use
- Data sets are large, many different formats and cumbersome
- Stored and maintained at various locations
- Dynamic
- Represent different time/space scales
-  Aerosol data need to be integrated and presented in real time
- Individual data sets can only provide narrow views of aerosol events
- Data integration provides a broader characterization of events
- Synthesizing datasets helps in better understanding aerosol events

## FASTNET uses the DataFed.net infrastructure

**FASTNET **is one of many **projects**** **within DataFed.net which share common **data sets **which are archived and accessible and can be viewed, compared, exported, analyzed, and interpreted using a variety of web-based **applications**

- Supported by NSF, NASA, EPA and other Agencies

## DataFed Synthesizes Data for Analyses

- Image
- Files

- Ambient Monitors
- Emission Inventories
- Fire Locations
- Meteorology
- GIS Maps
- Satellite Imagery

- Data

- Data Retrieval Service

- Outputs

- Websites

- Maps

- Graphs

- XML

- CSV

- Analyst Consoles

- Custom Consoles

- Manager Console

- Connects to various data types

- And creates standard data views

- Which can be incorporated into websites

## AIRNow and FASTNET

- The products of FASTNET have the potential to be returned to AIRNow to provide context

- Hourly PM2.5data

- Tools and the analyst community

- Event analysis, packaging, and context

- Real-time

- Real-time

- Real-time

- Data catalog(s) provide access to many fast (rapidly available), current (near-real-time, recently archived and continuing), and slow (historical data like IMPROVE Aerosol and ATAD trajectories)

## Event Analysis – February 19, 2004

- Areas of elevated PM2.5 in the Great Lakes (MN, MI), Northeast, and West Texas
- What are the features?

- This is one of several Analyst Consoles

- Visibility

- Meteorological parameters

- Satellite indices

- Fires

- Aerosol models

- Imagery

## February 19, 2004: Texas Dust & Midwest Nitrate

- Aerosol patches are evident in AIRNOW PM2.5, ASOS & FBext maps
- The high surface wind speed over Texas, hints on possible dust storm activity
- The NAAPS model shows high sulfate over the Great Lakes, but no biomass smoke

- Possible causes: nitrate in the Upper Midwest, sulfate around the Great Lakes, dust over Texas

- High winds in northwest Texas and Oklahoma

- Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System (NAAPS) Model shows dust in this area

## Air Quality Manager’s Console

- Browse a subset of the FASTNET data in time and space with a simple GIS interface

- Hourly PM2.5
- Visibility
- Fire Locations
- GIS Data Layers

- Event Tracker provides pre-selected views and links to other information

- Analyst summaries

- Satellite images

- News stories

## FASTNET Status

- FASTNET is still under development, but available at www.datafed.net
- Air Quality Manager’s Console at fastnet.sonomatechdata.com
- If you are interested in participating, contact Rich Poirot (rich.poirot@anr.state.vt.us)
- For technical information on DataFed and FASTNET contact Rudy Husar (rhusar@me.wustl.edu)
- For information on the Air Quality Manager’s Console contact Sean Raffuse (sraffuse@sonomatech.com)

## FASTNET References and Links

- FASTNET** **Project Description:** **_**[http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/capitareports/041026VisConfAshville/93Fastnet/93FASTNETb_j.doc](http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/capitareports/041026VisConfAshville/93Fastnet/93FASTNETb_j.doc)**_
- FASTNET Community Website:** **_**[http://](http://webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/dvoy_book.aspx?path=HOME/Projects/FASTNET)**__**[webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/dvoy_book.aspx?path](http://webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/dvoy_book.aspx?path=HOME/Projects/FASTNET)**__**[=HOME/Projects/FASTNET](http://webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/dvoy_book.aspx?path=HOME/Projects/FASTNET)**_
- FASTNET Consoles: _[http://](http://www.datafed.net/consoles/realtime_consoles.asp?datetime=now-48&image_width=260&image_height=110)__[www.datafed.net/consoles/realtime_consoles.asp?datetime](http://www.datafed.net/consoles/realtime_consoles.asp?datetime=now-48&image_width=260&image_height=110)__[=now-48&image_width=260&image_height=110](http://www.datafed.net/consoles/realtime_consoles.asp?datetime=now-48&image_width=260&image_height=110)_
- DataFed Data Catalogs:** **_**[http://](http://webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/datafed_catalog.aspx)**__**[webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/datafed_catalog.aspx](http://webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/datafed_catalog.aspx)**_
- DataFed Data Viewer: _[http://](http://webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/datafed.aspx)__[webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/datafed.aspx](http://webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/datafed.aspx)_
- Other FASTNET Reports and Presentations
**	**_[PM Event Detection from Time Series](http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/capitareports/0409EventAnalysis/0409EventByTimeSeries.ppt)_
**	**_[Automated Detection of Regional Haze Events](http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/capitareports/0409EventAnalysis/0409EventDetection04.ppt)_
**	**_[Mystery Winter Haze over the Midwest](http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/capitareports/050203NitrateEvent/0409FebMystHaze1.ppt)_
**	**_[February 19, 2004 Texas-Mexico Dust Event](http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/capitareports/050203NitrateEvent/0409FebMystHaze1.ppt)_
**	**_[February 19 2004 PM Event over the Northeast and Quebec](http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/capitareports/040219TexasDust/040219TexMexDust.pdf)_
**	**_[June 4 2004 Tucson Dust](http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/capitareports/040218NitrateEvent/0402NitrateEvent.ppt)_
**	**_[July 4 2004 Aerosol Pulse](http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/capitareports/040604TucsonDust/040604TucsonDust.pdf)_
**	****April 28, 2004 Nevada Dust**

## Analyst Console Applications:Sulfate Episode: 8/27/04

**Sulfate in the Northeast**
**Sahara Dust in the Gulf**
**Fires in the Southeast**

- _[Time Series Console: Southeast](http://www.datafed.net/consoles/timeconsoleSE.asp)_

- Analyst Console Applications:Sulfate Episode: 8/27/04

## A Peek Under the Hood

- FASTNET uses the DataFed.net infrastructure

## Relevance

- Aerosol episodes are often complex
- Different components, shapes, sizes, mixing
- Natural and anthropogenic sources
- Transport and carryover
- Individual data sets can provide clues about the cause and nature of aerosol events
- Synthesizing the data helps us better understand aerosol events

- Satellite detects fires in the Southeast

- But PM2.5 values are small

- The NAAPS model suggests the high PM2.5 in the Northeast is due to sulfate

- Users can customize views by layering the many available data sets

- These custom views can be incorporated into their own websites