Appendix I 

Data Access 
1. Introduction 

The Visibility Improvement State and Tribal Association of the Southeast (VISTAS) Regional Planning 

Organization is in the process of developing a web site that will provide links to or directions for 

receiving all of the final work products from the VISTAS regional haze and visibility activities. This 

web site will be the repository for the various VISTAS reports, analysis products, SIP documentation, 

associated presentations, and meteorological, emissions, and air quality modeling input and output 

information. 

The VISTAS Final Work Products web site is a link off of the VISTAS main web site 

(http://www.vistas-sesarm.org/index.asp). At present, the direct link to the VISTAS Final Work 

Products is http://www.vistas-sesarm.org/documents/FinalDocs.asp. This direct link is subject to 

potential revisions as VISTAS makes cost effective decisions for the long-term storage of and access to 

these final work products. If the direct link listed above changes in the future, the Final Work Products 

link off of the VISTAS main web site will be appropriately updated. 

The raw meteorological, emissions, and air quality modeling input and output datasets will in many 

cases surpass any practical file size for online storage or downloading. Those interested in these very 

large datasets are welcome to request this information from Pat Brewer, VISTAS Technical 

Coordinator, or John Hornback, VISTAS Executive Director, via telephone, email, or direct mail. Their 

contact information is listed below: 

Arrangements can then be made to transfer the requested modeling data using the most 

appropriate method or medium from the VISTAS archives. 

Attachment I.1 contains the VISTAS Final Products Outline. This attachment provides a hard copy of 

the VISTAS Final Work Products web site including full web or FTP links to the information describe 

above. 

Pat Brewer 

VISTAS Technical Coordinator 

2090 U.S. 70 Highway Swannanoa

NC 28778 828-296-4500 

pat.brewer@ncmail.net

John Hornback 

VISTAS Executive Director 

Metro 4 / SESARM / VISTAS 

526 Forest Parkway, Suite F 

Forest Park, GA 30297-6140 

404-361-4000 

hornback@metro4-sesarm.org

Appendix I - 2 
State Contact Information for Data Access For 

access to electronic data files, please contact: 

Elliott Bickerstaff, P.E., BCEE 

MDEQ Air Support Branch Chief 

P.O. Box 2261 

Jackson, MS 39225 (601) 961-5176 

Elliott_Bickerstaff@deq.state.ms.us
Appendix I.1 

VISTAS Final Products Outline 
VISTAS Final Products 

VISTAS Summary Materials 

A. VISTAS Summary Report for FLM Consultation Meeting June 12, 2007 PDF 

B. VISTAS Meeting Notes for Consultation Meeting with FLMs June 12, 2007 PDF

C. VISTAS Summary Presentation PPT PDF

D. Summary Presentations for each Class I Area 

Mountains Groupings 

1. Great Smoky Mtns (5 sites) PPT PDF 2. 

Mammoth Cave PPT PDF 3. Sipsey PPT PDF 

4. Shenandoah (4 sites) PPT PDF Coastal 

Groupings 

5. Swanquarter PPT PDF

6. Cape Romain PPT PDF 

7. Okefenofee (4 sites) PPT PDF 8. Everglades PPT 

PDF Neighboring Sites 

9. Breton PPT PDF 

10. Mingo (4 sites) PPT PDF 11. Brigantine PPT PDF

II. Monitoring 

A. Conceptual Description: Final Report by Air 

Resource Specialists

• Appendix A • Appendix G

• Appendix B • Appendix H

• Appendix C • Appendix I

• Appendix D • Appendix J

• Appendix E • Appendix K

• Appendix F • Appendix L

For additional data as listed below go to: Air Resource Specialist ftp site at 

ftp://ftp.air-resource.com/VISTAS

1. Justification of New IMPROVE equation 

2. Current Conditions: 20% worst days, 20% best days, annual average, 

timelines 

PPT PDF
3. Natural Background Conditions 

4. Uniform Rate of Progress Glide Path 

5. ARS May 2003 report, Brewer and Adlhoch, 2005 AWMA paper 

Also see VIEWS website at http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/views

B. Classification and Regression Tree Analyses Final Report by System

Applications International

1. Meteorological parameters related to 5 visibility classes 2. 

2002 conditions compared to 2000-2004 baseline period 

C. Special Monitoring Studies 

1. Continuous Monitoring PPT PDF 2. 

Carbon Studies PPT PDF

III. Emissions Inventory: Base G2 and Best and Final 2002, 2009, and 2018 

Emissions Inventories for VISTAS

A. Inventory Data Summary: VISTAS States: point, area, on road mobile, non 

road mobile, annual average, organized at county and SCC tier level for 2002 actual, 2002 

typical, 2009, 2018 and 2008 for northern KY. (Summary datasets will be posted) 

B. 2002 Original Methods Reports 

1. MACTEC 2002 area source inventory report

2. MACTEC 2002 point source inventory report

3. Pechan 2002 Onroad and Nonroad inventory report

IV. Meteorological Modeling

A. Selection of 2002 as Base Year B. 

Meteorological data C. MM5 QAPP 

D. MM5 2002 model performance E. 

Final report, data sets 

V. Air Quality Modeling Emissions and Air Quality Modeling Technical Support Document 

by ENVIRON

• Appendix A • Appendix E

• Appendix B • Appendix F

• Appendix C • Appendix G

• Appendix D • Appendix H
For additional information go to University of California Riverside website: 

http://pah.cert.ucr.edu/vistas/vistas2/index.shtml

A. Modeling Approach 

B. Emissons Modeling 

C. CMAQ 2002 Model Performance Evaluation D. 2018 

Base G2 Visibilty Project 

E. Additional Supporting Analysis (Alternative calculations of relative response 

factors, Contributions from International Emissions, and Geographic Area of 

Influence analyses) 

For information on 2009 and 2018 Emissions Sensitivities (Base D, Base G) Go to 

Georgia Institute of Technology website: 

http://www.ce.gatech.edu/research/vistas/products.htm

Harvard Final report on GEOS-Chem global modeling that was used to develop 

VISTAS boundary conditions and to estimate contributions from international 

emissions

VI. BART 

A. VISTAS BART Modeling Protocol

B. Final BART Modeling Report by TRC, Inc. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

C. Surface observation data sets and five CALMET 4-km

subdomains over VISTAS states