[Stoves] Fwd: Upcoming Webinar Series: Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Webinar Series: Black Carbon

Tue Oct 25 12:08:09 CDT 2016

Hi All,

Lots of value here. In particular, the session on November 7 may be of
particular interest to some of you.

Best,
Bodie

Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Webinar Series: Black Carbon

*Monday, Oct. 31, 12 – 1 p.m. EDT Monday, Nov. 7, 12 – 1:30 p.m. EST
Monday, Nov. 21, 12 – 1 p.m. EST Friday, Dec. 9, 12 – 1:30 p.m. EST*

*Register for the webinar (Registration is FREE!): *
https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/star-black-carbon-webinar-series

Black carbon is the sooty material emitted from combustion processes, and
it can affect human health and the climate. Its role in the atmosphere is
broad and complex. In 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA) STAR program awarded ten grants to universities and organizations to
address Black Carbon’s Role in Global to Local Scale Climate and Air Quality
<https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipients.display/rfa_id/533/records_per_page/ALL>.
Grantees focused on various black carbon research issues, such as better
accounting for emissions and uncertainty, tracking how black carbon “ages”
or reacts in the atmosphere, and better representing its ability to impact
cloud droplet formation. Highlights from the research findings will be
summarized in this four-part webinar series.

Please feel free to forward this announcement!
Webinar Series Dates & Featured Speakers Monday, Oct. 31

*Topic:* Changing chemistry over time
In simple models, particles have often been represented as individual
species floating around with no interactions, but real particles in the
atmosphere have been observed to mix with other gas and particulate
species. Through processes like physical layering or chemical reaction, one
species can be partially or fully covered by one or more other species.
These presentations will cover how black carbon can mix with other gas and
particulate species in the atmosphere and change over time.
*Register now!*
<https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/star-black-carbon-webinar-series>

*Speakers:*

Nicole Riemer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Particle-Resolved Simulations for Quantifying Black Carbon Climate Impact
and Model Uncertainty
<https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.highlight/abstract/9537/report/0>

Spyros Pandis, Carnegie Mellon University Center for Atmospheric
Particulate Studies
Black Carbon, Air Quality and Climate: From the Local to the Global Scale
<https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.highlight/abstract/9531>

Monday, Nov. 7

*Topic:* Accounting for impact, emissions, and uncertainty
Black carbon absorbs light as heat, which can affect the climate. When
black carbon is aloft, it can warm the air and instigate changes in rain
and cloud patterns; black carbon on snow can speed up melting. These
presentations will highlight new research on black carbon behavior, how
fuel type and cookstove use changes emissions in developing areas, and how
black carbon deposition on snow affects climate.
*Register now!*
<https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/star-black-carbon-webinar-series>

*Speakers:*

Tami Bond, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Linking Regional Aerosol Emission Changes with Multiple Impact Measures
through Direct and Cloud-Related Forcing Estimates
<https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9530/report/0>

Rufus Edwards, University of California – Irvine
Characterization Of Emissions From Small, Variable Solid Fuel Combustion
Sources For Determining Global Emissions And Climate Impact
<https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9532/report/0>

Sarah Doherty, University of Washington
BC and Other Light-Absorbing Impurities in North American Great Plains
Snow: Sources, Impacts, and a Comparison with North China Snow
<https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9534/report/0>

Monday, Nov. 21

*Topic:* Interactions with water
Cloud formation is driven by how a particle attracts water over time. A
particle’s water uptake – or hygroscopicity – can also affect how
effectively it can deposit itself in the lungs, making this both a climate
and health issue. These presentations will discuss advances in research
regarding black carbon water uptake.
*Register now!*
<https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/star-black-carbon-webinar-series>

*Speakers:*

Akua Asa-Awuku, University of California – Riverside
Understanding the Hygroscopic Properties of Black Carbon/Organic Carbon
Mixing States: Connecting Climate and Health Impacts of Anthropogenic
Aerosol
<https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9538/report/0>

Annmarie Carlton, Rutgers University
Improved Prediction of the Vertical Profile of Atmospheric Black Carbon:
Development and Evaluation of WRF-CMAQ
<https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9539/report/0>

Friday, Dec. 9

*Topic:* Representation at different geographical scales
The inclusion of better descriptions of black carbon (e.g. including brown
carbon) will improve model predictions of both concentration and
absorption. These researchers worked to improve black carbon representation
in global, regional, and point-level models.
*Register now!*
<https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/star-black-carbon-webinar-series>

*Speakers:*

Jesse Kroll and Collette Heald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Investigating the Effects Of Atmospheric Aging on the Radiative Properties
and Climate Impacts of Black Carbon Aerosol
<https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9529/report/0>

Scott Spak, University of Iowa
Constraining Urban-To-Global Scale Estimates of Black Carbon Distributions,
Sources, Regional Climate Impacts, and Co-Benefit Metrics with Advanced
Coupled Dynamic - Chemical Transport - Adjoint Models
<https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9533/report/0>

James Schauer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Development of a Quantitative Accounting Framework for Black Carbon and
Brown Carbon from Emissions Inventory to Impacts
<https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9535/report/0>

Registration

Register for the webinars at https://www.epa.gov/research-g
rants/star-black-carbon-webinar-series.
Contact

Sherri Hunt <hunt.sherri at epa.gov> (hunt.sherri at epa.gov); 202-564-4486

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