<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Hi All,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Lots of value here. In particular, the session on November 7 may be of particular interest to some of you. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Best,</div><div dir="ltr">Bodie<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><p>
</p><p align="center">
<img src="https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/styles/large/public/2016-10/blackcarbonwebinar-listservbanner.jpg" style="max-width:676px" width="90%"></p>
<h2>
Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Webinar Series: Black Carbon</h2>
<p>
<b>Monday, Oct. 31, 12 – 1 p.m. EDT<br>
Monday, Nov. 7, 12 – 1:30 p.m. EST<br>
Monday, Nov. 21, 12 – 1 p.m. EST<br>
Friday, Dec. 9, 12 – 1:30 p.m. EST</b></p>
<p>
<b>Register for the webinar (Registration is FREE!): </b><br>
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/star-black-carbon-webinar-series" target="_blank">https://www.epa.gov/research-g<wbr>rants/star-black-carbon-webina<wbr>r-series</a><br>
<br>
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 <a href="https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipients.display/rfa_id/533/records_per_page/ALL" target="_blank">Black Carbon’s Role in Global to Local Scale Climate and Air Quality</a>. 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.</p>
<p>
Please feel free to forward this announcement!</p>
<h3>
Webinar Series Dates & Featured Speakers</h3>
<h4>
Monday, Oct. 31</h4>
<p>
<b>Topic:</b> Changing chemistry over time<br>
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. <br>
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/star-black-carbon-webinar-series" target="_blank"><b>Register now!</b></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>
<b>Speakers:</b></p>
<p>
Nicole Riemer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<br>
<a href="https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.highlight/abstract/9537/report/0" target="_blank">Particle-Resolved Simulations for Quantifying Black Carbon Climate Impact and Model Uncertainty</a></p>
<p>
Spyros Pandis, Carnegie Mellon University Center for Atmospheric Particulate Studies<br>
<a href="https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.highlight/abstract/9531" target="_blank">Black Carbon, Air Quality and Climate: From the Local to the Global Scale</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h4>
Monday, Nov. 7</h4>
<p>
<b>Topic:</b> Accounting for impact, emissions, and uncertainty <br>
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. <br>
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/star-black-carbon-webinar-series" target="_blank"><b>Register now!</b></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>
<b>Speakers:</b></p>
<p>
Tami Bond, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<br>
<a href="https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9530/report/0" target="_blank">Linking Regional Aerosol Emission Changes with Multiple Impact Measures through Direct and Cloud-Related Forcing Estimates</a></p>
<p>
Rufus Edwards, University of California – Irvine<br>
<a href="https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9532/report/0" target="_blank">Characterization Of Emissions From Small, Variable Solid Fuel Combustion Sources For Determining Global Emissions And Climate Impact</a></p>
<p>
Sarah Doherty, University of Washington<br>
<a href="https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9534/report/0" target="_blank">BC and Other Light-Absorbing Impurities in North American Great Plains Snow: Sources, Impacts, and a Comparison with North China Snow</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h4>
Monday, Nov. 21</h4>
<p>
<b>Topic:</b> Interactions with water <br>
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. <br>
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/star-black-carbon-webinar-series" target="_blank"><b>Register now!</b></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>
<b>Speakers:</b></p>
<p>
Akua Asa-Awuku, University of California – Riverside<br>
<a href="https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9538/report/0" target="_blank">Understanding the Hygroscopic Properties of Black Carbon/Organic Carbon Mixing States: Connecting Climate and Health Impacts of Anthropogenic Aerosol</a></p>
<p>
Annmarie Carlton, Rutgers University<br>
<a href="https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9539/report/0" target="_blank">Improved Prediction of the Vertical Profile of Atmospheric Black Carbon: Development and Evaluation of WRF-CMAQ</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h4>
Friday, Dec. 9</h4>
<p>
<b>Topic:</b> Representation at different geographical scales <br>
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.<br>
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/star-black-carbon-webinar-series" target="_blank"><b>Register now!</b></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>
<b>Speakers:</b></p>
<p>
Jesse Kroll and Collette Heald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
<a href="https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9529/report/0" target="_blank">Investigating the Effects Of Atmospheric Aging on the Radiative Properties and Climate Impacts of Black Carbon Aerosol</a></p>
<p>
Scott Spak, University of Iowa<br>
<a href="https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9533/report/0" target="_blank">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</a></p>
<p>
James Schauer, University of Wisconsin-Madison<br>
<a href="https://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.abstractDetail/abstract/9535/report/0" target="_blank">Development of a Quantitative Accounting Framework for Black Carbon and Brown Carbon from Emissions Inventory to Impacts</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h3>
Registration</h3>
<p>
Register for the webinars at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/star-black-carbon-webinar-series" target="_blank">https://www.epa.gov/research-g<wbr>rants/star-black-carbon-webina<wbr>r-series</a>.</p>
<h3>
Contact</h3>
<p>
<a href="mailto:hunt.sherri@epa.gov" target="_blank">Sherri Hunt</a> (<a href="mailto:hunt.sherri@epa.gov" target="_blank">hunt.sherri@epa.gov</a>); <a href="tel:202-564-4486" value="+12025644486" target="_blank">202-564-4486</a></p><p></p><p>
------------------------------<wbr>-----------------<br>
Follow EPA Research News and New Funding Opportunities on Twitter:
<a href="http://twitter.com/EPAresearch" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/EPAresearch</a></p><p>
Members of this list are encouraged to use the Web interface at: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/research-grants-fellowship-and-sbir-listserv" target="_blank">https://www.epa.gov/research-g<wbr>rants/research-grants-fellowsh<wbr>ip-and-sbir-listserv</a> to unsubscribe to this list.
</p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div>
</div><br></div>
</div><br></div>
</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b><br><font color="#666666">Bodie Cabiyo</font></b><div><font color="#666666"><b><br></b></font><div><font color="#666666">Professional: <a href="http://carbonalternatives.org" target="_blank">carbonalternatives.org</a></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Personal: <a href="http://concentricchange.wordpress.com" target="_blank">concentricchange.wordpress.com</a><br></font><br><u><b><font color="#274e13">Food for Thought:</font></b></u><i><br>"A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching."</i><br>- Sri Swami Sivananda<br><div style="padding:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px;overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;color:black;font-size:10px;text-align:left;line-height:130%"></div><div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>