Newsletter
Monday - August 10
(SEMARNAT Auditorium, Ave. Revolución 1425, Colonia Tlacopac, Delegación Ãlvaro Obregón)
Workshop Inauguration and Fundamentals of Air Quality Modeling
| Time | Activity | Presenter |
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00-11:00 | Inaugural Session | Chair: Luisa Molina (MCE2) |
| 09:00-09:30 | Ana Maria Contreras (Dir. Gen. for Air Quality Management / RETC, Semarnat) | |
| Michel Rosengaus (Director, SMN) | ||
| Liisa Jalkanen (Chief, Atm. Env. Res. Div, WMO) | ||
| Adrian Fernandez (President, INE/Semarnat) | ||
| 09:30-11:00 | Overview/Context Talks | |
| 09:30 | GURME Overview | Liisa Jalkanen (Chief, Atm. Env. Res. Div, WMO) |
| 10:00 | Growing Importance of AQ Modeling | Gregory Carmichael (U-Iowa, GURME SAG Chair) |
| 10:30 | AQ Management: Mexican Perspective | Ramiro Barrios (Director for Air Quality, DGGCARETC-Semarnat) |
| 11:00-11:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 11:30-12:15 | Workshop Details | Chair: Luisa Molina (MCE2) |
| 11:30 | Overview of Workshop | Gregory Carmichael (U-Iowa) |
| Introduction of Workshop Participants | ||
| 12:15-18:00 | AQ Modeling Fundamentals | Chair: Luisa Molina (MCE2) |
| 12:15 | Overview 1 - AQ Models | Gregory Carmichael (U-Iowa) |
| 13:00 | LUNCH | |
| 14:00 | AQ Modeling Fundamentals (cont.) | Chair: Luisa Molina (MCE2) |
| 14:00 | Overview 2 - AQ Meteorology | Ernesto Caetano (UNAM) |
| 14:40 | Overview 3 - Emissions (Mexico City) | Saúl Rodríguez Rivera |
| 15:20 | Emissions (Santiago) | Marcelo Mena (UNAB) |
| 15:35 | Overview 4 - Ambient Air Quality Monitoring | Armando Retama (GDF/SMA) |
| 16:15-16:45 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 16:45 | Overview 5 - Photochemistry | Gustavo Sosa (IMP) |
| 17:25 | Overview 6 -Urban Growth/Land-use Changes | Manuel Suarez (UNAM) |
| 18:00 | DOCUMENTARY - Megacity: MILAGRO in Mexico City | |
| 19:00-21:00 | RECEPTION (SEMARNAT Lobby) |
