Early Adopter
Byeong-Uk Kim
Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD)
Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD)
Applied Research Topic
NAAQS Exceedance Reports
Co-Is: Xiangyu Jiang, Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD); Asher Mouat, Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD)
Potential Applications ► Advancing state-level decision support tools
Description
Since 2016, Georgia EPD has written detailed reports for every exceedance of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). These reports include discussions on meteorology, emissions (e.g., satellite detected fires), smoke plume movements (e.g., GOES-19 GeoColor images), and air quality (e.g., TEMPO and TROPOMI NO2 VCDs).
Significance
A collection of Exceedance Reports will be the foundation of Georgia EPD’s control strategy development for State Implementation Plans.Why PACE
Georgia EPD anticipates that the high-resolution PACE NO2 products will add more value to the future exceedance reports.
End User(s)
Georgia EPD, Atlanta Regional Commission, Georgia Forestry Commission, U.S. EPA, and the public
SAT Partner(s)
Andrew Sayer
Upper: Satellite GeoColor image in and around the Columbus-Baker monitor (orange star) from GOES-19 at 2:41 PM EST on April 16, 2025. Lower: Image from 2:01 PM EST on April 17, 2025.
PACE NO2 vertical column densities in and around the Columbus-Baker monitor at 1:30 PM EST on April 16-18, 2025. The cross symbol shows the location of the Columbus-Baker monitor where an PM2.5 NAAQS exceedance occurred on April 17, 2025.