Beata Czader    Postdoctoral Fellow    Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences    Institute for Multidimensional Air Quality Studies (IMAQS)    University of Houston    E-mail: bczader AT uh.edu; Tel: 713-743-0742    Personal webpage: http://geossun2.geosc.uh.edu/web/bczader

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D. Geosciences, 2007, University of Houston  

PROJECTS

• Emission inventory data processing

• Chemical mechanism used in air quality modeling

• Air pollution modeling

PROJECTS DESCRIPTION

Air quality modeling is needed for pollution forecasting and to better understand tropospheric ozone formation. In order to provide input into air quality models, such as CMAQ, emission inventory data need to be converted into formatted emission files. Inventory species are transformed into chemical mechanism species defined by an air quality model, as well as temporally and spatially distributed using the SMOKE preprocessor. Meteorological conditions are also taken into account. Then the model simulates chemical reactions, transport and dispersion.

PUBLICATIONS AND POSTERS

• Byun, D.W., Kim, S., Czader, B., Nowak, D., Stetson, S., Estes, M. (2005): Estimation of biogenic emissions with modeling of Houston-Galveston ozone nonattainment area. Journal of Environmental Management, 75, 285-301.
• Czader B., Byun, D.W. A Study of Source Attribution of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons for Ozone Production in the Houston-Galveston Area with an Extended SAPRC99 Chemical Mechanism. 2004 Models-3 Conference. 18-20 October, 2004, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
• Byun, D.W., Kim, S.-T.; Czader, B., Cheng, F.-Y., Stetson S.Nowak, D., Bornstein, R., Estes, M., (2004d): Modeling Effects of Land Use/Land Cover Modifications on the Urban Heat Island Phenomenon and Air Quality in Houston, Texas. HARC Project H17 Final Report, IMAQS, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
• Byun, D.W., Czader, B. Kim, S.-T., Percell, P., (2004c): Photochemical modeling of ethylene and propylene emissions in the Houston-Galveston non-attainment area: speciated chemical mechanism and inventory. Final Report, TARC Contract No. 081UHH0020A, IMAQS, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.