Research

• UNC Institute for the Environment
• Desert Research Institute
• Electric Power Research Institute
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• NOAA Atmospheric Modeling Division
• NOAA Air Resources Laboratory
• University of California Riverside
• University of Houston, Institute for Multidimensional Air Quality Studies (IMAQS)

Regional Planning Offices (click here to see a map of the RPO regions)

• Central Regional Air Planning Association (CENRAP)
• Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Visibility Union (MANE-VU)
• Midwest RPO
• Visibility Improvement - State and Tribal Association of the Southeast (VISTAS)
• Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP)

Consultants

• AER, Inc.
• Air Sciences, Inc.
• Alpine Geophysics, LL
• UNC Institute for the Environment
• E.H. Pechan and Associates
• Ramboll
• Ricardo-AEA
• Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc. and RWDI West Inc. (RWDI)
• RTI International
• Sonoma Technology, Inc.

• Community Climate Model Version 3 (CCM3)
• Comprehensive Air quality Model with eXtensions (CAMx)
• Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model
• European Operational Air Quality Forecast System
• NCAR/PSU Mesoscale Model 5 (MM5)
• Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions modeling system (SMOKE)

• AIRNow - Provides the public with easy access to national air quality information. The Web site offers daily AQI forecasts as well as real-time AQI conditions for over 300 cities across the US, and provides links to more detailed State and local air quality Web sites.
• National Weather Service Air Quality Forecast Guidance