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George A. Pouliot, Ph.D.
AMAD Staff Education:
- B.A. Mathematics and Computing & Information Science, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe PA, 1992
- Atmospheric Science, North Carolina State University, 1995
- Atmospheric Science, North Carolina State University, 2000
- Thesis: A variable resolution nonhydrostatic global atmospheric semi-implicit semi-Lagrangian model.
Professional Experience:
2008 - Present: Physical Scientist, National Exposure Research Laboratory, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC
2002-2008: Physical Scientist, Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA, Research Triangle Park, NC.
2000-2002: Principal Systems Programmer, Dyntel Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC.
1993-2000: Research Assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Fredrick Semazzi and Jeff Scroggs)
1992: Summer Research at Argonne National Laboratory Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne, IL (Ian Foster)
1991: Summer Institute for Atmospheric Sciences at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (Christian Kummerow)
1990: Summer Institute for Atmospheric Sciences at National Center for Environmental Prediction, Camp Springs MD (Paul Sabol)
Honor and Awards:
2008, Exceptional/Outstanding ORD Techical Assistance to the Regions or Program Offices, National Fire Emissions Inventory Team
2005, NOAA Silver Medal for Air Quality Forecasting
2005, EPA Bronze Award for "Commendable Service to the CMAQ Team"
2003, EPA-NERL award for FY-03 release of CMAQ
2003,NOAA award for development and assessment of the Eta-CMAQ modeling system for providing national air quality forecasts
1992, American Meteorological Society/Hughes Information Technology Company Graduate Student Fellowship
Publications:
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Tang, Y., P. Lee, M. Tsidulko, H. Huang, J.McQueen, G. DiMego, L. Emmons, R. Pierce,A. Thompson, H. Lin, D. Kang, D. Tong, S. Yu, R. Mathur,J. Pleim,T. Otte,G. Pouliot,J. Young,K. Schere,P. Davidson,I. Stajner. (2008). "The impact of chemical lateral boundary conditions on CMAQ predictions of tropospheric ozone over the continental United States." Environmental Fluid Mechanics. Doi: 10.1007/s10652-008-9092-5
Pouliot, G., T. G. Pace, B. Roy, T. Pierce, and D. Mobley (2008). "Development of a biomass burning emissions inventory by combining satellite and ground-based information." Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 2(1): 021501-17. DOI:10.1117/1.2939551
Yu S., R. M., K. Schere, D. Kang, J. Pleim, J. Young, D. Tong, G. Pouliot, S. A. McKeen, S. T. Rao (2008). "Evaluation of real-time PM 2.5 forecasts and process analysis for PM 2.5 formation over the eastern United States using the Eta-CMAQ forecast model during the 2004 ICARTT study." J. Geophys. Res 113.(D06204):1-20
Bhave, P. V., G. A. Pouliot, M. ZHENG. (2007). "Diagnostic Model Evaluation for Carbonaceous PM2.5 Using Organic Markers Measured in the Southeastern U.S." Environ. Sci. Technol. 41(5): 1577-1583.
Roy, B., G. A. Pouliot, A. GILLILAND, T. E. PIERCE, S. HOWARD, P. BHAVE, AND W. G. BENJEY. (2007). "Refining fire emissions for air quality modeling with remotely sensed fire counts: A wildfire case study." Atmospheric Environment 41(3): 655-665.
Otte, T. L., G. Pouliot, J.E. Pleim, J.O. Young, K.L. Schere, D.C. Wong, P.C.S. Lee, M. Tsidulko, J.T. McQueen, P. Davidson, R. Mathur, H.-Y. Chuang, G. DiMego, and N.L. Seaman (2005). "Linking the Eta Model with the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System to Build a National Air Quality Forecasting System." Weather and Forecasting 20(3): 367-384.
F. H.M. Semazzi. J. Scroggs, G. Pouliot, A. McKee Burrows, M. Norman, V. Poojary, Y. Tsai, 2005: On the Accuracy of Semi Lagrangian Numerical Simulation of Internal Gravity Wave Motion in the Atmosphere., Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Vol. 83, No 5, pp. 851 869
Semazzi, F. H. M., D. Webb and G. Pouliot, 1996: A study of trajectory uncentering in semi-Lagrangian models. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 74, No. 5, 695-707.
Conference Proceedings, Presentations, Book Chapters, and Reports
Pouliot, G., T. Pierce, et al. (2008). The impact of satellite-derived biomass burning emission estimates on air quality. Remote Sensing of Fire: Science and Application, San Diego, CA, USA, SPIE.
Szykman, J., J. Al-Saadi, A. Chu, T. Pace, R. Mathur. G. Pouliot, B. Pierce, S. Kongragunta, A. Soja, C. Kittaka, R. Scheffe, J. Fishman, and F. Dimmick. Future Use of GEOS-R in Air Quality Asssesments. Invited Talk Presented at 5th GOES-R User Conference AMS, New Orleans, LA, Jan 25 2008.
Bhave, P.V.; Napelenok, S.L.; Pouliot, G.A.; Carlton, A.; Sarwar, G. Simulating Secondary Organic Aerosol Across the United States Sensitivity Analyses Using the CMAQ Model, International Conference on Carbonaceous Particles in the Atmosphere, Berkeley, August 2008.
Mathur, R., S. Roselle, G. Pouliot, and G. Sarwar. Diagnostic analysis of the three-dimensional sulfur distributions over the Eastern United States using CMAQ and measurements from the 2004 ICARTT Field Experiment. Presented at 29th NATO/SPS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application, Aveiro, Portugal, September 24-28, 2007
Roy, B.A., G. Pouliot, D, Mobley, T. Pace, T. Pierce, A. Soja, J. Szykman, and J. Al-Saadi. Development of fire emissions inventory using satellite data. Presented at 29th NATO/SPS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application, Aveiro, Portugal, September 24-28, 2007
SZYKMAN, J., B. ROY, K. CHIEKO, T. PIERCE, B. PIERCE, G. POULIOT, AND J. GODOWITCH. USE OF MOPITT CARBON MONOXIDE TO ASSESS REALLOCATION OF WILDFIRE EMISSIONS IN CMAQ. Presented at 2007 EastFIRE Conference, Fairfax, VA, June 05 - 08, 2007.
POULIOT, G., B. Roy, T. Pace, T. Pierce, & D. Mobley Development of a Biomass Burning Emissions Inventory by Combining Satellite and Ground-Based Information. Presented at 2007 EastFIRE Conference, Fairfax, VA, June 05 - 08, 2007.
Emissions Inventory of PM2.5 Trace Elements across the US, A. H. Reff, T. Pace, and D. Mobley, US EPA; P. V. Bhave and G. A. Pouliot, US EPA/NOAA . 16th Annual Emissions Inventory Conference, 2007
Pace,T. & G. Pouliot Wildland Fire National Emissions Inventory Past, Present and Future, 16th Annual Emissions Inventory Conference, 2007
Soja et. al , Methodologies for estimating area burned using satellite-based fire data: Near-Real-Time examples from Oregon and Arizona,, 16th Annual Emissions Inventory Conference, 2007
HU, J., S. WU, Y. ZHANG, V. ANEJA, G. POULIOT, A. GILLILAND, AND R. W. PINDER. AMMONIA EMISSIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS ON FINE PARTICULATE MATTER FORMATION IN NORTH CAROLINA. Presented at Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science, Potomac, MD, June 05 - 08, 2006.
HUTZELL, W. T., G. POULIOT, AND D. J. LUECKEN. CHANGES TO THE CHEMICAL MECHANISMS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS IN CMAQ VERSION 4.6. Presented at 5th Annual CMAS Models-3 User's Conference, Research Triangle Park, NC, October 16 - 18, 2006.
POULIOT, G., T. E. PIERCE, AND T. PACE. DEVELOPING EMISSION INVENTORIES FOR BIOMASS BURNING FOR REAL-TIME AND RETROSPECTIVE MODELING. Presented at 5th Annual CMAS Models-3 User's Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 16 - 18, 2006.
TONG, D., R. MATHUR, G. POULIOT, K. L. SCHERE, S. YU, D. KANG, AND J. O. YOUNG. IMPACTS OF BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS ON AIR QUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES. Presented at 5th Annual CMAS Models-3 User's Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 16 - 18, 2006.
LEE et. al. Evaluation of several WRF/NMM-CMAQ vertical coupling configurations Presented at 5th Annual CMAS Models-3 User's Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 16 - 18, 2006
Pouliot. G., T. Pierce and J. Vukovich. Wildland Fire Emission Modeling for CMAQ: An Update, at the 4th Annual CMAS Models-3 Users' Conference, September 26-28, 2005, Chapel Hill, NC Available at http://www.cmascenter.org/html/2005_conference/abstracts/2_6.pdf (2005)
Mathur, R., D. Kang, S. Yu, K. Schere, J. Pleim, J. Young , G. Pouliot, and T. Otte Particulate Matter Forecasts with the Eta-CMAQ Modeling System: Towards Development of a Real-time System and Assessment of Model Performance, presented at the 4th Annual CMAS Models-3 Users' Conference, September 26-28, 2005, Chapel Hill, NC (2005)
McQueen, J., P. Lee, M. Tsidulko and G. DiMego, R. Mathur, J. Pleim, G. Pouliot and K. Schere, P. Davidson. An overview of the NAM-CMAQ Air Quality Forecast Model Forecasts run at NOAA/NWS/NCEP operations at the 4th Annual CMAS Models-3 Users' Conference, September 26-28, 2005, Chapel Hill, NC (2005)
Schwede, D., G. Pouliot, and T. Pierce. Changes to the Biogenic Emissions Inventory System Version 3 (BEIS3) at the 4th Annual CMAS Models-3 Users' Conference, September 26-28, 2005, Chapel Hill, NC (2005)
Houyoux, M., M. Strum, N. Possiel , W. Benjey, R. Mason, G. Pouliot, D. Loughlin, A. Eyth and C. Seppanen EPA's new Emissions Modeling Framework at the 4th Annual CMAS Models-3 Users' Conference, September 26-28, 2005, Chapel Hill, NC (2005)
PIERCE, T. E., G. POULIOT, D. B. SCHWEDE, AND W. G. BENJEY. EARTH, WIND AND FIRE: BUILDING METEOROLOGICALLY-SENSITIVE BIOGENIC AND WILDLAND FIRE EMISSION ESTIMATES FOR AIR QUALITY MODELS. Presented at NOAA/EPA Golden Jubliee Symposium, Durham, NC, September 20 - 21, 2005.
Tsidulko, M., G. DiMego, M. Ek, J. McQueen, P. Lee, R. Mathur, J. Pleim, D. Kang, H.-M. Lin, T. Otte, G. Pouliot, D. Wong, J. Young, K. Schere, P. Davidson, N. Seaman, and M. Schenk Planetary Boundary Layer height and surface ozone verification in the NOAA/EPA Air Quality Forecast System Preprints, 21st Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and 17th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, August 2005, Washington DC, (2005)
Pius Lee, J. McQueen, R. Mathur, M. Tsidulko, S. Kondragunta, J. Pleim, D. Kang, H.-M. Lin, T. L. Otte, J. O. Young, G. Pouliot, G. DiMego, K. Schere, P. Davidson, and N. Seaman Aerosol forecast by Eta-CMAQ for the poor air quality episode in early February 2005 21st Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and 17th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, August 2005, Washington DC, (2005)
POULIOT, G., T. E. PIERCE, W. G. BENJEY, S. M. ONEILL, AND S. A. FERGUSON. (EDMUNDS, WA) WILDLAND FIRE EMISSIONS MODELING: INTEGRATING BLUESKY AND SMOKE. Presented at BlueSky Annual Meeting, Edmunds, WA, June 15 - 16, 2005.
Pouliot, G., T. Pierce, and W. Benjey. Wildfire emission modeling: Integrating BlueSky and SMOKE. 14th Annual Emission Inventory Conference: Transforming Emission Inventories: Meeting Future Challenges Today, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 12-14, 2005. Available at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/conference/ei14/session12/pouliot.pdf.
Houyoux, M.R., M. Strum, N. Possiel, W.G. Benjey, R. Mason, G. Pouliot, D. Loughlin, A. Eyth, and C. Seppanen. EPAs new emissions modeling framework. 14th Annual Emission Inventory Conference: Transforming Emissions Inventories: Meeting Future Challenges Today, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 12-14, 2005. Available at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ei14/session11/houyoux.pdf.
Lee, P., R. Mathur, J. McQueen, S. Kondragunta, J. Pleim, J. Young, M. Tsidulko, M. Schenk, G. DiMego, T. Otte, G. Pouliot, K. Schere, and P. Davidson. Eta-CMAQ modeling system's capability to provide PM2.5 and aerosol optical thickness forecast. Preprints, 7th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, January, 10-13, 2005, San Diego, California. American Meteorological Society, Boston, CD-ROM 4.6 (2005).
Pouliot, G. The emissions processing system for the Eta/CMAQ air quality forecast system. Preprints, 7th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, January 9-13, 2005, San Diego, California. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Paper No. 4.5 (2005).
Eder, B. K., T. L. Otte, J. A. Pleim, G. Pouliot, K. L. Schere, J. O. Young, D. Kang, H. Lin, AND S. Yu. A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE ETA 3 CMAQ AIR QUALITY FORECAST MODEL. Presented at 2004 Models-3 Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 18-20, 2004.
Otte, T.L., G. Pouliot, and J. Pleim. PREMAQ: A new preprocessor to CMAQ for air quality forecasting. Preprints, 3rd Annual Models-3 User's Conference, October 18-20, 2004, Chapel Hill, NC, Community Modeling and Analysis System, CD-ROM 7.1 (2004). available at: http://www.cmascenter.org/html/2004_workshop/abstracts_presentations.html
Bhave, P.V., G. Pouliot, and Mei Zheng. Source apportionment of primary carbonaceous aerosol using the Community Multiscale Air Quality model. Preprints, 27th NATO/CCMS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Applications, October 24-29, 2004, Banff, Alberta, Canada. NATO/CCMS, 2532 (2004).
McQueen, J., P. Lee, M. Tsidulko, G. DiMego, R. Mathur, T. Otte, J. Pleim, G. Pouliot, D. Kang, K. Schere, J. Gorline, M. Schenk, and P. Davidson. Update of the Eta-CMAQ forecast model run at NCEP operations and its performance for the summer 2004. Preprints, 3rd Annual Models-3 User's Conference, 18-20 October, Chapel Hill, NC, Community Modeling and Analysis System, CD-ROM 7.3 (2004).
Mathur, R., J. Pleim, T. Otte, K. Schere, G. Pouliot, J. Young, B. Eder, D. Kang, S. Yu, H.-M. Lin, J. McQueen, P. Lee, M. Tsidulko, and D. Wong. Adaptation and application of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System for real-time air quality forecasting during the summer of 2004. Preprints, 3rd Annual Models-3 User's Conference, October 18-20, 2004, Chapel Hill, NC, Community Modeling and Analysis System, CD-ROM 7.4 (2004). available at: http://www.cmascenter.org/html/2004_workshop/abstracts_presentations.html
Jeff McQueen, P. Lee, M. Tsidulko, G. DiMego, T. Otte, J. Pleim, J. Young, G. Pouliot, B. K. Eder, D. Kang, K. Schere, J. Gorline, M. Schenk, P. Dallavalle, W. Shaffer, P. Davidson, and N. Seaman Development and Evaluation of the NOAA/EPA Prototype Air Quality Model Prediction System 6th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry: Air Quality in Megacities Symposium on Planning, Nowcasting, and Forecasting in the Urban Zone
Lee, P., J. A. Pleim, R. Mathur, J. McQueen, M. Tsidulko, G. DiMego, M. Iredell, T. L. Otte, G. Pouliot, J. O. Young, D. C. Wong, D. Kang, M. Hart, AND K. L. Schere. LINKING ETA MODEL WITH THE COMMUNITY MULTISCALE AIR QUALITY (CMAQ) MODELING SYSTEM: OZONE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS. Presented at 27th NATO/CCMS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application, Banff, AB, CANADA, October 25 - 29, 2004.
Yu, S.; Dennis, R.; Eder, B.; Lewis, C.; Gipson, G.; Binkowski, F.; Bhave, P.; Pleim, J.; Schere, K.; Klouda, G. Pouliot, Simulation of Primary and Secondary (Biogenic and Anthropogenic) Organic Aerosols over the United States by US EPA Models-3/CMAQ: Evaluation and Regional Analysis, Models-3 Users Workshop, Research Triangle Park, October 2003.
Pouliot G, S. He, and T. Pierce. Recent Advances in the Modeling of Airborne Substances. Presented at Models-3 Users Workshop, Research Triangle Park, NC October 27-29, 2003.
Pierce Jr., T. E., W. G. Benjey, J. S. Ching, D. A. Gillette, A. B. Gilliland, S. He, M. R. Mebust, and G. Pouliot. Advance in Emissions Modeling of Airborne Substances. Presented at 12th International Emissions Conference, San Diego, CA, April 29-May 1, 2003 EPA/600/A-03/200 (NTIS PB2004-100991), 2003.
Pouliot, G. AND T. E. Pierce Jr. EMISSION PROCESSING FOR AN AIR QUALITY FORECASTING MODEL.. Presented at 12th Annual Emission Inventory Conference San Diego CA,. San Diego, CA, April 29-May 1, 2003 EPA/600/A-03/197 (NTIS PB2004-100987), 2003.
Hutzell, W. T., G. L. Gipson, G. Pouliot, AND T. Pierce. A BIOGENIC ROLE IN EXPOSURE TO TWO TOXIC COMPOUNDS. Presented at American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 8-12, 2003.
Pierce, T., C. Geron, G. Pouliot, E. Kinnee, and J. Vukovich. Integration of the Biogenic Emissions Inventory System (BEIS3) into the Community Multiscale Air Quality modeling system. Preprints, 25th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 12th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA, and Fourth Symposium on the Urban Environment, May 20-24, Norfolk, VA. Joint Sessions. American Meteorological Society, Boston, J85-J86 (2002).
Pierce Jr., T. E., W. G. Benjey, J. S. Ching, D. A. Gillette, A. B. Gilliland, S. He, M. R. Mebust, AND G. Pouliot. ADVANCE IN EMISSIONS MODELING OF AIRBORNE SUBSTANCES. Presented at International Emissions Conference, San Diego, CA, April 29-May 1, 2002.