Dr. Heather Holmes will discuss air quality and smoke forecasting products in Utah as part of an National Science Foundation Civic Innovation Challenge (NSF CIVIC) funded project. Dr. Holmes’ Community Resilience through Engaging, Actionable, Timely, high-rEsolution Air Quality Information (CREATE-AQI) project
aims to protect children from air quality hazards by providing air quality alerts to local decision-makers and equipping indoor air quality sensors in childcare facilities across Utah. CREATE-AQI is also developing an automated air-quality modeling system to provide three-day Air Quality Index (AQI) forecasts with an hourly time resolution on a 12-km horizontal grid.