Community Modeling and Analysis System

The US EPA contracted the Center for Environmental Modeling for Policy Development (CEMPD) through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Institute for the Environment (IE) to establish a Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS) for supporting community-based air quality modeling. CMAS is an approach to the development, applicat... ion, and analysis of environmental models that leverages the complementary talents and resources of the modeling community in order to set new standards for quality in science and in the reliability of the application of the technology. CEMPD developed a resource in the CMAS Center to distribute the features of CMAS to the global modeling community. From research to application to outreach, the goal of the CMAS Center is to advance the community modeling paradigm through the establishment of a centralized resource to serve the members of the environmental modeling community. What does CMAS do? Currently, the following activities are available through the CMAS Center: Online help desk - get help with the supported CMAS products Software clearinghouse - download the supported CMAS products Training courses - attend a training course on emissions or air quality modeling Conferences - attend the annual CMAS conference to interact with the community Development assistance - add new science to the supported CMAS products Software documentation - access on-line documentation for the CMAS products Software-related research - learn about the latest developments in modeling research Data clearinghouse - access air quality modeling data from around the community Who is included in the community? A primary focus of CMAS is to instill a sense of community among the users of environmental models.Read More