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Has life been found on another planet?
Ever since I was a kid I’ve been interested in science. While this may come as a shocker to those who know me as an air dispersion...
Apr 242 min read
Blue Sky Modeling welcomes Bret Anderson to the Team
Blue Sky Modeling, LLC (BSM) is excited to announce the addition of Mr. Bret Anderson to our team. Since our founding over four years...
Apr 231 min read
Reduction in National Weather Service balloon launches could affect air modeling
As part of the ongoing cost-cutting with the Federal Government, the National Weather Service (NWS) announced yesterday (March 20, 2025)...
Mar 212 min read
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Has life been found on another planet?
Ever since I was a kid I’ve been interested in science. While this may come as a shocker to those who know me as an air dispersion...
bjones148
Apr 242 min read
Blue Sky Modeling welcomes Bret Anderson to the Team
Blue Sky Modeling, LLC (BSM) is excited to announce the addition of Mr. Bret Anderson to our team. Since our founding over four years...
bjones148
Apr 231 min read
Reduction in National Weather Service balloon launches could affect air modeling
As part of the ongoing cost-cutting with the Federal Government, the National Weather Service (NWS) announced yesterday (March 20, 2025)...
bjones148
Mar 212 min read
The biggest day of deregulation in the history of EPA--including possible relief on the PM2.5 Annual NAAQS
Whether you agree or not with what the new administration is doing, you have to concede that President Trump and his team are moving the...
bjones148
Mar 132 min read
EPA pauses Revisions to Guideline on Air Quality Models, but New Secondary SO2 NAAQS is in effect
On the road to a revised Guideline on Air Quality Models, it’s time for us to take a pause… Today the modeling community got caught up...
bjones148
Jan 281 min read
Surprise! Changes to the SO2 NAAQS
OK, I have to confess this slipped past me. On December 27 (I freely admit, not a time I was completely focused on modeling!) EPA...
bjones148
Jan 143 min read
Comparison of New EU Limit Values and US NAAQS
On December 10, 2024 the European Union (EU) updated its Ambient Air Quality Directive to bring its air quality standards more in line...
bjones148
Dec 20, 20244 min read
EPA releases Final Background Concentration Guidance
After a few months of anticipation, this past Wednesday (November 20) the final rule revising the Guideline on Air Quality Models was...
bjones148
Nov 22, 20243 min read
Updates from EPA on AERMOD
This past week air modelers from across the country gathered in Raleigh, NC for the Air and Waste Management’s (AWMA’s) “Guideline on Air...
bjones148
Nov 19, 20242 min read
Donald Trump says environmental consultants sometimes "drag out" permitting process
If you’re paying attention to the national political scene these days (it’s certainly hard to avoid it) you probably know that Donald...
bjones148
Nov 4, 20243 min read
Hurricane Helene has impacted even the Air Dispersion Modeling World
You’ve no doubt been hearing in the news about Hurricane Helene over the past few weeks. Helene made landfall in the Big Bend region of...
bjones148
Oct 7, 20242 min read
Teaching and working overseas--two of my passions
The first time I traveled outside of the United States was right after graduating high school when my French teacher took about 20...
bjones148
Sep 16, 20242 min read
The impending return of Annual SO2 NAAQS modeling
On April 3, 2024 the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a new secondary annual National Ambient Air Quality...
bjones148
Apr 23, 20241 min read
The hour of doom is upon us: the new PM2.5 Annual NAAQS is here
(As a preface, I concede “doom” is perhaps a bit too strong, but I’m just trying to have a little fun with some news that is definitely...
bjones148
Feb 7, 20243 min read
What this modeler is thankful for
For those of you in the United States, I hope you were able to take a break this past weekend and celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and...
bjones148
Nov 27, 20233 min read
Summary of 13th Conference on Air Quality Models
Last week I attended the 13th Conference on Air Quality Models at EPA’s campus at Research Triangle Park, NC. I have to say, selfishly...
bjones148
Nov 20, 20233 min read
Updates to AERMOD and Guideline on Air Quality Models
Hear ye, hear ye! There’s a lot happening in the air dispersion modeling world these days. For starters, this coming November 14th and...
bjones148
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Overseas Air Modeling Musings
If you've spent enough time around me you’ve likely heard me tell stories of my having worked overseas. Purely by luck I had a modeling...
bjones148
Aug 15, 20233 min read
Starship's recent launch and Environmental Impacts
The first kind of “science” I can remember being interested in had to do with space. As a kid I loved reading up on planets (back then...
bjones148
Apr 28, 20232 min read
East Palestine Train Derailment and Modeling
A little before 9:00 PM on February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, which on the...
bjones148
Feb 16, 20233 min read
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