2021 Workshop
Presentations

March 24

8:40-8:50 AM: CubeSats: A New Tool In The Dust Storm Detection Toolbox  

Tom Gill, University of Texas at El Paso 
Video Link 

8:50-9:00 AM: Updates on Soil Microorganism Detection and Dust Forecasting over the Southwest U.S.
Daniel Tong - George Mason University 
Patrick Gillevet - George Mason University
Video Link 

9:00-9:10 AM: Forecasting and Numerical Simulation of Dust Storms
Peter Hyde, Arizona State University 
Video Link 

9:10-9:20 AM: Dust Storm Warning Performance over the First Three Years and Other Operational Considerations 

Jaret Rogers, NOAA/National Weather Service Phoenix, AZ 
Larry Hopper, NOAA/National Weather Service Phoenix, AZ
Video Link 

9:20-9:30 AM: I-10 Dust Detection Network Update 

Joseph Jones, ADOT 
Kevin Duby, ADOT
Video Link  

9:55-10:05 AM: FAIR Principles of Data Science 
Marcos Mendez, UTEP 
Video Link 

10:05-10:15 AM: Continuation of Service Learning with NASA’s GLOBE Observer on Dust Monitoring of the Chihuahuan Desert 

John Olgin, El Paso Community College
Video Link 

10:15-10:25 AM: Climate and Land Use Drivers of Dust and Investigating Implications for Snowmelt and Water Resources in the Colorado River Basin 
Travis Nauman, USGS
Video Link

10:25-10:35 AM: Classification of Dust Storms in Phoenix AZ and Their Implication on Air Quality 
Karin Ardon-Dryer, Texas Tech University
Video Link

11:00-11:10 AM: Linking soil health to dust prediction and mitigation: Project Updates from University of Arizona Research Team 
Joey Blankinship, University of Arizona
Video Link 

11:10-11:20 AM: Restoration Research for Mitigating Dust Emissions
Molly McCormick, USGS 

11:20-11:30 AM: Lordsburg Playa Dust Mitigation project 
Trent Botkin, NMDOT
Video Link  

11:30-11:40 AM: Agricultural Best Management Practices and Dust Complaint Response 

Madeline Greenbuam, ADEQ 
Luke Messer, ADEQ 
Video Link 

2020 Workshop Presentations

March 3rd

8:30-8:45 AM: Radar Based Characteristics of Dust Storms in Arizona
Jaret Rogers, National Weather Service Phoenix
8:45-9:00 AM: Dust-Drought Nexus in the Four Corners
Stephanie Arcusa, Northern Arizona University
9:00-9:15 AM: ArcGIS Dashboard for Dust
Eleanor Dhuyvetter, National Weather Service El Paso, TX/Santa Teresa, NM
Supplemental Link: ArcGIS Dust Dashboard
9:15-9:30 AM: Service Learning Engaging Citizen Science with NASA's Globe Observer Dust Monitoring Project
John Olgin, El Paso Community College
9:30-9:45 AM: Real Time Experience Studying ADOT I-10 Dust Project Implementation
David Locher, ADOT
Supplemental Link: ADOT MPD Study for US 70/US 191 detour for I-10 between Lordsburg and Deming.
9:45-10:00 AM: Dust Storms and Related Hazards: An Autonomous Vehicle
Juan Padres, Tu Simples
10:30-10:45 AM: Low-Cost Sampling of Cocci Fungus in the Air
Daniel Tong, George Mason University
10:45-11:00 AM: Quantitatively Characterizing Dust Source Areas at Lordsburg 
Scott Van Pelt, USDA-ARS
11:00-11:15 AM: Update on NMDOT Plans to Address Dust Storms in the Lordsburg Playa Area
Trent Botkin, NMDOT
11:15-11:30 AM: ADEQ Dust Project Updates
Heather Colson and Craig Pearson, ADEQ
11:30-11:45 AM: Evaluation of Threshold Friction Velocities at Potential Dust Storm Sources in Semi-Arid Regions
Ruby O'Brien-Metzger, University of Arizona
11:45-12:00 PM: UA Project Updates on Dust Prediction and Mitigation Near Picacho Peak
Conor Graves, University of Arizona
Conference Notes

2019 Workshop Presentations

March 5th

8:30-8:45 AM: Where Does the Dust Come From?
Peter Hyde, Arizona State University
8:45-9:00 AM: Friction Velocities Picacho Peak area 
Ruby O'Brien-Metzger, University of Arizona
9:00-9:15 AM: Satellite-aided regional dust forecasting for Valley fever surveillance, highway accident prevention, and air quality management in the Southwestern United States
Daniel Tong, George Mason University
9:15-9:30 AM: The Naval Research Laboratory’s Marine Meteorology Division Dust Forecasting Capabilities
Annette Walker, Naval Research Laboratory
9:30-9:45 AM: Polygon Warning Implementation
Ken Waters, National Weather Service Phoenix
9:45-10:00 AM: I-10 Dust Detection and Warning Project
Martin Lauber, Arizona Department of Transportation, and Ken Waters, National Weather Service Phoenix
10:30-10:45 AM: Dust: A Perspective from Trucking
Arizona Trucking Association
10:45-11:00 AM: Pathfinder Coordination and Public Messaging
Scott Jensen, Weathernet
11:00-11:15 AM: I-10 Dust Mitigation/Stabilization Projects
Heather Colson, ADEQ
11:15-11:30 AM: Testing organic - and microbial-based strategies for soil stabilization and dust mitigation in barren lands of the Sonoran Desert
Joey Blankinship, University of Arizona
11:30-11:45 AM: Dust Mitigation Handbook
Steve Smarik, USDA-NRCS
11:45-12:00 PM: Update on NMDOT Lordsburg Playa Mitigation Project
Trent Botkin, NMDOT
Conference Notes

2018 Workshop Presentations

Feb. 27th

8:45-9:05 AM: Updates on I-10 Dust Corridor Project
John Kissinger, Kimley-Horn
9:05-9:20 AM: NWS Dust Polygon Warnings 
Ken Waters, National Weather Service, Phoenix, AZ
9:20-9:40 AM: NMDOT Dust Mitigation Projects
Trent Botkin, New Mexico Dept. of Transportation
9:40-10:10 AM: Dust Mitigation Team Update
Jamie Abbott, Arizona Dept. of Environmental Quality
10:35-10:55 AM: Mitigation on Agricultural Lands
Heather Dial, USDA Plants Materials Center
10:55-11:15 AM: Informing Travelers Before and During Dust Storms Through Pathfinder
Mark Trennepohl, Arizona Department of Transportation
Conference Notes

8:45-9:15 AM: Detection, Prediction, and Warnings 
Ken Waters, National Weather Service
9:15-9:45 AM: Active Response 
Reza Karimvand, Arizona Department of Transportation
9:45-10:15 AM: Mitigation 
Leonard Drago and Jamie Abbott, 
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

8:45-9:00 AM: Dust Storms: Quantifying Their Sources
Peter Hyde, Arizona State University
9:00-9:15 AM: Blowing Dust and Highway Safety in Texas,
New Mexico and Oklahoma: Identifying Dust Emission "Hot Spots"
Tom Gill, University of Texas, El Paso
9:15-9:30 AM: Mexican Perspective of Dust Issue on Highway 45 
(similar to dust issue seen on I-10)
Miguel Dominguez Acosta, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
9:30-9:45 AM: Dust Detection Network Deployment Update
Ken Waters, NOAA National Weather Service Phoenix
9:45-10:00 AM: Evaluation of a Dust Detection and Communication
System
Dianne Kresich, Arizona Department of Transportation
10:30-10:45 AM: Media Perspectives on Blowing Dust
Amber Sullins, ABC 15 (KNXV) Phoenix
10:45-11:00 AM: Measurements of Threshold Friction Velocities on 
Abandoned Agriculture Fields near Picacho Peak using a Portable Dust
Generator
Kyle Rine, University of Arizona
11:00-11:15 AM: Dust Mitigation Overview
Steve Smarik, USDA-NRCS
11:15-11:30 AM: Dust Mitigation Using Holistic Management
Ricardo Aguirre, Holistic Engineering and Land Management

9:15-9:30 AM: Update on dust forecasting using high resolution
WRF model
Eduardo Saez, University of Arizona 
9:30-9:45 AM: Use of Remote Sensing to Detect and Monitor Landscape Vulnerability to Wind Erosion and Dust Emission
with connections to Climate and Air Quality 
Pat Chavez, Northern Arizona University
9:45-10:00 AM: Dust Detection Network
Ken Waters, NOAA National Weather Service, Phoenix AZ
10:00-10:15 AM: Research Study on Communication for Winblown
Dust
Tim Tait and Diane Kresich, Arizona Department of Transportation 
10:45-11:00 AM: Public Notification Tools, Capabilities, Limitations 
and Challenges from an Emergency Management Perspective
Pete Weaver, Maricopa County Emergency Management
11:00-11:15 AM: Fatal Accident on I-10 near AZ/NM border
John Fausett, NOAA National Weather Service El Paso 
11:15-11:30 AM: Traffic Management of a Dust Event 
Sergeant John Paul Cartier, Department of Public Safety
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM: Soil Conditions and Dust Production
James Walworth, University of Arizona
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Dust Mitigation Conservation Practices and
EQIP Air Quality Incentive Program
Jamilah McCoy, Natural Resources Conservation Service 
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM: Dust in Arizona: Potentials for Design 
Improvements in the Sonoran Desert
Danika Cooper, Harvard University 
 

8:45-9:10 AM: Strategic Highway Safety Plan and Operational 
Briefing 
Rod Lane, Arizona Department of Transportation
9:10-9:25 AM: Communication Plan for Windblown Dust
Dianne Kresich, Arizona Department of Transportation
9:25-9:45 AM: Dust Detection Network
Ken Waters, NOAA National Weather Service, Phoenix AZ
9:45-9:55 AM: ADOT Safford District Dust Warning System
Arizona Department of Transportation
9:55-10:10 AM: Dust Storm Convective Index 
Joshua White, Arizona State University
10:30-10:45 AM: Valley Fever and the link to weather/climate
Heidi Brown, University of Arizona
10:45-11:00 AM: Update on the Pinal County AQ Exceedance 
PM10 Nonattainment Group and Emission Inventory 
Bryan Paris, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
11:00-11:15 AM: Holistic Approach to Dust Mitigation: 
Vegetating Fallow Lands in Arid Regions Without Irrigation
Nathan Allan, Biosphere 2

9:20 AM: Review of ADOT accident data (2000-2011) for all 
dust-related accidents and discussion of dust origens project
Ken Waters, NOAA National Weather Service Phoenix, AZ
9:45 AM: Health local studies 
Graham Briggs, Pinal County Health
10:00 AM: Update on the Pinal County AQ Exceedance PM10 
Nonattainment Group
Steve Calderon, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
10:10 AM: Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA): An Overview of
WEA, successes and pitfalls. Where does it go from here?
Ken Waters, NOAA National Weather Service Phoenix, AZ
10:45 AM: Executive Summary of Prevention ideas. 
Successes (or failures), Upcoming initiatives, Action 
Items from 2012 workshop.
Anthony Cox, Arizona Department of Emergency Management 
& Farzania Yasmin, Arizona Department of Transporation
2:10 PM: Shortened version of Executive Reviews 
given earlier
Glen Sampson, NOAA National Weather Service Tucson, AZ

9:15 AM: Dust Storms Described & 2011 in Review
Paul Iñiguez, NOAA National Weather Service Phoenix, AZ
9:35 AM - Air Traffic Impacts
Scott Maxwell, Sky Harbor Operations
9:55 AM - Health Impacts
Dr. Thomas E. Gill, Department of Geological Sciences, 
University of Texas at El Paso
10:30 AM - Detecting Dust Storms 
John Brost, NOAA National Weather Service Tucson, AZ
10:50 AM - Predicting Dust Storms
Mike Leuthold, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, 
University of Arizona
11:10 AM - Responding to Dust Storms
Bill Harmon, Arizona Department of Transportation

Small Group Solutions Discussions
Prevention (i.e. surface treatments, wind/dust breaks, 
land purchasing, legislation, etc.)
Facilitators: Glen Sampson & Ken Drozd
Detection and Prediction (i.e. modeling, research, 
observing systems, spotter info, etc.)
Facilitators: Paul Iñiguez, JJ Brost, and Ken Waters
Education and Response (i.e. emergency management, PIOs, 
operational responses, etc.)
Facilitators: Glenn Lader and Gary Woodall