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Donna Schwede
AMD Staff
Education:
- B.S. Geology, State University of New York at Cortland, 1982
- M.S. Geology, Duke University, 1985
Professional Experience:
1993-Present – Physical Scientist, Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA, Research Triangle Park, NC.
1987-1993 – Programmer Analyst, Computer Sciences Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC.
1984-1987 – Physical Science Teacher, Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, NC.
Honors & Awards:
- EPA Bronze Medal (1996)
“For development of an air dispersion and deposition model to be used nationally for conducting routine indirect-exposure assessments.” - EPA Office of Solid Waste Team Excellence Award (1999)
“For exceptional and innovative contributions to the advancement of multimedia risk assessment methodologies to evaluate the management of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes.” - EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Science/Technical Achievement Award (2001)
“For exceptional efforts in developing the multipathway, multimedia, multiple receptor risk analysis tool for waster management policy development” - EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Team Excellence Award (2004)
“For outstanding documentation, briefing packages, and timely responsiveness to support the SAB review of the 3MRA model”
Publications:
Schwede, D.B., S.K. LeDuc, and T.L. Otte (2000): Using meteorological model output as a surrogate for on-site observations to predict deposition velocity. Proceedings, Sixth International conference on Air-Surface Exchange of Gases and Particles, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 3-7, 2000.
Finkelstein, P.L., T.G. Ellestad, J.F. Clarke, T.P. Meyers, D.B. Schwede, E.O. Hebert, J.A. Neal (2000): Ozone and sulfur dioxide dry deposition to forests: Observations and model evaluation. J. of Geophy. Res., 105, 15365-15377.
Schwede, D.B., W.B. Petersen, and S.K. Leduc (2000): Simulating atmospheric exposure using an innovative meteorological sampling scheme. Proceedings, Millennium NATO/CCMS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and Its Application, Boulder, Colorado, May 15-19, 2000.
Cooter, E.J. and D.B. Schwede (2000): Sensitivity of the NOAA Multilayer Model to Instrument Error and Parameterization Uncertainty, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 6695-6707.
Schwede, D.B., R.W. Brode, J.O. Paumier, and W.B. Petersen (1999): Simulating Atmospheric Exposure in a National Risk Assessment Using an Innovative Meteorological Sampling Scheme. Proceedings, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 20th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 14-18, 1999.
Finkelstein, P.F., T. Ellestad, D. Schwede, E. Hebert, J. Clarke (1998): Dry deposition of SO2 and Ozone to a deciduous forest during the 1997 growing season. AMS 23rd Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Conference, November 1998.
Schwede, D.B., and J.O. Paumier (1997): Sensitivity of the Industrial Sources Complex Model to Input Deposition Parameters. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 36, 1096-1106..
Schwede, D.B., and J.O. Paumier (1996): Sensitivity of the Industrial Source Complex Model to Input Parameters. Preprints, Ninth Joint Conference on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with A&WMA, Atlanta, Georgia, January 28-February 2, 1996. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 596-600.
Moore, G., P. Ryan, D. Schwede, and D. Strimaitis (1995): Model Performance Evaluation of Gaseous Dry Deposition Algorithms. Proceedings of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, San Antonia, Texas, June 18-23, 1995. Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, Paper No. 95-TA34.02.
Schwede, D.B., and J.S. Scire (1994): Improvements in Indirect Exposure Assessment Modeling: A Model for Estimating Air Concentrations and Deposition. Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the Air & Waste Management Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 19-24, 1994. Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, Paper No. 94-TA23.05.
Paumier, J.O., S.G. Perry, and D.J. Burns (1992): CTDMPLUS: A Dispersion Model for Sources near Complex Topography. Part II: Performance Characteristics. Journal of Applied Meterology, 31,646-660.
Perry, S. G., J. O. Paumier, and D. J. Burns, 1991: Evaluation of the EPA Complex Terrain Dispersion Model (CTDMPLUS) with the Lovett Power Plant data base. Preprints of the Seventh Joint AMS/AWMA Conference on Application of Air Pollution Meteorology, Jan. 14-18, 1991, New Orleans, LA, pp 189-193., American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA.
Burns, D. J., S. G. Perry, and A. J. Cimorelli, 1991: An advanced screening model for complex terrain applications. Preprints of the Seventh Joint AMS/AWMA Conference on Application of Air Pollution Meteorology, Jan. 14-18, 1991, New Orleans, LA, pp 97-100.
Perry, S. G., D. J. Burns, and A. J. Cimorelli, 1990: User's guide to CTDMPLUS, Volume 2: the screening mode (CTSCREEN). EPA-600/8-90/087. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, RTP, NC, 74pp.
Burns, D. J., L. H. Adams, and S. G. Perry, 1990: Testing and evaluation of the CTDMPLUS dispersion model: Daytime convective conditions. EPA-600/X-90/091. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, RTP, NC, 198pp.
Perry, S. G., D. J. Burns, L. H. Adams, R. J. Paine, M. G. Dennis, M. T. Mills, D. G. Strimaitis, R. J. Yamartino, and E. M. Insley, 1989: User's guide to the complex terrain dispersion model plus algorithms for unstable situations (CTDMPLUS) Volume 1: Model description and user instructions. EPA-600/8-89/041. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, RTP, NC, 196pp.