Highlights from the Coordinating Research Council's 2018 Southern California Ozone Research Symposium

The Coordinating Research Council (CRC) and the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) co-sponsored the Southern California Ozone Research Symposium (SCORES) on June 6 and 7, 2018 at the University of California, Riverside. The symposium brought together leading experts from academia, government, and industry to review and discuss the capabilities and limitations of air quality models to simulate air quality trends as observed in the past years and to predict future concentrations. After several background presentations and research updates, participants brainstormed and prioritized a list of five high-priority research-needs to address the knowledge gaps identified in the discussions. The discussions also acknowledged that the identified research needs from SCORES are applicable to other locations and pollutant species.