It is no surprise that the BREEZE team is supported by experienced meteorologists that hold the respected Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) certification from the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the nation’s premier professional organization for those in the atmospheric and related sciences. The CCM designation is issued to highly qualified meteorologists who demonstrate a broad background in meteorology, detailed knowledge in atmospheric dispersion modeling, and exemplary qualities of character and devotion to high professional standards. Once certified, CCMs can provide research, services, and advice to the public, including business, industry, agriculture, and various sectors of government. Our CCMs include George J. Schewe and Tony Schroeder.
George J. Schewe is a senior meteorologist and modeler with a M.S. degree in Atmospheric Science from Colorado State University. He has over 33 years of experience in atmospheric dispersion modeling and air quality management. He has managed and contributed technically to a wide variety of environmental assessment studies including Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), nonattainment area net emissions modeling, state and federal air toxics analyses and human health risk assessments, RACT and BACT assessments, and State Implementation Plan (SIP) preparation. George has provided litigation support as an expert witness including technical reviews, affidavits, and testimony in cases involving air quality modeling and meteorological considerations, toxic torts, and exposure. He has been an instructor as well as director of the EPA Air Pollution Training Institute (APTI) Air Quality Modeling Application Course No. 423 for 15 years and now teaches the same course under state and regional agencies. Recently, he has taught this course six times in the past eight months in Atlanta, Des Moines, Baltimore, Austin, Fredericksburg, and Columbus under the management of CenSARA, MARAMA, and the State of Ohio. George is also a Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP), a member of the Hamilton County, Ohio Air Quality Policy Advisory Committee, and member of the Indiana Wind Work Group (dedicated to wind resource assessment and turbine siting in Indiana).
Tony Schroeder is a meteorologist and modeler with an M.S. degree in Atmospheric Science from Pennsylvania State University. He has over 6 years of experience in atmospheric dispersion modeling and air quality permitting. He has prepared and managed numerous ambient air quality assessments that required dispersion modeling in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. As part of these pre-construction permit applications for PSD, he performed extensive modeling using diverse meteorological data sets and the ISCST3, AERMOD, and CALPUFF software applications to assess potential exceedances of significant impact levels (SILs) and National Ambient AirQuality Standards (NAAQS). Tony has also completed regulatory and non-regulatory air toxics analyses and human health assessments using such diverse models as INPUFF, DEGADIS, ALHOA, PHAST, and AERMOD. He has experience managing and reviewing large meteorological data sets associated with complex atmospheric numerical weather prediction models, such as MM5. Tony is a member of the American Meteorological Society and the Air & Waste Management Association.
With CCMs and other meteorologists on staff, Trinity can provide organizations with knowledgeable services related to atmospheric science. Our experience in meteorological applications brings a judicious application of basic principles within the context of both regulatory and non-regulatory modeling and meteorological assessments.