Presentations from the 2005 IMPROVE Steering Committee Meeting July 26 & 27 at Acadia National Park

IMPROVE Steering Committee Meeting Agenda

Acadia National Park – Schoodic Education and Research Center

July 26 – 27, 2005 

Time               Topic                                                                          Discussion Leader

Tuesday 7/26/05

8:00am           Assemble at training center for car pool to IMPROVE

                        & RAIN site visit (lunch in Bar Harbor)       

2:45pm           Welcome & Introductions                                         Pitchford

Network Operations Updates:

3:00pm           1. Optical (data recovery, field and data                Molenar

                        processing QC, SOP updates)

3:20pm           2. Aerosol (sample recovery, data delivery,           McDade, Ashbaugh

                        flow, analytical & data processing QC)

4:00pm           3. Carbon analysis changes                                    Chow

Aerosol Data Quality Control – Quality Assurance:

4:30pm           1. Data checks, flags, collocated data                   Hyslop, DeBell

5:15pm           ----Adjourn for the day----

Wednesday 7/27/05

8:00am           2. Independent field audit program                         Lantz

8:30am           3. QAPP review (data quality objectives,               White

                        data validation, etc.)

9:15am           4. Methods evaluation (inlet clogging,                    Dillner, McDade

                        cassette redesign, critical flow, etc.)

10:00am         ----Break----

Data Derivatives

10:15am         Visual air quality metrics from digital data            Molenar

10:30am         Aerosol extinction algorithm assessment             Malm

11:15am         Aerosol extinction algorithm Literature Review    Hand

12:00pm         ----Lunch (catered)----

 1:00pm          FAST-CAT update                                                   Poirot

Special Studies (~15 minutes each)

1:20pm           CSU denuder study                                                  McDade

                        Great Smoky NP ammonia study                            Dillner

                        Nylon filter tests                                                         Dillner

                        IMPROVE – STN comparison                                 McDade

                        UCD mobile lab                                                         McDade

                        Carbon 14                                                                  Malm  

                        PM₁₀ speciation                                                        Malm

                        RAIN                                                                           Allen

                        "wide" hazecam                                                        Allen

3:30pm           ----Break----

Other Topics

4:00pm           IMPROVE network assessment plans                   Pitchford

4:15pm           Budget review                                                           Maxwell

4:25pm           Blueprint for 2000-04 Regional Haze Data Certification             Moore

4:30pm           IMPROVE & VIEWS web sites                               Schichtel

4:45pm           Quarterly newsletter                                                  Mercer

5:00pm           ----meeting adjourned----