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2007 Steering Committee Meeting Agenda

Following is the meeting agenda and participants.  Each agenda item is linked to the meeting presentation.

IMPROVE Meeting and Site Tour Agenda

Time

Topic

Discussion Leader

Wednesday, September 5

1:00 PM

1:30 PM

Welcome

Introductions and Agenda Review

Marc Pitchford

Network Status & Changes

1:40 PM

2:10 PM

Optical & scene monitoring

Aerosol sampling

John Molenar

Chuck McDade

3:10 PM

Break

3:25 PM

3:40 PM

3:55 PM

Field audit & auditor training

Sampling methods evaluation/development

LED Nephelometer

Dennis Crumpler, Jeff Lantz

Chuck McDade

John Molenar

Laboratory Status & Changes

4:25 PM

4:55 PM

XRF and gravimetric

Carbon analysis

Chuck McDade

Marc Pitchford (for DRI)

5:10 PM

Adjourn for the day

Thursday, September 6

8:00 AM

8:15 AM

8:45 AM

Ion analysis

Laboratory evaluations & innovations

Laboratory audits

Eva Hardison

Chuck McDade

Jewell Smiley

Data Analysis

9:15 AM

XRF data interpretation guidance

Warren White

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

10:30 AM

IMPROVE & VIEWS Website update

Uncertainty analysis from collocated data

Carbon replicate analyzer data analysis

Continuity of IMPROVE Carbon Data

Bret Schichtel

Warren White

Other Monitoring/Assessments Topics

10:45 AM

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

STN conversion to IMPROVE carbon

ROMANS update

Fire science update

Mark Tigges

Bill Malm

Sonia Kreidenweis / Schichtel

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

1:45 PM

Wyoming air quality/visibility network

WRAP – Technical Support System

Long-term strategy commitments for monitoring, emission Inventories and regional analysis

John Molenar

Tom Moore

Tom Moore

2:30 PM

Break

2:45 PM

Four-Corners regional air quality issues

Kelly Palmer

Wrap-Up Topics

3:30 PM

3:45 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

Budget summary & future expectations

Next meeting plans

Visibility and Nitrate in Weminuche CO

CASTNET Passive Ammonia Monitoring Program

Marc Pitchford

Marc Pitchford

Scott Copeland

Donna Kenski