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2008 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

Tuesday, October 28

8:30 AM

8:45 AM

Welcome

Introductions and Agenda Review

George Constantino

Marc Pitchford

Network Review

9:15 AM

Aerosol monitoring

Chuck McDade

10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

11:00 AM

Optical & scene monitoring

Quality assurance field audits

John Molenar

Jeff Lantz

Laboratory Review & Methods Development

11:30 AM

Carbon analysis

Judy Chow

12:00 PM

Lunch (at the meeting room)

1:00 PM

1:15 PM

1:45 PM

2:15 PM

2:45 PM

Carbon analysis workshop summary

Ion analysis

XRF analysis

Sampling systems

Laboratory audits

Marc Pitchford

Eva Hardison

Chuck McDade

Chuck McDade

Jewell Smiley

3:15 PM

Break

Data Processing & Distribution

3:30 PM

3:45 PM

4:00 PM

Data advisories

Revised quality metrics

IMPROVE and VIEWS Websites

Warren White

Warren White

Bret Schichtel

Data Comparability & Interpretation

4:30 PM

Elemental carbon to absorption

Warren White

5:00 PM

5:15 PM

7:45 PM

Adjourn for the day

Sunset boat tour (for those who sign up)

Boat tour ends & dinner (for those who sign up)

Wednesday, October 29

Regional Issues

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

Role of fire in Okefenokee NWR

Western regional issues beyond haze

George Constantino

Tom Moore

Current & Future Interactions with Other Programs/Studies

9:45 AM

CalNex 2010 Study (air quality/climate)

Tom Moore

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

10:30 AM

10:45 AM

11:15 AM

11:45 AM

NASA including AERONET

RHR Implementation Status

Atmospheric nitrogen issues

Hybrid receptor modeling

1) PM NAAQS review
2) Canadian visibility

Bret Schichtel

Tom Moore

Bill Malm

Bret Schichtel

Marc Pitchford

12:15 PM

Lunch (at the meeting room)

1:15 PM

Monitoring site tour

Chuck McDade

Other Topics

2:00 PM

2:15 PM

2:30 PM

2:45 PM

IMPROVE budget summary

IMPROVE Newsletter & Calendars

Next meeting location & time of year

NAAQS Exceptional Events

CSN carbon measurement changes

CSN to IMPROVE Carbon

Meeting Adjourned

David Maxwell

Gloria Mercer

Marc Pitchford

Neil Frank

Joan Rice

Warren White