2010 Steering Committee Meeting Agenda
Following is the meeting agenda and participants. Each agenda item is linked to the meeting presentation.
IMPROVE Carbon Issues and Trends Workshop, October 20, 2010, Stevenson, WA
The day before the IMPROVE steering committee meeting, a workshop was held to explore the fine particulate carbon concentrations measured in the IMPROVE and CSN monitoring networks. The workshop was focused on the spatial and long-term patterns in the organic, elemental and total carbon measurements as well as potential carbon measurement issues and their effects on the carbon concentration patterns.
The workshop presentations can be found here. ***
IMPROVE Steering Committee Meeting Agenda
October 21 & 22, 2010
Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, WA
Time
Topic
Discussion Leader
Thursday, October 21
8:00 AM
8:15 AM
Welcome
Introductions and Agenda Review
To be announced
Marc Pitchford
Network Review
8:30 AM
9:30 AM
Chuck McDade
Mark Tigges
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
Quality assurance field audits
Dennis Crumpler, Jeff Lantz
Laboratory Review & Methods Development
10:45 AM
11:15 AM
11:30 AM
Judy Chow
Eva Hardison
Bret Schichtel
11:45 AM
Lunch
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Laboratory intercomparisons and issues
Improvements in XRF, weighing and sample handling
Chuck McDade
Jewel Smiley
Chuck McDade
Ann Dillner
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
3:45 PM
LPV4 Transmissometer development and evaluation
Ann Dillner
John Molenar
4:15 PM
5:15 PM
Carpool to the monitoring site
Adjourn for the day (group dinner for those interested)
Friday, October 22
Data Processing, Distribution, and Quality
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
Data distribution through VIEWS & AQS
Update and preview of the IMPROVE Report
Nicole Hyslop
Warren White
Bret Schichtel
Jenny Hand
10:00 AM
Break
Other Related Topics
10:15 AM
Update on the EPA review of the PM NAAQS
Western Ozone Precursor Sources
Marc Pitchford
Tom Moore
Other IMPROVE Topics
10:45 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
11:45 AM
Budget
History of IMPROVE Participants
History of IMPROVE Special Studies
Next meeting: location & timing
John Vimont
Group Effort
Gloria Mercer
Marc Pitchford
12:00 PM
Meeting adjourned