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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

Aerosol monitoring

Optical and scene monitoring

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

Carbon analysis

Ion analysis

Reduced Nitrogen Sampling

Judy Chow

Eva Hardison

Bret Schichtel

11:45 AM

Lunch

1:00 PM

1:30 PM

2:00 PM

2:30 PM

XRF analysis

Laboratory intercomparisons and issues

Improvements in XRF, weighing and sample handling

XRF standards

Chuck McDade

Jewel Smiley

Chuck McDade

Ann Dillner

3:00 PM

Break

3:15 PM

3:45 PM

Organic artifacts

LPV4 Transmissometer development and evaluation

Ann Dillner

John Molenar

Mt. Zion Site Visit

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

Aerosol data uncertainties

Black carbon trend issues

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

IMPROVE’s 25th Anniversary

History of IMPROVE Participants

History of IMPROVE Special Studies

Newsletter and calendar

Next meeting: location & timing

John Vimont

Group Effort

Gloria Mercer

Marc Pitchford

12:00 PM

Meeting adjourned