2014 Steering Committee Meeting Agenda

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

Meeting Logistics

Time

8:30 AM

Topic

Welcome & Agenda Review

Discussion Leader

Scott Copeland

Network Review

8:40 AM

9:00 AM

9:15 AM

Optical, Scene, Night Sky

Quality assurance – field audits

Aerosol monitoring network status

John Molenar

Chuck McDade & Nicole Hyslop

10:15 AM

15 Minute Break

Laboratory Review & Methods Development

10:30 AM

10:50 AM

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Status of IMPROVE Carbon Analysis

Equivalence in OC and EC between Single and Multi-wavelength Carbon Analyzer

Optical Characteristics of Multi-wavelength Carbon Analyzer

Ion analysis

Judy Chow

John Watson

Eva Hardison

11:50 AM

75 Minute Lunch

1:05 PM

1:35 PM

1:50 PM

2:05 PM

3:05 PM

Laboratory intercomparisons and issues

Teflon Filter Orientation

Multiwavelength HIPS (“BITS”)

Predicting TOR OC and EC with FTIR *

TBA FTIR topic

Eric Boswell

Nicole Hyslop

Chuck McDade

Ann Dillner

3:20 PM

15 Minute Break

Data Processing, Distribution, and Quality

3:35 PM

4:05 PM

Data analysis and uncertainty

IMPROVE & FED websites

Nicole Hyslop & Warren White

Bret Schichtel

Data Analysis

4:35 PM

5:00 PM

Image Contrast as a Measure of Visual Air Quality

Trends in Fine Dust and Constituents

Bill Malm

Jenny Hand

Other Topics

5:20 PM

IMPROVE Steering Committee business

Scott Copeland

5:40 PM

Adjourn for the day (group dinner for those interested)

Budget

8:30 AM

9:00 AM

9:30 AM

Budget analysis

CSN Network Assessment

Budget Process Summary (Cost Savings)

Tony Prenni

Joann Rice

Scott Copeland

10:00 AM

15 Minute Break

10:15 AM

Budget Discussion and Planning

Scott Copeland

11:30 AM

Adjourn for lunch, ROMA1 IMPROVE site visit SC05 NADP, site visit

12:30 PM

Optional Field Trip: Bull Island boat and hike tour – $40 per person.