2018 Steering Committee Agenda

October 16-17, 2018, Fort Collins, CO (filling in for St. Marks NWR)

Tuesday, October 16th – Technical Session
TimeTopic	Discussion Leader
8:30 AM Welcome and Introductions	Scott Copeland
Network and Lab Reviews
8:45 AM Optical, Scene Monitoring, WRAP Work	Mark Tigges, Joe Adloch
9:00 AM Network Update: Laboratory and Field	Katrine Gorham
9:40 AM Quality Assurance, Field Audit Results	Derek Day
10:00 AM 15 Minute Break
10:15 AM  Ion Analysis	Tracy Dombeck
10:45 AM Update on IMPROVE Carbon Analyses	Mark Green
11:15 AM Data Management and Validation Update	Sean Raffuse
11:45 AM Tour of the IMPROVE QA Report	Xiaolu Zhang
12:05 AM 90 Minute Lunch
Analytical Development
1:35 PM Determining Brown Carbon Concentrations by Multiwavelength Thermal/Optical Analysis	Mark Green
2:05 PM What can monitoring networks learn from a new low-cost, non-destructive analysis method?	Ann Dillner
3:05 PM Thoughts for the Future: Flow Control, Meteorology, Sensors, & MAIA	Tony Wexler
3:30 PM 15 Minute Break
Data Analysis
3:45 PM Trends in Fine Dust and Coarse Mass	Jenny Hand
4:05 PM Progress on Modifications to IMPROVE Measurements and Algorithms	Bret Schichtel
4:25 PM Reinterpreting TOR Carbon Analysis	Bill Malm
4:55 PM Potential Evolution of Carbon Measurements	Bret Schichtel
5:15 PM Adjourn for the day (group dinner)

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Wednesday, October 17th – Technical (cont) and Business Meeting
TimeTopic	Discussion Leader
Data Analysis (cont)
8:30 AM NHx Study	Bret Schichtel
Data Processing, Distribution, and Quality
8:50 AM Potential IMPROVE data patching algorithm change	Donna Kenski/ Margaret McCourtney
9:20 AM IMPROVE/FED/TSS websites update	Tony Prenni
9:35 AM IMPROVE Data and RHR Metrics	Scott Copeland
10:05 AM Preparing for the Second Planning Period of the RH Program	Melinda Beaver
10:20 AM 15 Minute Break
IMPROVE Business
10:35 AM Budget	Tony Prenni
10:55 AM Committee Business	Scott Copeland
11:15 AM Meeting Adjourned
11:15 AM Field Trip to ROMO IMPROVE Site