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2019 Steering Committee Agenda

October 22-23, 2019, Hotel Petaluma, Petaluma, CA

Tuesday, October 22nd – Technical Session

TimeTopicDiscussion Leader 8:30 AM Welcome and Introductions Scott Copeland

Network and Lab Reviews

8:40 AM Optical and Scene Monitoring Mark Tigges, Joe Adloch 8:55 AM UC Davis Network Update: Field, Laboratory & Data Nicole Hyslop 9:55 AM Quality Assurance, Field Audit Results, and PurpleAirs Derek Day 10:15 AM 15 Minute Break 10:30 AM  Ion Analysis  Tracy Dombeck 11:00 AM Update on IMPROVE Carbon Analyses  Mark Green

Analytical Development

11:30 AM  New Upgrades to HIPS and What’s Next Jason Giacomo 11:45 AM  An Update from the HIPS team Warren White 12:00 AM 90 Minute Lunch 1:30 PM Filter Loading Adjustment fro Estimating Brown Carbon from Multiwavelength Thermal/Optical Carbon Analysis Mark Green 2:00 PM  FT-IR OC & EC predictions in IMPROVE & CSN networks across multiple years Bruno Debus 2:20 PM  FT-IR OC and EC:
Reevaluating biases and Calibration Updating Andy Weakley 2:40 PM  Trends in Organic Matter and functional groups using FTIR AND FTIR measurements around the Globe Ann Dillner 3:00 PM Thoughts for the Future Tony Wexler 3:10 PM 15 Minute Break

Data Analysis

3:25 PM Data Management and Validation Update Sean Raffuse 3:55 PM Comparison of CSN and IMPROVE Speciated PM2.5 through Collocated Measurements Katrine Gorham 4:15 PM Urban and Remote Coarse Aerosol Mass across the United States Jenny Hand 4:35 PM Latest Data Substitution Effort for WRAP Emily Vanden Hoek 4:55 PM Adjourn for the day (optional group dinner)

Wednesday, October 23th – Technical (cont) and Business Meeting

TimeTopicDiscussion Leader

Data Analysis (cont)

8:00 AM Preliminary Data from Special Study at Dinosaur National Monument Tony Prenni

Data Processing, Distribution, and Quality

8:20 AM NASA’s MAIA project: Speciated PM using an Integrated Satellite and Ground Monitor Approach Abbey Nastan 8:40 AM IMPROVE Carbonaceous Aerosol Data: LAC underestimation and TC-fabs Bret Schichtel 9:30 AM IMPROVE Data and RHR Metrics Scott Copeland 10:00 AM 15 Minute Break

IMPROVE Business

10:15 AM Budget Tony Prenni 10:25 AM Committee Business Scott Copeland 11:00 AM Meeting Adjourned1:30 PM Field Trip to PORE IMPROVE Site