2019 Steering Committee Meeting, Petaluma, CA:

Agenda and Presentations

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

Tuesday, October 22nd – Technical Session

Time	Topic	Discussion Leader
8:30 AM	Welcome and Introductions	Scott Copeland
Network and Lab Review
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 PM	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	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

Time	Topic	Discussion 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 Adjourned
1:30 PM	Field Trip to PORE IMPROVE Site

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