2020 Steering Committee Meeting, Virtual:
Agenda and Presentations
Held Virtually, October 13-14, 2020
Tuesday, October 13 – Technical Session
| Time | Topic | Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|
| Network and Lab Review | ||
| 11:00 AM | Optical and Scene Monitoring | Mark Tigges |
| 11:15 AM | Network Updates | Nicole Hyslop, Sean Raffuse |
| 12:05 PM | 20 Minute Break | |
| 12:25 PM | Quality Assurance, Field Audit Results | Derek Day |
| 12:40 PM | Ion Analysis | Tracy Dombek |
| 1:05 PM | Update on IMPROVE Carbon Analysis | Judy Chow |
| 1:30 PM | 20 Minute Break | |
| Data Analysis | ||
| 1:50 PM | Trends across Relocated IMPROVE Sites | Brett Gantt |
| 2:15 PM | Regional Haze Trends | Jenny Hand |
| Analytical Development | ||
| 2:35 PM | HIPS and the Future of Light Absorption Instrumentation | Warren White |
| 3:00 PM | Adjourn for the day |
Wednesday, October 14th – Technical (cont) and Business Meeting
| Time | Topic | Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|
| Analytical Development (cont) | ||
| 11:00 AM | Identification of smoke-impacted IMPROVE samples with FTIR | Amir Yazdani |
| 11:20 AM | DRI and UCD Thermal Optical Carbon Analysis | Xiaolu Zhang |
| 11:40 AM | Estimating LAC concentrations from fabs values | Bill Malm |
| 12:10 PM | Consideration of alternative carbonaceous measurements in IMPROVE | Bret Schichtel |
| 12:50 PM | 20 Minute Break | |
| Data Processing, Distribution, and Quality | ||
| 1:10 PM | IMPROVE Data and RHR Metrics | Scott Copeland |
| IMPROVE Business | ||
| 1:30 PM | Budget | Tony Prenni |
| 1:40 PM | Committee Business | Scott Copeland |
| 1:55 PM | Open Meeting Adjourned | |
| Steering Committee Only Discussion | ||
| 2:15 PM | Discussion of Future of Carbon Measurements in IMPROVE | Bret Schichtel and Scott Copeland |
| 3:15 PM | Steering Committee Only Meeting Adjourned |




