IMPROVE – CSN Carbon PM Monitoring Workshop University of California, Davis, CA, January 22- 24, 2008

Carbon Workshop Topics – An initial planning document for the workshop

Action Plans Developed by Workshop Participants

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

Time	Topic	Discussion Leader
8:00am	Welcome, introductions, overview	Marc Pitchford
*Organic carbon sampling artifact on quartz filters*
8:30am	Review of current artifact adjustment approach for IMPROVE	Lowell Ashbaugh
8:45am	Review of current artifact adjustment approach for CSN, including sampler-specific variations	James Flanagan
9:00am	Evidence for positive & negative artifacts	John Watson
10:00am	Break
10:15am	Preliminary organic artifact conceptual model	Marc Pitchford
10:45am	Discussion of conceptual model information gaps & how to fill them with additional assessment/data (wish list)	Marc Pitchford
12:15pm	lunch
1:15pm	Development of the action plan to fill information gaps – what, when, where, who, cost, priority	Marc Pitchford
2:15pm	Possible interim approaches for coping with artifacts for IMPROVE, CSN (original sampler/analyzer & new sampler/analyzer)	John Watson
2:30pm	Interim approach for coping with artifacts -discussion and action plan development	Bret Schichtel & Joann Rice
3:15pm	Break
*Relating IMPROVE to CSN data sets*
3:30pm	Review of evidence for differences between the IMPROVE & CSN (original) carbon data	Warren White
4:00pm	Discussion of approaches to relate the two data sets and identification of information gaps	Neil Frank
5:00pm	Adjourn for the day
Wednesday January 23
8:00am	Develop action plan to fill information gaps	Joann Rice
8:30am	Interim approach for relating the two data sets – discussion and action plan development	Neil Frank
*Relating original IMPROVE to new IMPROVE data sets*
9:00am	Review for evidence for a difference between the original and new data sets Presentation 1 Presentation 2	Warren White
9:30am	Discussion of approaches to relate the two data sets and identification of information gaps	Judy Chow
10:30am	Break
10:45am	Develop action plan to fill information gaps	Marc Pitchford
11:15am	Interim approach for relating the two data sets – discussion and action plan development	Warren White
*Review & consolidation*
11:45am	Review & revise as needed action plans to fill data gaps – assign overall priorities, responsibilities, schedules and budgets	Marc Pitchford
12:45pm	Lunch
1:45pm	Review & revise as needed plans to implement interim approaches – assign overall priorities, responsibilities, schedules and budgets	Bret Schichtel
Other Presentations
	Analysis of STN carbon field blanks, derived STN positive organic carbon artifact and analysis of IMPROVE carbon blank corrections	Bret Schichtel
	Carbon Measurements and Adjustments	Neil Frank
	A first look at the “old” TOT and “new” TOR carbon measurements from the CSN network Supplemental material	Joan Rice