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2004 Steering Committee Meeting, Glacier National Park, MT:

Agenda and Presentations

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

IMPROVE Steering Committee Meeting Agenda

TimeTopicDiscussion Leader
Wednesday, June 2
8:00 AMWelcomePark Offical
8:15 AMIntroductions and Agenda ReviewMarc Pitchford
Aerosol Monitoring
Network Operations
8:30 AMSample RecoveryUCD Team
Data Delivery
New Sites
Additional Networsk
IMPROVE STN Comparison
Investigations & Special Studies:
9:30 AMTechnical InvestigationsUCD Team
Davis Test Site
PM10 speciation
GRSM 2004
10:30 AMBreak
10:45 AMIon Studies (30 min)Bill Malm
Biogenic Smoke (60 min)Bill Malm
12:15 PM Lunch
Aerosol Analytical Methods
1:30 PMNew XRF (15 min)Chuck McDade
Particulate Mercury (15 min)Nicole Hyslop
Carbon Analysis (30 min)John Watson
2:00 PMBreak
Aerosol Data Interpretation
2:30 PMTrends (15 Min)Warren White
MDLs (15 Min)Warren White
Site Compareisons (30 min)Nicole Hyslop
3:30 PM Break
3:45 PMIMP/STN Comparison (15 min)Neil Frank
Mass Balance Carbon (30 min)
4:30 PMAerosol monitoring open discussionMarc Pitchford
5:30 PMAdjourn for the Day

Thursday, June 3

TimeTopicDiscussion Leader
Optical & Scene Monitoring
8:00 AMOptical Network StatusJohn Molenar
8:20 AMTransmissometer Calibration TestsJohn Molenar
8:40 AMNephometer Comparision TestsJohn Molenar
9:00 AMOptical Monitoring Open DiscussionMarc Pitchford
9:15 AMBreak
Data & Information Distribution
9:30 AMIMPROVE Web site updatesBret Schichtel
10:00 AMData Quality AssuranceLinsey DeBell
10:15 AMQuarterly NewsletterGloria Mercer
Financial Administration
10:45 AMParticule Analysis Contract UpdateDavid Maxwell
11:00 AMBudget ReviewDavid Maxwell
11:15 AMOpen Discussion of Financial AdminMarc Pitchford
11:30 AMLunch
Independent Field Audit Program
1:00 PMEPA’s Audit ProgramNeil Frank
1:15 PMStates and WESTAR ConcernsBob Lebens
1:30 PMSampler Quality ControlChuck McDade
Flow Rate Validation and QC in IMPROVELowell Ashbaugh
1:45 PMOpen Discussion of Audit ProgramMarc Pitchford
2:45 PMAdjourn Steering Committee Meeting
3:00 PMAssemble at IMPROVE Monitoring Site
4:30 PMField Site Tour Complete

Steering Meeting Minutes

Steering Meeting Minutes