2013 Steering Committee Meeting, Park City, UT:
Agenda and Presentations
Following is the meeting agenda and participants. Each agenda item is linked to the meeting presentation.
Notes: This meeting was conducted in conjunction with the NADP annual meeting. The technical presentations were given October 9th in a joint IMPROVE and NADP session. Unfortunately, the meeting occurred during the government shut down and many participants were unable to attend.
Tuesday, October 23
| Time | Topic | Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Welcome and Agenda Review | Scott Copeland |
| Network Review | ||
| 8:10 AM | Optical, Scene, Night Sky | John Molenar |
| 8:30 AM | Quality Assurance: Field Audits | Chuck McDade, Nicole Hyslop |
| 8:45 AM | Aerosol Monitoring Network Status – McDade | Chuck McDade, Nicole Hyslop |
| 9:45 AM | Break | |
| Laboratory Review & Methods Development | ||
| 10:00 AM | Carbon Analysis | John Watson |
| 10:30 AM | Ion Analysis | Eva Hardison |
| 10:50 AM | Laboratory Intercomparisons and Issues | Jewel Smiley |
| 11:20 AM | Method Development: Pb reference materials for EPA lab audits – Dillner BITS – New multi-wavelength absorption measurement – McDade | Chuck McDade, Ann Dillner |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:15 PM | Trends in XRF Reanalysis results – Hyslop Light Absorbing fraction in PM2.5 – White | Nicole Hyslop, Warren White |
| Data Processing, Distribution and Quality | ||
| 2:00 PM | Federal Environmental Database | Bret Schichtel |
| 2:15 PM | WESTAR RHR Core Issues | Bob Lebens |
| 2:35 PM | Natural Background | Scott Copeland |
| Data Analysis | ||
| 2:55 PM | Joint Fire Science Biomass Buring AQI | Bill Malm |
| Information content of IMPROVE data for tracking RHR trends | Scott Copeland | |
| 3:20 PM | Break | |
| Other Topics | ||
| 3:35 PM | Newsletter and Calendar | Cassie Archuleta |
| 3:45 PM | IMPROVE Steering Committee business | Scott Copeland |
| 4:05 PM | Budget | Scott Copeland |
| 5:05 PM | Review agenda and wrap up | Scott Copeland |
| 5:20 PM | Adjourn |