2016 Steering Committee Meeting, Santa Fe, NM:
Agenda and Presentations
November 1, 2016, Santa Fe National Forest Headquarters, Santa Fe, NM
Tuesday, November 1st – Technical Session
| Time | Topic | Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Introductions | Scott Copeland |
| 8:35 AM | Optical, Scene Monitoring | Mark Tigges |
| 9:00 AM | Quality assurance – field audits | Derk Day |
| 9:20 AM | Aerosol monitoring network status | Nicole Hyslop |
| 10:05 AM | 15 Minute Break | |
| Laboratory Review & Methods Development | ||
| 10:20 AM | Ion analysis | |
| 10:40 AM | Update of IMPROVE Carbon Analysis | |
| 11:10 AM | Additional Chemical/Optical Characterization | |
| 11:40 AM | 90 Minute Lunch | |
| IMPROVE Business | ||
| 1:10 PM | Budget | Tony Prenni |
| 1:25 PM | IMPROVE Website/Winhaze | Tony Prenni/Bret Schichtel |
| 1:35 PM | QAPP signing | Scott Copeland |
| 1:45 PM | Committee Business, Next year’s meeting | Scott Copeland |
| Data Processing, Distribution, and Quality | ||
| 2:00 PM | IMPROVE /CSN Mega PE and TSAs | Joann Rice |
| 2:15 PM | Environment Canada Monitoring comparisons | Keith Jones |
| 2:40 PM | 15 Minute Break | |
| Regional Haze / Data Analysis | ||
| 2:55 PM | RHR Metrics Reporting | John Vimont |
| 3:15 PM | IMPROVE’s roles in tracking changes in visibility and determining causal mechanisms for impairment for Class I areas | Tom Moore |
| 3:45 PM | Reconstructed Fine Mass trends | Jenny Hand |
| Data Analysis | ||
| 4:05 PM | An Examination of the Current IMPROVE Algorithm | Tony Prenni |
| 4:25 PM | Future Priorities: 3rd IMPROVE Algorithm, Natural Bret Schichtel Conditions 3, automated data substitution, quantitative metric uncertainty model, IMPROVE Report VI | |
| 4:45 PM | Working Group Session on Future Priorities | Bret/Scott/Jenny |
| 5:15 PM | Adjourn for the day (group dinner TBD) |
Wednesday, November 2nd – NADP Joint Session – La Fonda Hotel
| Time | Topic | Discussion Leader |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Conference opening, introductions, overview of agenda | |
| 8:40 AM | Annual State of NADP Report | Dr David Gay |
| 9:00 AM | Estimating Temporal Trends in Biogenically Formed Secondary Organic Aerosols Resulting From Reduction in Atmospheric Aerosol Water Content Across the Continental United States | Bill Malm |
| 9:20 AM | Early onset of the spring fine dust season in the southwestern United States | Jenny Hand |
| 9:40 AM | A Non-destructive, Inexpensive Method for Predicting TOR OC and EC in the IMPROVE and CSN networks using Infrared Spectra | Ann Dillner |
Meeting Minutes
Minutes (PDF)
Meeting Photos
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