2018 Steering Committee Meeting, Fort Collins, CO:

Agenda and Presentations

October 16-17, 2018, Fort Collins, CO (filling in for St. Marks NWR)

Tuesday, October 16th – Technical Session

Time	Topic	Discussion Leader
8:30 AM	Welcome and Introductions	Scott Copeland
Network and Lab Reviews
8:45 AM	Optical, Scene Monitoring, WRAP Work	Mark Tigges, Joe Adloch
9:00 AM	Network Update: Laboratory and Field	Katrine Gorham
9:40 AM	Quality Assurance, Field Audit Results	Derek Day
10:00 AM	15 Minute Break
10:15 AM	Ion Analysis	Tracy Dombeck
10:45 AM	Update on IMPROVE Carbon Analyses	Mark Green
11:15 AM	Data Management and Validation Update	Sean Raffuse
11:45 AM	Tour of the IMPROVE QA Report	Xiaolu Zhang
12:05 PM	90 Minute Lunch
Analytical Development
1:35 PM	Determining Brown Carbon Concentrations by Multiwavelength Thermal/Optical Analysis	Mark Green
2:05 PM	What can monitoring networks learn from a new low-cost, non-destructive analysis method?	Ann Dillner
3:05 PM	Thoughts for the Future: Flow Control, Meteorology, Sensors, & MAIA	Tony Wexler
3:30 PM	15 Minute Break
Data Analysis
3:45 PM	Trends in Fine Dust and Coarse Mass	Jenny Hand
4:05 PM	Progress on Modifications to IMPROVE Measurements and Algorithms	Bret Schichtel
4:25 PM	Reinterpreting TOR Carbon Analysis	Bill Malm
4:55 PM	Potential Evolution of Carbon Measurements	Bret Schichtel
5:15 PM	Adjourn for the day (group dinner)

Wednesday, October 17th – Technical (cont) and Business Meeting

Time	Topic	Discussion Leader
Data Analysis (cont)
8:30 AM	NHx Study	Bret Schichtel
Data Processing, Distribution, and Quality
8:50 AM	Potential IMPROVE data patching algorithm change	Donna Kenski/ Margaret McCourtney
9:20 AM	IMPROVE/FED/TSS websites update	Tony Prenni
9:35 AM	IMPROVE Data and RHR Metrics	Scott Copeland
10:05 AM	Preparing for the Second Planning Period of the RH Program	Melinda Beaver
10:20 AM	15 Minute Break
IMPROVE Business
10:35 AM	Budget	Tony Prenni
10:55 AM	Committee Business	Scott Copeland
11:15 AM	Meeting Adjourned
11:15 AM	Field Trip to ROMO IMPROVE Site

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