2021 Steering Committee Meeting, Virtual:

Agenda
Minutes

Agenda and Presentations

Held Virtually, November 9-10, 2021

Tuesday, November 9 – Technical Session

TimeTopicDiscussion Leader
Network and Lab Reviews
10:30 AMOptical and Scene MonitoringMark Tigges, Scott Cismoski
10:45 AMUpdate on IMPROVE Carbon AnalysisJudy Chow
11:15 AMIon AnalysisTracy Dombek
11:40 AMQuality Assurance.  Field AuditsScott Copeland for D. Day
11:50 AM20 Minute Break
12:10 PMNetwork Updates (Raffuse and Hyslop)Sean Raffuse, Nicole Hyslop
Analytical Development
12:30 PMLight absorption measurement updateWarren White
12:55 PMSmoke Sample Losses and Potential Mitigation (Potanin and Raffuse)Sean Raffuse, Ilia Potanin
1:20 PM20 Minute Break
1:40 PMCarbon ReportBret Schichtel
2:10 PMXRF Measurement Inter-comparisonsNicole Hyslop
2:30 PMPurple Air / Optical Instrument StudiesBill Malm
2:50 PMAdjourn for the day

Wednesday, November 10 – Technical (cont) and Business Meeting

TimeTopicDiscussion Leader
Analytical Development (cont)
10:30 AMASCENT NetworkAnn Dillner
Data Analysis
10:50 AMLong-term dust trend and association with Valley fever infectionDaniel Tong
11:10 AMIMPROVE Report OverviewJenny Hand
11:35 AM20 Minute Break
Data Processing, Distribution, and Quality
11:55 AMIMPROVE Data and RHR MetricsScott Copeland
12:15 PMDocumented process for relocated IMPROVE sitesTom Moore, Brett Gantt
IMPROVE Business
12:35 PMSteering Committee Charter (Copeland and Schichtel)Scott Copeland, Bret Schichtel
12:55 PM20 Minute Break
1:15 PMSteering Committee Charter – DiscussionScott Copeland, Bret Schichtel
1:35 PMImplementing Sub-committees – WRAP perspectiveTom Moore
1:55 PMBudgetTony Prenni
2:15 PMCommittee BusinessScott Copeland
2:35 PMMeeting Adjourned

Meeting Minutes

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