{"id":4139,"date":"2015-12-17T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/Improve\/?post_type=meetings&p=4139"},"modified":"2025-06-23T17:09:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:09:34","slug":"2015-steering-committee-meeting","status":"publish","type":"meetings","link":"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/Improve\/meeting\/2015-steering-committee-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Steering Committee Meeting, Grand Canyon, AZ:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Agenda<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Minutes<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Photos<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Following is the meeting agenda and participants.  Each agenda item is linked to the meeting presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting Logistics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agenda and Presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, November 5th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/th>Topic<\/th>Discussion Leader<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
8:30 AM<\/td>Introductions<\/td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr>
8:35 AM<\/td>Welcome to Albright<\/td>Justine Stout<\/td><\/tr>
8:45 AM<\/td>Grand Canyon Air Issues<\/td>Jane Rodgers<\/td><\/tr>
9:00 AM<\/td>Optical, Scene Monitoring<\/a><\/td>Mark Tigges, Scott Cismoski<\/td><\/tr>
9:30 AM<\/td>Quality assurance \u2013 field audits<\/a><\/td>Nicole Hyslop<\/td><\/tr>
9:45 AM<\/td>Aerosol monitoring network status<\/a><\/td>Nicole Hyslop, Sean Raffuse<\/td><\/tr>
10:15 AM<\/td>15 Minute Break<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Laboratory Review & Methods Development<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
10:45 AM<\/td>Status of IMPROVE Carbon Analysis<\/a><\/td>Judy Chow<\/td><\/tr>
11:15 AM<\/td>Temperature Calibration of Thermal\/Optical Carbon Analyzer<\/a><\/td>John Watson<\/td><\/tr>
11:45 AM<\/td>Ion analysis<\/a><\/td>Tracy Dombek<\/td><\/tr>
11:50 AM<\/td>74 Minute Lunch<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1:10 PM<\/td>Laboratory intercomparisons and issues<\/td>Joann Rice<\/td><\/tr>
1:20 PM<\/td>Trend Analysis<\/td>Nicole Hyslop<\/td><\/tr>
1:40 PM<\/td>Fabs Data<\/a><\/td>Warren White<\/td><\/tr>
2:15 PM<\/td>FTIR calibrations for OC and EC using IMPROVE data<\/a><\/td>Ann Dillner<\/td><\/tr>
3:00 PM<\/td>15 Minute Break<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Data Analysis<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
3:55 PM<\/td>IMPROVE and FED websites<\/a><\/td>Bret Schichtel<\/td><\/tr>
4:10 PM<\/td>Ion QA<\/a><\/td>Tracy Dombek<\/td><\/tr>
4:25 PM<\/td>Beyond Level 2 QA<\/a><\/td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr>
Tee Up Wednesday Working Group Session<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
4:45 PM<\/td>IMPROVE Tracking Progress Metric Development<\/a><\/td>Brett Gantt<\/td><\/tr>
5:30 PM<\/td>Mystery Topic<\/a><\/td>Bruce Polkowsky<\/td><\/tr>
5:50 PM<\/td>Adjourn for the day (group dinner for those interested)<\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, November 4th \u2013 Business Meeting and Working Group<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/th>Topic<\/th>Discussion Leader<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
8:00 AM<\/td>Budget Analysis<\/td>Tony Prenni<\/td><\/tr>
8:30 AM<\/td>IMPROVE Protocol Site Assessment<\/a><\/td>Joann Rice<\/td><\/tr>
8:50 AM<\/td>IMPROVE QAPP I<\/a><\/td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr>
8:50 AM<\/td>IMPROVE QAPP II<\/a><\/td>Tony Prenni<\/td><\/tr>
9:40 AM<\/td>IMPROVE Steering Committee business<\/td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr>
10:00 AM<\/td>3 hours for site visit and lunch break<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Optional Working Group Session<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1:00-5:00 PM<\/td>RHR Tracking Progress Metrics Working Meeting<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1:00 PM<\/td>Session overview and goals<\/td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr>
1:10 PM<\/td>CenSARA Glidepath Results<\/a><\/td>Cassie Archuleta<\/td><\/tr>
1:30-5:00 PM<\/td>RHR tracking progress metrics<\/td>group<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Meeting Minutes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Minutes (PDF)<\/summary>\n

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