{"id":4202,"date":"2016-12-17T17:48:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T17:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/Improve\/?post_type=meetings&#038;p=4202"},"modified":"2025-06-23T17:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:43:39","slug":"2016-steering-committee-meeting","status":"publish","type":"meetings","link":"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/Improve\/meeting\/2016-steering-committee-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Steering Committee Meeting, Santa Fe, NM:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-cirablue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#agenda\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">Agenda<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-cirablue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#minutes\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">Minutes<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-cirablue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"#photos\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">Photos<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"agenda\">Agenda and Presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>November 1, 2016, Santa Fe National Forest Headquarters, Santa Fe, NM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Tuesday, November 1st \u2013 Technical Session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Topic<\/th><th>Discussion Leader<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>8:30 AM<\/td><td>Introductions<\/td><td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8:35 AM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/01_TiggesCismoski_OpticalScene_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Optical, Scene Monitoring<\/a><\/td><td>Mark Tigges<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:00 AM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/02_Day_FieldAudits_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quality assurance \u2013 field audits<\/a><\/td><td>Derk Day<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:20 AM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/03_Hyslop_NetworkStatus_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aerosol monitoring network status<\/a><\/td><td>Nicole Hyslop<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:05 AM<\/td><td>15 Minute Break<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Laboratory Review &amp; Methods Development<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:20 AM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/04_Dombek_Ions_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ion analysis<\/a><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:40 AM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/05_Chow_Carbon_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Update of IMPROVE Carbon Analysis<\/a><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:10 AM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/06_Watson_AdditionalCharacterization_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Additional Chemical\/Optical Characterization<\/a><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:40 AM<\/td><td>90 Minute Lunch<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>IMPROVE Business<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1:10 PM<\/td><td>Budget<\/td><td>Tony Prenni<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1:25 PM<\/td><td>IMPROVE Website\/<a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/08_Prenni_WinHaze_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Winhaze<\/a><\/td><td>Tony Prenni\/Bret Schichtel<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1:35 PM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/09_Copeland_QAPP_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">QAPP signing<\/a><\/td><td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1:45 PM<\/td><td>Committee Business, Next year\u2019s meeting<\/td><td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Data Processing, Distribution, and Quality<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2:00 PM<\/td><td>I<a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/10_Rice_IMPROVE-MEGA-PE_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MPROVE \/CSN Mega PE and TSAs<\/a><\/td><td>Joann Rice<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2:15 PM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/11_Jones_CanadaVisibilityMonitoring_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Environment Canada Monitoring comparisons<\/a><\/td><td>Keith Jones<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2:40 PM<\/td><td>15 Minute Break<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Regional Haze \/ Data Analysis<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2:55 PM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/12_Vimont_RHRImpairment_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RHR Metrics Reporting<\/a><\/td><td>John Vimont<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:15 PM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/13_Moore_TrackingChanges_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IMPROVE\u2019s roles in tracking changes in visibility<\/a> and determining&nbsp;causal mechanisms for impairment for Class I areas<\/td><td>Tom Moore<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:45 PM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/14_Hand_FMdiff_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reconstructed Fine Mass trends<\/a><\/td><td>Jenny Hand<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Data Analysis<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4:05 PM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/15_Prenni_IMPROVENeph_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An Examination of the Current IMPROVE Algorithm<\/a><\/td><td>Tony Prenni<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4:25 PM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/16_Schichtel_Priorities_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Future Priorities<\/a>: 3rd IMPROVE Algorithm, Natural Bret Schichtel Conditions 3, automated data substitution, quantitative metric uncertainty model,&nbsp;IMPROVE Report VI<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4:45 PM<\/td><td>Working Group Session on Future Priorities<\/td><td>Bret\/Scott\/Jenny<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5:15 PM<\/td><td><strong>Adjourn for the day (group dinner TBD)<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, November 2nd \u2013 NADP Joint Session \u2013 La Fonda Hotel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Topic<\/th><th>Discussion Leader<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>8:30 AM<\/td><td>Conference opening, introductions, overview of agenda<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8:40 AM<\/td><td>Annual State of NADP Report<\/td><td>Dr David Gay<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:00 AM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/01_NADP_Malm_IEPOX_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estimating Temporal Trends in Biogenically Formed Secondary&nbsp;Organic Aerosols <\/a><br>Resulting From Reduction in Atmospheric Aerosol Water Content Across the Continental United States<\/td><td>Bill Malm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:20 AM<\/td><td>Early onset of the spring fine dust season in the southwestern United States<\/td><td>Jenny Hand<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:40 AM<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/improve\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/03_NADP_Dillner_FTIR_2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Non-destructive, Inexpensive Method for Predicting TOR OC and EC<\/a> in the IMPROVE and CSN networks using Infrared Spectra<\/td><td>Ann Dillner<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 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