{"id":4305,"date":"2020-12-17T19:04:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T19:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/Improve\/?post_type=meetings&p=4305"},"modified":"2025-06-23T17:40:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:40:49","slug":"2020-steering-committee-meeting","status":"publish","type":"meetings","link":"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/Improve\/meeting\/2020-steering-committee-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Steering Committee Meeting, Virtual:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Held Virtually, October 13-14, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, October 13 \u2013 Technical Session<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/th>Topic<\/th>Discussion Leader<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Network and Lab Review<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
11:00 AM<\/td>Optical and Scene Monitoring<\/a><\/td>Mark Tigges<\/td><\/tr>
11:15 AM<\/td>Network Updates<\/a><\/td>Nicole Hyslop, Sean Raffuse<\/td><\/tr>
12:05 PM<\/td>20 Minute Break<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
12:25 PM<\/td>Quality Assurance, Field Audit Results<\/a><\/td>Derek Day<\/td><\/tr>
12:40 PM<\/td>Ion Analysis<\/a><\/td>Tracy Dombek<\/td><\/tr>
1:05 PM<\/td>Update on IMPROVE Carbon Analysis<\/a><\/td>Judy Chow<\/td><\/tr>
1:30 PM<\/td>20 Minute Break<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Data Analysis<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1:50 PM <\/td>Trends across Relocated IMPROVE Sites<\/a><\/td>Brett Gantt<\/td><\/tr>
2:15 PM<\/td>Regional Haze Trends<\/a><\/td>Jenny Hand<\/td><\/tr>
Analytical Development<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2:35 PM<\/td>HIPS and the Future of Light Absorption Instrumentation<\/a><\/td>Warren White<\/td><\/tr>
3:00 PM<\/td>Adjourn for the day<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wednesday, October 14th \u2013 Technical (cont) and Business Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/th>Topic<\/th>Discussion Leader<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Analytical Development (cont)<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
11:00 AM<\/td>Identification of smoke-impacted IMPROVE samples with FTIR<\/a><\/td>Amir Yazdani<\/td><\/tr>
11:20 AM<\/td>DRI and UCD Thermal Optical Carbon Analysis<\/a><\/td>Xiaolu Zhang<\/td><\/tr>
11:40 AM<\/td>Estimating LAC concentrations from fabs values<\/a><\/td>Bill Malm<\/td><\/tr>
12:10 PM<\/td>Consideration of alternative carbonaceous measurements in IMPROVE<\/a><\/td>Bret Schichtel<\/td><\/tr>
12:50 PM<\/td>20 Minute Break<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Data Processing, Distribution, and Quality<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1:10 PM<\/td>IMPROVE Data and RHR Metrics<\/a><\/td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr>
IMPROVE Business<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1:30 PM<\/td>Budget<\/td>Tony Prenni<\/td><\/tr>
1:40 PM<\/td>Committee Business<\/td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr>
1:55 PM<\/td>Open Meeting Adjourned<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Steering Committee Only Discussion<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2:15 PM<\/td>Discussion of Future of Carbon Measurements in IMPROVE<\/td>Bret Schichtel and Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr>
3:15 PM<\/td>Steering Committee Only Meeting Adjourned<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Meeting Minutes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Minutes (PDF)<\/summary>\n

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