{"id":4706,"date":"2025-11-21T19:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/Improve\/?post_type=meetings&p=4706"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:20:54","slug":"2025-steering-committee-meeting-virtual","status":"publish","type":"meetings","link":"https:\/\/vista.cira.colostate.edu\/Improve\/meeting\/2025-steering-committee-meeting-virtual\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Steering Committee Meeting, Virtual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Agenda and Presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Technical Sessions<\/strong><\/td>		<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
9:00 AM<\/td>Introductions and Welcome<\/td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr>
Network & Lab Review<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
9:10 AM<\/td>Optical, Scene Monitoring<\/a><\/td>Mark Tigges<\/td><\/tr>
9:30 AM<\/td>IMPROVE Carbon Analysis Update<\/a><\/td>Judy Chow<\/td><\/tr>
9:40 AM<\/td>Estimating Natural Visibility Conditions<\/a><\/td>John Watson<\/td><\/tr>
10:05 AM<\/td>Ion Analysis<\/a><\/td>Tracy Dombek<\/td><\/tr>
10:20 AM<\/td>Break<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
10:35 AM<\/td>Network Update \/ Innovations & Investigations<\/a><\/td>Nicole Hyslop<\/td><\/tr>
Analytical Development<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
11:35 AM<\/td>A Field-deployable, Automated Instrument for FTIR analysis<\/td>Nikunj Dudani<\/td><\/tr>
11:55 AM<\/td>Lunch Break<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1:15 PM<\/td>Storage impact on IMPROVE filters for microbial communities<\/a><\/td>Kevin Barry<\/td><\/tr>
1:30 PM<\/td>Topics in FTIR measurements<\/a><\/td>Ann Dilner<\/td><\/tr>
Data Analysis<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
2:30 PM<\/td>Dust and Coarse Mass<\/a><\/td>Jenny Hand<\/td><\/tr>
2:50 PM<\/td>Nitrate Study<\/a><\/td>Amy Sullivan<\/td><\/tr>
Data Processing, Distribution, and Quality<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
3:15 PM<\/td>IMPROVE Audits<\/a><\/td>Bonne Ford<\/td><\/tr>
3:30 PM<\/td>IMPROVE QA\/QAPP\/QMP<\/a><\/td>Bonne Ford<\/td><\/tr>
3:40 PM<\/td>Adjourn for the day.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Business Meeting<\/strong><\/td>		<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Data Processing, Distribution, and Quality (cont.)<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
9:00 AM<\/td>IMPROVE Data and RHR Metrics<\/a><\/td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr>
9:15 AM<\/td>Third IMPROVE Light Scattering Algorithm<\/a><\/td>Bonne Ford<\/td><\/tr>
9:30 AM<\/td>Group Discussion on Implementation of New Algorithm<\/td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr>
IMPROVE Business<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
9:45 AM<\/td>Network Operations Subcommittee Report<\/td>Melinda Beaver<\/td><\/tr>
10:00 AM<\/td>Data Analysis and Reporting Subcommittee<\/a><\/td>Jenny Hand<\/td><\/tr>
10:15 AM<\/td>Outreach and Communcation Subcommittee<\/td>Jay Baker<\/td><\/tr>
10:30 AM<\/td>Break<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
10:45 AM<\/td>Budget<\/td>Tony Prenni & Jim Miller<\/td><\/tr>
11:00 AM<\/td>IMPROVE Cost Savings Proposal (possible vote to adopt)<\/td>Scott Copeland<\/td><\/tr>
11:30 AM<\/td>Committee Business<\/td>Scott Copeland & Bret Schichtel<\/td><\/tr>
12:00 PM<\/td>Meeting Adjourned<\/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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