Mon.
April 5 |
| 11 a.m. |
Organic Speciation Working Group meeting until 2:30
p.m. Open attendance to interested registrants. Check back for description
to be posted soon. Agenda to be posted before the workshop. |
| 3 p.m. |
Topic Leader meeting for last-minute preparations,
instructions and review presentations briefly. All invited speakers
are welcome to join this meeting, including main presenters, as well
as general audience oral presenters. |
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3-6 p.m. |
Set up posters (In lobby and conference room) |
| 6:30 pm |
Registration, Poster Session, & Reception (Hors d’oeuvres provided) |
| 7:45
pm |
Welcome by Dr. Stephen Wells,
President, Desert Research Institute |
| 8:00 pm |
Keynote
Speaker: Dr. Richard Kamens, University of North Carolina |
6:30
am |
Continental Breakfast |
|
7:30 |
Registration Continues |
|
8:00 |
Review of workshop format and procedure,
expected outcomes. |
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Presentations
and Floor Discussion |
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| 8:15 |
1—
Sampling Issues Related to Organic Speciation of PM and SVOC
1a.
How are SVOC and PM associated OC defined
i.
Theoretical Definitions
ii. Operational Definitions
(sampling techniques; e.g. filter/sorbent; denuder/filter/sorbent;
ESP/sorbent
1b.
What are the potential bias or problems associated with different
PM and SVOC sampling techniques?
1c.
Advances in sampling and analysis of SVOC
1d.
Advances in the identification of secondary organic aerosol formation
events.
TOPIC
LEADER: Lara Gundel,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Contributors—Douglas
Lane, Environment Canada; Jon Volckens,
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park.
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9:45 |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:00 |
2—
Analytical Challenges
2a.
How do extraction approach and sample handling impact the accuracy
of PM and SVOC speciation?
i. What have we learned and what emerging techniques for sample handling
are being developed?
2b.
How does analytical approach (instrument/standards) affect accuracy?
2c.
What do we know about analysis of different classes of compounds?
i. What emerging techniques are being used to improve analysis of
challenging compounds?
TOPIC
LEADER: Monica Mazurek,
Rutgers University
Contributors—
Berndt Simoneit, Oregon State University;
Michelle Schantz, National
Institute of Standards and Technology; Stephen Wise,
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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11:30 |
Five-minute breather
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| 11:35 |
3—
Organic Speciation Related To The Source – Receptor Modeling
3a.
What organic compounds (or compound classes) are useful for source
apportionment?
i. Do we need more compounds? Do
we need less? What are the
needs of the modeling community?
3b.
What are primary versus secondary organics?
i.
How can additional measurements help apportion secondary material?
3c.
Implications of using multi-variant receptor models (e.g., larger
data needs)
TOPIC
LEADER: Eric Fujita,
Desert Research Institute
Contributors
— Tad Kleindienst, EPA Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina; Tim Larson, University of Washington,
Seattle.
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1:05 |
LUNCH |
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| 2:30 |
4—Organic
Speciation for The Needs of Health Studies
4a.
Is there good evidence for the health importance of organic air contaminants?
4b.
How is our current knowledge of the air quality-health relationship
limited by the present lack of analytical data?
4c.
How could health researchers utilize improved information?
4d.
How can interactions between the analytical and health research communities
be improved?
TOPIC
LEADER: Joe Mauderly,
Lovelace National Respiratory
Institute
Contributors—
Joellen Lewtas, EPA Office of Research and Development;
Ron Wyzga, Electric Power Research Institute
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4:00 |
15-minute breather |
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| 4:15 |
5—Organic
Speciation Effects on Regional and Global Scale Atmospheric Chemistry
and Climate
5a.
How does organic carbon, particularly its individual components, affect
atmospheric chemistry, aerosol scattering and absorption, ultraviolet
radiation, and climate?
5b.
What organic species participate in heterogeneous chemical reactions
and secondary organic aerosol formation?
5c.
How do atmospheric models treat secondary organic aerosols formation,
and what measurement are needed to improve the treatment?
TOPIC
LEADER: Mark Jacobson,
Stanford University
Contributors—
Martin Schnaiter, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany;
Song Gao, California Institute of Technology
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5:45 |
Close for the day (Dinner on
your own) |
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top
WED. april 7
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6:30
am |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:30 am |
6—Unexplained
& Unresolved Mass (Hans Puxbaum)
6a.
How can organic speciation help define the reconciliation of organic
carbon mass measured by thermal techniques?
6b.
How do we move towards mass closure of speciated organic PM?
6c.
Will measurements of organic macromolecules in bulk be a good next
step?
TOPIC
LEADER: Hans Puxbaum,
Vienna University of Technology
Contributor—Andras
Gelencser, Air Chemistry Group of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences.
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| 10:00 |
7—What
Types of Measurements are Needed for Exposure Assessment?
What do We Know About Indoor Organic Speciation?
7a. What
do we know about indoor and personal organic speciation?
What
role does OC play in contributing to personal and indoor PM2.5 vs.
outdoor PM?
Current
source apportionment findings on potential sources of personal and
indoor exposures and the utilities of OC.
What
type of measurements are needed for exposure assessment to distinguish
classes of OC by gaseous and particle-bound organics and sources?
7b.
What are major indoor organic sources?
Organic PM emissions from residential cooking.
7c. What is the extent of infiltrated outdoor sources to indoor and
personal environments? These infiltrated sources may include traffic
exhaust and woodsmoke.
TOPIC
LEADER: L.-J. Sally
Liu, University of Washington
Contributors—Wolfgang
Rogge, Florida International University; Christopher
Simpson, University of Washington
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11:30 |
LUNCH |
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| 1:00 |
8—Advances
in Organic Characterization and Quantification Applicable to Organic
Aerosols
8a.
Advances in analytical instruments & methods for aerosol speciation
i. Real-time aerosol methods
ii. Advanced methods for polar
compounds
TOPIC
LEADER: Reinhard
Niessner, Technical
University of Munich
Contributors—
Markus Kalberer, ETH Zurich-Hoenggerberg; Paul
Ziemann, university of California-Riverside; Kim
Prather, University of California- San Diego; Thorsten
Hoffmann, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
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| 3:00 |
Poster Session (hors d’oeuvres with wine & beer). Click
Here to view posters abstracts.
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| 4:30 |
Open
Discussion: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Policy
Tentative
Title: Uses of Integrated Assessments of Organic Aerosol Data
Discussion
Leaders: Tom
Moore, Western Regional Air Partnership & Brooke Hemming, US EPA Nat'l
Center for Environmental Assessment
READ
the Abstract. Click Here
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| 5:00 |
Brainstorming Session
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| 6:00
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Closing: Dinner on your own
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