AMS Clinic6

• This is the page for organization of the 6th Boulder AMS & ACSM Clinic Meeting. A shorcut to this page is http://tinyurl.com/AMSClinic6
• The Clinic is not a meeting for beginners but for people who have experience with the AMS / ACSM and want to discuss technical issues with other users and the instrument developers.
• A registration form and request for topics to be discussed will be circulated closer to the date.

Dates and Location

• The 6th AMS Clinic will take place at CU-Boulder on Thu June 18 to Sat June 20, 2015.
  • We'll start Thu @ 8:30 am and end Sat at 5 pm
  • Thu & Fri: main meeting in Humanities 135 (across from the Ekeley building where we have met in past years). Breakouts: HUM 180 and 186
  • Sat: main meeting in Ekeley E1B20 (same room as past few Clinics). Breakouts in Ekeley E1B50 and E1B75.
  • Aerodyne-sponsored dinner on Thu eve @ Backcountry Pizza (no alcohol included)
  • Party at Donna's on Fri eve
• It will follow immediately after the 2015 Aerodyne ToF-CIMS Users Meeting that will take place in Fort Collins, CO (1 hr N of Boulder) during Mon June 15-Wed June 17, 2015.

Tentative List of Attendees

The following 50 people have registered for the meeting:

• Doug Worsnop, John Jayne, Leah Williams, Donna Sueper, Joel Kimmel, Philip Croteau, Manjula Canagaratna, Harald Stark, Tim Onasch, Ed Fortner - Aerodyne Research
• Doug Day, Brett Palm, Jason Schroder, Weiwei Hu, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Jose-Luis Jimenez - Univ. of Colorado-Boulder
• Mike Cubison, Tofwerk AG
• Suzane de Sa, Harvard Univ.
• Olivier Favez, Tanguy Amodeo - INERIS and LCSQA, France
• Jeongho Kim - APM ENG
• Liz Alexander, Raea Hicks, PNNL
• Dara Salcedo, Franco Guerrero, Harry X, UNAM-Queretaro, Mexico
• Liming Cao , Peking University Shenzhen
• Ann Middlebrook, NOAA
• Joel Brito, Univ Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Claudia Mohr, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• Peter DeCarlo, Michael Giordano, Anita Johnson, Drexel Univ.
• Dongyu "Simon" Wang, University of Texas at Austin
• Haiyan Li, Tsinghua University
• Sanna Saarikoski, Risto Hillamo, FMI, Finland
• Megan Willis, Univ. of Toronto, Canada
• Qi Zhang, Nicky Young, Shan Zhou, University of California, Davis
• Qi Chen, Peking Univ., China
• Will Wallace, Yu Jun Leong, Rice Univ.
• Jay Slowik, Simone Pieber - PSI, Switzerland
• Roya Bahreini, Chia-Li Chen, Lijie Li - UC-Riverside
• Ping Chen, Handix
• Ken Docherty, US EPA (pending confirmation)
• Ingeborg Nielsen, Aarhus Univ.

Schedule for Thu (UMR, quantification)

• 8:30: start, welcome, discussion of structure, dynamics of clinic, review of topics that people want to cover, possibility of breaking into subgroups
• 8:45: Review of quantification issues, lab measurements of RIE_OA
• 9:45-11 am: Dan Murphy (NOAA) will present his taken on possible issues on AMS quantification of OA, followed by responses / discussion / possible plans

• 1:00: m/z 44 in ACSM vs AMS, vs open/closed time, and other idiosyncracies

• 8:30: start, welcome, discussion of structure, dynamics of clinic, review of topics that people want to cover, possibility of breaking into subgroups
• 8:45: Review of quantification issues (RIE, CEs, nitrate cals) & possible issues for AMS community & instruments we compare to (Jose, Manjula++, others)
• 9:45-10:15 am: Dan Murphy (NOAA) on AMS quantification of OA
• 10:15-11 am: Responses & discussion of possible plans

Description of new Aerodyne lab experiments & complexity

Framework of quantification & uncertainties

Field intercomparisons (Doug W, Jose, Weiwei)

Kappa analysis (Jose, Manjula)

• 11-11:30: Coffee break
• 11:30-12:30: User presentations of comparisons & quantification issues (GoAmazon - Suzane, Joel Brito, Brett Palm, Liz)
• 12:30-1:45: Lunch

Thu Afternoon

• 1:45-3:30: m/z 44 in ACSM vs AMS, vs open/closed time, and other idiosyncrasies

John Jayne: overview of Paris intercomp + issues

PSI - Simone: f44 effects

Phil Croteau: f44 lab stuff at ARI & timescales

Weiwei and capture vaporizer for f44

• 3:30 : coffee break
• 4:00-5:30: User input & discussion on f44 & other quantification issues
• 6:30: Aerodyne dinner @ backcountry Pizza

Schedule Friday

• 8:30-11: Parallel sessions

HR

ePToF & Event Trigger

Donna: HR updates

Manjula: O/C final conclusions

Q-ACSM-specific issues: Phil Croteau

• 11-11:30: Coffee Break
• 11:30-12:30: Parallel sessions

SP-AMS

ToF-ACSM

• 12:30-1:45 lunch

Fri Afternoon

• 1:45-3:30: Open mike / user presentations on any issues discussed so far
• 3:30-4: Coffee break
• 4-5:30: Open mike / user presentations on any issues discussed so far
• 7 pm?: Potluck dinner (or party?) @ Donna’s

== Saturday Schedule

• 8:30-9: PM2.5 System

Inlet plumbing

PM2.5 lens

CE w/ capture vaporizer

• 9-10: Hardware Q&A, tuning (Thuner) common failures & how to deal with them (Ed, John, Joel K)
• 10-11: PMF/ME-2 user questions & discussion
• 11-11:30: coffee break
• 11:30-12: Jay Slowik: ME2 interface
• 12-12:30: Buffer time
• 12:30-1:45: Lunch

Sat Afternoon

• 1:45-5:30 pm: Open mike / user presentations on any issues discussed so far

Some Topics to be Discussed

• UMR analyses
• Recent updates to elemental analysis
• General HR-AMS operation, tuning, fitting
• PMF and ME-2 analyses
• ePToF
• Event Trigger
• Anything that users are interested in discussing

Lodging and Travel

• General information on Boulder is here
  • You will most likely travel via Denver International Airport
  • You can use the Supershuttle service between the airport and the hotel and back (once in Boulder, you can walk to and from the meeting)
  • If you are looking for someone to share a room with we have created a spreadsheet for coordinating and posting contact information here

• Millennium Harvest House
  • Block Rate: $134.00/night
  • Reservations: AMS Clinic Online Reservations
  • Cutoff Date for block rate: Reservations must be made by May 22, 2015 to receive the block rate, availability limited.
  • Contact: +1 (303) 443-3850
  • Block Reservation Name: AMS Clinic (University of Colorado)

• University Inn - Boulder
  • Rate: $125.00/night. (Request the "CU Student" rate if you wish to book a room here).
  • Availablity: Rooms only available on the 17th and 18th. Due to this no "block" of rooms have been set aside.
  • There is no cutoff date, the "CU Student" rate is available year around, availability permitting.
  • Contact: +1 (303) 417-1700

• Residence Inn - Boulder
  • Block Rate: $194.00/night (Standard Rate: $219.00)
  • Block Reservation Name: CU AMS Clinic
  • Reservations: CU AMS Clinic Online Reservations
  • Reservations by phone: (800) 331-3131 request "CU AMS Clinic" rate
  • Contact: +1 (303) 449-5545
  • Ammenities: Complimentary Breakfast, Studio room (one King, one Pullout couch bed), Kitchenette, Free Wireless)

• Marriott
  • Rate: $234/night
  • Reservations: AMS Clinic Online Reservations
  • Cutoff Date for block rate: Reservations must be made by May 18, 2015 to receive the block rate.
  • Contact: +1 (303) 440-8877
  • Block Reservation Name: University of Colorado AMS Clinic

• Other hotel blocks coming soon.