AMS Clinic6

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  • 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.
    • Map of Hotels, Conference Sites, and Dinner locaitons: AMS Clinic Map
    • Static Maps: Campus Map Closeup Map
    • 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 Friday Evening.
  • The AMS Clinic 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.


Clinic Schedule & Presentations

Detailed schedule is kept at this spreadsheet.

Thu 18-June-2015: Quantification Issues

  • Manjula: Review of quantification issues (RIE, CEs, nitrate cals)
  • Jose-Luis Jimenez: Overview of field intercomparisons
  • Dan Murphy: Thoughts on AMS quantification of OA
  • Doug Worsnop: Constraints on quantification from hygroscopicity & other topics
  • User input & discussion
    • Jay Slowik: Citric acid w/ VUV at 600 and 300
    • Suzane de Sa: apparent CE in GoAmazon
    • Ken Docherty: CE vs f44/f57 in chamber SOA
    • Ann Middlebrook: observations from prior lab & field work
    • Manjula Canagaratna: 1 slide on glutaric, citric acid in VUV

Fri 19-June-2015: Instrumentation & Analysis Issues

  • WeiWei: Capture vaporizer and f44
  • Mike Cubison: Detecting metals with an EPToF
  • Donna Sueper: Updates to HROrg Analysis for updated Elemental Analysis
  • Donna Sueper: A case of inaccurate HRNH4
  • Joel Kimmel: Event trigger
  • Megan U of Toronto : preliminary ambient SP Event trigger data

Party at Donna's 19 June 2015

  • Address: 875 Roxwood Lane #A Boulder, CO.
  • The Plan:
    • Empanadas from Rincon in Boulder will be served.
    • Non-Alcoholic Beverages and a few beers will be provided.
    • Donations to cover food and drink Encouraged.
    • Feel free to bring your own food and drink if you wish.
    • Have fun mingling in Donna's beautiful back yard if weather cooperates, and/or inside.

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.

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