MARAMA hosted the 2005 Annual MARAMA Monitoring Committee meeting on November 15-17, 2005 in Ocean City, MD.

Topics for the three day meeting included:

  • Development of a Regional Audit Program for Meteorological Instrumentation
  • Air Toxics
  • Air Monitoring Issues
  • Maryland’s Summer Ozonesonde Program
  • Analysing PM2.5 and Speciation Data
  • Data Acquisition Systems

Presentations:
(PDF format)

Agenda

Developing a Regional Audit Program for Meteorological Instrumentation
Joe Martini, DE and Carolyn Stevens, VA

Air Toxics

Discussion of Major Air Monitoring Issues
Joanne Rice, EPA OAQPS and MARAMA Members

EPA Monitoring Issues and Priorities in the MARAMA Region
Ted Erdman, EPA Region III

Maryland Summer Ozoneonde Program
David Krask, MDE

Some Aspects of the 2005 Ozone Season
Bill Ryan, Penn State University

Brief Updates on Operating BAM and FDMS TEOM Monitors in the MARAMA Region and Other Topics

Ambient Air Monitoring Group (AAMG) Precursor Gas Monitoring Program (Joann Rice) – From June 2005 EPA Gas Precursor Training Workshop

Status of the IMPROVE Program:
Dave Krask, MD

An Analysis of Continuous Mercury Air Pollution Data Collected in Elizabeth and New Brunswick, NJ
Charlie Pietarinen, NJ

Allegheny County PMF 1.1 Runs
Jason Maranche, Allegheny Co.

Lightning Protection Seminar
Bruce Kaiser, Lightning Master Corporation