With the move of the Program Office (PO) to the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) at the University of Wisconsin (UW) – Madison, it provided an opportunity to reassess the current field equipment technology and Site Liaison support tools beings used across the NADP networks.

The last significant modernization of equipment occurred 8-11 years ago with the introduction of the electronic gauges in 2007 and the NCON wet only deposition samplers in 2010. Among the planned changes are upgrades to the remaining Belfort sites with electronic gauges and a redesign of the Remote Monitoring Module (RMM). The Program Office continues to investigate other options for wet-only deposition collectors, among these are the Xancom Inc. collector modified from the recent Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CAPMoN) D400 collector and a prototype event collector as part of the UW College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Senior Design program.

Other improvements that will be presented are advances in data collection methods and tools for site operators to correct and resolve data acquisition related issues in a timely manner.

In 2016, the Executive Committee approved the move of the Network (NTN, AIRMoN and AMoN) Site Liaison’s to the Program Office (PO). As of March 1st, 2018, the role of the site liaison has been re-evaluated at the WSLH Program Office. Some of the changes to the site support tools and role will be presented.

This poster will examine some of the challenges and successes of the reassessing network equipment and Site Liaison activities within the first year of operation at the WSLH.