What's New in Aerosols

What's New


  • Fall, 2005
NOAA Airborne Aerosol Observatory (AAO) to commence operations based near Bondville, IL. Proposed layout of this airplane includes measurements of aerosol optical properties, hygroscopic growth, aerosol composition, particle number, size distribution, and carbon cycle gases.

  • Fall, 2005
Upgrade to larger aircraft (Cessna 206) for In-Situ Aerosol Profiling (IAP) program in Oklahoma. The larger aircraft will extend the horizontal and vertical range of the IAP flights and will accomodate additional measurements of carbon cycle gases, enhanced aerosol hygroscopic growth measurements, and future expansion (e.g., CCN measurements).

  • Late Summer, 2005
CMDL aerosol system deployed to Cape Point Observatory in South Africa. Cape Point is a station operated by the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Program of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

  • Summer, 2005
CMDL aerosol system deployed to Mt Waliguan Observatory in China. Mt. Waliguan is a station operated by the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Program of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

  • March, 2005
The ARM Mobile facility with CMDLs modular aerosol system has been deployed to Point Reyes, CA as part of MASRAD a six month study to investigate the properties of marine stratus, including their interaction with aerosol particles.

  • January-February, 2005
ARM Mobile facility is being outfitted in Boulder, CO with CMDLs modular aerosol system as part of MASRAD a six month study to investigate the properties of marine stratus, including their interaction with aerosol particles.

  • December, 2004
ARM Aerosol Working Group hosted in Boulder by John Ogren of NOAA/CMDLs Aerosol Group and Joe Michalsky of NOAA/ARL

  • Fall, 2004
Mobile aerosol system deployment in Puerto Rico as part of RICO and for a longer term (~1 year) study of aerosol optical properties in cooperation with the University of Puerto Rico.
  • Summer, 2004
Mobile aerosol system deployment in Nova Scotia as part of ICARTT
  • February, 2004
 SMO CN counter upgrade
Deployment of aerosol system at Alert
Counter-flow Virtual Impactor (CVI) reference and photo repository
  • Summer, 2003
 Cloud-aerosol interaction field project at Areskutan, Sweden
  • Spring, 2003
 Aerosol IOP
Installation of humidified nephelometer on IAP airplane
  • May, 2003
 Reno Aerosol Optics Study (RAOS)
  • April, 2002
 TRINIDAD HEAD site - Aerosol monitoring package deployed at Trinidad Head, CA in anticipation of CMDL's establishment of a west coast observatory to monitor long term trends in aerosol entering the United States. The aerosol system was previously deployed at Cheju Island, South Korea from March 2001 - February 2002. For the first month of its deployment, the aerosol system will also be providing necessary aerosol measurements to the NOAA/Aeronomy Lab's short term field intensive: the Intercontinental Transport and Chemical Transformation (ITCT) program. The field intensive will run between April and May, 2002.  
 
  • March, 2001
 ACE-ASIA Aerosol monitoring package deployed at Kosan on Cheju Island, South Korea, for the Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-Asia). The field intensive will run between March and May, 2001.  
 
  • September, 2000
 Light absorption instrument intercomparison and humidity effects Pat Sheridan (CMDL) and Pat Arnott (DRI) do preliminary comparisons of instruments for measuring light absorption.  
 
  • May, 2000
 Smoke from Los Alamos fires detected at SGP Both airborne and surface aerosol monitors detect increased aerosol due to smoke from Los Alamos Cerro Grande fire.  
 
  • April, 2000
 In-situ Aerosol Profiles over the CART site in Oklahoma. The measurements are being made by flying a light aircraft over the site and utilizing an instrument package similar to the those at other CMDL stations (e.g., nephelometer and PSAP).  
 
  • April, 2000
 Mauna Loa Aerosol System Upgrade A new system was put in place at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. New system improvements include drying of the aerosol prior to sampling, two size cuts (1 and 10 um), and measurement of back-scatter at 3 wavelengths.  
 
  • November 29, 1999
 NOAA/CMDL data from the Sable Island (WSA), Barrow (NSA), and South Great Plains (SGP) monitoring stations have been reprocessed to correct for various instrument limitations (e.g., nephelometer truncation and PSAP spot size) and corrected to STP. 
 
  • November 24, 1999
 NOAA/CMDL data from Bondville Illinios (BND) have been reprocessed to correct for various instrument limitations (e.g., nephelometer truncation and PSAP spot size) and corrected to STP. 
 
  • October 8, 1999
 NOAA/CMDL data from Kaashidhoo Climate Observatory (KCO) during INDOEX.  These data are  clean and corrected for various instrument limitations (e.g., nephelometer truncation and PSAP spot size) and corrected to STP. 
 
  • August 3, 1999
 Discussion and reports of aerosol measurements made by NOAA/CMDL during INDOEX.

 
  • July 22, 1999
 View our newest web pages containing photos of the Bondville Illinois site.
  • April 28, 1998
 ACE-Asia discussion groups open for contributions.
  • Feb. 6, 1998:
 We learned how to display our seminars on the web.
CLICK HERE to see a list of the presentations that are currently available.
 
  • Feb. 1, 1998:
 Restructured site for easier navigation.  Please forgive the blemishes - we're working on them