CMDL Summary Report 24: Table of Contents

CMDL Summary Report 24
Table of Contents

Preface

CMDL Organization, 1997

CMDL Staff, 1997

CMDL Station Information

1.    Observatory, Meteorology, and Data Management Operations

        1.1.    Mauna Loa Observatory

                  1.1.1.   Operations

                  1.1.2.   Programs

        1.2.    Barrow Observatory

                  1.2.1.   Operations

                  1.2.2.   Programs

        1.3.    Samoa Observatory

                  1.3.1.   Operations

                  1.3.2.   Programs

        1.4.    South Pole Observatory

                  1.4.1.   Operations

                  1.4.2.   Programs

        1.5.    Meteorological Measurements

                  1.5.1.   Meteorology Operations

                  1.5.2.   Station Climatologies

                                    Barrow

                                    Mauna Loa

                                    Samoa

                                    South Pole

        1.6.    References

2.    Carbon Cycle

        2.1    Overview

        2.2.    Carbon Dioxide

                  2.2.1.   In Situ Carbon Dioxide Measurements

                  2.2.2.   Flask Sample Carbon Dioxide Measurements

                  2.2.3.   Carbon Dioxide Reference Gas Calibrations

                  2.2.4.   Measurements of Stable Isotopes of CO2

                  2.2.5.   Measurement of the Oxygen Isotopic Ratio of Soil CO2 and Soil-Respired CO2

        2.3.    Methane

                  2.3.1.   In Situ Methane Measurements

                  2.3.2.   Discrete Sample Measurements of Methane

                  2.3.3.   Measurement of 13C/12C of Methane

        2.4.    Carbon Monoxide

                  2.4.1.   In Situ Carbon Monoxide Measurements

                  2.4.2.   Flask Measurements of Carbon Monoxide

        2.5.    Hydrogen

        2.6.    Nitrous Oxide and Sulfur Hexafluoride

        2.7.    MAGICC Analysis System

        2.8.    Measurements on Tall Towers

        2.9.    Aircraft Profiles

        2.10. Data Integration (Globalview)

        2.11. Inverse Modeling

        2.12. References

3.    Aerosols and Radiation

        3.1.    Aerosol Monitoring..

                  3.1.1.   Scientific Background..

                  3.1.2.   Experimental Methods

                  3.1.3.   Annual Cycles.

                  3.1.4.   Long-Term Trends...

                  3.1.5.   Lidar Measurements at Mauna Loa Observatory

                  3.1.6.   Special Studies

        3.2.    Solar and Thermal Atmospheric Radiation

                  3.2.1.   Radiation Measurements

                  3.2.2.   Solar Radiation Calibration Facility

                  3.2.3.   Aerosol Optical Depth Remote Sensing

                  3.2.4.   MLO UV Spectroradiometer

                  3.2.5.   MLO Broadband UV

                  3.2.6.   Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN)

                  3.2.7.   WMO Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Stations

                  3.2.8.   Barrow Snow Melt Date

                  3.2.9.   Arctic UV Monitoring

        3.3.    References

4.    Ozone and Water Vapor

        4.1.    Continuing Programs  

                  4.1.1.   Total Ozone Observations  

                  4.1.2.   Umkehrs.

                  4.1.3.   Calibration of Dobson Spectrophotometers

                  4.1.4.   Surface and Tropospheric Ozone

                  4.1.5.   Ozonesondes

                  4.1.6.   Atmospheric Water Vapor

                  4.1.7.   Atmospheric Transport

        4.2.    Special Projects

                  4.2.1.   Characterization of the ECC Ozonesonde.

                  4.2.2.   Stratospheric Water Vapor as Part of the Observations of the Middle

                                   Stratosphere (OMS) Program.

                  4.2.3.   MLO Seasonal Transport Characteristics.

        4.3.    References .

5.    Nitrous Oxide and Halocompounds

        5.1.    Continuing Programs  

                  5.1.1.   Introduction.

                  5.1.2.   Flask Samples.

                  5.1.3.   RITS Continuous Gas Chromatograph Systems..

                  5.1.4.   Gravimetric Standards

        5.2.    Stratospheric Measurements.

                  5.2.1.   Aircraft Projects-ACATS-IV.

                  5.2.2.   High Altitude GC Tracer Measurements Project: OMS/STRAT/POLARIS

        5.3.    Ocean Projects

                  5.3.1.   Southern Ocean Expedition – BLAST III.

                  5.3.2.   Ocean Uptake of Atmospheric Trace Gases.

        5.4.    GC Measurements at Two Tall towers in the U.S.

        5.5.    Firn Air Measurements .

        5.6.    References


6.    Cooperative Programs .

                  Spectral Albedo Observation on the Snow Field at Barrow, Alaska

                              Teruo Aoki, Tadao Aoki, M. Fukabori, Y. Zaizen, Y. Tachibana, and F. Nishio

                  Latitudinal Tropospheric Concentration Distribution of Selected Halocarbons and Hydrocarbons

                              D.R. Blake, and F.S. Rowland

                  Ultrahigh Resolution Infrared Solar Spectroscopy From Mauna Loa Observatory: Update

                              S.J. David and F.J. Murcray

                  Polar Regions UV Spectroradiometer Monitoring Program: Observations in UV Irradiance

                        at the South Pole and Barrow, Alaska

                              J. Ehramijian, C.R. Booth, L.W. Cabasug, J.S. Robertson, and T. Mestechkina

                  The National Satellite Testbed Receiver at Mauna Loa

                              P. Enge.

                  Measurements of Short-Period Magnetic Field Data

                              K. Hayashi.

                  Total Nitrate, NSS, and MSA Variation at Mauna Loa

                              B.J. Huebert, C.R. Adams, and L. Zhuang.

                  Monthly Average Surface Air Concentrations of 210 PB and 7Be at BRW, MLO, SMO, and SPO

                              J. Kada

                  Operation of Brewer Instruments at Mauna Loa Observatory

                              J.B. Kerr

                  The Global Distribution of Atmospheric Methyl Chloride

                              M.A.K. Khalil and R.A. Rasmussen

                  Artificial Windshielding of Precipitation Gauges in the Arctic

                              R.J. McClure

                  Investigation of the Transfer Function Between Atmosphere and Snow Concentrations of

                        Hydrogen Peroxide at South Pole

                              J.R. McConnell and R.C. Bales...

                  Middle Atmosphere Temperature Climatology at Mauna Loa from Rayleigh/Raman

                        Lidar Measurements

                              S. McDermid, T. Leblanc, R. Cageao, G. Beyerle, and T.D. Walsh

                  Intercomparison of UV-B Spectroradiometer at Mauna Loa During 1995-1996

                              P.J. Neale, V.R. Goodrich, and D.R. Hayes, Jr.

                  Middle Atmospheric Water Vapor Measurements From Mauna Loa, 1996-1998

                              G.E. Nedoluha, R.M. Bevilacqua, R.M. Gomez, and B.C. Hicks

                  An Active Layer Thermal Regime at Barrow, Alaska

                              F.E. Nelson, K.M. Hinkel, and R. Paetzold..

                  The NDSC Microwave Ozone Profiling Instrument at Mauna Loa Observatory

                              A. Parrish, B.J. Connor, and J.J. Tsou

                  NSWC Point Barrow Geomagnetic Observatory

                              J.F. Scarzello and D.S. Lenko

                  Barrow Magnetic Observatory

                              J. Townshend

                  The ANSTO CMDL Radon Program at MLO

                              S. Whittlestone, D. Kuniyuki, and S. Ryan

                  Aerosol Size Distribution and Gaseous Species in April at Barrow

                              Y. Zaizen, K. Okada, M. Ikegami, T. Aoki, and Y. Sawa

7.    Publications and Presentations by CMDL Staff, 1996-1997

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