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NARSTO EPA_SS_ATLANTA 1999 Air Chemistry, Particulate Matter, and Met Data |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected Atlanta as one of the first Supersites Programs dedicated to the study of fine particles (or PM2.5). The Southern Oxidants Study (SOS) in conjunction with the Georgia Institute of Technology, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department developed and implemented the scientific research plan for this initial Supersites Program effort.
The Atlanta field experiment was a 4-week long campaign aimed at comprehensively addressing issues related to the measurement and characterization of fine particles in the polluted or urban atmosphere. The experiment took place during the August 1999 and deployed a wide array of instrumentation at a measurement site located on Jefferson Street in Midtown Atlanta.
Goals of the Atlanta Supersite Program were twofold: first, to provide a platform for testing and contrasting some of the newer particle measurement techniques, and second, to provide data to advance our scientific understanding of atmospheric processes regarding atmospheric particles.
Specific objectives were: (1) to characterize the performance of emerging and/or state-of-the-science PM Measurements; (2) to compare and contrast similar and dissimilar PM Measurements; (3) to evaluate the precision, accuracy, and completeness of information that can be gained from the planned EPA PM mass and chemical composition networks; (4) to evaluate the scientific information gained by combining various independent and complementary PM Measurements; and (5) to address various scientific issues and their ozone- and PM-related policy implications with this data base.
More information about the Atlanta Supersite can be found in the accompanying documentation and referenced publications.
The data set should be cited as follows:
Solomon, Paul, William L.Chameides, Ellis Cowling, James Meagher. 2002. NARSTO
EPA_SS_ATLANTA 1999 Air Chemistry, Particulate Matter, and Met Data. Available
on-line
(http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/PRODOCS/narsto/table_narsto.html)
at the Atmospheric Science Data Center at NASA Langley Research Center,
Hampton, Virginia, U.S.A.
There are 38 data files included in this data set. These data files are in the NARSTO Data Exchange Standard (DES) format. The DES format uses ASCII tabular data files with structured numerical and character data and metadata fields of varying length separated by commas (i.e., *.csv). The most recent version of the DES format is described in detail in the template and instructions available on the NARSTO QSSC Web Site, [http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/programs/NARSTO/]).
All 38 files are identified by the prefix NARSTO_EPA_SS_ATLANTA.
| BT | Barbara Turpin | 1 file |
| DS | Dennis Savoie | 3 files |
| EE | Eric Edgerton | 1 file |
| GA | George Allen | 3 files |
| KB | Karsten Baumann | 3 files |
| HM | Hal Maring | 1 file |
| MB | Michael Bergin | 2 files |
| PJ | Piet Jongejan | 2 files |
| PM | Peter McMurry | 4 files |
| PS | Paul Solomon | 9 files |
| RT | Roger Tanner | 1 file |
| RW | Rodney Weber | 1 file |
| RZ | Rod Zika | 1 file |
| SD | Sandy Dasgupta | 4 files |
| SH | Susanne Hering | 1 file |
| TR | Ted Russell | 1 file |
| ITOPC | In-situ thermal-optical particulate carbon |
| ANIONS_MOUDI | Anions MOUDI |
| MASS_MOUDI | Mass particles MOUDI |
| OCEC_MOUDI | Organic and Elemental Carbon |
| MOUDI 3-SFDS | Data from a 3-stage filter-denuder sampler |
| BC_EC HSPH | Aethalometer urban EC and classic Black Carbon Soot |
| CAMM | Continuous Ambient Mass Monitor |
| HSPH_NO3 | HSPH Continuous Nitrate Monitor |
| MET | Meteorological data |
| GAS | Gaseous chemical data |
| PCM | Particle composition monitor |
| LIGHT_SCAT | Aerosol light scattering |
| PM_ASAC PM2.5, | Aerosol Scattering & Absorption Coefficient |
| UV_BREWER UV | Radiation measurements |
| AWD_SJAC_IC | Annular Wet Denuder and Steam Jet Aerosol Collector sampling / on-line IC analysis |
| APM_TDMA | Aerosol Particle Mass Analyzer and Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer system |
| TDMA | Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer system |
| ASPS | Andersen Speciation Sampler |
| MOSS | MetOne Speciation Sampler |
| VAPS | VAPS Sampler |
| FRM-A FRM | Sampler on platform A |
| FRM-B FRM | Sampler on platform B |
| FRM-T FRM | Sampler on roof of trailers |
| DICHOT | Auto Dichotomous sampler |
| SPEC R&P | Chemical Speciation Sampler |
| URG | URG Sampler |
| TVAPC_BOSS | Particle Concentrator Speciation Sampler BYU Design-Ions and OC/EC data |
| PSC_IC | Particle-into-liquid/ion chromatograph |
| OVOC | Gas phase Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds |
| PCS_IC | Filter based Particle Collection System / Ion Chromatograph |
| PPWD_IC | Parallel Plate Wet Denuder / Ion Chromatograph |
| DS_FLU | Diffusion Scrubber / Fluorescence |
| ADI_ICVC | Automated analyze, integrated collection, vaporization cell with NOx, SO2, and CO2 detection C |
| FPMM_TEOM | Continuous fine particle mass measurement Tapered element oscillating microbalance |
| NANO_SMPS_SMPS_LASAIR-OPC | Nano Scanning Mobility Particle Spectrometer, Scanning Mobility Particle Spectrometer, Optical Particle Counter |
*FILE CHANGE HISTORY--VERSION NUMBER/DESCRIPTION: 2, Second archived version.
In the *TABLE COLUMN INSTRUMENT NAME AND MODEL NUMBER key phrase the previous entries of 'Anderson RAAS2.5/400' have been changed by the QAC to 'Anderson RAA2.5/100' per Paul Solomon's e-mail request of 2007/05/14.
No measurement values were changed.
Mikel, Dennis K. and George Momberger. 1999. Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Southern Oxidant Study Atlanta Supersite Field Experiment, 1999. Revision 1.1, November 1999. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, Georgia.
Mikel, Dennis K. 2001. Quality Assurance Final Report for the Southern Oxidant Study Atlanta Supersite Field Experiment, August 3 - September 1, 1999. Revision 1.2, August 3, 2001. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Solomon, P.A., W. Chameides, R.W. Weber, A. Middlebrook, C.S. Kiang, A.G. Russell, A. Butler, Turpin, B., D. Mikel, R. Scheffe, E. Cowling, E. Edgerton, J. St. John, J. Jansen, P. McMurry, S. Hering, and T. Bahadori. 2003. An Overview of the 1999 Atlanta Supersites Project. JGR - Atmospheres, Special Issue for the Atlanta Supersites Project, 108, in press, doi:10.1029/2001JD001458.
Name: Solomon, Paul
E-mail: Solomon.Paul@epa.gov
Name: Chameides, William .L.
E-mail: wlc@eas.gatech.edu
Name: Meagher, James
E-mail: jmeagher@al.noaa.gov
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