NARSTO SOS99NASH DOE G-1 Air Chemistry Data

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1. Data Set Description:

The G-1 aircraft was deployed during the 1999 campaign to make measurements within the Nashville urban plume. These situ, semi-Lagrangian measurements, in conjunction with surface-based observations independently made at the Polk Building and at the Cornelia Fort site, have let us quantify a) ozone production/loss rates, b) ozone production efficiency and c) NOx loss rates within this plume. Mechanical problems with the G-1 aircraft precluded making additional measurements.

The dataset should be cited as follows:
Berkowitz, Carl M., and Stephen R.Springston. 2002. NARSTO SOS99NASH DOE G-1 Air Chemistry Data. Available on-line (http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/narsto/table_narsto.html) at the Langley DAAC, Hampton, Virginia, U.S.A.

More information can be found at URL: http://gonzalo.er.anl.gov/ACP/G-1page.html

2. Sample Data Record/Data Format:

Data files are in the NARSTO Data Exchange Standard (DES) format that is described in detail on the NARSTO Quality Systems Science Center (QSSC) web site [http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/programs/NARSTO]. The files follow a tabular layout and are stored as ASCII comma-separated values files (.csv). The DES does not rely on row position to identify specific information, but uses a tag to describe the information contained in the row. The DES is a self-documenting format with three main sections: the header contains information about the contents of the file and the data originator; the middle section contains metadata tables that describe/define sites, flags, and other codified fields; and the final section is the main data table that contains key sampling and analysis information and the data values. Descriptions of the standardized metadata fields are also available on the QSSC web site.

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4. Contact Information:

Investigator(s) Name and Title:

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