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NARSTO Supersite Transboundary Intensive Field Study Data, Canada, 2001-2002 |
The goal of the Supersite Transboundary Intensive Field Study (STIFS) was the measurement of PM2.5 composition and related pollutants to improve estimates of the local vs. long-range transport contribution to particles. The regions of interest are from SW Ontario to SW Québec, and the Saturna/Vancouver area. This work was performed during the Summer-Winter-Summer of 2001-2002.
In addition to the long-range transport emphasis, the improved time resolution in the data sets will provide more detail for a variety of purposes, especially process studies and model development. STIFS particle-related measurements included: daily ambient meteorological measurements; real-time single particle size and chemistry; high time resolution OC, BC and particle nitrate; high time resolution particle sulfate; size-distribution of organic and element carbon; organic speciation; mass and water soluble organics and inorganics; particle mass and trace metals; and particle mass and inorganic ions. A companion document describing the project in greater detail and showing monitoring locations accompanies the data set.
Data archived at this time are the mass and water soluble organics and inorganics, speciated volatile organic carbon gas phase measurements, PM2.5 and PM2.5-10 mass concentration, and elemental and organic carbon mass concentrations.
It is known that U.S. sources contribute significantly to the regional particle levels during certain time periods and likely have a significant impact on the annual average. However, sources within Ontario, Québec and B.C. also play a role and better information on the relative importance of these sources vs. U.S. sources is critical to policy development. Improved information on this issue can be obtained through more detailed ambient measurements in urban and rural areas and through the use of models. The study provided the measurements needed to infer more about the sources of particles in areas impacted by regional transport and to improve regional models (e.g., AURAMS and Models-3/CMAQ) for future application.
More information can be found at URL: http://www.chem-eng.utoronto.ca/~aerosols/july/july_about.htm
The data set should be cited as follows:
Brook, Jeffrey R., G. Evans, and Andrea M. Sass-Kortsak. 2004. NARSTO
Supersite Transboundary Intensive Field Study Data, Canada, 2001-2002.
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.
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.
| Site ID: standard |
Site abbrev: standard |
Description | Latitude decimal degree |
Longitude decimal degree |
Site land use | Site location setting | Measurement start date at site yyyy/mm/dd |
Measurement end date at site yyyy/mm/dd |
Co-incident measurements at site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STIFCAQUWBZ_ | WBZ_ | St. Anicet | 45.11667 | -74.28333 | Agricultural | Rural | 2002/01/02 | 2002/01/22 | CO, NO, NOy, global radiation, VOC polar and non-polar |
| STIFCAONSIM_ | SIM_ | Simcoe | 42.85000 | -80.26667 | Agricultural | Rural | 2002/01/02 | 2002/01/22 | None |
| STIFCAONGAG_ | GAG_ | Gage | 43.65842 | -79.39714 | Residential | Urban and center city | 2001/06/30 | 2001/08/02 | None |
| STIFCAONEGB_ | EGB_ | Egbert | 44.23250 | -79.78139 | Agricultural | Rural | 2001/06/30 | 2001/07/31 | Temperature, pressure, wind speed, wind direction, ozone, EBC, CNC |
| File Name | Browse Plot (PDF) |
|---|---|
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_MULTI-SITE_DANN_VOC_CANNISTER_2001_07_V2.csv | View MULTI-SITE_DANN_VOC_CANNISTER_2001 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_WBZ_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2002_01_V1.csv | View WBZ_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2002 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_WBZ_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2001_07_V1.csv | View WBZ_JRB_PM25%2BPM25-10_PARTISOL_2001 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_WBZ_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2002_01_V1.csv | View WBZ_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2002 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_WBZ_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2001_07_V1.csv | View JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2001 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_WBZ_JRB_EC+OC_PARTISOL_2001_07_V1.csv | View WBZ_JRB_EC+OC_PARTISOL_2001 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_SIM_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2002_01_V1.csv | View SIM_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2002 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_SIM_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2001_07_V1.csv | View SIM_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2001 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_SIM_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2002_01_V1.csv | View SIM_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2002 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_SIM_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2001_07_V1.csv | View SIM_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2001 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_SIM_JRB_EC+OC_PARTISOL_2001_07_V1.csv | View SIM_JRB_EC+OC_PARTISOL_2001 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_GAG_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2002_01_V1.csv | View GAG_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2002 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_GAG_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2001_07_V1.csv | View GAG_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2001 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_GAG_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2002_01_V1.csv | View GAG_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2002 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_GAG_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2001_07_V1.csv | View GAG_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2001 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_GAG_JRB_EC+OC_PARTISOL_2001_07_V1.csv | View GAG_JRB_EC+OC_PARTISOL_2001 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_EGB_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2002_01_V1.csv | View EGB_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2002 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_EGB_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2001_07_V1.csv | View EGB_JRB_PM25+PM25-10_PARTISOL_2001 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_EGB_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2002_01_V1.csv | View EGB_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2002 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_EGB_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2001_07_V1.csv | View EGB_JRB_ORG+INORG_PARTISOL_2001 |
| NARSTO_ENVCAN_STIFS_EGB_JRB_EC+OC_PARTISOL_2001_07_V1.csv | View EGB_JRB_EC+OC_PARTISOL_2001 |
Fan, Xinghua, Jeffrey R., Brook, and Scott A. Mabury. 2003. Sampling Atmospheric Carbonaceous Aerosols Using an Integrated Organic Gas and Particle Sampler. Environ. Sci. Technol.2003, 37,3145-3151.
Lee, Patrick K. H., Jeffrey R. Brook, Ewa Dabek-Zlotorzynska, and Scott A. Mabury. 2003. Identification of the Major Sources Contributing to PM2.5 Observed in Toronto. Environ. Sci. Technol., 37,4831-4840.
Tan, Phillip V., Greg J. Evans, Julia Tsai, Sandy Owega, Michael S. Fila, Oscar Malpica, and Jeffrey R. Brook.On-line Analysis of Urban Particulate Matter Focusing on Elevated Wintertime Aerosol Concentrations. Environ. Sci. Technol.2002, 36,3512-3518.
Name: Brook, Dr. Jeffrey R.
E-mail: jeff.brook@ec.gc.ca
Name: Evans, Dr. G. J.
E-mail: evansg@chem-eng.utoronto.ca
Name: Sass-Kortsak, Dr. Andrea M.
E-mail: a.sass@utoronto.ca
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