Datastream : NOAAAOS

Aerosol Observing System (AOS): aerosol data, 1-min, mentor-QC applied

Active Dates
1996.07.02 - 2012.03.27

Measurement Categories
Aerosols, Cloud Properties

Originating Instrument
Aerosol Observing System (AOS)

Measurements

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Measurement Units Variable
Absorption coefficient blue, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength PSAP, 1 um size cut 1/m Ba_B_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1 ( time )
Absorption coefficient blue, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength PSAP, 10 um size cut 1/m Ba_B_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol light absorption coefficient, green channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Ba_G_Dry_1um_PSAP1W_1 ( time )
Absorption coefficient green, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength PSAP, 1 um size cut 1/m Ba_G_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol light absorption coefficient, green channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Ba_G_Dry_10um_PSAP1W_1 ( time )
Absorption coefficient green, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength PSAP, 10 um size cut 1/m Ba_G_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1 ( time )
Absorption coefficient red, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength PSAP, 1 um size cut 1/m Ba_R_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1 ( time )
Absorption coefficient red, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength PSAP, 10 um size cut 1/m Ba_R_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, ref. humidograph nephelometer blue channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bbs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, reference nephelometer blue channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bbs_B_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, humidograph nephelometer blue channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bbs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2 ( time )
Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, humidograph nephelometer blue channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bbs_B_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2 ( time )
Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, ref. humidograph nephelometer green channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bbs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, reference nephelometer green channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bbs_G_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, humidograph nephelometer green channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bbs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2 ( time )
Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, humidograph nephelometer green channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bbs_G_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2 ( time )
Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, ref. humidograph nephelometer red channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bbs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, reference nephelometer red channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bbs_R_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, humidograph nephelometer red channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bbs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2 ( time )
Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, humidograph nephelometer red channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bbs_R_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2 ( time )
Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, ref. humidograph nephelometer blue channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, reference nephelometer blue channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bs_B_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, humidograph nephelometer blue channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2 ( time )
Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, humidograph nephelometer blue channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bs_B_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2 ( time )
Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, ref. humidograph nephelometer green channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, reference nephelometer green channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bs_G_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, humidograph nephelometer green channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2 ( time )
Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, humidograph nephelometer green channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bs_G_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2 ( time )
Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, ref. humidograph nephelometer red channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, reference nephelometer red channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bs_R_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1 ( time )
Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, humidograph nephelometer red channel, 1 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2 ( time )
Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, humidograph nephelometer red channel, 10 um particle diameter 1/Mm Bs_R_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2 ( time )
Cloud droplet concentration number from summation of condensation nuclei counter size bins 1/cm^3 N_CCN_1 ( time )
Condensation nuclei concentration number 1/cm^3 N_CPC_1 ( time )
Ambient pressure hPa P_Ambient ( time )
Pressure inside reference nephelometer hPa P_Neph_Dry ( time )
Pressure inside wet nephelometer hPa P_Neph_Wet ( time )
Relative humidity in ambient air % RH_Ambient ( time )
Relative humidity at inlet % RH_MainInlet ( time )
Relative humidity at reference nephelometer inlet % RH_NephInlet_Dry ( time )
Relative humidity inside at wet nephelometer inlet % RH_NephInlet_Wet ( time )
Relative humidity inside reference nephelometer % RH_NephVol_Dry ( time )
Relative humidity inside of wet nephelometer % RH_NephVol_Wet ( time )
Relative humidity of humidograph controller % RH_postHG ( time )
Relative humidity of humidograph preheater % RH_preHG ( time )
Temperature in ambient air C T_Ambient ( time )
Temperature at inlet C T_MainInlet ( time )
Temperature at reference nephelometer inlet C T_NephInlet_Dry ( time )
Temperature at wet nephelometer inlet C T_NephInlet_Wet ( time )
Temperature inside reference nephelometer C T_NephVol_Dry ( time )
Temperature inside of wet nephelometer C T_NephVol_Wet ( time )
Temperature of humidograph controller C T_postHG ( time )
Temperature of humidograph preheater C T_preHG ( time )
Wind Direction, relative to true North deg WindDirection ( time )
Wind speed m/s WindSpeed ( time )
Altitude above mean sea level m alt
Base time in Epoch seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00 base_time
AOS system status unitless flags_CMDL ( time, flag_length )
North latitude degree_N lat
East longitude degree_E lon
Quality check results on field: Time offset from midnight unitless qc_time ( time )
Time offset from midnight time ( time )
Time offset from base_time time_offset ( time )

Locations

  • North Slope Alaska (NSA)
    • Southern Great Plains (SGP)
      • Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
    • ARM Mobile Facility (FKB)
      • Black Forest, Germany (M1)
    • ARM Mobile Facility (GRW)
      • Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal (M1)
    • ARM Mobile Facility (HFE)
      • Shouxian, Anhui, China (M1)
    • ARM Mobile Facility (NIM)
      • Niamey, Niger (M1)
    • ARM Mobile Facility (PGH)
      • ARIES Observatory, Nainital, Uttarkhand, India (M1)
    • ARM Mobile Facility (PYE)
      • Point Reyes, CA (M1)

    Contact(s)

    Fan Mei
    (631) 344-8140
    fmei@bnl.gov

    Yin-Nan Lee
    (631) 344-3294
    ynlee@bnl.gov

    Gunnar Senum
    (631) 344-3896
    gsenum@bnl.gov

    Chongai Kuang
    (631) 344-7257
    ckuang@bnl.gov

    Thomas Watson
    (631) 344-4517
    twatson@bnl.gov

    Manvendra Dubey
    (505) 665-3128
    dubey@lanl.gov

    Stephen Springston
    (631) 344-4477
    srs@bnl.gov

    Arthur Sedlacek
    (631) 344-2404
    sedlacek@bnl.gov

    Richard Coulter
    (630) 252-5833
    rlcoulter@anl.gov

    Anne Jefferson
    (303) 497-6493
    anne.jefferson@noaa.gov

    Patrick Sheridan
    associate
    (303) 497-6672
    patrick.sheridan@noaa.gov