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
Only measurements considered scientifically relevant are shown below by default.
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Measurement | Units | Variable |
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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