Measurement : Aerosol concentration

A measure of the amount of aerosol particles (e.g. number, mass, volume) per unit volume of air.

Categories
Aerosols

Instruments

The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.

  • ARM Instruments
    • AOS : Aerosol Observing System
    • CSPHOT : Cimel Sunphotometer
    • CPC : Condensation Particle Counter
    • IAP : In-situ Aerosol Profiles (Cessna Aerosol Flights)
    • TDMA : Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
    • UHSAS : Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer
  • Field Campaign Instruments
    • APS : Aerodynamic Particle Sizer
    • AOS : Aerosol Observing System
    • AP-SURF : Aerosol Profiler at Surface
    • CSPHOT : Cimel Sunphotometer
    • CPI : Cloud Particle Imager
    • CLDAEROSMICRO : Cloud and Aerosol Microphysical Properties
    • CPC : Condensation Particle Counter
    • DRI-GND : Desert Research Institute Ground-Based Aerosol Instruments
    • DMA : Differential Mobility Analyzer
    • AEROSOL-TOWER-EML : EML Tower based Aerosol Measurements
    • EC-CONVAIR580-BULK : Environment Canada Convair 580 Bulk Parameters
    • FSSP : Forward-Scatter Spectrometer Probe
    • G-1 : Gulfstream
    • IAP : In-situ Aerosol Profiles (Cessna Aerosol Flights)
    • MERGED-COMMON : Merged data- common timestamp
    • NOAA-AIR : NOAA Airborne Aerosol Instruments
    • CIRPAS : NPS CIRPAS Twin Otter Aircraft
    • PMS-CITATION : PMS Probe - Citation
    • PCASP : Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer
    • SPLATT-II : Single Particle Laser Ablasion Time flown on Aircraft
    • TDMA : Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
    • TDMA-AIR : Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer- Airborne
    • TEOM : Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance
    • UHSAS : Ultra-High Sensitivity Aerosol Spectrometer
    • UW-CONVAIR580 : University of Washington Convair 580 Aircraft

Datastreams

  • AOS : Aerosol Observing System Datastreams
    • AOSCPC : AOS: condensation particle counter
    • AOSCPCF : AOS: Condensation Particle Counter
    • AOSCPCU : AOS: Ultrafine Condensation Particle Counter
  • CPC : Condensation Particle Counter Datastreams
    • AOSCPC : AOS: condensation particle counter
    • AOSCPCF : AOS: Condensation Particle Counter
    • AOSCPCU : AOS: Ultrafine Condensation Particle Counter