ASDC | NARSTO_PAC2001_SLOCAN_PARK_GAS_PM_MET_DATA

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Entry Title: NARSTO Pacific 2001 Air Quality Study (PAC2001) Slocan Park (SLPK) Slocan Park Site Gaseous, Partculate Matter (PM), and Meteorological Data

Entry ID: NARSTO_PAC2001_SLOCAN_PARK_GAS_PM_MET_DATA_1

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NARSTO_PAC2001_SLOCAN_PARK_GAS_PM_MET_DATA is the North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone (NARSTO) Pacific 2001 Air Quality Study (PAC2001) Slocan Park (SLPK) Slocan Park Site Gaseous, Partculate Matter (PM), and Meteorological Data product. Data was collected between August 11 and September 01, 2001 during PAC2001.

The SLPK site, at 49.23417 N and -123.0475 W and at 85 m above sea level (a.s.l.), was in a typical urban park in a residential neighborhood in Vancouver with an open field of approximately 150 x 300 m2. Residences of one to two stories surround the park. The site had good fetch in all directions with no major point sources within a radius of 3 km. Like, in much of Vancouver, both deciduous and coniferous trees lined the streets around the site. Traffic in the nearby streets was typical of light volume and light duty transportation. The closest street (29th Avenue), approximately 50 m away, was a secondary traffic route with light volume rush hour traffic. The closest major highway, Highway 1A, was about 600 m away where congested rush hour traffic is typical. Measurements at this site were designed to study the urban mixture of primary particles and secondary particles that are expected from conversion of precursors, such as anthropogenic hydrocarbons. Emphasis was also placed on chemical characterization of PM with an eventual goal of receptor modeling, particularly for organic carbon components. Measurements made at this site included those for gases, such as O3, NOx, total and speciated NOy, SO2, CO, NH3, NMHCs (including mono-terpenes), HCHO and CH3CHO. Particle chemical measurements included size distributed inorganic composition, organic and elemental carbon, and mass from <0.05 to 18 um aerodynamic diameter (AD) using impactors that were sampled twice daily, and size distributed chemical composition from 0.06 to 0.7 um AD at high time resolution using an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer.

Detailed organic carbon speciation for many solvent-extractable polar and non-polar homologues of organic compounds were conducted with twice daily high-volume sampling and detailed lab analyses. Black carbon was determined using filter-based optical absorption methods. Sulfur isotope was characterized in PM<2.5 um, twice daily on high volume filter samples. Detailed mass measurements were made using several techniques, primarily to assess the performance of the techniques. Particle number size distributions were measured from 0.12 to 0.3 um using an optical probe. Tethered balloon measurements were made at this site. Vertical profiles, from ground level to 300 m for O3, wind direction and speed, T, P, and RH, were measured four times daily.

PAC2001 was conducted from August 1 to September 31, 2001 in the Lower Fraser Valley (LFV), British Columbia, Canada. The study consisted of individual research projects organized to address several issues on ambient particulate matter and ozone that are important to policy makers. A special issue of Atmospheric Environment [Vol. 38(34), Nov 2004] described specific study objectives (Li, 2004) and presented a series of results papers from the field study. There were 5 ground sampling sites during the study, which included: Cassiar Tunnel, Slocan Park, Langley Ecole Lochiel, Sumas Eagle Ridge, and Golden Ears Provincial Park. Aloft measurements were taken from a Convair 580 and a Cessna 188. Selected measurement data were compiled for each site and aircraft and are archived as site-specific data sets.

North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone (NARSTO), which has since disbanded, was a public/private partnership, whose membership spanned across government, utilities, industry, and academe throughout Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The primary mission was to coordinate and enhance policy-relevant scientific research and assessment of tropospheric pollution behavior; activities provide input for science-based decision-making and determination of workable, efficient, and effective strategies for local and regional air-pollution management. Data products from local, regional, and international monitoring and research programs are still available.

DOI

10.5067/ASDCDAAC/NARSTO/0010

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Guide for NARSTO PAC2001 Slocan Park Site Gaseous, Particle, and Meteorological Data

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From GCMD Science Keywords:

CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS
NITRATE PARTICLES
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON MONOXIDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
SURFACE WINDS
NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS/VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE > SULFUR COMPOUNDS
AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES
WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS

Tethered Balloon
Particle Size Distribution
Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer
Aerosol Particle Properties
Air Temperature
Carbon Isotopes
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Carbonaceous Aerosols
Humidity
Meteorological Mesurements
Nitrate NO3(-) Particles
Nitrogen Oxides
Non-Methane Hydrocarbons
Oceanus
Ozone (O3)
Pacific 2001
Speciated NMHC
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
Sulfur Isotope
Surface Winds
Wind Direction
Wind Sensor
Wind Speed
Organic Carbon and Elemental Carbon (OC/EC)

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: 49.23, N: 49.24), (W: -123.05, E: -123.05)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2001-08-11 - 2001-09-01

Platforms

Permanent Land Sites

GROUND STATIONS

AETHALOMETER

TEMPERATURE PROBES

UV OZONE DETECTORS

Ultraviolet Ozone Detectors

GC-MS

Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometry

TEOM

Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance

CHEMILUMINESCENCE

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY

ION CHROMATOGRAPHS

HUMIDITY SENSORS

IR CO2 ANALYZER

Infrared Carbon Dioxide Analyzer

PRESSURE SENSORS

METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS