Comparison of X1 (OLD) and X3 (NEW) Aerosol Observing Systems at the North Slope of Alaska NOAA Observatory
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO (United States)
This report describes a comparison of the overlapping X1 and X3 Aerosol Observing Systems (AOS) at the North Slope of Alaska (NSA) observatory. Due to structural issues with the original observatory building, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) funded the design and construction of a new observatory building. Construction began in 2019 and was completed in 2020. The now decommissioned old NOAA Barrow Observatory (BRW) housed the AOS referred to as an NSA external site X1 from October 1997 through August 2021. A new observatory building next door housed the AOS referred to as an NSA external site X3 starting in October 2020. In this document we will refer to the original observatory system measurements as 'OLD' and the measurements in the new building as 'NEW'.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Center
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1838010
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-SC-ARM-TR-276
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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