First ARM Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor Users’ Meeting Report
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
- Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
The first U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility aerosol chemical speciation monitor (ACSM) users’ meeting was held on April 11-13, 2017, at Aerodyne Research, Inc. in Billerica, Massachusetts, to discuss the Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory ACSM data quality and establish best practices for data collection and processing. The participants examined six years of calibration and processed data. Specific issues raised by data users were addressed and case studies from two field experiments were examined. The most recent data from the ACSM installed in the newly commissioned SGP ARM Mobile Facility 7 (AMF7) were also evaluated. The participants recommended that the SGP ACSM data be reprocessed using calibration values averaged over the history of SGP ACSM calibrations. They also recommended that the data quality be evaluated by comparing (1) observed versus predicted particulate ammonium (NH4+) mass loadings, and (2) ACSM mass loadings versus mass loadings calculated from particle size and light scattering data. The contents of the datastreams from the ACSM were defined based on ARM requirements and the necessary tasks to implement these recommendations were assigned to the mentor and the instrument manufacturer. Some of the recommendations were implemented for the SGP data and are presented in this report. Data from two ARM sites located in marine environments were also analyzed. These analyses as well as instrument intercomparisons have led to further questions about data treatment. These will be addresses in the second users’ meeting scheduled for the summer of 2018.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
- Contributing Organization:
- Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, MA (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- ACO5-7601830
- OSTI ID:
- 1455055
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SC-ARM-TR-215
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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