A Study of Persistent Elevated Pollution Episodes in the Northeastern United StatesSource: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;1982:;volume( 063 ):;issue: 003::page 258DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1982)063<0258:ASOPEP>2.0.CO;2Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: To examine chemical transformation within stagnant air masses and the atmospheric processes acting upon such air masses, the United States EPA sponsored a study in the summer of 1980 in the northeastern region of the country. Ten research aircraft and several mobile and stationary surface monitoring platforms from three EPA contractors, seven federal agencies, and four universities participated in an intensive measurement program between 16 July and 15 August 1980. Pollutants of interest included SO2, NO, NOx, HC, O3, sulfate, nitrate, and aerosols in general. This paper summarizes the activities of those research aircraft. The three aircraft and one helicopter operated by the contractor team logged a total of 353 flight hours during 100 missions in the program. Flights were made from Columbus. Ohio, to as far cast as Laconia, N.H., as Car south as Montgomery, Ala., as far west as Texarkana, Ark., and as far north as Saginaw, Mich. The flight patterns and data collected for each mission are documented. This summary will allow scientists who are interested in this data base to identify subsets of the data for model development.
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contributor author | Vaughan, William M. | |
contributor author | Chan, Michael | |
contributor author | Cantrell, Bruce | |
contributor author | Pooler, Francis | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:40:01Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T14:40:01Z | |
date copyright | 1982/03/01 | |
date issued | 1982 | |
identifier issn | 0003-0007 | |
identifier other | ams-24012.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4160638 | |
description abstract | To examine chemical transformation within stagnant air masses and the atmospheric processes acting upon such air masses, the United States EPA sponsored a study in the summer of 1980 in the northeastern region of the country. Ten research aircraft and several mobile and stationary surface monitoring platforms from three EPA contractors, seven federal agencies, and four universities participated in an intensive measurement program between 16 July and 15 August 1980. Pollutants of interest included SO2, NO, NOx, HC, O3, sulfate, nitrate, and aerosols in general. This paper summarizes the activities of those research aircraft. The three aircraft and one helicopter operated by the contractor team logged a total of 353 flight hours during 100 missions in the program. Flights were made from Columbus. Ohio, to as far cast as Laconia, N.H., as Car south as Montgomery, Ala., as far west as Texarkana, Ark., and as far north as Saginaw, Mich. The flight patterns and data collected for each mission are documented. This summary will allow scientists who are interested in this data base to identify subsets of the data for model development. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | A Study of Persistent Elevated Pollution Episodes in the Northeastern United States | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 63 | |
journal issue | 3 | |
journal title | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0477(1982)063<0258:ASOPEP>2.0.CO;2 | |
journal fristpage | 258 | |
journal lastpage | 266 | |
tree | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;1982:;volume( 063 ):;issue: 003 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |