Global Sources of Local Pollution: An Assessment of Long-Range Transport of Key Air Pollutants to and from the United States (2010)

Commerical Aircraft

MOZAIC

Y

Y

Routine cross-Atlantic measurements onseveral European Airbus aircraft in flight corridor plus profiles of O₃, CO, H₂O (1994-present) and NO, NOy in addition (2001-present).

CARIBIC

Y

Y

Y

Y

Multiple species measured in container onan in-service aircraft as part of European project, 1997 to 2002 and 2004 to present.

NOXAR

Y

Y

Routine measurement of O₃, NO, NO₂ on Swiss aircraft over North Atlantic in UT in 1995/1996.

Airborne Campaigns [North American export]

NARE I & II

Y

Y

Y

Y

Large international field campaigns involving multiple platforms examining export of North American pollution over North Atlantic, summer 1993 and 1997.

SONEX

Y

Y

NASA-led campaign focused on impact of aircraft emissions on UT(LS), autumn 1997.

ACTO, MAXOX, EXPORT

Y

Y

European multi-aircraft campaigns examining import of NA pollution into European free troposphere and export of EU pollution, spring and summer 1999-2000.

ICARTT

Y

Y

Y

Y

Large international field campaign involving multiple platforms focused on detection and quantification of North America to Europe long-range transport. First attempt to conduct Lagrangian experiment, by making multiple sampling of same plume across Atlantic. Included NASA INTEX-NA, European ITOP missions, summer 2004.

YAK-AEROSIB

Y

Y

French-Russian flights over Siberia, export of European pollution, transport of Siberian FF plumes to NA, spring and summer 2006-2008.

ABLE 3A/3B

Y

Y

GTE missions investigating chemical composition over tundra and Arctic regions, 1988, 1990.

POLARCAT

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Large international field on export of NA (and other) pollution to the Arctic, radiative and climate impacts – contribution to IPY; impact of AN and FF pollution. Included NASA ARCTAS, DLR-GRACE, NOAA-ICEALOT, NOAA-ARCPAC, DOE-ISDAC, POLARCAT-France missions, spring and summer 2008.

Airborne Campaigns [focus on North American import]

PEM-West B

Y

Y

NASA experiment to quantify out flow of pollutants from Asia during spring 1994.

TRACE-P/ACE-Asia

Y

Y

Y

Y

Large international field experiment involving numerous platforms and groups to examine Asian pollutant formation, out flow and transport across the Pacific, spring 2001.

ITCT-2K2

Y

Y

Y

Y

NOAA-led campaign focusing on import of pollutants into southwest USA, summer 2002.

INTEX-B

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

NASA campaign focusing on pollution import into North America (also DLR- Falcon over Germany), spring 2006.

Satellite Instruments

METEOR-3, NIMBUS-7, EP/TOMS

Y

Y

UV absorbing (dust, smoke)

Multiyear dataset for the study of interannual variability of tropospheric O₃ and AI.

ERS-2/GOME

Y

Y

Y

Multiyear dataset for the study of interannual variability and inverse modeling of emissions, especially NO₂.

ENVISAT/SCIAMACHY

Y

Y

Y

Multiyear dataset for the study of interannual variability and inverse modeling of emissions, especially NO₂.

TERRA/MOPITT

Y

Multiyear CO dataset for the study of interannual variability and inverse modeling of emissions.

TERRA, AQUA/MODIS

Y

Y

Multiyear AOD dataset for the study of interannual variability; daily coverage is possible for tracking aerosol plumes as they develop; inverse modeling of emissions.

TERRA/MISR

Y

Aerosol type and plume height information.

AQUA/AIRS

Y

Y

Y

Daily coverage is possible for CO plume tracking; upper troposphere O₃.

(SCISAT/ACE)

Y

Y

Y

Observations of transport and chemical processing in the upper troposphere.

AURA/OMI

Y

Y

Y

Dust, smoke, sulfates

Good coverage of O₃, precursors and AI; possibility of tracking plumes as they develop; inverse modeling of emissions.

AURA/MLS

Y

Y

Good sensitivity to upper tropospheric CO transport; provides stratospheric O₃ column for use in tropospheric O₃ residual retrievals (especially with OMI).

METOP-A/IASI

Y

Y

Daily coverage of O₃ and precursors is possible for plume tracking; first of 3 missions that will provide data through 2020.

METOP-A/GOME2

Y

Y

First of 3 missions that will provide data through 2020.

(CLOUDSAT/CALIPSO)

Y

High vertical resolution information on aerosol distribution and type for suborbital plume transects.

Ground-based networks

NOAA/ESRL Atmospheric Baseline Observatories

Y

Y

Y

5 sites (3 in NH) focused on GHG distribution. Some use of this data for LRT studies.

WMO/GAW Global Observatories

Y

Y

There are approximately 22 GAW stations, which includes the ESRL sites and other national programs. GAW observatories are similar in design to ESRL Atmospheric Baseline Observatories but provide broader spatial coverage. Gas phase observations are made regularly at most sites. The GAW program recommends an extensive set of aerosol measurements, including AOD, light scattering, size distribution. However, only a small fraction of the sites are currently reporting aerosol data to the GAW data center.

IMPROVE

Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments

Y

Y

U.S. network of approximately 200 sites to obtain regional background aerosol mass loadings and chemical composition of fine mode aerosol (D < 2.5 μm). IMPROVE data has been used in numerous studies to document LRT. Many sites are colocated with a CASTNET measurements of O₃.

CAMNET

Canadian Atmospheric Mercury Network

Y (TGM and wet dep)

Canadian Atmospheric Mercury Network (CAMNET) measures total gaseous mercury at 11 sites across Canada. Wet deposition of mercury is also measured at some of these sites.

MDN/AMI

Mercury Deposition Network, Atmospheric Mercury Initiative

Y (wet dep)

MDN collects weekly Hg in wet deposition at approximately 85 sites in the United States. AMI is a new inititive which will collect speciated Hg data at multiple sites for quantification of dry deposition.

EANET (Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia)

Y

Y

Integration of national networks across Asia for acid deposition, ozone, and aerosols.

Other Research sites

Mt. Bachelor Observatory

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Mountain top (2.7 km) research station on the west coast of the United States (Oregon). Operated by the University of Washington and Oregon State University.