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Appendix C: Observational Platforms Used for Long-Range Pollution Transport Studies
Pages 213-222

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... Appendix C Observational Platforms Used for Long-Range Pollution Transport Studies 
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... 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)
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... 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.
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... TRACE-P/ACE-Asia Y Y Y Y Large international field experiment involving numerous platforms and groups to examine Asian pollutant formation, outflow 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.
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... 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.
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... Some use of this data for LRT studies. NOAA/ESRL Cooperative Y Network collects weekly flask samples Air Sampling Network from approximately 100 sites around the globe.
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... CASTNET Y U.S. network of approximately 100 Clean Air Status and sites to obtain background observations Trends Network of surface ozone and some additional parameters relevant to understanding trends and ecosystem impacts of air pollutants.
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... AMI is a new inititive Mercury Initiative which will collect speciated Hg data at multiple sites for quantification of dry deposition. EMEP Y Y Y Y Y Y European program to measure gas and aerosol compounds in support of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution.
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... a Ozone precursors include CO, CH4, volatile organic compounds, and nitrogen oxides.
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  • international field
  • north atlantic
  • daily coverage
  • airborne campaigns
  • inverse modeling

  • canadian atmospheric
  • wet mercury
  • involving multiple
  • multiyear dataset
  • mercury network

  • collects weekly
  • multiple platforms
  • baseline observatories
  • nitrogen oxides
  • mass loadings

  • esrl atmospheric
  • multiple species
  • collect speciated
  • clean air
  • aerosol mass

  • plume transects
  • asian pollutant
  • fine mode
  • surface ozone
  • precursors include

  • chemical environments
  • aerosol plumes
  • aircraft emissions
  • indicates measurement
  • volatile organic


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