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24-May-2013
PLEASE NOTE: These data are subject to revision.
The first data set includes particle number-size distributions in the
diameter range of 0.011 to 0.478 micrometers Stokes diameter made with an SMPS.
All measurements were made at a relative humidity of <25%. The distributions
have been cleaned of all data from times of instrument malfunction or
calibration.
files: UBWOS2013_nsd_smps_vX.csv
The second data set includes particle number-size distributions in the
diameter range of 0.96 to 10 micrometers aerodynamic diameter. The APS diameters
are aerodynamic and have not been corrected to Stokes diameter via calculation
or estimates of particle density. The APS data larger than 10 micrometers are
not useful due to significant particle losses in the inlets including the
sampling mast, distribution tubing and APS inlet. All measurements were made at
a relative humidity of <25%. The APS data have been cleaned exactly like the
SMPS files described above.
file: UBWOS2013_nsd_aps_vX.csv
The third data set includes particle number-size distributions in the
diameter range of 0.020 to 10 micrometers Stokes diameter. The distributions are
a combination of SMPS and APS data where the APS data have been converted to
Stokes diameters. This conversion was done using densities calculated from
measured chemistry. The diameter channels in the overlap region were chosen in
the following manner: the last SMPS channel was discarded and, after converting
to Stokes diameters, the first APS diameter channel that was larger than the
last valid SMPS channel was chosen as the first APS channel. Each combined
distribution was regridded onto a common set of diameters. Finally, the
regridded distributions were cleaned to eliminate values at the larger sizes
from the APS where “phantom” counts resulted in a spurious coarse mode in the
surface and volume distributions. All measurements were made at a relative
humidity of <25%.
file: UBWOS2013_nsd_smps_aps_vX.csv
keyword |
description |
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nsd |
number size distribution |
msd |
mass size distribution |
Table 1: Filename keywords
More information about these data can be found by clicking on the blue "Instrument Information" tab above.
The following files are available for downloading. Please note: one data file may cover more than one time period, thus,some files may be listed more than once. All files are in csv (comma separated value) format. After several lines of general information each file starts with a first row that contains the particle diameter in microns for that column. The first column contains the date/time in Day-of-Year, DOY. DOY 32.5 is 1200 noon UTC on 1-February. All data are in units of dN/dlog10(Dp), N/cm^3. Missing data are designated by a -99 or a -999.
Start Date | End Date | ASCII file |
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28-Jan-2013 | 22-Feb-2013 | UBWOS2013_nsd_smps_v1.csv |
28-Jan-2013 | 22-Feb-2013 | UBWOS2013_nsd_aps_v1.csv |
28-Jan-2013 | 22-Feb-2013 | UBWOS2013_nsd_smps_aps_v1.csv |
28-Jan-2013 | 22-Feb-2013 | UBWOS2013_nsd_smps_aps_ambient_v2.csv |
26-Jan-2013 | 22-Feb-2013 | UBWOS2013_msd_smps_aps_v1.csv |
U.S.Dept of Commerce / NOAA / OAR / PMEL / Atmospheric Chemistry