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Campaign |
Location and Time |
Summary Objectives |
Current Status |
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North Atlantic Regional Experiment (NARE) 1992 Campaign |
Nova Scotia region
Aug.-Sept. 1992 |
- Evaluate pollution characteristics and fate in North Atlantic atmosphere
- Evaluate relative significance of oceanic and continental sources
|
Results published |
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NARE 1993 Intensive Period |
Nova Scotia region
Aug.-Sept. 1993 |
- Evaluate pollution characteristics and fate in North Atlantic atmosphere
- Evaluate relative significance of oceanic and continental sources
|
Results published |
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Southern Oxidant Study, 1995 |
Nashville, TN, area
June-July 1995 |
- Evaluate relative contributions of regional, urban, and point sources of pollutants to oxidant formation
|
Results published |
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NARSTO Northeast Study, 1995 |
Boston and New England area
Aug.-Sept. 1995 |
- Evaluate performance of recently developed aircraft instrumentation
- Characterization of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides upwind and downwind of Northeast city
|
Results published |
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NARSTO Intensive Campaign 1996 |
New England area
July-Aug., 1996 |
- Evaluate advection and chemistry of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides in coastal areas
- Evaluate role of chlorine chemistry in oxidant formation
- Preliminary study of forest isoprene emissions and chemistry
|
Results published |
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Mexico City Study |
Mexico City metropolitan area
March and February, 1997
|
- Characterize aerosols and evaluate sources and transport
- Evaluate sources and chemistry of reactive hydrocarbon and oxidants
- Evaluate transport and mixing processes in mountain basin
|
Results published |
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Phoenix Air Chemistry Study |
Phoenix, AZ
May and June 1998 |
- Evaluate ozone formation in low humidity and where sources are primarily vehicular
- Evaluate role of biogenic emissions in oxidant formation
- Study mountain basin flow regime
|
Some results published. Further study needed of ozone accumulation over city at night; Phoenix II planned. |
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NARSTO Southern Oxidants Study, Nashville 1999 |
Nashville, TN and surrounding area
June and July 1999
|
- Evaluate roles of local versus regional sources of ozone and fine particles
- Evaluate ozone and fine particle formation rates in plumes
- Study roles of diurnal variations in meteorological conditions
|
Analysis mostly completed, publications being prepared |
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NARSTO Northeast Oxidant and Particle Study (NE-OPS) |
Philadelphia and surrounding are
July and August 1999
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- Evaluate conditions leading to high ozone and fine particle concentrations
- Study relationship between local sources and long-range transport
- Evaluate role of varying meteorological conditions
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Analysis continuing. A second NE-OPS being planned |
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Central California Ozone Study (CCOS) Summer Intensive |
Central and part of northern California
June 2000 |
- Contribute to studies in collaboration with those supported California Air Resource Board on ozone formation and transport
- Focus on transport processes and chemistry of ozone above central CA
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Data analysis in progress for contribution to large NARSTO data set. |
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Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS 2000) |
Houston, TX and surrounding area
August and September 2000 |
- Study processes leading to high concentrations of ozone and particulate matter above Houston
- Evaluate effects of strong point sources of NOx and VOCs in relation to biogenic VOCs and local Cl2
- Evaluate role of land-sea circulations
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Data analysis in progress. |