Citation:

PANGAEA.929001

Name: Air quality pollutants measurements at Cataract Scout Park, Australia, taken during the COALA-2020 campaign
Published: 2021-03-11
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: aerosol; air quality; Atmospheric chemistry; biomass burning; COALA-2020; NOx; O3

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Abstract:

Measurements of air quality pollutant concentration were collected using a New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS). Measured variables included relative humidity, ambient temperature, wind speed and direction, particulate matter less than 2.5 µm in diameter (PM2.5), particulate matter less than 10 µm in diameter (PM10), ozone, nitric oxide (NO), nitrous oxide (NO2), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and visibility by nephelometer. The station used was identical to those used in the DPIE air quality monitoring network around N.S.W. Details of the instrumentation used can be found here: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/air/air-quality-basics/sampling-air-pollution. Measurements were taken at Cataract Scout Park, Appin, N.S.W. (34°14'42.29"S 150°49'24.97"E) as part of the Characterising Organics and Aerosol Loading over Australia (COALA-2020) campaign. Measurements are available from late December, 2019 to mid-March, 2020. Reported measurements are at 1-minute time resolution. Data have been filtered for flagged, outlying and negative values. All gaseous measurements were corrected using overnight zero and span measurements. Ozone was corrected overnight using only zero measurements. It must be noted that the sulfur dioxide record contains some data gaps.

Keyword(s):

aerosol; air quality; Atmospheric chemistry; biomass burning; COALA-2020; NOx; O3

Related to:

Griffith, David W T; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Naylor, Travis A; Kettlewell, Graham; Ramirez-Gamboa, Jhonathan; Simmons, Jack B; Carter, Alex; Dang, Quang Phuc; Webb, Alayna (2021): Greenhouse gases measurements at Cataract Scout Park, Australia, taken during the COALA-2020 campaign. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927313

Griffiths, Alan D; Naylor, Travis A; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Carter, Alex (2021): Wind speed and direction measurements at Cataract Scout Park, Australia, taken during the COALA-2020 campaign. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.928929

Griffiths, Alan D; Williams, Alastair G; Chambers, Scott D; Naylor, Travis A; Simmons, Jack B; Ramirez-Gamboa, Jhonathan; Webb, Alayna; Dang, Quang Phuc; Carter, Alex; Paton-Walsh, Clare (2021): Radon-222 measurements at Cataract Scout Park, Australia, taken during the COALA-2020 campaign. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.928372

Humphries, Ruhi S; Keywood, Melita D; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Naylor, Travis A; Simmons, Jack B; Ramirez-Gamboa, Jhonathan; Carter, Alex; Dang, Quang Phuc; Webb, Alayna (2021): Aerosol size distribution measurements at Cataract Scout Park, Australia, taken during the COALA-2020 campaign. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.928853

Humphries, Ruhi S; Keywood, Melita D; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Naylor, Travis A; Simmons, Jack B; Ramirez-Gamboa, Jhonathan; Carter, Alex; Dang, Quang Phuc; Webb, Alayna (2021): Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) measurements at Cataract Scout Park, Australia, taken during the COALA-2020 campaign. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.928925

Keywood, Melita D; Humphries, Ruhi S; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Naylor, Travis A; Ramirez-Gamboa, Jhonathan; Simmons, Jack B; Carter, Alex; Dang, Quang Phuc; Webb, Alayna (2020): Condensation nuclei >3 nm (CN3) measurements at Cataract Scout Park, Australia, taken during the COALA-2020 campaign. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.925555

Keywood, Melita D; Humphries, Ruhi S; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Naylor, Travis A; Ramirez-Gamboa, Jhonathan; Simmons, Jack B; Carter, Alex; Dang, Quang Phuc; Webb, Alayna (2021): Black carbon aerosol measurements at Cataract Scout Park, Australia, taken during the COALA-2020 campaign. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927544

Mouat, Asher P; Kaiser, Jennifer; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Ramirez-Gamboa, Jhonathan; Naylor, Travis A; Simmons, Jack B (2021): Volatile organic compound measurements at Cataract Scout Park, Australia, taken during the COALA-2020 campaign. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927277

Mouat, Asher P; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Simmons, Jack B; Ramirez-Gamboa, Jhonathan; Griffith, David W T; Kaiser, Jennifer (2022): Measurement report: Observations of long-lived volatile organic compounds from the 2019–2020 Australian wildfires during the COALA campaign. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22(17), 11033-11047, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-11033-2022

Naylor, Travis A; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Ramirez-Gamboa, Jhonathan; Carter, Alex; Webb, Alayna; Dang, Quang Phuc; Simmons, Jack B; Griffiths, Alan D (2021): Photosynthetically active radiation measurements at Cataract Scout Park, Australia, taken during the COALA-2020 campaign. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.928051

Simmons, Jack B; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Mouat, Asher P; Kaiser, Jennifer; Humphries, Ruhi S; Keywood, Melita D; Griffith, David W T; Sutresna, Adhitya; Naylor, Travis A; Ramirez-Gamboa, Jhonathan (accepted): Bushfire smoke plume composition and toxicological assessment from the 2019–2020 Australian Black Summer. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-022-01237-5

Project(s):

Characterizing Organics and Aerosol Loading over Australia (COALA)

Coverage:

Latitude: -34.245081 * Longitude: 150.823603

Date/Time Start: 2019-12-20T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-03-24T03:35:00

Minimum HEIGHT above ground: 4.50 m * Maximum HEIGHT above ground: 5.60 m

Event(s):

Cataract_scout_park * Latitude: -34.245081 * Longitude: 150.823603 * Date/Time Start: 2020-01-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-03-19T00:00:00 * Location: Appin, Australia * Campaign: (COALA-2020) * Method/Device: Multiple investigations (MULT)

Comment:

Empty cells = nd

COALA-2020 was funded by Australia's National Environmental Science Program through the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes hub

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Paton-Walsh, Clare		Geocode
2	HEIGHT above ground	Height	m	Paton-Walsh, Clare		Geocode – Height humidity measurements
3	Humidity, relative	RH	%	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)
4	HEIGHT above ground	Height	m	Paton-Walsh, Clare		Geocode – Height temperature measurements
5	Temperature, air	TTT	°C	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)
6	HEIGHT above ground	Height	m	Paton-Walsh, Clare		Geocode – Height nephelometer, PM2.5, PM10 measurements
7	Visibility, NEPH	Vis NEPH	1/10⁴ m	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)
8	Particulate matter, < 2.5 µm	PM2.5	µg/m³	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)
9	Particulate matter, < 10 µm	PM10	µg/m³	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)
10	HEIGHT above ground	Height	m	Paton-Walsh, Clare		Geocode – Height gas measurements
11	Ozone	O3	ppbv	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)
12	Nitric oxide	NO	ppbv	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)
13	Nitrogen dioxide	NO2	ppbv	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)
14	Nitrogen oxide	NOx	ppbv	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)
15	Sulfur dioxide	SO2	ppbv	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)
16	HEIGHT above ground	Height	m	Paton-Walsh, Clare		Geocode – Height wind speed and direction measurements
17	Wind speed	ff	m/s	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)
18	Wind direction	dd	deg	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)
19	Wind direction, standard deviation	dd std dev	±	Paton-Walsh, Clare	Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS), New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment (AQMS)	1-minute temporal resolution mean

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

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