Conference proceeding
Measurement of aerosol loading profiles and mixing heights in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1992 SORP-ONA field study
Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.2112(1), pp.295-303
Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy, Lidar, and DIAL Techniques for Environmental and Industrial Measurements
06/03/1994
DOI: 10.1117/12.177310
Abstract
The Southern Oxidants Research Program on Ozone Non-Attainment (SORP-ONA) field study was held in Atlanta, Georgia, during the summer of 1992. SORP-ONA was the first in a series of intensive studies to characterize urban ozone in the South as a part of the Southern Oxidants Study (SOS). The University of Michigan Doppler Lidar was stationed on the Georgia Tech Campus during the study and measured aerosol profiles with approximately 15-minute temporal resolution. A study of mixing in the urban boundary layer determined that aerosol and presumably chemical constituents are not always well-mixed as expected and that some structure does exist. A technique for separation of aerosol and molecular scattered signal for retrieval of aerosol profiles is described. Additionally, a technique is introduced to estimate boundary layer mixing height which shows excellent correlation with rawinsonde potential temperature profile estimates of mixing height.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Measurement of aerosol loading profiles and mixing heights in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1992 SORP-ONA field study
- Creators
- Kenneth W Fischer - University of Michigan–Ann ArborVincent J Abreu - University of Michigan–Ann ArborPerry J Samson - University of Michigan–Ann ArborMatthew J McGill - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.2112(1), pp.295-303
- Conference
- Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy, Lidar, and DIAL Techniques for Environmental and Industrial Measurements
- DOI
- 10.1117/12.177310
- ISSN
- 0277-786X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/03/1994
- Academic Unit
- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984277262402771
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