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Dataset

 

Methane, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide and Water Abundance Measurements from a Los Gatos Research Ammonia Analyzer Instrument at the Manchester Air Quality Site, 2019 onwards

Update Frequency: Monthly
Latest Data Update: 2023-06-06
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2023-01-25
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 190 Files | 586MB

Abstract

Methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and water abundance measurements made at 7 metres above ground level by a Los Gatos Research Multi-Carbon Analyzer Instrument at the Manchester Air Quality Site (MAQS) for the Integrated Research Observation System for Clean Air (OSCA) project.

Citable as:  Watson, N. (2023): Methane, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide and Water Abundance Measurements from a Los Gatos Research Ammonia Analyzer Instrument at the Manchester Air Quality Site, 2019 onwards. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/671628b8f4474599ba074607e65c4bcc
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: OSCA, air quality, supersite, CH4, CO, CO2, H2O, maqs, OSCA-AQ

Details

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Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data are collected by the project team and transfered directly from the instrument to the computer database, before being transferred to the general database, where it is processed, averaged over minute time intervals and flagged where data is suspect. Once complete, data are uploaded to CEDA for archiving.
Data processing software found in: https://github.com/ncasuk/AMF_CVs/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Data Quality:
The baseline zero and response values for CH4 and CO2 are checked every six months and changes are incorporated into the data. All reports of errors by the LGR result in flagged data. CO2 values are flagged as anomolous if they fall below 350 ppm, significantly below the background CO2 level, or above 1000 ppm, very high for an urban setting in most contexts. H2O data is outside the boundaries of 20 ppm to 70,000 ppm as outside these boundaries the accuracy of the instrument, according to Los Gatos Research, becomes suspect. CH4 levels are flagged if they are below 1.5 ppm, to account for the background level of methane already in the atmosphere, or above 30 ppm, a level rarely reached in an urban environment. CO levels are flagged if they are below 50 ppb, to account for the background level of CO already in the atmosphere, or above 1400 ppb, a level rarely reached in an urban environment.
File Format:
NetCDF and CSV format

Related Documents

 OSCA Project Webpage

Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Output Description

None

  • units: 1
  • long_name: Data Quality flag
  • var_id: qc_flag_h2o
  • long_name: Day
  • var_id: day
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Day of Year
  • var_id: day_of_year
  • standard_name:
  • long_name: Hour
  • var_id: hour
  • standard_name:
  • units: ppm
  • standard_name: mole_fraction_of_carbon_dioxide_in_air
  • var_id: mole_fraction_of_carbon_dioxide_in_air
  • long_name: Molar Fraction of Carbon Dioxide in air
  • units: ppb
  • standard_name: mole_fraction_of_carbon_monoxide_in_air
  • var_id: mole_fraction_of_carbon_monoxide_in_air
  • long_name: Mole Fraction of Carbon Monoxide in air
  • units: ppm
  • standard_name: mole_fraction_of_methane_in_air
  • long_name: Mole Fraction of Methane in air
  • var_id: mole_fraction_of_methane_in_air
  • units: ppm
  • standard_name: mole_fraction_of_water_vapor_in_air
  • var_id: mole_fraction_of_water_vapor_in_air
  • long_name: Mole Fraction of Water Vapor in air
  • long_name: Month
  • var_id: month
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: time
  • units: seconds
  • long_name: Time (seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00)
  • long_name: Year
  • var_id: year
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: minute
  • standard_name:
  • long_name: minute
  • var_id: second
  • standard_name:
  • long_name: second

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degree_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • var_id: latitude
  • long_name: Latitude
  • units: degree_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • var_id: longitude
  • long_name: Longitude
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2018-12-20T00:00:00
End time:
Ongoing
Geographic Extent

 
53.4566°
 
-2.2142°
 
-2.2142°
 
53.4566°