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Number concentration and size distribution of ambient aerosol particles in air measurements from a Cloud Particle Condenser instrument (SMPS) 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: 98 Files | 573MB
Abstract

Number concentration and size distribution of ambient aerosol particles in air measurements made at 7m above ground level using a 3082 Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) in combination with a 3750 Cloud Particle Condenser (CPC) at the Manchester Air Quality Site (MAQS) for the Integrated Research Observation System for Clean Air (OSCA) project.

Citable as:  Watson, N.; Allan, J.D.; Flynn, M. (2023): Number concentration and size distribution of ambient aerosol particles in air measurements from a Cloud Particle Condenser instrument (SMPS) at the Manchester Air Quality Site, 2019 onwards. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/6f6366eb78c44875b2c92d3b8fe403c1
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: OSCA, air quality, supersite, maqs, aerosol, OSCA-AQ

Details

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Access rules:
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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. CPC data were checked using intercomparison with other CPC instruments. 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:
No response or zero factor implimented but intercomparison between CPCs Data obtained and PSI is passed through inlet to check for alignment on various occasions. For intercomparison document, see GitHub folder.
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: nm
  • standard_name: ambient_aerosol_particle_diameter
  • var_id: ambient_aerosol_particle_diameter
  • long_name: Ambient Aerosol Particle Diameter
  • var_id: ambient_aerosol_size_distribution
  • long_name: Ambient Aerosol Size Distribution
  • standard_name: ambient_aerosol_size_distribution
  • var_id: ambient_geometric_mean_aerosol_particle_diameter
  • standard_name: ambient_geometric_mean_aerosol_particle_diameter
  • long_name: Ambient Geometric Mean Aerosol Particle Diameter
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Data Quality flag
  • var_id: qc_flags
  • long_name: Day
  • var_id: day
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Day of Year
  • var_id: day_of_year
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: sample_gas_viscosity
  • standard_name: sample_gas_viscosity
  • long_name: Gas Viscosity of Sample Stream
  • long_name: Hour
  • var_id: hour
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: sample_mean_free_path
  • standard_name: sample_mean_free_path
  • long_name: Mean Free Path of Sample Stream
  • long_name: Month
  • var_id: month
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: total_number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
  • standard_name: total_number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
  • long_name: Number Concentration of Ambient Aerosol Particles in air (N)
  • var_id: sample_pressure
  • standard_name: sample_pressure
  • long_name: Pressure of Sample Stream
  • var_id: sample_temperature
  • standard_name: sample_temperature
  • long_name: Temperature of Sample Stream
  • 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:
2019-07-01T00:00:00
End time:
Ongoing
Geographic Extent

 
53.4566°
  
-2.2142°
  
-2.2142°
 
53.4566°
  
Related parties
Authors (3)
Publishers (1)
Funders (1)
Principal Investigators (1)
Co-Investigators (5)