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Dataset

 

Number Concentration of Ambient Aerosol Particles in Air Data from Cloud Particle Condenser Instrument at 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: 2023-01-19
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 119 Files | 173MB

Abstract

Number concentration of ambient aerosol particles in air data measured at 7m above ground level by Cloud Particle Condenser (CPC) Instruments at at the Manchester Air Quality Site (MAQS) for the Integrated Research Observation System for Clean Air (OSCA) project.

Cloud Particle Condenser instrument 3750 was used (June 2019 - February 2021 and December 2021 - February 2022) and was switched over to Cloud Particle Condenser instrument 3772 (February - December 2021)

Citable as:  Watson, N.; Allan, J.D.; Flynn, M. (2023): Number Concentration of Ambient Aerosol Particles in Air Data from Cloud Particle Condenser Instrument at Manchester Air Quality Site, 2019 onwards.. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/e0f62422d38d419ca9384e017d351acc/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: CPC, OSCA, maqs, air quality, OSCA-AQ

Details

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
No related previous identifiers.
Access rules:
Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for a CEDA account to gain access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s):
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 transferred 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.Data processing software found in: https://github.com/ncasuk/AMF_CVs/releases/tag/v1.0.0
Data obtained from 3750 CPC for June 2019 - February 2021 and December 2021 - February 2022
Data obtained from 3772 CPC for February - September 2021
Intercomparison between CPCs Data obtained from 3750 CPC and 3772 CPC.
Once complete, data are uploaded to CEDA for archiving.

Data Quality:
No response or zero factor implimented but intercomparison between CPCs Data obtained from 3750 CPC and 3772 CPC shows 3750 CPC to be accurate. 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: 1
  • long_name: Data Quality flag
  • var_id: qc_flag_number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
  • 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:
  • long_name: Month
  • var_id: month
  • standard_name:
  • standard_name: number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
  • long_name: Number Concentration of Ambient Aerosol Particles in air
  • var_id: number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
  • 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:
2019-07-19T00:00:00
End time:
Ongoing
Geographic Extent

 
53.4566°
 
-2.2142°
 
-2.2142°
 
53.4566°