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ATom: Measurements of Soluble Acidic Gases and Aerosols (SAGA)

Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

Soluble acidic gases and aerosols (SAGA) were collected with two related installations; a mist chamber/ion chromatography (MC/IC) system and a paired bulk aerosol system. The MC/IC system measures in situ atmospheric distributions of nitric acid (plus < 1 um NO3 aerosol) and fine (< 1 um) aerosol sulfate at an approximately 80-second interval. The paired bulk aerosol system collects particulates onto filters for subsequent analysis. Collected filters were first extracted with water to obtain the water-soluble (WS) constituents and then extracted again using methanol to collect the methanol soluble (MS) fraction. The light absorption of filtered extracts was measured from 300 to 700 nm. Ion chromatography on aqueous extracts of the bulk aerosol samples collected on Teflon filters were used to quantify soluble ions (Cl-, Br-, NO3-, SO42-, C2O42-, Na+, NH4+, K+, Ca+, and Mg+). The SAGA system is provided by the University of New Hampshire (UNH).

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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Harvested from NASA Data.json

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The SAGA installation onboard the DC-8 - AFRC aircraft.

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
Publisher ORNL_DAAC
Maintainer
Identifier C2676935946-ORNL_CLOUD
Data First Published 2020-05-05
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2023-06-12
Category ATom, geospatial
Public Access Level public
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Citation Dibb, J.E. 2019. ATom: Measurements of Soluble Acidic Gases and Aerosols (SAGA). ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1748
Graphic Preview Description The SAGA installation onboard the DC-8 - AFRC aircraft.
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Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1748
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Temporal 2016-07-29T14:33:18Z/2018-05-21T23:37:58Z

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