Measurement of aerosol loading profiles and mixing heights in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1992 SORP-ONA field study

Kenneth W. Fischer; Vincent J. Abreu; Perry J. Samson; Matthew J. McGill

doi:10.1117/12.177310

3 June 1994 Measurement of aerosol loading profiles and mixing heights in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1992 SORP-ONA field study

Kenneth W. Fischer, Vincent J. Abreu, Perry J. Samson, Matthew J. McGill

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Proceedings Volume 2112, Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy, Lidar, and DIAL Techniques for Environmental and Industrial Measurements; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177310
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, 1993, Atlanta, GA, United States

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.

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Kenneth W. Fischer, Vincent J. Abreu, Perry J. Samson, and Matthew J. McGill "Measurement of aerosol loading profiles and mixing heights in Atlanta, Georgia during the 1992 SORP-ONA field study", Proc. SPIE 2112, Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy, Lidar, and DIAL Techniques for Environmental and Industrial Measurements, (3 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177310

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