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CASTNET (Clean Air Status and Trend Network) Air Quality Chemistry: Clean Air Status and Trend Network (CASTNet): Dry Deposition

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

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    CASTNET is a national monitoring network established to assess trends in pollutant concentrations, atmospheric deposition, and ecological effects due to changes in air pollutant emissions. Regional CASTNET dry deposition chemistry data from New York and northern New England are archived here.

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  • Tim Scherbatskoy: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider

  • Nancy Burt: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator

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  • air quality, atmospheric deposition, particulates,

Organizations

  • United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) : funder
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Green Mountain National Forest: partner

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  • dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Clean Air Status and Trend Network (CASTNet): Dry Deposition
  • dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 1993-10-23
  • dataset_eml_datatableendate: 2007-03-31
  • dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Analysis includes SO2, HNO3 vapor and particulate sulfate, nitrate and ammonium.

  • dataset_eml_datatablepurpose: To provide site specific data of dry deposition and to provide air quality data specific to the Lye Brook Wilderness Area, a Class I Wilderness Area, to support research on the effects of air pollution on the Air Quality Related Values (AQRV) of the wilderness area.

  • dateset_eml_datatableshortname: Z0020_Sites

  • dataset_eml_datatablephysicalobjectname: VMC.20.232

  • dataset_eml_datatabledatatype: mySQL
  • dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Nancy Burt. 2007. Clean Air Status and Trend Network (CASTNet): Dry Deposition. FEMC. https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/clean-air-status-trend-network-castnet/dataset/clean-air-status-trend-network-castnet-6

  • dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/CI4/data/archive/project/clean-air-status-trend-network-castnet/dataset/clean-air-status-trend-network-castnet-6

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    dataset_eml_attributelistname: site_num
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Site Number
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Number assigned to site by network
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: int
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: site_id
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Site Identification Code
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Unique site identifier
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: map_code
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Map Code
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Code used on map of sites
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: station
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Station Name
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Name of the station
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: active
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Site Activity
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Site active or inactive
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: ordinal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: agency
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Operating Agency
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Agency that operates the site
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: state
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: State
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: State where site is located
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: county
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: County
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: County where site is located
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: time_zone
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Time Zone
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Time zone site is in
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: latitude
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Latitude
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Latitude- decimal degrees
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: ratio
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststandardunit: degree
    • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.0001
    • Unit: degree
    • dataset_eml_attributelistnumbertype: real
      • dataset_eml_attributelistbounds:
      • dataset_eml_attributelistboundsminimum: 0
      • dataset_eml_attributelistboumdsmaximum: 360
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: longitude
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Longitude
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Longitude- decimal degrees
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: ratio
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststandardunit: degree
    • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.0001
    • Unit: degree
    • dataset_eml_attributelistnumbertype: real
      • dataset_eml_attributelistbounds:
      • dataset_eml_attributelistboundsminimum: 0
      • dataset_eml_attributelistboumdsmaximum: 360
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: elevation
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Elevation
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Elevation in meters
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: ratio
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststandardunit: meter
    • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 1
    • Unit: meter
    • dataset_eml_attributelistnumbertype: integer
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: mapid
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Map I.D.
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Map identification (nearest town)
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: landuse
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Primary Land Use
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Primary land use surrounding the site
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: terrain
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Terrain Surrounding Site
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Discription of terrain site is on
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: magnetic_declination
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Magnetic Declination
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Magnetic declination of site
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: ratio
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststandardunit: degree
    • dataset_eml_attributelistprecision: 0.1
    • Unit: degree
    • dataset_eml_attributelistnumbertype: real
      • dataset_eml_attributelistbounds:
      • dataset_eml_attributelistboundsminimum: 0
      • dataset_eml_attributelistboumdsmaximum: 360
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: mlm
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Multi-layer Model
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Does site conform to assumptions of multi-layer model?
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: ordinal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: calcode
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: NADP Site Code
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Site code of co-located NADP site
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: nadp_distance
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: NADP Distance
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Distance to nearest NADP site
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: ratio
    dataset_eml_attributelistname: airs_code
    • dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: unknown
    • dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: unknown
    • dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: text
    • dataset_eml_attributelistmeasurementtype: nominal

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  • dataset_eml_currentMethodsHeader
    • Precipitation samples
      • dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1994-04-06
      • dataset_eml_methoddescription: Weekly collection of precipation for chemical analysis is performed at two different sites. Precipitation amount, pH and conductivity analysis is performed at the sites. The sample is shipped to the NADP Central Analytical Lab in Illinois for analysis of pH, conductivity, Ca, Mg, K, Na, NH4, NO3, Cl, SO4.

    • Meteorological data
      • dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1994-01-01
      • dataset_eml_methoddescription: Continuous meteorology averaged hourly includes ambient temperature at 2 and 10 m height, relative humidity, surface wetness, precipitation, wind speed and direction, solar radiation.

    • Ozone and deposition
      • dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1994-01-01
      • dataset_eml_methoddescription: Seasonal continuous ozone (May through September), averaged hourly. Deposition (kg/ha) was calculated for chemicals reporting concentration in mg/l for annual, seasonal and monthly time steps.


  • dataset_eml_methodsPast (dataset_eml_notInUse)
    • Sample analysis
      • dataset_eml_methodsStartDate: 1995-07-04
        dataset_eml_methodsEndDate: 1999-02-02
      • dataset_eml_methoddescription: Accumulated weekly samples; analysis includes SO2, HNO3, pH, conductivity, acidity and major ions.

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  • dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsdescription: Green Mountain National Forest, Stratton, just south of the Lye Brook Wilderness Area boundary. Summit of hill with southwest airflow.