Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Fine Particle Monitoring: Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE): Fine Aerosol Monitoring: IMPROVE

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Metadata Provider

  • 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

Abstract

    Furtherance of a national goal that calls for “the prevention of any future, and the remedying of any existing, impairment of visibility in mandatory Class I federal areas which impairment results from manmade air pollution.” The Regional Haze Rule (RHR) expanded this mandate by requiring monitoring in locations representative of the 156 visibility-protected federal Class I areas. IMPROVE was designated as the visibility monitoring network to be used to carry out this responsibility.

People

  • Benjamin Whitney: Principal Investigator

  • Richard Poirot: Content Provider

  • Ralph Perron: Principal Investigator

  • Bennet Leon: Content Provider

  • Robert Lacaillade : Principal Investigator

  • Jenny Berschling: Content Provider

Keywords

  • air quality, concentration, light, particulates,

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates
    • -73.12053333, 42.9561
    • -72.86817, 42.9561
    • -72.86817, 44.52443333
    • -73.12053333, 44.52443333
    • -73.12053333, 42.9561

Data Table

  • Title: Fine Aerosol Monitoring: IMPROVE
  • Start Date: 1989-01-04
  • End Date: 1996-12-28
  • Description: Includes fine mass, Babs, Si, OMH, Mn and associated DL/2's

  • Purpose: Determine concentrations and composition of fine aerosols (PM-2.5) of relevance to light scattering and light absorption

  • Condensed Title: Z0100_IMN28996

  • Object Name: VMC.100.233

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Lacaillade, R., R. Perron, and B. Whitney. (2017) Fine Aerosol Monitoring: IMPROVE. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/fine-aerosol-monitoring-interagency-monitoring-protected/dataset/fine-aerosol-monitoring-improve-1

  • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/fine-aerosol-monitoring-interagency-monitoring-protected/dataset/fine-aerosol-monitoring-improve-1

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: Babs
    • Label: Babs
    • Description: Babs
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Babs_DL/2
    • Label: Babs_DL/2
    • Description: Babs_DL/2
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: date
    • Label: date
    • Description: Date
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: DD/MM/YYYY
    Attribute Name: Fine_Mass
    • Label: Fine_Mass
    • Description: Fine_Mass
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: FM_DL/2
    • Label: FM_DL/2
    • Description: FM_DL/2
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Locat
    • Label: Location
    • Description: Location
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Manganese
    • Label: Manganese
    • Description: Manganese
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Mn_DL/2
    • Label: Mn_DL/2
    • Description: Mn_DL/2
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: OMH
    • Label: OMH
    • Description: OMH
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: OMH_DL/2
    • Label: OMH_DL/2
    • Description: OMH_DL/2
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Silicon
    • Label: Silicon
    • Description: Silicon
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: Si_DL/2
    • Label: Si_DL/2
    • Description: Si_DL/2
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio

Methods

  • Current Methods
    • Particulate matter monitoring
      • Started: 1988-09-01
      • Method Description: Particulate matter is being monitored at the PMRC for fine particles <2.5 microns (PM-2.5), using the IMPROVE sampler, is sampled Wednesday & Saturday for mass, and elemental composition (H, Na-Pb).

    • Unnamed Method
      • Method Description: Particulate matter is being monitored at the PMRC for fine particles <2.5 microns (PM-2.5), using the IMPROVE sampler, is sampled every third day for mass, optical absorption and elemental composition (H, Na-Pb).


Sampling Equipment

  • Current Equipment
    • Aerosol sampler
      • Sampling Description: IMPROVE Module A Sampler

    • Duplicate sampler
      • Sampling Description: Duplicate sampler for precision purposes.

Site Characteristics

  • Site Description: Field Station at Proctor Maple Research Center, west slope of Mount Mansfield, establish in September 1988 as part of NESCAUM network.



  • Site Description: Consistent with US EPA PM-2.5 Siting Criteria.



  • Site Description: Field station for Lye Brook located on Little Equinox. Sampling there ended in October, 2012.

  • Minimum Altitude: 944 meter

  • Maximum Altitude: 944 meter

  • Site Description: Field station for Lye Brook moved to Mount Snow, sampling began in December, 2011.

  • Minimum Altitude: 1006 meter

  • Maximum Altitude: 1006 meter