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Vertical Profiling of Air Pollution at RAPCDThe interaction between local and regional pollution levels occurs at the interface of the Planetary Boundary Layer and the Free Troposphere. Measuring the vertical distribution of ozone, aerosols, and winds with high temporal and vertical resolution is essential to diagnose the nature of this interchange and ultimately for accurately forecasting ozone and aerosol pollution levels. The Regional Atmospheric Profiling Center for Discovery, RAPCD, was built and instrumented to address this critical issue. The ozone W DIAL lidar, Nd:YAG aerosol lidar, and 2.1 micron Doppler wind lidar, along with balloon- borne ECC ozonesondes form the core of the W C D instrumentation for addressing this problem. Instrumentation in the associated Mobile Integrated Profiling (MIPS) laboratory includes 91 5Mhz profiler, sodar, and ceilometer. The collocated Applied particle Optics and Radiometry (ApOR) laboratory hosts an FTIR along with MOUDI and optical particle counters. With MODELS-3 analysis by colleagues in the National Space Science and Technology Center on the UAH campus and the co- located National Weather Service Forecasting Office in Huntsville, AL we are developing a unique facility for advancing the state of the science of pollution forecasting.
Document ID
20040129583
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Newchurch, Michael J.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Fuller, Kirk A.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Bowdle, David A.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Johnson, Steven
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Knupp, Kevin
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Gillani, Noor
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Biazar, Arastoo
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Mcnider, Richard T.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Burris, John
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2004
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Optical Science and Technology 49th Annual Meeting
Location: Denver, CO
Country: United States
Start Date: August 2, 2004
End Date: August 6, 2004
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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