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National Science Foundation Award #0513116

Real-Time Size and Composition Aerosol Measurements on the NSF C-130 Aircraft and Integrated Data Analysis

 
Investigator(s): Jose Jimenez (PI) ; Edward Dunlea (Co-PI)
Sponsor: University of Colorado at Boulder, CO 80309 3034926221
Start Date/Expiration Date 2005-10-01 to 2006-09-30 (amended 2005-09-06)
Awarded Amount to Date: $100,000
Abstract: This project supports the deployment of an aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) with time-of-flight capability on the NSF C-130 aircraft during the 2006 Megacities Impacts on Regional and Global Environments (MIRAGE) Campaign to be conducted in Mexico City and the Intercontinental and Megacity Pollution Experiment (IMPEX). This project is being jointly supported by NSF and NASA. The AMS instrument will deliver size-resolved information on the chemical composition of aerosols. The analysis of these data will yield information on the sources and of the aerosols and their transformations as they undergo long-range transport. Special attention will be given to the organic content of the aerosols, by combining data by several investigators making airborne measurements, ground-based measurements, and models including box models and back-trajectory analysis. This information will address important questions about gas/aerosol evolution and properties and their climatic effects. The award will contribute to the education of a graduate student and a post-doctoral researcher.
NSF Org: ATM - Division of Atmospheric Sciences
Award Number: 0513116
Award Instrument: Continuing grant
Program Manager: Anne-Marie Schmoltner
ATM Division of Atmospheric Sciences
GEO Directorate for Geosciences
NSF Program(s): ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
Field Application(s): Other nsf.applications NEC
Program Reference Code(s): GLOBAL TROPOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, 1309
Program Element Code(s): 1524