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- Title
The winter 2019 air pollution (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) measurement campaign in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Authors
Dale, Ethan R.; Kremser, Stefanie; Tradowsky, Jordis S.; Bodeker, Greg E.; Bird, Leroy J.; Olivares, Gustavo; Coulson, Guy; Somervell, Elizabeth; Pattinson, Woodrow; Barte, Jonathan; Schmidt, Jan-Niklas; Abrahim, Nariefa; McDonald, Adrian J.; Kuma, Peter
- Abstract
MAPM (Mapping Air Pollution eMissions) is a project whose goal is to develop a method to infer particulate matter (PM) emissions maps from in situ PM concentration measurements. In support of MAPM, a winter field campaign was conducted in New Zealand in 2019 (June to September) to obtain the measurements required to test and validate the MAPM methodology. Two different types of instruments measuring PM were deployed: ES-642 remote dust monitors (17 instruments) and Outdoor Dust Information Nodes (ODINs; 50 instruments). The measurement campaign was bracketed by two intercomparisons where all instruments were co-located, with a permanently installed Tapered Element Oscillating Membrane (TEOM) instrument, to determine any instrument biases. Changes in biases between the pre-and post-campaign intercomparisons were used to determine instrument drift over the campaign period. Once deployed, each ES-642 was co-located with an ODIN. In addition to the PM measurements, meteorological variables (temperature, pressure, wind speed and wind direction) were measured at three automatic weather station (AWS) sites established as part of the campaign, with additional data being sourced from 27 further AWSs operated by other agencies. Vertical profile measurements were made in two intensive radiosonde subcampaigns and were supplemented with measurements made with a mini micropulse lidar and ceilometer. Here we present the data collected during the campaign and discuss the correction of the measurements made by various PM instruments. We find that for while for the ODINs a correction based on environmental conditions is beneficial, this results in over-fitting and increased uncertainties when applied to the measurements obtained using the more sophisticated ES-642s. We also compare PM2.5 and PM10 measured by ODINs which, in some cases, allows us to identify PM from natural and anthropogenic sources. The PM data collected during the campaign are publicly available from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4023402 (Dale et al., 2020b), the data from other instruments are available from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4021685 (Dale et al., 2020a).
- Subjects
CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.); NEW Zealand; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); AUTOMATIC meteorological stations; ACQUISITION of data; PARTICULATE matter; AIR pollution; WIND power; WIND speed
- Publication
Earth System Science Data Discussions, 2020, p1
- ISSN
1866-3591
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/essd-2020-276