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AMAZE-08 Aerosol Characterization and Meteorological Data, Central Amazon Basin: 2008

Creator: ORNL_CLOUD
Keywords: Aerosol Particle Properties,Particulate Matter,Organic Particles,Boundary Layer Winds,Nitrate Particles,Humidity,Photosynthetically Active Radiation,Rain,Solar Radiation,Aerosol Backscatter,Volatile Organic Compounds,Trace Gases/Trace Species,Cloud Condensation Nuclei,Air Temperature

AMAZE-08_1308

Version

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1308

Citation

Center/Project

Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC)

Data at a Glance

Data Format

CSV

Dataset Size

10.055 MB

Spatial Extent

N: -2.4282 S: -2.75745 E: -60.0272 W: -60.3678

Temporal Extent

2008-02-05 to 2008-04-21

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Description

This data set provides measurements from the Amazonian Aerosol Characterization Experiment (AMAZE-08) carried out during the wet season from February 4 to March 21, 2008 in the central Amazon Basin. Aerosol and atmospheric samples and measurements were collected at Tower TT34 located 60 km NNW of downtown Manaus, and at Tower K34, located 1.6 km from the TT34 site. Physical characterization of aerosols included size, mass, and number distributions and light scattering properties. Chemical characterization included mass concentrations of organics, major anions and cations, and trace metals. Aerosol sources were estimated with measurements of black carbon and biogenic particles. Meteorological and atmospheric conditions including relative humidity, temperature, wind speed and direction, rain, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), downward and upward solar irradiance, and condensation nuclei were measured. Atmospheric trace gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were sampled and analyzed.

Product Summary

Platforms

LABORATORY ,

FIELD SURVEYS

Instruments

LOPC-PMS ,

MASS SPECTROMETERS ,

CNC ,

AEROSOL/CLOUD PARTICLE SIZER

Spatial Extent

N: -2.4282 S: -2.75745 E: -60.0272 W: -60.3678

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

2008-02-05 to 2008-04-21

Data Partner

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)

Concept ID

C2773255819-ORNL_CLOUD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

Processing Level

Published

2016-08-09

Updated

2016-08-09

Science Keywords

Aerosol Particle Properties ,

Particulate Matter ,

Organic Particles ,

Boundary Layer Winds ,

Nitrate Particles ,

Humidity ,

Photosynthetically Active Radiation ,

Rain ,

Solar Radiation ,

Aerosol Backscatter ,

Volatile Organic Compounds ,

Trace Gases/Trace Species ,

Cloud Condensation Nuclei ,

Air Temperature

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Martin, S. T., Artaxo, P. E., Chen, Q., Guenther, A. B., Gunthe, S. S., Jimenez, J. L., Manzi, A. O., Prenni, K. L., Poschl, U., Schneider, J., & Swietlicki, E. (2016). AMAZE-08 Aerosol Characterization and Meteorological Data, Central Amazon Basin: 2008 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1308 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

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Analysis of the Influence of Deforestation on the Microphysical	2022	da Silva, Helder Jose Farias, Goncalves, Weber Andrade, Bezerra, Bergson Guedes, Santos e Silva, Claudio Moises, Oliveira, Cristiano Prestrelo de, Mutti, Pedro Rodrigues	Aerosol Particle Properties, Particulate Matter, Organic Particles, Boundary Layer Winds, Nitrate Particles, Humidity, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Rain, Solar Radiation, Aerosol Backscatter, Volatile Organic Compounds, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Air Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Precipitation
Simulation of organics in the atmosphere: evaluation of EMACv2. 54 with the Mainz Organic Mechanism (MOM) coupled to the ORACLE (v1. 0) submodel	2022	Pozzer, Andrea, Reifenberg, Simon F., Kumar, Vinod, Franco, Bruno, Kohl, Matthias, Taraborrelli, Domenico, Gromov, Sergey, Ehrhart, Sebastian, Jockel, Patrick, Sander, Rolf, Fall, Veronica, Rosanka, Simon, Karydis, Vlassis, Akritidis, Dimitris, Emmerichs, Tamara, Crippa, Monica, Guizzardi, Diego, Kaiser, Johannes W., Clarisse, Lieven, Kiendler-Scharr, Astrid, Tost, Holger, Tsimpidi, Alexandra	Biomass Burning, Halocarbons And Halogens, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Sulfur Compounds, Air Quality, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Atmospheric Ozone, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Fossil Fuel Burning, Industrial Emissions, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Dioxide, Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Nitrogen Oxides, Aerosol Particle Properties, Particulate Matter, Organic Particles, Boundary Layer Winds, Nitrate Particles, Humidity, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Rain, Solar Radiation, Aerosol Backscatter, Volatile Organic Compounds, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Air Temperature, Formaldehyde, Nitrogen Compounds, Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Peroxyacyl Nitrate, Smog