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ArticleBulletin of the American Meteorological Society2021

Coupled Air Quality and Boundary-Layer Meteorology in Western U.S. Basins during Winter: Design and Rationale for a Comprehensive Study.

A Gannet Hallar, Steven S Brown, Erik Crosman, Kelley Barsanti, Christopher D Cappa, Ian Faloona, Jerome Fast, Heather A Holmes, John Horel, John Lin and 35 more

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Article in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

45 authors.

A Gannet HallarDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Steven S BrownNOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO.
Erik CrosmanDepartment of Life, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, West Texas A&M University.
Kelley BarsantiDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California, Riverside.
Christopher D CappaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis 95616 USA.
Ian FaloonaDepartment of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis.
Jerome FastAtmospheric Science and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest, National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA.
Heather A HolmesDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
John HorelDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
John LinDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Ann MiddlebrookNOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO.
Logan MitchellDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Jennifer MurphyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Caroline C WomackCooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado/ NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO.
Viney AnejaDepartment of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University.
Munkhbayar BaasandorjDepartment of Atmopheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Roya BahreiniEnvironmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA.
Robert BantaNOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO.
Casey BrayDepartment of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University.
Alan BrewerNOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO.
Dana CaultonDepartment of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming.
Joost de GouwCooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences & Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
Stephan F J De WekkerDepartment of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia.
Delphine K FarmerDepartment of Chemistry, Colorado State University.
Cassandra J GastonDepartment of Atmospheric Science - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami.
Sebastian HochDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Francesca HopkinsEnvironmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside.
Nakul N KarleEnvironmental Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX.
James T KellyOffice of Air Quality Planning and Standards, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC.
Kerry KellyChemical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Neil LareauAtmospheric Sciences and Environmental Sciences and Health, University of Nevada, Reno, NV.
Keding LuState Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China, 100871.
Roy L MauldinNational Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA.
Derek V MalliaDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Randal MartinCivil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Logan, UT.
Daniel MendozaDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Holly J OldroydDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis.
Yelena PichuginaNOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO.
Kerri A PrattDepartment of Chemistry, University of Michigan.
Pablo SaideDepartment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles.
Phillip J SilvaFood Animal Environmental Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Bowling Green, KY.
William SimpsonDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6160.
Britton B StephensEarth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO.
Jochen StutzDepartment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.
Amy SullivanDepartment of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wintertime episodes of high aerosol concentrations occur frequently in urban and agricultural basins and valleys worldwide. These episodes often arise following development of persistent cold-air pools (PCAPs) that limit mixing and modify chemistry. While field campaigns targeting either basin meteorology or wintertime pollution chemistry have been conducted, coupling between interconnected chemical and meteorological processes remains an insufficiently studied research area. Gaps in understanding the coupled chemical-meteorological interactions that drive high pollution events make identification of the most effective air-basin specific emission control strategies challenging. To address this, a September 2019 workshop occurred with the goal of planning a future research campaign to investigate air quality in Western U.S. basins. Approximately 120 people participated, representing 50 institutions and 5 countries. Workshop participants outlined the rationale and design for a comprehensive wintertime study that would couple atmospheric chemistry and boundary-layer and complex-terrain meteorology within western U.S. basins. Participants concluded the study should focus on two regions with contrasting aerosol chemistry: three populated valleys within Utah (Salt Lake, Utah, and Cache Valleys) and the San Joaquin Valley in California. This paper describes the scientific rationale for a campaign that will acquire chemical and meteorological datasets using airborne platforms with extensive range, coupled to surface-based measurements focusing on sampling within the near-surface boundary layer, and transport and mixing processes within this layer, with high vertical resolution at a number of representative sites. No prior wintertime basin-focused campaign has provided the breadth of observations necessary to characterize the meteorological-chemical linkages outlined here, nor to validate complex processes within coupled atmosphere-chemistry models.

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PMID34446943
PMCPMC8384125

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