AOS: 3 wavelength Particle Soot Absorption Photometer 1 minute averages (aospsap3w1m)

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The particle soot absorption photometer collects aerosol particles on a substrate and measures the change in light transmission relative to a reference filter. Bulk particle absorption is derived after correcting for scattering effects.

The PSAP is part of the aerosol observing system (AOS).

Location

MOSAIC (Drifting Obs - Study of Arctic Climate); Mobile Facility - MOSAIC (Drifting Obs - Study of Arctic Climate); AMF2
  • Latitude: 87.3859550524503
  • Longitude: 105.742372199893
  • Publication Date: 2019-10-11
  • Start Date: 2019-10-11
  • End Date: 2020-10-01
  • Last Updated: 2021-08-05

Instrument Mentor

https://www.arm.gov/connect-with-arm/organization/instrument-mentors/list#psap

Rebecca Trojanowski
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Elisabeth Andrews
University of Colorado
Cynthia Salwen
Brookhaven National Laboratory

DOI / Citation

None
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2019. Particle Soot Absorption Photometer (AOSPSAP3W1M). 2019-10-11 to 2020-10-01, ARM Mobile Facility (MOS) MOSAIC (Drifting Obs - Study of Arctic Climate); AMF2 (M1). Compiled by R. Trojanowski, S. Springston and C. Salwen. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed