NARSTO PM Assessment NARSTO PM Assessment Chapter 5: Spatial and Temporal Pattern TOC Introduction Data Global Pattern NAM Dust NAM Smoke NAM Haze NAM Total PM Local PM Seasonal Chemical Composition over N. America TOCIntroductionDataGlobal PatternNAM DustNAM SmokeNAM Total PM Section Contents Introduction Methodology Remote ‘Global’ Sites Sites Peripheral to Eastern N America Mid-Atlantic Region Central Eastern US Region Upper Midwest TX, NM Arizona Grand Canyon Idaho California – Remote California – Perturbed Northwest - Perturbed
Background
Chemical Speciation of the Fine Mass Based on IMPROVEIMPROVE See Sisler & MalmSisler & Malm Over the remote Eastern US, sulfates dominate the Fine Mass The Southeast is also influenced by ‘smoke’ (organics+LAC) and dust. Over the West, organics, nitrates and dust dominate
Methodology Shenandoah
Remote ‘Global’ Sites Denali (640 m) Virgin Islands (46 m) Mauna Loa (3398 m)
Sites Peripheral to Eastern N America Badlands (scale 0-15 ug/m3) Big Bend (scale 0-15 ug/m3) Voyageurs (scale 0-15 ug/m3) Acadia Everglades
Sites Peripheral to Eastern N America Fine Mass Badlands (scale 0-15 ug/m3) Big Bend (scale 0-15 ug/m3) Voyageurs (scale 0-15 ug/m3) Acadia Everglades
Sites Peripheral to Eastern N America Fine Dust Badlands Big Bend VoyageursAcadia Everglades
Sites Peripheral to Eastern N America Carbonaceous Badlands Big Bend VoyageursAcadia Everglades
New England Region Lye Brook MoosehornAcadia
New England Region Fine mass Lye Brook MoosehornAcadia
New England Region Fine Dust Lye Brook Acadia
Mid-Atlantic Region Shenandoah Washington DCBrigantine Dolly SodsJefferson
Mid-Atlantic Region Fine mass Shenandoah Washington DCBrigantine Dolly SodsJefferson
Mid-Atlantic Region Fine dust Shenandoah Washington DCBrigantine Dolly SodsJefferson
Central Eastern US Region Upper BuffaloMammoth CaveShining Rock G.Smoky Mtn. Sipsy
Central Eastern US Region Fine mass Upper BuffaloMammoth CaveShining Rock G.Smoky Mtn. Sipsy
Central Eastern US Region Fine dust Upper BuffaloMammoth CaveShining Rock G.Smoky Mtn. Sipsy
Upper Midwest Badlands Voyageurs
Upper Midwest Fine mass Badlands Voyageurs
Upper Midwest Fine dust Badlands Voyageurs
NM –S Arizona Chiricahua Tonto SaguaroBandelier Guadalupe
NM –S Arizona Chiricahua Tonto SaguaroBandelier Guadalupe
NM Chiricahua Bandelier White RiverGuadalupe Big Bend
Arizona Tonto Petrified For.Saguaro Chiricahua
Grand Canyon Tonto Petrified For.Saguaro Chiricahua
Idaho Tonto Three SistersYellowstone Bridger Jawbridge Great Basin
California - Remote Bliss State (2043 m) Lessen (1800 m) Crater Lake (1980 m) Point Reyes (38 m, Beach)
California - Perturbed Yosemite S. Lake TahoeSequoia San Gorgonio Pinnacles
Northwest - Perturbed Abbotsford (0 m) Chilliwack (9 m) Puget Sound (99 m) Columbia River (90 m) Mt. Rainier (436 m)