CARESSURFMET
Carbonaceous Aerosol and Radiation Effects Study (CARES) - Surface Meteorological Sounding
26 May 2010 - 7 July 2010
Lead Scientist: Rahul Zaveri
Observatory: aaf, osc
The primary objective of the CARES is to study the evolution of carbonaceous aerosols and their optical and hygroscopic properties in the Sacramento urban plume as it is advected to the northeast. Carbonaceous aerosols, which include black carbon (BC), urban primary organic aerosols (POA), biomass burning aerosols (BBA), and secondary organic aerosols (SOA) from both urban and biogenic precursors, play a major role in the direct and indirect radiative forcing of climate. However, significant knowledge gaps and uncertainties still exist in the process level understanding of: 1) SOA formation, 2) BC mixing state evolution, and 3) the optical and hygroscopic properties of fresh and aged carbonaceous aerosols. The proposed instruments will provide essential meteorological information about atmospheric structure and transport.
Co-Investigators
Daniel Cziczo |
William Shaw |
Timeline
- Parent Campaign
- Sibling Campaign
Related Publications
2023
Wang J, J Wang, R Cai, C Liu, J Jiang, W Nie, J Wang, N Moteki, R Zaveri, X Huang, N Ma, G Chen, Z Wang, Y Jin, J Cai, Y Zhang, X Chi, B Holanda, J Xing, T Liu, X Qi, Q Wang, C Pöhlker, H Su, Y Cheng, S Wang, J Hao, M Andreae, and A Ding. 2023. "Unified theoretical framework for black carbon mixing state allows greater accuracy of climate effect estimation." Nature Communications, 14(1), 10.1038/s41467-023-38330-x.
2016
Shrivastava M, C Zhao, RC Easter, Y Qian, A Zelenyuk, JD Fast, Y Liu, Q Zhang, and A Guenther. 2016. "Sensitivity analysis of simulated SOA loadings using a variance-based statistical approach." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 8(2), 10.1002/2015ms000554.
Research Highlight
Zhao C, M Huang, JD Fast, LK Berg, Y Qian, A Guenther, D Gu, M Shrivastava, Y Liu, S Walters, G Pfister, J Jin, JE Shilling, and C Warneke. 2016. "Sensitivity of biogenic volatile organic compounds to land surface parameterizations and vegetation distributions in California." Geoscientific Model Development, 9(5), 10.5194/gmd-9-1959-2016.
Research Highlight
Cappa CD, KR Kolesar, X Zhang, DB Atkinson, MS Pekour, RA Zaveri, A Zelenyuk, and Q Zhang. 2016. "Understanding the optical properties of ambient sub- and supermicron particulate matter: results from the CARES 2010 field study in northern California." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16(10), 10.5194/acp-16-6511-2016.
Kleinman L, C Kuang, A Sedlacek, G Senum, S Springston, J Wang, Q Zhang, J Jayne, J Fast, J Hubbe, J Shilling, and R Zaveri. 2016. "What do correlations tell us about anthropogenic–biogenic interactions and SOA formation in the Sacramento plume during CARES?" Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16(3), 10.5194/acp-16-1729-2016.
2014
Wang B, RE O'Brien, ST Kelly, JE Shilling, RC Moffet, MK Gilles, and A Laskin. 2014. "Reactivity of Liquid and Semisolid Secondary Organic Carbon with Chloride and Nitrate in Atmospheric Aerosols." The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 119(19), 10.1021/jp510336q.
Knopf DA, PA Alpert, B Wang, RE O'Brien, ST Kelly, A Laskin, MK Gilles, and RC Moffet. 2014. "Microspectroscopic imaging and characterization of individually identified ice nucleating particles from a case field study." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119(17), 10.1002/2014jd021866.
Setyan A, C Song, M Merkel, WB Knighton, TB Onasch, MR Canagaratna, DR Worsnop, A Wiedensohler, J Shilling, and Q Zhang. 2014. "Chemistry of new particle growth in mixed urban and biogenic emissions: Insights from CARES." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14(13), 10.5194/acp-14-6477-2014.
2012
Cahill JF, K Suski, JH Seinfeld, RA Zaveri, and KA Prather. 2012. "The mixing state of carbonaceous aerosol particles in Northern and Southern California measured during CARES and CalNex 2010." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12(22), 10.5194/acp-12-10989-2012.
Research Highlight
Fast JD, WI Gustafson, LK Berg, WJ Shaw, M Pekour, M Shrivastava, JC Barnard, RA Ferrare, CA Hostetler, JA Hair, M Erickson, BT Jobson, B Flowers, MK Dubey, S Springston, RB Pierce, L Dolislager, J Pederson, and RA Zaveri. 2012. "Transport and mixing patterns over Central California during the carbonaceous aerosol and radiative effects study (CARES)." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12(4), 10.5194/acp-12-1759-2012.
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Campaign Data Sets
IOP Participant | Data Source Name | Final Data |
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Dean Atkinson | Cavity Ring-down Transmissometer and Radiance Research Nephelometer- T0 Site | Order Data |
Dean Atkinson | Humidity Controlled Cavity Ring-down Transmissometer (HCCRDT)- T1 Site | Order Data |
James Barnard | Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer- T0 Site | Order Data |
James Barnard | PSP Radiometer | Order Data |
James Barnard | PSP Radiometer- T0 Site | Order Data |
Larry Berg | Radar Wind Profiler- T1 Site | Order Data |
Larry Berg | Radiosonde Data | Order Data |
Larry Berg | Sodar- T1 Site | Order Data |
Larry Berg | Surface Meteorology- T0 Site | Order Data |
Manvendra Dubey | Carbon Monoxide and Nitrous Oxide | Order Data |
Jerome Fast | Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model Output | Order Data |
Bertram Jobson | Aerodynamic Part Sizer | Order Data |
Bertram Jobson | Carbon Monoxide - G1 Aircraft | Order Data |
Bertram Jobson | Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry | Order Data |
Bertram Jobson | Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer | Order Data |
Alena Kubatova | High Volume Aerosol Sampler- T0 Site | Order Data |
Alexander Laskin | Time Resolved Aerosol Collectors | Order Data |
Nels Laulainen | Actinic Flux- T1 Site | Order Data |
Nels Laulainen | JNO2- T0 Site | Order Data |
Claudio Mazzoleni | Scanning Electron Microscope- T1 Site | Order Data |
Arthur Sedlacek | Aethalometer- T1 Site | Order Data |
Chen Song | Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer and CPC- T0 Site | Order Data |
Chen Song | Sulfur Dioxide Analyzer- T0 Site | Order Data |
R. Subramanian | Single Particle Soot Photometer | Order Data |
Xiao-Ying Yu | Organic and Elemental Carbon Analysis- T0 Site | Order Data |
Alla Zelenyuk-Imre | Single Particle Laser Ablasion Time II- T0 Site | Order Data |
Qi Zhang | Particle-Into-Liquid Sampler (PILS) | Order Data |
Qi Zhang | Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer | Order Data |
Qi Zhang | Time of Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer | Order Data |