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CAESAR: University of California, Riverside Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) Data

Summary

Black carbon data including number concentrations of refractory black carbon particles, and number concentration of scattering particles from the University of California - Riverside Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) that was deployed on the NSF NCAR C-130 aircraft for the CAESAR campaign.

Archive note

No data are available for RF08 (25 Mar).

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

authorization required

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/RWTP-W4E0-H30B
Data Quality	final
Versions	0.1 (2024-05-20): Preliminary in-field data. 1.0 (2025-03-31): Final processed data. (Only the current version of the data is available to order. If you have questions about a prior version, please email us.)
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Related projects	CAESAR: Cold Air Outbreak Experiment in the Sub-Arctic Region
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Grant Code	NSF AGS-2150769
Platforms	NSF NCAR C-130
Instruments	SP2 - Single-Particle Soot Photometer
GCMD Science Keywords	AEROSOL CONCENTRATION AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTION BLACK CARBON CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS Expand keywords
Documentation	Black_Carbon_Data.pdf [399 KiB] Calibration_Report_SP2_2307-116.pdf [385 KiB] DOC-0092-G-SP2-Software-Manual.pdf [4 MiB] DOC-0171-H-SP2-Operator-Manual.pdf [2 MiB] DOC-0359_B-PSI-SP2-Toolkit-Manual.pdf [2 MiB] SP2_2307-116_Calibration_Info.xlsx [30 KiB]
Restrictions	authorization required
Related links	info: CAESAR Data Policy homepage: CAESAR EOL Homepage info: CAESAR Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2024-02-28 11:40:00
End datetime	2024-04-03 16:00:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 82.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 66.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -14.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 24.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

author: Markus Petters <markus.petters@ucr.edu>
author: Lintong Cai <lcai031@ucr.edu>

Citation

Petters, M., Cai, L. 2025. CAESAR: University of California, Riverside Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/RWTP-W4E0-H30B. Accessed 03 Apr 2025.

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