NARSTO PM Assessment Chapter 5: Spatial and Temporal Pattern TOC Introduction Data Global Pattern NA

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NARSTO PM AssessmentChapter 5 Spatial and
Temporal PatternTOC Introduction Data Global
Pattern NAM Dust NAM Smoke NAM Haze NAM Total
PM Local PM Seasonal Chemical Composition over
N. America

• 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

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Background
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Chemical Speciation of the Fine Mass

• Based on IMPROVE
• See Sisler Malm

• Over the remote Eastern US, sulfates dominate the
  Fine Mass
• The Southeast is also influenced by smoke
  (organicsLAC) and dust.
• Over the West, organics, nitrates and dust
  dominate

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Methodology
Shenandoah
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Remote Global Sites
Denali (640 m)
Virgin Islands (46 m)
Mauna Loa (3398 m)
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Sites Peripheral to Eastern N America
Voyageurs (scale 0-15 ug/m3)
Acadia
Badlands (scale 0-15 ug/m3)
Big Bend (scale 0-15 ug/m3)
Everglades
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Sites Peripheral to Eastern N America
Voyageurs (scale 0-15 ug/m3)
Acadia
Badlands (scale 0-15 ug/m3)
Big Bend (scale 0-15 ug/m3)
Everglades

• Fine Mass

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Sites Peripheral to Eastern N America
Voyageurs
Acadia
Badlands
Big Bend
Everglades

• Fine Dust

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Sites Peripheral to Eastern N America
Voyageurs
Acadia
Badlands
Big Bend
Everglades

• Carbonaceous

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New England Region
Moosehorn
Acadia
Lye Brook
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New England Region
Moosehorn
Acadia
Lye Brook

• Fine mass

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New England Region
Acadia
Lye Brook

• Fine Dust

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Mid-Atlantic Region
Washington DC
Brigantine
Shenandoah
Dolly Sods
Jefferson
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Mid-Atlantic Region
Washington DC
Brigantine
Shenandoah
Dolly Sods
Jefferson

• Fine mass

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Mid-Atlantic Region
Washington DC
Brigantine
Shenandoah
Dolly Sods
Jefferson

• Fine dust

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Central Eastern US Region
Upper Buffalo
Mammoth Cave
Shining Rock
G.Smoky Mtn.
Sipsy
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Central Eastern US Region
Upper Buffalo
Mammoth Cave
Shining Rock
G.Smoky Mtn.
Sipsy

• Fine mass

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Central Eastern US Region
Upper Buffalo
Mammoth Cave
Shining Rock
G.Smoky Mtn.
Sipsy

• Fine dust

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Upper Midwest
Voyageurs
Badlands
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Upper Midwest
Voyageurs
Badlands

• Fine mass

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Upper Midwest
Voyageurs
Badlands

• Fine dust

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NM S Arizona
Saguaro
Bandelier
Tonto
Chiricahua
Guadalupe
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NM S Arizona
Saguaro
Bandelier
Tonto
Chiricahua
Guadalupe
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NM
White River
Guadalupe
Bandelier
Chiricahua
Big Bend
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Arizona
Petrified For.
Saguaro
Tonto
Chiricahua
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Grand Canyon
Petrified For.
Saguaro
Tonto
Chiricahua
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Idaho
Three Sisters
Yellowstone
Tonto
Jawbridge
Bridger
Great Basin
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California - Remote
Lessen (1800 m)
Bliss State (2043 m)
Crater Lake (1980 m)
Point Reyes (38 m, Beach)
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California - Perturbed
S. Lake Tahoe
Sequoia
Yosemite
San Gorgonio
Pinnacles
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Northwest - Perturbed
Abbotsford (0 m)
Chilliwack (9 m)
Puget Sound (99 m)
Columbia River (90 m)
Mt. Rainier (436 m)
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