Dataset: GN01 Total Aerosol Concentrations
Deployment: HLY1502

Concentrations of aerosol trace elements collected from bulk aerosol samples on the 2015 US GEOTRACES Western Arctic Transect

Principal Investigator:

Clifton S. Buck (Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, SkIO)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Yuan Gao (Rutgers University)

William M. Landing (Florida State University EOAS, FSU - EOAS)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Collaborative Research: GEOTRACES Arctic Section: Sampling and Analysis of Atmospheric Deposition (GEOTRACES Arctic Atmospheric Deposition)

U.S. Arctic GEOTRACES Study (GN01) (U.S. GEOTRACES Arctic)

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Deployment Synonyms:

GN01, U.S. GEOTRACES Arctic, 32H120150809

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/726069/data

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Description

This dataset contains concentrations of aerosol trace elements collected from bulk aerosol samples on the 2015 US GEOTRACES Western Arctic Transect (USCG Healy GN01).

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

A total of fourteen 3-4 day integrated aerosol samples were collected during the US GEOTRACES Western Arctic research cruise (hereafter known as GN01), which took place from 9th August to 12th October 2015 on the USCGC Healy (cruise HLY1502). The cruise track consisted of a northward transect from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, across the Bering Sea, through the Bering Strait and across the Makarov Basin to the North Pole, followed by a return transect across the Canada Basin and back across the Bering Sea to Dutch Harbor.

Bulk aerosol samples for multiple trace element analyses were collected using one of five Tisch Environmental high-volume (~1 m³ air min⁻¹) aerosol samplers (model 5170V-BL). For each deployment, 12 replicate 47 mm diameter Whatman 41 filters were loaded on open-face filter holders (Advantec MFS) installed on the aerosol sampler on a PVC adaptor plate (Shelley et al., 2015). Filters were acid-washed before use to reduce trace element blanks, following the procedure described by Morton et al. (2013). The samplers were deployed on the ship's flying bridge, ~23 m above sea level, to minimize the influence of sea spray on samples. Samplers were controlled by wind speed and direction, through a Campbell Scientific CR800 data-logger interfaced with an anemometer and wind vane set up in close proximity to the samplers, in order to eliminate contamination from the ship's stack exhaust. This setup was used to restrict sampling to periods when relative wind speed and direction were >0.5 m s⁻¹ and from within ±60° of the bow of the ship, respectively, for at least five continuous minutes.

Total aerosol was analyzed on a ThermoScientific Element2 high-resolution ICP-MS at Florida State University.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

Data have been corrected for field and analytical blank. Reported aerosol trace element concentrations values have been normalized to the volume of air filtered during sample collection. Each sample collection period (n = 14) produced 36 replicate filters. Three of those filters were digested to produce three replicate measurements of total particulate aerosol concentration. Data from the three replicates were averaged and reported along with the standard deviation. Outliers and replicate samples that were below the field blank value were not included in the mean. Data are marked as described in the datasheet.

Problem Report: The air volume sampled for Event 6197 was too low to produce reliable measurements. All data from this event are marked with the Flag=4.

Notes on concentration averages:
This dataset reports all 3 replicate values, plus the average and standard deviation of replicates, for the following event numbers: 6149, 6236, 6347, 6444. These averages are averages of 3 independent filter sample digestions, except when values were excluded because:
(a) a value was lower than 3x standard deviation of filter blank, or
(b) a value varied from the mean of the other two replicates by more than a factor of three.

A single value/replicate is reported for the following events (thus there are "nd"s in the average and standard deviation columns): 6060, 6123, 6168, 6197, 6267, 6304, 6387, 6424, 6487, 6495.

Quality Flags: Quality flag definitions follow the SeaDataNet Scheme. More information on SeaDataNet flags is available from GEOTRACES at http://www.geotraces.org/library-88/geotraces-policies/1577-geotraces-quality-flag-policy and from SeaDataNet at https://www.seadatanet.org/Standards/Data-Quality-Control. In summary:
BDL - below detection limit,
0 - No QC performed,
1 - Good data,
2 - Probably good data,
3 - Probably bad data that is potentially correctable,
4 - Bad data,
5 - Value changed,
6 - Sample < blank,
8 - Interpolated value,
9 - Missing value.

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:
- replaced blanks (missing data) with "nd";
- modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions;
- added ISO_DateTime_UTC columns;
- 03 June 2020: updated to v2 (GEOTRACES IDP DOoR-formatted version).

More information about this dataset deployment

Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1435871	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
OCE-1437266	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
OCE-1438047	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

Aerosol Sampler

Supplied Name: Tisch Environmental high-volume aerosol samplers

Supplied Description:

Tisch Environmental high-volume (~1 m3 air min-1) aerosol samplers (model 5170V-BL) were used for sample collection.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Aerosol Sampler

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/13/

Generic Description:

A device that collects a sample of aerosol (dry particles or liquid droplets) from the atmosphere.

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

Supplied Name: ThermoScientific Element2 high-resolution ICP-MS

Supplied Description:

Total aerosol was analyzed on a ThermoScientific Element2 high-resolution ICP-MS at Florida State University.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

Acronym: ICP Mass Spec

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB15/

Generic Description:

An ICP Mass Spec is an instrument that passes nebulized samples into an inductively-coupled gas plasma (8-10000 K) where they are atomized and ionized. Ions of specific mass-to-charge ratios are quantified in a quadrupole mass spectrometer.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Station_ID	Station number; not applicable	unitless	station
Start_Date_UTC	Sampling start day (UTC); format: MM/DD/YY	unitless	date
Start_Time_UTC	Sampling start time (UTC); format: hh:mm	unitless	time
Start_ISO_DateTime_UTC	Sampling start date/time (UTC) formatted to ISO8601 standard: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmz	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC
End_Date_UTC	Sampling end day (UTC); format: MM/DD/YY	unitless	date
End_Time_UTC	Sampling end time (UTC); format: hh:mm	unitless	time
End_ISO_DateTime_UTC	Sampling end date/time (UTC) formatted to ISO8601 standard: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmz	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC
Start_Latitude	Sampling start latitude	decimal degrees North	lat
Start_Longitude	Sampling start longitude	decimal degrees East	lon
End_Latitude	Sampling end latitude	decimal degrees North	lat
End_Longitude	Sampling end longitude	decimal degrees East	lon
Event_ID	GEOTRACES event number	unitless	event
Sample_ID	GEOTRACES sample number	unitless	sample
Sample_Depth	Sample depth; not applicable	meters (m)	depth
Al_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_hhnotu	Total particulate aerosol Aluminum (Al) concentration; detection limit: 7.20 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_Al_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_hhnotu	One standard deviation of Al_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_hhnotu	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_Al_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_hhnotu	Quality flag for Al_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_hhnotu	None	q_flag
Cd_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_crirkf	Total particulate aerosol Cadmium (Cd) concentration; detection limit: 0.00014 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_Cd_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_crirkf	One standard deviation of Cd_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_crirkf	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_Cd_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_crirkf	Quality flag for Cd_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_crirkf	None	q_flag
Co_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_hz1byp	Total particulate aerosol Cobalt (Co) concentration; detection limit: 0.005 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_Co_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_hz1byp	One standard deviation of Co_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_hz1byp	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_Co_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_hz1byp	Quality flag for Co_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_hz1byp	None	q_flag
Cr_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_tgwnfu	Total particulate aerosol Chromium (Cr) concentration; detection limit: 0.217 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_Cr_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_tgwnfu	One standard deviation of Cr_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_tgwnfu	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_Cr_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_tgwnfu	Quality flag for Cr_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_tgwnfu	None	q_flag
Cu_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_vryvm8	Total particulate aerosol Copper (Cu) concentration; detection limit: 0.0058 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_Cu_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_vryvm8	One standard deviation of Cu_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_vryvm8	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_Cu_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_vryvm8	Quality flag for Cu_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_vryvm8	None	q_flag
Fe_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_j4eghp	Total particulate aerosol Iron (Fe) concentration; detection limit: 3.33 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_Fe_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_j4eghp	One standard deviation of Fe_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_j4eghp	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_Fe_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_j4eghp	Quality flag for Fe_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_j4eghp	None	q_flag
Mn_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_4917sh	Total particulate aerosol Manganese (Mn) concentration; detection limit: 0.025 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_Mn_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_4917sh	One standard deviation of Mn_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_4917sh	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_Mn_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_4917sh	Quality flag for Mn_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_4917sh	None	q_flag
Ni_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_uyzywk	Total particulate aerosol Nickel (Ni) concentration; detection limit: 0.557 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_Ni_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_uyzywk	One standard deviation of Ni_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_uyzywk	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_Ni_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_uyzywk	Quality flag for Ni_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_uyzywk	None	q_flag
P_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_o8q5bp	Total particulate aerosol Phosphorus (P) concentration; detection limit: 6.20 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_P_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_o8q5bp	One standard deviation of P_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_o8q5bp	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_P_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_o8q5bp	Quality flag for P_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_o8q5bp	None	q_flag
Pb_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_bh8k9t	Total particulate aerosol Lead (Pb) concentration; detection limit: 0.00098 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_Pb_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_bh8k9t	One standard deviation of Pb_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_bh8k9t	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_Pb_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_bh8k9t	Quality flag for Pb_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_bh8k9t	None	q_flag
Ti_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_29sg3r	Total particulate aerosol Titanium (Ti) concentration; detection limit: 1.047 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_Ti_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_29sg3r	One standard deviation of Ti_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_29sg3r	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_Ti_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_29sg3r	Quality flag for Ti_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_29sg3r	None	q_flag
V_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_kqq9rk	Total particulate aerosol Vanadium (V) concentration; detection limit: 0.0081 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_V_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_kqq9rk	One standard deviation of V_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_kqq9rk	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_V_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_kqq9rk	Quality flag for V_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_kqq9rk	None	q_flag
Zn_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_wtmnlj	Total particulate aerosol Zinc (Zn) concentration; detection limit: 0.254 pmol/m3 (detection limit air volume = 200 m3)	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
SD1_Zn_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_wtmnlj	One standard deviation of Zn_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_wtmnlj	picomoles per cubic meter (pmol/m3)	metal_conc_air
Flag_Zn_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_wtmnlj	Quality flag for Zn_A_T_CONC_HIVOL_wtmnlj	None	q_flag

Database

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Dataset: GN01 Total Aerosol Concentrations
Deployment: HLY1502

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Database

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Dataset: GN01 Total Aerosol ConcentrationsDeployment: HLY1502

Dataset acquisition description

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Dataset: GN01 Total Aerosol Concentrations
Deployment: HLY1502