TXAQS
2000 Houston, Texas Air Quality Study
19 August 2000 - 12 September 2000
Lead Scientist: Peter Daum
Observatory: osc, osc
Over 250 scientists and technicians from over 40 organizations participated in TexAQS 2000, a major air quality study focused on Houston, Texas. The study was one of the largest, most comprehensive and sophisticated studies of urban air quality that has ever been conducted in the US. Resources for the program included five aircraft; major chemistry sites at Laporte airport adjacent to the Houston Ship Channel, and on the 62nd floor of Williams Tower on the west side of Houston; EPA-funded (U. of Texas GC-ARCH Program) aerosol/chemistry sites located up, in, and downwind wind of the Ship Channel, and; a well-developed ozone/aerosol monitoring network supported by TNRCC, the City of Houston, and a consortium of industries in the Houston area. Meteorological resources included five wind profilers, and three rawinsonde launch sites.
Co-Investigators
| James Meagher |
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2023
Tang Q, J Golaz, L Van Roekel, M Taylor, W Lin, B Hillman, P Ullrich, A Bradley, O Guba, J Wolfe, T Zhou, K Zhang, X Zheng, Y Zhang, M Zhang, M Wu, H Wang, C Tao, B Singh, A Rhoades, Y Qin, H Li, Y Feng, Y Zhang, C Zhang, C Zender, S Xie, E Roesler, A Roberts, A Mametjanov, M Maltrud, N Keen, R Jacob, C Jablonowski, O Hughes, R Forsyth, A Di Vittorio, P Caldwell, G Bisht, R McCoy, L Leung, and D Bader. 2023. "The fully coupled regionally refined model of E3SM version 2: overview of the atmosphere, land, and river results." Geoscientific Model Development, 16(13), 10.5194/gmd-16-3953-2023.
2008
Fan J, R Zhang, W Tao, and KI Mohr. 2008. "Effects of aerosol optical properties on deep convective clouds and radiative forcing." Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 113(D8), D08209, 10.1029/2007jd009257.
2006
Fast JD, WI Gustafson, Jr., RC Easter, RA Zaveri, JC Barnard, EG Chapman, and GA Grell. 2006. "Evolution of ozone, particulates, and aerosol direct forcing in an urban area using a new fully-coupled meteorology, chemistry, and aerosol model." Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 111(D21), D21305, 10.1029/2005jd006721.
2005
Zamora R, E Dutton, M Trainer, S McKeen, JM Wilczak, and Y Hou. 2005. "The Accuracy of Solar Irradiance Calculations Used in Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction." Monthly Weather Review, 133(4), 10.1175/mwr2886.1.
Kleinman LI. 2005. "The dependence of tropospheric ozone production rate on ozone precursors." Atmospheric Environment, 39(3), 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.08.047.
2004
Jobson BT, CM Berkowitz, WC Kuster, PD Goldan, EJ Williams, F Fehsenfeld, E Apel, TG Karl, WA Lonneman, and D Riemer. 2004. "Hydrocarbon source signatures in Houston, Texas: Influence of the petrochemical industry." Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(D24), D24305, 10.1029/2004jd004887.
Daum PH, LI Kleinman, SR Springston, LJ Nummermacker, Y Lee, J Weinstein-Lloyd, J Zheng, and CM Berkowitz. 2004. "Origin and properties of plumes of high ozone observed during the Texas 2000 Air Quality Study (TexAQS 2000)." Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 109(D17), D17306, 10.1029/2003jd004311.
Jiang G and JD Fast. 2004. "Modeling the effects of VOC and NOX emission sources on ozone formation in Houston during the TexAQS 2000 field campaign." Atmospheric Environment, 38(30), 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.06.012.
Gaffney JS, NA Marley, and MM Cunningham. 2004. "Natural radionuclides in fine aerosols in the Pittsburgh area." Atmospheric Environment, 38(20), 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.03.015.
Berkowitz CM, BT Jobson, G Jiang, CW Spicer, and PV Doskey. 2004. "Chemical and meteorological characteristics associated with rapid increases of O3 in Houston, Texas." Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 109(D10), D10307, 10.1029/2003jd004141.
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Campaign Data Sets
| IOP Participant | Data Source Name | Final Data |
|---|---|---|
| John Hubbe | Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe | Order Data |
| John Hubbe | Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry | Order Data |
| John Hubbe | Gas Monitors | Order Data |
| John Hubbe | PSP Radiometer | Order Data |
| John Hubbe | Particle Soot Absorption Photometer - G-1 Aircraft | Order Data |
| John Hubbe | Particle-Into-Liquid Sampler (PILS) | Order Data |
| John Hubbe | Passive Cavity Aerosol Spectrometer | Order Data |