Methane and Ethane Observations for Boston, MA, 2012-2020

Description

This dataset provides the hourly average of continuous atmospheric measurements of methane (CH4) from two urban sites and three boundary sites in and around Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., from September 2012-May 2020, measured with Picarro cavity ring down spectrometers (CRDS). Five-minute average atmospheric measurements of ethane (C2H6) and methane at Copley Square in Boston, MA, are also provided, with ethane measured with a laser spectrometer and methane measured with a Picarro CRDS. Background CH4 concentrations for the urban sites were determined using Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model trajectories at the boundary of the study region based on measurements at three boundary sites and wind direction from the North American Mesoscale Forecast System (NAM) 12-kilometer meteorology.

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5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=Methane_Ethane_MA_NH_1982&ac=true
21 https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1982
57 Methane_Ethane_MA_NH_1982.zip https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/Methane_Ethane_MA_NH_1982.zip
34 Methane_Ethane_MA_NH_Fig1.png https://daac.ornl.gov/CMS/guides/Methane_Ethane_MA_NH_Fig1.png
33 Methane_Ethane_MA_NH.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/cms/Methane_Ethane_MA_NH/comp/Methane_Ethane_MA_NH.pdf
5 https://daac.ornl.gov%2FCMS%2Fguides%2FMethane_Ethane_MA_NH.html
5 https://doi.org%2F10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1982
5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fprotected%2Fbundle%2FMethane_Ethane_MA_NH_1982.zip
5 https://daac.ornl.gov%2FCMS%2Fguides%2FMethane_Ethane_MA_NH_Fig1.png
5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpublic%2Fcms%2FMethane_Ethane_MA_NH%2Fcomp%2FMethane_Ethane_MA_NH.pdf
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%3Fq%3DMethane_Ethane_MA_NH_1982%26ac%3Dtrue

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  • earth-science-atmospheric-chemistry-atmosphere-carbon-and-hydrocarbon-compounds-methane
  • earth-science-atmospheric-chemistry-atmosphere-carbon-and-hydrocarbon-compounds-non-methane-hyd

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