NARSTO EPA Supersite (SS) Houston, Texas Air Quality Study 2000 (TexAQS2000) Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 Organic Speciation Data

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The NARSTO_EPA_SS_HOUSTON_TEXAQS2000_PM25_ORG_DATA is North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone (NARSTO) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Supersite (SS) Houston, Texas Air Quality Study 2000 (TexAQS2000) Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 Organic Speciation Data. This file contains 24-hour integrated organic speciation of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) collected August 15, 2000 through September 30, 2000 at the HRM Site 3, Aldine, and La Porte Houston Supersite monitoring locations during TexAQS2000. The filters were extracted with hexane and benzene: isopropanol. Polar compounds were analyzed after derivatization with either diazomethane or bis-trimethylsilyl-trifluoroacetamide. All compounds were quantified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The Houston Supersite is one of several Supersites that was established in urban areas within the United States by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to better understand the measurement, sources, and health effects of suspended particulate matter (PM). The overall goals were to characterize the composition and identify the sources of particulate matter in Southeastern Texas, to develop and test new methods for characterizing fine particulate matter, and to collect data on the physical and chemical characterization of fine particulate matter that can be used to support exposure and health effects studies. NARSTO, which has since disbanded, was a public/private partnership, whose membership spanned across government, utilities, industry, and academe throughout Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The primary mission was to coordinate and enhance policy-relevant scientific research and assessment of tropospheric pollution behavior; activities provide input for science-based decision-making and determination of workable, efficient, and effective strategies for local and regional air-pollution management. Data products from local, regional, and international monitoring and research programs are still available.

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Name Format Description Link
33 Final Report for the Texas PM2.5 Sampling and Analysis Study (March 11, 1997 - March 12, 1998) (Section 4) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/narsto/readme/Section_4.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDCDAAC%2FNARSTO%2F0036
21 ASDC Data and Information for NARSTO https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/NARSTO
21 NARSTO Quality Systems Program Science Systems Legacy Page https://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/programs/NARSTO/
33 Final Report for the Texas PM2.5 Sampling and Analysis Study (March 11, 1997 - March 12, 1998) (Sections 5-6) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/narsto/readme/Sect_5_6.pdf
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for NARSTO_EPA_SS_HOUSTON_TEXAQS2000_PM25_ORG_DATA_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/NARSTO/EPA_SS_HOUSTON_TEXAQS2000_PM25_ORG_DATA_1/
33 Guide for NARSTO EPA_SS_HOUSTON TEXAQS2000 PM2.5 Organic Speciation Data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/narsto/guide/narsto_epa_ss_houston_texaqs2000_pm25_org_data.pdf
21 Earthdata Search for NARSTO_EPA_SS_HOUSTON_TEXAQS2000_PM25_ORG_DATA_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2349199801-LARC_ASDC
21 DOI data set landing page for NARSTO_EPA_SS_HOUSTON_TEXAQS2000_PM25_ORG_DATA_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDCDAAC/NARSTO/0036
33 Final Report for the Texas PM2.5 Sampling and Analysis Study (March 11, 1997 - March 12, 1998) (Section 3) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/narsto/readme/Section_3.pdf
21 ASDC URL for the Final Report for the Texas PM2.5 Sampling and Analysis Study https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/narsto/narsto_texas_final_report.html
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 Final Report for the Texas PM2.5 Sampling and Analysis Study (March 11, 1997 - March 12, 1998) (Introduction through Section 2) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/narsto/readme/Intro_1_2.pdf
33 Gulf Coast Aerosol Research and Characterization Program (Houston Supersite) FINAL REPORT - April 2005 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/narsto/readme/EPA_SS_Houston_Final_Report.pdf

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  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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