The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment(NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002

International audience The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (NAMBLEX), involving over 50 scientists from 12 institutions, took place at Mace Head, Ireland (53.32° N, 9.90° W), between 23 July and 4 September 2002. A wide range of state-of-the-art instrumentation enabled detailed measu...

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Main Authors: Heard, D. E., Read, K. A., Methven, J., Al-Haider, S., Bloss, W. J., Johnson, G. P., Pilling, M. J., Seakins, P. W., Smith, S. C., Sommariva, R., Stanton, J. C., Still, T. J., Ingham, T., Brooks, B., de Leeuw, G., Jackson, A. V., Mcquaid, J. B., Morgan, R., Smith, M. H., Carpenter, L. J., Carslaw, N., Hamilton, J., Hopkins, J. R., Lee, J. D., Lewis, A. C., Purvis, R. M., Wevill, D. J., Brough, N., Green, T., Mills, G., Penkett, S. A., Plane, J. M. C., Saiz-Lopez, A., Worton, D., Monks, P. S., Fleming, Z., Rickard, A. R., Alfarra, M. R., Allan, J. D., Bower, K., Coe, H., Cubison, M., Flynn, M., Mcfiggans, G., Gallagher, M., Norton, E. G., O'Dowd, C. D., Shillito, J., Topping, D., Vaughan, G., Williams, P., Bitter, M., Ball, S. M., Jones, R. L., Povey, I. M., O'Doherty, S., Simmonds, P. G., Allen, A., Kinnersley, R. P., Beddows, D. C. S., Dall'Osto, M., Harrison, R. M., Donovan, R. J., Heal, M. R., Jennings, S. G., Noone, C., Spain, G.
Other Authors: School of Chemistry Leeds, University of Leeds, Department of Meteorology Reading, University of Reading (UOR), Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science Leeds (ICAS), School of Earth and Environment Leeds (SEE), University of Leeds-University of Leeds, The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Department of Chemistry York, UK, University of York York, UK, Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements ( Cranfield (FAAM), National Centre for Atmospheric Science Leeds (NCAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)-Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), School ofEnvironmental Sciences, University of East Anglia Norwich (UEA), Department of Chemistry, University ofLeicester, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Manchester (SEAES), University of Manchester Manchester, National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), University ChemicalLaboratory, Schoolof Chemistry, University of Bristol Bristol, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Birmingham, University of Birmingham Birmingham, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh
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Atmosphere
spellingShingle [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean
Atmosphere
Heard, D. E.
Read, K. A.
Methven, J.
Al-Haider, S.
Bloss, W. J.
Johnson, G. P.
Pilling, M. J.
Seakins, P. W.
Smith, S. C.
Sommariva, R.
Stanton, J. C.
Still, T. J.
Ingham, T.
Brooks, B.
de Leeuw, G.
Jackson, A. V.
Mcquaid, J. B.
Morgan, R.
Smith, M. H.
Carpenter, L. J.
Carslaw, N.
Hamilton, J.
Hopkins, J. R.
Lee, J. D.
Lewis, A. C.
Purvis, R. M.
Wevill, D. J.
Brough, N.
Green, T.
Mills, G.
Penkett, S. A.
Plane, J. M. C.
Saiz-Lopez, A.
Worton, D.
Monks, P. S.
Fleming, Z.
Rickard, A. R.
Alfarra, M. R.
Allan, J. D.
Bower, K.
Coe, H.
Cubison, M.
Flynn, M.
Mcfiggans, G.
Gallagher, M.
Norton, E. G.
O'Dowd, C. D.
Shillito, J.
Topping, D.
Vaughan, G.
Williams, P.
Bitter, M.
Ball, S. M.
Jones, R. L.
Povey, I. M.
O'Doherty, S.
Simmonds, P. G.
Allen, A.
Kinnersley, R. P.
Beddows, D. C. S.
Dall'Osto, M.
Harrison, R. M.
Donovan, R. J.
Heal, M. R.
Jennings, S. G.
Noone, C.
Spain, G.
The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment(NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002
topic_facet [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean
Atmosphere
description International audience The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (NAMBLEX), involving over 50 scientists from 12 institutions, took place at Mace Head, Ireland (53.32° N, 9.90° W), between 23 July and 4 September 2002. A wide range of state-of-the-art instrumentation enabled detailed measurements of the boundary layer structure and atmospheric composition in the gas and aerosol phase to be made, providing one of the most comprehensive in situ studies of the marine boundary layer to date. This overview paper describes the aims of the NAMBLEX project in the context of previous field campaigns in the Marine Boundary Layer (MBL), the overall layout of the site, a summary of the instrumentation deployed, the temporal coverage of the measurement data, and the numerical models used to interpret the field data. Measurements of some trace species were made for the first time during the campaign, which was characterised by predominantly clean air of marine origin, but more polluted air with higher levels of NO x originating from continental regions was also experienced. This paper provides a summary of the meteorological measurements and Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) structure measurements, presents time series of some of the longer-lived trace species (O 3 , CO, H 2 , DMS, CH 4 , NMHC, NO x , NO y , PAN) and summarises measurements of other species that are described in more detail in other papers within this special issue, namely oxygenated VOCs, HCHO, peroxides, organo-halogenated species, a range of shorter lived halogen species (I 2 , OIO, IO, BrO), NO 3 radicals, photolysis frequencies, the free radicals OH, HO 2 and (HO 2 +? RO 2 ), as well as a summary of the aerosol measurements. NAMBLEX was supported by measurements made in the vicinity of Mace Head using the NERC Dornier-228 aircraft. Using ECMWF wind-fields, calculations were made of the air-mass trajectories arriving at Mace Head during NAMBLEX, and were analysed together with both meteorological and trace-gas measurements. In this paper a ...
author2 School of Chemistry Leeds
University of Leeds
Department of Meteorology Reading
University of Reading (UOR)
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science Leeds (ICAS)
School of Earth and Environment Leeds (SEE)
University of Leeds-University of Leeds
The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
Department of Chemistry York, UK
University of York York, UK
Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements ( Cranfield (FAAM)
National Centre for Atmospheric Science Leeds (NCAS)
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)-Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
School ofEnvironmental Sciences
University of East Anglia Norwich (UEA)
Department of Chemistry
University ofLeicester
School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Manchester (SEAES)
University of Manchester Manchester
National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway)
University ChemicalLaboratory
Schoolof Chemistry
University of Bristol Bristol
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Birmingham
University of Birmingham Birmingham
School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Heard, D. E.
Read, K. A.
Methven, J.
Al-Haider, S.
Bloss, W. J.
Johnson, G. P.
Pilling, M. J.
Seakins, P. W.
Smith, S. C.
Sommariva, R.
Stanton, J. C.
Still, T. J.
Ingham, T.
Brooks, B.
de Leeuw, G.
Jackson, A. V.
Mcquaid, J. B.
Morgan, R.
Smith, M. H.
Carpenter, L. J.
Carslaw, N.
Hamilton, J.
Hopkins, J. R.
Lee, J. D.
Lewis, A. C.
Purvis, R. M.
Wevill, D. J.
Brough, N.
Green, T.
Mills, G.
Penkett, S. A.
Plane, J. M. C.
Saiz-Lopez, A.
Worton, D.
Monks, P. S.
Fleming, Z.
Rickard, A. R.
Alfarra, M. R.
Allan, J. D.
Bower, K.
Coe, H.
Cubison, M.
Flynn, M.
Mcfiggans, G.
Gallagher, M.
Norton, E. G.
O'Dowd, C. D.
Shillito, J.
Topping, D.
Vaughan, G.
Williams, P.
Bitter, M.
Ball, S. M.
Jones, R. L.
Povey, I. M.
O'Doherty, S.
Simmonds, P. G.
Allen, A.
Kinnersley, R. P.
Beddows, D. C. S.
Dall'Osto, M.
Harrison, R. M.
Donovan, R. J.
Heal, M. R.
Jennings, S. G.
Noone, C.
Spain, G.
author_facet Heard, D. E.
Read, K. A.
Methven, J.
Al-Haider, S.
Bloss, W. J.
Johnson, G. P.
Pilling, M. J.
Seakins, P. W.
Smith, S. C.
Sommariva, R.
Stanton, J. C.
Still, T. J.
Ingham, T.
Brooks, B.
de Leeuw, G.
Jackson, A. V.
Mcquaid, J. B.
Morgan, R.
Smith, M. H.
Carpenter, L. J.
Carslaw, N.
Hamilton, J.
Hopkins, J. R.
Lee, J. D.
Lewis, A. C.
Purvis, R. M.
Wevill, D. J.
Brough, N.
Green, T.
Mills, G.
Penkett, S. A.
Plane, J. M. C.
Saiz-Lopez, A.
Worton, D.
Monks, P. S.
Fleming, Z.
Rickard, A. R.
Alfarra, M. R.
Allan, J. D.
Bower, K.
Coe, H.
Cubison, M.
Flynn, M.
Mcfiggans, G.
Gallagher, M.
Norton, E. G.
O'Dowd, C. D.
Shillito, J.
Topping, D.
Vaughan, G.
Williams, P.
Bitter, M.
Ball, S. M.
Jones, R. L.
Povey, I. M.
O'Doherty, S.
Simmonds, P. G.
Allen, A.
Kinnersley, R. P.
Beddows, D. C. S.
Dall'Osto, M.
Harrison, R. M.
Donovan, R. J.
Heal, M. R.
Jennings, S. G.
Noone, C.
Spain, G.
author_sort Heard, D. E.
title The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment(NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002
title_short The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment(NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002
title_full The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment(NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002
title_fullStr The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment(NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002
title_full_unstemmed The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment(NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002
title_sort north atlantic marine boundary layer experiment(namblex). overview of the campaign held at mace head, ireland, in summer 2002
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spelling ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00295948v1 2023-12-03T10:26:53+01:00 The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment(NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002 Heard, D. E. Read, K. A. Methven, J. Al-Haider, S. Bloss, W. J. Johnson, G. P. Pilling, M. J. Seakins, P. W. Smith, S. C. Sommariva, R. Stanton, J. C. Still, T. J. Ingham, T. Brooks, B. de Leeuw, G. Jackson, A. V. Mcquaid, J. B. Morgan, R. Smith, M. H. Carpenter, L. J. Carslaw, N. Hamilton, J. Hopkins, J. R. Lee, J. D. Lewis, A. C. Purvis, R. M. Wevill, D. J. Brough, N. Green, T. Mills, G. Penkett, S. A. Plane, J. M. C. Saiz-Lopez, A. Worton, D. Monks, P. S. Fleming, Z. Rickard, A. R. Alfarra, M. R. Allan, J. D. Bower, K. Coe, H. Cubison, M. Flynn, M. Mcfiggans, G. Gallagher, M. Norton, E. G. O'Dowd, C. D. Shillito, J. Topping, D. Vaughan, G. Williams, P. Bitter, M. Ball, S. M. Jones, R. L. Povey, I. M. O'Doherty, S. Simmonds, P. G. Allen, A. Kinnersley, R. P. Beddows, D. C. S. Dall'Osto, M. Harrison, R. M. Donovan, R. J. Heal, M. R. Jennings, S. G. Noone, C. Spain, G. School of Chemistry Leeds University of Leeds Department of Meteorology Reading University of Reading (UOR) Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science Leeds (ICAS) School of Earth and Environment Leeds (SEE) University of Leeds-University of Leeds The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) Department of Chemistry York, UK University of York York, UK Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements ( Cranfield (FAAM) National Centre for Atmospheric Science Leeds (NCAS) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)-Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) School ofEnvironmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich (UEA) Department of Chemistry University ofLeicester School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Manchester (SEAES) University of Manchester Manchester National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway) University ChemicalLaboratory Schoolof Chemistry University of Bristol Bristol School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Birmingham University of Birmingham Birmingham School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh 2006-06-21 https://hal.science/hal-00295948 https://hal.science/hal-00295948/document https://hal.science/hal-00295948/file/acp-6-2241-2006.pdf en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union hal-00295948 https://hal.science/hal-00295948 https://hal.science/hal-00295948/document https://hal.science/hal-00295948/file/acp-6-2241-2006.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1680-7316 EISSN: 1680-7324 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics https://hal.science/hal-00295948 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2006, 6 (8), pp.2241-2272 [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2006 ftccsdartic 2023-11-04T23:56:00Z International audience The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (NAMBLEX), involving over 50 scientists from 12 institutions, took place at Mace Head, Ireland (53.32° N, 9.90° W), between 23 July and 4 September 2002. A wide range of state-of-the-art instrumentation enabled detailed measurements of the boundary layer structure and atmospheric composition in the gas and aerosol phase to be made, providing one of the most comprehensive in situ studies of the marine boundary layer to date. This overview paper describes the aims of the NAMBLEX project in the context of previous field campaigns in the Marine Boundary Layer (MBL), the overall layout of the site, a summary of the instrumentation deployed, the temporal coverage of the measurement data, and the numerical models used to interpret the field data. Measurements of some trace species were made for the first time during the campaign, which was characterised by predominantly clean air of marine origin, but more polluted air with higher levels of NO x originating from continental regions was also experienced. This paper provides a summary of the meteorological measurements and Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) structure measurements, presents time series of some of the longer-lived trace species (O 3 , CO, H 2 , DMS, CH 4 , NMHC, NO x , NO y , PAN) and summarises measurements of other species that are described in more detail in other papers within this special issue, namely oxygenated VOCs, HCHO, peroxides, organo-halogenated species, a range of shorter lived halogen species (I 2 , OIO, IO, BrO), NO 3 radicals, photolysis frequencies, the free radicals OH, HO 2 and (HO 2 +? RO 2 ), as well as a summary of the aerosol measurements. NAMBLEX was supported by measurements made in the vicinity of Mace Head using the NERC Dornier-228 aircraft. Using ECMWF wind-fields, calculations were made of the air-mass trajectories arriving at Mace Head during NAMBLEX, and were analysed together with both meteorological and trace-gas measurements. In this paper a ... 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