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Mace Head
-O3-
Observation |
Category |
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Air sampling observation |
Situation |
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ongoing |
Time zone |
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UTC |
Sampling |
Sampling height |
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7 |
Description |
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continuous |
Sampling and analysis frequency |
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Continuous |
Sampling environment |
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Description for sampling analysis |
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Instrument and Analysis |
Measurement method |
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Light absorption analysis (UV) |
Current status and history of instrument |
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Monitor Labs 8810 UV Photometer
April 1988 - March 2003
Thermo Environmental 49C UV Photometer
March 2003 - to date |
Description of instrument |
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Calibration |
Current scale employed in the measurement |
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National Physical Laboratory (UK) |
Measurement calibration |
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Scale and calibration(treasability) |
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National Physical Laboratory (UK) |
Data Processing |
Measurement unit |
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ppb |
Data processing |
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Processing for averaging |
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Processing for Hourly Data: Remove known invalid data points.
Take the arithmetic mean of one minute data. Processing for Daily Data: Take the arithmetic mean of hourly data. Processing for Monthly Data: Take the arithmetic mean of daily data. |
Data flag |
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Data remarks |
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Other Information |
Scientific aim |
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Reference |
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submitted by National University of Ireland, Galway |
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