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NOAA Regional Aerosol Sampling Stations

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NOAA Regional Aerosol Sampling Stations

Filter samples of atmospheric aerosols have been or are being collected at these stations for chemical analysis of major inorganic ions and aerosol mass.  See Quinn et al. (2000) for a description of sampling and analysis methods. Sampling at many of the stations is done in cooperation with NOAA/ESRL/GMD.

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Readme.txt provides a description of the data files. 

Data files: