PICO-NARE ICARTT participants homepage

This web site provides information on/from the PICO-NARE field station, located on the summit caldera of Pico mountain in the Azores. Paulo Fialho (University of the Azores, Angra do Heroismo campus) has also set up a marine boundary layer station. Information on that station is posted here.

The following information is provided.

• Data Exchange page
• Recent data. Plots of FIELD data are updated at least daily, along with recent automated photos and occasional text summaries of interesting events.
• PICO-NARE/ITOP fly-by intercomparisons
• T-shirts are available at the PICO-NARE Madalena house. ITOP participants can call (+351) 292-623-864 to buy one for 12 euros.
• Preprints of papers based on PICO-NARE measurements
  • Regional and hemispheric impacts of anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions on summertime CO and O3 in the North Atlantic lower free troposphere, Honrath, R. E., R. C. Owen, M. Val Martin, J. S. Reid, K. Lapina, P. Fialho, M. P. Dziobak, J. Kleissl, and D. L. Westphal (2004), J. Geophys. Res., 109, D24310, doi:10.1029/2004JD005147. Download preprint.
  • Absorption coefficients by aerosols in remote areas: a new approach to decouple dust and black carbon absorption coefficients using seven-wavelength Aethalometer data, P. Fialho, A. D. A. Hansen, and R. E. Honrath, J. Aerosol Sci. (submitted May 3, 2004): Download preprint.
• Station location and photos. Details on the station location and site photographs.
• Summary of MBL sites in the Azores
• Measurements, methods, and contacts. A table of measurements made at the station, along with techniques, uncertainties, and contact information for each.
• Contact Information. How to reach us, including while in the field.
• This research is supported by NOAA, Office of Global Programs, NSF, Atmospheric Chemistry program, and the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation.
• This is a password-protected web page for ICARTT participants. There is also a public PICO-NARE website.

Current status and upcoming events.

• The station is currently fully operational.
• In addition to the data shown in the recent-data plots, black carbon (aethalometer) and non-methane hydrocarbon measurements are being made. See the methods and contacts section for contact information.