1. Title Observations at Mt. Hua
2 Acronym: NA
3 date 30 September, 2008 (final data) - planned
4 Time period
  • O3: March 2004 - December 2007 (data missing periods included)
  • CO: February 2004 - December 2007 (data missing periods included)
  • 5 Location: Mt. Hua (34o 28' 52.4"N, 110o 04' 35.9"E, 2065 m asl), Shaanxi province, China
    6 List of observed (output) species Ozone, Carbon monoxide
    7 Time resolution, averaging time, time stamp 1 hour
    8 QA/QC For O3 and CO, see
  • Pochanart P., et al. (2003), Regional background ozone and carbon monixde variations in remote Siberia/East Asia, J. Geophys. Res., 108, doi:10.1029/2001JD001412; and
  • Tanimoto, H. et al. (2007), Direct assessment of international consistency of standards for ground-level ozone: strategy and implemetation toward metrological traceability network in Asia, J. Environ. Monitor., 9, 1183-1193

  • 9 Simple description of the data
  • Continuous ozone data from the summit of Mt. Hua measured by UV absorption ozone analyzer, Thermo Model 49. Original raw data is 1-min intervals. Data obtained as a research collaboration between FRCGC/JAMSTEC, Japan and IAP, CAS, China.
  • Continuous CO data from the summit of Mt. Hua measured by NDIR spectrometer, Kimoto Model 541 with Zero gas generator, Thermo Model 111. Original raw data is 1-min intervals. Data obtained as a research collaboration between FRCGC/JAMSTEC, Japan and IAP, CAS, China.
  • 10 Contact info
  • Contact: Pakpong Pochanart (FRCGC, JAMSTEC), 3173-25 Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0001, Japan., (pakpong@jamstec.go.jp )
  • data ownership: Pakpong Pochanart (JAMSTEC) and Zifa Wang (IAP) for O3 and CO
  • 11 Data availability Type 2a, fully open to public from institute site under certain condition
    12 Policy of the data use Co-authorship basis (Please contact Pakpong Pochanart when data are to be used.)
    13 URL of more info NA
    14 URL of the data set
  • O3 (2004): open now
  • O3 (2005): to be open
  • O3 (2006): to be open
  • O3 (2007): to be open
  • CO (2004): to be open
  • CO (2005): to be open
  • CO (2006): to be open
  • CO (2007): to be open
  • 15 Others NA
    1. Data type: Research Long-term observation (observations)
    2. Parameters General Photo Oxidants, Tropospheric Chemistry
    3. Site Classification Regional