1. Title Observations at Mt. Tai
2 Acronym: NA
3 date 30 September, 2008 (final data) - planned
4 Time period
  • O3: Feberuary 2004 - May 2007 (data missing periods included)
  • CO: March 2005 - May 2007 (data missing periods included)
  • BC: April 2006 - May 2007 (data missing periods included)
  • 5 Location: Mt. Tai (36o 15' 20.8"N, 117o 06' 20.2"E, 1524 m asl), Shandong province, China
    6 List of observed (output) species Ozone, Carbon monoxide, PM1 black carbon
    7 Time resolution, averaging time, time stamp 1 hour
    8 QA/QC For O3, 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

    For 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

    For BC, see
  • Kanaya, Y., et al. (2008) TBD

  • 9 Simple description of the data
  • Continuous ozone data from the summit of Mt. Tai 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. Tai measured by NDIR CO analyzer, Thermo Model 48 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.
  • Continuous black carbon data from the summit of Mt. Tai measured by MAAP analyzer, Thermo Model 5012 MAAP. 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; Pakpong Pochanart and Yugo Kanaya (JAMSTEC) and Zifa Wang (IAP) for BC
  • 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 (2005): to be open
  • CO (2006): to be open
  • CO (2007): to be open
  • BC (2006): to be open
  • BC (2007): to be open
  • 15 Others NA
    1. Data type: Research Long-term observation (observations)
    2. Parameters General Photo Oxidants, Tropospheric Chemistry, Aerosol Chemistry
    3. Site Classification Regional