Aerosol concentration and size distribution (0.25-32µm) measured with an optical particle counter at a 30min granularity during the Tara Pacific Expedition 2016-2018

doi:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.943691

Aerosol concentration and size distribution (0.25-32µm) measured with an optical particle counter at a 30min granularity during the Tara Pacific Expedition 2016-2018

The Tara Pacific expedition (2016-2018) sampled coral ecosystems around 32 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and sampled the surface of oceanic waters at 249 locations, resulting in the collection of nearly 58,000 samples. The expedition was designed to systematically study corals, fish, plankton, and seawater, and included the collection of samples for advanced biogeochemical, molecular, and imaging analysis. Here we provide the continuous dataset originating from an optical particle counter ([EDM]; EDM180 GRIMM Aerosol Technik Ainring GmbH & Co. KG, Ainring, Germany) instrument acquiring continuously during the full course of the campaign. Aerosols pumped through one of the ([MAST-PUMP]) inlets were channeled through a conductive tubing of 1.9 cm inner diameter to four parallel 47mm filter holders installed in the rear hold using a vacuum pump (Diaphragm pumpME16 NT, VACUUBRAND BmbH & Co KG, Wertheim, Germany) at a minimum flow rate of 30 lpm (20lpm prior to may 2016). Air was conducted to an optical particle counter ([EDM]; EDM180 GRIMM Aerosol Technik Ainring GmbH & Co. KG, Ainring, Germany) measuring and counting particles in the size range 0.25 - 32 µm as a 30 minutes average, both the particle concentration (nb cm-3) together with its normalized size distribution (dN/dlogDp (nb cm-3 log(nm)-1) i.e., the concentration divided by the log of the width of the bin).

BibTex:

@dataset{Flores_J_Michel_and_Bourdin_Guillaume_and_Lombard_Fabien_and_Koren_Ilan_and_Vardi_Assaf_and_Gorsky_G_and_Moulin_Clémentine_and_Iwankow_Guillaume_and_Boissin_Emilie_and_Poulain_Julie_and_Romac_Sarah_and_Agostini_Sylvain_and_Banaigs_Bernard_and_Boss_Emmanuel_and_Bowler_Chris_and_De_Vargas_Colomban_and_Douville_Eric_and_Forcioli_Didier_and_Furla_Paola_and_Galand_Pierre_E_and_Gilson_Eric_and_Pesant_Stephane_and_Reynaud_Stéphanie_and_Sullivan_Matthew_B_and_Thomas_Olivier_and_Troublé_Romain_and_Vega_Thurber_Rebecca_and_Voolstra_Christian_R_and_Wincker_Patrick_and_Zoccola_Didier_and_Allemand_Denis_and_Planes_Serge_2022,
    abstract = {The Tara Pacific expedition (2016-2018) sampled coral ecosystems around 32 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and sampled the surface of oceanic waters at 249 locations, resulting in the collection of nearly 58,000 samples. The expedition was designed to systematically study corals, fish, plankton, and seawater, and included the collection of samples for advanced biogeochemical, molecular, and imaging analysis. Here we provide the continuous dataset originating from an optical particle counter ([EDM]; EDM180 GRIMM Aerosol Technik Ainring GmbH & Co. KG, Ainring, Germany) instrument acquiring continuously during the full course of the campaign. Aerosols pumped through one of the ([MAST-PUMP]) inlets were channeled through a conductive tubing of 1.9 cm inner diameter to four parallel 47mm filter holders installed in the rear hold using a vacuum pump (Diaphragm pumpME16 NT, VACUUBRAND BmbH & Co KG, Wertheim, Germany) at a minimum flow rate of 30 lpm (20lpm prior to may 2016). Air was conducted to an optical particle counter ([EDM]; EDM180 GRIMM Aerosol Technik Ainring GmbH & Co. KG, Ainring, Germany) measuring and counting particles in the size range 0.25 - 32 µm as a 30 minutes average, both  the particle concentration (nb cm-3) together with its normalized size distribution (dN/dlogDp (nb cm-3 log(nm)-1) i.e., the concentration divided by the log of the width of the bin).},
    author = {Flores, J Michel and Bourdin, Guillaume and Lombard, Fabien and Koren, Ilan and Vardi, Assaf and Gorsky, G and Moulin, Clémentine and Iwankow, Guillaume and Boissin, Emilie and Poulain, Julie and Romac, Sarah and Agostini, Sylvain and Banaigs, Bernard and Boss, Emmanuel and Bowler, Chris and De Vargas, Colomban and Douville, Eric and Forcioli, Didier and Furla, Paola and Galand, Pierre E and Gilson, Eric and Pesant, Stephane and Reynaud, Stéphanie and Sullivan, Matthew B and Thomas, Olivier and Troublé, Romain and Vega Thurber, Rebecca and Voolstra, Christian R and Wincker, Patrick and Zoccola, Didier and Allemand, Denis and Planes, Serge},
    doi = {10.1594/PANGAEA.943691},
    institution = {PANGAEA (Atmosphere)},
    keyword = {'aerosol', 'size distribution'},
    title = {Aerosol concentration and size distribution (0.25-32µm) measured with an optical particle counter at a 30min granularity during the Tara Pacific Expedition 2016-2018},
    url = {https://service.tib.eu/ldmservice/vdataset/png-doi-10-1594-pangaea-943691},
    year = {2022}
}