Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2)

The Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) is an instrument that directly measures the refractory black carbon (rBC) content in individual accumulation-mode aerosol particles and can identify iron-oxide-like aerosol composition and concentration (here referred to as light absorbing metallic (LAM) aerosol). This dataset contains SP2 rBC and LAM data measured aboard the NSF/NCAR GV during HIPPO-4. The data are in NASA AMES format.The Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) is an instrument that directly measures the black carbon, known as soot, in individual aerosol particles. This dataset contains SP2 data measured aboard the NSF/NCAR GV during HIPPO-4. The data are in NASA AMES format.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2010-06-14T00:00:00Z
    End:  2011-07-11T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2010-06-14T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2011-07-11T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 90.00000
Bounding Box South Lat -70.00000
Bounding Box West Long 165.00000
Bounding Box East Long -80.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NASA Ames Format for Data Exchange (text/plain)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 14 MB
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Resource Support Organization NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Distributor NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
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Author Anne E. Perring ORCID icon
Kara D. Lamb ORCID icon
Joshua P. Schwarz ORCID icon
Ru-Shan Gao ORCID icon
J. Ryan Spackman ORCID icon
Laurel A. Watts ORCID icon
David W. Fahey ORCID icon
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory ORCID icon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2020-07-28T16:24:50
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/MZN0-X7BF-290Y
Alternate Identifier 248.025
Resource Version 2.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:45:30Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::248.025
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Anne E. Perring, Kara D. Lamb, Joshua P. Schwarz, Ru-Shan Gao, J. Ryan Spackman, Laurel A. Watts, David W. Fahey, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory. (2020). Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2). 2.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/MZN0-X7BF-290Y. Accessed 24 January 2026.

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