IPMMI Data Protocol for Measurements

The final data for the International Photolysis Frequency Measurement and Modeling Intercomparison study is due to the referee (Jack Calvert, calvert@ucar.edu) on 1 September, 1998 for the four intensive days (15,16, 18, and 19 June, 1998) from 5:00 to 21:00 MDT.  Submit your data by e-mail attachment or mail a PC-compatible diskette.  Please carefully read the following information related to the data submittal, since a few details have changed since our discussions in June.  Part of this relates to directions given to participants in the modeling portion of this exercise.  If you are involved in both, use care to adhere to the protocols for each part.  Please contact Chris Cantrell (cantrell@ucar.edu) if you have questions about these instructions.

Averaging Times
To the degree possible, submit photolysis rate coefficients for all of the three averaging times (1 minute, 10 minutes and 30 minutes) with the time periods starting on the hour.  Give the time as the start of the averaging period.  For example, for the 10 minute averages there will be data for the period 11:00:00 to 11:09:59 labeled 11.0000, for 11:10:00 to 11:19:59 labeled 11.1667, etc.  Note that time stamps are fractional hours (four decimal places) in Mountain Daylight Time (MDT, MDT = MST +1 = GMT – 6). The times should include all of the possible averaging periods throughout the intensive (i.e. even if your instrument is not making actual measurements, include a row for each time).  Average the actinic flux data in a similar fashion for the periods described below.

The first time for the 1 minute averages corresponds to data from 5:00:00 to 5:00:59 and is labeled 5.0000; the first time for the 10 minute averages corresponds to data from 5:00:00 to 5:09:59 and is also labeled 5.0000; and the first time for the 30 minute averages corresponds to data from 5:00:00 to 5:29:59 and is labeled 5.0000.

File Formats
Submit the photolysis rate data in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet shown in this document and in “sample1.xls”, using naming conventions described below.  Each institution should submit 3 files corresponding to the 1 minute, 10 minute and 30 minute averaging times for each intensive day. In cases where there are multiple measurements from the same institution, use separate worksheets within the same file.  For example, NCAR will have data for jNO2 and jO3 from actinometers and jNO2 and jO3 from their spectroradiometer with calculations performed for two combinations of NO2 molecular data, two combinations of O3 molecular data and two temperatures for the O3 molecular data.  They will have eight worksheets in each file.  Indicate in the comments the instrument and/or cross section/quantum yield/temperature combination being used. The modelers have been directed to use ambient temperatures, while the comparison between spectroradiometers and actinometers is more meaningful using the temperature of the jO3 actinometer.  Thus, we are asking the spectroradiometer data to be used with both temperatures for the jO3 calculations.

Indicate the number of measurements and the standard deviation of those measurements for each average in the columns indicated. If there are no data for a given averaging period, leave the measurement and standard deviation columns blank, and put 0 in the number of values column.

Use flags to indicate the quality of the data:
1 normal
2 may be problems
3 data no good
4 time out for instrument fix or other reason except calibration
5 limit of detection
6 calibration

For the spectroradiometer actinic flux data, give 10-minute average down-welling flux data at 1 nm intervals (centered on the nm) from 290 to 420 nm in units of photons cm-2 s-1 nm-1 at 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, and 13:00 MDT (i.e. average from the hour to 9 minutes 59 seconds past the hour). If there are no data available at a wavelength or time, leave the cell(s) blank.  Layout of the Excel worksheets is shown in this document and in “sample2.xls”.

Do your best to correct possible time shifts due to instrument delays, for example, before submittal of the data.  If residual time shifts are possible, note those in the comments section of the worksheet.

Ancillary Data
Temperature, pressure and molecular data for NO2 and O3 to be used to derive j-values from the spectroradiometer data is provided on the web at http://acd.ucar.edu/~cantrell/ipmmi.html.  Use the various possible combinations to yield two jNO2 values (at ambient temperature) and four jO3 values (at both temperatures) for each time period.  There will be no comparison of jCH2O since we have no actinometer for this process.

File Naming Convention
Submit data to the referee via PC-compatible diskette labeled with your name and institution or via e-mail attachment with Excel files using the following naming conventions:

IIIDDNNV.xls

 Where:
      III 3 letter code for your institution
        NCR     NCAR
        IFU       IFU
        FZJ      Forschungszentrum Julich
        NIW      NIWA
        NAL      NASA Langley
        UMD     University of Maryland
        GAT      Georgia Tech
        NOA     NOAA Aeronomy Lab
        ULE      University of Leicester
        MET     Meteorolgie Consult

  DD Day in June, 1998
        15         June 15, 1998

NN Averaging time
        01         1 minute averages
        10         10 minute
        30         30 minute

  V Version letter
        A         first version of final data
        B         second version

Summary
To summarize what is expected for data from the various instruments for the intensive periods:
j-value Radiometers
         j-values at 1, 10, and 30 minute averages
Actinometers
         j-values at 1, 10, and 30 minute averages
Spectroradiometers
        jNO2 for two sets of molecular data (ambient temperature) at 1, 10 and 30 minute averages (two values for each time period).
        jO3 for two sets of molecular data at two temperatures (ambient & the jO3 actinometer) at 1, 10 and 30 minute averages (four
                values for each time period).
        Actinic flux spectra averages starting on the hour during the morning at 10 minute averages.
Eppley radiometers
        Irradiance in milliwatts-cm-2 at 10 minute averages.

Workshop
A workshop will be conducted at NCAR on Friday, 4 December, 1998 to discuss the data and plan the next stages of release of the results to the scientific community (papers, AGU sessions, journal special section etc.).  Please contact Marilena Stone (stone@ucar.edu) to indicate whether you will be able to attend the workshop and your travel dates so that hotel reservations may be made.  No funding is available for the workshop.

    Word file
    sample1.xls
     sample2.xls
 

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