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 Organization

NO 2
Acronym NOAA
Name Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA
Address 1 NOAA/ESRL
Address 2 R/GML1
Address 3 325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Country/Territory United States of America
Website https://gml.noaa.gov/

 Contact(s)

Name Xin Lan
Prefix
Email xin.lan@noaa.gov
Organization No 2
Organization acronym NOAA
Organization name Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA
Organization country/territory United States of America
Address 1 NOAA GML
Address 2 325 Broadway R/GML-1
Address 3 Boulder, CO 80305-3328
Country/territory United States of America
Tel
Fax
Last updated date 2024-02-20


NO 24
Acronym ENEA
Name Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Person
Name Alcide di Sarra
Prefix Dr.
Email alcide.disarra@enea.it
Address 1
Address 2 Laboratory for Observations and Measurements for Environment and Climate
Address 3 Via Anguillarese, 301 00123 Rome, Italy
Country/territory Italy
Tel +39 06 3048 4986
Fax +39 06 3048 6678
 Background observation
 UTC
 ppb
 9999-12-31 00:00:00 - 9999-12-31 23:59:59: WMO N2O X2006A
 2006-10-12 13:42:00 - 2019-06-28 15:52:00: Unknown(Gas chromatography (ECD))
 2019-07-04 14:00:00 - 2022-12-30 10:00:00: Unknown(TILDAS)
 weekly
 
 Value_unc is estimated uncertainty of the reported measurement value.
For measurements using gas chromatography, aliquots of gas from ambient air samples and a cylinder of reference gas are alternately injected into a gas chromatograph (GC) with a sampling valve. Nitrous oxide (N2O) is separated from other sample components using packed columns and detected with an electron capture detector (ECD). The response of the ECD to N2O is calibrated off-line about monthly relative to the reference with a suite of gas standards. Each aliquot of sample is measured relative to the same reference, and N2O values are calculated from the response function. N2O measurements are reported in units of nanomol/mol (10^-9 mol N2O per mol of dry air (nmol/mol) or parts per billion (ppb)).
In August, 2019, we replaced the GC/ECD method for N2O measurement with a Tunable Infrared Laser Direct Absorption Spectroscopy (TILDAS) method. The analyzer is calibrated off-line once per month With a suite of standards relative to a dry, natural air, reference in a high-pressure cylinder. All air samples are measured relative the same reference, and CH4 and CO2 values in measured samples are calculated based on their ratio to the reference. Repeatability of the analyzer, based on repeated analysis of air from a high-pressure cylinder, ranges from ~0.2 to 0.4 ppb for the GC to 0.01 to 0.02 ppb for the TILDAS analyzer (1 sigma). The scale propagation uncertainty is estimated to be 0.12 ppb, based on the reproducibility determined for scale propagation in our calibration laboratory. Long-term reproducibility is estimated to be +/- 0.1 ppb based on repeated measurements of air from a high-pressure cylinder, or the long-term variability in the differences between measurements of test flasks on the flask-air analysis system and separate measurements of the test gas used to fill the test flasks. These three components of uncertainty are added in quadrature to calculate the measurement uncertainty.
The absolute accuracy of our standard scale is estimated as +/-0.4 nmol/mol in the ambient atmospheric range of N2O (95% confidence interval).
 [Hourly]
 [Daily]
 [Monthly] Monthly means are produced for each site by first averaging all valid measurement results in the event file with a unique sample date and time. Values are then extracted at weekly intervals from a smooth curve (Thoning et al., 1989) fitted to the averaged data and these weekly values are averaged for each month to give the monthly means recorded in the files. Flagged data are excluded from the curve fitting process. Some sites are excluded from the monthly mean directory because sparse data or a short record does not allow a reasonable curve fit. Also, if there are 3 or more consecutive months without data, monthly means are not calculated for these months.
 This is the NOAA 3-character quality control flag. Column 1 is the REJECTION flag. An alphanumeric other than a period (.) in the FIRST column indicates a sample with obvious problems during collection or analysis. This measurement should not be interpreted. Column 2 is the SELECTION flag. An alphanumeric other than a period (.) in the SECOND column indicates a sample that is likely valid but does not meet selection criteria determined by the goals of a particular investigation. For example, it might not have been obtained during 'background' conditions. Column 3 is the INFORMATION flag. An alphanumeric other than a period (.) in the THIRD column provides additional information about the collection or analysis of the sample. A P in the 3rd column of the QC flag indicates the measurement result is preliminary and has not yet been carefully examined by the PI. The P flag is removed once the quality of the measurement has been determined.
 Valid (background): ...
 Valid (background): ..?
 Valid: .??
 Invalid: ???
 Operational/Reporting
 Atmospheric N2O Dry Air Mole Fractions from the NOAA GML Carbon Cycle Cooperative Global Air Sampling Network, 1997-2022

These data are provided by NOAA. Principal investigators include Xin Lan (NOAA). Key partners include Alcide Giorgio di Sarra (ENEA) AND National Agency for New Technology, Energy, and Environment (ENEA).

Please cite the product's citation when using data from this dataset : Lan, X., J.W. Mund, A.M. Crotwell, M.J. Crotwell, E. Moglia, M. Madronich, D. Neff and K.W. Thoning (2023), Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide Dry Air Mole Fractions from the NOAA GML Carbon Cycle Cooperative Global Air Sampling Network, 1997-2022, Version: 2023-08-28, https://doi.org/10.15138/53g1-x417
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Meteorological data may remain as first provided, even when greenhouse gas data are updated.
 

 DOI Metadata

DOI
n2o_lmp_surface-flask_2_3001-9999_monthly.nc 10.15138/53g1-x417
n2o_lmp_surface-flask_2_3001-9999_monthly.txt 10.15138/53g1-x417
n2o_lmp_surface-flask_2_3001-9999_event.nc 10.15138/53g1-x417
n2o_lmp_surface-flask_2_3001-9999_event.txt 10.15138/53g1-x417
For more information, please refer: doi.org/10.15138/53g1-x417

 Related information

Format Text (WDCGG Data Format Table, WDCGG Meteorological Data Format Table), NetCDF
Relation List (Is Part Of) All N2O data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2023-09-13
All N2O data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2022-09-05
All N2O data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2021-08-24
All N2O data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2020-09-28
All N2O data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2019-09-19
All N2O data contributed to WDCGG by GAW stations and mobiles by 2018-10-23
Geolocation Point
Latitude (north: +; south: -) 35.5182
Longitude (east: +; west: -) 12.6305

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 Citation format

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Please follow the citation format which the data providers or owners indicate.
Xin Lan (NOAA), Atmospheric N2O at Lampedusa by Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA , dataset published as N2O_LMP_ surface-flask_NOAA_ccgg at WDCGG, ver. 2023-08-29-1126 (Reference date*: YYYY/MM/DD)

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 Reference(s)

1  Lan, X., J.W. Mund, A.M. Crotwell, M.J. Crotwell, E. Moglia, M. Madronich, D. Neff and K.W. Thoning (2023), Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide Dry Air Mole Fractions from the NOAA GML Carbon Cycle Cooperative Global Air Sampling Network, 1997-2022, Version: 2023-08-28, https://doi.org/10.15138/53g1-x417