ASRC Mobile Lab
The development of the ASRC Mobile Measurement platform was funded primarily by a New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) University Consortium grant and internal ASRC state funds. The mobile measurement platform consists of a diesel-powered 2007 Dodge Sprinter 2500 Van equipped with a suite of fast-time response advanced measurement instrumentation. In addition to the advanced fast response instrumentation, the mobile platform has a variety of permanent onboard measurement systems to measure traditional criteria pollutants and meteorology.
Instruments:
Aerodyne High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS), for measuring the non-refractory submicron aerosol mass concentration
TSI Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS), for submicron aerosol size distribution and number concentration
Different commercial air pollutants sensors (i.e., O3, NO2, CO2, HCHO, CH4, etc)
VOC canister samplers
Auto PID-GC
Eight-battery power supply system with 13.25 kWh of power and a lifetime of approximately 7 hr for this set of instruments
Reserved shelter and table for further cooperative instruments
Proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (Planned)
Mobile Lab Deployments (subpages for more detailed information):
2017.08 Whiteface Mountain: Chemical Processing of Organics within Clouds (CPOC) Pilot Study.
2017.09 Pinnacle State Park: The interaction between fog and aerosol study. ("2017 PSP" for subpage)
2018/2019 Long Island: Long Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study (LISTOS). ("2018/2019 LISTOS" for subpage)
2021/2022 NY state: NY state CH4 emission measurements. ("2021/2022 NYSCH4" for subpage)
2022/2023 Long Island: Mobile Laboratory Measurements of the Atmospheric Chemical Evolution in Urban Outflow Plumes and their Interplay with Coastal Meteorology over Long Island. ("2022/2023 MLUPCM" for subpage)
2023/2024 Albany, NY: NY Capital District communities air quality measurement network with community school-based low-cost sensors and high precision mobile lab measurements (just selected. https://www.epa.gov/arp/selections-arp-enhanced-air-quality-monitoring-competitive-grant)