EAGER: A Prototype Dense Observing Network for Air Quality (AQ) and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Monitoring

研究人员计划设计、开发和部署11个原型，每个原型都可以测量二氧化碳、一氧化碳、二氧化氮、臭氧、温度和相对湿度。最终目标是将这些原型开发成一种新的仪器，它将是一个由大约300个节点组成的密集嵌套网格。这项初步调查将重点放在校准和设计上，为随后的更大规模的购买和部署奠定基础。这一想法有可能改变环境科学的范式，从在少数几个地点短时间内进行高质量测量转变为以更直接有用的空间分辨率和时间范围获得数据。原型仪器将是一个覆盖约800平方公里的大型可靠网络的核心要素。仪器设置将作为至少一名伯克利研究生的核心研究项目，他们将在大气化学、大气动力学和工程学的界面上接受异常广泛的跨学科教育。此外，这一工具将成为各级教育教学的可用工具。例如，传感器将尽可能安装在参与的小学和科学博物馆，并将使观察结果以对研究界有用的形式提供，并作为学校和博物馆的教育材料。

The investigators plan to design, develop and deploy 11 prototypes each measuring CO2, CO, NO2, O3, temperature and relative humidity. The ultimate target is to develop these prototypes into a novel instrument that will be a dense, nested grid of approximately 300 nodes. This initial investigation will focus on calibration and design, laying the groundwork for the larger purchase and deployment to follow. This idea has the potential to change the paradigm of environmental science, from one in which high quality measurements are made at a small number of locations for short periods of time, to one in which data are available at much more directly useful spatial resolution and temporal extent. The prototype instrument will be the core element of a large reliable network with detailed coverage over an approximately 800 km2 region.The instrument setup will serve as the core research project for at least one Berkeley graduate student who will receive an unusually broad interdisciplinary education at the interface of atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric dynamics and engineering. In addition, this instrument will be an available tool for teaching at all educational levels. For example, to the extent possible sensors will be located at participating elementary schools and science museums and will make the observations available in formats useful for the research community and for educational materials in schools and museums.