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，每个原型测量CO2、CO、NO2、O3、温度和相对湿度。最终目标是将这些原型开发成一种新型仪器，该仪器将是一个约300个节点的密集嵌套网格。 这项初步调查将集中在校准和设计上，为后续更大规模的采购和部署奠定基础。 这一想法有可能改变环境科学的范式，从一个高质量的测量在一个小的位置在短时间内，在一个更直接有用的空间分辨率和时间范围内提供数据。 该原型仪器将是一个大型可靠网络的核心元素，详细覆盖约800平方公里的区域。该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一个可用工具。例如，传感器将尽可能安装在参与的小学和科学博物馆，并将以有益于研究界和学校及博物馆教材的形式提供观测结果。

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.