Tracer studies around Madison Square Garden and in Midtown Manhattan, New York City (MSG05 and MID05)
Benchmark Field On request
Urban Dispersion Program field studies in 2005: two intensive periods around Madison Square Garden (March) and six in Midtown (August) with up to seven perfluorocarbon and SF6 tracers, street-level and rooftop samplers, sonic anemometers and sodars, plus indoor and subway sampling in MID05.
How to get the data
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory holds the data archives (about 3 GB per study, sent on DVD) and supplies them on request. The data reports give older pnl.gov addresses; email Julia Flaherty at her current PNNL address instead. The meteorological data and the MSG05 tracer data are generally available. The MID05 tracer data are marked For Official Use Only: they are released only on a need-to-know basis, and results may be reviewed before publication.
Email Julia Flaherty (PNNL)- Resource
- Measurements
- Method
- Field
- Geometry
- Realistic neighbourhood
- Topic
- Dispersion & air quality, Ventilation
- Quantities
- Concentration, Velocity, Turbulence statistics
- Instrument
- Tracer release, Sonic anemometer, Weather station
- Location
- Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States
- Year
- 2005
- Licence
- On request; MID05 tracer data restricted
- Institution
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; US Department of Homeland Security
- Contact
- Julia Flaherty (PNNL)
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