Yellowstone Site, Wyoming


 

Instrument Mentors

Shane Murphy

University of Wyoming

Site PI

Yellowstone
Yingjie (Alice) Shen

University of Wyoming

Postdoc

Yellowstone
Kristen Pozsonyi

University of Wyoming

Graduate Student

Yellowstone

The Yellowstone site is located at the Yellowstone Lake Maintenance Building at the Yellowstone National Park. It is operated by the National Park Service (NPS). It is part of the Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE) network (Yell2), and part of the Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) (YEL408). Live data can be found here and historical data can be found here (Water Tank site). 
 

Complementary Instrumentation 

ParameterInstrumentSampling FrequencyNetwork*
O3Thermo Scientific 49iContinuousA
Filter PM2.5 (teflon): mass, elements, absorptionIMPROVE Sampler - Module A1-in-3I
Filter PM2.5 (nylon): sulfate, nitrate, ionsIMPROVE Sampler - Module B1-in-3I
Filter PM2.5 (quartz): organic and elemental carbonIMPROVE Sampler - Module C1-in-3I
Filter PM10 (teflon): massIMPROVE Sampler - Module D1-in-3I
Temperature/Relative HumidityNo infoContinuousG
Wind Direction/SpeedNo infoContinuousG
PrecipitationNo infoContinuousG
Solar RadiationNo infoContinuousG

*Monitoring Types: G=General Information; A=CASTNET; I=IMPROVE