Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaFine Particle Monitoring: Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE)Furtherance of a national goal that calls for “the prevention of any future, and the remedying of any existing, impairment of visibility in mandatory Class I federal areas which impairment results from manmade air pollution.” The Regional Haze Rule (RHR) expanded this mandate by requiring monitoring in locations representative of the 156 visibility-protected federal Class I areas. IMPROVE was designated as the visibility monitoring network to be used to carry out this responsibility.Fine Particle Monitoring: Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE)WhitneyBenjaminPoirotRichardPerronRalphLeonBennetLacaillade RobertBerschlingJennyair qualitylightlong term monitoringair pollutionparticulatesFine Aerosol Monitoring: IMPROVE1989-01-041996-12-28Includes fine mass, Babs, Si, OMH, Mn and associated DL/2'sDetermine concentrations and composition of fine aerosols (PM-2.5) of relevance to light scattering and light absorptionZ0100_IMN28996VMC.100.233mySQLLacaillade, R., R. Perron, and B. Whitney. (2017) Fine Aerosol Monitoring: IMPROVE. FEMC. Available online at: /femc/data/archive/project/fine-aerosol-monitoring-interagency-monitoring-protected/dataset/fine-aerosol-monitoring-improve-1/femc/data/archive/project/fine-aerosol-monitoring-interagency-monitoring-protected/dataset/fine-aerosol-monitoring-improve-1BabsBabsBabsdecimalBabs_DL/2Babs_DL/2Babs_DL/2decimaldatedateDate datetimeDD/MM/YYYYFine_MassFine_MassFine_MassdecimalFM_DL/2FM_DL/2FM_DL/2decimalLocatLocationLocationtextManganeseManganeseManganesedecimalMn_DL/2Mn_DL/2Mn_DL/2decimalOMHOMHOMHdecimalOMH_DL/2OMH_DL/2OMH_DL/2decimalSiliconSiliconSilicondecimalSi_DL/2Si_DL/2Si_DL/2decimal