IMPROVE Publications

Since 1988 when AQRC installed the first IMPROVE aerosol samplers in the field, the IMPROVE network has yielded many millions of measurement values. A large community of researchers and analysts use these data to address a wide range of scientific and regulatory issues. Papers and publications stemming from this trove of data are listed below.

A macrophage-based method for the assessment of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) activity of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) and application to routine (daily-24 h) aerosol monitoring studies

Landreman, A. P., M. M. Shafer, J. C. Hemming, M. P. Hannigan, and J. J. Schauer (2008), A macrophage-based method for the assessment of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) activity of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) and application to routine (daily-24 h) aerosol monitoring studies, Aerosol Sci. Technol., 42, 946-957

aerosol observations over eastern North America to improve MODIS aerosol retrievals and constrain surface aerosol concentrations and sources

Drury, E., D. J. Jacob, R. J. D. Spurr, J. Wang, Y. Shinozuka, B. E. Anderson, A. D. Clarke, J. Dibb, C. McNaughton, and R. Weber (2010), Synthesis of satellite (MODIS), aircraft (ICARTT), and surface (IMPROVE, EPA-AQS, AERONET) aerosol observations over eastern North America to improve MODIS aerosol retrievals and constrain surface aerosol concentrations and sources, J. Geophys. Res, 115, D14204.