Tracer studies around Madison Square Garden and in Midtown Manhattan, New York City (MSG05 and MID05)
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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.
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.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, & US Department of Homeland Security. (2005). Tracer studies around Madison Square Garden and in Midtown Manhattan, New York City (MSG05 and MID05) [Data set]. https://www.pnnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-15969.pdf
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