Investigator’s Annual Reports (IAR’s) for Crater Lake National Park
Transport of Asiatic Aerosols into Crater Lake National Park
Report Number: 22081
Reporting Year: 2001
Permit Number: CRLA-2001-SCI-0003
Date Received: Mar 27, 2002
Principal Investigator: Tom Cahill, Air Quality Group, Crocker Nuclear Laboratory, University of California, Davis, CA
Park-assigned Study Id. # CRLA-01010
Permit Expiration Date: Dec 31, 2001
Permit Start Date: Mar 26, 2001
Study Starting Date: Mar 15, 2001
Study Ending Date: Apr 30, 2001
Study Status: Completed
Activity Type: Research
Subject/Discipline: Air Quality
Objectives: To measure fine aerosols by size and time with full elemental analysis.
Findings and Status: The air at Crater Lake in Spring 2001 was dominated by Asiatic Aerosols. These included toxic materials at very low concentrations.
For this study, were one or more specimens collected and removed from the park but not destroyed during analyses? No
Funding provided this reporting year by NPS: 0
Funding provided this reporting year by other sources: 0
Full name of college or university: n/a
Annual funding provided by NPS to university or college this reporting year: 0
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