{"668564":{"#nid":"668564","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Delta Junction air quality monitoring site comes online in new national network","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour science instruments at Delta Junction, Alaska, have begun gathering air quality data as part of a multi-state project to determine the chemical content and physical properties of airborne particulate matter. The Delta Junction site, one of 12 in 10 states, is managed by associate professor Jingqiu Mao of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and College of Natural Science and Mathematics. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/ng-dr-nga-lee-sally\u0022\u003ENga Lee \u201cSally\u201d Ng\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;is the lead investigator. The instruments began operating June 26. The $12 million project, funded by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E, has created the nation\u2019s first long-term network of monitoring stations on aerosol chemical content and properties.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFour science instruments at Delta Junction, Alaska, have begun gathering air quality data as part of a multi-state project to determine the chemical content and physical properties of airborne particulate matter. The Delta Junction site, one of 12 in 10 states, is managed by associate professor Jingqiu Mao of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and College of Natural Science and Mathematics. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/ng-dr-nga-lee-sally\u0022\u003ENga Lee \u201cSally\u201d Ng\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;is the lead investigator. The instruments began operating June 26. The $12 million project, funded by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E, has created the nation\u2019s first long-term network of monitoring stations on aerosol chemical content and properties.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-07-24 15:11:26","changed_gmt":"2023-07-24 15:11:26","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Delta Wind","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.deltawindonline.com\/news\/local\/delta-junction-air-quality-monitoring-site-comes-online-in-new-national-network\/article_b060e8bc-2340-11ee-967b-4b63f9ef4bcf.html","dateline":{"date":"2023-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-07-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"122021","name":"Nga Lee (Sally) Ng"},{"id":"113111","name":"aerosols"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}