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Support by Inter-RPO WG - NESCAUM CAPITA June 2004 Fast Aerosol Sensing Tools for Natural Event Tracking FASTNET Proposed Historical Event Analyses: June 25 – July 10, 2002 During the two week period June 25-July 10, several natural and manmade aerosol events occurred: - Manitoba smoke drifted to the Midwest and the Northeast - Colorado smoke covered several states - Sahara dust incursion to the Midwest caused 20 ug/m3 dust - Sulfate episode covered the Ohio River Valley - Quebec smoke caused record PM2.5 concentrations in the Northeast Thus a focused analysis of this two week period would include three smoke events, a dust event and a sulfate event. More importantly, analysis of the period would elucidate the interaction among these events.
