Design and Installation of the Iowa Atmospheric Measurement Station (IA-AMS)
Keri C. Hornbuckle and William E. Eichinger, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa.

The central objective of this research initiative is to develop a permanent air sampling station and meteorlogical instrumentation site that may be used for long term field measurements, short term intensive campaigns, and in support of classroom instruction. This site would be used in a variety of applications to measure trace atmospheric gases and aerosols, surface atmospheric interactions, water use, and turbulence. These atmospheric constituents and processes will be monitores and modeled as a function of seasonal and long-term climate change in the region. The station, henceforth called the Iowa Atmospheric Measurement Station (IA-AMS) will be equipped with instrumentation for measuring trace levels of persistent organic pollutants (POP's), heat and water vapor fluxes from soil and vegitation; instruments to measure the use of solar energy and water by the plant canopy, and fine particulates in air.