The MUMBA campaign: measurements of urban, marine and biogenic air

The Measurements of Urban, Marine and Biogenic Air (MUMBA) campaign took place in Wollongong, New South Wales (a small coastal city approximately 80 km south of Sydney, Australia) from 21 December 2012 to 15 February 2013. Like many Australian cities, Wollongong is surrounded by dense eucalyptus forest, so the urban airshed is heavily influenced by biogenic emissions. Instruments were deployed during MUMBA to measure the gaseous and aerosol composition of the atmosphere with the aim of providing a detailed characterisation of the complex environment of the ocean-forest-urban interface that could be used to test the skill of atmospheric models. The gases measured included ozone, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane and many of the most abundant volatile organic compounds. The aerosol characterisation included total particle counts above 3 nm, total cloud condensation nuclei counts, mass concentration, number concentration size distribution, aerosol chemical analyses and elemental analysis.

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Related Dataset #2 : In situ measurement of CO, CH4, and CO2 combined with selected meteorological measueremts at the University of Wollongong, Australia, supplement to: Buchholz, Rebecca R; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Griffith, David W T; Kubistin, Dagmar; Caldow, Christopher; Fisher, Jenny A; Deutscher, Nicholas M; Kettlewell, Graham; Riggenbach, Martin; Macatangay, Ronald; Krummel, Paul B; Langenfelds, Ray L (2016): Source and meteorological influences on air quality (CO, CH4 & CO2) at a Southern Hemisphere urban site. Atmospheric Environment, 126, 274-289

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Related Dataset #4 : Measurements of Urban, Marine and Biogenic Air (MUMBA): characterisation of trace gases and aerosol at the urban, marine and biogenic interface in summer in Wollongong, Australia, supplement to: Paton-Walsh, Clare; Guérette, Elise-Andrée; Kubistin, Dagmar; Humphries, Ruhi S; Wilson, Stephen R; Dominick, Doreena; Galbally, Ian; Buchholz, Rebecca R; Bhujel, Mahendra; Chambers, Scott; Cheng, Min; Cope, Martin; Davy, Perry; Emmerson, Kathryn; Griffith, David W T; Griffiths, Alan; Keywood, Melita D; Lawson, Sarah; Molloy, Suzie; Rea, Geraldine; Selleck, Paul; Shi, Xue; Simmons, Jack B; Velazco, Voltaire (2017): The MUMBA Campaign: Measurements of Urban, Marine and Biogenic Air. Earth System Science Data, 9(1), 349-362
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Author Paton-Walsh, C.
Guérette, É.
Kubistin, D.
Humphries, R.
Wilson, S. R.
Dominick, D.
Galbally, I.
Buchholz, Rebecca
Bhujel, M.
Chambers, S.
Cheng, M.
Cope, M.
Davy, P.
Emmerson, K.
Griffith, D. W. T.
Griffiths, A.
Keywood, M.
Lawson, S.
Molloy, S.
Rea, G.
Selleck, P.
Shi, X.
Simmons, J.
Velazco, V.
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
Publication Date 2017-06-06T00:00:00
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Metadata Date 2025-07-11T19:48:25.433989
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.opensky::articles:19830
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Paton-Walsh, C., Guérette, É., Kubistin, D., Humphries, R., Wilson, S. R., Dominick, D., Galbally, I., Buchholz, Rebecca, Bhujel, M., Chambers, S., Cheng, M., Cope, M., Davy, P., Emmerson, K., Griffith, D. W. T., Griffiths, A., Keywood, M., Lawson, S., Molloy, S., Rea, G., Selleck, P., Shi, X., Simmons, J., Velazco, V.. (2017). The MUMBA campaign: measurements of urban, marine and biogenic air. UCAR/NCAR - Library. https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7hd7xs2. Accessed 19 August 2025.

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