Cheeka Peak Atmospheric Research Station
- Description
- Cheeka Peak is a unique site for monitoring the background
chemistry and aerosol content of pristine marine air at
mid-latitudes. During long-range onshore winds that occur
frequently throughout the year, it is predicted to have the
cleanest air in the northern hemisphere. The site is normally
visited several times a month for measurements and
collections.
- Location
- Cheeka Peak, Neah Bay, WA.
Ca. 15 miles by road WSW from Neah Bay.
Elevation 460m, 3 km inland from Anderson Head
- Contact
- Dr. Dan
Jaffe, Professor
University of Washington-Bothell
18115 Campus Way NE
Bothell, WA 98011-8246
tel: 425-352-5357
fax: 425-352-5335
email: djaffe@u.washington.edu
- Acreage
- Approximately 1 acre.
- Buildings
- Two 8' x 20' containers; one 8' x 10' pumphouse
building.
- Equipment
- 6 m and 10 m sampling towers, meteorological and
air-sampling instrumentation.
- Housing
- None.
- Owner
- Containers are state owned. Land is leased from the Makah
Indian Nation.
- Support
- Research grants and contracts.
- Recent Usage
- Research: Established as precipitation chemistry
site in 1984. Cooperative atmospheric and cloud chemistry
research since 1986 with Battelle PNL, NOAA PMEL, UW Atmospheric
Sciences & Oceanography. Pacific Sulfur/ Stratus
investigation (field campaigns in 1989, 1990, 1991); CACHE
cloud physics and fog deposition experiment 1993, 1994, 1995.
Aerosol Monitoring Station project for NOAA CMDL is
terminating. PHOBEA photochemical compounds in springtime NE
Pacific 1997, 1998. Continuous measurement of geological
parameters. Instruction: Doctoral thesis research
base. Non-UW research and funding: Battelle PNL, NOAA
PMEL.
- Usage Fee
- Prorated payment of utilities costs.
- Condition
- Good. Present funding supports station for intermittent
monitoring of atmospheric chemistry parameters and continuous
monitoring of geographic parameters. Roads, site, and buildings
in good condition.
- Communication
- Telephone lines, computer modem link.
- Access
- By logging roads (gated). Five-hour drive from
Seattle.
- Unique Environment
- Location is predicted to have the cleanest air in the
Northern Hemisphere during periods of onshore wind flow,
according to global circulation models.
- Faculty/Staff
- No staff at site. Other faculty: David Covert,
Robert Charlson, Atmospheric Sciences; W. Zoller, Richard
Gammon, Chemistry; Paul Quay, Oceanography, Tony Qamar,
Geophysics.
