Comprehensive aerosol and gas data set from the Sydney Particle Study

Abstract. The Sydney Particle Study involved the comprehensive measurement of meteorology, particles and gases at a location in western Sydney during February/March 2011 and April/May 2012. The aim of this study was to increase scientific knowledge of the processes leading to particle formation and transformations in Sydney. In this paper we describe the methods used to collect and analyse particle and gaseous samples, as well as the methods employed for the continuous measurement of particle concentrations, particle microphysicalproperties and gaseous concentrations. This paper also provides a description of the data collected and is a meta data record for the data sets published in Keywood et al. (2016a) https://doi.org/10.4225/08/57903B83D6A5D and Keywood et al. (2016b) https://doi.org/10.4225/08/5791B5528BD63 .