LMOS Level 2
Entry Title: LMOS Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Routine Ground Site Data

Entry ID: LMOS_Ground_WDNRRoutine_Data_1
Tropospheric Composition
Description

LMOS_Ground_WDNRRoutine_Data_1 is the Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS) ground site data collected at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Routine ground site during the LMOS field campaign. This product is a result of a joint effort across multiple agencies, including NASA, NOAA, the EPA, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), National Science Foundation (NSF), Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium (LADCO) and its member states, and several research groups at universities. Data collection for this product is complete. Elevated spring and summertime ozone levels remain a challenge along the coast of Lake Michigan, with a number of monitors exceeding the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone. The production of ozone over Lake Michigan, combined with onshore daytime “lake breeze” airflow is believed to increase ozone concentrations at locations within a few kilometers of the shore. This observed lake-shore gradient motivated the Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS). Conducted from May through June 2017, the goal of LMOS was to better understand ozone formation and transport around Lake Michigan; in particular, why ozone concentrations are generally highest along the lakeshore and drop off sharply inland and why ozone concentrations peak in rural areas far from major emission sources. LMOS was a collaborative, multi-agency field study that provided extensive observational air quality and meteorology datasets through a combination of airborne, ship, mobile laboratories, and fixed ground-based observational platforms. Chemical transport models (CTMs) and meteorological forecast tools assisted in planning for day-to-day measurement strategies. The long term goals of the LMOS field study were to improve modeled ozone forecasts for this region, better understand ozone formation and transport around Lake Michigan, provide a better understanding of the lakeshore gradient in ozone concentrations (which could influence how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) addresses future regional ozone issues), and provide improved knowledge of how emissions influence ozone formation in the region.

DOI

10.5067/Suborbital/LMOS/Ground_WDNRRoutine_Data_1

Citation Styles for this Dataset
Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
  • SURFACE WINDS
  • AIR QUALITY
  • ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
  • OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
  • SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • OZONE SURFACE > ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
  • NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
  • NITROGEN DIOXIDE > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
  • ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
  • TROPOSPHERIC OZONE
Data Distribution

File Format(s):

ICARTT

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Spatial Information

spatial-coverage-map
Spatial Coverage: (S: 40, N: 45), (W: -90, E: 88)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations

CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ILLINOIS MICHIGAN WISCONSIN GEOGRAPHIC REGION WESTERN HEMISPHERE VERTICAL LOCATION TROPOSPHERE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2017-05-22 - 2017-06-08
Platforms

Permanent Land Sites
GROUND STATIONS
GROUND STATIONS
GAS SENSORS
GAS SENSORS
Metadata Dates

Created on 2020-09-15
Last updated on 2023-02-17