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Great Basin Ozone Problem
Measurements indicate high ozone concentrations in the Great Basin.
Back trajectory analysis and satellite remote sensing will be used to shed light on the causes.
Great Basin National Park: 39.005 N 114.216 W.South Fork Recreation Area: 40.677 N 115.745 W.
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Ground Based Ozone Measurements at Two Remote Sites in Nevada
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Great Basin National Park Site
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South Fork Recreation Site Near Elko
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Medium View of the Two Sites
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Ozone Time Series July – August 2011
July 1 Aug 31
July 22, 10 a.m.
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Diel Ozone Concentration: July through August 2011
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Back Trajectory Analysis for 22
July 2011
The ozone peak on this day at the Great Basin National Park is likely due to the air earlier passing over Las Vegas Nevada. It is likely that the green trajectory extends to Los Angeles as well.
The air at the South Fork Recreation Area arrives from the north and west, and travels for awhile near the I80 corridor.
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Back Trajectories Viewed with Google Earth
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Detailed View of Trajectories Near Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS
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Detailed View of Trajectories Near Las Vegas
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One Day Earlier: 21 July 2012 at 10:00 am local time
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300mb Surface for 22 July 2011
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500 mb Surface for 22 July 2011
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700mb Surface for 22 July 2011
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850mb Surface for 22 July 2011
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300 mb level averages by year
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700 mb level averages by year
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Valmy Power Plant may be the source of
NOx for the South Fork Recreation Area
ozone.
From www.nvenergy.com
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2005 Average July Tropospheric Ozone
From NASA: http://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_services/cloud_slice/#nd
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2006 Average July Tropospheric Ozone
From NASA: http://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_services/cloud_slice/#nd
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2007 Average July Tropospheric Ozone
From NASA: http://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_services/cloud_slice/#nd
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2008 Average July Tropospheric Ozone
From NASA: http://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_services/cloud_slice/#nd
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2009 Average July Tropospheric Ozone
From NASA: http://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_services/cloud_slice/#nd
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2010 Average July Tropospheric Ozone
From NASA: http://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_services/cloud_slice/#nd
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2011 Average July Tropospheric Ozone
From NASA: http://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_services/cloud_slice/#nd
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Are we seeing a trend to higher global concentrations of ozone?
Ozone is a very reactive, short lived gas.
Ozone precursors include products of anthropogenic pollution and biomass burning.
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Long Term Trend of Ozone At Mauna Loa Observatory High in the Hawaiian Islands.
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/dv/iadv/index.php?code=mlo
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Ozone: Remote Site in Southern China
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MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth Averaged For July 2005 - 2011
Diagnosis 2008 as a ‘fire year’ in Northern CA and NV. Great Basin values are likely biasedhigh due to surface brightness and algorithm assumptions (dark target retrieval).
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Review: Two pathways for light to MODIS
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Recall the standard ‘Dark Target’ method for obtaining surface
reflectivity and AOD.
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Review: MODIS ‘Dark Target’
Aerosol Retrievals Over Land Algorithm
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How does the surface reflectance model perform? (Andrew Joros results for the Great Basin)
8 July 2011 – Dry Regime
470nm Scatterplot 660nm Scatterplot
Y=.25x
Y=. 5x
470 nm has lower reflectivity than 660 nm. Model and measurements match at only a few points. Green shaded region used in the ‘safe’ part of the ‘Dark Target’ algorithm. Red shaded region used for the alternate ‘Dark Target’ algorithm (note model disagreement).
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How does the surface reflectance model perform? (Andrew Joros results for the Great Basin)
8 July 2011 – Dry Regime
470nm Scatterplot 660nm Scatterplot
Y=x/4
Y=x/2
The black curve fits the lowest surface reflectance values much better for 2130 nm reflectancelarger than 0.25, likely representing desert surfaces rather than vegetated surfaces.
PROPOSE Y=x/2 – 1/16 when x > 0.25
PROPOSE Y=x -1/8when x > 0.25
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Pacific Decadal Oscillation: Link with Western US Meteorology and Pollution Transport?
http://www.climate4you.com/SeaTemperatures.htm
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July Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
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PDO Index Time Series
From http://www.climate4you.com/SeaTemperatures.htm