The 2017 Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS 2017) was a collaborative, multi‐agency field study of ozone chemistry and meteorology along the Wisconsin‐Illinois Lake Michigan shoreline using a combination of aircraft, ground‐based and ship‐based measurements. The goal of the study 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. Field activities were conducted from May 22‐June 22, 2017 and included two aircraft (one for remote sampling and one for insitu profiling), two ground-based super sites (Sheboygan, WI and Zion, IL) with both remote sensing and insitu measurements, two mobile sampling platforms measuring lakeshore‐inland ozone concentration gradients, and additional ground‐based remote sensing instruments collocated at several other shoreline locations. Air quality and meteorological forecasts provided flight planning guidance and in‐field evaluation of model prediction skill during the campaign. This talk provides an overview of the LMOS 2017 field campaign, a summary of the measurements conducted during the LMOS 2017 field campaign and preliminary results, and a summary of preliminary model/measurement comparisons highlighting the difficulties in predicting coastal ozone concentrations along the western shore of Lake Michigan.
Friday Aug 3, 2018
11:45 a.m. doors open Members:
Jane Brill, Marketing and Program DirectorFIRST FRIDAY FORUM: The Results Are in- Lake Michigan Ozone Study
Our speaker, Brad Pierce is a physical scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the Advanced Satellite Products Branch on the UW-Madison campus co-located with the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies. He has more than 20 years of experience in chemical modeling and forecasting support for airborne field campaigns studying the chemistry of the atmosphere, including studies of stratospheric ozone loss and tropospheric pollution. In 2003, he received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for “outstanding contributions to the development of innovative techniques which enhance the scientific interpretation of airborne measurements of atmospheric constituents”. He has more than 25 years of experience in the design, development and execution of global and regional atmospheric models. In 2016, he received the NOAA Administrator’s Award for “providing robust, real-time, simulated data of the next generation geostationary satellite imagers, reducing risk in post-launch operations”. In 2017, he led the Lake Michigan Ozone Study, which was a collaborative, multi‐agency field study of ozone chemistry and meteorology along the Wisconsin‐Illinois Lake Michigan shoreline using a combination of aircraft, ground‐based and ship‐based measurements.
Date and Time
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM CDT
12:00 p.m. lunch served
1:15 p.m. program concludesFees/Admission
$20 when paid online at time of registration
General Admission:
$38 when paid online at time of registration
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