LMOS Surface Mobile EPA-GMAP Ozone Data

Description

LMOS_TraceGas_SurfaceMobile_EPA-GMAP_Data_1 is the Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS) trace gas surface mobile data collected via the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) GMAP mobile platform 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 is complete. Elevated spring and summertime ozone levels remain a challenge along the coast of Lake Michigan, with a number of monitors recording levels/amounts 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 off 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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for LMOS_TraceGas_SurfaceMobile_EPA-GMAP_Data_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/LMOS/TraceGas_SurfaceMobile_EPA-GMAP_Data_1/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FSuborbital%2FLMOS%2FTraceGas_SurfaceMobile_EPA-GMAP_Data_1
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS 2017) FAQ https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/missions/lmos/docs/LMOS_FAQ_rev_jun5.pdf
21 LMOS Project Home Page https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/missions/lmos/
21 Earthdata Search for LMOS_TraceGas_SurfaceMobile_EPA-GMAP_Data_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1966379610-LARC_ASDC
33 LMOS Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium Mission Overview https://www.ladco.org/wp-content/uploads/Research/LMOS2017/LMOS_LADCO_report_revision_apr2019_final.pdf
21 LMOS Data on the Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) Power User Interface (UI) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/soot/power-user/LMOS/2017
33 White Paper: Lake Michigan Ozone Study 2017 (LMOS 2017) https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/missions/lmos/docs/Great_Lakes_Ozone_Study_White_Paper_Draft_v6.pdf
21 DOI data set landing page for LMOS_TraceGas_SurfaceMobile_EPA-GMAP_Data_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/LMOS/TraceGas_SurfaceMobile_EPA-GMAP_Data_1
21 LMOS Nasa.gov “NASA Aids Study of Lake Michigan High-Ozone Events” Article https://www.nasa.gov/feature/langley/nasa-aids-study-of-lake-michigan-high-ozone-events
21 LMOS Support Documentation https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/LMOS/pdocuments

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  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-chemistry
  • air-quality
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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