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The characterization of an air pollution episode using satellite total ozone measurementsA case study is presented which demonstrates that measurements of total ozone from a space-based platform can be used to study a widespread air pollution episode over the southeastern U.S. In particular, the synoptic-scale distribution of surface-level ozone obtained from an independent analysis of ground-based monitoring stations appears to be captured by the synoptic-scale distribution of total ozone, even though about 90 percent of the total ozone is in the stratosphere. Additional analyses of upper air meteorological data, other satellite imagery, and in situ aircraft measurements of ozone likewise support the fact that synoptic-scale variability of tropospheric ozone is primarily responsible for the observed variability in total ozone under certain conditions. The use of the type of analysis discussed in this study may provide an important technique for understanding the global budget of tropospheric ozone.
Document ID
19880040070
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Fishman, Jack
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Shipham, Mark C.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Vukovich, Fred M.
(Research Triangle Institute Research Triangle Park, NC, United States)
Cahoon, Donald R.
(PRC-Kentron, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology
Volume: 26
ISSN: 0733-3021
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Accession Number
88A27297
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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