Ozone Measurement and Meteorological Analysis of Tropopause Folding,

Abstract

Ozone measurements made at several surface stations in New York and Massachusetts show typical continental diurnal variation; a mountaintop (850 mb) station in the same region experiences very little diurnal variation. The mountaintop ozone concentration always exceeds that of the surface stations, and this concentration trend is predictable by meteorological analysis. The results of these experiments indicate that the ozone source level lies above 850 mb. Flight experiments have verified that significant downward transport of ozone from the lower stratosphere accompanies a tropospheric fold, and that this ozone-enriched air may reach the surface and/or remain in the middle troposphere. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA032630

Entities

People

  • A. W. Hogan
  • E. Danielsen
  • P. Coffey
  • V. A. Mohnen

Organizations

  • State University of New York at Albany

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Masses
  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemistry
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Diurnal Variations
  • Ecology
  • Flight Paths
  • Jet Streams
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Meteorology
  • New York
  • Public Health
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space