Airborne measurement of ozone and precursors near Houston, Texas on June 11, 1997
- Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL (United States)
- Baylor Univ., Waco, TX (United States). Aviation Sciences Dept.
- Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin, TX (United States)
The advent of revised ambient air quality standards for ozone has rekindled interest in the formation and transport of ozone in urban and power plant plumes. The State of Texas, Baylor University, and the Tennessee Valley Authority are currently involved in a cooperative airborne air pollution monitoring program designed to study the formation and transport of ozone and precursors in Texas. A King Air model A90 aircraft has been outfitted with continuous instrumentation for ozone, NO{sub x}, NO, SO{sub 2}, hydrocarbons, light scattering, temperature, altitude, and position. This aircraft has logged 45 flights with over 200 hours of flight data for the 1997 field season. This work represents one of the first successful applications of an air pollution research aircraft for on-call use by a state regulatory authority. This paper presents results from a case study of ozone formation and transport in the Houston, Texas area on June 11, 1997. The case study documents the magnitude of an elevated ozone episode in the Houston area including a discussion of the role of transported versus locally produced ozone. Both vertical and horizontal variability of ozone and precursors are studied with special emphasis given to the implications of the measurements in light of the revised ambient air quality standard for ozone. The relationship between ozone formation and increased NO{sub x} and other precursors is also documented. Also discussed are some of the logistical challenges of an intensive program of this nature. Other objectives of the research and monitoring project are also mentioned including plans to use the Baylor King Air platform to study the transboundary pollutant transport at the US-Mexican border and interregional transport between Texas and other regions of the US.
- OSTI ID:
- 362027
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980632-; TRN: IM9933%%411
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 91. annual meeting and exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association, San Diego, CA (United States), 14-18 Jun 1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 91. annual meeting and exhibition. Bridging international boundaries: Clean production for environmental stewardship; PB: [5000] p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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