Where: Salt Lake City, Utah
When: 15 July - 18 August 2024
How: NOAA CSL will carry out observations through a combination of mobile laboratory (instrumented vehicle and small aircraft) measurements and augmentation of fixed ground sites with research grade instruments.
NOAA CSL will conduct a study of summertime ozone in the Wasatch Front region of northern Utah in the summer of 2024. This region (population of 2.5 million and growing), exhibits regular exceedances of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone. Measurements of the spatial distribution and speciation of major ozone precursors (NOx and VOCs), together with additional chemical measurements and meteorological data, will enable better understanding of the factors that lead to high ozone.