HR: 1340h
AN: A53C-1365    [Abstracts]
TI: Construction and analysis of an ozone profile climateology over Houston, Texas
AU: * Morris, G A
EM: gmorris@rice.edu
AF: Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Valparaiso University 1610 Campus Dr. East, Valparaiso, IN 46383, United States
AU: Thompson, A M
EM: anne@meteo.psu.edu
AF: Dept. of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States
AU: Perna, R
EM: ryan.perna@mail.uh.edu
AF: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 5425 Polk Ave., Houston, TX 77023, United States
AU: Yorks, J
EM: jey130@psu.edu
AF: Dept. of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States
AU: Rappenglueck, B
EM: brappenglueck@uh.edu
AF: Dept. of Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, United States
AU: Ostermann, G
EM: Gregory.Osterman@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AU: Leffer, B
EM: blefer@uh.edu
AF: Dept. of Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, United States
AU: Boudreaux, R
EM: blessure_black@yahoo.com
AF: Dept. of Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, United States
AU: Chow, A
EM: ahchow@uh.edu
AF: Dept. of Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, United States
AU: Ford, B
EM: bonne.ford@valpo.edu
AF: Dept. of Geography & Meteorology, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN 46383, United States
AU: Thompson, E
EM: elizabeth.thompson@valpo.edu
AF: Dept. of Geography & Meteorology, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN 46383, United States
AU: Hersey, S
EM: shersey@caltech.edu
AF: Dept. of Environmental Science & Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States
AB: Since the summer of 2004, over 200 ozonesondes have been launched from the campuses of Rice University or the University of Houston (29.7 N, 95.3 W), each about 3 miles from downtown Houston. These sounding launches have been sponsored by NASA, the Shell Center for Sustainability of Rice University, and the Texas Commissions for Environmental Quality as part of a large effort to understand Houston's ozone problem. Data from these soundings have provided valuable insight into the seasonal and diurnal variations of the vertical ozone distribution and their relationship to changes in atmospheric conditions. In this presentation, we show annual and seasonal variability in the ozone profile, evidence for the impact of meteorological factors on the ozone profile, and comparisons of the ozonesonde data with TES and OMI retrievals.
UR: http://www.rice.edu/ozone
DE: 0300 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
DE: 0325 Evolution of the atmosphere (1610, 8125)
DE: 0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry
DE: 0368 Troposphere: constituent transport and chemistry
DE: 3307 Boundary layer processes
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting