Keywords
Ozone, Regional vs Local, ozone transport, NOx
Data Set Description Summary
The Wasatch Front in Utah, USA is currently a nonattainment area for ozone according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO2 +NO) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the presence of sunlight lead to ozone formation in the troposphere. When the rate of oxidant production, defined as the sum of O3 and NO2, is faster than the rate of NOx production, a region is said to be NOx-limited and ozone formation will be limited by the concentration of NOx species in the region. The inverse of this situation makes the region VOC-limited. Knowing if a region is NOx-limited or VOC-limited can aid in generating effective mitigation strategies. Understanding the background or regional contributions to ozone in a region, whether it be from the transport of precursors or of ozone, provides information about the lower limit for ozone concentrations that a region can obtain with regulation of local precursors. In this paper measured oxidant and NOx concentrations are analyzed from 14 counties in the state of Utah to calculate the regional and local contributions to ozone for each region. This analysis is used to determine the nature of the atmosphere in each county by determining if the region is VOC or NOx-limited. Furthermore, this analysis is done for each county for the years 2012 and 2022 to determine if there has been a change in the oxidative nature and quantify the regional and local contributions to ozone over a 10-year period.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Flowerday, Callum; Hansen, Jaron C.; and Thalman, Ryan, "Local and Regional Contributions to Tropospheric Ozone Concentrations in Utah, USA - Data" (2023). ScholarsArchive Data. 52.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/data/52
Document Type
Data
Publication Date
2023-06-16
Data Collection Start Date
1-1-2012
Data Collection End Date
31-12-2022
Language
English
College
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
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