Key results from the salt lake regional smoke, ozone, and aerosol study (SAMOZA)

Daniel A. Jaffe, Matt Ninneman, Linh Nguyen, Haebum Lee, Lu Hu, Damien Ketcherside, Lixu Jin, Emily Cope, Seth Lyman, Colleen Jones, Trevor O’Neil, Marc L. Mansfield

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Abstract

The Northern Wasatch Front area is one of ~ 50 metropolitan regions in the U.S. that do not meet the 2015 O3 standard. To better understand the causes of high O3 days in this region we conducted the Salt Lake regional Smoke, Ozone and Aerosol Study (SAMOZA) in the summer of 2022. The primary goals of SAMOZA were: Measure a suite of VOCs, by Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS) and the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) cartridge method. Evaluate whether the standard UV O3 measurements made in SLC show a positive bias during smoke events, as has been suggested in some recent studies. Use the observations to conduct photochemical modeling and statistical/machine learning analyses to understand photochemistry on both smoke-influenced and non-smoke days. Implications: The Northern Wasatch Front area is one of ~50 metropolitan regions in the U.S. that do not meet the 2015 O3 standard. To better understand the causes of high O3 days in this region we conducted the Salt Lake regional Smoke, Ozone and Aerosol Study (SAMOZA) in the summer of 2022. A number of policy relevant findings are identified in the manuscript including role of smoke and NOx vs VOC sensitivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)163-180
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of the Air and Waste Management Association
Volume74
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Keywords

  • Ozone/analysis
  • Smoke/analysis
  • Air Pollutants/analysis
  • Lakes/analysis
  • Environmental Monitoring/methods
  • Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis
  • Aerosols/analysis
  • China

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