Interpreting the Information in Ozone Observations and Model Predictions Relevant to Regulatory Policies in the Eastern United States
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- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Vol. 81 (9) , 2083-2106
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<2083:itiioo>2.3.co;2
Abstract
To study the underlying forcing mechanisms that distinguish the days with high ozone concentrations from average or nonepisodic days, the observed and model-predicted ozone time series are spectrally decomposed into different temporal components; the modeled values are based on the results of a three-month simulation with the Urban Airshed Model—Variable Grid Version photochemical modeling system. The ozone power spectrum is represented as the sum of four temporal components, ranging from the intraday timescale to the multiweek timescale. The results reveal that only those components that contain fluctuations with periods equal to or greater than one day carry the information that distinguishes ozone episode days from nonepisodic days. Which of the longer-term fluctuations is dominant in a particular episode varies from episode to episode. However, the magnitude of the intraday fluctuations is nearly invariant in time. The promulgation of the 8-h standard for ozone further emphasizes the importance of lon... To study the underlying forcing mechanisms that distinguish the days with high ozone concentrations from average or nonepisodic days, the observed and model-predicted ozone time series are spectrally decomposed into different temporal components; the modeled values are based on the results of a three-month simulation with the Urban Airshed Model—Variable Grid Version photochemical modeling system. The ozone power spectrum is represented as the sum of four temporal components, ranging from the intraday timescale to the multiweek timescale. The results reveal that only those components that contain fluctuations with periods equal to or greater than one day carry the information that distinguishes ozone episode days from nonepisodic days. Which of the longer-term fluctuations is dominant in a particular episode varies from episode to episode. However, the magnitude of the intraday fluctuations is nearly invariant in time. The promulgation of the 8-h standard for ozone further emphasizes the importance of lon...Keywords
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