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LMOS Surface Mobile EPA-GMAP Ozone Data

Metadata Updated: January 29, 2026

LMOS_TraceGas_SurfaceMobile_EPA-GMAP_Data_1 is the Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS) trace gas surface mobile data collected via the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) GMAP mobile platform during the LMOS field campaign. This product is a result of a joint effort across multiple agencies, including NASA, NOAA, the EPA, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), National Science Foundation (NSF), Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium (LADCO) and its member states, and several research groups at universities. Data collection is complete.Elevated spring and summertime ozone levels remain a challenge along the coast of Lake Michigan, with a number of monitors recording levels/amounts exceeding the 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone. The production of ozone over Lake Michigan, combined with onshore daytime “lake breeze” airflow is believed to increase ozone concentrations at locations within a few kilometers off shore. This observed lake-shore gradient motivated the Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS). Conducted from May through June 2017, the goal of LMOS was to better understand ozone formation and transport around Lake Michigan; in particular, why ozone concentrations are generally highest along the lakeshore and drop off sharply inland and why ozone concentrations peak in rural areas far from major emission sources. LMOS was a collaborative, multi-agency field study that provided extensive observational air quality and meteorology datasets through a combination of airborne, ship, mobile laboratories, and fixed ground-based observational platforms. Chemical transport models (CTMs) and meteorological forecast tools assisted in planning for day-to-day measurement strategies. The long term goals of the LMOS field study were to improve modeled ozone forecasts for this region, better understand ozone formation and transport around Lake Michigan, provide a better understanding of the lakeshore gradient in ozone concentrations (which could influence how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) addresses future regional ozone issues), and provide improved knowledge of how emissions influence ozone formation in the region.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date January 29, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date January 29, 2026
Publisher NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/Suborbital/LMOS/TraceGas_SurfaceMobile_EPA-GMAP_Data_1
Data Last Modified 2026-01-27
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Homepage URL https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
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Program Code 026:000
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Source Hash a38520feeeeafec47ebf45cf6227b3cfee5d3036aa094b3c96f96d9fe0491f3e
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Spatial
Temporal 2017-06-06/2017-06-06

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