LMOS Schiller Park Ground Site: Lake Michigan Ozone Study Data

The Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS) was a multi-agency field campaign conducted from May through June 2017 to investigate elevated ozone levels along the Lake Michigan coast. Data from the Schiller Park ground site includes air quality and meteorology observations collected by NASA, NOAA, EPA, and university research groups. This dataset aims to improve ozone forecasts and understand the lakeshore gradient in ozone concentrations.

Use Cases

• Analyze ozone formation and transport patterns based on the described lakeshore gradient.
• Validate chemical transport models (CTMs) based on the observational air quality and meteorology datasets.
• Study the impact of lake breeze airflow on ozone concentrations based on the described meteorological phenomena.
• Assess compliance with National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) based on the described exceedances.

Strengths

• Data collection involved a joint effort across multiple agencies including NASA, NOAA, EPA, EPRI, NSF, and university groups.
• The study was designed to address a specific observed phenomenon: the lake-shore gradient in ozone concentrations.
• Data collection is complete, as stated in the description.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• File formats include BIN, PDF, ISO, HTML, which may require specialized tools for processing.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Observational data collected from a fixed ground-based platform during a field campaign.

Time Range

May through June 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 01:07:26.128378; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Schiller Park ground site, Lake Michigan region