Meteo 440W Research Proposal

Joel MaruschakVictoria Faranca

Sea Breeze Effect

Source: NOAA

Land Breeze Effect

Source: NOAA

Outline

• Hypothesis: Pollutants will be blown out to the bay at night, brought back in during the day.

• Find evidence of sea breeze and land breeze• Correlate with Pollutant concentrations

Ozone Concentration (PPB)Date \ Hour: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2307/01/2011 2 2 2 9 18 19 27 37 50 60 67 72 72 75 77 84 92 91 87 69 56 45 32 1407/02/2011 21 19 19 11 21 26 42 49 66 80 87 93 107 118 118 113 108 103 101 87 77 80 73 6707/03/2011 66 73 62 51 41 37 31 33 40 46 61 75 78 89 86 81 76 71 72 60 48 44 36 2407/04/2011 22 21 18 11 14 11 17 23 33 41 48 57 60 57 59 60 55 48 45 47 43 46 40 3607/05/2011 26 21 16 13 10 7 17 30 43 61 73 75 82 89 96 100 107 115 109 88 82 71 63 5807/06/2011 35 22 21 17 12 7 10 23 38 47 53 59 78 83 65 58 57 48 40 3207/07/2011 30 28 24 16 9 6 13 24 38 63 79 89 102 96 88 93 76 76 57 45 39 31 27 2007/08/2011 26 21 21 20 15 13 14 20 40 47 51 53 53 52 52 46 54 50 42 29 30 25 18 1307/09/2011 11 16 14 15 10 5 16 29 41 50 53 55 56 56 57 66 71 68 61 41 32 24 11 207/10/2011 11 11 10 11 14 14 23 30 41 51 57 63 71 67 74 72 68 68 68 66 52 53 47 4307/11/2011 37 36 41 40 42 35 33 39 48 57 61 59 58 65 72 64 59 57 58 57 46 43 36 2807/12/2011 17 11 11 6 2 2 7 24 38 51 56 59 61 61 62 63 64 65 58 49 42 39 49 5307/13/2011 51 52 49 43 39 33 35 40 44 56 55 56 57 52 44 41 55 49 43 29 22 34 35 3307/14/2011 31 30 27 29 26 19 20 26 31 36 41 55 54 49 45 39 36 33 3307/15/2011 34 35 34 28 17 9 12 21 32 40 49 55 64 77 79 74 71 60 53 53 51 44 38 2707/16/2011 22 14 10 11 7 7 7 15 25 42 52 60 65 60 53 53 51 46 45 42 43 42 42 3907/17/2011 37 31 22 23 28 25 29 36 40 48 56 61 56 52 53 51 50 51 46 43 41 36 34 3207/18/2011 29 26 24 22 16 13 21 27 33 45 59 78 101 106 93 82 70 65 62 58 48 44 42 3407/19/2011 27 20 15 11 7 2 9 22 41 55 65 70 44 57 60 66 60 63 68 56 4907/20/2011 42 36 26 21 22 19 26 42 50 62 76 75 72 74 76 74 73 75 74 62 57 52 50 5407/21/2011 58 50 30 24 17 17 36 41 48 60 70 78 68 69 78 69 65 60 55 52 56 58 50 4207/22/2011 25 13 11 16 12 7 9 26 42 61 71 103 86 93 98 118 109 85 88 73 54 34 20 23

Green: Values Below 10

Red: Values above 70

Times in Local Standard Time

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Data

Data

Buoy Reports

METARs

Concerns

• Solar irradiance causes the same variation in pollutant concentrations

• Is the sea breeze even strong enough?

Questions? Concerns? Complaints?