Airborne Trace Gas and Aerosol Measurements During ITCT 2k2

From mid-April through mid-May of this year a NOAA Aircraft Operations Center WP-3D Orion aircraft was deployed to Monterey, California to study the inflow to the western US from the eastern Pacific. The scientific payload was chosen to study intercontinental transport and chemical conversion and its potential impact on the US. The payload included an ozone photochemistry suite, i.e. measurements of ozone, its precursors, products and by-products of the photooxidation, and anthropogenic tracers. Aside from the aerosol size distribution, bulk and single particle composition were measured. The flight plans incorporated survey flights along the coast, overflights of the ground site in Trinidad Head, ship plume studies, a visit to the Los Angeles basin and west-east transects (off- to on-shore) along the transport axis. This overview will describe the payload and flight operations from Monterey. Composite profiles of ozone, total nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide will be compared to those derived from our previous missions.