Residual layer ozone, mixing, and the nocturnal jet in California's San Joaquin Valley

Caputi, Dani J.; Faloona, Ian; Trousdell, Justin; Smoot, Jeanelle; Falk, Nicholas; Conley, Stephen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4721-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 7

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 4721–4740, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4721-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 4721–4740, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4721-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 7

Research article 09 Apr 2019

Research article | 09 Apr 2019

Residual layer ozone, mixing, and the nocturnal jet in California's San Joaquin Valley

Dani J. Caputi et al.

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Final revised paper (published on 09 Apr 2019)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Caputi et al. 2018', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Response to comment', Dani Caputi, 12 Nov 2018
RC2: 'Review of Caputi et al, 2018', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Oct 2018
- AC2: 'Response to comment', Dani Caputi, 12 Nov 2018

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AR by Dani Caputi on behalf of the Authors (12 Dec 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Dec 2018) by Robert Harley

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (28 Dec 2018)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (07 Jan 2019) by Robert Harley

AR by Lorena Grabowski on behalf of the Authors (01 Mar 2019) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (03 Mar 2019) by Robert Harley

Short summary

This paper covers the importance of understanding ozone pollution in California’s southern San Joaquin Valley from the perspective of meteorological conditions that occur overnight. Our main finding is that stronger winds aloft allow ozone to be depleted overnight, leading to less ozone the following day. This finding has the potential to greatly improve ozone forecasts in the San Joaquin Valley. This study is primarily conducted with aircraft observations.