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B Farris

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Integrated In-space Transportation Plan

The purpose of this report is to provide the reader with a readily accessible reference volume and history for the Integrated In-Space Transportation Plan (IISTP) phase I effort. This report was prepared by Gray Research, Inc. as a partial fulfillment of the Integrated Technology Assessment Center subcontract No. 4400037135 in support of the IISTP phase I effort within the In-Space Investment Area of the Advanced Space Transportation Program managed at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. Much of the data used in the preparation of this report was taken from analyses, briefings, and reports prepared by the vast number of dedicated engineers and scientists who participated in the IISTP phase I effort. The opinions and ideas expressed in this report are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of NASA in whole or in part.

Advanced space transportation↗

TPSAS-NF1676L-31185-DND

Accurate predictive modeling of EPA-defined criteria pollutants in transition zones such as the land/water interface has proven challenging due to differing emission sources, meteorology, and environmental conditions (e.g. temperature, humidity). Chemical species that are “trapped" over water may contribute to exceedence events over land due to land/sea breeze events. The Ozone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study (OWLETS) during the 2017 summer was initiated to study how ozone and ozone precursor concentrations differ over two proximate sites (separated by 20 km). One site (NASA's Langley Research Center) is a land-based site, with the second site being located on the third island of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, approximately 14 km offshore. Both sites had ozone lidars from the Tropospheric Ozone Lidar NETwork(TOLNET) for continuous profiling of the boundary layer and lower-tropospheric ozone and sounding capabilities for profiling the atmosphere up to 35 km. Coincident sonde launches were conducted from both sites to allow intercomparison of ozone mixing ratios and temperature/humidity. Preliminary results regarding ozone gradients are presented herein.

E Gargulinski↗