Level III Research Station-Youth Incorporated from the 1995 Southern Oxidants Study (SOS) Nashville/Middle Tennessee Ozone Study Data Base

The goal of this study was to improve scientific understanding of the processes that control the production and distribution of ozone in the troposphere. During the six-week 1995 Southern Oxidants Study (SOS) Nashvile/Middle Tennessee Ozone Study the Level III Youth Incorporated research station participated in a variety of volatile organic compound (VOC) sampling and analysis activities under the overall direction of Rod Zika (University of Miami).

Youth Incoporated also served as a canister VOC laboratory for the Level II enhanced chemistry surface stations, the TVA Bell 205 helicopter, and the DOE Grumman G-1. These pressurized, SUMMA@ canister samples were analyzed for selected C2 to C10 VOC compounds using GC/FID. Also, the University of Miami collected and analyzed continuous "real-time" VOC samples for selected C3 to C10 VOC compounds using GC/FID/MSD techniques.