The Uintah Basin has a really bad ozone problem. Ozone is 3 oxygen molecules. It is also extremely volatile and will attack your eyes, nose, throat, etc. Generally, you see high ozone in areas with a lot of population and pollution. Think LA smog. Well, the Uintah Basin is very rural and has a lot of oil and gas fields running the economy.
What I am doing is helping study where the ozone is coming from and what other compounds are out there that help form ozone. I have been getting up really early in the mornings and staying until dusk taking samples of methane and flying a weather balloon that measures wind speed, wind direction, temperature and relative humidity. I have also been helping with particulate samplers by changing their filters.
It's been a great learning experience and I've got to see a lot of cool things, even if I've lacked on sleep and missed Dan a lot! Anyways, here is the video that explains it! Also, I'm in a picture on a blog post! :-)
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