Residents on the shoreline of Lake Michigan in southwest Wisconsin are subject to air quality issues from high ozone concentrations near ground level. A large multi-agency, multi-university field campaign was conducted in 2023 called AGES+ which investigated air quality over multiple metropolitan areas across the US. At Chiwaukee Prairie, in Kenosha County WI, an enhanced monitoring ground station was set up with ozone LIDAR, overland unmanned aerial systems (UAS), overwater UAS, and sondes, located next to a regulatory monitor. The UWEC team flew overwater UAS from August 2-11, 2023 and data was collected for ozone concentrations, temperature, wind speed, and wind direction. Measurements were conducted using a DJI M300, with two IMETs and POM sensors attached, with flights occurring over Lake Michigan near the Chiwaukee Prairie area. Results were then correlated with the Wisconsin DNR’s ground station in Chiwaukee Prairie and the overland UAS flown by University of Alabama Huntsville. This analysis will present evaluations of similarities and differences in the structure of the lower atmosphere including the ozone abundances with respect to overwater and overland flights.
