Project information

Grade grouping: 7-9

Team size: 1

Subject area: Earth Sciences

Project type: Experimental

Project Format: Traditional

The goal of this project is to use OSIRIS and TOMS ozone data to find those areas on the Earth, where the concentration of tropospheric ozone is systematically large. This is done by subtracting OSIRIS stratospheric ozone maps from TOMS total ozone maps.

Idea: The idea of this project came to me during a science class. At the time, we were discussing various air-pollutants, and I thought: Why not do a science fair project about pollution? So I did some research on tropospheric pollution and found that tropospheric ozone is not as good as most of us tend to think (i.e. the miraculous gas that saves us from UV radiation), but a poison for humans and the environment. Later I visited the University of Saskatchewan and learned about the OSIRIS instrument and it's ozone product. As I was told by the Canadian OSIRIS Team members, OSIRIS ozone data are unique, because OSIRIS is the first instrument in the world that allows one to create global maps of stratospheric ozone every second day. By using the combination of OSIRIS and TOMS ozone data, one can produce global maps of tropospheric ozone. I was also told that if I decided to do this as my science fair project, it would be very helpful to the Canadian OSIRIS Team, who just do not have enough manpower (or time) at the moment to do everything possible with the OSIRIS ozone data.

Software used: Dreamweaver MX 2004, Blender 2.25, Fireworks MX 2004

Hardware tools: N/A

Special Skills: N/A

Awards:

- Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society award

- Intermediate Earth & Environmental Sciences award

- Climate Change Saskatchewan award

- Travel Award

 

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