Shelby

Scola

Marilyn Jones

Tom Mazze>

Kylie Holmes

Brad Garczynski

Karimar Ledesma-Maldonado

Julia Carlstad

MaF Irish

Whole Air Group

(Snake n Blake)

Mentor: Jason Schroeder

Faculty Advisor: Donald Blake
August 5, 2015

Snake Masters
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Donald Blake

(not usually this serious)

Honorary Member
Rafe Day

Research Mentor
Jason Schroeder

Honorary Member
Sean Freeman

Snake n Blake

Blake Group A Unique SARP Experience

We did a lot of work!
Each student will describe a porVon during their presentaVon
1. CollecVng samples onboard
the DC-8

Shelby and Marilyn

2. Analyzing samples using gas Tom, Kylie, and Brad

chromatography
3. Field trip to Santa Barbara

Karimar

4. Drawing baselines

Julia

Sample CollecVon
338 whole air
samples collected
on the DC-8

Fun Vmes on the DC-8

It was the best of Vmes

It was the worst of Vmes

Fun Vmes on the DC-8

Time for a story!

Oh no, not
another one

Gas Chromatographic analysis of

H2 and CO

Gas Chromatographic analysis of

methane

Laboratory FrustraVon: Using instruments that

are older than you are

Yo!
This pump sucks!

Drawing Baselines: a Game of Endurance

Modifying baselines: Day one

Drawing Baselines: a Game of Endurance

Modifying baselines: Several days later

Drawing Baselines: a Game of Endurance

Kylie Holmes A baseline wizard

Done!

Done! And in record Vme, too!

Done! And in record Vme, too!

Shelby Scola
Using posiVve matrix
factorizaVon to invesVgate
sources of VOCs in
Bakerseld

Marilyn Jones
The impact of teleconnecVon-
driven paFerns on long-range
transport into Southern
California

Thomas Mazze>
Using verVcal proles of
trace gases to nd planetary
boundary layer height

Kylie Holmes
Kylie loves Palmdale

Diurnal variability of
regional transport and its
eects on air quality in
Palmdale

Bradley Garczynski
InvesVgaVng sources of air
polluVon over the Refugio
oil spill

Karimar Ledesma-Maldonado
EsVmaVon of tropospheric OH
and Cl concentraVons inferred
from NMHC mixing raVos over
Southern California

Julia Carlstad
Analysis of hydroxyl
radical reacVvity in the
Sierra Nevada mountains

MaF Irish
QuanVfying molecular hydrogen
emissions and an industrial
leakage rate for the South Coast
Air Basin of California

Group Acknowledgements
Emily Schaller
Rick SheFer
The Rowland-Blake Group
The DC-8 crew
Don Blake
Sean Freeman
Jack Kaye
Randy Albertson
Bruce Doddridge
Friends and Colleagues in other groups
Emily Schaller

Please enjoy our presentaVons!