Overview of the Program for Research on Oxidants: PHotochemistry, Emissions, and Transport (PROPHET) summer 1998 measurements intensive

In this paper we introduce results obtained from the Program for Research on Oxidants: PHotochemistry, Emissions, and Transport (PROPHET) program that is being conducted at the University of Michigan Biological Station in northern Michigan. PROPHET is an independent consortium of individually funded scientists whose mutual interests and varied experiences have created a synergistic collaboration focused on studies of atmospheric chemical and meteorological processes linked to tropospheric ozone. Since 1997, the PROPHET science team has combined expertise to characterize the important atmospheric issues in this region and to begin to push the limits of our knowledge of the links between the biosphere and the atmosphere. The opportunity to conduct research in the physical context of the Biological Station enables this team to interact with a tremendous range of activities related to forest and ecosystem health and uniquely positions PROPHET to make contributions to the emerging field of biosphere‐atmosphere interactions.