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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-3397</article-id>
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<article-title>Diurnal and seasonal variability of ozone-precursor relationships in a semi-arid urban environment</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Robertson</surname>
<given-names>Megan</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5427-7684</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Roychoudhury</surname>
<given-names>Chayan</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Pan</surname>
<given-names>Keming</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1938-9477</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mirrezaei</surname>
<given-names>Mohammad Amin</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3880-9541</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Sorooshian</surname>
<given-names>Armin</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Arellano</surname>
<given-names>Avelino</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2615-5831</ext-link>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, United States</addr-line>
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<addr-line>Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, United States</addr-line>
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<day>29</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>39</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Megan Robertson et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>The southwestern United States is characterized by arid meteorology, responsive vegetation, intense solar radiation, anthropogenic emissions, and dust events that shape regional air quality. Elevated ground-level ozone (O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;) concentrations are a primary air quality concern, driven by interactions between chemical precursors, including nitrogen oxides (NO&lt;sub&gt;x&lt;/sub&gt;) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and meteorological variables. We examine these dynamics over Tucson, Arizona, using a multi-platform correlation analysis of satellite total-column measurements from Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO), ground-based total-column and surface measurements from Pandora, surface measurements from U.S. EPA Air Quality System (AQS), and lidar-derived planetary boundary layer height (PBLH). We address three objectives: (1) characterize the diurnal and seasonal evolution of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;) and formaldehyde (HCHO), (2) quantify the strength and variability of O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;-precursor relationships across diurnal and seasonal timescales, and (3) investigate evidence of nonlinear O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; formation behavior. We show that tropospheric O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; precursors exhibit distinct diurnal and seasonal trends with NO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; peaking during winter nighttime, HCHO peaking during monsoon summer with concentrations 2.5&amp;ndash;3.7 times higher than non-monsoon periods, and O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; peaking in late spring and summer afternoons. The strongest O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;-NO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; and O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;-HCHO correlations occur during summer afternoons and when HCHO precedes O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; by several hours, respectively. Evidence of nonlinear O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; behavior emerges through seasonal shifts in diurnal correlation structure. PBLH-normalization improves column-surface agreement for NO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; but not HCHO. These results highlight the importance of meteorology-chemistry-emissions coupling and the need to implement various observational contexts when interpreting precursor observations for O&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; mitigation.</p>
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