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\subsection{Site Summaries}  Melbourne events coincide with low pressure fronts and cut-off lows.  Using our filter on 675 458  profiles between 2004 and 2014 found 73 events transferring contributing  at least B(TODO) Ozone molecules(C\% an average  of 2.7\% of the  tropospheric column TODO). ozone.  The seasonal distribution can be seen in panel two(clockwise) of figure \ref{fig:SummaryMelbourne}. \ref{fig:SummaryMelbourne} and shows January February and March exhibit the most ozone intrusions.  Tropopause height is generally 1km lower during an event, even though the majority of events occur in late summer, when the tropopause is higher(TODO: SOURCE).  Macquarie events are even  more strongly associated with late Summer early Autumn(JFM), and the tropopause height is shows  not different to the general Macquarie tropopause height. much difference between either STT event profiles or normal profiles.  Davis events are more evenly distributed.  \subsection{Flux}  TODO Stratosphere to Troposphere ozone transport can potentially increase regional surface ozone levels above safe levels \cite{Zhang_2014}.   Using our conservative estimate of STT ozone flux we find a lower bound for the STT ozone flux over each of our three sites.  Figure \ref{fig:fluxsummary} shows the mean portion of transported ozone making up the ozone in the tropospheric column on days when an event occurs.  \subsection{Case Studies}  TO ADD