Tropospheric (lower atmospheric) ozone is potentially an important greenhouse gas. Measurements show that tropospheric ozone is increasing in concentration in the Northern Hemisphere (where there is more human influence), perhaps 1% per year, but the situation is not as clear as for other greenhouse gases.
ground-level ozone - ozone in the lowermost part of the troposphere
Aware that methane and carbon monoxide emitted by human activities contribute, in the presence of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds, to the formation of tropospheric ozone, ...
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The term tropospheric ozone is to be contrasted with „stratospheric ozone“.
