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tropospheric O3

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 707602 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain air pollution & toxic gases
  • 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
troposfääriosoon preferred
tropospheric ozone preferred
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  • 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“.
ground-level ozone
surface ozone
tropospheric O3

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