Ozone exposure

Autor: Stefan Smidt, Wolfgang Loibl
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 3:213-217
ISSN: 1614-7499
0944-1344
DOI: 10.1007/bf02986962
Popis: Increased tropospheric ozone concentrations cause damage to both human health and the environment. To assess the exposure of forest areas and selected tree species to ozone, it is necessary to calculate the ozone exposure distribution. The present article describes the application of an ozone interpolation model to the calculation of the ozone exposure distribution in combination with forest inventory data.The exposure of forest regions to ozone was assessed by means of an AOT40 map (accumulated ozone exposure over a threshold of 40 ppb). The calculation was performed by hourly running of the model during the summer term and accumulation of the patterns that exceeded 40 ppb.The exposure of the primary Austrian tree species to ozone can be assessed due to the spatial relation of ozone exposure and tree species patterns. This spatial relation also allows the verification of assumptions concerning ozone-related tree damage.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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