Ground Level Ozone
Ozone Info and Data:
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www.esrl.noaa.gov |
NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory. Global Monitoring Division. Ozone Page. |
www.epa.gov |
EPA's Ozone - Good Up High Bad Nearby. Info on Ozone. ** |
www.epa.gov |
Environmental Protection Agency. Ground-level Ozone Pollution Page-Info and links. |
www.epa.gov |
EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program evaluates and regulates substitutes for the ozone-depleting chemicals that are being phased out under the stratospheric ozone protection provisions of the Clean Air Act. |
earthobservatory
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NASA Earth Observatory. "The Ozone we Breath" About ground level ozone. |
www.wmo.int |
World Meteorological Organization's Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme- Global Atmosphere Watch. Measurement of the reactive gases- surface ozone, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, oxidised nitrogen compounds, and sulphur dioxide. |
| Ozone Reports: | |
cfpub.epa.gov |
EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment. Ozone Data & Publications. Numerous reports, papers, etc... |
web.mit.edu |
Mass Institute of Technology. Human-generated ozone will damage crops, according to this MIT study and could reduce production by more than 10 percent by 2100. |
www.nap.edu |
Earth & Life Studies at the National Academies' Report "Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction and Economic Benefits from Controlling Ozone Air Pollution" The report concludes that short-term exposure to current levels of ozone in many areas contributes to premature deaths...The report also concludes that if ozone has a threshold -- a concentration of ozone below which exposure poses no risk of death--it is probably at a concentration below the current public health standard." |
www.nature.com |
Extensive halogen-mediated ozone destruction over the tropical Atlantic Ocean" "A large proportion of tropospheric ozone loss occurs in the tropical marine boundary layer2, 3 and is thought to be driven primarily by high ozone photolysis rates in the presence of high concentrations of water vapour." Nature. |
www.climatescience.gov |
Climate Projections Based on Emissions Scenarios for Long-Lived and Short-Lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols" A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. Sept 2008. |
| Stratospheric Ozone- see Air/Ozone Page... | |
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