Ground-Level Ozone Profile and the Role of Plants as Sources and Sinks

Costas J Saitanis; Evgenios Agathokleous; Kent O Burkey; Yung-Tse Hung

doi:10.1142/9789811207136_0008

Ground-Level Ozone Profile and the Role of Plants as Sources and Sinks

Costas J Saitanis
, Evgenios Agathokleous
, Kent O Burkey
, Yung-Tse Hung

Agricultural University of Athens
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
North Carolina State University

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Abstract

Tropospheric ozone (O3) is nowadays recognized as the most important widespread air pollutant, deteriorating materials and causing adverse effects to living organisms. It occurs at levels potentially phytotoxic, thus influencing cultivated plants and natural ecosystems. In this chapter, we describe the mechanisms of O3 formation in the stratosphere and the troposphere, its spatial (longitudinal and latitudinal) distribution, its trends, as well as the diurnal and seasonal patterns of its concentrations. Furthermore, the role of plants as indirect “sources” (through the biogenic volatile organic compounds emissions) and “sinks” (through wet and dry deposition) are discussed.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Environment and Waste Management - Volume 3: Acid Rain and Greenhouse Gas Pollution Control
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811207136_0008
State	Published - May 19 2020

Keywords

Tropospheric Ozone
Stratospheric Ozone
Terpenes
Isoprene
Plants
Ecosystems
Diurnal Pattern
Seasonal Pattern
Ozone Trend
Ozone Chemistry
Ozone Sources
Ozone Sinks
Dry Deposition
VOCs

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Civil and Environmental Engineering

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