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Lower-tropospheric ozone of stratospheric origin

Niedertroposphärisches Ozon stratosphärischen Ursprungs

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Using hourly ozone concentration data from Zugspitze Observatory, of the Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, it is shown that under a propitious superposition of stratospheric and tropospheric flow patterns U.S. Federal maximum ozone standards of 80 ppb can occasionally be exceeded by a factor of two or more in the lower troposphere. Further dilution of these concentrations has to be expected by mixing processes in the planetary boundary layer.

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Stündliche Ozonkonzentrationswerte vom Zugspitzobservatorium des Institutes für Atmosphärische Umweltforschung, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, zeigten, daß bei einer günstigen Überlagerung von stratosphärischen und troposphärischen Strömungsfeldern die in den USA vorgeschriebene, einstündige Maximalkonzentration von 80 ppb unter Umständen um mehr als einen Faktor 2 in der unteren Troposphäre überschritten werden kann. Eine weitere Verdünnung dieser Konzentrationen kann durch die Mischungsprozesse in der planetaren Grenzschicht erwartet werden.

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  1. E. R. Reiter

    Present address: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, 80523, Fort Collins, CO, U. S. A.

  2. H. Kanter,  R. Reiter &  R. Sládkovic

    Present address: Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany

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    Research reported in this paper was supported by ERDA Grant E(11-1)-3425 to the Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research, Garmisch, and by EPA Contract No. 68-02-2084 to the Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California.

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    Reiter, E.R., Kanter, H., Reiter, R. et al. Lower-tropospheric ozone of stratospheric origin. Arch. Met. Geoph. Biokl. A. 26, 179–186 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02247161

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