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Ozone measurements along vertical transects in the Alps

Environmental Science and Pollution Research volume 6, Article number: 83 (1999) Cite this article

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To investigate the vertical profiles of air pollutants in the boundary layer, aircraft and balloon-born measurements and measurements using a cable car as an instrument platform have been performed in different parts of the Alps. This on-line monitoring of atmospheric pollutants requires expensive and sophisticated techniques. In order to control ambient air quality in remote regions, where no infrastructure like power supply is available, simple instruments are required. The objective of this study, which was coordinated and evaluated by the GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit was first, to investigate the vertical distribution of ozone in different parts of the Alps and secondly, in addition to continuous analyser measurements, to test monitoring by means of two types of passive samplers. The selection of these samplers — one for one week use and another one for two week application — was based on a passive sampler intercomparison done in a preliminary study one year earlier.

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  1. Institute for Bioclimatology and Environmental Research, University of Munich, Am Hochanger 13, D-85354, Freising, Germany

    Herbert Werner

  2. GSF - Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Institut für Ökologie, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany

    Manfred Kirchner

  3. GSF - Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, Institut für Biometrie und Biomathematik, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764, Oberschleißheim, Germany

    Gerhard Welzl

  4. Institute of Applied Ergonomics and Hygiene, ETH Zentrum, Clausiusstr. 21, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    Markus Hangartner

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Werner, H., Kirchner, M., Welzl, G. et al. Ozone measurements along vertical transects in the Alps. Environ. Sci. & Pollut. Res. 6, 83 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987554

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Keywords

  • Air pollutants
  • alps
  • diffusive sampler
  • monitoring
  • ozone
  • passive sampler
  • vertical distribution