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Ozone in the Troposphere

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The troposphere is the lowest atmospheric layer whose upper boundary, the tropopause, extends from about 18 km altitude in the tropics to 8 km in the polar region. Thus, it comprises about 90 % of the total mass of the Earth’s atmosphere. It contains the air we breathe and the water we drink. Biogenic source gases produced in soils and in the ocean are released into the troposphere, where they are carried along and mixed by winds and turbulences related to the weather systems. It is the troposphere, too, which we use as a waste dump for all kinds of waste gases of human civilisation, from industry, power plants, heating, transportation and other sources.

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Fabian, P., Dameris, M. (2014). Ozone in the Troposphere. In: Ozone in the Atmosphere. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54099-8_4

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