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Ozone is formed from chemical reactions involving nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds in the presence of sunlight. Aware of the potential health hazards caused by high levels of ozone, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) established a new standard based on the daily 8-hour maximum ozone concentration. The new NAAQS for ozone stipulates that the 3 year-average of the fourth-highest annual daily maximum 8-hour ozone concentration, termed the design value, should be less than 85 ppb. Because ozone in the eastern United States is a regional-scale issue, maps of the design value are essential for assessing regional compliance with the standard.
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Gego, E., Hogrefe, C., Rao, S.T., Porter, P.S. (2003). Probabilistic Assessment of Regional Scale Ozone Pollution in the Eastern United States. In: Melas, D., Syrakov, D. (eds) Air Pollution Processes in Regional Scale. NATO Science Series, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1071-9_10
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