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Model Studies of Background Ozone Formation

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Tropospheric Ozone

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Because of inhomogeneity in the NOx distribution, the troposphere can be divided into several net production and net loss regions for O3. The net production regions include the industrial area, the free troposphere, and the biomass burning area. The net loss regions are the oceanic boundary layer and clean continental boundary layer. In summer, the net production and the net loss are about the same magnitude as the O3 flux from the stratosphere. In winter, the production of O3 depends critically on nighttime reactions involving NO3 and N2O5. Without these reactions, the O3 production in winter can be as large as in summer.

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Liu, S.C. (1988). Model Studies of Background Ozone Formation. In: Isaksen, I.S.A. (eds) Tropospheric Ozone. NATO ASI Series, vol 227. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2913-5_18

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