New Developments in Ozone Pollution across Local, Regional, and Global Scales
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2021) | Viewed by 9973
Special Issue Editors
Interests: atmospheric chemistry; air quality; climate-chemistry interactions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Atmosphere focuses on tropospheric ozone, an important trace gas that is harmful to humans and vegetation, active in atmospheric chemistry, and which contributes to climate change. Ozone shows highly variable distributions across different temporal and spatial scales, driven by shifts of precursor emissions and weather/climate. Newly available observations provide updated information on ozone pollution status and keep refreshing our understanding of factors controlling ozone. Global tropospheric ozone burden has been increasing, but a consensus of the magnitude and drivers has not been reached. Regionally, understanding natural and climatic influences on ozone becomes increasing important for ozone control in the US and Europe as anthropogenic emissions have gradually decreased. Studies focusing on China, an emerging ozone pollution hot spot, reveal some novel ozone formation mechanisms (e.g., interactions between ozone and particular matter) that require further research from substantial experimental and modelling studies. Furthermore, the existing global ozone observation network is not sufficient to identify ozone changes in many other regions (e.g., Southeast Asia, India, the Persian Gulf) that are potentially suffering severe ozone pollution.
This Special Issue aims to advance the knowledge on tropospheric ozone across different spatial and temporal scales by publishing a comprehensive set of articles including reviews, cutting-edge research, and critical commentaries. We invite original studies, based on observations and/or numerical modelling, that reveal novel characteristics of ozone variability, source attribution and chemical formation of ozone and its precursors, relationships and interactions between ozone and meteorology/climate, and ozone impacts on climate, human health, and vegetation. Studies focusing on regions where ozone observations have been sparse are extremely welcome. The outputs from this Special Issue will not only help to improve local ozone air pollution control strategies but also provide a more comprehensive view of global ozone changes and assessment of their drivers and impacts.
Dr. Xiao Lu
Dr. Paul Griffiths
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tropospheric ozone
- precursors and sources
- chemical mechanisms
- observation and measurements
- numerical modelling
- ozone impacts
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