Watching Our Ozone Weather. Jeannie Allen.
by Allen, Jeannie; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 17Science. Publisher: Earth Observatory, 2003ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Air pollution | Air quality -- Standards | Artificial satellites in earth sciences | Ozone | Ozone -- Measurement | Ozone -- Physiological effect | TroposphereDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Until about 30 years ago, atmospheric scientists believed that all of the ozone in the lower atmosphere (troposphere) intruded from the upper atmosphere (stratosphere), where it formed by the action of sunlight on oxygen molecules. The work of atmospheric chemists during the 1970s dramatically altered that view. Now we understand that more than half of the ozone in the troposphere comes from chemical interactions within the troposphere itself." (EARTH OBSERVATORY) This article discusses the formation of ozone and examines what needs to be done to lessen ozone pollution.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Watching Our Ozone Weather, Aug. 22, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Until about 30 years ago, atmospheric scientists believed that all of the ozone in the lower atmosphere (troposphere) intruded from the upper atmosphere (stratosphere), where it formed by the action of sunlight on oxygen molecules. The work of atmospheric chemists during the 1970s dramatically altered that view. Now we understand that more than half of the ozone in the troposphere comes from chemical interactions within the troposphere itself." (EARTH OBSERVATORY) This article discusses the formation of ozone and examines what needs to be done to lessen ozone pollution.
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