European abatement of surface ozone in a global perspective

Ambio

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-53

  Solberg, Sverre ^a   Derwent, Richard G ^b,c   Hov, Øystein ^d,e   Langner, Joakim ^f,g   Lindskog, Anne ^h  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; OZONE; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 13744251992     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-34.1.47     Document Type: Review

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67. Dr. Hans-Eckhart Scheel at IFU, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, is acknowledged for the figure on ozone trends at Zugspitze. The providers of preliminary EMEP ozone data for 2003 in Germany (Dr. Karin Uhse), Switzerland (Dr. Robert Gehrig), Austria (Dr. Marina Frölich) and United Kingdom (Dr. Geoff Broughton) is greatly acknowledged. This study was sponsored by the European Commission through the NEPAP Project (http://nepap.ivl.se).